Saturday, December 31, 2011

Best and Worst of 2011

(This has now been updated to include the worst, and I added for the years 2009 & 2010)
Well after I went to check last years posts, I couldn't believe that I had not done this list in 2010 or even 2009! So...the list is back! This time there are three new categories: Best books, Best New band, and Best Comebacks. Although a new things on the list may have come out last year or so, but it is new to me since I got them this year. Without further ado, here it is...

Best New Albums:
Rammstein - Liebe Ist Für Alle Da
Sixx: AM - This is Gonna Hurt

Worst Album:
Lulu by Lou Reed and Metallica

Best New Band:
Volbeat

Worst Band/Group/singer:
Cage the Elephant
LMFAO

Best New TV Shows:
Transformers Prime
Metal Evolution

Worst New TV Shows:
Terra Nova
Charlies Angels

Best Movies:
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt 2

Worst Movies:
Conan the Barbarian (remake)
Cars 2
Cowboys and Aliens
The Smurfs
Country Strong
Bad Teacher

Best Books:
Ice: A Memoir of Gangsta Life nad Redemption-from South Central to Hollywood by Ice-T
Seven Deadly Sins-Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good by Corey Taylor
This is Gonna Hurt by Nikki Sixx

Best Comebacks:
Seeing Dave Mustaine on the same stage with Metallica at the Big 4 concert in Bulgaria
Season 13 of Law & Order: SVU having the best episodes since pre-season 7!

Best Live Show:
Revolver's Golden God's Award Show, seeing Fozzy, Volbeat, Alice Cooper, Corey Taylor, and Avenged Sevenfold live!

And that about completes it! Next year I shall have this list again.

Happy New Year! Hope 2012 will be better! (and not the apocalypse!)

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Christmas in my Hood

Fröhlich Weihnachtsbaum! Feliz Navidad! Merry Christmas! Doesn't matter what language you say it in, a lot of countries celebrate Christmas, but each one in a similar or a different way.

Anyways...I was inspired by my Twitter friend Starscream to do a post like this since he was posting pictures of Christmas decorations around where he lives, I thought I'd do the same too!

These are pictures from a Culdesac in my city that is famously called "Candy Cane Lane" because every single house puts up Christmas lights and they line the entire sidewalks with the lit up paper bags. You can drive around the culdesac to see the lights, but it takes almost an hour just to get in! Though the advantage to viewing them in your car is the heater and the radio or CD player in it. Or...you could park your car in a nearby neighborhood or in the parking lot of my college nearby and then you can walk around the culdesac! The advantage of walking is seeing the lights up close and getting a free cup of hot cocoa.

I used to take my car around, but starting last year, I opted to walk and that is what I prefer to do from now on.

So here's the pictures, I apologize in advance if they do not zoom in, so I hope you guys can see them.

Have a Merry Christmas!