Adios 2008

I don't believe in New Years Resolutions. I've made them in the past, usually some fickle thing that I followed for a week and then waved it away because both human nature and life are not alterable in the course of a day. Life is not black and white, it consists of gray area. New Years Resolutions are black and white.
A few months ago I learned that all my effort to live in a black and white world (it either is or it isn't) was a terrible idea. Life is no fun that way. I'd rather be struggling in a gray area, filled with thought and creativity and messiness than ignorantly successful in a black or white area.
Because of this, I make goals for upcoming years. This is different because I am not going to just focus on one idea to alter something about myself. Instead, I am taking aspects of my life and strengthening them.
My hope is that 2009 is filled with new, creative and adventurous experiences. I want to look back on 2009 next December and go "Wow, I never thought I'd ever get to say that that would happen."
I don't feel particularly daring in saying this, because when I look back on 2008, I can say the same thing.

Now For:

The Best Discovered or Re-Discovered songs from 2008 (however the selection spans through time)

- Claire De Lune: Debussy
- I Woke Up In A Car: Soemthing Corporate
- Rehab: Rihanna
- Alive With The Glory of Love: Say Anything
- Reverie: The Morning Of
- Mariella: Kate Nash
- Shut Up: Dirtie Blonde
- Fairytale: Sara Barielles
- White Horse: Taylor Swift
- Our Love: Rhett Miller
- Collide: Granian
- Going Going Gone: Paloalto
- Torn: Natalie Imbruglia
- Storms Over The Ocean: Ollabelle
- What Sarah Said: Deathcab For Cutie
- Bowl of Oranges: Bright Eyes
- Something: The Beatles
- Fidelity: Regina Spektor
- Landed: Ben Folds
- Almost Lover: A Fine Frenzy
- Flannigan's Ball: Dropkick Murphys
- The Resolution: Jack's Mannequin
- Hazel's House: Richard Shindell
- Unmistakeably Love: Stephanie's Id
- Existentialism on Prom Night: Straylight Run