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                                             January 14, 2011
                                             October 17, 2013
                                             April   15, 2014

  An old rant with me is the seriously
  evil character of New Years Eve.
  It takes nice normal people and makes
  them feel like they're required to
  get out there and Party-- no one seems        I came to this conclusion
  to have much fun with New Years Eve,          fairly early, after some
  and nightmarish experiences are common.       weirdly edgey New Years
                                                parties when I was in
      I developed some ideas of my              High School.
      own on the right way to
      celebrate New Years Eve,                  While of necessity I've
      without attracting many                   always needed to contrive some
      adherents...                              tolerance for people with drug
                                                consumption levels higher than
            GHOST                               mine, it's often difficult
                                                for me to judge what other
      Though one year, I was                    people's experiences of parties
      walking across the                        are like, but even so, I think
      Williamsburg Bridge                       if you step back from it all
      a little before                           and just look at it, it's a bit
      midnight and found                        of a mystery what they think
      someone reading a                         they're doing with themselves.
      book by himself on
      the walkway-- now                         Even the coke heads
      that's the spirit!                        get bored at just
                                                standing around waiting
      I considered getting                      for another line.
      out the copy of Phaedrus
      in my side-pocket and
      asking if he minded me
      joining him-- but
      instead, we both just            In any case, my attitude really
      nodded hello, slightly           isn't that unusual: The real
      amused by each other,            partiers don't like to bother with
      and I left him alone.            amateur night.




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