This Was 2002
Top Ten Movies I Saw This Year
Out of three dozen or so.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Donnie Darko
- Chopper*
- Mulholland Drive
- Insomnia
- Spider-Man
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- Gosford Park
- Lost in La Mancha
- The Guru**
*Released in 2000 and it was on DVD, but what the hell.
**Or some other light comedy that will be bumped from the top ten as soon as I see The Two Towers anyway. Actually, the DVD of series one of The Office was funnier than any of them.
Top Ten Books Read This Year
I'm cheating by listing a trilogy as one book.
- Ian McEwan, Atonement
- Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials
- Nicholson Baker, Double Fold
- George Orwell, 1984
- Nick Hornby, How to Be Good
- Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation
- Redmond O'Hanlon, Into the Heart of Borneo
- Jonathan Coe, The House of Sleep
- Dave Gorman and Danny Wallace, Are YOU Dave Gorman?
- Joe Queenan, My Goodness: A Cynic's Shortlived Search for Sainthood
Top Ten, er, Twelve CDs Discovered This Year
- Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
- Royksopp, Melody A.M.
- Air, 10 000 Hz Legend
- Beck, Sea Change
- Lola Rentt (soundtrack)
- James, Pleased to Meet You
- Luna, Romantica
- Mint Royale, Dancehall Places
- Supergrass, Life on Other Planets
- Space, Spiders
- Mull Historical Society, Loss
- Les Hommes, Les Hommes (Schema Records)
Excluding non-2002 releases from that list leaves only six... my 2002-only list would also include: The Chemical Brothers, Come With Us; Badly Drawn Boy, About a Boy; Bebel Gilberto, Tanto Tempo; and Doves, The Last Broadcast.
Cities I Visited This Year
In chronological order. Guess I can't count Edinburgh as a "visit" any more.
- Glasgow, Scotland (multiple times)
- London, England
- York, England
- Dublin, Ireland
- Leuven, Belgium
- Brussels, Belgium
- Bruges, Belgium
- Berlin, Germany
- Vienna, Austria
- Nottingham, England
- Aberdeen, Scotland (twice)
- Newcastle, England
- Barcelona, Spain
11 December 2002
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