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I don't mean to rain on your parade -- okay, maybe I do -- but why do people have to make such a big deal about New Year's? All this yelling, exploding, honking, and other hoo-hah...Well, I sure could do without it. And what's so special about 2003? About the only thing I can see it has going for it is that 2003 happens to be a prime number. And most of these people commiting all this tom foolery wouldn't even know what a prime number was! I know I sound like a big curmudgeon1, but it just seems like New Year's is nothing more than an excuse to behave like you're 15 and drunk for the first time.
Tonight, I went out with Joanna, her good friend Jen, and Mike for dinner at Incendio West, a hip, Italian restaurant with a wood oven. (When I worked in the neighbourhood, I used to frequent the original, and sister restaurant, Incendio East.) I had a nice, spinach salad, and a delicious spinach and mushroom cannelloni entrée. Our server, Mark, bought us a tiramisu2 for dessert, and after forcing down the last few bites, I felt extremely full. Thank you, Joanna, for a very lovely meal!
1. archaic
2. a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
2 tiramisu: noun
a dessert made with ladyfingers, mascarpone, chocolate, and espresso
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Well, as someone who is equally unenthusiastic about new year's, I too am baffled by people's reactions. I arrived home somewhere around 11:45 pm. After getting ready for bed I turned on the t.v. and discovered that it was 12:01:45... it was already 2003 and I hadn't even noticed. - Joanna, Wednesday, January 1, 2003 |  |
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