'll spend a bored miserable evening in, half-heartedly channel hopping, but not actually happy with any of the offerings on telly.
I just can't face Jools Holland's Annual Hootenany now, as I naievly believed it was live, and was almost as dissapointed as learning that Father Christmas wasn't real, to learn that this was pre-recorded.
So, I'll be sat, ingoring the part of my brain that tells me to drink beer, bored shitless, convinced that somewhere near by there is a great party going on, but even if I was invited I wouldn't like it, I'm shit at parties. Staying up to see the new year in, only because the ball and chain insists we do, i'd rathe just get lost in a video game all night, and forget about it. At least until half a ton of fireworks go off, and freak the dog out.
Still, I have to endure this shit sometimes, and at least I won't have a hangover when I fire up the bike in the morning, and the club burns down the road to the Ace Cafe in London.
I would go out just before midnight, and see how fast I can go, but it looks like a groundfrost.
I've got invites to 2 parties, but I've got to work tonight, so I'm pissed off as it is. I've got the 1st and 2nd off work, but it's just not the same. If only I was a clueless muppet who didn't know what he was doing at work I may have got the the night off. One of the new girls who works where I do offered to switch me, so I was like "woohoo", told my boss and he walked me to the back pointed at the schedule and said "No, with who I have scheduled on New Years I need you here, you're the most experienced".
I should take it as a compliment, but it's bittersweet to say the least :evil:
i was gonna go out tonight (first time in about 12 years) but ive had a cold since christmas and i woke up this morning and think its moved to my ears so i dont feel right, so i cant be arsed to go out :(
ill still be drinking, im not that bad...but dont feel like a proper party
so itll be the usual......me and the missus, she falls asleep just before, it reaches 12, i go "YAY" then off to bed
Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
I just can't face Jools Holland's Annual Hootenany now, as I naievly believed it was live, and was almost as dissapointed as learning that Father Christmas wasn't real, to learn that this was pre-recorded.
You weren't that naive - they led everyone to believe it was live and did a good job at it too! I believed it was live also, which was sort of the whole point - or so I thought.
Like you, I was very dissappointed and I also stopped watching it when I realised it was recorded beforehand. Presumably this is because the likes of Steven Fry and Lenny Henry etc.. have far more important real parties to go to on the night itself!
I don't really celebrate new years eve at the moment either (not drinking at the moment), but I can't say I'll be bored as I have a few things to do to keep me busy.
Anyway, (for tomorrow) Happy New Year to everyone!
I've got a couple of parties to get to, but I'm not really in the mood for it all to be honest, although that'll probably change once I've had a couple of beers. Got family round tomorrow so I don't really want to get too hammered either... family and hangover don't mix well!!
Anywhoo, happy new year everyone, wishing you all the best for '09. :smile:
I'm going out about 50 miles away to watch a huge bonfire and fireworks and then going to stand in a field in the middle of feckin' nowhere about 30 miles away and watch yet more fireworks while getting all boozed up on vodka and wine, before crawling back home at 4am or thereabouts....then I intend to sleep until Monday so as to bypass any hangover, and get back to normality....
However, due to the distance, this plan could all go horribly wrong...
Either way, I might not make it on here tomorrow, so Happy Hogmany, an early Happy New Year and I hope you all have a good one!!!
I feel like I should go out because it didn't feel like christmas holidays to me - my girlfriends sister gave birth on christmas day :) .......which was good news but sitting in hospitals is not the christmas day I had planned for!
I'll just be sitting in drinking some beers and playing........probably NES games tonight(maybe some VirtuaRacing and Comix Zone on the Megadrive too......)
Happy New Year Everyone :)
"I should use simulator loosely 'cos I don't think it's quite like this on the beach with helicopters and fires and the jumping beach buggy" - paulisthebest3uk 2020.
Like you, I was very dissappointed and I also stopped watching it when I realised it was recorded beforehand. Presumably this is because the likes of Steven Fry and Lenny Henry etc.. have far more important real parties to go to on the night itself!
Yep, another one here who's found Hootenanny unwatchable since finding that out. It's weird why it should make such a difference when the show's still the same and the music's just as good... I'm sure a psychology student could write an entire thesis on it.
This is actually my first ever new year not spent with family watching crap telly, so I'm planning to head for the Bookbinders in Oxford and do a spot at the open mic. If the BBC can't give us live music then bollocks to them, I'll do it myself :-)
Happy New Year in advance, and all that. I won't be here later on because I'll be getting pissed at a party at my sister's house. Hope everyone has a good one. :)
I'm sorry to hear that, at least you can take solace in the fact that her wonderful daughter, your spouse, will behave and look exactly as vibrant as her mother when she gets to that same age. You are in for nothing but wonderful times, my man.
Yep, another one here who's found Hootenanny unwatchable since finding that out. It's weird why it should make such a difference when the show's still the same and the music's just as good... I'm sure a psychology student could write an entire thesis on it.
Firstly, perhaps it is due to the fact that the show has the pretense of being live. So there is something false about it. People don't like being misled.
Better to be honest and publically admit it is recorded right from the off. Show it as prerecorded (not pretending it is New Year's Eve in the studio) and maybe just cut in to the real live chimes of Big Ben at midnight or something (same as BBC1) and then return back to the second part of the recorded program?
Secondly, perhaps it because there is nothing stopping the BBC from making the programme live anyway. Why not make it live? This would be the best option IMHO. If you can't get certain "celebs" to be there at midnight on new year's eve, then just find someone who can e.g. members of the public who enjoy live music (No shortage of them!). Sincerity beats celebrity I think. :D
In any case, I noticed on the web today that ITV really went for the jugular, putting Elton John on tonight. :D Jool's ratings are probably lower than ever, and ITV no doubt sensed it this year and went in for the kill.
good old BBC start the "party" then cut to the all important news, with gloom and death, just to put everyone in a jolly mood when they cut back to the party
oh and just to pad the news out, a look at other countries celeberating New Years Eve. Woot.
I just can't face Jools Holland's Annual Hootenany now, as I naievly believed it was live, and was almost as dissapointed as learning that Father Christmas wasn't real, to learn that this was pre-recorded.
I Didn't realise that. I wish I hadn't read this topic now.
"I should use simulator loosely 'cos I don't think it's quite like this on the beach with helicopters and fires and the jumping beach buggy" - paulisthebest3uk 2020.
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I just can't face Jools Holland's Annual Hootenany now, as I naievly believed it was live, and was almost as dissapointed as learning that Father Christmas wasn't real, to learn that this was pre-recorded.
So, I'll be sat, ingoring the part of my brain that tells me to drink beer, bored shitless, convinced that somewhere near by there is a great party going on, but even if I was invited I wouldn't like it, I'm shit at parties. Staying up to see the new year in, only because the ball and chain insists we do, i'd rathe just get lost in a video game all night, and forget about it. At least until half a ton of fireworks go off, and freak the dog out.
Still, I have to endure this shit sometimes, and at least I won't have a hangover when I fire up the bike in the morning, and the club burns down the road to the Ace Cafe in London.
I would go out just before midnight, and see how fast I can go, but it looks like a groundfrost.
I am leaving for a party.
I won't be back until in 2009.
Dr Beep
We are very much alike...
I should take it as a compliment, but it's bittersweet to say the least :evil:
Oh well there's always next year :rolleyes:
ill still be drinking, im not that bad...but dont feel like a proper party
so itll be the usual......me and the missus, she falls asleep just before, it reaches 12, i go "YAY" then off to bed
You weren't that naive - they led everyone to believe it was live and did a good job at it too! I believed it was live also, which was sort of the whole point - or so I thought.
Like you, I was very dissappointed and I also stopped watching it when I realised it was recorded beforehand. Presumably this is because the likes of Steven Fry and Lenny Henry etc.. have far more important real parties to go to on the night itself!
I don't really celebrate new years eve at the moment either (not drinking at the moment), but I can't say I'll be bored as I have a few things to do to keep me busy.
Anyway, (for tomorrow) Happy New Year to everyone!
Anywhoo, happy new year everyone, wishing you all the best for '09. :smile:
However, due to the distance, this plan could all go horribly wrong...
Either way, I might not make it on here tomorrow, so Happy Hogmany, an early Happy New Year and I hope you all have a good one!!!
I'll just be sitting in drinking some beers and playing........probably NES games tonight(maybe some VirtuaRacing and Comix Zone on the Megadrive too......)
Happy New Year Everyone :)
Yep, another one here who's found Hootenanny unwatchable since finding that out. It's weird why it should make such a difference when the show's still the same and the music's just as good... I'm sure a psychology student could write an entire thesis on it.
This is actually my first ever new year not spent with family watching crap telly, so I'm planning to head for the Bookbinders in Oxford and do a spot at the open mic. If the BBC can't give us live music then bollocks to them, I'll do it myself :-)
You know for all the times you've mentioned that you must've either really loathed the very ground she walked on, or secretly liked her.
Glad to hear that :-)
I'm sorry to hear that, at least you can take solace in the fact that her wonderful daughter, your spouse, will behave and look exactly as vibrant as her mother when she gets to that same age. You are in for nothing but wonderful times, my man.
[/apparent consolation compliment ;-)]
Firstly, perhaps it is due to the fact that the show has the pretense of being live. So there is something false about it. People don't like being misled.
Better to be honest and publically admit it is recorded right from the off. Show it as prerecorded (not pretending it is New Year's Eve in the studio) and maybe just cut in to the real live chimes of Big Ben at midnight or something (same as BBC1) and then return back to the second part of the recorded program?
Secondly, perhaps it because there is nothing stopping the BBC from making the programme live anyway. Why not make it live? This would be the best option IMHO. If you can't get certain "celebs" to be there at midnight on new year's eve, then just find someone who can e.g. members of the public who enjoy live music (No shortage of them!). Sincerity beats celebrity I think. :D
In any case, I noticed on the web today that ITV really went for the jugular, putting Elton John on tonight. :D Jool's ratings are probably lower than ever, and ITV no doubt sensed it this year and went in for the kill.
Watched, Species IV.
Got sleepy.
Now off to bed.
HNY.
x
oh and just to pad the news out, a look at other countries celeberating New Years Eve. Woot.
I hope $7D9 is good for you all :wink:
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I sincerely hope the doom and gloom that the news seems to revel in doesn't hit anyone and you all have a happy and prosperous 2009.
I Didn't realise that. I wish I hadn't read this topic now.
It must be now, the fireworks are going off!!!