THE 2004 LIST OF MOSTLY INSIGNIFICANT THINGS

Best Albums
1. Israel and New Breed - Live From Another Level
2. John Butler Trio - Sunrise Over Sea
3. Something Like Silas - Divine Intervention
4. Missy Higgins - The Sound of White
5. Prince - Musicology
6. United Live - More Than Life
7. Kasey Chambers - Wayward Angel
8. U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
9. Velvet Revolver - Contraband
10. Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin

Best Albums that should have made the above list (but for reasons stated in the brackets, didn't)
1. Joss Stone - The Soul Sessions (because it was released in 2003)
2. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News (because I only heard half of it, even though that half was utterly astounding)
3. Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals - Live From Mars (because it was released in 2001)
4. D12 - D12 World (because bad taste marginally outweighed brilliance)
5. Alicia Keys - The Diary of Alicia Keys (because it was released in 2003)
6. Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets - self-titled (because beatboxing has to be seen live, not heard processed)
7. Jack Johnson - On and On (because I can't find drugs strong enough to appreciate half the album, and guitar skills good enough to play the other half)
8. Live - Awake (because Greatest Hits albums don't count)
9. Pete Teo - Rustic Living for Urbanites (because I've only heard the online acoustic versions, not the actual album)
10. Hillsong Church - For All You've Done (because it plain sucked)

Best Movies
1. Before Sunset
2. Kill Bill Vol. 2
3. In America
4. Spider-Man 2
5. Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
6. Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster
7. SuperSize Me
8. 21 Grams
9. Dirty Pretty Things
10. Team America: World Police

Best gigs
1. My Graduation, Adelaide Festival Theatre, September
2. Paul Coleman Trio, Paradise Community Church, April
3. Steve Vai, Thebarton Theatre, July
4. Brooke Fraser, Jive Bar, November
5. Tommy Emmanuel, Her Majesty's Theatre, December
6. John Mayer, Adelaide Entertainment Centre, April
7. The Marmalade Trio, Rundle Street
8. Mamma Mia, Adelaide Festival Theatre, January
9. Saffire, Elder Hall, November
10. Evanescence, Adelaide Entertainment Centre, January

Worst Movies
1. The Notebook
2. Catwoman
3. New York Minute
4. The Punisher
5. Along Came Polly
6. Sylvia
7. The Butterfly Effect
8. The Day After Tomorrow
9. Paycheck
10. Open Range

Best TV
1. 24
2. 2004 Athens Olympics
3. My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance
4. Happy Tree Friends
5. The Sopranos
6. Six Feet Under
7. Port Power winning the Grand Final
8. Buffy reruns
9. Rove Live
10. Margeret Cho Live

Best Internet
1. Wierd eBay listings
2. Gmail
3. Liquid Generation
4. Miniclip
5. eBaumsWorld
6. Nooma
7. Yetisports
8. Gawker
9. Free Kicks
10. MusicCanteen

Best DVDs
1. 24
2. Requiem for a Dream
3. G3 Live in Denver
4. Dave Matthews: Live in Central Park
5. The Sopranos
6. Evanescence: Anywhere But Home
7. Buffy
8. Israel and New Breed: Live From Another Level
9. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
10. Australian Idol Greatest Moments: Season 1

Best Food
1. The first Malaysian dish I ate when I arrived in Malaysia
2. Mushroom and Pesto Entre, Enzo's Restaurant
3. AB, Burger Bar North Adelaide
4. Salmon and Avocado Penne, Southside Edge Conference
5. Bueno's Chocolate Bar
6. German Goulash, Linda Chong
7. Chicken Schnitzel, Bar
8. King Island Blue Brie, Adelaide Central Markets
9. Morrocan Beef Curry, Southside Edge Conference
10. Butterscotch Pudding, me

Best Books
1. Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse - Robert Rankin
2. New Testament Transline Bible - Michael Magill
3. Not Even a Hint - Joshua Harris
4. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
5. The Journey of Desire - John Eldredge
6. Courageous Leadership - Bill Hybels
7. The Case for a Creator - Lee Strobel
8. The Heavenly Man - Paul Hattaway
9. Babylon Rising - Tim LaHaye and Greg Dinallo
10. Boundaries Face to Face - Henry Cloud and John Townsend

Thing I won't miss about Australia
1. The summer flies

Things I will miss about Australia
1. Where would I begin?

And now, the special announcement:

This will be my final blog entry.

This blog has served its purpose. It has paid its dues. It has snapped its shots. And, now that I'm back in Malaysia, it's time to capture the next stage of my life through other means.

And so farewell. Will miss you blog, and you, readers. Mail me to stay in touch. And touch me to stay in, er, touch, too.

Bye.