Tammy's Top Seven List for 2004

Albums
[Yeah so I realize that none of these CD's actually came out in 2004, but I bought them this year. So sue me.]

The Postal Service - Give Up [I love everything about this CD. Everything. Their music makes me genuinely happy.]

Missy Elliot - Under Construction

Sublime - Greatest Hits

Damien Rice - O

Dixie Chicks - Home

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend

Sondre Lerche - Faces Down and Two Way Monologue [Yes, I cheated a little and listed two CDs. But they're by the same artist and they're equally amazing, so it's okay, right? And thanks, Molly, for introducing him to me in the first place.]

Overplayed Radio Songs

Snoop Dogg and Pharrell - Drop It Like It's Hot

Usher - Yeah [And I'm still not sick of it. Keep it comin', boys.]

Ying Yang Twins - Salt Shaker

Black Eyed Peas - Hey Mama

Maroon 5 - This Love

Ciara - Goodies

Hoobastank - The Reason [Have you heard my version of this song? It's just as good, I promise (right, Phuong?).]

Movies

Closer

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle [Haha. And you think I'm kidding.]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

The Incredibles

Battle Royale [Japanese school girls and boys killing each other in the most graphic and gruesome ways possible? Genius!]

Mean Girls

Napoleon Dynamite

Books

Chuck Palahniuk - Invisible Monsters

Dan Brown - The DaVinci Code

Dan Brown - Angels & Demons [Both these books were good. Not life-altering, but incredibly entertaining nonetheless.]

Amy Tan - The Bonesetter's Daughter

Mitch Albom - The Five People You Meet in Heaven

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

Art Spiegelman - In the Shadow of No Towers [Amazing. 'Nuff said.]

Events

The discovery of Banana Phone.

OU weekend in Dallas

Spring Break - 6 Flags in Arlington, and then North Carolina.

Having my semester "off" and doing absolutely nothing with Stephanietimelikewhoa.

Going to Bali and back to Taiwan.

ASR throwing two badass parties at Exodus.

Meeting new friends. :D

Gifts

This adorable... pink... thing [Thanks, Phuong]

Mp3 player [Thanks, parentals]

Slang Flashcards [Thanks, Lindsey]

My list of Remember When... [Thanks Stephanie]

My Mogu [Thanks, Ian], and my FOM [Thanks Momzilla]

Bed and down comforter [Thanks again, Momzilla]

Gonorrhea. Haha, just kidding. No. Really. I swear.

Pictures





Quotes
[Because I couldn't narrow it down to 7...]

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." -George W. Bush

"What the hell is wrong with my voice? It won't shut the hell up." - Sivan

"Skeet in my mouth from your mouth to Julie's eye." - Me and Vivian

sweet tea addict: I don't want today to be independence day, but rather indepedance day, so it kinda means the same thing, but we just dance ALL DAY LONG too

"Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?" - Chuck Palahniuk

"To those critics who are so pessimistic about our economy, I say, Don't be economic girlie men!" - Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Is that a MONKEY?? NO! It's a SEAL!!!" Phuong's loud family at 7 in the morning

"Heddo? WAT u doing?" - [name undisclosed]

S e h n E 13: btw, i like you. you're pretty...even without makeup.


Goodbye 2004. Hello 2005.