Good Riddance, 2010!

It's no secret that 2010 was not my favorite year. As if it didn't suck enough, it came to a crashing close right before Christmas. I won't go into detail because it's a personal matter, but I ended up spending the holidays alone in Austin.

One would think that after having such a craptastic year, I would want to party hard to usher in the new year. And yet, I had absolutely no desire to do anything. Well, that's not true. I wanted to do something, but I wasn't sure what. All I knew was that I didn't want to get dressed up and go downtown. I didn't want to spend a lot of money. I just wanted to hang out with friends, have some drinks, and just enjoy the night. I think there's too much pressure surrounding New Year's Eve. Maybe it's me getting older, but I just didn't want to put any energy into the night.

Good thing BJ and Derek felt the same way. So once BJ got done working a casino party at the old folks home, the three of us went to the nearly empty Trudy's North location. I couldn't think of a better way to usher in the new year than with chips and queso and Mexican martinis. It ended up being one of my favorite NYE celebrations!

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There were some quotables from the night, most of which I tweeted. For those who don't follow my tweets, here's a sampling:

Brian: "She was down for a threesome. Kristy, you're the only one who has a problem with it."
Derek: "Stop being such a prude!"

Brian: "Oh, it looks like bitchy Kristy is back!"
Derek: "Was she ever gone?"

Me: "I'm going to start being nicer this year."
Brian: "Um, yeah..."
Derek (looking at his watch): "It's 12:06 now; let's see how long this lasts..."
Me: (some comment I can't remember now... it didn't fit in the tweet)
Derek: "Oh, 30 seconds!"

Me: "Life is just a slow death."
Brian: "Wow, way to pep up 2011!"

Derek: "They didn't have sex, just hooked up."
Brian: "And then they made urine angels."
Me: "That's how all good relationships start."

Text conversation with my best friend regarding me
Julia: "I'm picky about who she dates."
Derek: "Where were you during college?!"
Julia: "That was before I noticed her poor choices."

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Because I can be vain at times, I had to snap some pictures of my hair. I was having a pretty darn good hair day, if I may say so.

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Looking towards the new year, I'm still figuring out my goals for 2011. I don't like the word "resolutions." Hopefully I'll have a list put together in the next couple of days, and then I will share it... that way I can be held accountable.