黄 嘉 維

On the final day of the year, I present my 2008 in easy to read numerical form.

• 22 – movies seen in the theater: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, The Dark Knight, Doubt, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Gran Torino, The Great Debaters, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Iron Man, Last Chance Harvey, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, No Country for Old Men, Pineapple Express, Quantum of Solace, Rachel Getting Married, Slumdog Millionaire, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Taxi to the Dark Side, WALL·E, The Wrestler, The Zen of Bobby V.
• 2 – Broadway show seen: Phantom of the Opera, Spring Awakening.
• 10 – concerts attended: Barenaked Ladies, Cold War Kids, The Decemberists, The Hold Steady (2x), The National, Sia, Stars, The Verve, Rachael Yamagata.
• 21 – Mets games attended, plus 2 in Philadelphia.
• 4 – Mets postseason games I had tickets for but didn’t get to go to, thanks to their late-season collapse… again.
• 5 – non-Mets baseball games attended, including 2 in Oakland, 2 in San Francisco, and 1 in Washington.
• 6 – beer festivals attended.
• 2 – trips to the San Francisco Bay Area.
• 1 – iPhone bought. Huzzah!
• 1 – iPhone stolen. Nuts.