Stuff of the Year 2005

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STUFF OF THE YEAR!!!!

ok, lets get started, i dwindled it down to 10 stuffs of the year, here are the Catagorys and their winners:


Food of the Year:

Spicy Perogie Pizza from Boston Pizza, with sour cream, mozza, smokey bacon and spicy cactus cut potatoes. Finished with cheddar, green onion and a dollop of sour cream. hell yes. Finish it off with a nice chocolate eruption cheeesecake and call it a Sunday night.







Wine of the Year:

Yellow Tail Shiraz 2004. A vibrant, deep purple colour leads to a nose of lifted berry aromas with spicy notes. The full-bodied palate shows generous ripe fruit characters with underlying earthy tones and lingering sweet berry flavours. A touch of vanillin oak adds balance and softness to the long, enjoyable finish. I didn't write this i stole it from their website. It translate to: Freaking good wine.







Book of the Year:

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I dont really think that anyone will be surprised that i chose this book. It may not have been the "Best" Book of the year but it was at least by far the most anticipated. I read through it i the first 24 hours i got it and then read it again in the next 4 days. lets just say ... its an epidemic. This book keeps the epidemic rolling in this, the second last book in the series, with a few more twists and turns (you know that was Aberforth right?) and we are all anxious to read the last instalment, whenever that is.

Magazine of the Year:

Paste. This is the magazine about music "I" care about. That is all i am going to say. Here.



TV Comedy of the Year:

The Office (US). Oh man these people crack me up! Holy Crap! Who would have thought that a bunch of people working for a paper company could have so much cool stuff going on. Everyone is hilarious, I especially like the conflict between Jim and Dwight, the occasional aquardness between Jim and Pam, and evin's... I just think Kevin is Funny. This is not even mentioning that there boss is Steve Carell and he throws in these totally hysterically aquard moments. Awesome.

TV Drama of the Year:

Lost. No doubt, well maybe for Prison Break... Nah, Lost totally rocked it so far this season. adding a couple of new interesting characters like Mr. Eko, and Libby. I definatly want to see some kind of kinship or conflict between Eko and Locke. This show has just had solid writing since the start of the show, lets hope they can keep it up and they dont totally mess it up in the end.



Ryan Adams CD of the Year:

29. First of let me say that i did enjoy all three of his albums this year so everything i am about to say is relative to each of the other albums.Of his three album this year 29 stands out for me as a clear winner. His first cd this year "Cold Roses" was too full of filler and songs that seemed to make the cd drag on. Rather than a filler full double cd this could have been a great single cd release. his second "Jacksonville City Nights" was alright in the fillerness department, but still has one thing i dont really enjoy, The Cardinals. His band is just too twangy for me, i really dont like country slide guitar, and "29" is free of that. It is great.

CD of the Year:

Bright Eyes - I'm wide awake, it's Morning. From the first tale of horrific death cheered up by song, to the final march of hatred brought on by his government, this is a totally amazing cd. Conor's songwriting ability has always been fantastic, but in this release he gets it right in a way that is right for the rest of us too.



Movie of the Year:

Elizabethtown. First of anyone who saw this movie and has anything bad to say about it should ask themselves "Is this a really pompus prick thing to say?", because this movie was fantastic and the fact that is was left off most of the best of lists this year is proof that hollywood is full of snobby pretentious jerks with there heads so far up their arses they can't accept the fact that Cameron Crowe actually did a great job with this film and Orlando Bloom actually has some talent.

Entertainer of the Year:

Steve Carell. The Daily Show, The Office, The 40 year old Virgin. Need i say more? In 2005 he had the midas touch, lets hope he keeps up the good work, a few more movies and seasons of the office and i will have killer abs. I heard he is working on a sequel to "Bruce Almighty", heres to hoping it doesn't suck.








well, thats all for this year, please post any comments.. i like reading them. we will now retun to your schuduled blogging program.