Oprah’s Favorite Things — 2014
Just kidding. They’re my favorite things. Sponsored by Procrastination™
MUSIC
0 Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso
0 tUnE-yArDs - nikki nack
0 Yellow Ostrich — Cosmos [their last album (sad face)]
0 Phantogram — Voices
Throwback Shout-Outs (for things I remembered from years past):
0 The Babies
0 the Eastern Sea
FILM
0 Begin Again
0 Neighbors
0 Guardians of the Galaxy
Bonus Article on “Post-Plot Hollywood” and Guardians for good measure: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-guardians-galaxy-movie-theaters-box-office-20140804-story.html#page=1
0 Spending too much time making movies that I didn’t actually have time to watch any (Timespace now available on Vimeo through Black Box Films, LLC — https://vimeo.com/ondemand/timespace)
Throwback Shout-Outs:
0 Chicken Run
0 Aliens
TELEVISION (AND TELEVISION LIKE MEDIUMS)
0 Black Mirror
0 You’re the Worst (complete with incorrect promo that I’m too lazy to update)
0 Veep
0 The Blacklist (Season One only! Not Season Two. Bad! Just enjoy James Spader and the action movie tropes.)
Throwback Shout-Outs:
0 The Office (in case you forgot what the Office was)
0 Party Down (in case you’ve never heard of Party Down)
FOOD
0 Pupusas
0 Poached Eggs from the Microwave
0 Cold brew coffee
0 Grand Central Market in Downtown LA (this one has an article!)
Check out our special report on Grand Central Market's changes and renovations since it first opened its doors in 1917.features.laweekly.com
0 DELISH (The college cooking show to end all college cooking shows)
DELISH. 749 likes · 1 talking about this. Delish is USC's sweetest student-run cooking show that airs live cooking and…www.facebook.com
CULTURE? READING? IS THE INTERNET LITERATURE YET?
0 Darkmatter: http://darkmatterrage.com/
0 Serial Podcast: http://serialpodcast.org/
0 Medium (obviously): https://medium.com/
0 The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer
http://www.amazon.com/The-Unwinding-Inner-History-America/dp/0374534608
Throwback Shout-Outs:
0 The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/
0 Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (graphic novel): http://www.amazon.com/Persepolis-Story-Childhood-Marjane-Satrapi/dp/037571457X
PICTURES OF PRETTY HOUSES/APARTMENTS I’LL NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD
0 Ugh.
0 Sigh.
0 Weeps for what could be…
THINGS I SAID I LIKED THAT I REALLY DIDN’T
0 Summer
0 Frozen
0 alt-J’s New Album
Throwback Shout-Out:
0 Pinterest
MOMENTS? LAUGHS? MISCELLANEOUS?
0 This
0 Also this
0 And this
https://i.imgur.com/LsKxwzD.jpg
0 Doing the Nekter Juice Cleanse
Things started well.
They didn’t end that way.
0 Crying at a McDonald’s in Sun City, AZ. Twice. One month apart.
Throwback Shout-Out:
0 When my parents became vegans two weeks after I stopped being a pescetarian (2011)
Cheers to 2015
Love,
2014
