Wednesday, January 02, 2008

The LLF Best Of Awards 2007!

I've been waiting for this moment for a long time, since this is my first full year of blogging. In lack of color scheme, and in lack of a great name for these awards, I will go ahead and announce my 2007 awards for the best first time experience of a movie, book, restaurant, and the best life experiences.

First, some stats. I watched a whopping 47 movies - almost 1 per week. And I read 32 books - about one every two weeks. Both of these are definitely personal records.

Best movie:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Runner-up:
Ocean's 13 (2007)
2nd runner-up:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Honorable Mention 1:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Honorable Mention 2:
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Honorable Mention 3:
Casablanca (1942)

Best book: Ted Dekker trilogy - Red/White/Black
Runner-up: Leadership, by Rudolph Giuliani
2nd runner-up: Men In Black - How the Supreme Court is Destroying America, by Mark Levin
Honorable Mention 1: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Steven Covey
Honorable Mention 2: A Painted House, by John Grisham
Honorable Mention 3: The Crucified God, by Jurgen Moltmann


Best Life Happening: Debt Free BBQ
Runner-up: Elton John show/Sprint Center Grand Opening
2nd runner-up: Dave Ramsey Live Event
Honorable Mention 1: South Carolina trip
Honorable Mention 2: Wichita/Oklahoma City Trip
Honorable Mention 3: St Louis trip


Best Restaurant: Thai Tradition (Wichita)
Runner-up: Houston's
2nd runner-up: A Taste of China
Honorable Mention 1: St. Andrews Golf Club
Honorable Mention 2: Zaxby's (East Coast)
Honorable Mention 3:
Aloha Chopstix

1 comment:

  1. wow--i am so impressed that you saw that many movies/read that many books! that's great! (do it now while you can!!) and it's great that your fave restaurant is here in Ta-town!!

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