i decided to break my pattern of being late with end of the year lists and instead am now too early. here goes.
movies i loved that were actually released here in 2011. simon werner a disparu. never let me go. winter’s bone. le gamin au velo. blue valentine. harry potter and the deathly hallows. happythankyoumoreplease. tree of life. x-men first class. super 8. bridesmaids. 13 assassins. hanna. melancholia. midnight in paris. drive (both times). moneyball. i saw the devil. troll hunter. hobo with a shotgun.
favorite tv shows. parks and recreation (always). 30 rock. bored to death. parenthood. game of thrones. boardwalk empire. friday night lights. portlandia. up all night.
records. all pigs must die - god is war. title fight - shed. ryan adams - ashes and fire. harms way - isolation. rival schools - pedals. trapped under ice - big kiss goodnight. childish gambino - camp. pj harvey - let england shake. the weeknd - house of balloons. seapony - go with me. feist - metals. raekwon - shaolin vs. wu-tang. lykke li - wounded rhymes. yuck - yuck. beyonce - 4. real estate - days. cold cave - cherish the light years. robyn - body talk. balance and composure - separation.
best shows i’ve been to. supertouch - trix. walter schreiffels - trix. la sera - charlatan. pj harvey - koninklijk circus. the pains of being pure at heart - de kreun. robyn - ab. black mountain - leffinge. rival schools - ab. cold cave - de kreun. trap them - paris. j. mascis - trix. best coast - de kreun. danzig - trix. title fight on several occasions. dinosaur jr - rivierenhof. black breath - de rots. prince - sint-pietersplein. morrissey - lokerse feesten. omar souleyman - trix. ryan adams - koninklijk circus. elvis costello - elizabethzaal. balance and composure - eindhoven/antwerp.
books i read and liked. ender’s game - orson scott card. fortress of solitude - jonathan lethem. kafka on the shore - haruki murakami. walden - henry david thoreau. freedom - jonathan franzen. the thousand autumns of jacob de zoet - david mitchell. een vorm van leven - amelie nothomb. the heart is a lonely hunter - carson mccullers. a visit from the goon squad - jennifer egan.
some wishes/goals for twentydozen. hopefully get a chance to see the weeknd live. take another trip to the us of a, it’s been too long. find a pineberry. finish the series of short stories i’ve been attempting to write. run 10k. continue saying yes as much as i can without having jim carrey type situations on my hands.
until never again, 2011. you were eventful.
