My Year in Media and Cities, 2009

Still inspired by Jason over at kottke.org, I'm continuing my practice of cataloging some of the things I’ve done and the places I’ve been over the past year. You can find 2008's list here. 

Here we go with 2009.

Cities I’ve attended, spending at least a day and a night in each locale

Manhattan, New York

West Orange, New Jersey

Allentown, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Baltimore, Maryland

Honesdale, Pennsylvania

Cleveland, Ohio

Detroit, Michigan

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Skokie, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois

Washington, DC

Missoula, Montana

Kalispell, Montana

Glacier National Park, Montana

San Francisco, California

Berkeley, California

Yosemite National Park, California

Bronx, New York

Jerusalem, Israel

Movies I’ve seen on the Big Screen

Slumdog Millionaire

The Wrestler

The Class

Watchmen

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Star Trek

UP

The Hangover

The Hurt Locker

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

500 Days of Summer

Inglourious Basterds

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

A Serious Man

The Shining

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Avatar

 

Movies I’ve seen on the little screen

Burn After Reading

The Big Lebowski

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

The Departed

Death Wish

Blue Velvet

North By Northwest

WALL-E

Baby Mama

Darjeeling Limited

The Graduate

The Dark Knight

Gunnin’ for that #1 Spot

The Hammer

Dirty Harry

Step Brothers

Waltz With Bashir

Rachel Getting Married

Being John Malkovich

Semi-Pro

Objectified

The Way We Get By

Tyson

Lost Highway

Adventureland

Donnie Darko

Anvil

Books I’ve read

Ender in Exile

Lolita

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

Watchmen

Seven Seconds or Less

Baseball Prospectus 2009

God Save The Fan

White Teeth

On the Road

The Corrections

Going Deep

Armageddon in Retrospect

A Farewell to Arms

The Breaks of the Game

A Fraction of the Whole

Underworld

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

The Machine

A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again

Best American Sports Writing 2009

The Discomfort Zone

I Drink for a Reason

The Soul of Baseball

60 Stories

   

Sporting Events I’ve attended 

Wednesday, January 14

New York Knicks 128, Washington Wizards 122

Madison Square Garden

Monday, February 2

Los Angeles Lakers 126, New York Knicks 117

Madison Square Garden

Kobe Bryant set a Madison Square Garden scoring record with 61 points

Wednesday, March 4

New York Knicks 109, Atlanta Hawks 105

Madison Square Garden

Wednesday, March 25

Los Angeles Clippers 140, New York Knicks 135, OT

Madison Square Garden

Thursday, April 30

New York Yankees 7, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 4

Yankee Stadium

Wednesday, May 13

Tampa Bay Rays 8, Baltimore Orioles 6

Oriole Park at Camdem Yards

Thursday, May 14

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Philadelphia Phillies 3, 10 innings

Citizens Bank Park

Wednesday, July 1

New York Yankees 4, Seattle Mariners 2

Yankee Stadium

Sunday, July 5

Oakland Athletics 5, Cleveland Indians 2

Progressive Field

Monday, July 6

Kansas City Royals 4, Detroit Tigers 3

Comerica Park

Tuesday, July 7

St. Louis Cardinals 5, Milwaukee Brewers 0

Miller Park

Wednesday, July 8

Atlanta Braves 4, Chicago Cubs 1

Wrigley Field

Thursday, August 27

Arizona Diamondbacks 11, San Francisco Giants 0

AT&T Park

Thursday, November 19

Syracuse Orange 95, California Golden Bears 73

North Carolina Tar Heels 77, Ohio State Buckeyes 73

Madison Square Garden

Tuesday, December 1

New York Knicks 126, Phoenix Suns 99

Madison Square Garden

Monday, December 7

New York Knicks 93, Portland Trailblazers 84

Madison Square Garden

Saturday, December 19

Los Angeles Lakers 103, New Jersey Nets 84

Izod Center

TV Seasons I’ve watched

The Wire

Seasons 1-5

Mad Men

Season 3

Flight of the Conchords

Season 2

Arrested Development

Seasons 1-3

The Simpsons

Seasons 3-5

Bored to Death

Season 1

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia

Season 5

The League

Season 1

Sit Down, Shut Up

Season 1

Each new episode of: The Office, 30 Rock, The Simpsons, Parks and Recreations, Modern Family, Community

 

Plays I’ve attended

Saturday, July 11

Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue presents The Oresteia

Monday, December 6

Hamlet

Broadhurst Theatre

Concerts I've attended

Wednesday, February 11

Brett Dennen

Webster Hall

So, on average, I've:

• visited a new place every ~18 days;
• seen a movie on the big screen every ~21 days;
• seen a movie on the little screen every ~13.5 days;
• read a book every ~15 days;
• attended a live sporting event every ~21 days;
• watched a season of TV every ~21 days (not including all the partial seasons);
• attended a play once every six months;
• attended a concert once every 12 months;
• and composed a blog post once every ~4.2 days (including this one).

It's been a busy year.