Saturday, December 30, 2006

Best Of 2006

Random Bests of 2006:
Best CD: “Continuum” - John Mayer
Best non-2006 CD: “How To Save A Life” - The Fray
Best Song: “Coming Home” - John Legend
Best non-2006 Song: “How To Save A Life” - The Fray
Best Movie: Blood Diamond
Most enjoyable Team (of mine): Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Player: Ryan Howard
Best Play: Vince Young’s TD
Best Family Event: Thanksgiving, again
Best Event: Bonnaroooooooooooo
Best Vacation: Wildwood
Concert Of The Year: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Bonnaroo
Best Day of the Year: Pigfest XIII
All-nighter of the Year: Bonnaroo “4-cup” Night
Book Of The Year: “The Beatles” - Bob Spitz
TV Show Of The Year: How I Met Your Mother
Episode Of The Year: The Pineapple Incident

Best Albums of 2006:
10. “Broken Boy Soldier” - The Raconteurs
9. “Colorblind” - Robert Randolph & The Family Band
8. “Play Pause Stop” - The Benevento Russo Duo
7. “9” - Damien Rice
6. “Once Again” - John Legend
5. “Youth” - Matisyahu
4. “Safety In Numbers” - Umphrey’s McGee
3. “Yell Fire!” - Michael Franti & Spearhead
2. “Sam’s Town” - The Killers
1. “Continuum” - John Mayer

Best Songs of 2006:
10. “Chasing Cars” - Snow Patrol
9. “Better Days” - Goo Goo Dolls
8. “9 Crimes” - Damien Rice
7. “I Know I’m Not Alone” - Michael Franti & Spearhead
6. “Why Am I Still Counting?” - The Killers
5. “Dani California” - Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. “Waiting On The World To Change” - John Mayer
3. “Bold As Love” - John Mayer
2. “Crazy” - Gnarls Barkley
1. “Coming Home” - John Legend

Best Movies of 2006:*
10. V for Vendetta
9. Accepted
8. Borat
7. Pirates Of The Caribbean
6. The Da Vinci Code
5. Inside Man
4. Clerks 2
3. United 93
2. Flags Of Our Fathers
1. Blood Diamond

*These are only of the movies I've seen. There are a lot of movies from this year that I never got around to seeing.

Best Sport Games of 2006:*
10. Mets-Cardinals
Game 7
9. Notre Dame-Michigan State
Notre Dame's 17 point 4th quarter comeback
8. Uconn-George Mason
#11 George Mason upsets #1 to make Final Four
7. Trinidad&Tobago-Sweden
World Cup First-timers tie powerful Sweden 0-0, with only 10 men
6. Colts-Steelers
Peyton Chokes Again
5. Devils-Canadiens
Devils score 3 goals in final 8 minutes, in last game of season, to win division
4. Italy-France
The Head-Butt. Oh yeah, Italy wins Championship, too.
3. Rutgers-Louisville
Best game in NJ Sports history
2. Italy-Germany
WC Semifinal. Scoreless for first 118 minutes. 2 Italy goals in final 2 minutes.
1. Texas-UCS
BCS National Championship. 41-38. Vince Young's 4th down TD run. Possibly the greatest game I've ever watched, in any sport.

*Yes, I know I left off Ohio State-Michigan. Unlike the entire College Football world, I didn't think the game itself was great. Just the hype surrounding it.

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Atlantic City

I can give lots of reasons why growing up in NJ is better than most anywhere else. But I'll save that post for another day. For now, the simple answer is Atlantic City. Every Tuesday night, myself and 5-10 co-workers go to moore's tavern for drinks after work. Last night, last call came & went, and for whatever reason, we weren't ready to go home. So at 2am, we packed into the car and headed for AC. Got into the casino at around 4am, got a free room, and gambled until noon when it was time to come back home. This is the sort of thing you can't do growing up in Wyoming.

Friday, December 15, 2006

Christmas Party

Since Chili's is lame and won't give us a Christmas party anymore, T threw one at her place last night.

From what I remember, good times. I drank a bottle of Jager basically by myself. And yes, I'm talking about the $25 bottle, not the flask sized one. Surprisingly, no hangover. But I am exhausted, just want sleep.

Good times last night. Shake your money maker.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

RIP Peter Boyle

Thanks for all the laughs...

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Bonnaroooooooooo

2007 announced. June 14-17. You bet your ass I'm requesting off work tomorrow.

Only problem with it being announced this early is now I'm going to be uncontrollably giddy for the next 184 days. Yup, that's right, I already know the amount of days.

I'm such a loser.

Sunday, December 10, 2006

100th Post

I haven't used this thing on a regular basis in almost 6 months. I'm going to attempt to actually do this semi-regularly, since I lead such an exciting life.

I'll probably get bored with it in a few days, but we'll see what happens between now & then.

Great seeing all the familiar (and unfamiliar) faces from my past that I finally got to re-connect with today!