Top Ten Albums of 2007

After a week of listening to my ipod, I thought I'd compile a short list of my favorite albums of 2007. Mind you, not all albums were actually released in 2007, these are just the ones I listened to the most.

Top Ten:
1) Band of Horses, Cease to Begin
2) The Shins, Wincing the Night Away
3) Aqueduct, Or Give Me Death
4) The Ettes, Shake the Dust
5) Of Montreal, Hissing Fauna Are You the Destroyer?
6) Peter Bjorn & John, Writer's Block
7) Scissor Sisters, Ta-Dah!
8) The Killers, Sam's Town
9) Rilo Kiley, Under the Blacklight
10) Modest Mouse, We Were Dead Before the Ship Sank

Honorable Mention:
1) Rosebuds, Birds Make Good Neighbors
2) TV on the Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain
3) Chromeo, Fancy Footwork
4) Bloc Party, A Weekend in the City

Early 2008 Frontrunners:
1) The National, Boxer
2) Yeasayer, All Hour Cymbals
3) Polytechnic, Down Til Dawn
4) White Williams, Smoke

Hiatus

Tomorrow I'm going home for Christmas, then Tuesday morning I fly to ABQ to meet John. We're supposed to go to Flagstaff & to the Grand Canyon, but the weather is putting a major damper on our travel plans right now. We'll just see what happens.

Regardless, I'll be back in time for the Features / How I Became the Bomb show on New Years Eve.

Peace out, bitches. See you all in 2008!

Eff This!

Okay, I remembered today why I get all my Christmas shopping done early. My office closed at noon today, so I thought I'd do a little shopping with the Christmas bonus I got yesterday that's been burning a hole in my pocket. I went over to the new West Nashville shopping center because I needed to hit Target & wanted to check out Old Navy & DSW (I'm going thru a major shoe phase right now).

My 1st almost-fight was with this ridiculous woman in Old Navy who waited until getting up to 1 of the 2 cashiers working to ask for a size she needed, then proceeded to haggle over a stain on the shirt. 10 minutes later & 50% off the top, she changed her mind & had the cashier take the stained shirt off her check. I was glaring at her so hard I kept waiting on her to spontaneously combust. No such luck.

On to Target where I got a really cute New Years Eve dress that will go perfectly with my new patent leather yellow wedges from Urban. I digress. Now when you're in a line where there are 2 cashiers, it's known to anyone that's ever shopped before in their life, that the 1 line is for both cashiers. Douchebags: you are not allowed to cut thru the middle of the cashiers to get in line in front of everyone who's been waiting 10-15 minutes. 2 different men did this while I waited in line. If I had had any purchases heavier than a pair of opaque grey tights, I would have thrown it at them. Men who only shop once a year are not allowed to shop unattended. It's for their own safety.

Now I'm back home, simmering down. John's in ABQ so I made plans with a girlfriend to eat Chinese & see a movie. Hopefully I won't have to assault anyone in Pei Wei....

72oz Steak

John & Jon left on their journey to ABQ at 3:00 this morning. They're planning on arriving at Big Texan Steak Ranch around 8:00 or 9:00 tonight. They're running late because of rain & traffic. If anyone wants to logon & watch them both attempt to eat a 72oz steak, here's the link. Just click on "Watch It Live":

http://www.bigtexan.com/72ozlive.htm

Happy eating, boys!

Sausage Ball Hang-over

Carolyn & David's annual holiday party was last night. I ate 1,000 sausage balls. Seriously. It was a good time though. I also somehow managed to drink an entire bottle of wine by myself. I'm honestly surprised I was still standing. I guess all that Bisquik helped absorb the alcohol... http://www.flickr.com/photos/16828091@N04/sets/72157603469529170/

Hibernation

So I went a little batshit crazy today with eating. It all started with our annual staff Christmas breakfast, catered by Loveless. Yeah. I ate my weight in hashbrown casserole. I ate so much, I didn't need lunch, but that didn't stop me from going in & out of people's offices all day eating unwanted (or unattended) cookies, candy, etc. Today I was an eating machine. Today I was a bear. If only I could hibernate for the next few days while all the sugar I consumed makes its way out of my system. Bears.

A List

I was thinking today about all the good shows I've seen this year & started thinking about all the bad ones I've seen throughout my life. Lucky for you, I've kept all my concert stubbs...

2007

• The Police @ ATL
  
• Bloc Party
• PB&J
• Morrissey @ Knoxville
  
• Modest Mouse
  
• The Killers
• The Shins
• The Dears

2006

• Belle & Sebastian
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Nellie McKay
• Sufjan Stevens
• Jenny Lewis / Watson Twins
• The Features

2005

• Paul McCartney @ DC
  
• Sufjan Stevens
• Coldplay (shut-up) / Rilo Kiley
• The Features
• Ambulance Ltd / VHS or Beta
• The Cure / Curiosa Festival

2004

• Death Cab for Cutie

2003

• Maroon 5 (wtf???)
• Nashville River Stages

2002

• Blue Man Group (do they even count?) @ NYC
  
• Coldplay (shut-up, they were cool in 2002) @ NYC
  
• John Mayer / Guster (god, this is getting bad...) @ NYC
  
• John Mayer @ NYC
  

2000

• Phish (free VIP pass, did not buy tkt)
• Ween

1999

• Kent / Papa Vegas @ Chicago
  
• Lilith Fair (heh heh)
• Dave Matthews Band (I was in a sorority, shut-up; it was a requirement)
• Lenny Kravitz
• Nashville River Stages
• Rent (of course)

1998

• Dave Matthews Band
• Nashville River Stages

1997

• Toad the Wet Sprocket (???)
• Counting Crows / The Wallflowers
• The Honeyrods

1996

• Edge of the Cumberland (aka Nashville River Stages)
• Hank Williams, Jr (I think I got in a fight & got kicked out)
• Fleming & John
• Rock the Ryman w/ Special Guests (no idea)

1995

• REM

1994

• Nine Inch Nails / Marilyn Manson (seriously)
• Metallica
• Tori Amos
• Pink Floyd

1993

• Robert Plant
• Clint Black & Wynonna (my "country" phase)
• Van Halen
• Lynyrd Skynyrd (of course)

1992

• B-52's / Violent Femmes
• Clint Black (again?)
• Pink Floyd - Led Zeppelin LASER LIGHT SHOW (hahahaha)

1990
1st concert (drumroll please)

• Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em Tour starring MC Hammer w/ special guest En Vogue

Oh, Christmas Tree...

So I did a little Christmas shopping this weekend. I hit Green Hills Mall on Fri night, the Avenue on Sat with my mom & sister & then Shopry Mills yesterday with John. I still have internet stuff en route that I'll have to wrap, but I'm pretty much done. It was a marathon weekend.

Yesterday John & I had brunch @ Marche. I know everyone loves Marche, but I LOVE Marche. For dessert, we had gingerbread man cookies and sorbet -it was soooo good. God bless that woman.

WW

I've been debating whether or not to talk about the fact that I've been on Weight Watchers for the past 3 months. Obviously, I've decided to talk about it. Anyway, Wednesday is my "weigh day" & I lost another 2 lbs, bringing my total weight lost to 17 lbs. I'm pretty freaking excited about this. The only downside is that none of my clothes fit -none. I bought a bunch of suits for work last year & now they're all a good 2 sizes too big. They're cheap JC Penney's suits, so it would probably cost more to alter them than to replace them. These are my thoughts today...

Dear Blog

Dear Blog,

Today I decided to create a blog. I'm probably too old & boring for such a venture, but I'm about to get very busy at work & thought this might be a good way for my friends to know what's going on in my world. Blog, I'll try to be funny, and I'll try to post often. I won't let you down.

Sincerely.