Personal Top Fives of 2008

Who said the year completely sucked?

Top 5 Personal Best:

5 - First ever trip to West Coast
4 - Got iPhone
3 - Phils win World Series
2 - Obama/Biden wins
1 - Fell in love with a girl

Corresponding Playlist for Top 5 Personal Best:

5 - Going to California
4 - Viva la Vida
3 - Philadelphia Freedom
2 - Ebony & Ivory(?)
1 - Fell in Love With a Girl

Top 5 Awkward:

5 - (Tie) Melissa telling her parents about my Blog at dinner/My mom asking how to get on Facebook
4 - That benefit show I did for three hundred bikers (BIKERS, not dollars)
3 - My guy friends finding out I joined a book club (“The what Life of Bees?”)
2 - Attempting drums on Rock Band at Halloween party, appearing tone-deaf.
1 - At my nephew’s First Communion in April, there was a family in front of me in church with two young teenagers who kept tickling each other and playing grab-ass the whole time (and he kept whispering in her ear and giggling). Never found out if they were boyfriend/girlfriend or brother/sister. Creepy, bizarre, hilarious.

Top 5 Lived Up to Hype:

5 - Phelps at Olympics (had him in my Fantasy Swimming League)
4 - Ledger as The Joker (need to get him in my Fantasy Oscars League)
3 - Radiohead concerts (hey everybody, watch me geek-out for 2 hours)
2 - My friends’ weddings (oh wait, am I next?)
1 - Nadal vs. Federer (Breakfast at Wimbledon becomes lunch and then dinner)

Top 5 Pleasant Surprises:

5 - Match.com (see girlfriend)
4 - Fey as Palin (comedy perfection)
3 - Eagles humiliate Cowboys, sneak into playoffs on final week (Top Christmas presents ever?)
2 - Gas prices finally drop (no idea who’s responsible, but thank you)
1 - Turning 30, feeling no different (it’s the new 29)

Top 5 Letdowns:

5 - Chinese Democracy (a month later, already collecting dust)
4 - Celtics/Lakers (The Finals, not the Christmas Day game)
3 - CatholicMatch.com (don’t ask)
2 - Phillies victory parade (2 million drunk fans + parade never passing by me + public transportation nightmare = I have a headache)
1 - My 401k (I’m sorry, what 401k?)

Happy New Year, everybody.