The Greats of 2008

Possums! Did we all survive the holidays? I managed to overindulge within an inch of my life with every goodie and cocktail I could get my mutt hooks on. Tis the season so they say (they obviously aren’t worried about fitting into their New Year's Eve frock).

As 2008 comes to a close, many bloggers the world over are pumping out their ‘Best Of’ lists so I thought I might throw together a little complication of my own, with the Urban Cowgirl’s Top 5’s for 2008.

Top 5 Albums

5) Kanye West: 808’s and Heartbreaks
4) Lil Wayne: Tha Carter 3
3) Metallica: Death Magnetic
2) Kings of Leon: Only By the Night
1) Duffy: Rockferry

Top 5 Singles (that make you wanna get down and krunky)

5) So What, Pink
4) Mercy, Duffy
3) Give It to Me, Madonna
2) Let It Rock, Kevin Rudolph & Lil Wayne
1) Everyone Nose, N.E.R.D.

Top 5 New Artists

5) Lady Gaga
4) Paramore
3) Katy Perry
2) Estelle
1) Kate Nash

Top 5 Movies

5) RocknRolla
4) Changeling
3) Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2) Mama Mia
1) Seven Pounds

Top 5 Hottest Trends

5) 1920s
4) Oxford prep
3) Barack Obama T’s
2) Jewel tones
1) Eco-friendly fabrics

Top 5 Worst Trends

5) Neon (I buried this away with my big 80’s hair)
4) Chicks in menswear (‘boyfriend’ jeans = barf)
3) Plaid (Eddie Vedder called...)
2) John McCain T’s
1) Skinny jeans on boys

Top 5 Concerts

5) Foo Fighters
4) Jay Z @ Pemberton Festival
3) Citizen Cope
2) Madonna: Sticky & Sweet Tour
1) ACDC: Black Ice World Tour

Top 5 Comebacks

5) 90210 (although, no Dylan McKay = no likey pour moi)
4) New Kids on the Block (selling out stadiums world wide; who knew?)
3) Robert Downey Jr’s film career
2) The Clintons are back the White House (sort of)
1) Britney Spears (I have a soft spot in my heart for Brit Brit)

Top 5 Moments (that made us chuckle)

5) Evolution of Dance c/o YouTube
4) Jason Segel in Forgetting Sarah Marshall
3) Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s political parody on SNL
2) Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
1) Jizz In My Pants

Many of you have asked me ‘why possum?’ so I thought I’d come clean and admit this is something I picked up from my favorite Aussie comedian Dame Edna Everage (Barry Humphries).

Happy New Year possums! I look forward to blogging at you in 2009. xx