New Years Eve

Looks pretty fun doesn't it?

I bet that particular New Years Eve party was a good time. Looks like a lot of tomfoolery and drinks and laughter. Good times.

Too bad this isn't an accurate image of how fun New Years Eve really is. Let's take a look at it in its entirety:

* It's forced fun. Every year right after Christmas people always try to plan out this awesome amazingly perfect crazy fun New Years Eve. Everyone wants to "do it big" and make sure its an amazing time. Does it ever work? Rarely. Typically friends end up arguing over what would be the best thing to do, most of the time you end up either paying obscene amounts for a drink special or are crammed in some party where everyone is acting like a total asshole.

I'm not captain buzz kill - I love going out and having a good time. But I hate it when its forced on me. Inpromptu good times are way better than the forced fun that occurs on New Years Eve. If I want to get hammered on a random Friday night in February and a lot of my close friends feel the same way, odds are that'll be a better time than forcing myself into New Years Eve.

* New Years Resolutions are really, really stupid. Let me see if I have this concept right: At the beginning of the year people are supposed to come up with one resolution that will make them a better person. "I'm going to be more generous." "I'm going to be a better listener." "I'm going to workout every day." "I'm going to quit smoking."

OK...my question is, why don't people always try to become a better person? We're only supposed to do this at the beggining of the year only to forget about it in late February? New Years Resolutions are for the people who have no real intention of trying to improve themselves. The people who make them just like going around telling everyone about their New Years Resolution so they can either try and get laid or try and sound cooler than they really are.

* Compared to the other drinking holliday, New Years Eve blows.

St. Patricks Day Vs. New Years Eve. Has there ever been a more lopsided contest in the history of the World?

One day my cousin and I tried to rate every single holliday in order from best to worst, (which turns out to be good material for this website.) And we both put New Years Eve right at the bottom.

To the lovely viewers of this website - Don't get caught up in the New Years Eve hype. Don't force yourself to have fun. Don't make up some half-assed resolution. Recognized December 31st for what it really is...

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