I find it pretty funny that all of the "Best Of ..." TV shows on VH1, E! and the like come out in November. Does December not count or something? Is December the black hole of pop culture news? Say what you want about the Oscars at least they wait a couple of months before deciding what the best movie of the year was.
Instead of writing a really long post about the year that was or picking just a couple of things that were really important I'm going to throw out (somewhat chronologically) everything I'll remember about 2007 "We Didn't Start The Fire"-style only without the music or the rhyming words ... or the "JFK BLOWN AWAY!" part.
2007, The Year of the Baby
back home from NYC, big beautiful pregnant wife, childbirth classes, tours too close to due date, the best AFC Championship Game ever, serendipity in Miami-SUPERBOWL VICTORY, waiting for baby, the "THE" salad, induction, Feb. 26, grandparents and auntie, sleepless nights, too many pediatrician visits, another tour two weeks after Milo's birth, Philly/Reading Terminal, "that tour was too soon", Vegas with the family, "what is that baby doing in a casino?", formula and cereal, yet another tour and another birthday away, Atlantic City, poker, poker, poker, The Blue Note, the family in NYC, back home again, baptism, family parties/sandwiches and barbeques, Chicago, rental car, such a good flyer, summer brings more time at home, Musician's Institute, car troubles, Hawaii!, the beach, Hilo, great grandma, food and family, "this vacation was too short", good gigs with old friends and new, baby toys, baby crib, PJ's Abbey, DVR, good routine in LA, Houston, baseball, Nantucket, Betty, back-to-school, work, work, work, bossa nova, baby babble, baby crawling, Boston, back to NYC, mouse shit, small bathroom, mold, food poisoning, taking a stand, back home, baby's so big, Christmas in Indiana, more puking, baby's first Christmas, snow in Chicago, delays at O'Hare, car research, New Year's at the Hip Kitty
So there it is, I'm sure I forgot a few things here or there. I should also mention that I try to give every year of my life a tagline so as I get older and my memory starts to fail me it might be easier for me to remember what I was doing at any 365-day grouping of my life. '07 was "The Year of the Baby"
(And if you're curious: 2000, The Year of Change, '01, The Year of the Movie Theater, '02, The Year of the first Tyrell Tours, '03, The Year of the Buble World Tour, '04, The Year of the House, '05, The Year of the Record, '06, The Year of the Pregnancy)
Another year in the books. As far as '08 goes things seem to be shaping up nicely. BIG Colts game this weekend, everyone should watch and wear blue and white. New Hampshire's tonight, let's hope the candidates can hold off the mudslinging for a while. I saw both "Juno" and "Diving Bell and Butterfly" over the weekend. Please see them both, they would've made it on to my Top Five had I seen them in time.
And there's a new Top Five up, so go dig it.
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