Favorites of the Aughts...

I will remember the Aughts warmly, as if they constituted a time period that spanned ten years.

Favorite Five Films:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Yi Yi
No Country for Old Men
In the Mood for Love

Favorite Five Television Series:

The Wire
The Sopranos
Mad Men
Battlestar Galactica
Lost

Favorite Five Albums:

Decoration Day, Drive By Truckers
A Man Under the Influence, Alejandro Escovedo
Elephant, The White Stripes
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, Neko Case
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco

Favorite Five Life Changing Moments:

Started blog
Finished dissertation
Got job
Got married
Had kids

Actor of the Aughts: George Clooney
Director of the Aughts: Alfonso Cuaron
Baseball Player of the Aughts: Ichiro
Band of the Aughts: The Drive By Truckers
Bowl Game of the Aughts: 2007 Fiesta Bowl