So I had these "Best-of" lists for 2012 and 2013; in reality highlights, lowlights and ordinary lights of different things that happened over the previous twelve months.
Favorite Movie Seen in Theaters - Unlike either of the last two years, this is actually kind of hard to choose this year. There were a lot of really good to great movies seen. Guardians of the Galaxy was hilarious. The Winter Soldier was amazing. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 wasn't so much, but it was interesting(and rather maddening at points, too.) The LEGO Movie was strange; but it was a good strange.
Unusual Movies Seen that were Surprisingly Good - The LEGO Movie, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Quick and the Dead.
Movies I Was Not Impressed With - Days of Thunder, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Thor: The Dark World, Romancing the Stone, Serenity.
Favorite Nonfiction Book I Read This Year - Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand. Or Amusing Ourselves to Death, by Neil Postman.
Favorite Play Seen as Audience Member - Usually this would't even be a category, but there's three nominees this year. I guess the winner would probably be Fiddler on the Roof, followed by The Voice of the Prairie, followed by The Curious Savage. Fiddler is...very Jewish, but interesting. Prairie was the best concept as far as story, though the lack of props was odd. The Curious Savage had some interesting points about human nature. I knew several actors in each production, but that isn't going to be ranked.
Favorite YouTube Channel - It's gotta be Blimey Cow(Messy Mondays). But Studio C is pretty great, too. Also good are Bored Shorts TV(Kid Snippets) and Doof's Daily Dirt.
Favorite Country Song of the Year - Miranda Lambert's "Automatic". But the biggest STORY by far of the year would be Garth Brooks' return to radio.
Favorite New Non-Country Song of the Year - Could it be anything else? Taylor Swift is a really great writer. And so her lyrics have this irritating way of taking up residence inside your mental radio station all the time. Good thing about that is, she has a lot of songs. Bad news is, well, she has a lot of songs. It's one of those things where you try to just "Shake It Off".
Best Semi-Expected Happening of the Year - Getting my braces off in February.
Most Unexpected Happening of the Year - Leaving NSU and moving back home as I finished up gen eds online through TCC.
Important Verses of the Year - Joshua 1:6-9, 1 Timothy 5:1-2, 1 Corinthians 10:31-32, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Philippians 4:6-7, Philippians 3:12-14 and about the entire book of 2 Corinthians.
Best Amy-Quote of the Year - Looking puzzledly at me) "Where you tummick go?" (Where did your stomach go?)
Best SWAT-related Quote of the Year - Just read this whole post, I can't decide. Miss my teammates, but thankful for the time spent with them.
Best Quote of the Year - "Let's be honest: We may all be adults now, but we still treat each other like rotten little playground kids." - Jon
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