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31 December 2005
Dick Clark? Regis? Ryan whatshisface? MTV? --bitch here, Americans. ABC is already showing some asinine thing with Ryan.
i will, don't worry. They just had their first proposal--some really bad interviewer girl is down in the crowd. and a videotaped green day performance.
dick clark is going to be scary i bet, or just pathetic. i bet he's been practicing whatever line he says for months, along with physical therapy.
missed it, but i like her, too. or what little i've noticed her since she came on the scene.
she can move
but that boob thing makes me want her to watch out for seizures.
Obligatory: Is this something I'd need a TV to understand?
Then again, apparently you folks have the TV, it's on, and there's little understanding going on.
New Year's plans to go out have been cancelled. Which is pretty much OK with me, as I've got a ginormous martini* in front of me just the way I like it, no shoes on, no maddening crowds, no crazy drunk drivers, etc.
*Absolutely hugetastical martini. Found this nice martini glass at a thrift store a few weeks ago. It's gotta be like 8-10 ounces or something. Sucks up like a tenth of a fifth of vodka. I was actually scared to fill it to the brim. I put four large olives in it and it looks like they're swimming in an Olympic sized pool.
So, I've been puzzled for years about the title "New Year's Rockin' Eve", until a couple of weeks ago, when I realized that it must be a euphemism for "New Year's Fuckin' Eve".
As in: "New Year's Fuckin' Eve, dudes! Whhoooooo!"
I told my girlfriend this tonight, and that I was embarrassed about it, since everyone must already know this, and she said she'd never thought of it. So, is it a euphemism, or what?
Yeah, I like me a dirty, shaken vodka martini. Sometimes a bit of olive juice splashed in. I'll even float shards of ice in my proper martini glass, or pour in a bit of water just to keep me from going overboard. I'm almost done with this one and feeling fiiiine. The only tragedy here (as discussed previously somewhere or other either here or on MeFi proper) is that I only have sweet vermouth - as demanded by my GF roommate despite my vehment protestations to the contrary at the time of purchase. At least it's at least Martini & Rossi. :\
i wanna see fireworks
and i wanna glimpse of that ancient dick
maybe if they put him to bed someone will have a pic.
well, the phone's aringing and i'm stallingoff some visiting and visitors for a bit.
feel free to count down and shoot off in the is it over thread, fenriq.
aim high.
NYT: Dick Clark 'Not 100%' as Clock Is Ticking--...Meanwhile, a promotional photograph of Mr. Clark with his New Year's Eve co-hosts, Ryan Seacrest and Hilary Duff, that was distributed by ABC has been shown to have been digitally altered, with an image of Mr. Clark from before his stroke inserted into the frame. ...
Me and pips had been watching a Twilight Zone marathon and we switched to the countdown just as Dick Clark was doing some commentary. We sat in stunned silence for about 30 seconds and then pips said "We switched over from the Twilight Zone, right?"
(kidding aside, it's sad to see Dick Clark that way, although it seems like it's just his speech rather than his thought processes that are impaired. But as a memeber of the youngest demographic that can remember watching American Bandstand, it's makes me a bit verklempt to see a pice of cultural history start to fade)
I remember a sketch on New Years like 15 years ago, where they had a stage manager type say "30 seconds to show time, Mr. Clark," and it showed him yanking out IV's and stuff before hitting the stage. Seems saddder, now. Retirement or not, he had a good run. Good to see ya, Dick.
i can see nothing from my roof--a slice of jersey and one penn plaza, and the new towers on 42nd st, and the building cunning works in, and the McGrawHill Bldg which is the only cool one, but old.
Oh man. We watched exactly two minutes of New Year's Rockin' Eve and had to turn it off. Dick Clark looked absolutely exhausted and sounded even worse. It was painful to watch.
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