1stJanuary
Reveling in the New Year
I can’t explain why, but everyone that was out in London last night on New Year’s Eve are referred to as revelers, as in Revelers Bring In the New Year in the Cold.
As for me, it was tempting to stand in the 0 degree weather with 50,000 other revelers and revel while not being able to actually see the fireworks. It was doubly tempting because the prime areas near the river are closed off after the first busload of fatso Americans revelers arrive. In the end, I decided I would rather stick a stingray barb through my manhood than do that.
What we did instead was actually quite a change from what we did last year, which was survive an orgy of freeflying fireworks in a sea of people in Helsinki. We went to a dinner party celebrated in North London. While we did not get to revel with the revelers, it made for a lovely time with lovely people and lovely Russian Standard vodka.
Happy New Year from the London Reveler