Yeah, it’s lame, but I’m doing it anyways. Here’s some top fives of 2008 created by yours truly, and these are in no particular order.

Top 7 Albums of ‘08.

And I’m sure that Sycamore Meadows by Butch Walker and Only By The Night by Kings of Leon would be on here if I actually had the money to buy them and enjoy them. But I do not have an endless supply of money for music, like I wish I did, so my pecking order is carefully planned according to my taste, prices, and impulse buys…

1. Dear Science — TV on the Radio
2. Pretty.Odd. — Panic at the Disco
3. Narrow Stairs — Death Cab for Cutie
4. The Glass Passenger — Jack’s Mannequin
5. Intimacy — Bloc Party
6. Fast Times at Barrington High — The Academy Is…
7. Waves and the Both of Us — Charlotte Sometimes

Top 10 Songs of ‘08

These are specific songs that I have listened to a lot or meant a lot for me personally throughout the year. These are subject to change, if I think of different ones later…

1. Hurricane — The Hush Sound
2. Grapevine Fires — Death Cab for Cutie
3. All in All — Lifehouse
4. Losing Sleep — Charlotte Sometimes
5. Automatic Eyes — The Academy Is…
6. Ballgame — Kevin Devine
7. 9 Crimes — Damien Rice
8. Blue Light — Bloc Party
9. Hey Now — Augustana
10. Hammers and Strings (A Lullaby) — Jack’s Mannequin
    

Top 3 Novels of  ‘08

My interest in books varies frequently and depends on what kind of time I have, and this list is rather short because majority of the books I read are not brand new due to the library not usually being totally up to date. So there were plenty of books that would have made the list from different years.

1. Lock and Key — Sarah Dessen
2. Change of Heart — Jodi Picoult
3. Breaking Dawn — Stephenie Meyer

Top 5 Movies of ‘08

I’m a movie junkie, that’s all there is to it. And I personally don’t think this was one of Film’s best years. There were a couple diamonds in the ruff, but I expected a little better. Next year will be much, much better, I can tell already. Harry Potter, My Sister’s Keeper, Push, Knowing Is Everything, I mean there’s a whole shitload of stuff I’m looking forward to.

1. Twilight
2. The Dark Knight
3. Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (despite it’s discrepancies with the fabulous novel)
4. 27 Dresses
5. Get Smart

Top 5 Inspirations of ‘08

These are things that inspired me to do something or be someone over the course of the year.

1. The song “Swim” by Jack’s Mannequin
2. The message I found in a PostSecret book I bought: “You are gorgeous! Don’t let anyone convince you other wise.”
3. A line from a friend’s blog: “At the bottom of everything, I’m taking my chance to look straight up and get pummeled by life like a cartoon anvil/piano/boulder.”
4. Reading the book Not Quite What I was Planning: Six Word Memoirs By Writers Famous and Obscure compiled and edited by Rachel Fershleiser and Larry Smith.
5. Watching my friend’s mother be strong while battling breast cancer.

Those are all the ‘tops’ I can think of for now, I will most likely add more later though. I considered doing ‘the worst of ____ in 2008′, but I’m trying to end the year on positives due to the fact that I’m usually a negative person.