2009 Year in Review

[aigooshesays]

So, I didn't meet all my reading goals for 2009. What a shocker. With that said, here's my reading goals for 2010... just read. Although, I'd be extra happy if I can finish 100+ books in one year like I used to, I won't consider it a failure if I don't. The fact that I like to read for pleasure should be good enough. Anyway, the list of 74 books I did complete in 2009 are listed here.

I'm not very good with the goal making. See how quickly that whole 30 Days photo essay bored me... 'nuff said, LOL.

I really sucked with the movie watching in 2009. I watched a whopping 8 Netflix movies all year! And I call myself a movie nerd. For shame. Not to mention a waste of money! I WILL watch more this year. Do I dare call it a goal? But I want to watch at least one Netflix movie a week. That can't be too hard can it? Of the ones I did watch in 2009 they were...

1. School of the Holy Beast
   
2. The Machinist
   
3. The Last Drop
   
4. Kill Your Darlings
   
5. Beowulf & Grendel
   
6. In Bruges
   
7. How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
   
8. Let the Right One In

The list of movies I caught in the theater wasn't much better...

1. Coraline
   
2. Milk [AMC Best Picture Showcase]
   
3. The Reader [AMC Best Picture Showcase]
   
4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [AMC Best Picture Showcase]
   
5. Slumdog Millionaire [AMC Best Picture Showcase]
   
6. Frost/Nixon [AMC Best Picture Showcase]
   
7. Watchmen
   
8. The Edge of Love
   
9. X-Men Orgins: Wolverine
   
10. Crank: High Voltage
    
11. Dead Snow [SIFF] (Midnight Show)
    
12. My Dear Enemy [SIFF]
    
13. Hansel and Gretel [SIFF]
    
14. Patrik Age 1.5 [SIFF]
    
15. A Woman's Way [SIFF]
    
16. Deadgirl [SIFF] (Midnight Show)
    
17. Until the Light Takes Us
    
18. Beauties at War [SIFF]
    
19. Daytime Drinking [SIFF]
    
20. The Dark Harbor [SIFF]
    
21. Krabat [SIFF]
    
22. Swimsuit Issue [SIFF]
    
23. The Hangover
    
24. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Midnight Show)
    
25. The Ugly Truth
    
26. Where the Wild Things Are
    
27. The Men Who Stare at Goats
    
28. New Moon

I went to 12 concerts in 2009. Not a whole lot by many music lovers standards but more than I've been to in a very long time.

1. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit / Justin Townes Earle (4/6/09) @ Tractor Tavern
   
2. Flight of the Conchords (5/12/09) @ Paramount Theatre
   
3. Mayhem / Cephalic Carnage / Cattle Decaptiation / Withered / Inquinok / Ceremonial Castings (6/5/09) @ Studio Seven
   
4. Shooter Jennings and the .357’s (6/25/09) @ Snoqualmie Casino Ballroom
   
5. Reverend Horton Heat / Nekromantix (7/10/09) @ Showbox at the Market
   
6. Sunn O))) / Pelican / Earth / Eagle Twin (8/6/09) @ Neumo's
   
7. PAX 2009: Jonathan Coulton / Paul and Storm / Freezepop (9/5/09) @ WA State Convention & Trade Center
   
8. Manic Street Preachers / Nico Vega (9/21/09) @ Neumo's
   
9. Motörhead / Reverend Horton Heat / Nashville Pussy (10/2/09) @ Showbox SoDo
   
10. Satyricon / ChthoniC / Immiserate / Super Happy Story Time Land (10/13/09) @ El Corazon
    
11. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit / The Mother Hips (11/05/09) @ Tractor Tavern
    
12. Marduk / Nachtmystium / Mantic Ritual / Merrimack / Forest of Gray (12/8/09) @ Studio Seven

So, let's bring on 2010! Could hardly be worse than 2009. Um, right?