Who was it who sang, “The times, they’re changing?” Well, whoever it was, he obviously knew about 2008. Here is an (admittedly idiosyncratic) list of the TOP TIMES OF 2008:
1. 10:30 AM
2. Noon (can’t hate on noon, one of the all-time greats)
3. 5:00 PM
4. 3:30 PM
5. 8:15 AM
6. 7:33 PM OR AM
7. Midnight
8. “Quarter-past n,” where n = some time
9. 2:15 PM
10. 12:00 (blinking on VCR especially!)
Like everyone else, I got caught up in some amazing trends this year. Here are the TOP TEN TRENDS OF 2008:
1. Books On Tape
2. Cool Things
3. Walking Around
4. Balls
5. Stores
6. Hanging Out
7. Videos
8. Facebook Online
9. New Songs
10. Politics
Everyone agrees: 2008 was one of the most exciting years for music in a long time. Here are my picks for TOP TEN MUSIC OF 2008:
1. Rock ‘N’ Roll
2. Rap Music
3. Country
4. Dance
5. Instrumental
6. Jazz
7. Classical
8. Soundtracks
9. Flip-Flap
10. Singing Music
Drank a lot of great bottles this year. Here are the TOP TEN WINES OF 2008:
1. Cabernet
2. Merlot
3. Fizzy
4. Sauvignon
5. Chardonnay
6. Zinfandel
7. Pinot
8. Shiraz
9. Muscat
10. Pertollo
Another great years for colors! Here are the top ten colors of 2008:
1. Beige
2. Purple
3. Green
4. Red
5. Brown
6. White
7. Blue
8. Yellow
9. Silver
10. Lavender
Greg Pak is one of the hottest comic writers on the scene. I am one of the hottest bloggers on the scene. (“One of,” LOL? Who am I kidding?) Anyway, here’s another interview . . . I tried to be funny in it:
Greg Pak: Talking Points Memo versus ThinkProgress versus DailyKos versus mnftiu.cc. Please discuss.
David Rees: TPM over everyone, are you kidding? TPM over ThinkProgress, over Dailykos, over NYTimes, over Ebay. CAP is a good organization but I never look at ThinkProgress; I check Yglesias’s blog every so often, but not as much as I did when he was at the Atlantic.
(I don’t know why I look at the Atlantic’s blogs, since most of them drive me up the wall. Why would anyone read James Fallows’s or Jeffrey Goldberg’s blogs.
LOL, here’s my Fallows impersonation: “It’s been really interesting watching CSI: Miami over here in China because everything is so different in China, look at this headline from the China News Daily: “CSI: MIAMI PROVES CHINA IS GREAT,” by the way look at my new USB stick, I got it in China where I live, boohoo Michael Crichton died, what a great guy, I heard about it over here in China, hey look another air taxi business went out of business, now how am I supposed to fly home from China? By the way, I totally live in China, look at this stupid photograph I took of some dumb building, can you believe how polluted everything is? Also, I love my new Apple Mac Super-thin laptop that I use when traveling around China, which is where I’m blogging from, because I live in China.”)
You can read the entire interview here.
Guys, it’s time to start posting my top-ten lists! Are you ready?
We’ll start with the TOP TEN FOODS OF 2008:
1. Broccoli
2. Cheese
3. Flour (I was loving flour this year!)
4. Beets
5. Eggs
6. Popcorn
7. Yams
8. Spinach
9. Ice cream (DUH! Still one of the greatest foods)
10. Animal legs
Hey gang, has anyone read this?
I heard it’s like “Marley & Me,” the book about the wonderful dog who teaches a family to love.
ALASKA IN THE HOUSE.
YESSSSSSSS!!!!!! Forget Sarah Palin. She’s done. Forget EVERYTHING you thought you knew about Alaska.
Alaska is BRINGIN’ IT, back in the game, HARDER THAN EVER!!! Are you kidding me?
ALASKA, I LOVE YOU!!! THIS IS HOW TO REPRESENT FOR YOUR STATE!!!
THIS IS THE REAL AMERICA!!! ONE LOVE!!! LOL, BRINGIN’ ME A SMALL AMOUNT OF JOY!!! BLOWING MY MIND IN ABOUT ELEVEN DIFFERENT WAYS!!!
Because I’m watching this like, “Alaska? For real? ALASKA???”
From the comments:
The strangest part of it was that I thought he was a girl that was dancing in below 17 weather!! That was very catchy to me… (best use of “catchy” ever — ed.) This vid deserves to be viewed by Miss B. herself! I hope to God that was worth it for this guy, cause had enough balls to freeze them!
For real, of all these videos, this is the one where I was finally like, “This song is a banger. I have to give it up for this song. This is a nine-alarm banger. Because just look at this dude in the snow, doing the Beyonce stomp (0:56), I weep.”
THIS VIDEO MAKES ME HAPPY.
“If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it.”
FRIDAY FACE-OFFS! PUT A RING ON IT, ALREADY!!!
Have a nice weekend.