My Favorite Movies of 2009

The Hurt Locker

My #1 of the year: A Single Man

Precious

Adventureland

Inglourious Basterds

A Serious Man

Up In the Air

New York, I Love You

Nine

Star Trek

The Messenger

Honorable Mention:

Gentlemen Broncos

Have not seen:

The White Ribbon

An Education

Sin Nombre

Brothers

My Favorite Albums of 2009

Beggars - Thrice

Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk

No One's First and You're Next - Modest Mouse

Outer South - Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band

Hold Time - M Ward

Curse Your Branches - David Bazan

The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga

Mamma, I'm Swollen - Cursive

Armistice - Mutemath

Around the Well - Iron and Wine

i bought a robe today.

These are a few of my favorite scenes... 
(the yellow descriptions are links...)

Good Will Hunting - "I have to go see about a girl"

The Virgin Suicides - Makeout scene

Let the Right One In - Rubiks cube

Moulin Rouge! - Le Tango De Roxanne 

Amelie - Blind man

 

There Will Be Blood - "I drink your milkshake"

Rushmore - This guy ~~ best chapel speaker I have ever seen.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - "This is it joel. It's gonna be gone soon."

Garden State - Completely original moment in human history

Magnolia - Coincidence 

Kill Bill - Escape

The Sandlot - "One day it became too much for Michael Squints Palledorous"

The Good the Bad and the Ugly - Final showdown 

Current Favorites:

Music:

Armistice by Mutemath

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

Movies/TV:

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Nooma videos

Kill Bill

Books:

Drops Like Stars by Rob Bell

unChristian by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons

Aliens. Awesome.

Recent Obsessions (books, music and such)

Nine Stories - J.D. Salinger

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction - J.D. Salinger

All Things Must Pass - George Harrison (in terms of the word "obsession" this one comes the closest)

Batten The Hatches - Jenny Owen Youngs

Revolver - The Beatles

Live at the Mayan Theater - The Format

Subway club sandwiches



I also bought a new book today (by Dan's recommendation) called Celebration of Discipline. I am not far into it, but it is great so far.

New:
1. Bought a fish
2. Miss my friends