And, yes, I DO take it personally: 20 minutes ago, the New Year came to Macedonia

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Saturday, December 31, 2005

20 minutes ago, the New Year came to Macedonia

i've been listening to the online service of antenna 5, a radio station in skopje, macedonia... macedonia is four hours ahead of argentina time, 6 hours ahead of the u.s. east coast, and the clock turned midnight there approximately 20 minutes ago... they've been playing party music all evening and, at the stroke of 12, after the countdown from 10 and all the on-air staff jumping on and wishing everyone a happy new year, their musical salute was - are you ready? - YMCA... i'm still chuckling... i'll be seeing my friends there later in january... can't wait...

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