The Life of Me: December 2008

When I get to the end of a year, I always find myself thinking about what happened that year and what I did. Upon reflection, this year seemed particularly awesome, so I thought I'd make myself a list to remind me of all the things that made it that way :O) (FYI, many of these will be concerts)

January: Finishing my massive room reorganization project and my room looking awesome and clean and organized

February: Obama rally @ UMCP!

March: The Cribs @ Black Cat & doing the Britpop Meetup for the first time, Hellogoodbye @ UMCP, Razzmatazz @ Black Cat w/Britpop Meetup, Alicia & Jean.

April: seeing Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Russell Brand was HILARIOUS!), Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin @ Black Cat, Teitur @ Jammin' Java (with the Spring Standards, who are AMAZING!), 2 x Kate Nash (9:30 Club & Recher Theatre)

May: HANSON at the State Theatre and getting to meet them and doing the walk, British Sea Power @ Black Cat, Shannon's graduation from Gettysburg and getting completely DRENCHED because they refused to move it inside,

June: Keaton Simons @ Jammin' Java, Adele @ 6th & I w/Courtney,

July: ENGLAND with my parents, including THE MIGHTY BOOSH FESTIVAL!!! The most amazing day EVER with so many great bands: Polar Bear, White Denim, the Kills, Robots in Disguise, Jarvis Cocker, Peaches, Har Mar Superstar, Charlatans, Gary Numan, THE BOOSH...Also, IAMX and Robots in Disguise in Camden....Plus lots of fun sightseeing and general vacation fun.

Also, MGMT @ 9:30 Club

August: Will Hoge & the Spring Standards @ Jammin Java, Shane Hines @ Jammin' Java, Keaton Simons @ Jammin' Java

September: Les Miserable @ Wolf Trap, Russell Brand hosting the VMAs (and being the only thing that made them worth watching), the Kooks @ 9:30 Club, IAMX in NYC and visiting w/Carin, going to the Renaissance Faire twice in one weekend

October: The Last Shadow Puppets in NYC and visiting with Carin, celebrating my birthday in Olde Towne Alexandria and National Harbor with my family, 2 x Hanson (Baltimore & State Theatre), Jason Mraz @ DAR w/Shannon, Shrinemont

November: OBAMA GETTING ELECTED! BEST DAY EVER!!!!!, TRIP TO ENGLAND with Shannon, including: "Outrage" Boosh afterparty w/Robots in Disguise, 2 x Mighty Boosh live in Brighton, David Tennant in Love's Labour's Lost in Stratford-Upon-Avon,the Wombats, White Denim, lots of sightseeing, delicious food & Shopping ...tasty Thanksgiving dinner

December: Beedle the Bard, Oasis/Ryan Adams at the Patriot Center, Vampire Weekend at 9:30 Club, Michael Tolcher @ Jammin' Java, Todd Wrights 6th Annual Xmas Spectacular @ Jammin' Java, CHRISTMAS where I got to hang w/my family and got AWESOME PRESENTS!!

Other:

~Getting lots of awesome CDs: Kings of Leon, Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes, Shane Hines's new ep, Foals, British Sea Power, Lightspeed Champion, Hot Chip, the Kills, THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS, The Cribs, the Gorgeous Colours, SSLYBY, IAMX, Robots in Disguise, White Denim, Justice, Sam Sparro, Radio 1 Live Lounge Vol. 3, Estelle, John Mayer Live CD, IAMX "Live in Warsaw", ETC, ETC.

~Getting to know Northern VA better through working at State Theatre

~Getting to know the awesome members of Britpop Meetup

~Awesome new (or new to me) shows/episodes: Doctor Who Season 4, Spooks, new IT Crowd, Little Dorritt, the Daily Show, The Colbert Report, the Rachel Maddow Show, Skins, Gavin & Stacey, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Snuff Box, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Sarah Jane Adventures

~Things I bought that I love: my new purse, Mighty Boosh dvds, awesome skinny jeans, Boosh t-shirts, other Boosh merchandise, Tatty Devine jewelry, jewelry and a scarf from Red Mutha in Brighton, THE MIGHTY BOOK OF BOOSH, Russell Brand's "Articles of Faith" and "My Booky Wook"

The Last Shadow Puppets -- "Memories" (Leonard Cohen cover)
Live at the Grand Ballroom, New York City, October 30, 2008

(This is the show I went to. It was amazing. I must have been only a few people to the right of the person who filmed this, because I was standing right in front of Miles Kane.)

Oasis -- "I Am The Walrus" (Beatles cover)
Live at the Roundhouse, London for BBC Electric Proms 2008 on October 26, 2008.

Michael Tolcher feat. Graham Colton and Bryan Greenberg -- "A Little Help From My Friends" (Beatles Cover)
Live at the Canal Room, New York City on December 7, 2008.