The First (And hopefully) Annual Lapsie Awards (Part 1 - The Furious Five)

Okay, so I feel kind of foolish of starting up a blog at the end of the year and doing a year-end awards type post, but that's what happens when you are actually inspired to do something with one's life. Yeah, so doing a blog may not be all that inspirational, but after going through a massive creative output in November, my love for writing was rekindled. And 2007 has been a wacky year, so what better way to start off a blog at the end of the year with a recap of said year? Which brings us to part one of the First Annual Lapsie Awards. This part will be a collection of top five lists, mostly movie, music, and television related/ The second part will be individual/group awards invovling newz, sportz and other oddities - which will be completed hopefully by New Years Eve.

And so without further adieu, let us begin with THE FURIOUS FIVE~!

(note: most are in no particular order unless specified.)

Five New Albums I Dug This Year:

1. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
2. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
3. Kanye West - Graduation
4. Radiohead - In Rainbows
5. Kylie Minogue - X

Five Movies I Actually Enjoyed:

1. Superbad
2. Eastern Promises
3. The Simpsons Movie
4. Hot Fuzz
5. 28 Weeks Later

Five Movies I Was Dissappointed With:

1. Spider-Man 3
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
3. Knocked Up
4. Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof
5. Live Free Or Die Hard

Five Movies I Did Not See And Will Never Ever See Unless Kidnapped by Ninjas and Forced to Watch Them Clockwork Orange-style:

1. Norbit
2. Delta Farce
3. Bratz
4. Alvin & the Chipmunks
5. License to Wed

Five Movies That Came Out Late In The Year So I Have To Watch Them When They Come Out On DVD:

1. Sweeney Todd
2. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
3. I Am Legend
4. Charlie Wilson's War
5. National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Five TV Shows I Was Digging Until The Writer's Strike Fucked It All Up:

1. The Office
2. Lost
3. My Name Is Earl
4. The Colbert Report
5. First seasons-and-a-half of How I Met Your Mother

Five "WTF?!" Moments On TV:

1. Most of season two of Heroes (It DOES get better after the whole "Micah uses his powers to hack cable services and steal pay-per-view revenue from Vince McMahon's hands" episode, right?)
2. The series finale of The Sopranos. (Okay, while I appreciated everyone was all shook about it and are still scratching their heads - but seriously - what the bloody hell?!)
3. Ellen DeGeneres' doggie misadventures.
4. Vince McMahon's limo going "KaBOOM!" (All potential lul-zy moments later robbed by Chris Benoit: Suicidal, Homocidal Douchebag.)
5. This:

Five Good Books I Read This Year:

1. I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
2. The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
3. Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling by Heath McCoy
4. Watchmen by Alan Moore
5. Apocalypse Wow! Or, How I Stopped Worrying and Love the End of the World by Dane Woychuk *thumb up, cheap pop*

Five Songs That I Dug This Year:

1. Gwen Stefani feat. Akon - "The Sweet Escape"
2. Foo Fighters - "The Pretender"
3. Tay Zonday - "Chocolate Rain"
4. Rihanna feat. Jay-Z - "Umbrella"
5. This:

Five Musical Acts That Need To Just Go Away:

1. Nickelback
2. Hinder
3. Daughtry
4. Saliva
5. My Chemical Romance

Five Awards To Look Forward To In Part Two of the 2007 Lapsies:

1. "The Mel Gibson Award For Racial Tolerance And Understanding"
2. Best Use Of A Performance Enhancing Drug
3. Parent of the Year
4. Greatest Act of Infamy
5. Biggest Twist of the Year.

Intrigued? Then stay tuned for part two...