Obligatory New Year’s Post
Fun fact, Ben and I started officially dating just 3 short years ago today. And now we’re happily married! Or at least I am, Ben is chained to the radiator right now, so I’ll have to ask him for his opinion later.
Anywho, its a new year and all that good stuff, so I feel as though I should share my resolutions with you. I assume you’re terribly interested. Its an exciting one. Are you ready? This year I resolve to… something or other. I’m struggling to come up with a resolution. Or at least the kind of resolution you can share in polite company when asked by some stupid acquaintance, “What’s your New Year’s resolution?” I’m think my REAL resolution, which is to catch a wild moose then castrate it then watch it develop devil antlers, would confuse and horrify some of my more uptight friends. So, I feel like I need another resolution, one that is more pc. But I still want this resolution to be something I can accomplish. Here are some ideas I’ve been bandying about:
- Play tambourine in a garage band comprised exclusively of 14 year old boys.
- Conquer my fear of throwing up (this one may require me becoming bulimic, but I’m open)
- Mail Stone Philips one love letter a day for 365 days
- Teach Coco Spanish so that she and I can have secret conversations in front of Ben
That’s all I’ve come up with so far, so I was thinking it would be awesome if you could share your resolution and if any of them are any good I’ll just do that. We’ll be resolution buddies! Our bond shall be unbreakable.
Next topic.
What I Did On My Summer Vacation New Year’s Eve
I am old and like to go to bed early, lets just start with that.
When discussing what we would do for New Year’s, Ben and I agreed that we wanted to keep it fairly low key. Something fun, but not too raucous. We decided on the Boston Pops Orchestra. I love classical music, I love Symphony Hall, done and done. I bought tickets for New Year’s Eve without looking too closely at the program for the evening.
Fast forward to last night. Ben and I arrive at Symphony Hall, we look like this:
Almost everyone else looked like this:
Clearly something was amiss. See, what I had failed to notice when I bought our tickets was that Amanda Palmer, from The Dresden Dolls, was going to be accompanying the Pops. And as such, the audience was full of teenagers dressed as homeless people from the 20s? Or something. I’m not hip, so I could be getting it wrong. Mixed in with the Amanda Palmer fans were some frightened elderly, who also thought they were just going to a nice classical concert, but were in fact walking into something entirely different. Something that involved performance art. And a silent film where some old guy has a baby, then feeds his baby a watch, and then the baby explodes into light, and then the old guy drinks vodka. That shit totally happened. I saw this silent film IN REAL LIFE and was unable to stop laughing. The people sitting next to me did not appreciate my lack of appreciation.
There was a variety of openning acts, some confusing (see above) and some awesome. April Smith and The Great Picture Show played one of the smaller lounges in Symphony Hall and they were awesome. So awesome that I wanted to have my picture taken with them, but I chickened out and just took a picture in front of their equipment while they were on break:
Side Note: Please excuse all the blurry photos. We weren’t supposed to use our flash and neither Ben nor I could figure out how to take a non-blurry photo without a flash. We finally broke the rules and took this photo from our seats:
This was also not appreciated.
I will say that the evening was wonderful. Great music, great people watching, and I got to kiss a hot piece of ass at midnight:
The end.
Unrelated note: I am a finalist in the 20sb Bootlegger Awards for Funniest Blogger. BLOWS MY MIND! For anyone who nominated me, I really appreciate it. You guys are awesome, and it makes my day to see my name in the same category as Lilu, Maxie, Nicole, Matt and Cheryl. Its an honor just being nominated, etc., etc.
The picture of those 3 people in front of the statue does not do justice to the situation, oh that was my favorite part of the night! Those people were way over the edge nuts. In case you all were wondering what that guy is holding in his hands it is 2 flashlights, that he keeps turning on and off pointed right at his eyes. I suppose if I was standing up there I would want to somehow blind myself with bright lights so I didnt have to witness the horror.
Happy New Years!
Ben’s addendum really adds to the post; I didn’t notice the flashlights!
You guys look so dapper! Way more sophisticated way to spend NYE than how I did — at a house party. In related news, am I like 18 again?!
Happy New Year, Pilgrims
Awesome. Sounds like a supremely fun time, compared to my night with the inlaws, where I contemplated eye gougement and the appropriateness of eating a bullet.
Happy New Year.
Love the feather in your cap, Yankee Doodle.
Oh wow. Those kids need a project or something. Way too much time on their hands.
NYE was chill for moi… house party with my BF and his Greek posse. Opa!
Lol I voted for you! And omg what is on your head? i want it!
I bet anything my sister was one of those hipsters.
YOU’RE WELCOME.
We played Beatles Rock Band. Because we are OLD OLD OLDY McOLDERSTEINS.
At least we stayed up until 2.
You’re pretty.
Holler!
Okay, I probably don’t know you well enough to holler at you, but whatever- this is blogging, I can say whatever the hell I want.
I just wanted to come by and see my competition, and yeah, you’re pretty hysterical. I’ve clearly already lost.
Damnit.
PS, I wanted to chain my boyfriend to the radiator- he wouldn’t have it though, so I settled for punching in the stomach.
PPS, What the hell is this SPAM protection you’ve got going on? Who wants to do math at 8pm?
He’s not too happy with me right now.
wow, you guys actually like, did stuff at least. we just went next door and drank way too much and were sick by midnight.
Ohh…Come to Montana and visit me (at least for a few more days). We can totally catch a wild moose together! They don’t look very fast…
You are so pretty
I’m a new follower, solely for the fact of the 20SB 2010 Bootlegger Awards. And I am so glad I did. You are fantastic. (Can I say that without sounding like a stalker?) And I love how you spent NYE…you guys looked hot!
You’re such a pretty princess, Jill. Please tell me you headbutted at least one person with that feather, though.
p.s. I’m coming to boston in March. hang out?
well at least you guys looked hot. all is not lost.
Hipsters are seriously invading Boston. Glad you had a great night! Who wouldn’t with that feather?
I love that last picture! So cute. and Happy Anniversary!
I just noticed the categories on this thing and it really concerns me/turns me on.
You look AMAZING. Red lips suit you very well, how classy
Happy new year and happy anniversary!
Aahhh…Symphony Hall. I used to live on Symphony, right behind the Hall. It was a neato place to live, excepting the drunken neighbors and the tenement quality of the apartment. The location was awesome!
I went to Symphony Hall once to watch Cecilia Bartoli, and had seats in that upper section, right above the left side of the stage. I had never been in a concert hall so old! It was very cool. And Cecilia’s voice made me cry. I so wish I could do something like that again soon!
Happy new year, Jill Pilgrim. I hope you’re doing well, sista.
I just saw the Trans Siberian Orchestra for the 1st time in November. Loved it!
Also, you look gorgeous!
Happy New Year!
First of all, congrats on the nomination (it’s well deserved)! Secondly, I love your NYE outfit!