an incredibly late end-of-the-year favorites post

 


     Happy Nineteen Days Past the New Year. Laziness has truly flooded my life (thankfully, getting-rid-of-my-laziness wasn't one of my resolutions), and has begun to loom over my head, but I finally mustered up the enthusiasm to write this blogpost.
     2014, just like the summer of 2013 (where I blossomed from awkward preteenhood and transformed into a less-embarrassing, ultra-modern-hipster version of myself), was a year where I found enjoyment and diversion in hobbies other than sulking around a computer and listening to the same two albums over and over again; I got back into reading, heeded a new interest in and a curiosity for movies, and discovered a liking for Jeopardy!. I also fiiiiiinally started writing for recreational purposes again, and I honed in on my studies (all A's, baby!). I met and witnessed absolute favorite band play live (Bombay Bicycle Club) with one of my best friends at a music festival, got to perform a scene from one of my favorite plays (This is Our Youth) at a theatre competition, and had the privilege of spending my summer basking in sunlight and bathing in seclusion at Myrtle Beach.
    2014 was a fruitful year, filled with taffy-sweet and saccharine opportunities and memories I loved, hated, appreciated, and was disgusted with all at once. I'd say that 2014 was one of the best years I've been lucid enough to experience so far, but I don't want to jinx myself or say anything too soon. Let's hope 2015 is just as bitchin'.
    Without further adieu, here's my totally biased end-of-the-year favorites list.

favorite films i watched in 2014 (yes, in a particular order):

1. donnie darko (2001)

2. scott pilgrim vs. the world (2008)

3. margaret (2011)

4. nightcrawler (2014)

5. inglourious basterds (2009)

6. rushmore (1999)

7. the beach (2000)

8. kill bill (2003)

9. we are the best! (2014)

10. electrick children (2012)

favorite albums of 2014:

1. st. vincent, st. vincent

2. bombay bicycle club, so long see you tomorrow

3. taylor swift, 1989

4. julian casablancas and the voidz, tyranny

5. angel olsen, burn your fire for no witness

favorite books i read in 2014:

1. valley of the dolls, jacqueline suzanne

2. is everyone hanging out without me? (and other concerns), mindy kaling

3. franny and zooey, j.d. salinger

4. dark places, gillian flynn

5. gone girl, gillian flynn

and lastly...

favorite places i visited during 2014:

1. coral skies festival

2. oakland cemetery (also: six feet under, a restaurant right across the street)

3. little five points

4. decatur

5. myrtle beach