12/31/03.

The last day of 2003 is approaching, what will you be doing? If you are still trying to plan something for the night before 2004, after 18 and17 years of experience respectively, Lindsay and Eliza will save your New Year’s Eve party. Here are a few ideas we suggest.

First, everyone will need food. If you are planning a party with some friends at home, we suggest getting some wings from Buffalo Wild Wings or a six-foot sub from Blimpie. If you’re looking for something on the cheap side, try Lay’s Cool Guacomole chips or some Hungry Howie’s pizza. Faygo is also really affordable, and it can be mixed with Red Bull for some spunk.

After the food is taken care of, there should be some fun events. If you are looking to leave the fine city of Delaware, movies will be playing at their regular times at Marcus Crosswoods Cinema and the Lennox. If a movie seems lame, Magic Mountain hosts a Holiday New Year’s Eve Party from 5 to 9 with laser tag and arcade games with a pizza buffet. Waffle House on Polaris Parkway is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. The Wal-Mart Super Centers are open 24 hours a day as well.

Be forewarned: The legal curfew for minors in Delaware is 11:00 p.m. and is not extended, even for New Year’s Eve. This includes driving and walking with the only exception being accompanied by your parental unit.

If you’re just crashing at home with your buddies, there are lots of good movies, holiday themed and not. Some movies that are New Year’s oriented are “While You Were Sleeping,” and “When Harry Met Sally.” If the guys at the party disagree with the chick flicks, throw in “Bourne Identity” or “2 Fast 2 Furious.”

If you get really bored, you can watch a marathon of the Twilight Zone beginning at 7:30 a.m. until after midnight. We don’t really suggest this, however. It would be better to watch the ball drop over Time Square on Dick Clark’s “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” and take part in a tradition that started in 1906.