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"  1. Do you feel good about yourself? You do, right? Oh, you don&amp;#039;t? Put on something with a shorter skirt or a lower-cut top to distract others from any potential low self-esteem that might consistently radiate out of you like a single-beam lighthouse. That&amp;#039;s what I do. Also, make sure you&amp;#039;re wearing something with sequins, because if you don&amp;#039;t wear sequins, you&amp;#039;ll be stuck in December 31, 2013 forever, like a sartorially based Groundhog&amp;#039;s Day.   2. Watch movies that will get you in the spirit of putting your lips on some other person&amp;#039;s lips because 2014.  Like the acclaimed ensemble dramas New Year&amp;#039;s Eve, When Harry Met Sally, and Silence of the Lambs.   The perfect holiday movie for all ages.   3. Decide who you&amp;#039;re going to kiss. Is there anyone at the party you&amp;#039;re going to you like, or are attracted to, or at least not physically repelled by? It should be someone new, not someone you&amp;#039;ve dated before. That&amp;#039;s against the spirit of New Year&amp;#039;s Eve, which is all about forging a brand-new awkward, dysfunctional relationship, not double-dipping in your own bullshit sexual history as if anything will be different this time.   4. Make sure you&amp;#039;re drinking just enough, but not too much. Be the Goldilocks of functional alcoholism. Al Pacino once said, &amp;quot;The best feeling in the world is between the second and third martini.&amp;quot; And Al Pacino probably secretly fathered all of us, so he knows what he&amp;#039;s talking about.    This, except it&amp;#039;s very likely that it is because you are lonely and because it is New Year&amp;#039;s Eve.  5. Ignore the person you picked to kiss for most of the night. I have been guilty of many a halfhearted &amp;quot;hover near Subj. like awkward satellite to make sure he notices my boobs and the fact that I&amp;#039;m talking to other men and ~**~*tOsSiNg mY hAiR!~**~*~,&amp;quot; and in retrospect, that shit is pretty obvious. I do kind of think ignoring is crucial, though, unless you two are those Jim/Pam types who actually like each other because of friendship and banter and, you know, adult commuication. (Gross. If you like healthy adult relationships so much, why don&amp;#039;t you marry them?)  6. But do make sure you&amp;#039;re near him when the ball is about to drop. And he&amp;#039;s already got a chubby from Dick Clark&amp;#039;s New Year&amp;#039;s Rockin&amp;#039; Eve, so he&amp;#039;s primed for your big move.    Ross and Monica know what I&amp;#039;m talking about.   7. Be prepared for anything. I mean anything, from the awkward non-kiss-back to &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m married&amp;quot; to the guy morphing into a griffin and flying into a closed window.   8. Kiss him. But be classy about it. Don&amp;#039;t jump him like a she-wolf. Especially if you&amp;#039;re in a public place like a bar, or your grandma&amp;#039;s house.   Yay, you did it!   Follow Anna on Twitter.   Photo Credit: Columbia/Everett "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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