Another year is nearly over and once more I am compelled to trawl the depths of my memory and bring you this year's list - things I've liked, loved, wanted to do icky and unmentionable things to. The rules: the 2005 list is entirely unrelated to 0-word reviews (hey - my house, my rules, 'kay?); items contained on the 2005 list were not necessarily 'new' in 2005, I just happened across them for the first time this year.

Music
The Cat Empire - Two Shoes [album, EMI]
Missy Higgins - 'Scar' (on The Sound of White [album, Reprise/WEA] )
Fiona Apple - 'Extraordinary Machine' (on Extraordinary Machine [album, Sony] )
Laura Veirs - Year of Meteors
Jamie Lidell - Multiply
Scout Niblett - 'Ruler of my heart' (on Comes with a Smile Vol. 14: Words worn down to nothing [magazine mixCD] )

Comics
Megatokyo (Fred Gallagher, webcomic)
Girly (Josh L., webcomic)
DMZ (Brian Wood & Riccardo Burchielli, DC Vertigo)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (Yoshiyuki Sadamoto & Gainax, Viz)

Movies
Me and You and Everyone We Know (USA, dir. Miranda July)
Serenity (USA, dir. Joss Whedon)
Sky Blue (a.k.a Wonderful Days; South Korea, dir. Moon-saeng Kim, Park Sunmin)
The Aristocrats (USA, dir. Paul Provenza)
The Cat Leaves Home (a.k.a Inu Neko; Japan, dir. Nami Iguchi)

Here endeth part one. Part two will feature...

...uh, stuff, y'know. Once I've thought about it.

...and The Engine will have killed me.

"If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris you may be only seconds away from death."

I'll refrain from making the obvious joke. I promise...

...motherf-

(Thru G Unltd Techblog.)

I haven't got the words.

Though I suppose if you had a Paul McCartney action figure and a lighter, you could make a video for How do you sleep?

I'm may not have a job right now, but that doesn't mean I haven't been working...

Comics
1602 - Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert & Richard Isanove : 3*

Music
'Pencils Down' - The Metasciences : 4*

Books
The System of the World - Neal Stephenson : 3*

The glitter of shiny things is fascinating small children and seasonal mixtapes are turning café staff suicidal (it should be noted that Cliff Richard singles are like alcohol - not having any the rest of the year doesn't mean that it's in any way safe to have lots all at once. And they destroy just as many lives) which means it must be Christmas.

Now, we could be out buying presents for our loved ones and reflecting upon the significance and moral connotations of the upcoming religious festivities, or we could be checking out Mixtape's Christmas webcomic.

I know where I'll be.