Due to time constraints, illness, and other deadlines; my annual year in review has been postponed until, well, next year. But, for now, I will say this; the best movies I saw all year were “The Trip”, and “Bellflower”; the best book I read was “We the Animals” by Justin Torress; Most Interesting website experiment had to be nowness.com; The Black Keys “El Camino” was my favorite album; best of the flicker box once again goes to “Louie” (the Dane Cook episode was dazzling); I saw a great deal of theatre and art this year, but none of it could be considered “Best Of” status; and the annual Mike Vanderjackt Liquored Up Idiot Kicker of the Year Award goes to the horrible Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona for his glorious burst of utter disregard for the consequences of his behavior when he said his lie about Planned Parenthood was “not intended to be a factual statement” statement.
James Joyce ends his novel “Eveline” with the words “She was tired”, and nothing more needed to be said. As we look back on 2011, a year with political explosions and pop culture roller coasters, I can honestly say “I am tired” (much like this picture of my dog, Dusty-Danger), and pleased to see that these are the last lines to the story that was 2011. When I get healthy again, and things slow down on the deadline-front, I will return with more comments.
Timothy Braun
Austin, TX
December 31st, 2011
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