Monday, 2 January 2023

Dancing in the New Year


Despite my general disdain for celebrating New Year's, I still felt obliged to do so something, even if it is simply for the reason of having something to report to my readers. So, for the sake of creating some content for you guys, I got dolled up in a fancy (not to mention extremely sexy), little black number and went in search of a party worthy of the effort that I'd put into making myself look good

Well, that was my plan, anyway. In truth, I found myself procrastinating in my bathroom, trying to delay the inevitable for as long as possible by trying on just about every dress in my wardrobe.

I eventually had to give in and accept my fate when I got a message of Jess inviting me to join her at one of the more popular New Year's Eve parties. I think she wasn't anymore thrilled to be there than I was going to be and wanted some company to make it a little more bearable.

As I mentioned, it was a very popular party, full peeps dancing down the clock until midnight. At least, that I was it looked like. But the atmosphere in there was dead. No party spirit at all.

Upon closer inspection, the reason was plainly obvious. Doing a quick little head count of everyone there, it struck me that 40% of the people there were not even guests. They were dancers from all of the dance teams that were there. I couldn't even tell you how teams there were but it must have been approaching double figures.

Seems pointless to me to have all those dancers when there is no atmosphere. Unless the party would have been for Halloween, because all of the zombies there would have been thematically appropriate for that. But not for New Year's when there is supposed to be some cheer in the air.

Suffice it to say, I managed to delay my arrival until about half and hour before midnight and I was heading out the door by about 10 minutes past. That's all I could manage. Bah humbug!


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