Training Ground Notches, Perfectly Executed Notches and Near Misses (2008 Rewind)

Reflection time. 2008. Another year wasted? Sure. But memorable nonetheless.

The Rundown

Favorite New Band - Glasvegas

Favorite Album - Glasvegas, Glasvegas!

Favorite Song - It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry, Glasvegas!

Favorite Pop Song - Single Ladies, Beyonce. Like a cattle call in the club. Thank B!

Gig I Wish I hadn't Missed - Glenn Campbell @ Troubadour

Gig I Wish I had Missed - Some Swedish band @ The Viper Room whose name eludes me!

Favorite Character - T-Pain

Unhealthy Obsessions - Carla Gugino, Claudia Bassols

Favorite Book - A Case of Exploding Mangoes, Mohammed Hanif

Most Underrated - Ron Paul (R-Texas)

Most Overrated/Underrated - Barack Obama

Favorite Film - Let the Right One In

Favorite Documentary Film - Taxi to the Dark Side

Favorite Film about screwed up White people - Rachel Getting Married

Most Hyped Film- Pineapple Express

Dumbest Move - Gambling away my IRA in the stock market.

2nd Dumbest Move - Driving cross-country (L.A. - Miami) when gas was over $4/gal.

Favorite New Town Visited - Blytheville, AR

Proudest Moment - Giving Best-Man Speech

Missed - George Carlin, Studs Terkel, Isaac Hayes

(Dis)missed - Newspapers

Overkill - Vegas

Spectacular - Beijing Olympics Opening/Closing Ceremonies

Most Frustrating/Heart Wrenching - Losing to the Celtics

Newsworthy/Where it went down - Pakistan

Most Embarrassing Moment - Getting caught leaving a Chinatown bathroom--the ladies room with...

Favorite (New) Personal Quote 2008 - Behind every pretty girl is cockblocker!

2008. Adios! Adieu! Donadagohvi! Hagoone'! Sayonara! Auf Wiedersehen! Arrivederci! Hejdå! Sampai Jumpa! Paalam! Zai Jian! Farvel! Namaste! Ayo! Rub Rakha! Adeus! Selamat pergi! Tot ziens! 再见! Yasou! Hwyl fawr! Annyeonghi Kyeseyo! Hyvästi! La revedere! Veloma! Ma'a ssa'lām!