Tonight We’re Gonna Party Like It’s 1999
By mattluecking
I always say that 1999 was my favorite New Year’s Eve. Two great friends got engaged, they just had a baby, and that party at the K of C Hall in Princeton was amazing! I’ll always cherish that. Last New Year’s Eve was different for me, and I’m not talking about yesterday. I had met this gal that I really liked, and at the time I thought she felt the same. I’ll believe to myself that she did. As a year passes you realize that you’re not always on the same page with people, even when you think you want to be. You have to believe in the man upstairs, signs, and people saying, yeah maybe that wasn’t exactly what you thought it was. The new year bringing in 2010 was very sweet. I couldn’t wait to kiss that girl. I knew who I would be kissing, and who I would be going home with. That feeling was tranquil. This New Year’s was a bit different. You can always tell when people might be searching you out to kiss you at midnight. New Year’s Eve is the Get Out Of Jail free card. I guess it’s the night that girl’s figure they can make their move, and Blame It on The A a a a a lcoohol! It’s also a time when you meet people, that you don’t expect to meet. Sometimes it leads you to a conversation, or an old list that you wrote years ago. I’ve had conversations about deal breakers this week, and lists. I thought I would share my newly revised list of my top 10 for 2011.
I honestly don’t remember the 65 things list, but I wish I could find them. I would probably get a good laugh. Maybe I had been watching the Notebook too many times to think that or something, ok maybe that was before the notebook, maybe Sweet Home Alabama, ha ha anyway, we’ll see where this goes…I think I’ll just write it in general, but these are things that guys appreciate about good women, and maybe vice versa…
1. As I have for sure matured, someone that values family is a must
2. Conversation-If you can’t have an intelligent one with that special person in life, your relationship will die on the vine very quickly
3. Somebody that is curious and aspiring-If you don’t want to learn and grow, you have the potential to be very boring and stagnant, and those aren’t attractive qualities, and I don’t believe that you should limit yourself to what you’re curious about. If you want to know about it, take some free time to learn about it, and embrace it.
4. Be Passionate. Passion is sexy as hell. Everybody has something that they get really excited about. Passion has always been, and always will be sexy.
5. Be appreciative. The little things really do mean the most when you get older. My little niece smiles, or my brother and I get to go to a concert together, or my mom and I talk about some of our times dancing and singing in the house, when we were both younger, and I eat it up. The best memories didn’t always have to cost you much, but your time and attention.
6. Never be scared to laugh and explore. It’s if it’s a new mom and pop restaurant, a trip to the mall, a funny movie, or a comedy show the power of laughter and exploration is a must.
7. Realize that money doesn’t buy you ever ounce of happiness, the things that make you the richest are family and friends.
8. Don’t be afraid to do something totally out of your comfort zone with somebody. You never know when something you never thought about might be your new favorite thing.
9. Spend time talking and not just texting or facebooking. You can never underestimate the human connection between two souls that need to be enriched.
10. A beautiful smile and a passionate kisser, will never make you think that spending time alone with somebody is ever a bad idea.
But I think a friend of mine today said it best, ” I really wanted to be wanted instead of needed!” You can’t fake wanting and craving somebody in your life, it’s the simple stuff that I believe we always strive for, and what makes us really come alive to let our light shine for all to see.
Happy 2011!
