December 2011
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My 2011
(this was not proofread, and isn’t meant to be funny. It’s just a quick reflection on my year.)
In January my wonderful wife Stacie Ellickson-Hastie & I went on a cruise to Cancun, Belize & the Isle of Roatan, where we watched our friends Melissa & Steve get married.
In February, I made a weird short film with my friend Michael & my parents came up & visited...
Mike Bridenstine's Tumblr Thing: Observations From... →
brido:
You know what’s fun? Coming back to Iowa just in time for a University of Iowa journalism professor to write an article in The Atlantic about how shitty and backwards the state is. The article was written by Stephen G. Bloom, whom I knew as the author of Postville: A Clash of…
These folks got Nick Swardson's old phone number.... →
Fox News LOLerZ? →
'84, '94, '04: Every 10 years, 10 AMAZING Films...
1984:
Ghostbusters
This is Spinal Tap
Gremlins
The Terminator
Temple of Doom
The Karate Kid
The Never Ending Story
Beverly Hills Cop
Blood Simple
The Killing Fields
1994
The Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
The Lion King
Forrest Gump
Dumb & Dumber
Ed Wood
Clerks
Quiz Show
The Hudsucker Proxy
Shallow Grave
2004:
Anchorman
Sideways
The Life Aquatic
The Machinist
Garden...
My Favorite Films of 2011
These are my favorite films of 2011. (See also: 2010, 2000-2009)
Cedar Rapids
Super
Source Code
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
Horrible Bosses
The Descendants
Our Idiot Brother
The Muppets
BEST PICTURE: 50/50
HONORABLE MENTION: The Hangover Part 2
Movies from 2011 I have not yet seen, but still really want to:
Young Adult
The Artist
Tinker Tailor Soldier...