Better late than never, right? 2008!
Best Concerts of 2008:
- Brandi Carlile with the Seattle Symphony at Symphony Hall, Seattle.
- Hanson at the Aladdin, Portland.
And I think those might have been the only concerts I went to? But they were both so incredibly awesome that I'm fine with it.
Albums Songs I listened to the most in 2008:
(This has been a pretty pathetic musical year for me. I don't think I bought one album that really sticks out as meaningful. How horrible. I mainly listened to the same records I listened to last year. Except I suppose I did listen to The Walk a lot more than I ever did. Oh, and Viva La Vida by Coldplay was pretty good. I did listen to a lot of random songs a whole bunch, though such as: )
- Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters, Elton John
- It's a New Day, will.i.am
- Umbrella - Rhianna f. Jay-Z
- Another Way to Die - Jack White & Alicia Keys
- You are the Best Thing - Ray LaMontagne
Song That I Heard 109231483247 Times But Shockingly Still Found Catchy Every Time:
- Love Song, Sara Bareilles
Best Movies of 2008:
- Milk
- Wall-E
- Iron Man
- Mamma Mia!
& since working at Blockbuster where I have way more free rentals than I could ever actually have time to watch, I've been trying to rent older movies that I've somehow never seen. Of these, the best ones I've watched this year were:
- Good Morning Vietnam
- Billy Elliott
- Annie Hall
Best TV of 2008:
- The Office
- Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
- Ugly Betty
- How I Met Your Mother
- Gossip Girl
- Project Runway
- Repeats of these are always enjoyed: Gilmore Girls, Roseanne, Coach, Home Improvement, the Cosby Show
The Most Upsetting Thing of 2008:
- Prop 8. Zimbabwe. Iraq & Afghanistan, still.
The Best Thing That Made Me Hopeful For Humanity & Politics:
- Obama. A town in Oregon electing a transgender mayor; Portland electing its first openly gay mayor.
The Best Things I Did in 2007:
- Got a kitten and a dog.
- Took classes at PCC. Took a class at PSU.
- Got a mug for volunteering over 100 hours at the library.
- Stuck with a job I thought I hated. Got a second job even though that's not fun. Tried to not use credit cards as much.
- Went to the doctor for a checkup for the first time in years.
- Loved Kathy.
The Absolute Most Fun:
- Chris & Tee's wedding in Jersey.
- Kim & Cliff's wedding in Virginia.
- Our weekend trip to the coast.
- Families visiting.
- Vacation to Lake Tahoe.
States I Spent Time in in 2008:
- Oregon
- Washington
- California
- Nevada
- Pennsylvania
- New York
Not as impressive as last year's list, but I'll take it. It seems crazy, and sad, to me though that Massachusetts isn't on this list. Nor is North Carolina. And Pennsylvania & New York are really only on here for like a second.
Things I spent too much money on:
- Burgerville milkshakes
- Taco Bell volcano tacoes
- Jamba Juice
- Vet visits; crap for the animals.
Best Books I Read:
- A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson
- Maniac Magee, Jerry Spinelli
- Am I Blue? Coming Out of the Silence, ed. by Marion Dane Bauer
- Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert
- Locomotion, Jaqueline Woodson
- A Long Way from Chicago, Richard Peck
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares
Right, so, I read a lot of children's books in 2008, and will probably continue to do so in 2009.
Things I'm Looking Forward to in 2009:
- Going to Boston in April to see the Marathon and all our peeps and the T and the Common and the North End and everything everything.
- Getting into grad school, for real?! Hopefully?! Since I've already spent a lot of money and time on the prerequisites for my program?! And soon thereafter, going to grad school?!
- Quitting my second job, just so that I have more time to do Things For Me.
- Winter being over, spring and summer coming to Oregon again when it is such a lovely time here and I can hike again, bike more, go to the coast, garden!
- Spending Christmas together with Kathy for the first time ever.
Things That I Really Want to Happen But Who Knows:
- Trip to the East Coast in the summer, mainly, to Philly/DC, to visit my sister and family with Kathy. I've also daydreamed about squeezing a road trip to Virginia/North Carolina from Philly/DC onto this.
- Trip to LA to visit Sam and Steve, again.
- Updating my photo journal on a regular basis; writing more, about anything.
- Going to Crater Lake National Park & Olympic National Park.
- Losing twenty pounds. No but for real.
- Doing something really crazy & fun for Kathy's & my five year anniversary.
- Brandi Carlile with the Seattle Symphony at Symphony Hall, Seattle.
- Hanson at the Aladdin, Portland.
And I think those might have been the only concerts I went to? But they were both so incredibly awesome that I'm fine with it.
Albums Songs I listened to the most in 2008:
(This has been a pretty pathetic musical year for me. I don't think I bought one album that really sticks out as meaningful. How horrible. I mainly listened to the same records I listened to last year. Except I suppose I did listen to The Walk a lot more than I ever did. Oh, and Viva La Vida by Coldplay was pretty good. I did listen to a lot of random songs a whole bunch, though such as: )
- Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters, Elton John
- It's a New Day, will.i.am
- Umbrella - Rhianna f. Jay-Z
- Another Way to Die - Jack White & Alicia Keys
- You are the Best Thing - Ray LaMontagne
Song That I Heard 109231483247 Times But Shockingly Still Found Catchy Every Time:
- Love Song, Sara Bareilles
Best Movies of 2008:
- Milk
- Wall-E
- Iron Man
- Mamma Mia!
& since working at Blockbuster where I have way more free rentals than I could ever actually have time to watch, I've been trying to rent older movies that I've somehow never seen. Of these, the best ones I've watched this year were:
- Good Morning Vietnam
- Billy Elliott
- Annie Hall
Best TV of 2008:
- The Office
- Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
- Ugly Betty
- How I Met Your Mother
- Gossip Girl
- Project Runway
- Repeats of these are always enjoyed: Gilmore Girls, Roseanne, Coach, Home Improvement, the Cosby Show
The Most Upsetting Thing of 2008:
- Prop 8. Zimbabwe. Iraq & Afghanistan, still.
The Best Thing That Made Me Hopeful For Humanity & Politics:
- Obama. A town in Oregon electing a transgender mayor; Portland electing its first openly gay mayor.
The Best Things I Did in 2007:
- Got a kitten and a dog.
- Took classes at PCC. Took a class at PSU.
- Got a mug for volunteering over 100 hours at the library.
- Stuck with a job I thought I hated. Got a second job even though that's not fun. Tried to not use credit cards as much.
- Went to the doctor for a checkup for the first time in years.
- Loved Kathy.
The Absolute Most Fun:
- Chris & Tee's wedding in Jersey.
- Kim & Cliff's wedding in Virginia.
- Our weekend trip to the coast.
- Families visiting.
- Vacation to Lake Tahoe.
States I Spent Time in in 2008:
- Oregon
- Washington
- California
- Nevada
- Pennsylvania
- New York
Not as impressive as last year's list, but I'll take it. It seems crazy, and sad, to me though that Massachusetts isn't on this list. Nor is North Carolina. And Pennsylvania & New York are really only on here for like a second.
Things I spent too much money on:
- Burgerville milkshakes
- Taco Bell volcano tacoes
- Jamba Juice
- Vet visits; crap for the animals.
Best Books I Read:
- A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson
- Maniac Magee, Jerry Spinelli
- Am I Blue? Coming Out of the Silence, ed. by Marion Dane Bauer
- Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert
- Locomotion, Jaqueline Woodson
- A Long Way from Chicago, Richard Peck
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares
Right, so, I read a lot of children's books in 2008, and will probably continue to do so in 2009.
Things I'm Looking Forward to in 2009:
- Going to Boston in April to see the Marathon and all our peeps and the T and the Common and the North End and everything everything.
- Getting into grad school, for real?! Hopefully?! Since I've already spent a lot of money and time on the prerequisites for my program?! And soon thereafter, going to grad school?!
- Quitting my second job, just so that I have more time to do Things For Me.
- Winter being over, spring and summer coming to Oregon again when it is such a lovely time here and I can hike again, bike more, go to the coast, garden!
- Spending Christmas together with Kathy for the first time ever.
Things That I Really Want to Happen But Who Knows:
- Trip to the East Coast in the summer, mainly, to Philly/DC, to visit my sister and family with Kathy. I've also daydreamed about squeezing a road trip to Virginia/North Carolina from Philly/DC onto this.
- Trip to LA to visit Sam and Steve, again.
- Updating my photo journal on a regular basis; writing more, about anything.
- Going to Crater Lake National Park & Olympic National Park.
- Losing twenty pounds. No but for real.
- Doing something really crazy & fun for Kathy's & my five year anniversary.