Lists for 2000
In the spirit of High Fidelity, one of my favourite movies of 2000, here's a random assortment of cobbled-together insights into my soul.
Top Ten Movies I Saw This Year
Not all of them actually released this year.
- Fight Club
- Being John Malkovich
- High Fidelity
- American Beauty
- Three Kings
- Nurse Betty
- American History X
- Snow Falling on Cedars
- Snatch
- Unbreakable
Top Ten Books I Read This Year
I haven't really been reading enough books lately.
- Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
- Madagascar, 6th edition, by Hilary Bradt
- Reinventing Comics by Scott McCloud
- The Marriage of Sticks by Jonathan Carroll
- Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
- Monty Python Speaks! by David Morgan
- Eat the Rich by P.J. O'Rourke
- French Lessons in Africa by Peter Biddlecombe
- Feeding Frenzy by Stuart Stevens
- Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
Top Ten CDs I Bought This Year
Don't you dare laugh about number three. I'll forever associate it with taxi-brousse rides in Madagascar.
- Travis, The Man Who (Independiente)
- Radiohead, Kid A (Capitol)
- Vengaboys, The Party Album! (Virgin)
- Matthew Sweet, In Reverse (Volcano)
- The Dandy Warhols, 13 Tales From Urban Bohemia (Capitol)
- James, Millionaires (Mercury)
- Crowded House, Afterglow (Capitol)
- Various, Big Dance (RS Promotion, Thailand)
- Various, Compilation Gasy (featuring 'Bouli Bouli') (Malagasy bootleg)
- Mint Royale with Lauren Laverne, Don't Falter single (Shock)
Ten Websites I Visited the Most This Year
I wrote this list, but it was pretty ordinary stuff—Blogger, Google, Slashdot, Metafilter, and a handful of weblogs and job-search sites—so I scrapped it. One of these days I'll get around to building a links page...
Top Five Countries I Visited This Year
Also the only five, not counting Australia.
- Madagascar
- Thailand
- USA
- UK
- South Africa
Top Five Cities and Towns I Visited This Year
- Ayutthaya, Thailand
- Fort Dauphin, Madagascar
- San Francisco, USA
- London, UK
- Melbourne, Australia
Top Five Lists I Could Have Written This Year
- Top Ten Reasons to Visit Madagascar
- Top Ten Reasons to Leave Canberra and Look for Work Overseas
- Top Five Reasons to Take Doxycycline Instead of Mefloquine
- Top Five Reasons to Get Rabies Shots After Being Bitten by a Lemur
- Top Five Reasons Not to Start Writing Lists in Your Weblog
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