The great 2010 recap

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The big thing this year was babies. The following children were born to friends/relatives of mine:

• Dillon (Haley & Greg)
• Matthew (Jennelle & Nick)
• Charlotte (Bryanna & Bill)
• Nina (Tracee & Adam)
• Atalia (Allison & Paul, their second)
• Cooper (Jonathan & Robert)

The following friends of mine became pregnant this year:

• Amanda & Matt
• Jeanne & Jim
• Sara & Dan
• Kathleen & Josh
• Katie & Matt
• Anika (coworker)
• Betsy and Mike (their third!)
• Sasha & Mike

I saw (at least) seven Broadway shows this year:

• Next to Normal
• A Behanding in Spokane
• The Addams Family
• Promises, Promises
• A Little Night Music (for the second time with Angela and an understudy for Desiree, and for the third time with Bernadette and Elaine)
• La Cage aux Folles
• La Bete
• Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

I saw two non-Broadway shows:

• The Temperamentals (New World Stages)
• The Boys in the Band (Transport Group Theater Company)
• For Better or Worse (Squeaky Bicycle)

I remember seeing the following concerts:

• Jack Brag (Saints & Sinners in Hoboken)
• Titanic the Musical, live in concert (Society for Ethical Culture)
• Guster (Beacon Theater)
• NY Phil Holiday Brass w/the West Point Band (Avery Fisher Hall)
• Tubachristmas (Rockefeller Center)
• NY Phil (Avery Fisher Hall, 12/28)

Cities visited:

• Boston twice (Rice/GBAA in January, Pride Parade in June)
• Indianapolis (LGBA)
• New Orleans (Phi Sigma Pi Alumni Convention)
• Providence (Pride Parade)
• Harrisburg (Phi Sigma Pi National Convention)
• Pittsburgh/Cleveland/Cincinnati/Columbus (work trip)

Movies I remember seeing in the theater:

• Sherlock Holmes
• Avatar
• Lovely Bones
• Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part One
• Black Swan
• The King's Speech

Netflixed items:

• He's Just Not That Into You
• The Duchess
• Big Love Season 3
• Inglorious Basterds
• Mrs. Brown
• Trust the Man
• Married Life
• The Invention of Lying
• The Proposal
• Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss
• The Boys in the Band
• Whip It
• Moon
• Man of the Year
• A Serious Man
• The Young Victoria
• The Princess and the Frog
• Jeffrey
• Melinda and Melinda
• The Reader
• Lost Season 5
• The Office
• Dead Like Me Season 1 (partial)
• Pushing Daisies Season 2 (partial)
• Battlestar Galactica Seasons 1-3 (partial)

Books I finished:

• Pastoralia, by George Saunders
• The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood

Normally, I rank them. That's easy to do with two books. I liked Assassin better than Pastoralia.

Books I started but did not finish:

• Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, by Walter Isaacson
• Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
• Shades of Gray, by Jasper Fforde (currently reading, will count as next year)

One wedding: Erin & Matt
One Barmitzvah: Benjamin
Two deaths: Grandpa Joe, Glen
Three births: Dillon, Nina, Atalia
Truisms: 293-331 (39)
At least four new hats
Sex/romantic life: nil
Car accidents: 1
Trips to Lancaster, PA: over 20
Concerts performed in: 7