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Best of the ’00’s

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Better late than never here are my lists of my favorite media from 2000-2009.

-Music-
01.Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) - Wilco
02.Four Cornered Night (2000) – Jets to Brazil
03.Chutes Too Narrow (2003) – The Shins
04.The ‘59 Sound(2008) – The Gaslight Anthem
05.Sea Change (2002) – Beck
06.Time (the Revelator) (2001) – Gillian Welch
07.Feast or Famine (2007) – Chuck Ragan
08.Elephant (2003) – The White Stripes
09.The Argument (2001) – Fugazi (2001)
10.Decoration Day (2003) – Drive By Truckers
Honorable Mention/Keep the Skip Button Close – Illinois (2005) – Sufjan Stevens

- Movies -
01.Memento (2000) – Christopher Nolan
02.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) – Michel Gondry
03.Reprise (2006)- Joachim Trier
04.You Can Count On Me (2000) – Kenneth Lonergan
05.There Will Be Blood (2007) – P.T. Anderson
06.Royal Tenenbaums (2001) – Wes Anderson
07.Mulholland Drive (2001) – David Lynch
08.Ghost Dog (2000) – Jim Jarmusch
09.In the Mood For Love (2000) -Wong Kar-wai
10.Election (1999) – Alexander Payne
Honorable Mention/Best Animated Movie – Spirited Away (2001) – Hayao Miyazaki

- Documentaries -
01.Murderball (2005) – Henry Alex Rubin & Dana Adam Shapiro
02.The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)- Seth Gordon
03.Dig! (2004)- Ondi Timoner
04.Grizzly Man (2005) – Werner Herzog
05.Man on Wire (2008) – James Marsh
06.Spellbound (2002) – Jeffrey Blitz
07.March of the Penguins (2005) – Luc Jacquet
08.Capturing the Friedmans (2003) – Andrew Jarecki & Marc Smerling
09.Winged Migration (2002) – Jacques Perrin
10.Waltz with Bashir (2008) – Ari Folman
Honorable Mention/Bob Dylan Fans – No Direction Home (2005) – Martin Scorsese

- Books -
01.The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000) – Michael Chabon

02.The Road (2006) – Cormac McCarthy

03.Devil in the White City (2003) – Erik Larson

04.The Blind Assassin (2000) – Margaret Atwood

05.Empire Falls (2001) – Richard Russo

06.The Time Traveler’s Wife (2003) – Audrey Niffenegger

07.Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2004) – Susanna Clarke

08.Life of Pi (2001) – Yann Martel
09.A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000) – Dave Eggers
10.Cloud Atlas (2004) – David Mitchell


Resolution for 2010: Spend less money on books & music by reading & listening to what I already own, but haven’t gotten to yet.

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February 5, 2010 at 3:55 am

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J.D. Salinger 1919-2010

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January 28, 2010 at 6:46 pm

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Look Who We Adopted!

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November 24, 2009 at 3:31 am

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View from Kaibab Trail
View from the top of the South Kaibab. I took this photo on my way up to the South Rim after spending a night on the Canyon floor.

Could You Run The Boston Marathon?
Signs like these are all over the place at the park as a warning. To give a little perspective I carried 4 liters of water and enough food for a full day on the same hike.

Javelina (Collared Peccary)
One night when I was sleeping in my tent I heard all sorts of creepy noises outside. The next morning I found this little guy a few steps away from my campsite. I thought it was a wild pig or boar, but later learned it was in fact a Collard Peccary. From wikipedia:

“Peccaries, indeed, are aggressive enough in temperament that, unlike Eurasian pigs, they cannot be domesticated as they are likely to injure humans. Indeed in recent years in North-western Bolivia near Madidi National Park there have been reports of people being seriously injured and killed by large groups of peccaries”

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November 17, 2009 at 5:23 am

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View from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon

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North Rim Panorama

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Happy Veteren’s Day

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American Flag

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November 12, 2009 at 12:43 am

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Amtrak from Chicago to Williams, AZ

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Grand Canyon Railway

Grand Canyon Railway

Williams, Arizona

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Raton, New Mexico

Colorado Landscape

Amtrak

La Junta, Colorado

Kansas City, OH

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November 12, 2009 at 12:38 am

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One Big Post

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Hello Everyone! – I haven’t posted anything in quite awhile so I thought I’d just throw up a whole bunch of photos up.

First off was XXX Racing-Athletico’s cyclocross race in Jackson Park.
Team Pegasus

Dana showed up to cheer me & the rest of Team Pegasus on. She also took a bunch of pictures.
Dana

Me

Me

The next week we went to Kathryn & Chris’ amazing wedding. Here’s a picture of us at the wedding from the photographer.

Soon after I found myself with a little bit of a extra time which I used to go on a short trip. I decided to go to see the Grand Canyon and then visit my sister & her husband.
As part of preparations I got myself a new point & shoot camera that I could conveniently carry on my trip without the bulk & weight of my digital SLR. Here’s the first picture from my new Canon Powershot SD970 IS.
Lucky Cat

Here’s all the gear I brought on my trip.
My Gear

Next time I’ll start posting photos from my actual trip. Thanks for reading!

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November 2, 2009 at 3:19 am

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Trip!

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I will be backpacking in the Grand Canyon for a few days and then hanging out with my sister in LA. My next ‘cross race will be the Halloween race in Washington Park, WI.

Trip!

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October 14, 2009 at 5:56 pm

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oh well…

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Chicago lost in the first round of voting

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October 2, 2009 at 3:57 pm

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