Highlights of 2010

You were probably thinking (hoping?) that I had forgotten about this blog. But great news, I'm back and only 3 months late for my annual year-in-review post.

I have decided to model this year's entry after People Magazine's esteemed 'Best and Worst of 2010' issue.

Why only hit the high notes when there was so much more to 2010- as evidenced by my groundbreaking four posts in the one short month of February.

And, I don't like to brag, but I had some pretty big celebrity encounters this year, and a People Magazine-esque feature seems fitting.

Here we go.

People magazine starts off with some Top 10 lists:

Top 10- Movies

I'm not a big movie person and I may have gone to the theaters once the whole year. There is no way i can list 10 movies. In fact I'm having a hard time remembering what movies I saw this year.

Okay I googled "movies released in 2010" and looked through the list which took entirely too long to find out I only saw "The Grown Ups" and "Despicable Me".

Sorry.

Top 10- TV Shows

This is more my lifestyle. My favorites this year in alphabetical order:

1. Better With You (I'm slightly ashamed)

2. Castle

3. Cougar Town (I'm not ashamed at all)
4. How I Met Your Mother
5. NCIS
6. Outsourced (Should I be ashamed?)

7. Parenthood

8. Raising Hope
9. The Good Wife
10. The Mentalist

Top 10- Music

My favorite music experience this year was the Something Corporate concert. It was amazing. It should count for at least my top 5 favorite music likes of 2010.

6. Miike Snow,  Miike Snow (whole album)

7. The Arcade Fire, The Suburbs (whole album) 

8. Jay-Z, Empire State of Mind (single) *without this song, on repeat, i might not have completed that 5k

9. Far East Movement, Like a G6 (single) 

10. Passion Pit, Chunk of Change (whole EP)

Top 10 books

I'm not going to lie even though I kinda want to, I only read one book this year. But it was outstanding. Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen. I know it's being made into a movie which is great but read the book if you like good books.

And now the traditional top 10 list. 

Tops of 2010

1. Richie went to Africa on a dental mission
1. Richie came home from Africa alive and without malaria

2. I had fun...

...and i love my friends.

3. Someone left a box of Star Crunch out on the break room table

4. I got a promotion so I could pay for Richie's new computer.

5. - 7.
omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg

So I met Matt Cassel and Andy Studebaker and Brodie Croyle and each time I acted calm and collected and was totally cool and said everything I wanted to say.

Or not.

But it was still fun to meet them, they were all super nice to me (what? they have to be?) and I don't want to keep rubbing it in your face about how cool I am BUT... I was ALSO within 10 feet of quite a few others including but not limited to Eric Berry, Dwayne Bowe, Ryan Succop, Barry Richardson, Rudy Niswanger, Dustin Colquitt and Jon McGraw. I KNOW.

I had some reservations about putting these pictures on the internet, what if Matt, Andy or Brodie happen to see them? Would they be angry? Ultimately I decided their thought process would be more like: "I immediately forgot that girl after I met her, but now I see she loves me. I am so famous and awesome. I will now immediately forget her again."

I assume at a certain point in our lives, we're all going to have to accept that there are strange photos of us floating around out there on the internet.

8. Speaking of the Chiefs, they had a winning record (10-6) and won the AFC West.

9. Speaking of the Chiefs, I went to training camp and was hot but happy. I went to a few games and was cold but happy.

10. Antoine Dodson. 

Weddings of the Year

There were many great weddings this year- but only one where I was in the bridal party. 

Being the matron of honor sounds fun, until you find out it involves things like this:

Just kidding, I loved Erica's wedding and being her MOH. Fine, one of her three MOH's.

Babies!

I have two new boyfriends this year. 

Emerson 

and Max

mmmmm...babies.


Splits (Breakups) of 2010

I "decorated" a co-workers office with magazine cutouts while he was on vacation. He didn't like it. In fact I'd say our relationship hasn't been the same since.

Tributes
I am really thankful I don't have to tribute anyone for 2010.

HOWEVER

Someone at Aloha Chopsticks tried to murder me by putting this shard of glass in my sweet and sour chicken.  

 

That's it. Here's to more blogging in 2011. What's left of it.