Well, here is the finale for 04. It was what I would call a moderately exciting year. Here’s the best stuff:
Events:
- January – I bought my Powerbook and became a full circle Mac user
- February – after months of waiting, we finally move to our new apartment
- March – I got promoted at work, bought a PS2
- August – I decided I couldn’t function without a car
- December – CellOne is done, and I am happy with Sprint
Music:
- The College Dropout – Kanye West
- Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
- Super D – Ben Folds
- The Spine – They Might Be Giants
- Pressure Chief – CAKE
Movies:
- The Incredibles
- The Butterfly Effect
- Napoleon Dynomite
- Kill Bill
- Shrek 2
Games:
- GTA San Andreas
- Half-Life
- Burnout 3: Takedown
- Katamari Damacy
- Sly 2: Band of Theives
Cars:
- Acura TL
- Chrysler 300C
- Land Rover LR3
- Porsche 997
- Ferrari 612 Scaglietti
Stuff We Bought:
Saw the debate last night – it wasn’t as clear cut as the first one. I was disappointed to not hear the phrase “hard work” at all, but that’s to be expected. I didn’t feel that great after seeing it, but the more I read, the better I feel. Slate talks about the misses Kerry had in spite of Bush’s blunders, but the Daily Kos talks about how incredibly poor Bush’s physical presentation was. This was something I had noticed, but it becomes more apparent when you don’t pay attention to what the candidates are saying so much as what they were doing. Bush interrupted frequently (both Kerry and moderator Charlie Gibson) and his responses were very curt – his tone of voice basically implying that not only Kerry but those asking the questions were not worth his time. A person on the Daily Kos comment line made a point that who wins the debate basically comes down to who looks better when the sound is off. Another one for Kerry, then.
In other news, I got around to picking up the new Cake CD today, and I’m pleased with it so far. I like it much better than Comfort Eagle, which has to be my least favorite of all of theirs. I like the three earlier ones pretty equally.
We also saw The Ladykillers last night, as well as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind last week. Both were good. I wasn’t sure about the ending of Ladykillers until I realized that it was a Cohen thing and then it all made sense. I actually liked Eternal Sunshine, and the storyline was really good despite it’s relative slowness through most parts.
I was also excited to see that Kanye‘s finally released the New Workout Plan as a single – that means video!
There was this one time where I had this blog and I didn’t update it for like two weeks. Wait – that was now. Anyway, here I am with a list of fragmented thoughts:
- scootering is fun, biking is almost as fun, especially with the weather finally getting nicer.
- bought Kanye West’s the College Dropout and Jay-Z’s Black Album. Kanye’s is better.
- also bought the Kill Bill vol . 1 soundtrack – also good.
- also also bought Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. MGS2 is good, Hitman is hard.
- still enjoying the Getaway and eagerly awaiting my reserved copy of Driv3r.
- finally updated my blog with more meaningless blather nobody cares about.
- thinking about a new phone (camera!) but there aren’t any good ones around here. Yet.
- we gave the cat another bath the other day – he liked that a lot
- I need to go rollerblading sometime.
- it’s finally almost summer and I’m happy about that. I think