okay, so this past week has been busy. i worked three days then have been off the last two. i’m glad i have an entire weekend ahead of me. i think work will be improving now that the first tank got shipped and it seems we are tying loose ends up for a meeting during the third week of january. last night i hung out with my friend ryan, who’s leaving today to go to florida to do umpire training. yeah, like a real major league umpire. we went to chili’s, then back to my place to play burnout 3 (most fun game i’ve played in a long time) and then at midnight, we watched the belair fireworks show. that’s the unofficial title, and based off of all the people around my house shooting off fireworks. it was awesome. totally free fireworks display and i didn’t have to drive to new orleans to see it.

anyway, now that 2004 has come to an end, its time to look back on the best offerings of the year. observe:

best album:
1. alison krauss and union station ‘lonely runs both ways’
2. garden state soundtrack
3. u2 ‘how to dismantle an atomic bomb’
4. mute math ‘reset’
5. the roots ‘the tipping point’

best live concert:
1. andrew peterson christmas show 12/12
2. phantom planet 3/19
3. dave matthews band 8/20 and 8/21
4. new found glory 10/16
5. derek webb 3/3

best live song performance:
1. phantom planet ‘making a killing’
2. john mayer ‘bigger than my body’
3. derek webb ‘somewhere north’
4. andrew peterson christmas show ‘gather round ye children come’
5. graham colton band ‘cigarette’

best song not on the radio:
1. ‘let go’ frou frou
2. ‘a living prayer’ alison krauss and union station
3. ‘love and peace or else’ u2

best movie:
1. garden state
2. the incredibles
3. i, robot
4. saved
5. kill bill vol. 2

Happy New Year!