January 2009
98 posts
What I'm looking forward to in '09
Moving into my very own condo.
Adopting my very own puppy.
Visiting friends in the UK.
Visiting friends in the US.
Listening to Neko Case’s new album for the first time.
2008 wasn’t too exciting, so I hope 2009 will be.
2009 Reading List (Update)
The Likeness by Tana Franch (finished Dec. 31, 2008) The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly (finished Dec. 31, 2008) Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates White Teeth by Zadie Smith The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz Stardust by Neil Gaiman A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Night by Elie Wiesel The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (not yet released)
December 2008
71 posts
1 tag
“Trees break the sidewalk, and the sidewalk skins my knee. There’s glass in my...”
– Neko Case - Star Witness
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Neko Case (81)
Sufjan Stevens (42)
Rilo Kiley (25)
Bon Iver (8)
Aimee Mann (7)
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admorobo:
M. Ward - Chinese...
2009 Reading List
(So far, anyway.)
The Likeness by Tana Franch (started it today) Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates White Teeth by Zadie Smith The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly (nearly done with it) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Night by Elie Wiesel The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (not yet released)
I finished a grand total...
Music I'm most looking forward to
2009 seems like it will be pretty legendary! (Yes, I’m watching How I Met Your Mother while I write this.)
1. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (March 3) 2. M. Ward - Hold Time (February 17) 3. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast (January 27) 4. The Decemberists - Hazards of Love (March 24) 5. Carl Newman - Get Guilty (January 20) 6. Beirut - March of the Zapotec (February 1) 7. Midlake - Courage of Others...
The best of 2008
In my little opinion, anyway.
1. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago 2. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes 3. The Whispertown 2000 - Swim 4. She & Him - Volume One 5. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue 6. Deer Tick - War Elephant 7. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins 8. Horse Feathers - House With No Name 9. Beach House - Devotion 10. Tilly and the Wall - o
WatchWhat a fun Christmas “card”! (Also, the kids are completely adorable.)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Neko Case (81)
Sufjan Stevens (42)
Rilo Kiley (25)
Bon Iver (8)
Aimee Mann (7)
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VACATION!!
Through Sunday the 28th. So many plans, so little time!
If I made you a Christmas mix...
…this would be it.
1. Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance! 2. Death Cab for Cutie - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) 3. Aimee Mann - Calling On Mary 4. Rosie Thomas - Why Can’t It Be Christmastime All Year? 5. Blitzen Trapper - Christmas is Coming Soon 6. Sufjan Stevens - Holy, Holy, Holy 7. Foxes! - Christmas Songs 8. Aaron Robinson - End of the Year 9....
Bon Iver - Skinny Love. My pick for song of the...
Half snow day!
We all got sent home from work, so now I will sit and watch the snow fall for the rest of its duration. (Pictures are in my photostream.)
Lovely snow! Finally!
It’s rather enjoyable to sit on the couch while snow falls outside the window just in front of me. Yesterday was a complete waste of hope and expectation, because not a single, solitary flake was to be seen! But now the storm has come, and roads are a mess, and I wish I were a school kid because all of the districts are closed. But now I must get ready for work, and I suspect I’m going...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-14) →
Sufjan Stevens (46)
The Welcome Wagon (39)
Neko Case (26)
Rosie Thomas (10)
Jenny Lewis (10)
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