2006: Regrets

I think before anyone can make resolutions for a new year, you have to look back on the year that has just gone by and take a detailed account for the things you regret doing and not doing. This is my loose accounting for the year so I can do the whole resolution thing:

I regret going yet another season without trying to get into Veronica Mars. I mean, it is mystery, Lebowski references and a group of actors I have enjoyed watching in the past. What was I thinking.

I regret hyping Smith so much and bad-mouthing Ugly Betty before they premiered.

I regret missing Snakes on a Plane at the theatre. Is it a bad movie... apparently so, but it is the kind of movie that demands the kind of loud audience interaction that only a movie theatre can provide.

I regret heaping prerelease praise on My Super Ex-Girlfriend, and I am sorry to anyone that saw that particular film because of my entry.

I regret announcing that I would feature interviews and then only running one.

I regret not buying Bully when I had the chance... because now I can't find it and it will likely be 2007 when I first play it.

I regret that there was far less watching of grindhouse movies this year than I had anticipated.

I regret that I didn't write enough about books this year.

I regret that I have still not watched the 2nd and 3rd installments of the Lord of the Rings movies or any of the Harry Potter movies after the Philosopher's Stone.

I regret that I watched Dude, Where's My Car at least 4 times in that same period, and I know I will probably see it two more times before the above regret is rectified.

I regret that this list is so long.

Tags: regrets, super ex-girlfriend, grind house, harry potter, dude where's my car, lord of the rings, smith, ugly betty, veronica mars, snakes on a plane, big lebowski, bully