* Photo by the Associated Press (taken in CHINA!)
With the coming of 2012, I say “Goodbye 2011!”
And with the end of this year comes my annual best of the year list. I can’t end a year without doing this. I do need mention here that I haven’t seen, and heard everything I have wanted to … but I am only including things I have seen or heard. So if I am missing some of the obvious, that’s why. Also, It might be because I was in China and Nepal until April. So here it goes:
My Favorite Films of 2011
1. Shame
2. Drive
3. The Muppets
4. Beginners
5. Midnight in Paris
6. Fast Five (I’m not really joking)
7. Bridesmaids
8. X-men First Class
My Favorite Albums of 2011
THIS IS THE ONLY NEW ALBUM I BOUGHT IN 2011…WOW…The times they are a changin’
1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
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My Favorite Singles of 2011
1.Holocene - Bon Iver
2. Midnight City - M83
3. Dance Until The World Ends - Britney, B*tch
4. Look at Me Now - Chris Brown feat. Busta Rhymes and Lil’ John. (I know, it’s Chris Brown, but it’s goooooooood).
5. E.T. - Katy Perry and Kanye (although overplayed, I still loved it).
6. We Found Love- Rhianna
7. Lonely Boy - The Black Keys
My Favorite Favorite Books I Read in 2011
1. Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
2. The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
3. Kafka on The Shore by Haruki Murakami
4. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Fankl
My Personal Best 2011
1. Surprising my parents on Easter day after being abroad for 16 months. They thought I was coming home a month later, but after a 36+ hour trip from Kathmandu, Nepal … I arrived on their doorstep with dirty hair and no sleep, to a shocked Dad and crying Mom and sister.
2. Celebrating the New Year (2011). I swear, I don’t know when I will top last year’s dance party at a Gay Club in China.
3. Reaching Everest Base Camp. It was a hard 20 days, but one of the truest adventures I will ever put myself through.
4. My last week in China. From the scavenger hunt, to my goodbye parties, to tearfully saying good bye to my kids. It was a sad time, but it was a very happy time too. I realized how worth that experience was during that week. And how lucky I was to
5. Getting into Graduate School. That was good!
6. Surprising Kristina with Kevin in Sacramento a few weeks ago.
7. Meeting Ethan for the first time.
8. Finding out Kristina is pregnant at Disneyland.
9. Roadtrip Nation 10 Year Anniversary/ Avocado Monster Party w/ Kelli and Beer Visit
10. Surprising Everyone at RTN when I got back from China
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