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by Professor Smooth » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:42 am
Favourite Films of 2006:
I'm going to have to go with Children of Men. It was a great film in just about every way that I can rate films. Good mix of action, drama, comedy (Michael Caine!), and suspense with spectacular cinematography and a storyline that honestly didn't feel like it belonged in a movie. Children of Men narrowly edges out every film I saw this year that was Eragon. Sweet Jebus, that film was terrible! Special props go to Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. A great film that I'll surely watch dozens of times (a replacement for The Big Lebowski, perhaps), but I enjoyed Children of Men more.
Favourite Albums of 2006:
The Pick of Destiny from Tenacious D. I like humor/rock, so it was a tough call between this and Straight Outta Lynwood from Weird Al. I've got to give props to DJ Ozma's debut CD, I (heart) Party People, though.
Favourite TV of 2006:
I don't watch much TV. I couldn't avoid seeing a bunch of Lost, though, so I'll give that my pick.
Favourite Comics and/or Books of 2006:
Comics really didn't do anything for me this year. So nothing of note.
Books: The God Delusion.
Personal Highlights of the year:
It's been a hell of a year for me. I had a really great time at BotCon. I bought my first car and promptly crashed it into a drug dealer. But, for the absolute highlight, I'm going to have to say that moving from Chicago to Fukuoka, Japan was the highlight of the year. I had a lot of expectations when I left the US for Japan, and I was surprised to find that all of them were exceeded. As a friend of mine once said, "It sucks that I missed one of my favorite bands playing a concert on my birthday, but then I remembered that I live in paradise and it all kinda evened out."
Happy New Year!
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