The Woj (In Exile?)

As much for my purposes, so I don’t forget what I was supposed to read, as for sharing:

• Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (started, 60%)
• Miriam Pawel, The Union of Their Dreams
• George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
• Mark Millar, 1985
• Hector Tobar, The Barbarian Nurseries
• Steve Babson, The Unfinished Struggle
• Craig Thompson, Habibi
• George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows
• Kathy Peiss, Cheap Amusements
• Julia Wertz, Drinking At the Movies
• Lizabeth Cohen, Making a New Deal
• George R.R. Martin, A Dance With Dragons
• Osamu Tezuka, The Book of Human Insects
• Robin Kelley, Hammer and Hoe
• Pat Jordan, A False Spring
• Doug Glanville, The Game From Where I Stand
• Pietro Di Donato, Christ in Concrete
• Kenny Moore, Bowerman and the Men of Oregon: The Story of Oregon’s Legendary Coach and Nike’s Co-founder

I’ve already done my TV and movies lists, so music is the obvious one I’m missing.

Songs and albums are mixed in together. (A lot of songs this year — I think that reflects not so much what was available as the fact that I downloaded a lot more free singles than I usually do.) No order.

If I haven’t listed your favorite album, it’s probably because I didn’t hear it.

• Action Bronson, “Set It Off”
• Apathy, “Check to Check”
• Danny Brown, “Outer Space”
• Wiley, 100% Publishing
• Earth, Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light
• Bobby Long, A Winter Tale
• Lana Del Rey, “Video Games” — shut up
• Shabazz Palaces, “Swerve… The reeping [sic?] of all that is worthwhile (Noir not withstanding [sic?])”
• Omar LinX f/ Emilio Rojas, “Say Goodbye”
• Glasses Malone, “May 1st”
• Spank Rock f/ Big Freedia, “Nasty”
• Merle Haggard, I Am What I Am
• Ben Sollee, Inclusions
• Diz Gibran & Moonshine, “SLICK”
• Jojo Pellegrino f/ Vinnie Paz, “Pellienza” (Vinnie’s verse is a goddamn riot — this doesn’t have all of them, but it’s close, and it’s so amazing)
• Mount Moriah, “Lament”
• Braids, Native Speaker
• The Answer Page, “Cold Blue Light (In Circles)”
• EMA, “The Grey Ship”
• Theophilus London, “I Stand Alone”
• Balam Acab, “Oh, Why”
• Fielded, “White Death”

As much for my purposes, so I don’t forget what I was supposed to read, as for sharing:

• Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (started, 55%)
• George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
• Mark Millar, 1985
• Hector Tobar, The Barbarian Nurseries
• Steve Babson, The Unfinished Struggle
• Craig Thompson, Habibi
• George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows
• Kathy Peiss, Cheap Amusements
• Julia Wertz, Drinking At the Movies
• Lizabeth Cohen, Making a New Deal
• George R.R. Martin, A Dance With Dragons
• Osamu Tezuka, The Book of Human Insects
• Robin Kelley, Hammer and Hoe

Since I watched way more television this year than I did movies, it seems fair to make a parallel list: shows I watched this year, ranked, with season(s) and episodes watched noted. Many of the shows are new, but a few are catalog titles. I’m mixing those in anyway. This list is highly approximate. (Duh.)

1. Breaking Bad (S2-4, 35 eps)
2. Justified (S2, 13 eps)
3. Archer (S2-3, 16 eps)
4. Downton Abbey (S1, 2 eps)
5. The Sing-Off (S3, 10 eps)
6. Terriers (S1, 5 eps)
7. Game of Thrones (S1, 10 eps)
8. Prime Suspect (UK) (S2, 2 eps)
9. Men of a Certain Age (S2, 12 eps)
10. Louie (S2, 13 eps)
11. Parks and Recreation (S3-4, 13 eps)
12. The Chappelle Show (S2, 2 eps)
13. Homeland (S1, 12 eps)
14. Suburgatory (S1, 9 eps)
15. Alphas (S1, 11 eps)
16. Angel (S1, 3 eps)
17. Boardwalk Empire (S2, 9 eps)
18. Revenge (S1, 10 eps)
19. Up All Night (S1, 11 eps)
20. Modern Family (S2-3, 23 eps)
21. Community (S2-3, 17 eps)
22. Treme (S2, 11 eps)
23. Wilfred (S1, 13 eps)
24. Detroit 1-8-7 (S1, 4 eps)
25. Prime Suspect (US) (S1, 10 eps)
26. Hart of Dixie (S1, 8 eps)
27. True Blood (S2, 2 eps)
28. The Hour (S1, 6 eps)
29. Episodes (S1, 7 eps)
30. Castle (S3-4, 20 eps)
31. Grimm (S1, 7 eps)
32. Beavis & Butt-head (S8, 2 eps)
33. X-Men (S1-2, 19 eps)
34. Californication (S4, 5 eps)
35. Covert Affairs (S2, 6 eps)
36. Shameless (US) (S1, 4 eps)
37. The Chicago Code (S1, 4 eps)
38. 2 Broke Girls (S1, 2 eps)
39. Glee (S2, 2 eps)
40. Once Upon a Time (S1, 2 eps)
41. Ringer (S1, 2 eps)
42. Breakout Kings (S1, 5 eps)
43. Pan Am (S1, 2 eps)
44. American Horror Story (S1, 1 ep)
45. The Cape (S1, 2 eps)
46. Free Agents (S1, 1 ep)
47. Lights Out (S1, 2 eps)
48. The Playboy Club (S1, 1 ep)
49. The Borgias (S1, 2 eps)
50. The Killing (S1, 13 eps)
51. Person of Interest (S1, 1 ep)
52. Suits (S1, 1 ep)
53. Falling Skies (S1, 10 eps)
54. Terra Nova (S1, 1 ep)
55. A Gifted Man (S1, 1 ep)
56. Unforgettable (S1, 1 ep)
57. The Secret Circle (S1, 1 ep)
58. Hell on Wheels (S1, 1 ep)
59. Allen Gregory (S1, 1 ep)

Since it seems clear that I won’t be watching a movie tonight, here are the 2011 movies I saw this year, ranked. I’m sorry I only saw 16 17 (I forgot Moneyball!). I’ll do better next year.

1. The Descendants
2. Contagion
3. Win Win
4. Warrior
5. Drive
6. Bridesmaids
7. Martha Marcy May Marlene
8. Moneyball
9. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
10. Sweet Little Lies
11. The Lincoln Lawyer
12. J. Edgar
13. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
14. The Ides of March
15. Super 8
16. Tabloid
17. Thor

Almost as much for my purposes, so I don’t forget what I was supposed to read, as for sharing:

• Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (started, 40%)
• George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
• Hector Tobar, The Barbarian Nurseries
• Steve Babson, The Unfinished Struggle
• Craig Thompson, Habibi
• George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows
• Kathy Peiss, Cheap Amusements
• Julia Wertz, Drinking At the Movies
• Lizabeth Cohen, Making a New Deal
• George R.R. Martin, A Dance With Dragons
• Osamu Tezuka, The Book of Human Insects
• Robin Kelley, Hammer and Hoe

Me > RT @Chip_Buck: Rosenthal > Olney »»» Heyman

— Jason Wojciechowski (@jlwoj) December8, 2011

Testing Twitter’s new embed code.

This is pretty damn cool.

Almost as much for my purposes, so I don’t forget what I was supposed to read, as for sharing:

• Jim Thompson, Pop. 1280 (started, 30%)
• Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (started, 20%)
• George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
• Hector Tobar, The Barbarian Nurseries
• Steve Babson, The Unfinished Struggle
• George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows
• Kathy Peiss, Cheap Amusements
• [Random book from the shelf]
• Lizabeth Cohen, Making a New Deal
• George R.R. Martin, A Dance With Dragons
• Robin Kelley, Hammer and Hoe