The most epic New Year's celebration known to academia! At 11:59, deep in the throes of thesis writing. At midnight, a wild transformation into Party Animal Supreme with party hat and noisemaker for exactly 60 seconds of revelry. By 12:01, right back to the crushing reality of unfinished citations and looming deadlines. This is what we call "time management" in grad school. The thesis doesn't care about your social life, arbitrary calendar transitions, or basic human needs. The scientific method requires sacrifices, and apparently, those include normal holiday celebrations.