Patrick Griffin v. England

“Amy Winehouse is one of the few talented musician left in the world after Kurt Cobhain passed away.

I was in a subway train when Camden market burned down this weekend, and I liked it when she spoke up for the people of London during the Grammy awards.

Oh, and she isn’t ugly, just beautiful in a way that wouldn’t occur to a shallow twat like the person who wrote the article. Shame on you.”

Yowza.  I guess some British people have started reading my blog and are fixated on my “End of the Year Awards” when I posted something about Amy Crackhouse.  Honestly I don’t even remember what I wrote, just some picture of her looking ugly.  I’ve had to delete like 5 comments from across the pond because I didn’t like the idea of random people saying stuff on this, but I’ve never been called a shallow twat before, in person or via blog.  Just thought I’d share this one because it was pretty insane (also note the spelling and grammatical mistakes).  I guess I can’t understand the beauty of having cocaine (or a booger, I can’t tell) in my nose like our cracky Grammy-winner friend has here.  Keep this broad out of the country.

Look, England, I just finished 1776 so I know how it ended.  I don’t want Amy Wino stepping foot on American soil! God Bless America! Don’t Tread on Me! USA! USA! USA!

End of the Year Awards

It’s December 3oth and I’m mentally preparing myself for my first day of real honest work tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM in Bourne. I’ve got my bags all packed ready for the job and for New Year’s Eve after in Pocassett afterwards, and my fancy new clothes are all laid out on my bed. I’m trying to calm my nerves by looking back on 2007 and thinking about my favorite things from the past year. I suppose I could call them the “Griffies” but why in the world would I do that? That would be stupid.

Anyway, without further ado:

Entertainment:

Album of the Year: Kanye West, Graduation (Runners up: Jay-Z, American Gangster; Radiohead, In Rainbows)

Song of the Year: Radiohead, “Nude” (Runners Up: Kanye West, “Stronger” and “Good Life”)

Movie of the Year: Gone Baby, Gone (Runners Up: I Am Legend; American Gangster)

Book of the Year: I didn’t really finish any, but I’m still working my way through John Adams, so that wins by default.

TV Show of the Year: The Office (Runners Up: NOW on PBS; Daily Show/Colbert Report [tie])

Podcast of the Year: The B.S. Report with Bill Simmons (Runners Up: The FitCast with Kevin Larrabee; That’s What She Said with Matt Sommer)

Radio Show of the Year: The Big Show on WEEI (Runners Up: Toucher & Rich on WBCN; Dale & Holly on WEEI)

Sports:

National Athlete of the Year: Tom Brady (Runners Up: LeBron James; Devin Hester)

Boston Athlete of the Year: Tom Brady (Runners Up: Josh Beckett; Randy Moss/Kevin Garnett [tie])

Madden NFL 2008 Player of the Year: Randy Moss (Runners Up: Lawrence Maroney; Adrian Peterson)

And now our first musical guest of the night, Britney Spears!!

I hope everyone enjoyed that. Back to the awards!

Fitness:

Exercise of the Year: standing barbell push-press (Runners Up: deadlift; Bulgarian split-squat)

Protein Shake of the Year: Peanut Butter Cup (Runners Up: Strawberry-Banana; Peanut Butter Mocha)

Excuse of the Year: “I’m letting my body recover.” (Runners Up: “I work hard all goddamn day, I’m going to play video games.”; “My car is out of gas and I can’t drive anywhere.”

Miscellaneous:

Personal Event of the Year: getting engaged in July (Runners Up: completing graduate school; getting a job)

Meal of the Year: Filet mignon, baked macaroni & Boursin/Parmesan cheese, chocolate cake, “007″ vodka martini at the Cedar Street Restaurant in May (Runners Up: Filet mignon wrapped in bacon made by Jaylynn in October; any XL order of Gold Fever Wings at the 99; scallops wrapped in bacon at Mark and Rachel’s yesterday)

Alcoholic Drink of the Year: 2001 Opus One cabernet sauvignon (Runners Up: Original Coors; Miller Light)

Non-Alcoholic Drink of the Year: large Dunkin’ Donuts hazelnut coffee, cream no sugar (Runners Up: Diet Sierra Mist; water)

Ugly Mess of the Year: Amy Winehouse (Runners Up: Britney Spears; Pete Doherty)

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So there you have it folks, the best and brightest of 2007. I hope you’ve enjoyed your evening. I suppose I could do a “Worst Of…” list too, but I’ve already wasted enough time on this charade. I’ve got better things to do.

Wish me luck at work tomorrow!