new year sucks

screw you new years eve.
PAH! you suck dude. every year, the mild panic of "what shall we do?"
"who's about?" "It's gunna cost how much??? but it's normally free to get in there..." and so it goes.

that lovely feeling of forced fun, just smothering you like a damp towel, making you feel mildly depressed and like you'd rather just stay in bed and watch movies on netflix whilst sipping on jack daniels and coke (well it IS new years eve after all, treat yourself, don't mind if I do).

sometimes i think that having a kid would be the answer to this little problem. if you've got a kid you've got the perfect reason to stay put and nobody judges you for it:
 "well you know i'd just luuurve to come out to the hardcore trance night you're putting on but you know, i have a kid and it's tough to get a babysitter, what with it being new years an' all so, i guess i will have to take a raincheck...soooorrrryyy, maybe next time though yeah?"
as brilliant as an advantage kids are for this kind of sneaky move, i am of course not suggesting that that should be the only reason one would have for having a child. it's just a very good one.

anyways, i'm gonna throw a curve ball and say that this new year was actually a pretty good one.
me, the bear and buddy took our friend ben (the 3 b's)  up to norwich to a house party being held by his girlfriend who also doubles as my best mate, Rachel (otherwise referred to as the Catto) in good old Norwich.
she fed us lasagne, we sat about drinking, chatting and generally being stupid as gradually her house filled up with peoples as midnight approached.
as ridiculous as it sounds, one of the most entertaining parts of the night was when we joined a bunch of drinking straw spectacles together making one MASSIVE straw and took turns drinking drinks. just goes to show that high brow conversation has no place at a new years house party and i'm gonna prove it by showing some of the brilliantly low brow shanningans that took place below.
we had fun.
it got messy.
it was new years eve 2012.

 1.        it started with this little lot
2.        obligatory bendy straw shot
3.        and so it begins
4.        toms bedroom eyes
5.        it's on....
6.        spec gate reaches the masses
7.        literal beer goggles
8/9.     origami foil fun
10.      the catto and benjamina
11.      purdy
12.      someone needs help with the old lang syne lyrics
13.      celebrate
14.      the most wicked of all wicked record players
15.      buddy gets the catto treatment
16/17. and if drinking specs weren't enough, out come the bubbles...
18.      aaron heroically attempts a double ender!
19.      a hayley is spooning my dog..
20.      oh dear, oh dear, oh dear....