Best Accomplishment:
Moving in with Tara. Definitely.
Best CD:
This year was a great year for music. New stuff that came out:
Jenny and Johnny/I'm Having Fun Now
Spoon/Transference
Tim Kasher/The Game of Monogamy
Broken Social Scene/Forgiveness Rock Record
The National/High Violet
Two other albums that came out that I haven't listened to yet:
Belle and Sebastian/Write About Love
Arcade Fire/The Suburbs
There were even a few other albums that came out I'd like to check out like Sufjan Stevens and Menomena.
My album of the year (oh, oh) for 2010 is:
Tim Kasher/The Game of Monogamy! I wrote an entry about this earlier this year. I also liked The National album a lot. And I'm really looking forward to the Belle and Sebastian and Arcade Fire albums.
Worst CD:
Spoon/Transference. The album wasn't really that bad, it just seemed kinda boring and forgettable. Their last album, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, was really good. I also wasn't that thrilled with Jenny and Johnny. It's grown on me a bit, but definitely the weakest of Jenny's solo albums.
Best Concert:
Since Tim Kasher was my album of the year, it makes sense Tim Kasher would be my concert of the year. I saw him at the Barbary in Philly. I wrote about that earlier this year.
Other concerts from this year:
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (I wrote about that too)
Scissor Sisters
Yikes, I really need to go to more concerts.
Best Movie:
Inception
True Grit
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Hot Tub Time Machine
MacGruber
MegaMind
Cyrus
Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields
I was pretty impressed by Inception, so that's my Best Movie.
Worst Movie:
Nothing really comes to mind, but I thought Cyrus was going to be a little better.
Best Book:
I really sucked at reading books this year. I read Lowboy by John Wray. It was disappointing. I also read Sal's novel.
Best TV Show:
I caught up on a lot of old TV shows this year. I watched the new Battlestar Galactica series in its entirety, finally finished Veronica Mars season 3, all three seasons of Avatar: The Last Airbender, seasons 4, 5 and 7 of Curb Your Enthusiasm, two anime shows Cowboy Bebop and Trigun, and watched almost all of Dexter, just finishing the current season now in January 2011. Earlier in 2010 I caught up on Community, watching the first half of the season in 2 days.
2010 also brought the final season of LOST, which overall, was pretty disappointing.
Best current comedy: Community
Best current drama: Dexter
Favorite New Place:
The Creek and the Cave in Long Island City. Close to home and free comedy!
Best Celebrity Encounter:
I saw the lead singer of The Scissor Sisters on the street near my office in July. I only knew it was him because Tara and I had gone to show 2 days earlier.
When Jordan and Melissa visited in September we walked around Central Park and we saw a sweaty Al Roker jog by us.
Ron and I went to a comedy club and we saw Colin Quinn, Darrell Hammond, Jim Norton and Nick Dipola perform. I also saw Reggie Watts at The Creek and the Cave. He's a big up and comer.
Best Trip:
The trip Tara and I took to DC in November was a lot of fun. The people we stayed with had a house party and we played games and drank. Going to Atlanta for Christmas was fun too, we got to see the Coke Museum, the Aquarium and Stone Mountain. I made a few trips to Philly, the Banyan reunion in March was pretty crazy. We also spent the 4th of July with Phil and Catie in Boston and again with Jordan and Melissa. And in April I went to Florida for my cousin's wedding.
Random Thing I Learned:
All in the Family was set in Astoria.
Best Blog Entry:
My Skip Day blog entry was pretty fun, I'd like to write more like that. I didn't write too much personal stuff this year.
Person of the Year:
Tara Zoltek of course! for changing my life.
Douche Bag of the Year: I added this category last year cause I was really pissed off at Glenn Beck. I don't really have anybody in my life who really pisses me off, so I'll just saw Sarah Palin this year.
New Friend Award:
Uhhh, this is tough. I don't think I really made any new friends this year. We hung out with Tara's friends Kristen and Sonya a bit, as well as the people in Tara's book club. 2010 was a pretty boring year for me, haha. Oh, and I hung out with Brian Small's roommate Tabitha a few times.
Party of the Year:
The Banyan reunion was crazy and a lot of fun. St. Patrick's Day in Hoboken was a good time too.
Biggest Disappointment:
One thing in particular that stands out is I wish I had gone to the Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros show in July. Someone posted on Facebook about going to the show and that tickets would sellout pretty fast. I wish I had gone.
Greatest memory of the past year:
The Christmas trip to Atlanta was a lot of fun.
Theme of the Year:
Growing up. Moving in with Tara, being responsible, having a job, and all that.
Quote of the Year:
"You look me in the eye and tell me that's not a sandwich."
and the best quote is "I sent you a bottle of sparkling apple juice to your house. Did you get it?"
Biggest wish for 2011:
Find some employment. And watch all of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Anything to look forward to:
Phil and Catie's wedding! I'll be going to a few weddings next year. Tara gets her Masters. Possibly going to Austin. Possibly going to europe (finally!)
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