top 10 of 2009 (in general)

• adventures galore with anna (finding every coffee shop possible in a 50 mile radius, the milwaukee shore, blasting mischief brew and johnny hobo every second of our lives, operation ivy and less than jake sing alongs, etcetc...)
• marcus, of course
• growing up, learning valuable life lessons
• meeting new people, tons of new people
• discovering new and interesting towns with glen all summer
• finishing high school, moving on with my life
• algernon cadwallader
• actually having disposable income for once
• spending my nights in the city, and long drives

top 10 shows i went to:

• the get up kids, october
• the appleseed cast, february
• mogwai, may
• explosions in the sky, july
• owen, september
• defiance, ohio, september
• castevet, august
• the mountain goats, november
• i think i'm going to save the last two spots for either russian circles, owen/bob nanna doing morrissey covers or the goodlife/old canes/tim kinsella

top 10 bands i got really into:

• halfway to holland
• algernon cadwallader
• the firebird band
• defiance, ohio
• pirouette
• how do we jump this high?
• knapsack
• ps eliot
• empire! empire!
• do make say think

top 10 things to do next year: (resolutions, subject to change in the next few weeks)

• not mess up this wonderful relationship i am in right now
• not go to dupage - ever again after the spring 2010 semester
• read a lot more!
• move to the city - in the fall
• meet more people that i actually enjoy being with
• keep up a 3.7 gpa
• travel to new cities and places
• get in better shape and eat well
• improve my mixtape making (always room for improving)
• learn some valuable lessons, make mistakes