circa 2008

[ifihadahifi]

Stuff we really personally dug this year but not necessarily from this year

Mine, in no order.


Mad Men
Kristen Wiig
Fringe
Coronitas
Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog
Radiohead at the Starplex
Marnie Stern
Ed Helms on The Office
KNTU during my commute
Chicago
E.O. Wilson (aka The Ant Man)
Backpacker magazine
Old-fashioneds
Dryer lint as a fire starter
Voting in the primaries
Edit add:
REI
The David Mountains
Girls wearing high-waisted pants again

There's more. I just can't think of them right now.

[aquaphase]

Great idea. Hmm, here's some of my list

Dr. Horrible
Brewsers soccer
Fringe (Walter in particular)
Big Bang Theory
Pushing Daisies
Stitch
Frank Kozik
Qee
Secret Invasion
Lonely Island
Barney Stinson
Lance Krall
Eddie Izzard at the Majestic (twice!)
Epcot by Segway

[Irock]

First, the no-brainers:
gettin hitched
Italy
buyin a house
the puppy
Abby's babies

Others...
Harold & Maude soundtrack (I didn't know Elliott Smith's Trouble was a cover)
I gotta vote Dr Horrible too.
The Zutons
HBO
Panera Bread
the restaurant selection in Irving, because in Arlington it sucks.

ETA:
Katie's birthday kegger and kegs of Blue Moon in general
Xanax
Home Depot
the presidential election
tiny pumpkins stuffed with spinach, walnuts and gorgonzola!

[ChrisLovesYou]

southwest chicken wrap
revolutionary bear hat
taekwondo
the anime convention
JCVD
squid burger
tang, the thai exchange student
rock band/rock band 2
being unable to decide whether i want to call it 'vansterdam' or 'hongkouver'
'deliver the love with a contribution to the red cross'
standing on top of a mountain during typhoon wipha
voting, then writing many angry blogs about why canada should have proportional representation because of sour grapes
getting high and playing pokémon
(well, getting high in general)
finally learning to appreciate gangsta rap (wu-tang clan)
finally learning to appreciate modern classical music (nixon in china)

oh, this is fun

[roach]

bringing in the new year with old 97s and friends
snow in glaucester and snow ball fights and new polkadotted snow boots and freezing ocean in snow and harpoon winter brew.
melodica festival. light brite highway and that sonic boom.
katie seeing her first toadies show
weezer not disappointing and also covering sliver
of montreal kicking ass
apples in stereo doing the same
domestic partner
robot
centromatic playing 'love has found me somehow"(hoping they do it again tonight, never gets old)
katie's keg bday party
airhogs baseball game
brewsers soccer and after drinks at barley
the first OMK bar of soap is closing let's black out the windows and drink till 5 am party
sneaking out of work meeting up with dalya walking to reunion arena cutting in line with laura and seeing obama speak.
election night, seeing dallas county blue, suck it austin.
sunday half price steak at libertine. before the steak started tasting half off.

fun year.

[katie]

in absolutely no particular order:

texas.
of montreal.
weezer covering sliver. and being awesome.
gogol bordello.
the apples in stereo night at sons of hermann.
lez fests.
the FAIR! fried grilled cheese, ftw!
taco cabana.
planet unicorn.
soccer.
barley.
freaks and geeks.
my sewing machine(s).
all j's visits to gloucester, but notably the first one. cold beach. karaoke. photo shoots. crow's nest. making noah drink whiskey. hitting kristina in the eye with a snowball. football steve.
rock band.
robot.
barack obama.
traveling: 3 new states and 1 new country.
dom par.
birthday '08: blue moon, oranges, mere getting drizunk, my tiki cup, seeing the sun come up.
derrick's birthday party night.

pretty sure there's more, but that's the gist of it.

(hifi, kristen wiig? maaan, she's like my least favorite part of snl unless she's playing the two a-holes chick.)

[ifihadahifi]

hifi, kristen wiig?

Yes. I would drink her bath water.

[katie]

hifi, kristen wiig?

Yes. I would drink her bath water.

interesting. you just have the hots for her, or do you like her on snl?

[Irock]

Don't for get, Katie, this is the man with the Rachel Ray crush. Apart from his lovely, lovely wife, there is clearly no accounting for taste.

i "really Jimbo, high-wasted jeans?" rock

[mere1975]

i "really Jimbo, high-wasted jeans?" rock

I debate this. I argue that Rachael has normal-waisted jeans, but a very short torso, so they look high.
Edit - (HAAAA, I hadn't seen his revised list. I just thought you were knocking his Rachael Ray crush!)


My top-of-head 2008 list:

- Pie on a Monday night with the Maidments and Reimers
- Husband, gelato, gnocchi, pizza and wine in Italy
- Pretty much ALL of Italy except the exchange rate and crowded Rome
- Housebroken Murphy
- Jet skiing on Broken Bow Lake, OK
- Fried s'mores
- 36-to-40-mpg average on my new wagon
- Jason + Sunny nuptials <3
- taking bitchy pictures in Southlake with work friends
- Katie's birthday party
- Canadian Thanksgiving!
- "Too Fat to Fish" by Artie Lange
- Howard 100
- Sirius-XM merger makes Lithium more like Lucy channel
- How I Met Your Mother (gets better the more you watch it!)
- my nephews like FC Dallas and TCU football games
- my niece wins creative writing competition against a couple dozen hand-picked 3rd graders across 5 schools!
- True Blood (pshhh Bill, I like Sam)
- finding genuine friends again on Facebook
- etsy.com ADDICTION
- Twisted Peppermint at Bath & Body Works
- crockpot cooking
- Vampire Weekend
- The Office (U.S.) in syndication
- Barack!

- Mere "top 25" 1975

[zenmomma]

- New Job
- Mere & Sam in the UK
- Camping
- Road Trip with Dad & Vicki (going to the original KFC!)
- Wrigley Field
- Tim & Sharon's Wedding
- Burger's Lake (it was safe to go back in the water!)
- Shopping at Target
- Keen Shoes
- End of the Road Festival
- MERCURY REV *swoon*
- Wagamama in Salisbury
- Portable DVD Player
- Lots of good books
- Obama '08
- Taking my brother around Salisbury
- Raw/vegan chocolate
- Finally seeing The Sopranos and watching a whole season each week!
- The Gadget Show
- PBGBs
- Bread Maker
- Festival of Darkness to Light
- Mom in the UK for Christmas
- A lovely husband all year round (thanks roadie!)

[Doomius]

-Kicking off '08 with the Flaing Lips in OKC
-Getting engaged
-Riding a bike across the Golden Gate Bridge
-Driving up highway 1 through the fog (beautiful!)
-Lost Season 4!!!
-the presidential election
-my job!
-deciding to go back school
-Visiting Sun Studios
-Tina Fey
-Watching fireworks explode in the fog above San Francisco Bay
-Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder

Concerts:
-Flogging Molly: House of Blues,Dallas
-Nine Inch Nails: Toyota Center, Houston
-Flaming Lips: Cox Center, OKC
-Reverend Horton Heat: Black Sheep, Colorado Spring
-Roger Waters: Starplex, Dallas
-Mars Volta: Palladium, Dallas

Movies:
-The Dark Knight
-Iron Man
-Pineapple Express
-Tropic Thunder
-Burn After Reading
-Forgetting Sarah Marshall
-Valkyrie

I know there is more, maybe I'll add later...