New Years is always a letdown

This is the time of year where talk shows, radio and television alike, inundate us with lame count down lists. They usually range from something along the lines of "Sexiest female recording artist" all the way to "Most pivotal political moments" all punctuated with a predictable "of 2008" (or whatever respective year has just come to a close). Appearing usually in increments of 25, and counting down to number 1. In honor of this highly respected tradition, I've decided to create my own list, entitled;

TOP 25 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS OF 2008! (that I was either directly involved in or affected by... in no particular order!)

Dropping out of Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
Moving out of my parents house
Traveling to Stockholm to visit Kira and Sara
Drinking beer on the roof of the Gastown Parkade and watching the sunset, retreating downstairs to the Cheaper Show (which at its quietest period, still had a fifteen minute line-up), only to return to my car and find it broken into.
Driving with Brennan, Stacey, and Ana, to Lions Bay to lay on the rocks, swim, and pretend we were in the wilderness
Rediscovering pot, used almost exclusively with Monique and after delicious dinners that we prepared
My two thanksgivings, Sunday night at Monique's house where we drank far too much wine and then Monday at my parents' house where I was terribly hung over and Monique joined us once again.
East Van friends coming over for West Van Barbecue .
Trying on a Burberry trench and realizing that it was made for me... however, leaving feeling mighty sad after reading the price tag.
Having five different Jobs
Realizing that I like Art better then Fashion
Taking up knitting
Painting for fun
Buying a bike and riding it everywhere.. until it started to rain/snow
Staying in Michelle's apartment before having moved out on my own
Following my dad on a business trip to Toronto in February, subsequently taking a boy I'd just met into the bathroom to makeout.
Ending a brief stint of dating someone in a totally grown-up fashion and then again in an painfully childish way
Filipa k
Whyred
Cynthia Vincent
Vena Cava
Getting a Job with Monique and Stormey
Bon Iver Show at the Media Club
Finally understanding the finer points of foreplay
Having Mono for six months