Well, it’s Dec. 30.
For those of us on the Gregorian
Calendar, that means while 2013 isn’t completely dead and buried, it is mostly dead
and it is in the coffin and the coffin has been placed in the earth and a team
of elderly cemetery employees are, as we speak, slowly shoveling dirt on top of
it.
This
could take a while, folks.
So
while that’s going on and before most of the free world drinks itself into a
Ryan Seacrest-fueled mania, how’s about a look back at the year we all just
endured and hopefully emerged from unscathed? That dark and spider-infested year of our
Lord 2013.
Here
they are, the things that ruled the world in 2013.
Best Movie: "Pacific Rim." Giant Godzilla-esque monsters fighting
giant robots and Michael Bay is nowhere in sight? Sounds like and was, the
recipe for cinematic heaven.
Best Song: “Chocolate,” by The 1975. I went from zero to
seeing them live in about two months thanks to how awesome this song is. The
song is dark and poppy, the band members have interesting accents and weird
hair. In a word: British.
Best TV Show: "Game of Thrones." It takes a lot to get me to
follow an hour-long TV drama. It takes even more to get me to follow an
hour-long drama on a network I don’t actually have legal access to. “Game of
Thrones” overcame those odds, leaving behind hundreds of shows that I’ll always
hear are great but will never watch. Sorry “Sopranos.”
Best Book: “Doctor Sleep” by Stephen King. I think I read
two books that were released during the calendar year of 2013, this one and “NOS4A2,”
by Joe Hill, King’s son. The rest of the books I read were from scattered
periods of time. Both were very good, “Doctor Sleep” was better.
Best Food: Sushi. I’m not sure when my nonsensical love
affair with sushi began, but it intensified during 2013. I don’t like most fish
or really anything that lives in the sea, but man sushi is tremendous. Here’s
to many more years together, my tempura-battered – or not – friend.
