tops for 2008

(I am forgetting a hundred things)

*going to Greece, Berlin (visting Joshua & meeting Juergen!), and Copenhagen in January
*co-owning a record store! and then letting it go
*In March: the night of Shot to the Face (local filmmakers competition) at the Capitol Theater and then Mikrofest at Hall o' thee Woods later!
*Ness and classmate's art show that transformed the BHR space on Fourth Ave
*Working at K (even though it was brief) was a lot of fun
*Applying to one grad school (Pratt) and getting in!!!
*Giving away all my possessions
*The hardcore show in the alley behind the theater while Henry Rollins speaks
*Sex Vid shows
*walking to Mikrofest (all day) via the train tracks
*after hours film screenings at OFS
*Million Brazilians at Jared & David's house on Quince and State
*that magic bus from new mexico (?) that parked in oly for a few days playing crazy shows
*Woelv/ O Paon at the Olympia Experimental Music Festival
*spending a few months in the olympia forests with herons and deer before moving
*going away parties at home, the theater, and Calliope
*moving to NYC via train!
*Ira dj-ing a Deitch projects after party dance party at the Chicken Hut in Brooklyn
*James Chance and the Contortions at P.S.1
*Arctic Hysteria at P.S.1
*Soft Circle and High Places at Death by Audio
*Lightning Bolt in an empty lot off Broadway in Bushwick
*Kria Brekkan and Olaf Arnolds at Lutheran Church of the Messiah in Greenpoint
*Baltimore Round Robin at Le Poisson Rouge
*Obama!
*getting A's in grad school
*Rings - Black Habit album on Paw Tracks
*desolation wilderness/lake/city center show at metropolitan social club
*Dirty Projectors at Brooklyn Masonic Temple
*solstice dinner at my apartment

auld lang syne