2007

This is my personal best of 2007, similar to Lindsey’s. Here it is, in no order, with no theme.

• Dan’s Drawings – He taped original drawings to my Christmas presents to hide the shoddy wrapping job. I saved them, they are wonderful, so much better than any wrapping paper.

• World of Warcraft – No one wants to hear about this.

• Pilates – I started going to a pilates class at my gym 2 months ago. I bet everyone in the class thinks I am a mute, dyslexic, wobbly ass spazz, but I love it! My hopes are to be graceful (for the first time in my life) and appear to be 9ft tall.

• RVCA ANP Quarterly – This is here because after a subscription in June, and a month of complaints (this is a fucking free magazine! Why can’t I pay to have it delivered!) I finally received an issue Friday. It’s an 11” x 17” art magazine with no ads, refreshing!

•Albums – I don’t talk much about music because I’m not qualified, but this year I loved:
Jens Lekman Night Falls Over Kortedala, Beach House Beach House, Panda Bear Person Pitch, The Fiery Furnaces Widow City, Amy Winehouse Back to Black, Bill Callahan Woke on a Whaleheart, Bonde do Rolê all tracks, M.I.A. Kala, Gogol Bordello Super Taranta!, The Good, The Bad & The Queen The Good, The Bad & The Queen, The National The Boxer

• Ffffound - I am so overwhelmed by the internet lately, it seems to double in size daily. Ffffound is a website (and an RSS feed) of images, mostly art and design related – 100+ a day. Browsing quickly through an endless stream of images as a means to find good art, websites, and portfolios is awesome. I recently read an article that addressed the issue of Ffffound not having an open membership, it’s invite only to join and post. A select group of people are curating images for a massive audience, but on the other hand if it were open to all the quality would surely diminish and the feed would be way too much to keep up with.

• Rocky Balboa – He came into our lives under depressing circumstances but we have grown to appreciate him, despite the bad attitude, smush face, and occasional stray turd. He is a loved and admired resident of the Duffy household. Flza calls him Old Grusome.

• I like/favorite most of the movies I see. I hated Ratatouille.