Noir Year's Eve, again (and again and again)

Going back to some older posts, I see that I'm always saying that I approach a Noir with "trepedation", "reluctance", "anxiety" et al. And this year is no different.

In fact, I've been on the edge of ditching my "tradition" entirely and settling in to my bluray set of Deadwood instead. But I'd rather milk that one for a while, actually... And heck, how can I go against the strength of such a pun: "Noir Year's", ha I'm so clever! *smirk*

No, no, I'm going through with it, though I'm going to skip around a lot so I can try to wrap up early (and maybe hang around on the BTF chat for a bit of virtual partying). So it won't really be a proper "marathon" anymore, and that's fine.

UPDATE: Fell asleep during the tea party. *sigh* Oh well, I was having trouble deciding what to skip around, as I was enjoying it too much. I just was enjoying what I was drinking just as much, I'm afraid...