Because it's the end of January and my hard-drive could use a scrubbing (Best of 2011 edition)
OR Making things mini just makes them funnier.
Most riveting news story: Arab Spring
Tastiest discovered food: Linzer cookies, boba pearls
Tastiest discovered drink: Mighty Leaf African Nectar
Best books:
I hit the books hard. I picked the fantasy up again, got down with my heritage, dippped my toes in some manga. I did a prolonged stint with Victorian writers (and their Social Message Books), the feminists (and their What To Do With the Unmarried Woman books), and fell in love with Edith Wharton and Osamu Tezuka. And also fell even further behind on book reviews.
1. Catfish and Mandala by Andrew X. Pham
2. Momo by Michael Ende
3. Summer By Edith Wharton
4. Asian American Dreams by Helen Zia
5. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
6. Native Tongue By Suzette Haden Elgin
7. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
8. Ode to Kirihito by Osamu Tezuka
9. Pluto by Naoki Urasawa
10. Dumb Luck by Vu Trong Phung
Best fic:
After making it through Yuletide for the first time, I didn't really hit the fic at all (hence all the books) through the year, mainly from lack of enthusiasm about any large fandoms at the moment. Also, the year of the great delicious.com exodus & I almost figured out how to format a livejournal post. Almost.
1. "Yule Morning" by Ellen Fremedon (Twelfth Night)
2. "Three Iron Bands" by Gileonnen (The Frog King or Iron Heinrich)
3. "desert island, gun to your head" by curiouslyfic (Kitchen Confidential)
4. "Fools Rush In" by rosemaryandrue (Chrestomanci)
5. "I Am Acton Bell's Metaphorical Manhood" by xenakis (Hark! A Vagrant/the Bronte sisters)
6. "you've got the ways and the means to make it alright" by gyzym (The Brothers Bloom)
Most sucessfully ambitious Yuletide 2010 fic: "Goodnight Room" by skogkatt (Goodnight Moon, Peter Rabbit, Watership Down, and The Runaway Bunny and post-apocalyptic sci-fi and post-colonial commentary and feminism)
Favorite/least favorite crack!fic writer: tardismole
Fandom with the best fix-its: Little Women
Least interesting fandom!secret topic: Pottermore
WIP I most want to update: "The Apocalypse According to C (With Help From S and H)" by lalaietha (Calvin and Hobbes)
Best other fan stuff: The Great Gatsby for NES - in 8 bit glory
Best 2011 movies:
I went to the theaters a lot, but also saw five of the below on DVD. Take that as you will.
1. A Separation
2. Meek's Cutoff
3. Attack the Block
4. The Interrupters
5. Tree of Life
6. The Artist
7. 50/50
8. Certified Copy
HM: Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, The Guard, Source Code, Weekend, Crazy Stupid Love
Best non-2011 movies:
I borrowed lots of DVDs from the library, and probably racked up lots of fines in the process. Don't take the order too seriously
1. The Wind (1928)
2. Adaptation (2002)
3. 1776 (1972)
4. After Life (1996)
5. The Navigator (1924)- saw a silent movie in a theater with live organ!
6. Before Sunrise (1995)
7. Brief Encounter (1946)
the Next 13:
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Manhattan (1979)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Duplicity (2009)
Half Nelson (2006)
Seven Samurai (1954)
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
A Touch of Zen (1971)
The Children's Hour (1961)
District 9 (2009)
Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Moon (2009)
Yi Yi (2000).
ALSO: Ten weirdest things I found while cleaning out the garage to move (amongst the countless elastic pants, shapesless beigy sweaters, and colored power suit combos)
-Carry-on luggage bag full of toothpaste
-Anti-graying hair pills (4 boxes)
-Children's ski gear (jackets and overalls)
-Official merchandise books Real World New Orleans and Paris
-Glaze-cracked porcelein swan, full of pens, pencils, erasers, and dirt
-Writing exercise journals of Rosa, an 8 year old girl learning English (4)
-Social Security Card
-Snow-cone maker
-Mini-emergency office supply kit (with scissors, eraser, stapler, staples, glue, pencil, and white-out)
-Gingerbread House/Train kits (6)
Honorable mini-mention: mini-perfumes (4), box of protective boxing gear, plastic fake sea grass. maternity dresses (also 4)
Most riveting news story: Arab Spring
Tastiest discovered food: Linzer cookies, boba pearls
Tastiest discovered drink: Mighty Leaf African Nectar
Best books:
I hit the books hard. I picked the fantasy up again, got down with my heritage, dippped my toes in some manga. I did a prolonged stint with Victorian writers (and their Social Message Books), the feminists (and their What To Do With the Unmarried Woman books), and fell in love with Edith Wharton and Osamu Tezuka. And also fell even further behind on book reviews.
1. Catfish and Mandala by Andrew X. Pham
2. Momo by Michael Ende
3. Summer By Edith Wharton
4. Asian American Dreams by Helen Zia
5. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
6. Native Tongue By Suzette Haden Elgin
7. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
8. Ode to Kirihito by Osamu Tezuka
9. Pluto by Naoki Urasawa
10. Dumb Luck by Vu Trong Phung
Best fic:
After making it through Yuletide for the first time, I didn't really hit the fic at all (hence all the books) through the year, mainly from lack of enthusiasm about any large fandoms at the moment. Also, the year of the great delicious.com exodus & I almost figured out how to format a livejournal post. Almost.
1. "Yule Morning" by Ellen Fremedon (Twelfth Night)
2. "Three Iron Bands" by Gileonnen (The Frog King or Iron Heinrich)
3. "desert island, gun to your head" by curiouslyfic (Kitchen Confidential)
4. "Fools Rush In" by rosemaryandrue (Chrestomanci)
5. "I Am Acton Bell's Metaphorical Manhood" by xenakis (Hark! A Vagrant/the Bronte sisters)
6. "you've got the ways and the means to make it alright" by gyzym (The Brothers Bloom)
Most sucessfully ambitious Yuletide 2010 fic: "Goodnight Room" by skogkatt (Goodnight Moon, Peter Rabbit, Watership Down, and The Runaway Bunny and post-apocalyptic sci-fi and post-colonial commentary and feminism)
Favorite/least favorite crack!fic writer: tardismole
Fandom with the best fix-its: Little Women
Least interesting fandom!secret topic: Pottermore
WIP I most want to update: "The Apocalypse According to C (With Help From S and H)" by lalaietha (Calvin and Hobbes)
Best other fan stuff: The Great Gatsby for NES - in 8 bit glory
Best 2011 movies:
I went to the theaters a lot, but also saw five of the below on DVD. Take that as you will.
1. A Separation
2. Meek's Cutoff
3. Attack the Block
4. The Interrupters
5. Tree of Life
6. The Artist
7. 50/50
8. Certified Copy
HM: Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, The Guard, Source Code, Weekend, Crazy Stupid Love
Best non-2011 movies:
I borrowed lots of DVDs from the library, and probably racked up lots of fines in the process. Don't take the order too seriously
1. The Wind (1928)
2. Adaptation (2002)
3. 1776 (1972)
4. After Life (1996)
5. The Navigator (1924)- saw a silent movie in a theater with live organ!
6. Before Sunrise (1995)
7. Brief Encounter (1946)
the Next 13:
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Manhattan (1979)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Duplicity (2009)
Half Nelson (2006)
Seven Samurai (1954)
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
A Touch of Zen (1971)
The Children's Hour (1961)
District 9 (2009)
Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Moon (2009)
Yi Yi (2000).
ALSO: Ten weirdest things I found while cleaning out the garage to move (amongst the countless elastic pants, shapesless beigy sweaters, and colored power suit combos)
-Carry-on luggage bag full of toothpaste
-Anti-graying hair pills (4 boxes)
-Children's ski gear (jackets and overalls)
-Official merchandise books Real World New Orleans and Paris
-Glaze-cracked porcelein swan, full of pens, pencils, erasers, and dirt
-Writing exercise journals of Rosa, an 8 year old girl learning English (4)
-Social Security Card
-Snow-cone maker
-Mini-emergency office supply kit (with scissors, eraser, stapler, staples, glue, pencil, and white-out)
-Gingerbread House/Train kits (6)
Honorable mini-mention: mini-perfumes (4), box of protective boxing gear, plastic fake sea grass. maternity dresses (also 4)