It that time of year. The time to look back and marvel at far we've come. Now that I think of it, maybe this is the sort of thing that should not be done at the end of the year but throughout. Anyway, let's look at the year.
In movies:
The Grey: I saw this through Redbox. It's basically a zombie movie with wolves instead of zombies.
The Hunger Games: I'm pretty sure I saw it. For the culture or something. Maybe I just saw an extensive trailer, who really knows.
Small Apartments: I saw this movie at SXSW, and I liked it a lot. Super indie. Friend got a screening at School, which is neat, though I didn't go.
The Cabin in the Woods: Holy god. I was excited for this movie because Joss Whedon, but I was afraid it would disappoint, I can't say I was super thrilled by the trailers. Holy god. It was amazing. It currently holds the title of My Favorite Movie.
The Avengers: Another Joss Whedon movie. I saw it twice in theaters. It's basically the best possible superhero movie (note that I would not count the Batman trilogy as superhero movies). I'm not crazy about superhero movies, but if I were to recommend one, it would be this.
Moonrise Kindom: Saw this one through FILM club. Super adorable and that indie movie feel with Bruce Willis.
Snow White and the Huntsman: I didn't actually watch this one in theaters. All I really have to say is that I'm getting over my prejudice against Twilight and Kristen Stewart, because it's dumb, really. Also, hot damn, Charlize Theron.
Brave: It was good but not super-fantastic. Really nice mother-daughter thing going for it though.
The Dark Knight Rises: It was not my favorite of the Batman movies. Though I did like Anne Hathaway and I always enjoy watching Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Christian Bale running around being beautiful.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: I enjoyed it enough to watch it twice. I love Martin Freeman being so average all the time. I feel like he's the only person typecasted as someone really normal. It was no Lord of the Rings, but it was enough. I kind of wish Tolkein was a better storyteller. He has such beautiful language and such a rich world that it seems a shame that the Eagles are always coming in to save the day even when they aren't really supposed to care about anyone. I saw it first in 3D. I really don't think that the extra dimension contributes to the movie and movies aren't really made with the third dimension in mind. I think it's a bit like the uncanny valley effect. It's caught in the valley of the perfect immersive experience. It's close, but really not close enough. I'm looking at you, out-of-focus foreground items.
Django Unchained: Holy god. I was expecting bloodshed. I was also expecting the story of a slave overcoming obstacles to achieve some such thing or another. But this movie. Holy god. Beautiful and bloody and absurd and a lot funnier than I was expecting from a Tarantino film. I keep thinking that Leonardo DiCaprio should be old by now but he is still looking good.
Les Misérables: I liked this movie a lot, despite having no idea what the plot was going into it. I'm a poor judge of singing, but one of those voices was not like the others. It was Russell Crowe's. Also close-ups, much?
I saw a bunch of other movies that didn't come out this year, but there isn't a wikipedia article for that. Most notable were Dear Zachary, which left me feeling terrible. Also Dead Snow, a Nazi Zombie movie that I actually saw twice, once through FILM and once back home.
In music:
This year I've been feeling Fun., the Lumineers, Ke$ha, Counting Crows. With some spillover from Florence + the Machine and the Wombats from last year. I really am not a music person and I do not know how to music.
In books:
I can't really remember what I read. Over the summer I re-read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit (technically I only read half of it before but Father read the whole thing to me when I was young, so I think that counts). A good thing too, I was way too young to appreciate it the first time. I tried to make myself take my time and savor the language and not read when I wasn't getting anything from it. I did One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest over the semester and that was a pretty good time. Oh, and of course, summer reading book the Toaster Project, which I got signed by the author!
In "television":
Like people actually watch tvs anymore. Here's a joke for Future Me: Television! Ho, ho! Anyway, not many shows I really care about. Doctor Who, per uzh. I went on a Whedon kick and watched all of Buffy and Angel over the summer. I had a lot of time on my hands. I started reading the comics too, but only managed to get my hands on half of Season 8 in "motion comic" form. Also, I watched Once Upon A Time for a weekly roommate date. I gave up on Fringe. I stuck with White Collar because Matt Bomer is a beautiful man. I watch Bones and Castle when I'm bored. I enjoyed Warehouse 13, but wouldn't go out of my way to watch it (ie go anywhere other than Hulu). I guess anime counts too, but I can't remember all of them. Steins; Gate was my favorite but I also liked Baccano. I don't remember the rest. God, I watch a lot of screen.
I also picked up League of Legends over the summer and am now privvy to such slang as "gg," "gank," and "imba."
In people:
people I shared a room with: 1 #roomates4lyf
people I kissed: 3
people I wanted to kiss: 4 (off the top of my head)
people in the intersection of the two sets above: 1
about those in (2) intersect ~(3): WORTH
people I met: ALL OF THE FRESHMAN
people whom I introduced myself to as "Snipe": ALL OF THE FRESHMAN LOLOLOLOL
people whose room I have been in, not counting my own: 8 (I think)
If I were to go back in time one year and give Past Me advice, it would be this: GET A SUMMER JOB. LIE THROUGH YOUR TEETH IF YOU HAVE TO. Also, go on some freaking dates. It doesn't matter if you have a shotgun philosophy if you don't actually implement it.
If I were to thank 2012 Me, I would say, well, at least you did it, and now you're better for it and I won't make you do it again; thanks for taking one (or two) for the team. And thanks for getting that study away and summer job ball rolling, you really make me feel like I'm on top of my shit for that.
In resolutions:
One blog post per week. I'm thinking Saturday mornings.
Also generic be happier and healthier and do more of the things you like and less of things you don't.
Actually work and that coding thing you said you would work on but didn't all break.
In bad ideas:
Vodka watermelon: way too much vodka/watermelon
Subscribing to mailing lists
Sandals in snow, and I mean in snow. On snow is fine.
Waiting.
Telling the truth to people you want to be hired by. I'm still bitter.
Spending summer at home. Alone.
Going to second-hand stores for pants. Some people's legs are just too short for normal people pants.
Going to buffets. They are way too expensive and you either don't eat enough for it to be worth it or you eat until you feel like shit.
In apocalypses:
There were 2. Neither worked.
In politics:
The media is really kind of terrible. I think people are getting more frustrated with media sensationalism. Also parties are terrible. People actually tend to be reasonable people who can get along with other people with different view until you put them into a party and everything goes to hell and issues become more than issues and become symbols and shit. Part of me just wants everything to get worse so it can burn down and we can make something new and better instead, but I don't really think that would work.
Anyway, both Michele and T-Paw tried for president but neither made it very far. Michele is still crazy but managed to get re-elected to her district. Minnesota did not make it harder to vote or ban same-sex marriages in its Constitution, so that's pretty alright.
For posterity, this was the first year recreational marijuana use has been legalized, so that's neat.
Welp, that's all the ways I can of to sum up the year. Until we meet again, Reader!
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