from desert to district
My (michael nothum) journey from AZ to DC for an MBA from GWU... and everything in between.

Happy Holidays DC… “DON’T BRING GUNS… TO SNOWBALL FIGHTS!”

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My Favorite Books of 2009

(based on total enjoyment received)

10. - Flight: A Novel by Sherman Alexie

9. - Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman

8. - Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

7. - Naive. Super by Erlend Loe

6. - Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story by Chuck Klosterman

5. - Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

4. - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

3. - The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

2. - Netherland by Joseph O’Neill

1. - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

NOTE: I read these books in 2009. They were not all written in 2009.

My Favorite Live Shows of 2009

(based on total enjoyment received)

10. - St. Vincent

9. - Fleet Foxes

8. - Conor Oberst

7. - Animal Collective

6. - Santigold

5. - Grizzly Bear

4. - Bloc Party

3. - Dan Deacon

2. - GWAR

1. - Andrew Bird

CINEMA 2009 - 1 Year, 342 Movies, 12 Months of Production, 7 Minutes.

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Animal Collective - My Girls (no. 1 track on Pitchfork.com’s top 100 tracks of 2009)

My Favorite Albums of 2009

(based on total enjoyment received)

10. The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You

9. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz!

7. Dan Deacon - Bromst

6. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

5. St. Vincent - Actor

4. Wilco - Wilco

3. Andrew Bird - Nobel Beast

2. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

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