Inspired by Jason over at kottke.org, I decided to spend a bit of time thinking about some of the things I’ve done and the places I’ve been over the past year. This would have been way cooler if I had started keeping track of this a few years ago, but better late than never. Now, at least, in a few years time I’ll already have started. Since I only thought of this game yesterday, I’m almost certain that I’m forgetting some things. If I’ve attended a city with you, or seen a movie in your presence, or listened to you read a book aloud to me, and you don’t see that city or movie or book on this list, please let me know, and I’ll add it.
Feel free to record your own lists in the comments section or on your own blog or in your diary or carved into your dining-room table, etc.
Cities I’ve attended, spending at least a day and a night in each locale
West Orange, NJ
East Hanover, NJ
Manhattan, NY
Paris, France
Dublin, Ireland
Madrid, Spain
Barcelona, Spain
Eastman, GA
Atlanta, GA
Denver, CO
Kill Devil Hills, NC
Indian Orchard, PA
Boston, MA
Philadelphia, PA
Bronx, NY
Seville, Spain
Granada, Spain
Delray Beach, FL
Westhampton Beach, NY
Movies I’ve seen on the Big Screen
Iron Man
WALL-E
Tropic Thunder (twice)
Miracle at St. Anna
The Dark Knight
The Godfather
The Godfather, Part II
Gran Torino
Milk
Funny Games
Role Models
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Sweeney Todd
The Rocker
Hancock
Movies I’ve seen on the little screen
Pinky
Salt of the Earth
The Searchers
Imitation of Life
In the Heat of the Night
Night of the Living Dead
To Kill a Mockingbird
Rocky
Quiz Show
Malcolm X
Daughters of the Dust
Birth of a Nation
Chan is Missing
Paradise Canyon
Annie Hall
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Rushmore
Eraserhead
Grindhouse: Death Proof
Swingers
Bananas
The Warriors
Batmans Begins
Dr. Strangelove
Get Shorty
Kung-Fu Panda
Books I’ve read
Infinite Jest
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Boys Will Be Boys
FreeDarko Presents: The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Men With Balls
Portnoy’s Complaint
No One Belongs Here More Than You
On Chesil Beach
Should You Be Laughing at This?
Invisible Man
Moby Dick
Ant Farm
Everything is Illuminated
Saturday
Pistol
Girl With Curious Hair
The Broom of the System
Slaughterhouse-Five
Baseball Prospectus 2008
Baseball Between the Numbers (in progress)
Flyaway
K Blows Top
Billy Budd and Other Stories
Musicophilia (in progress)
Poetics and Interpretation of Biblical Narrative (in progress)
The Elements of Style
Goodbye Columbus
Captain Freedom (in progress)
Neo-Babylonian Court Procedure
Sporting Events I’ve attended
2k Sports Classic
Thursday, November 20
Duke 83, Southern Illinois 58
Michigan 55, UCLA 52
Madison Square Garden
Jimmy V Classic
December 9, 2008
Davidson 68, West Virginia 65
Texas 67, Villanova 58
Madison Square Garden
September 15, 2008
Yankees 4, White Sox 2
Yankee Stadium
August 26, 2008
Red Sox 7, Yankees 3
Yankee Stadium
October 29, 2008
Knicks 120, Heat 115
Madison Square Garden
Mike D'Antoni's first game as Knicks coach
June 5, 2008
Celtics 98, Lakers 88
TD Banknorth Garden
Game 1 of the 2008 NBA Finals
The Paul Pierce Wheelchair Game
August 4, 2008
Nationals 9, Rockies 4
Coors Field
TV Seasons I’ve watched
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Seasons 1-4
The Simpsons
Seasons 1-10
Mad Men
Seasons 1-2
30 Rock
Seasons 1-2, plus all episodes released during 2008
Flight of the Conchords
Season 1
Deadwood
Seasons 1-2
The Office
All episodes released during 2008
Plays I’ve attended
Hair
[Note: the averages that follow are now slightly wrong, because I've been adding more media experiences to the lists as I remember them, and I'm too lazy to recalculate.]
So, on average, I’ve:
• Visited a new place every ~19 days;
• Seen a movie on the big screen every ~24 days;
• Seen a movie on the little screen once every two weeks;
• Read a book every ~12.5 days (books in progress count as half of one);
• Attended a live sporting event every ~40 days;
• Watched a season of TV every ~16.5 days (not to mention all the other TV I watched; ugh, it’s been a heavy TV year);
• Attended a play once every twelve months
• Composed a blog post once every ~4.6 days (including this post).
It’s been a busy year.
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