Dec 30 2006
the year in review: top 12 lists of top 4 things of 2006
1. Top 4 Songs
- “Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken” - Camera Obscura
- “Fidelity” - Regina Spektor
- “Nausea” - Beck
“Popozao” - Kevin Federline“The Truth” - Handsome Boy Modeling School (definitely not a new song; I think the album is 7 years old, but it’s new to me, so deal).
2. Top 4 Things I Said to My Television
- “Is Paula drunk?”
- “Why didn’t anybody tell Jeff Probst that hat was a very bad idea?”
- “Oh God, he’s going to kiss Oscar!”
- “Damn you, LOST! DAAAAMMMMMNNNNN YOOOOOOOUUUUUU!!!!!”
3. Top 4 Times My Dog Houdini’d Out of the Backyard
- The first time
- The third time
- The one time she nosed under the fence, came back, then nosed under the fence again
- The last time
4. Top 4 Days of the Year
- February 2
- June 22
- September 23
- December 1
5. Top 4 Clothing Purchases of the Year
- Orange striped skirt
- White shirt with the lace
- Pink coat
- Black sweater
6. Top 4 Lip Gloss Purchases of the Year
- Sephora Super Shimmer - Bronze Beauty
- Philosophy Kiss Me - Red
- Avon mark. electro-lights - Boost
- L’Oreal Glam Shine - Diva
7. Top 4 Things That Annoyed The Crap Out Of Me
- The fact that Google bought YouTube, which seemed to be so exciting that everyone had to pee just a little bit (or a lot). I’m happy for you, YouTube, you’re billionaires. Now shut up.
- My inability to keep poinsettia plants alive.
- Double-sided 11×17 booklet copies
- My car
8. Top 4 Lunches I Have Eaten
- Texas Chili and Grilled Cheese from Charlie’s Tavern
- Guacamole
- Birthday Cake
- Potato Au Gratin Soup and 1/2 Chef Salad from Charlie’s Tavern
9. Top 4 Spam Subject Lines I Haven’t Already Written About
- Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befalls you
- Your future, pansy-growing
- Penile exercise method sounds too scary for you?
- Lithuania Illinois Indiana
10. Top 4 Opening Lines of Stories I Started Writing and Later Abandoned
- “We back out of the driveway. A yellow leaf slides down the windshield.”
- “By that point, my fingernails were only a memory, chewed up and spit out in a haphazard pattern on the carpet, little crescent moons that would later be discovered by bare feet.”
- “When she heard the door click shut, she opened her eyes and noticed the money he’d left on the dresser.”
- “I worked on peeling the label off of the beer bottle, even though it made me feel like I was in a Sheryl Crow song.”
11. Top 4 Photographs Taken
12. Top 4 Blog Posts
- dr. phil wears eyeliner and other stories
- the hair down there
- did you wash your pants in windex? because i can see myself in them.
- snickers vs. baby ruth
Okay, that’s it. Consider the year reviewed. See ya in 2007, when I will, um, well, you know. I’ll be here, writing about stuff, like always. Neat. Hope you have fun New Year’s Eve celebrations and all of that; I’m on antibiotics so I’ll probably be at home, drinking ridiculous amounts of water and maybe Diet Coke if I’m feeling saucy. Oh, and doesn’t Ryan Seacrest host the New Year’s Eve television extravaganza now? Lord. Anyway, have lots of fun. Consider it your mission. Do it for me. Because I have turned into a 70-year-old woman.
Well, you know. Every day is a winding road, and before you know it the sun is setting low over Santa Monica Boulevard, and then you wake up next to Kid Rock.
I just made a list of my top four favorite blogs for 2006 and your blog was on it. I hope you have a fun celebration despite your Sudden and Precipitous Aging and Ryan Seacrest and all. Since it probably won’t be a THAT fun, I hope that you have much, much more fun in 2007 and beyond.
Linus — Two things: 1) If I ever wake up next to Kid Rock, I would have to kill myself twice. One time because I’d very much deserve it, and the second time because the only cure for sleeping next to that kind of sleaze is death. 2) Soak up the sun, if it makes you happy and, um, um, dammit.
farlane — Thanks! You know, it won’t be too bad…. maybe I’ll be able to convince my mom to play some Scrabble. She’ll beat me, though, because she always does, and then I’ll sulk for a little while, but then midnight will come along and the redneck neighbors will start firing their guns in the air and it will all be swell. But yes, I’m hoping that 2007 (and beyond) brings much, much more fun.
Sadly, my mostest favorite Sheryl Crow song is completely out of place here - You Don’t Bring Me Anything But Down. Which, since we’re onto Kid Rock, is - well, never mind.
Happy New Year, Jams. Too bad you won’t be in the City tonight.
Here are my suggestions:
1. Put on a pond show and play for mosquitoes.
2. Drink till you get thirsty again.
3. Have lovely visions of Timberlake or Cornell dancing
thru your head.
4. Imagine new and improved ways of answering your
grandma’s inevitable marriage question.
5. Save up your letters to get a double-word score by
spelling: “onomotapeia”.
Have a Happy…
70 yr old women have more fun.
next year, i hope to be 80.
cheers! raise the water glass high
we might just surf our way into the sunset
Linus — You know, I, um, own that Sheryl Crow album. Cough.
Mema — Heh, thanks. Hope you had a good night. I, of course, lost at Scrabble (though it was REALLY close!), but someday… someday. And though I was drinking water, I did manage to spell “booze” so there’s that.
judih — Cheers! I think surfing into the sunset is the best way to go, no?