Apparently all I did in January was read. The choices in other categories were sparse, my friends, very sparse.

The best movie I saw in January was Coraline.

The best book I read in January was The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, which was just outright excellent. No doubt about it.

The best gig I went to in January DOES NOT EXIST. I didn’t see/hear any live music in January? WTF!

My favorite tunes in January were MGMT “Oracular Spectacular”, new Bon Iver EP “Blood Bank” and Why? “Alopecia.” I was also still listening to Frightened Rabbit “Midnight Organ Fight”. A lot. And other favorites from 2008.

Random personal highlights: Brunch with cousins; tail-end of Cat’s visit including brunch w/ Lauren-O and Petey Sweatshirt; Cinnamon-arranged Stitch ‘n’ Tweet; BStarG returned to TV: fancy dinner for T; Game Day! at my house; Party in Milwaukee; Spamalot. Huh. Pretty good month. In retrospect.

Lowlights? Stress at secondary browsing location. (Shocker, I KNOW.)