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Tomorrow is the big day in Asia, then shortly after the world gets our sloppy seconds.  :cool2:  What are you doing for the new year? How about eve? The stroke of midnight? Do you get a few days off, or is it back to work?

Myself, I'm an American in Japan but I celebrate at a native level: Osetchi, Kohaku, family/friends, shrines. I'll be hosting a home party tomorrow where we'll do the traditional eat, drink, and watch a TV show called kohaku. We'll stay up to watch the first sunrise then head over, by train, a temple and shrine where we'll get our fortunes for the year. I'm looking forward to it. The following three days people come over to eat and drink. New Years is one of the few times you can drink for breakfast and not get an intervention.  ;)

So what are your plans?

Running.

Here's one for round the house: For cleaning do you recommend/use baking soda or washing soda? (I just learned about washing soda and am a m a z e d.)

Every day is a day for home cooking, go for it!

(Flozen, I have a big ice cream maker and it sits on the veranda in a cupboard because the bowl has to be frozen, taking up too much room in my freezer to be practical for regular use. It is nice to have when company is coming. What I do keep in my freezer it this little gem: one serving that you make in your hand. It's a huge help in making sure I don't overeat. ;) )

https://www.amazon.com/Zoku-Ice-Cream-Maker-Red/dp/B00OOCVDJC/ref=sr_1_5?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1514565733&sr=1-5&keywords=mini+ice+cream+maker

I've set up an electrolysis tub for cleaning rust! (I've been super handy this past week.) Right now it's cleaning the rust off an old school tai yaki maker. It does take time. Should I use my homemade machine to polish my copper pots or bear down and do the deed by hand?

Tonga. You just get high in Jamaica – oi, and the American tourists are e v e r y w h e r e.

It's dinner time: (American style) biscuits with dinner or scones for dessert?

Do it now. Start the new year fresh, not with something hanging over your head.

Should I eat chocolate covered coffee beans or have another cup of coffee?

@JohnAllenson:

I do not need to see yet another story of 'white male triumphant'.  I like female characters with agency.  I know a lot of the Rapid Puppies are irate at having a women of colour with lines and character development - who didn't even dress in a slave girl costume.

You might find a 13-year-old fanboi who said that online but that's not the consensus. (spoilers) For example, why set up a woman commander JUST introduced to lead the kamakazi run when you have long-lived characters who deserved to bow out in style? Admiral Akabar, for example? How about bringing back Lando? They made political choices all throughout the movie, and it sucked because of it. Fyn is never anything but a token character. Rose was at least better drawn but their side plot was forced and had zero effect on the main plot.

SWTLJ had real problems in the writing. They wanted to imitate the Marvel movies comedic tone, so they created Jar-Jar level missteps that sidestepped the tone of all the films which came before. And where were the sword fights, the signature SW set piece? Hated it. Just hated it all the way through.

@Cuervos626:

-They just did a live action out of Jo-Jo? How can that be, the poses and the physique of each character… I'm so intrigued, must watch it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3ivFhgcLEY

I've not seen it. It wasn't a commercial success here, though. The manga adaptation have been getting really good. Tokyo Ghoul, Full-Metal Alchemist, and Destiny: Kamakura no Monogatari are all excellent.

Yes, you should read Dante's Divine Comedy. The best is Inferno, so at least read that (with all the footnotes). Be sure you then examine The Gates of Hell by Rodin, it'll come alive to you once you know the story.

Should I or shouldn't I whitewash an old Balinese chest? I was going to throw it out but it's held up perfectly outside these past ten years; I've taken it in and refurbished it. To keep it inside the wood has to be lighter to match the interior. Bleaching it only took it so far, so it's whitewashing it or back on the veranda. Decisions, decisions. I'm going on a run to the DIY store this afternoon…

Oh, hell no. You have no idea how long it took for me to even try skinny jeans. Freedom. Boxers. Public baths.

TPBM would go to a nudist colony and participate nude in all the events.

Aw, memories. My father's side is from the Azores, so I'd chose to go to the homeland.

You have a bathroom to clean. Do you reach for a bottle of bleach or ammonia?