Favorites From the Past Year

Here is a list of the things I discovered this past year and totally fell in love with, plus a few things I didn't love so much. Not all of these things came out in 2006, but I found out about them in 2006, so don't get frustrated if I seem backwards.

Best Film 2006: Expiration Date. (Indie film...google it and buy it, or read all about it in my earlier blogs.)

Best Film I Had Never Watched Until 2006: Roman Holiday, Rebel Without A Cause, Rashamon, and Memoirs of a Geisha.

Films I Should Have Liked, But Didn't in 2006: A Room With A View, 2001: A Space Oddyssey

Film I Was Disapointed in: Pirates 2

Film That Grew On Me: Pride and Prejudice

Favorite Book I Discovered in 2006: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Book That Scarred Me: Gilgamesh

Favorite New Trend: Dark Fingernail Polish and Mukluks.

Trend I Wish Would Return From the Fiery Cavern From Whence It Came: Bubble Skirts and Tacky Prom Dresses with skirts comparable to a small mountain.

New Music That Rocked My World: KT Tunstall and the new Newsboys CD

Old Music I Fell In Love With: The Beatles

Music I Wish My Brother's Basketball Team Would Stop Singing: Justin Timberlake (Ahhhhh!)

Kid's Show I Can't Get Enough Of: Curious George and Charlie and Lola

Adult Show That Is So Addictive, It Should Be Illegal: Grey's Anatomy (Hooray!)

The Issue I Wish More People Would Work At To Stop: Domestic Violence

The People Who Have Changed My Life: (You Know Who You Are.)