2017 in List Form

Even though the year was not great in many ways, my outlets for entertainment and/or distraction were of high quality. Music was especially important this year. As always, I throw out the disclaimer that this by no means is a definitive list of anything. It’s just one guy’s preferences of what he liked in a given year.

Songs
1. Day at the Fair – Thankful
2. As It Is – No Way Out
3. Falling in Reverse – I’m Bad at Life
4. Acceptance – Come Closer
5. You Me at Six – Take On the World
6. Have Mercy – Smoke and Lace
7. Silverstein – Ghost
8. Bleachers – All My Heroes
9. Julia Michaels – Issues
10. Papa Roach – Periscope
11. Ed Sheeran – Perfect
12. All Time Low – Ground Control
13. Neck Deep – Critical Mistake
14. The Maine – Black Butterflies and Deja Vu
15. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes
16. New Found Glory – The Sound of Two Voices
17. Weezer – Feels Like Summer

Albums
1. As It Is – Okay
2. Day at the Fair – The Epilogue
3. Silverstein – Dead Reflection
4. Neck Deep – The Peace and the Panic
5. Have Mercy – Make the Best of It
6. Manchester Orchestra – A Black Mile to the Sun
7. You Me at Six – Night People
8. Falling in Reverse – Coming Home
9. Ed Sheeran – Divide
10. Acceptance – Colliding by Design
11. Brand New – Science Fiction
12. The Maine – Lovely Little Lonely
13. All Time Low – Last Young Renegade
14. Seaway – Vacation
15. The Killers – Wonderful Wonderful
16. Bleachers – Gone Now
17. Lights – Skin & Earth

TV Shows
1. Mr. Robot
2. Suits
3.NCIS: Los Angeles
4. Impractical Jokers
5. WWE SmackDown Live (judge me all you want)

Sports Moments
1. Seahawks defeat Lions in playoffs
2. Cubs advance to NLCS by beating Nationals
3. Seahawks dominate Eagles
4. Ottawa Senators take the Penguins to the limit
5. Dolph Ziggler wins US Title (and subsequently gives it up because he’s Dolph Ziggler)

Personal Moments
Like last year, these will just be bullet points
•Catching up with Nick after 8 years
•New friendships with people from a variety of backgrounds and places
•Visiting Maryland in April, June, August, and November
•Writing my students letters and making them cry
•Starting on my doctorate
•The unexpected fun of critiquing a live Ariana Grande concert with my sister and my cousin
•Debriefing calls with Chelsey after she’s read my unfortunate text conversations
•The random weird mall in Bloomingdale that I unexpectedly discovered
•Going to Indiana for gummies(~!)
•Watching my students rock the Constitution Test
•Vistis with Hadley
•Calls, texts, Skype, and FaceTime with Myrna to end our nights by hearing each other's voice (Oh, how I miss these…)
•Dinners with Aunt Dianna
•Staff outings that are unexpectedly enjoyable
•Searching for and finding new vinyl records