197. 2008

As the year comes to a close this week...I've decided to recap a little bit. Not recap by paragraphs and stories. I don't have time to regale you with all of it. Besides...I'm a list person and you seem to digg lists much better anyways.

Fav Movies I saw in 08-
*Bella
*Dark Knight
*Wanted
*Horton Hears a Who
*Kung Fu Panda
*Iron Man
*House Bunny
*Sex Drive

Best Albums of 08-
*Taylor Swift
*Lil Wayne
*Gym Class Heroes
*Britney Spears
*Fall Out Boy
*John Legend

Shoes of 08-
*Vans
-lace ups
-half cabs

Best Songs of 08 (take it for what it is, i could go on for days)-
*Brooklyn Girls - Charles Hamilton.
*Acapella - Brandy.
*Heart Songs - Weezer.
*Whether or Not - Gabe Bondoc.
*This Boy - James Morrison.
*Lollipop - Lil Wayne (yaya..you sang it too)
*Waledance - Wale.

Breakout artists of 08-
*Lil Wayne
*Katy Perry
*Keri Hilson
*The Dream

Unsung Band of 08-
*Hey Monday (mark my words...09..everyone will sing them and i'll sit back and call them old school. ;)..)

Poets of 08-
*Buddy Wakefield
*Andrea Gibson
*Shihan

Man of 08...09...and beyond...
*Barack Obama



To wrap it up...90% of music this year was whack. All of it sounded the same, talkboxes were and are everyone's favorite new singing method, and if it wasn't one or the other...lil wayne was in the song using the talkbox voice instead of rapping. Go figure. Movies did major breakthroughs as far as story lines, plots, actors...yadayada. Vans stayed current and I grew out of my jordan phase. Poets became people I trusted...ironic. And finally...I stood up and became a proud proud American for the very first time in 20 years.

This year was wonderful. As is any year. One year older, one year wiser. I'm looking forward to 09 just as much as I was looking forward to 08. Lil Wayne will still be everyone's guy...but maybe I'll become everyone's girl. I'm going to say that Eminem is going to make a return and it might be huge. Kanye will put out another album that people will complain about but still buy and listen to. I will move out (ohhhh dream big girl wonder). My diploma will become more of a reality. I will fight, I will love, and I will grow. Each passing day is something to reflect upon and use for the following hours, days, months...year.

I will ring in the new year with people who mean the absolute world to me. What a good place to be. What a cool life to live.


Thanks everyone for reading another year of this thing. Like I always say...and you can probably say it with me by this time around....it means everything to me that you put your eyes where my heart, mind, and soul has been.


Love the life you live, and live the life you love.



peace, blessings, and continual growth for the new year...


GW