The New Year's Eve quandry

Christmas was good! I saw a ton of friends and family! I might be a little tuckered out with the family, but it happens sometimes. Pretty soon people will travel back to school, home, or where ever else they came from, and I'll be left all by my lonesome. Well, not really, but the people to hang out with will be reduced by roughly 73%. So we'll see how months January-May go. Stephen will even be leaving to go to school soon. He was my go to Applebee's guy. I might spend lonely nights at Applebee's pining for the good old days. I may make fun of Steve a lot, and get frustrated with him rather easily, but he's still my brother.
And now the problem:

How to make New Year's Eve fun?
I don't know if I ever really had a good New Year's Eve. Some of them have been all right. Borderline fun, but the expectations might be too high. Y2K New Year's Eve, was the worst. That was in a cement block warehouse in florida with a bunch of people we didn't know. I don't even know if I want to dignify one as the 'best'. I was looking to go somewhere, out of town somewhere, but I couldn't rally the troops, and I couldn't really organize it because of other things I had on my agenda.
First off, I don't even know what I want or what would constitute a good time. I would pick friends over family for this holiday. Or atleast more friends than family. Alcohol isn't really necessary, but the option would be nice. And entertainment! Lots of good entertainment. I don't even need to watch that ugly ass ball fall. Don't need to celebrate at midnight. Maybe give it a simple woot woot, and be done with it. So pretty much, I think a party without really celebrating the point of the holiday? (If you can actually refer to it as a holiday)
Come to think of it, maybe I have an inherent problem with the holiday itself. It just doesn' deserve to be a holiday. I love the time off from work, but really? Don't you think the time would be better served somewhere early spring to break up the monotony of January-May. With Thanksgiving and Christmas, I think the end of the year has enough holidays. Spread the wealth. After College, Spring break is over. That should be the case. I mean you might get Easter off from work and you get Memorial Day. But no holidays from Jan-April?? That is way too long going without a day of work.
Maybe I will never have a good time on New Years. That might mean I have to acknowledge it as an actual holiday. I still think it would be better to have a three day weekend in Late Feb.-Early March. But until that happens, I will continue on my quest to find a New Year's Eve that wil lprovide enjoyment.