Happy New Year, MetaFilter. Hope it's a better year for all of us.

December 31, 2004 3:56 PM

Happy New Year, MetaFilter. Hope it's a better year for all of us.
posted by timeistight to MetaFilter-Related at 3:56 PM (55 comments total)

Shit. The clock's out by four minutes.
posted by timeistight at 3:57 PM on December 31, 2004

got a few hours left to go here yet :-)
posted by quonsar at 4:22 PM on December 31, 2004

my word, I've been at this thing FIVE YEARS! I so need a hobby.
posted by jonmc at 5:48 PM on December 31, 2004

happy happy everything to everybody!
posted by moonbird at 5:53 PM on December 31, 2004

jonmc - you might want to try model kits.

I can't begin to tell you how much fun I've had breaking other peoples'.
posted by Smart Dalek at 5:53 PM on December 31, 2004

Happy new year, and I hope 2005 is a lot better than 2004.
posted by languagehat at 6:04 PM on December 31, 2004

seriously, my MeFi resolution for next year is try and find a better way to make my points. My current style seems to have people missing them and pisses off people I like rather than the intended targets, so a change is in order.

And a Happy New Year to all of you.
posted by jonmc at 6:06 PM on December 31, 2004

I finished my baking marathon (brownies, frangipani cake, fat-free but surprisingly delicious pumpkin muffins for a friend with horrible cholesterol issues) and will be heading to a party soon, so I want to anticipate my big midnight kiss to all of you.

Big midnight kiss. You guys are my virtual water-cooler gang, and without you this working-alone business might make me stir-crazier than I am.

I am wishing for a better year for every one of us, and for the world. My hope is that 2005 is tsunami, bomb, and pandemic free for everyone.

And more love--even when it's spiked with the leavening acid of snark--here at MeFi. And less goatse.

SMOOCH!
posted by Sidhedevil at 6:17 PM on December 31, 2004

oooh! I can't wait. I am starting to count backwards. What if 2005 is 2.5 hrs away... We'll see where I get.

Happy one, kids. For all.
posted by carmina at 6:30 PM on December 31, 2004

I had a great 2004. Politics aside, it was the best year of my life.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 6:36 PM on December 31, 2004

Personally, my 2004 sucked. Here's to 2004! I gotta start hanging out with Sidhedevil. I loves me some pumpkin muffins!
posted by monju_bosatsu at 6:44 PM on December 31, 2004

Cheers, all. '05 has just got to be better.
posted by Wolfdog at 6:47 PM on December 31, 2004

Hugs to sidhedevil, congrats to mathowie and happy new year to all of you! 2004 was a very sad year for some family members and friends of mine, and for them I pray for peace and happiness in 2005. For all who had a great year, may the good times continue to roll!
posted by Lynsey at 7:01 PM on December 31, 2004

A bunch of MeFi's posts have sent my brain and heart careening off into new directions this year and AskMeFi has been a godsend too. Spirit willing, double ought five will bring some peace to the world as well.
posted by TomSophieIvy at 7:12 PM on December 31, 2004

I had a great 2004. Politics aside, it was the best year of my life.
posted by mathowie at 6:36 PM PST on December 3

Wow. Imminent death of Metafilter...averted! Yay!
posted by dash_slot- at 7:16 PM on December 31, 2004

May the dawning of the new year be blessed thus: that each and every one of you fine people be exposed to exactly the amount of anus you desire.
posted by flashboy at 7:56 PM on December 31, 2004

it's a conspiracy i say, a conspiracy ... the government's faking the whole ball at the times square thing to make us believe in some kind of mythological progress ... regis philbin is a paid liar ... they poisoned dick clark because he was going to spill the beans ... they assassinated guy lumbardo because he was about to tell the whole terrible story to the press

it's been 1981 for 23 years!! ... wake up folks ... OUR GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA ARE LYING TO US!!
posted by pyramid termite at 8:14 PM on December 31, 2004

My god... it's full of anus.
posted by dong_resin at 8:32 PM on December 31, 2004

I can see mathowie's comment for next years thread:

"I had a great 2005. Baby induced sleep deprivation aside, it was the best year of my life."
posted by Apoch at 8:53 PM on December 31, 2004

happy new year ... it's now been 1981 for 24 years ...
posted by pyramid termite at 9:01 PM on December 31, 2004

A happy new year from the eastern time zone! 04 was not my best year but I have high hopes for 05 and I wish the best to the gang here.
PT, Dick Clark was not poisoned. They burned the painting and he aged 80 years in minutes.
and I just turned a year older
posted by arse_hat at 9:01 PM on December 31, 2004

anus anus bo-banus bananafana fo-fanus anus!

Happy 2005 from NYC!
posted by jonmc at 9:02 PM on December 31, 2004

YOUR COMPUTERS MUST BE BROKEN IF YOU THINK IT'S STILL 1981.

FORTUNATELY, MINE HAS THE LATEST FIRMWARE.

HAPPY 1905, METAFILTER!
posted by Smart Dalek at 9:07 PM on December 31, 2004

2004 wasn't as horrible as it could have been, I DID get out of Alabama.

Happy New Year all.
posted by kamylyon at 9:12 PM on December 31, 2004

Happy New Year to you too, timeistight.

Happy New Year to everyone in Meta land.

And now, I'm off to party like it's 1999
posted by seawallrunner at 9:12 PM on December 31, 2004

ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT ERROR
posted by Otis at 10:11 PM on December 31, 2004

Happy new year, everyone!
posted by carter at 10:22 PM on December 31, 2004

I have very low expectations for 2005. Here's to hoping I'm wrong (it does happen occasionally)!
posted by rushmc at 10:51 PM on December 31, 2004

Damn, two hours into 2005 and I don't feel any different...

Happy New Year and peace to all.
posted by LouReedsSon at 10:54 PM on December 31, 2004

Just got back from revels, and giving everyone who'll stand still for it a champagne-scented kiss and happy new year wishes.
posted by melissa may at 11:30 PM on December 31, 2004

What's all this about a new year? I still have words-of-the-day left on my calendar.

"en·cap·su·late v. tr. To encase in or as if in a capsule."
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:46 PM on December 31, 2004

Happy New Year, MeFi.
posted by fenriq at 11:59 PM on December 31, 2004

Bleh.
posted by interrobang at 12:05 AM on January 1, 2005

Ugh.. The last New Year's eve of my 20's was spent surrounded by an ugly sea of dead corn, in the ugly suburb-like capital of Nebraska.

My deepest sympathies go out to those of you who have clearly dealt with much, much worse (MeFi users and others.) And I wish you all, even if 2004 was a good year, a better 2005.

(And dammit, Nebraska corn.. When will you learn that you are going die every October? Ahh, you make me so miserable when there is no snow to cover you.)
posted by sophie at 12:08 AM on January 1, 2005

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY
posted by 40 Watt at 12:24 AM on January 1, 2005

Wooo I just got home and I'm realally drunk!!
posted by Yelling At Nothing at 2:22 AM on January 1, 2005

And only 15 years before I get to taste Solyent Green.
...
Wait,
This is Slashdot. Right?
posted by seanyboy at 2:34 AM on January 1, 2005

Right.

Happy New Year everyone.
posted by calwatch at 3:32 AM on January 1, 2005

I'm never drinking again.

Ever.

Happy New Year &c.
posted by bdave at 3:49 AM on January 1, 2005

happy new year ! may 2005 bring you all that much closer to getting what you deserve !
posted by t r a c y at 4:25 AM on January 1, 2005

i've just been jeered at and physically hassled. but hey, people in chile are just friendly, aren't they, signal? unless you look and behave differently, and they're drunk, of course.

happy new fucking year indded.
posted by andrew cooke at 5:07 AM on January 1, 2005

It would be easy to sit quietly by the gate and smile reassuringly into your Cheeto-smeared faces as you casually herd yourselves up the winding chutes toward the darkened killing floor; in the long run, it might even be humane; but, cursed as I am by a deep and abiding love for

Wait. An out-of-sequence sentiment. Sorry.
posted by Opus Dark at 6:12 AM on January 1, 2005

*gets andrew cooke's back*

To old friends and new beginnings! Happy New Year!
posted by sciurus at 6:13 AM on January 1, 2005

And dammit, Nebraska corn.
When will you learn that you are going (to)
die every October?
Ahh, you make me so miserable
when there is no snow to cover you.

sophie ... that's actually a good poem ... i suggest you claim it and keep it as one
posted by pyramid termite at 6:28 AM on January 1, 2005

Wishing you all a happy new year, now that you're mostly sober enough to understand it.
posted by FunkyHelix at 7:22 AM on January 1, 2005

*agrees with sophie about ugly seas of dead corn, smooches Sidhedevil and melissa may*
posted by languagehat at 8:37 AM on January 1, 2005

Happy New Year, all.
posted by dame at 10:09 AM on January 1, 2005

Happy New Year. Thank God Christmas is over.
posted by konolia at 10:54 AM on January 1, 2005

Amen.
posted by chicobangs at 11:18 AM on January 1, 2005

Have a great 2005, everyone.

I can't believe it's 2005 already--I'm mentally stuck in the 90's. It should be 1997.8.b or something. Just like I'm still 29.4.5.r years old
posted by dness2 at 11:20 AM on January 1, 2005

Happy new year.

Incidentally, where's my pimped out neon hovercar and lunar bachelor pad? I mean it's 2005 already. C'mon Future, give it up!
posted by nearlife at 12:39 PM on January 1, 2005

Hippo Gnu Beer, everyone.


May this year be a damn sight better than the last.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 1:25 PM on January 1, 2005

Happy new year 'nall.
posted by kenko at 2:34 PM on January 1, 2005

If MTV2 actually airs Kids Show (Warning: Adult Content) like they're supposed to, it will be a great year (for TV watching anyway). The USA Network was going to air it, but they killed it after watching the pilot.
posted by NoMich at 9:35 PM on January 1, 2005

Happy New Year, everyone. Wish you were here because we have 4 bottles of Champagne left over.

Speaking for myself, 2004 was a fantastic year with the best possible New Year's Eve celebration. And I am guessing that 2005 will be even better.

~smiles a very secret gravy type of smile~
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 7:38 AM on January 2, 2005