To honor the awesomeness that was 2011, here’s one possible solution to the square root of 2011… a hodge-podge of lists that adds up to 44.8441746. Well, sort of. Happy New Year!
Most Excellent Musical Performances I Experienced In DC
1. tUne-yArDs @ the Red Palace
2. Young The Giant @ the Red Palace
3. Friendly Fires @ the 9:30 Club
Eardrum Assaults; Top Artists For 2011, According To My Last.FM Stats
1. Django Reinhardt
2. Young The Giant
3. Friendly Fires
After Reading, I Recommend These Books (and Graphic Novels)
1. Any Human Heart by William Boyd
2. Y: The Last Man (entire series) by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra
3. The Passage by Justin Cronin
I Saw These Most Excellent Movies In A Theatre, You Should Too
1. Midnight In Paris
2. The Skin I Live In
3. The King’s Speech
According To Foursquare, You Might Find Me Here Drinking Coffee
1. Big Bear Cafe
2. Chinatown Coffee Co.
3. Cowgirl Creamery (YES, they do coffee too!!)
You Must Try These Beers At Least Once
1. Southern Tier Imperial Choklat Stout
2. Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin
3. DC Brau The Citizen (Yeah DC!)
Great Local Races You Should Run
1. Marine Corps Marathon
2. Army Ten-Miler
3. Warrior Dash
My Favorite Blog Posts Of The Year
1. No Pants Metro Ride, 2011 (Link)
2. My First Marathon, The 2011 Marine Corps Marathon (Link)
3. Man vs Street Sign vs SOPA (Link)
Most Popular Pages/Posts According To Google
1. Recession Dating (Link)
2. Big Ass (Drunk) Russians (Link)
3. The Lucky Charms Diet. They’re Magically Addictive (Link)
Most Popular Months For Blogging
1. December (10 posts)
2. May (8 posts)
3. June / November (tied at 7 posts)
Things I Finally Finished
1. Graduate School
2. A Marathon
3. Working In The Wrong Place – for me
Things I Finally Started
1. A Novella
2. Taking More Creative Photos
3. Creating The Perfect Pancake
My Favorite Photos Of The Year
1. Snowman On The National Mall, #3 (Link)
2. Appalachian Trail Ghosts, #3 (Link)
3. Obama Versus Peace (Link)
Social Media Addictions I Still Have Under Control
1. Facebook
2. Twitter/Tumblr
3. Blogging
Bold Faced Lies Of The Year
1. See Above
2. DC Sucks!
3. I Really Want To Know What You Do For A Living