Well Hello There 2007

Well wow........I'm still alive!



My surprise in that I am alive must mean only one thing.........THAT WAS ONE HELL OF A NEW YEARS PARTY!


Come on in, and bring your friends cousins friends brother in laws
I knew my roomates and I were in trouble when after initial invitations went out, my girl friend found out that her freshman year roomate at the University she had transfered from two years ago and talks to maybe 4 times a year was coming.......and no one who was a host really knew who she was. Ah yes......the assumed "invite wo ever the hell you want" was in play. From a list that originally held about 35 names....I knew when Barry told me he had invited just a few people....about 20-25.....this party would be big. A call was made to the Hamden Police Department to secure parking, Amber picked up 150 plastic cups, 10 bottles of champagne were ordered, and the we added a keg to the three we had already pre ordered. Now we were ready to bring in 2007 in style, and faced many counts of breach of peace in the process. If anything was going to bring back my 100 year old neighbors hearing, it was clearly going to be this party.

And the guests have arrived
The first guests arrived at around 5:30, the first keg opened just after 6:00, and by 9:00 we had a full out rager. I made sure to time progress of how fast we were consuming alcohol. It took about two and a half hours to finish the first keg, and hour to finish the second, and somehow we had magaged to drink the third BEFORE MIDNIGHT. We had some great tunes from Matt, Brandon, Zach, and Tim who had to face constant heckling from the drunkards inches in front of them, the constant spilling of alcohol all over their equipment, and requests of songs they didnt know how to play. By the time the band played their first note it was around 9:30, and already everyone looked in the bag. The 15 pizzas I had ordered from Dominos were eaten faster than I ever thought 15 pizzas could be ingested. Everything was flowing and by 9:30 most of the crowd had arrived so I started to relax..........and take shots.

10......9........8......
I don't know who started this whole giant ball thing in New York but when you place 100 people in my living room it is not like you can see the TV anyway. Thanks to Jason Driscoll's mega phone, orders could be delivered for those lucky few in the front to deliver a count down to the poor bastards in the back.....it worked like a charm. Early in the night Dale Lunan had showed me his collection of silly string. Once I saw it, still somewhat sober, I was terrified at the cleaning I would have to do the next day. I was even more terrified at the fact no one would be able to sleep in the living room at the conclusion of the nights events......at 12:00, silly string was the last thing on my mind. Seconds before 12 was rung in, I noticed a small movement in the hands of many of the party goers. 10.......9.........8......... At first it looked as though hairy hands would be their biggest worry..7...........6........5.......4....then I noticed this wasn't a last chance to rub one out for the year! 3..........2.............1..........THEY WERE ABOUT TO EXPLODE GALLONS UPON GALLONS OF CHAMPIGN IN MY HOUSE.......HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KAAAAAAABOOOOOMMMMMM.

I'm not sure how much champign actually made it into mouths, but I do know now that 3.99 bottles of Andre kinda smells like the stench from vomit eaten, and then spewed again all over the floor. I guess I should have spent a couple more bucks on champaign to avoid such a smell.

Sleeping conditions
It was known that 100 people would find a very hard time sleeping in my house.......but since I parked 90% of the party at a secure location a couple miles from my house....TOO BAD. The view of bodies thrown all over the partied floors and crevases that I thought were too small for humans to fit into reminded me of a rawandan refugee camp. One poor fool who will remain nameless decided to call it a night underneath a beer pong table on top of a newly dried film of stale beer. Some tried to sleep in cars, others behind couches. The body count in my room had to be close to or over 20 people. My girlfriend had the largest surprise of the night. After falling asleep, she awoke to a male sleeping in the same bed with her. She soon realized that the body wasn't me but a Mr. Joe Blondin who refused to get out of the bed. To further her troubles when I decided to call it a night at around 3:30am and made my way into my room, I saw the male figure in the same bed as my girlfriend. My protective nature then kicked in.....my protective nature for a sleeping space that is.....I climbed over bodies and instead of kicking the male out...i wedged myself in between my girlfriend and Joe. Luckily at some point there after Joe decided to call the floor "bed" so I didn't have to wake up realizing my descision. Koodos to me who didn't black out for the first time in several new Years.....although I found out a couple days after the party that while in slumber, Amber decided to check my pulse, just to play it safe. She must have been worried when I didn't wake up to the Yacking of Max Kinkade all over the couch that was 2 feet from my head. I still have no clue where he puked. My room the next day reeked of Vomit.....but there was no sight of it. So I sprayed down my entire couch with a bleach additive and the smell was gone.......but the puke stain never discovered. Also notice this picture.....why did the giant plastic 3 foot tall Santa claim a large amount of floor space?

The next day, everyone slowly got up and departed, and I realized.....wow, the cops never showed up. It took me a full 24 hours to recover from my New Years hang over. I swore off drinking and found myself chugging beers two nights later. I think everyone had a good time. Same time next year?



Villans and Heros of the Night
Every party of course has it's villans and heros....when you invite a 100 people to your house....you never know if good will prevail

Villans:
-The mother F-er who stole a purse with no $ in it. Shame on you! Not only are you a criminal, but a pretty dumb one. Even I know to take stuff that has worth in it.
-The guy who punched a hole in a wall. Guess your night was sucking.....but why take it out on my poor wall...it hasn't fully recovered
-Dale Lunan......After my fear of having to clean up silly string....the next morning my hung over ass had to get on my hands and knees with a butter knife and scrap silly string off the floor
-Rain- Thanks for creating the tire marks in my front lawn. The landlord loved the new look.
-Speaking of front lawn....screw you mystery hole that appeared on my front lawn the next morning that is 2 feet deep. I believe you are a portal to a new dimension
-TILEX-I now know hung over people don't know it shouldn't be used on wood
-Mystery Kinkade Vomit- where are you? You better not appear at my 10 year high school reunion
-People who smoke- My lawn changed from brown to white
-The person who threw all the kegs in the woods.....that task also kind of sucks while hung over in the morning

Heros:
The Hamden Police Department- Thank you for not showing up, it made my night more enjoyable
The Neighbors- Please see reason stated above.
Austin Wiser- The kid goes to Iraq, fights bad guys, and still makes time to come to New Years. I'm Impressed
Aubrey- For showing up at 11:58 with enough food left over from your work that was enough to feed an entire arny.....which was waiting in my living room.
Jay-After nearly making the villan list for leaving your own party and not making it back before New Years, you strolled in at 11:59 like you had planned it all along
Amber- Because you awoke with another dude in the bed that wasn't me and asked him to leave
Travis and Rachael- For being the first guests......that takes dedication


I think even though the Villan list is quite long, the Heros were much more powerful. What a great night. Happy 2007

-Lemiwinks