What better way to bring in 2012 than with a website facelift. I’m still trying to solve a few minor issues here, but I’m really digging this new theme. I fell off the wagon here with
weekly updates…as well as working out, and doing much of anything for the past week. I started teaching myself Ruby (the programming language) and watching two documentaries a day on Netflix. Don’t worry though, I’m still applying for jobs.

So I was thinking about making a best of 2011 post, but then I realized how unoriginal that would be, so instead I’ve decided to post a few things that I enjoyed this year.

I obviously didn’t listen to every album that was released this year, but out of the few I did enjoy I’d say the following stood out: Bon Iver – Self Titled, Slow Runner – Damage Points, and Naive Thieves – Le Sheik Rhat EP. Though the record I’ve listened to the most would be The Color Spectrum by The Dear Hunter. This 32 song release covers every mood and feeling I’ve ever felt, from happy (Yellow), to mellow (Blue), to completely pissed off (Black).

I watched a lot of TV this year, between Jon Benjamin Has a Van, Portlandia, and the countless reality shows (Pawn Stars, Tanked, etc), I have to say NBC’s Community has continued the path of becoming a great show. Though there are rumors afloat that NBC may pull the plug but I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

I’ve been a bit out of it this year as far as videogames go as I’ve been playing a lot of older titles. Though I’ve genuinely enjoyed several releases this year including Mario Kart 7 (3DS), Mortal Kombat (PS3), and Pushmo (3DS). Also with the release of Super Mario Land 3D, a long with all of the ambassador titles, the 3DS went from being my most regrettable purchase of 2011, to being my favorite purchase of 2011.

Drive caught me by surprise as being one of my favorite films of 2011. The soundtrack, the style, the general bad-assery, I enjoyed a lot about this flick. I also enjoyed 50/50, The Muppet Movie, Thor, and of course Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.

So that about sums up my list of things I liked in 2011, I covered music, tv, videogames, and movies. Though I can’t end this post without mentioning that for me, 2011 was the year of Chocolate Chip Cookies, Big Gulps, and of course Slim Jims.

Miss ya big guy. So I say let’s snap into 2012!