How much weight does a NYE kiss really hold??

Yes 20"oh"10 is here whether d thinks we are ready for it or not and clearly from the things that have already occurred in the first 21 hours of the new year I am thinking she is correct! We may not be prepared for what it has in store for us! Yikes! The night consisted of what might possibly have been a summer preview of the shitshow to come. I actually awoke with butterflies (not to mention a ravaging headache) fearing the worst......a summer worthy of being a Jersey Shore episode all equipped with "the gym buff", house romances, nicknames, make-outs and of course street brawls! Im hoping along with the others that this was just a fluke and that things go much more smoothly for us in 147 days.

As for the new year I have decided that my small, yet challenging, resolution for 2010 is to be honest with myself and take responsibility for my actions whether alcohol induced or not. So I begin...YES I broke the inner circle as s so sweetly put it, YES it was not my best decision and YES not only woke up not proud of it, but while on the B.Out train last night I was already regretting it. and I am not making excuses for it but this brings me to my topic of the night...the New Years Eve Kiss!

Why is it that we feel the need to make out with often complete strangers when the clock strikes 12?? I myself have followed this tradition for as long as I can remember and yet where has it gotten me? I cant even remember who the lucky guys were for 05 and 06...mustttt have been memorable! I have also noticed that on any other night unless of course you are in the OD it is not socially acceptable to be playing sword fights with your tongue all over the bar. Case in point take this quote from Chelsea Handlers Book "My Horizontal Life":

"Public groping has got to be one of my least favorite things. I find it really offensive and just plain nasty. Unless I'm the one getting groped. Then I don't have as much of a problem with it."

And yet on NYE I feel as if you are looked down upon for NOT sealing the year with a kiss at midnight. Which brings me to my next question...what do you do when the one you really want to bring the new year in with is busy popping bottles, you can't get into VIP quick enough and his friend is all of the sudden in your face when the clock strikes 12 all mixed in with the fact that your reflexes/problem solving skills are not in tip top shape at the time? How much weight does a NYE kiss really hold? After all isn't it what is expected of you when the clock strikes 12?

I may have broken the inner circle, but at least I didn't recycle. But then again... I may not be able to say that after tomorrow :/

Here's to 2010...BRING IT ON!