ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Josh's Photo Album : New Year's 2012</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#E8E8E8" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000ff" ALINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#0000ff" BACKGROUND="../images/tile.gif"> <FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Arial"> <A HREF="../index.html"><IMG SRC="../images/title.gif" TITLE="Josh's Photo Album" BORDER=0></A> <BR><BR> <CENTER> <TABLE BGCOLOR=#CDC5BF BORDER=0 BORDERCOLOR=#000000 WIDTH=95% CELLPADDING=20> <TR> <TD> <TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH=100% ALIGN=CENTER> <TD> <TR> <TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><B>&lt; <A HREF="../albums.html">Albums</A> | <A HREF="../index.html">Home</A></B></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2> <FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Arial Black">New Year's 2012</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial Black">Friday 31 December 2011</FONT> <BR><BR> <FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial"><B>Hey! 2012 is here and we welcomed it into being by watching Miles Dyson blow up the Cyberdyne headquarters in <I>Terminator 2</I> (1991). Our overall theme this year was movies who had divisible-by-ten-year anniversaries. The lineup included <I>Little Nemo</I> (1911), <I>The Flying House</I> (1921), <I>Breakfast at Tiffany's</I> (1961), and the non-Bogart version of <I>The Maltese Falcon</I> (1931). The whole thing came together at the last minute and with a bit of anxiety, but it worked out well in the end. <BR><BR> New Years are for reflection and we really felt the effects of 2011 that night. Our turnout was down to only Josh, Charles, and Dan, with Charles leaving well before midnight. We lost Felicity to Massachusetts the previous September and Laura to New Mexico last August. Katie was off doing her own thing and wouldn't have watched <I>Terminator 2</I> anyhow. So ... hooray 2012? <BR><BR> <FONT FACE="Arial"> <TABLE CELLPADDING=15> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="images/new12d.jpg" BORDER=2 TITLE="All this crap being forced on him"></TD> <TD><B>Charles being detained on his way out due to the necessity of filling out some important paperwork.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="images/new12e.jpg" BORDER=2 TITLE="Can't look too professional, you know"></TD> <TD><B>Josh, always at some stage of needing a haircut. That's his defining character trait.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="images/new12f.jpg" BORDER=2 TITLE="Kind of ironic that the guy who spends so much money on camera equipment won't sit for a photo himself"></TD> <TD><B>Some things never change. Dan, reprising his role of avoiding being photographed.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="images/new12g.jpg" BORDER=2 TITLE="He's also used up his 'valid excuse' quota for the next year"></TD> <TD><B>Charles leaves us. He actually had a valid excuse for once.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="images/new12h.jpg" BORDER=2 TITLE="It's not my fault, I don't want cats down there"></TD> <TD><B>We began <I>Terminator 2</I> at exactly 10:16:45 PM and Dan immediately ran to get tissues to counter cat allergies.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10100104233123082"><IMG SRC="images/new12m1.jpg" BORDER=2 TITLE="VIDEO FILE - Click to view"></A></TD> <TD><B>The midnight moment in <I>Terminator 2</I> lined up exactly, to the second, with the stroke of 2012. Josh has a few words of well-being as we entered the new year. <BR><BR> VIDEO FILE <BR><BR> Hosted on <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10100104233123082">Facebook</A> <BR> Running time: 2:15</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="images/new12k.jpg" BORDER=2 TITLE="Poor Miles Dyson"></TD> <TD><B>At midnight Cyberdyne went boom.</B></TD> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="images/new12i.jpg" BORDER=2 TITLE="Bluh bluuuuh, is it 2013 yet?"></TD> <TD><B>2012! Another year to get through.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="images/new12j.jpg" BORDER=2 TITLE="I mean really, did you ever want to see this?"></TD> <TD><B>I mean, all I'm saying is that I don't post unflattering photos but I do post uncooperative photos. If he just held still then you'd never see anything like this.</B></TD> </TR> </TABLE></B></FONT> <BR> <HR WIDTH=620> <A NAME=#bonus><BR> <FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Arial"><B>Bonus Feature:</FONT> <BR><BR> <FONT FACE="Arial">The decorations for Terminating the New Years.</B></FONT> <BR><BR> <FONT FACE="Arial"> <TABLE CELLPADDING=15> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="images/new12a.jpg" BORDER=2 TITLE="This is how much I care"></TD> <TD><B>The cutout insignia for Terminating the New Years that was displayed on top of the TV as all our event insignias are.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="images/new12b.jpg" BORDER=2 TITLE="See, I can do math after all"></TD> <TD><B>Careful timing went into planning the sync-up with midnight. Everything worked and our midnight moment was exact to the second. <BR><BR> <A HREF="http://joshgulch.com/movies/files/new12pk.pdf">Download press kit</A></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="images/new12c.jpg" BORDER=2 TITLE="Well no wonder those years went awry"></TD> <TD><B>The insignia for the past four years' worth of New Years events were displayed along the shelf along with the movies that we opened each year with.</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><A HREF="http://joshgulch.com/movies/images/new12.gif"><IMG SRC="images/new12l.gif" BORDER=2 TITLE="Because having an insignia for New Year is just ridiculous -- Click for larger"></A></TD> <TD><B>The official insignia for Terminating the New Years. <BR><BR> Click for larger.</B></TD> </TR> </TABLE></B></FONT> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><B>&lt; <A HREF="../albums.html">Albums</A> | <A HREF="../index.html">Home</A></B></FONT> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana" COLOR=#363636><B>Engaged 4 January 2012 | Updated 4 January 2012</B></FONT></CENTER> </FONT> </BODY> </HTML>