Friday, December 31, 2010

2010 Highlights


This is a post to let the reader of this blog know the good parts of 2010 for me cause this has been honestly one of my least favorite years. So this post is also here to help myself remember the good and memorable moments in what I refer to as "The Year of the Black Rainbow" named after Coheed and Cambria's 2010 release.

01/01/10- New Years is always a blast for me. My individual dance party was cool as usual.
01/14/10- One Year Anniversary of going out with my now ex-girlfriend Anna, I made a surprise visit to her house with flowers.
02/01/10- 24th Birthday with tradition of trying a new restaurant (Smash Burger) and a movie (Edge of Darkness)
02/23- 03/25/10- Service Hours for the American Cancer Society's Road to Recovery Program
03/17/10- Last Spring Break Tradition Visit to Nickel City
04/02/10- Black Hats House Party in Provo, the first of a couple house parties I went to
04/16, 21, 22, 28, and 05/05- Hanging out with one of my best friends Steve
04/28- Finals Day for my last semester of school
04/30/10- Graduation Day!!
05/04- Reaching the much anticipated $100 amount in my change jar
05/27- Helping Orem High School move stuff from the old (now demolished) building to the new one giving me a chance to walk through and remember high school one more time
06/02- Job Interview with the Orem Owlz starting another great summer job experience scooping ice cream
06/05- Started going on dates again after breaking up with Anna
07/13- Paul McCartney Concert at Rio Tinto Stadium
08/13-19- California Vacation
08/29- Lunch and Drives with my cousin David and my friend Courtney
09/06- 1st Date with a girl from Saratoga Springs starting off the happiest two and a half weeks of the year
10/23 & 30- Hang outs with a friend from Riverton with non stop laughs and fun times
10/25- Hired by Freedom Academy

OTHER STUFF to Mention
-Great albums by Chromeo, Coheed and Cambria, Uffie, Kate Nash, and several others.
- Awesome movies including Kick-Ass, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Iron Man 2, Toy Story 3, and numerous others
- Last Season of my Favorite Drama of the last decade 24
- Watched Conan leave and then come back to Late Night TV
- Hulu shows I got into were Kitchen Nightmares, Reaper, and Peep Show
- Food, Mug Runs, Walks,  and all the other usual stuff I did

Sunday, December 26, 2010

My Favorite Music of 2010

01. Business Casual by Chromeo
-Album of the Year 

-Song/Video of the Year- Don't Turn the Lights On







02. Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans by Uffie









03. Year of the Black Rainbow by Coheed and Cambria
-Best Follow-Up Album







04. The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monae









05. My Best Friend is You by Kate Nash












My 2010 Playlist
ADD SUV by Uffie (Ft. Pharell Williams)
Sex Dreams & Denim Jeans by Uffie
MCs Can Kiss by Uffie
Animal by Neon Trees
Baby I'm Yours by BreakBot (feat. Irfane)
Cannonball by Floater   
Come With Me by ceo
Cynthia by Millionyoung   
Derezzed by Daft Punk
Do-Wah-Doo by Kate Nash
Don't Turn The Lights On by Chromeo
Hot Mess by Chromeo
Giving Up the Gun by Vampire Weekend
Here We Are Juggernaut by Coheed and Cambria
Pearl Of The Stars by Coheed and Cambria
The House You're Building by Audrey Assad
I've Got Tonight by Boss In Drama
I Feel Better by Hot Chip   
Nightcall by Kavinsky   
Oh, Maker by Janelle MonĂ¡e

6th Annual Best, Middle, and Worst Movies of 2010


Yep it's that time once again, my Best, Middle, and Worst Movies of the Year List. I changed it a bit this year with different categories- Great, Good, OK, Slightly OK, and Bad. Once again or for those that don't know, these are the movies that I saw in the dollar theater, the bigger named theaters, and of course DVD rentals since January 1. With the dollar theater and DVD rentals, there's a high chance that these were movies that came out theatrically last year but didn't get released on home video (or got to the dollar theater in the first part of the year) until this year. If a movie isn't on here it's probably because I was either lazy, forgot about it, heard some really poor reviews/wasn't interested anyway, or avoided a movie like a horrible disease.

77 Movies @ 3.06/5 Star Average
Thanks to Flixster.com once again for helping me keep track
I hope to see Black Swan, Tron Legacy, and a couple others before the year is over
These movies are in no ranked order but of course get worse as the list goes down.

GREAT
Kick-Ass
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Iron Man 2
Inception
Toy Story 3
Get Him to The Greek
Due Date
Cemetery Junction
She's Out of My League
127 Hours
The Fighter
Capitalism: A Love Story
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Avatar
The Town
The Hurt Locker
Crazy Heart
Up In The Air
Sherlock Holmes

GOOD
The Princess and the Frog
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who Played With Fire
Invictus
The Expendables
Easy A
Machete
The A-Team
The Losers
The Karate Kid (Biggest Surprise of the Year)
The Messenger
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Precious

MIDDLE/OK
Red
The Kids Are All Right  
Edge of Darkness
An Education
The Blind Side
The Runaways
Daybreakers
A Single Man
A Serious Man
Winter’s Bone
Despicable Me
Law Abiding Citizen
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Greenburg
Just Wright
Dear John
Shutter Island
Charlie St. Cloud
MacGruber
Remember Me
The Road

SLIGHTLY OK
The Twilight Saga- Eclipse
The Other Guys
Everybody's Fine
Dinner For Schmucks
Hot Tub Time Machine
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
2012
Leap Year
Alice in Wonderland
Chloe

BAD
Armored
Grown Ups
The Lovely Bones
When In Rome
Date Night
The Last Song
Clash of the Titans
Knight and Day
The Warrior’s Way
The Ghost Writer
Salt
The Bounty Hunter
Takers