So I told ya'll I was working on this list, and now that the end is nigh (of 2K4 at least) I figured I'd post the beta version of the list. It's meant to try to capture the year that was in my life, so if its a wide spectrum that's because the year was crazy. So here it is (I'll probably keep adding to it in subsequent posts...actually, you add to it people. Send comments, changes, your feelings on the purple sweatpants. I want to hear from you):
BEST AND WORST OF 2K4
Best Wedding: Dave and Shelby Boynton, July in Lancaster, NH
Key: Open bar before the wedding, the whole wedding party in chacos.
Best After-the-Wedding Moment: Chris Parcell cuddling with a watermelon in Hatcher's car, June in Purcellville
Key: "I love you watermelon...I do...you wanna see who's gonna die first, watermelon? Cuz YOU'LL LOSE!"
Best Hangover Party: The breakfast after Dave and Shelby's wedding, Lancaster, NH
Key: I think Dan was still drunk...
Best New Scar: Right forarm in the battle of me vs. tray of apple pies
Key: I got it while baking, and I don't bake
Worst New Scar: Accidently burning the tip of my nose while trying to light a cigar and talk on the phone at the same time
Key: Neosporin smells HORRIBLE.
Best Book (tie): Life of Pi by Yann Martel/Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
Key: 450-lb bengal tiger named Richard Parker/He wants to marry Ani DiFranco
Best New Album: "O" by Damien Rice, January or February
Key: He's Irish...
Best (or Worst) Irrational Celebrity Obsession: Suzy Gilgrist and Liz Watkins, on Usher
Key: It's USHER. He's got some confessions.
Best Unnecessary Event: Dodgeball, Interns vs. Summer Staff, Saranac
Key: My Little Pony and Ninja Turtle balls, Cat Wade in pigtails.
Best Party (tie): David Hasselhoff/"Crabfest!...Now Leave."
Key: Homemade shirts, pinatas and mix cds (and crabs)
Best Reunion: Taps Week reunion, April in Syracuse
Key: Murphy came in a dress!
Best Victory: Red Sox came from 0-3 to beat Yankees in 7 in ALCS championship
Key: Oh yeah, and then the won the World Series. But they beat the Yankees!
Best Girl Moment: Hot tub, ALI ski weekend, January
Key: Bubbly in the bubbly
Best Outfit: Vikings in grass skirts and guard tubes, September in Saranac, NY
Key: Headlamps, pieces and bling-bling as lifeguards for "Slide for the Brave"
Worst Departure (inanimate): Mosby's Tavern, Middleburg, VA
Key: 1/2 Price Burger Night, Pyramid Hefeweizen
Best Upgrade: Roy the Raging Tempo to Rudy the Rugged 'Roo
Key: Only 15 years, ABS, airbags and a working seatbelt
Best Gift: 2ft Dubya Pinata from Caroline, September
Key: Pinata is still smarter than the original
Best Catch-phrase: Dawn of the "LoCo" shirts, Leadership Weekend, Feburary
Key: LoCo makes LoCo sound cool...and no Wal-Marts in Bethesda?
Best Departure (inaimate): My VA drivers license photo
Key: It was so bad even the NY DMV man laughed
Best Showdown: Murphy vs. Spooner, undefeated carbomb champs, April, Planet 505, Syracuse
Key: DEAD TIE! TAPS FOR LIFE!
Best Movie: "Napoleon Dynamite" September with Hatch
Key: "Tina, come get your dinner you fat lard!"
Best Astronomical Sighting: The Seven Moons of Saturn over Saranac, August
Key: The Doc's brother had a telescope...
Best Orginal Song: "If Jesus Were a Sanitizer", by Cris and Spooner, September, Saranac
Key: Cleaning all the public bathrooms at Saranac in a driving rainstorm and the fumes as inspiration
Best Freebie: Bar Mitzvah shirt from 13-year-old boy, Dave and Busters, Bethesda, MD
Key: "Guest List Finalist" on front, "David's Bar Mitzvah" on the back
Best Fest: ODB Fest, Old Dominion Brewery, Ashburn, VA in June
Key: It's a festival for cigars and beer. duh. Prank call to Amy..."NIPPLENIPPLENIPPLE!"
Best Karyoke Moment: "Forever in Blue Jeans" by Erin Hatcher, returning from Campaigner Overnight
Key: We were on a bus full of high school students...
Best Business Card: Grafton DeButts
Key: Grafton DeButts
Best Rock Opera: The August Bakery's Rock Opera, as performed by Beener, Caroline and Spooner
Key: "Things to Do While Beener Poops"
Best Concert (tie): Ani D, 9:30 Club, Live DVD Taping, May in DC/Mindy Smith, Old Towne Theatere, Alexandria
Key: Elena crying and twitching/literally running into Mindy in the bathroom before the show, Amber, Erin and I eating a 17 course meal afterward.
Best Sex Talk: Elizabeth Maskey
Key: "Build a bridge and stand on it."
Best New Extreme Sport: Mattress Sliding, August, Saranac
Key: Hal and JC, the "we can be friends" boob grab--"How old are you guys?"
Worst Reality Check: Cancer scare and bone scan, June
Key: Hatcher and 2 hours at Ikea
Best Nickname: Uncle Jimmycake, Saranac
Key: "I licked your Jimmycake!" "Sweet!"
Best Chase Sequence: Hatcher vs. Lars, Rockbridge in October
Key: the Purple Sweatpants...Maskey's "Awww crap."
Best Gang: BB 1818 at the Brothers
Key: Emil, Marco, Jorge, BB 4 Life!
Best Drink: ODB's Oak Barrel Stout
Key: This one stays the same every year
Best Dance (tie): LoCo Contra Dance, Saranac dance parties
Key: J.Wags, J.Shui, Hot Pat and Grafton/Erin C. dressed as a Twinkie, JC's "A Whole New World"
Best Fashion Statement: Purple Sweatpants
Key: Still trying to figure this one out
Worst Fashion Statement: Purple Sweatpants
Key: I said I was still trying to figure this one out....
Worst Letdown: Twilight Polo rained out, July
Key: Amber and I with wine and cigars, complaining the whole time
Best Job: Assistant Baker, Saranac
Key: Beener, Caroline, Butts, Tex, Jacque, Aaron, Courtney, Lauren, the pits...sneaking tastes behind April's back
Best Real-life Cartoon Character: Kristen Beil
Key: Seriously, who are you right now? I love you times 10 to the 3rd power...
That's it! Add to it if you want!
Here's to 2K5!
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