January 2010
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Why 2009?
The Inauguration trip. My birthday surprise from Dianna and David. Austin with Alyssa. Simplifying. New friends/closer friends. Nights at the Grapevine. Nights at the Fallout. Nights I don’t remember. The night at the emergency room when everything mattered so much. Evi saying “Evi”. Dianna gets to go to Kenya. Alyssa wins an award. David wins an award and gets to go to Puerto...
December 2009
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Flawed and Incomplete Best Movies of the 2000's...
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
2. City of God (2002)
3. Kill Bill Vols. 1&2 (2003 & 2004)
4. Punch-drunk Love (2002)
5. No Country For Old Men (2007)
6. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
7. Talk to Her (2002)
8. Almost Famous (2000)
9. Oldboy (2003)
10. There Will Be Blood (2007)
11. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
12. Ironman (2007)
13. Darwin’s Nightmare (2007)...
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2009: My Year in Movies
1/1::Frost/Nixon (***)
2/8::The Wrestler (***)
2/22::Slumdog Millionaire (****)
3/4::Wendy & Lucy (***)
4/12::Sunshine Cleaners (**)
4/18::Adventureland (***)
4/23::This American Life Live!:Return to the Scene of the Crime (***)
5/1::Hedwig and the Angry Inch (midnight movie) (****)
6/1::Rudo y Cursi (***)
6/12::The Hangover (***)
7/12::Bruno (**)
7/25::Whatever Works (***)
8/2::In...
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2009: My Year in Books
• Web Marketing For Small Businesses::Stephanie Diamond (*** Non-fiction)
• Stumbling on Happiness::Daniel Gilbert (*** Non-fiction)
• Beautiful Evidence::Edward Tufte (*** Non-fiction)
• Nudge::Richard Thaler and Cass Susstein (**** Non-fiction)
• The Darkside::Jane Mayer (**** Non-fiction)
• The Art of Loving::Erich Fromm (*** Non-fiction)
This is the least number of books I’ve read...
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The 2000's, Ranked
1. 2009
2. 2004
3. 2003
4. 2005
5. 2006
6. 2008
7. 2007
8. 2000
9. 2002
10. 2001
“The first draft of anything is shit.”
– Ernest Hemingway
