1998 is approaching and, of course, there are a plethora of options when it comes to ringing in the new year. Somewhere in the mess of opportunities is a celebration plan tailor-made for you.
Most people go for the obvious mode of New Year’s Eve fun, the club route. Almost every club and bar in San Diego has some kind of bash planned. Whether you’re at Brick by Brick watching the original members of Bow Wow Wow (you know, the “I Want Candy” band), at Tio Leo’s swinging to the sounds of Hot Rod Lincoln, or attending the Disco Pimps’ New Year’s Eve Bash at Buffalo Joe’s, it’s a given that some bold, drunk person is going to decide you are the one he or she wants to kiss at midnight. As you try to escape the sloshed one’s smackeroo, just be thankful he or she didn’t lick you.
If the club idea doesn’t appeal to you, or if you’re not 21 yet, there is always the “91X Soma Live New Year’s” celebration. This is a godsend for those riding the third-wave ska trend and the lineup is a teenybopper’s dream, including Blink 182, Save Ferris, Goldfinger, Dancehall Crashers, Unwritten Law, The Aquabats, Voodoo Glow Skulls, G-Spot and tons more.
The icing on the cake is that the show is being held at the Sports Arena, so you only have to be covered in the sweat from the resident 13-year-olds if you want to. Not to mention for those reliving their childhood Soma days by seeing bands like Blink-182 and Unwritten Law again, there’s a bar to ensure their memories are good ones. The presence of the bar always ensures that stranger licking opportunity. (Soma makes me want to start sentences with the phrase, “When I was kid …”)
Lastly for those people who either resisted the grade-dropping pit called a social life and have no one to hang with, or if the person you want to be locking lips with at midnight is far away (we’ll pick a random place ? say, Georgia), there is the ever-exciting evening with the remote. You, too, can be like me, and spend the biggest party night of the year flipping between our good friend Dick Clark, and the video countdown on MTV. And don’t forget, if you just stick with Dick, you have the option of being in bed in by 9. If you’re really lucky, the Cartoon Network will repeat the Space Ghost marathon from last year!
Don’t forget in the midst of all this hoopla the tradition of making New Year’s resolutions. Sure, we both know you won’t follow through on any of them, but if you can’t lie to yourself, how can you expect to be able to lie to anyone else?
