Last year vs. this year

This is what I was doing a year ago:

I was partying it up in Taipei with two of my favorite people, waiting for the fireworks at Taipei 101. Also partying and waiting for the fireworks were 800,000 Asians, every single one of whom I bumped into, was accidentally groped by, or otherwise awkwardly interacted with during the course of the evening. Consider the following:

That is the Taipei metro on new years eve. I would never recommend it to anyone with any amount of claustrophobia issues. We only survived because Dave was a foot taller than everyone else, so we relied on him acting as a periscope.

So, last year was super exciting. This year, we briefly considered going to NYC to watch the ball drop, but since I haven't quite recovered from last year (see the above picture), we decided to play it low-key. We will be welcoming 2012 by eating this:

And also these, which I've made before and were specifically requested by Dave:

(Side note: If you are thinking, "Who is this person who cooks actual food? What has happened to the scowling, ramen noodle-cooking Meredith we know and love?", then do not be alarmed. It's just that I cook now. In fact, I've basically transformed into a domestic goddess. Or something.)

We will then be watching Community and playing Blockus and Jenga untill midnight, when we'll use pan lids as cymbals and make an appropriate amount of noise.

Bottom line: yes, we are lame-o people who stay in on New Years. But I'm going to enjoy the crap out of it.

Happy 2012 to all, and to all a good night!