my best of 2008 (and yes, i know it's a month early)

*Note that some of these I discovered in 2008, even though they may have come out beforehand.

Best Movie: Twilight
Best Album: Flavors of Entanglement, Alanis Morissette
Best New TV Show: True Blood
Best Book: We Disappear, Scott Heim
Best New Website: The Myers House - North Carolina: The Boogeyman's Home Away from Home (www.myershousenc.com)
Best New Shoes: Iron Maiden (Eddie!), Vans
Best Documentary: Planet Earth
Best B-Sides Project: Orphans, Charlotte Martin
Best New Musical Artist I've Discovered (a tie): A Fine Frenzy & Bat for Lashes
Best Video I've Seen: A&E, Goldfrapp
Best Play: Equus
Best Visual Artist: Nicole Linde (of Brittlestar -- www.nicolelinde.com)
Best News: We get to have Obama as our president
Best Breakfast Experience: The Lilly Pad Tree House, with Sandy Lilly
Best Revamped Website: Fangoria (www.fangoriaonline.com)
Best DVD Release: Friday the 13th: The Series, Season One
Best Surprise: Learning there's a "mannequin dump" somewhere near here, for those thought not-good-enough (can't wait to go there with Glenn)
Best Sports Experience: Watching Friday Night Lights, and actually liking football while devouring each episode
Best Remodeled Restaurant: McMenamin's Kennedy School opening up their very-cool basement, now called the Boiler Room
Best New Drink I've Tried: Ginger Beer
Best Memoir: Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Name I've Heard: Darwin Otto
Best Piece of Shallow Pop Culture News: Shannen Doherty returning to 90210
Best Use of the Buck Brothers' Names: Gossip Girl having a Nate, Jordan, and Aaron
Best Use of a Madonna Song: Ugly Betty's Season Two Finale
Best Reason to Cry Blood: To end up on my arm as part of a tattoo