Saturday, December 31, 2011

when you showed up at that spot I almost threw up on the spot


END OF YEAR WRAP UP BITCHES

I read some fucking great books this year you guys. 2010 was the worst year of my life thus far (which, in relation to some other people's 2010's was pretty great) so 2011, despite all it's insanity, was pretty excellent. 

So here is my list of things I read/saw/listened to that made me feel exceptionally good or made me feel in general. FEELINGS! FEELINGS ARE SO GOOD SOMETIMES! 

Fiction I Read (not including shit I re-read):

Jane Eyre
Lucy Gayheart
Silas Marner
Ethan Frome
Alias Grace
The Road
The Help
This is What we Talk about When We Talk About Love
Revolutionary Road
Never Let Me Go
Collected Stories - Yates
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
The Easter Parade
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
The Book of Other People
Young Hearts Crying
One Day
Year of Wonders
Lullabies for Little Criminals
Great House
This is My Best
We Are All Made of Glue
Important Artefacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelery
Disturbing the Peace
An Object of Beauty
Wuthering Heights
The Informers
Music for Chameleons
Solar
Look at the Birdie
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian




Non Fiction I Read:

Pornland
Loot
Time Bites
John Waters Role Models
Bossypants



Graphic Novels I Read:

Clumsy
The Complete Maus
The Lagoon
A Child's Life
Funeral of the Heart
Sleepwalk
The Alcoholic
The Great Gatsby
Empire State
The Book of Ophelia
Luba and her Sisters
The Best American Comics 2010
The Best American Comics 2008
Luba in America


Concerts/Shows I Went to:

Mountain Man
Warpaint x 2
Joanna Newsom
Belle and Sebastian
Buffy Sainte Marie
Maria Bamford
Tallest Man on Earth
Salt N Pepa
Kurt Vile
Dolly Parton


Songs I Could Stand for More than 2 Minutes:


Undertow - Warpaint
Abducted - Cults
I don't want love - Antlers
Wildflowers - Dolly Parton
Marked -EMA
Odessa - Caribou
Damn Your Eyes - Alex Carle
Die 4 U - Theophilus London
Can't See My Own Face - How to Dress Well
Common Burn - Mazzy Star
Searching Through the Past - Bleached
Blue Gowns - Blue Hawaii


Any of the above things I can strongly recommend even if I didn't totally love them to death (Wuthering Heights you fucking soap opera) but I got something out of them anyway. So long 2011, so long Masters of Hell, hello unemployment and relaxed poverty!

1 comments:

doctor bunsen honeydew said...

YOU WENT TO A SALT-N-PEPA SHOW. WHY DID YOU NOT TELL ME THIS. TELL ME EVERYTHING. GAAAAAAAAH.