Listophilia

I may never got comfortable with blogging, because I feel the urge to apologize for anything excessively self-centered. So without any sort of self-consciously ironic introduction, I present you a list of 10 things I didn’t know I liked one year ago. I wrote the list itself in December, in the spirit of easonal/consumer guide retrospectives.

1. The National’s Boxer. Check out Apartment Story or Green Gloves.
2. The Wire. I finally gave in to all the hype. It’s less about gun battles than battles against Sartre’s mauvaise foi. The final season is currently ongoing.
3. Tryst. One of the few places in DC that lets you forget you’re no longer on the West Coast.
4. Barack Obama. Good policy. Good politics.
5. Nike Elite Running Socks. I haven’t had even the beginnings of a blister with these.
6. Polo Shirts. Like a mullet: business in front, party in the back. I bought my first two last year, but one was stolen by a drunk Russian.
7. Virgin America. You’ve heard about the mood lighting. But that’s not what makes it so great. They just make it easy on you, from booking to ordering food.
8. D.C. Despite number 3, life here isn’t the campaigning politicians’ favorite strawman.
9. Charles Cimicky 2005 Grenache/Shiraz Trumps (Barossa Valley). The half bottle I had bookended between a couple of liters of beer, wine, and a combination of the two, stands out as one of the most drinkable wines in recent memory. Watch this space for tasting notes once I open the one in my closet.
10. Blogging? Perdix and I are still trying to figure out a format for this thing. The most popular posts so far are Arnold and Inkblot. Is that the type of fare you are interested in?