This time of year every magazine and newspaper gives their favorites, which are entertaining and helpful but sometimes don't relate to me. I don't have time to read a 1000 page book or make it to the independant movie of the year at the Tara arthouse cinema...so I will give you my suburban-living, minivan-driving, needs-more-time-to-watch/read/do mom opinion.
Favorite movie: Crazy Stupid Love was my favorite comedy. Or anything with Ryan Gosling. Yes, I loved Bridesmaids too. Favorite kids movie was the Muppets (our dad made us watch The Muppet Show every Sunday night in the 70's.) Best blockbuster that brought me to tears was the last Harry Potter movie. I'm behind on my Oscar viewing so I can't say actual favorite drama yet, but have high hopes for The Descendants.
Favorite TV show: I'm very behind on my DVR so I'm almost not qualified to answer this question. (There are 10 episodes of American Horror Story calling my name and I've been told I will love it.) But based on the shows I watch- True Blood was not great this year. No Mad Men to be had. I started watching The Good Wife and really like it. But my go-to shows are still Modern Family and Glee. IF I HAD MORE TIME: I'd watch Breaking Bad, Homeland, Revenge and The Walking Dead.
Favorite Song: Super Bass by the one and only Nicki Minaj (Cantilo Family unanimous decision. The twins especially love Sophia Brownlee's version http://youtu.be/C7hTAp6KrGY ). Really good albums were put out by the Foo Fighters, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Wiz Kalifa, Kelly Clarkson, The Warblers (from Glee :) In the country arena, I enjoyed Jason Aldean, Sugarland and Zac Brown. I used to be better about giving indy recommendations, and aside from The Black Keys and the Decemberists, I haven't had time to listen to a lot of good new music lately. Buzz is good for Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes.
Favorite Concert: Lady Gaga. Nothing else comes close to her songs or showmanship. Enjoyed the country sounds of Zac Brown and Sugarland. Had a great outdoor night seeing Death Cab for Cutie. Smelled the cotton candy air of the Katy Perry show. And got to experience my first boy band show at the age of 39...Big Time Rush. Not bad...but next time I'll bring earplugs for the screaming.
Favorite app: My kids would say Angry Birds. They also like Spy Mouse, Jetpack Joyride, Touch Pets and Don't Let the Pigeon Run This App. My most used apps are still Words with Friends, Shazam, Facebook and The Weather Channel (I am my father's daughter after all.)
Favorite book: This was my worst year for reading. I usually read about 2 books per month but I think I'm lucky if I read 10 this past year. If it wasn't for book club, I wouldn't have read half of those. I did enjoy The Paris Wife and Cutting for Stone that our book club selected. And Tina Fey's Bossypants was very funny. An avid reader friend turned me on to The Snowman by Jo Nesbo who has been compared to Steig Larsson. But it bears repeating the The Hunger Games trilogy were my faves of 2010 and the movie will be here in 82 days!!!
Favorite technology: Even without the newest iPhone and Siri, I still love it and really don't know what I'd do without a smartphone. I use my iPad for all of my reading now, from books to People magazine. And even though I started a commute (most time in the car by myself since 2008) there is nothing on local radio that can get me to leave my Sirius/XM radio.
SUMMARY: The overriding theme here is that I need more time to consume pop culture! So therefore my resolution for 2012 is to say "no" more...to volunteering and organizing, cooking and cleaning, etc. So please don't ask me to bake cookies for the fundraiser...I'll be busy watching past episodes of The Good Wife.
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