Highlights - New Years eve 95-96
New Years Eve 1995 - 1996 (Ver ESR1.1)
Highlights
Destination: State College, PA
Plan: "Get the Women 'Faced."
The Girls:
Valerie Schutz (Lorton VA)
Gina Terry (Towson MD)
Marylin Kristofits (Altoona PA)
Kristi Thomas (Washington DC)
Suzy Ruth (Bethesda
MD)
Lynne Ginther (Bellefonte PA)
The
Guys: Eric Ruth
(Bethesda MD)
John Kristofits (Boulder CO)
Greg Grieff (Greenbelt MD)
Todd Irvin (Burke VA)
Steve Shala (Bellefonte PA)
Mike Yeager (Allentown PA)
Craig Nickel (Columbia MD)
Sunday 12/31
Craig, Gina, Eric, Suzy plan 10:00 Departure from Bethesda MD
to State College PA
9:30 Gina & Craig Prepare to depart for Eric & Suzy's place.
9:35 Gina Attempts to toast Her bagel.
9:36 Craig tells Gina that she doesn't have enough time to toast bagel.
9:45 Craig and Gina on
the way to Bethesda (Gina eating un-toasted bagel
in car)
10:00 Craig & Gina Arrive in Bethesda Right On time.
10:30 Eric & Suzy ready to Leave.
10:35 It's decided that taking
2 Vehicles would be more practical than
cramming 4 people into an Escort.
10:35 2 Vehicles depart for State College, But first a Pitstop at Hechts.
10:45 Arrive at Hechts, Gina
enters and attempts to have Ink Tag removed
from stolen Pair of Blue Jeans.
11:00 Back on the Road to State College.
11:45 Very Boring Drive
12:30 Very Boring Drive
1:00 Stop in Lovely Hancock MD For Gas.
1:15 Gina questions (Over CB Radio) Shouldn't we be going North?
1:18 Group Makes A U-Turn.
1:25 Pass exit for Lovely Hancock MD (Again).
2:00 Very Boring Drive
2:30 Stop in Lovely Altoona PA for Lunch
2:35 After much bickering, Group Decides on Pizza Hut
2:40 Order 1 Large Pizza, Breadsticks, and Salad Bar.
2:42 1 Large Pizza Arrives At table.
2:43 1 Large Pizza Removed from table, Taken to it's rightful Owner.
2:50 Pizza Arrives, Group eats.
3:15 Back on the road again.
3:30 Very Boring Drive.
4:15 Arrive in Lovely State College PA.
4:20 Drive Through Tour of Lovely State College PA
4:30 Arrive: Lovely "Days Inn Penn State."
4:32 Eric Discovers Ice Sculpture.
4:33 Eric attempts to Destroy Ice Sculpture.
4:35 Check in...Discover Greg and Val Have already Arrived.
4:40 All Congregate in Greg & Val's Room.
4:45 Greg & Val's Room Designated as "Party Room"
4:50 Bathtub Filled with Ice and Alcohol.
4:55 Gina Returns to Her room to Nap.
5:00 Contact Steve & Lynn
5:05 Decided that group will meet at hotel, and Depart for dinner.
5:15 Craig's Home brew Distributed, All enjoy.
5:30 Lynn, Steve & Mike arrive at Hotel; Beers Distributed.
5:45 Todd and Kristi Arrive
at hotel (Kristi's Probe has severe driver's
side damage.)
6:00 Discover that John & Marylin won't be joining us 'til 7:30-8:00.
6:05 Group Departs for dinner (Mario & Louigis.)
6:10 Group of 11 Seated and told "Be done in an hour, OR ELSE."
7:00 Gina's food Finally Arrives.
7:15 Group finishes dinner and returns to hotel for Drinking.
7:20 Suzy Opens bottle of Champaign.
7:30 Suzy finishes bottle of Champaign.
7:35 Suzy opens Another bottle of Champaign.
7:40 Group decides that it's too hot in the hotel room.
7:45 Attempt is made to
Open window. Only to discover that window has
been Screwed Shut.
7:46 Tool Kit opened; Nut Driver in hand, Eric begins Removing Screws.
7:47 Last Screw Removed.
7:48 Attempt to Push Window Open.
7:49 Eric & Mike discover
that screws are the only thing holding the
window.
7:50 Rest of group discovers
the same; Eric Panics, requests assistance.
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7:51 Screws Replaced...Window re-secured.
7:55 Comment card filled
out, Complaining about safety hazards in the
hotel room.
8:00 Eric & Val depart
to secure tickets for New Years Eve Party at
the CROWBAR.
8:05 Alcohol Consumption Continues.
8:30 Val & Eric Return
(no tickets, but they have prepaid admission
for 13 to CROWBAR.)
8:35 Drinking and Celebrating Continues.
8:40 Men begin working on "THE PLAN"
8:45 Suzy and Val working towards "THE PLAN"
9:00 Gina and Lynn attempting to foil "THE PLAN"
9:15 Kristi oblivious to "THE PLAN"
9:30 Beer supply begins
to dwindle...Catastrophe avoided with a trip
to the 6-pack shop downstairs.
10:00 Group of 13 Departs to CROWBAR.
10:05 Elevator warning: Max
Capacity 1500Lbs Ignored. (13 semi-drunks pile
into elevator)
10:06 Elevator Hesitantly transports
13 Semi-drunks from 3rd floor to
sub 1st floor.
10:07 13 Semi-Drunks Pile out
of elevator, through the lobby, on way to
CROWBAR (Front desk staff call maintenance to "Check out that Elevator
Alarm")
10:15 Group Arrives at CROWBAR.
Atmosphere: (Remodeled 3 level Burger King, setup to accommodate
800 Drunken College Students. A bar on the upper level, and
a bar on the lower level, 1 Bar-wench Selling Jello Shots,
1 Stage located on the middle level. Band is "Time Machine"
A Pink Floyd Tribute Band. 97QWK Diskjockeys playing classic rock
while the band was not on stage.
10:20 Group finds large "Corner"
of the upper level, which is partially
unoccupied. Group Stakes a claim on this Land.
10:30 Coats removed, Turned inside-out, Piled in Corner.
10:40 "THE PLAN" Goes into overdrive.
Suzy & Val and Marylin being
most cooperative.
10:50 Kristi trying to find Todd? He's no where to be found.
10:55 Gina returns from Bar with Decorative Paper Pineapple.
10:56 Guys attempt to transform Gina into "Chakita Banana Lady"
10:57 Attempt to find hairpins is unsuccessful, Gina remains Gina.
11:00 Much Drinking, Dancing, Balloon Popping (Overall Good Time).
11:10 Todd found in front of
the Stage, enjoying Pink Floyd Tribute
just a little too much.
11:15 Greg Removes Kristi's Clothes.
11:30 Still Drinking.
11:59:45 A hush overcomes the crowd.
11:59:50 Countdown Begins.
11:59:55 Countdown becomes somewhat Unified.
12:00 Much Rejoicing, Hugging, Kissing, etc...
12:01 Band Continues it's Pink Floyd Tribute.
12:05 Group still Rejoicing, Hugging, Kissing, etc...
12:15 Eric Buys First round of "Jello Shots" for the Women.
12:30 Marylin exclaims to Valerie "Stop Kissing My Husband!"
12:35 Gina requests that all the Guys "Kiss Craig"
12:38 Guys taking their turns Kissing Craig.
12:40 Lynn, Steve, Mike say their goodbye's and depart for Bellefonte.
12:45 Suzy exclaims to Valerie "Stop Kissing My Husband!"
12:48 Kristi asks Greg "You
guys don't really play Cards on Friday night...
do you?"
12:50 Eric Buys next round of "Jello Shots" this time, for the entire group.
1:05 John is ready to
leave, But can't do so, Because He can't find his
wife.
1:00 Kristi exclaims to Valerie "Stop Kissing my Boyfriend!"
1:15 Crowd begins to thin
at CROWBAR, Remaining group decides to
return to hotel.
1:18 John still looking for Marylin.
1:20 On the way, Todd decides that he needs a Cheeseburger.
1:25 Val Gets herself stuck in a tree.
1:30 Groups Enters "Ye' Ol' College Diner"
1:35 Group gets seated in "the back"
1:40 Girl with Nose-Ring
at the next table gets annoyed at Eric with
Camcorder.
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2:00 Group exits diner and returns to Hotel.
2:10 Suzy and Greg get into elevator on 1st Floor. Doors Close.
2:11 Doors Open.
Suzy and Greg exit elevator on 1st Floor
(Very surprised to find that Val and Eric Have Beaten
them to the 3rd floor.)
2:12 Suzy and Greg Realize that they are still on the First Floor.
2:13 Val and Eric Enter
another elevator (You never want to be in the
same elevator as your Wife) and head to the 5th floor to wait for
Greg and Suzy.
2:15 Greg and Suzy never Make it to the 5th floor.
2:20 Eric and Val Return to 3rd floor to find Greg and Suzy.
2:30 Kristi & Todd, and Craig & Gina have retired for the evening.
2:35 Suzy, Eric, Val,
Greg Attempt to finish the remaining 4 bottles
of champaign.
3:00 Attempt foiled by REALLY Bad bottle of Cooks Champaign.
3:30 Eric, Suzy, Greg, and Val Retire for the evening.
5:30 Awakened by Loud banging and voice exclaiming "Police...Open the Door"
5:30:15 More Banging..."Open the @#!@$@$ door before we break it down."
5:30:30 Hotel Guest, Pinned to floor by Police exclaims "But He hit me first"
5:31: Silence.
9:30 Phone Rings, Eric Answers Phone, Person on other end Hangs up.
9:35 Eric figures "That
must have been Marylin...and she hung up, because
I shouldn't have been in Val & Greg's Room"
10:30 Alarm clock makes annoying noise.
10:45 All awake, shower, begin the "check out" process.
12:00 All rooms Cleaned out...Check out, and Stop at Perkins for Lunch.
1:30 Begin the Journey
Home.
Dates
Birthdays:
Steve Shala
April 4
Eric Ruth
April 9
Jim Olivo
May 3
Patty Minto
May 15
Valerie Schutz
June 15
Lynne Ginther
July 11
Greg Grieff
September 1
Joe Baigis
September 17
John Kristofits
September 26
Paul Page
September 29
Lisa Galaini
September 30
Suzy Ruth
November 26
Others not forgotten, just unknown.
Weddings:
Eric & Suzy
September 3, 1995
Joe & Valerie
Canceled
John & Marylin
September 30, 1995
Joe & Carla
February 17, 1996
Steve & Lynne
May 18, 1996
Jim & Lynda
June 10, 1996
Paul & Lisa
One of these days
