Monday, January 4, 2010

Only Four Days Old and Already 2010 is a Disappointment

Scene: In the car on the way home from first day back to school.

HRH: Jade and Sean got to stay up to see the ball drop.

Manic Mommy: Really? Do you know what that is? I can show it to you on the computer when we get home.

Home and settled, MM clicks over to YouTube searching "Ball Drop, Times Sq, New Year's Eve". Voila!

MM: Hey guys! Come watch the ball drop!

(watching Dick Clark, Ryan Seacrest, et al., hugging)

HRH: So? When does it drop?!

Gremlin: What does it break?!

MM: It doesn't really "drop," it just sort of slides down a pole and lights up.

Gremlin: It doesn't drop on anything?

MM: Um, no. That's just one of the ways we celebrate the new year here in America. You see, we --

Boys depart kitchen, eyes rolling.


Better luck next year, guys.
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12 comments:

  1. Jenn @ Juggling LifeJanuary 4, 2010 at 6:04 PM

    A truly dropping ball would be a little more exciting. Even better would be if was made of super-ball stuff and bounced around Times Square.

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  2. AshJanuary 4, 2010 at 6:18 PM

    LOL - now that would be a sight! I'm sure there are a few souls in Times Square that could use a good smack on the head.

    Poor little dudes. I can see their frowns from here.

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  3. MarlaJanuary 4, 2010 at 7:23 PM

    A ball drop designed by your boys would be much more likely to make me want to stay up until midnight.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2010 at 12:14 PM

    Sounds about right. It is pretty boring to just watch.

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  5. natasha the exile on Mom StreetJanuary 5, 2010 at 2:58 PM

    I like their version much better!

    Let's do it that way next year!

    (but only if we make sure the ball knocks out a few of Seacrest's overly-whitened teeth)

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  6. KristenJanuary 5, 2010 at 5:26 PM

    And to think they thought they missed something.

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  7. Otter ThomasJanuary 6, 2010 at 5:15 PM

    That's kind of how I feel about the whole thing too, but I play along.

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  8. Kate Coveny HoodJanuary 7, 2010 at 1:39 PM

    I've always found that New Year moment rather anticlimactic. And this year my husband and I were watching TV when I noticed that it was 12:02. I figure I didn't miss anything.

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  9. anymommyJanuary 7, 2010 at 6:49 PM

    Such a let down ;-) They'll probably recover from the disappointment. I gave up on the ball long ago. Definitely anti climatic.

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  10. BOSSYJanuary 7, 2010 at 10:11 PM

    Bossy misses 2009 already.

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  11. GJanuary 7, 2010 at 10:54 PM

    That's the same reaction Pal had when we took him to Plymoth Rock - "It's just a rock???"

    They are truly boys, aren't they?!

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  12. tracey.becker1@gmail.comJanuary 15, 2010 at 6:04 PM

    I agree. DULL. Maybe it was more exciting when it was originally made, and people didn't see things like "moving lights" all the time?

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Stayed for coffee.