Manlio Rules

ranking every new years eve that I had while i lived in NY.

1. 2004-2005: the theme of this new years was: i can do everything. Started the night at a friend of karen’s with the a/k combo, then Kevin’s place, which was big cause it was early days with those kids. then went to the crazy bunker 30′s party, and then rolled with scott into manhattan at 5AM. good times good times.
2. 2001-2002: Technically this doesn’t count, cause i was in seattle for it. but if it did count, this is where it would go. chillin with the seattle crew in those days was always a hedonistic blast.
3. 2005-2006: I was in a weird mood this whole night, but somehow it all worked out. I got to DJ for a few hours, and had my first “clear the floor” experience as a DJ, when i threw on “any way you want it” by journey.
4. 2000-2001: civilized early evening followed by debauchery till early hours. then eric threw up in my kitchen sink and i stayed up all night wondering where it all went wrong.
5. 2003-2004: blah. 3 parties, none of them much fun, i was a mess, and i owed like 4 people sincere apologies at the end of it all. Not a night for my highlight reel. on the plus side, my party hopping somehow created a legend of another ‘manlio’ in bburg who was having a party with fire eaters. and that’s pretty cool.
6. 2002-2003: a nice dinner with matt and neil followed by possibly the worst night of my life. if any night showed me the futility of trying to make important decisions while in another state of mind, this was it. it also showed me that being the only one in the room not hitting on the hot girl sometimes gets you her number. assuming everyone is trashed.