2008 Favorites

The other night, I caught some of the Golden Globe Awards. It got me thinking of the movies I enjoyed this past year and what my picks would have been. I then thought back to a post that my dear ol' Shavs threw up on her blog about her favorites and least favorites of 2008. With both of these thoughts in hand, I thought I'd create my own list. (I guess I should have created this list a while ago, since we're already 2 weeks in to the new year. Oh well. I'm doing it now.)

Favorite moments of 2008

• The birth of Lālea
• Graduating
• Spending the day at Glorietta Beach in Coronado
• Eating dim sum in Vegas
• The Deer Valley weekend
• Watching Sopranos while eating bread and butter
  
• Dancing hula for a ward activity
• Watching Ryan play rugby
  

Not-So-Hot Moments of 2008

• Quitting school and work to go on bed rest
• Weekly visits to triage
• Moku, poo blasting his cage and getting it all over the carpet
• The boys' attempts at building hydrogen fuel cells
• Trading in the 916 area code for the 801
  
• Thinking we might have to move in to my mom's
• Trying to get a hip hop routine together for a ward activity
  
• The Comp4x4 shopping cart breaking down
• Family DRAMA
• Sarah Palin

Disappointments of 2008

• Twilight movie
• Mitt Romney dropping out of the race
• Scarlett Johansson's album, Anywhere I Lay my Head
• Releasing Britney Spears from treatment
• Emergency bailouts
• The ignorance of Prop 8 supporters
  

Greatest Movies from 2008

• Dark Knight
• Be Kind, Rewind
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Sweeny Todd
• The Fall

Best Songs of 2008

• No Air - Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown
• Kiss Kiss - Chris Brown
• Paper Planes - MIA
• New Soul - Yael Naim
• Disturbia - Rhianna
• Sensual Seduction - Snoop Dogg

Best Reads of 2008
(not necessarily books that were published in 2008, but those that I happened to read in 2008)

• The Last of the Menu Girls - Denise Chavez
• Pillar's of the Earth - Ken Follett
• Night - Elie Wiesel
• Caramelo - Sandra Cisneros
• Breaking Dawn - Stephanie Meyers
• Index to English, Eighth Edition - Ebbitt & Ebbitt

There you have it. In my opinion, some of the greatest and not so great moments of 2008. What were some of your bests and worsts???