My New Years Eve was laaaaaame. Awful dinner service. Awful “party”. Awful venue. The company wasn’t awful, but every thing I tried to do to celebrate fell as flat as I did throughout every minute of 2023: a trash evening for a trash boy.
I’m not the party guy. I don’t get drunk. I don’t do the weed. I don’t like big gatherings where the only thing to do is “hang out and chill and org.” I NEED DIRECTION! Even better if I am directing/hosting the direction! I NEED TO THROW MYSELF A PARTY AND NOT INVITE ANYONE ELSE!
But I am trying to stretch myself.
Ladies 😉
At 11:40 PM on NYE, I drove through Downtown Newnan. The only thing that was happening? A line outside of The Alamo. So I left.
What…
Are we not better than that? Clearly not. But a better question is, why aren’t we better than that?
A friend of mine proposed a question recently that I then proposed to Facebook (and I then proposed… she said no):
If Downtown Newnan had its own version of the “peach drop”, what would it be?
– Lorena
While I should probably have my own answer to this question (spoiler alert), I don’t. But lets take a look at some of the wisdom from my Harold fans/my Fanrolds.
Lorelei Mims Sprayberries pig drop
While I think this idea accurately represents our town, I worry that the pig would be SO HEAVY that it would cater through the earth and drop Downtown into hell.
Russ Moore The Mayor drives around a roundabout.
A good idea, but I would be shocked if he didn’t do this frequently. I mean, if he drives ever, he will HAVE to go around a roundabout. Unless he’s going to resign as he drives, I’m not interested.
Pete Mejeris Mexican restaurant drop
But which one? Do we choose one of the mainstays or choose one of the “that baby boy is going to shutdown in like a week” restuarants?
Amanda Holbird Trolley drop
Not bad. This would be the most anyone has ever paid attention to the trolley. Do we stick the underpaid driver in there too?
Chris Litton Clearly it would be the Gooch drop.
Gooch drop is what I kept asking my wife to do to me before she stopped returning my text.
Ryan Holbird Bag of trash on the goodwill donation box-drop.
One mans trash is another womans trash.
Paige Leiby Every year we blow up one roundabout. That should keep us busy for a while
I have a theory that the roundabouts are so deep within our DNA now that it’ll almost immediately grow up on it’s own. LIKE SNAKE SKIN!
Dale Lyles A giant head of Harold. Duh.
Head from Harold is how I spend every other day of the year, and it’s never followed up by cheering and applause! THIS IS A GREAT IDEA
Newnan Time with Harold 