Favorites of the Aughts…
By I will remember the Aughts warmly, as if they constituted a time period that spanned ten years.
Favorite Five Films:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Yi Yi
No Country for Old Men
In the Mood for Love
Favorite Five Television Series:
The Wire
The Sopranos
Mad Men
Battlestar Galactica
Lost
Favorite Five Albums:
Decoration Day, Drive By Truckers
A Man Under the Influence, Alejandro Escovedo
Elephant, The White Stripes
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, Neko Case
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco
Favorite Five Life Changing Moments:
Started blog
Finished dissertation
Got job
Got married
Had kids
Actor of the Aughts: George Clooney
Director of the Aughts: Alfonso Cuaron
Baseball Player of the Aughts: Ichiro
Band of the Aughts: The Drive By Truckers
Bowl Game of the Aughts: 2007 Fiesta Bowl