I make lists

I make a lot of lists. Mostly they are full of useless information. Maybe I make them because they make me feel more organized. Do you know the date you saw Never Say Never in theaters? Didn’t think so.

Movies I saw in 2011:

Tron 1/4, The Social Network 1/21, The Dilemma 1/28, Just Go With It 2/16, The King’s Speech 2/19, Never Say Never 2/26, Limitless 3/19, Arthur 4/9, Unknown 4/15, Something Borrowed 5/9, Bridesmaids 5/13, Fast 5 5/17, Hangover 2 5/27, Larry Crowne 7/5, Crazy Stupid Love 8/11, One Day 8/20, The Help 8/30, Footloose 10/20, Breaking Dawn 12/6, New Years Eve 12/9, We Bought A Zoo 12/27 (21 total)

Movies I saw in 2012:

We Bought A Zoo 1/7, Moneyball 1/10, Joyful Noise 1/14 (with Naco & Sarah-Dawn), This Means War 2/14 (with Ali & Elyse), New Years Eve 2/16 (with Naco & Wend), The Hunger Games 3/26 (with Jess & Naco) & 3/30 (with Jess, Ash, Wend, Linds, Nate), The Lucky One 4/21 (with Ryan Peck), Five Year Engagement 5/1 (with Naco), What to Expect When You’re Expecting 5/26 (with Wend, Ash, Jess), Rock of Ages 6/26 (with Naco), Magic Mike 6/30 (with Naco, Erin, Wend, Ali), People Like Us 7/4 (with Naco, Amanda, Ash), The Dark Night Rises 8/18 (by myself), The Avengers 9/6 (with Taylor, Aldrin, Wend, & Ash), ParaNorman 9/21 (with Taylor), The Amazing Spiderman 9/27 (with Ash, Ann, & Kels), Won’t Back Down 10/2 (with Naco), Trouble With the Curve 10/6 (with Ash), Perks of Being a Wallflower 10/9 (with Naco & Amanda), Moonrise Kingdom 10/19 (by myself), Brave 10/20 (by myself), House at the End of the Street 10/21 (with Naco, Ash, Heman, Keith), Pitch Perfect 11/1 (with Naco), Lincoln 11/21 (by myself), Pitch Perfect 12/18 (with Ash, Jess DeLora, Ali, Jeff Jackson, Heman, Justin), This Is 40 12/29 (with Ash, Naco, Leni), Les Mis 12/31 (with Ash, Wend, Erin, Naco, Leni) (28 total)

Shows/concerts I saw in 2011:

Pacific Hurt & Foster the People 1/11 (Detroit Bar), Alexi Murdoch 3/4 (Detroit Bar), Usher 6/1 (Staples Center – Akon opened), Thao & Mirah 6/22 (Detroit Bar), Taylor Swift August 24 (Staples Center), SF Ballet 9/27 (Segerstrom Performing Arts Center), To Kill A Mockingbird 11/5 (Vanguard University), Priscilla Ahn 12/2 (El Rey Theater), White Christmas 12/14 (Segerstrom Performing Arts Center)

Shows/concerts I saw in 2012:

Come Fly Away 2/2 (Segerstrom Performing Arts Center), Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo 2/9 (Segerstrom Performing Arts Center), Jersey Boys 4/5 (August Wilson Theater, NYC), Newsies 4/8 (Nederlander Theater, NYC), Les Mis 6/14 (Segerstrom Performing Arts Center), The Exorcist 7/25 (The Geffen), Angus Stone 9/11 (The Troubadour), Andy Grammer 9/14 (Fashion Island), Lumineers 10/1 (Fonda Theater), Balboa Beach Music Fest 10/13 (A Fine Frenzy, Joshua Radin, Matt Nathanson)

Books I read in 2011:

1. Santa Maybe by Aubrey Mace (1/3/11)

2. How Do You Know When You're Really In Love? by Robert K. McIntosh (3/15/11)

3. TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY by Jay Asher (3/21/11)

4. What I Wish I'd Known When I Was Single by John Bytheway (3/29/11)

5. The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance by Elna Baker (4/27/11)

6. Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin (5/10/11)

7. Something Blue by Emily Giffin (5/14/11)

8. The Shack by Wm. Paul Young (6/2/11)

9. The Help by Kathryn Stockett (8/25/11)

10. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (10/12/11)

11. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (10/28/11)

12. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (11/28/11)

Books I read in 2012:

1. How to Stuff a Wild Zucchini by Heather Horrocks (1/3)

2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (1/27)

3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (2/8)

4. Bossypants by Tina Fey (5/24)

5. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks (6/28)

6. Baby Proof by Emily Giffen (7/9)

7. Heaven is Here by Stephanie Nielson (8/22)

8. Love the One You’re With (Emily Giffen)

Side note: I wish the books to movies ratio was a little more proportional. But the truth is that I LOVE seeing movies in theaters. And it takes much less time to see a movie than read a book. And I (almost) never fall asleep while watching a movie in the theater.

Number of places I've lived since moving out of my parents' house: 17

Number of roommates I've had since moving out of my parents' house: 21

And now you have a lot of useless information about me. You're welcome. I'm not going to stop recording useless information or seeing movies. But maybe this year the book list will be longer and the roommate list will stop growing.