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- OK, its getting to that time of the year again. End of year survey time!!!
1. What was the furthest from home you traveled during 2011?
uh. A used game shop on the edge of town.
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- 2. What was the best place you visited?
That used game shop on the edge of town.
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- 3. What was the most pleasantly surprising place you went?
That used game shop on the edge of town when I saw many things for sale that I needed to get that I didn't think would be there.
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- 4. What place was the biggest disappointment?
The other game shop near me, where I found after I ordered 4 Christmas presents that I couldn't find before, all of them were now there a week after I checked last time for much less than I had just payed.
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- 5. What was the best book you read this year?
Chris Jericho's new book.
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- 6. What was the best TV series you watched this year?
I havn't watched much TV, but the new 2011 return of Beavis and Butt-Head was exceptional, every bit as fresh and hilarious satire of our devolving culture as it was then. It's a completely different era now than it was in the mid 90's, and somehow the show is just as socially relevant and goddamned funny as ever.
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- 7. What was the TV series which you were most pleasantly surprised by?
At the (quite brave) risk of being laughed at, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a surprisingly amazing complete re-invention of an admittedly terribly stupid overly girly franchise from the 80's.
As an animated series goes, it is helmed by the same minds that made The Powerpuff Girls in the late 90's a hilarious, clever, witty and surprisingly accessible-past-it's-basic-demographic show that is both exceptionally clever and fun, and couldn't be better for that.
...although I do admit that it is
still hard to not feel silly when saying the franchise title with a straight face.
But I stand by that it's rare to see what used to be such purile marketing drivel a decade ago, be imbued with such charm and personality, now. This show is, and it's a great surprise.
....seriously, don't laugh at me. >_>
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- 8. What was the worst thing you saw on TV?
Hard to say. I've usually managed to avoid seeing shit (like TNA for example) that I already know I won't like before seeing it. But I actually did give that new Power Rangers Samurai show a watch for a few episodes. It was horribly awful. I was drawn in by nostalgia alone for a show I once watched the first 3 seasons of as a tyke. Then I realized just how terrible the new actors are, how awful the new scripts are, and how piss-poor the take on the adaption was. (Seen some of the original japanese, and besides not understanding a word of it, it appeared so much more genuine than the US version is.
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- 9. What news event shocked you the most this year?
I was shocked by just how out of hand this ridiculous "occupy wall street" bullshit got in such a short amount of time. Much like most of anything else politically charged that came out of 2011, it was just another thing that only succeeds in making most people on both side of the "debate" look like idiots.
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- 10. What was the best live performance you saw this year (music or any other kind)
Really havn't watched or been to any.
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- 11. What was the best movie you saw this year at the cinema?
Honestly, this year has been a pretty pathetic year for movies. Barely anything notable or even worth mentioning was released all year. I struggled to find at least 2 films I could say were good that I even bothered to see. That would be Cars 2 and The Muppets. I'll probably put the latter just slightly over the former.
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- 12. What was the best movie you saw this year on DVD/BR/DL
To be honest, I had to look up what movies even came OUT on DVD this year, to even remember any. I can't think of any based on the list I saw. So all I can say is just various past movies that I've liked and some shows on DVD season sets.
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- 12. What movie exceeded your expectations most this year?
I was hoping The Muppets would, at least, be a decent film to return the characters with. I was happy to see the movie was not only an incredible film, but the third best Muppet film.
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- 13. What movie most failed to live up to the hype?
The Thing 2011. A monumental piece of absolute fucking shit and a horrible blemishing embarrassment on the legacy of the amazing, previous John Carpenter film.
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- 14. What was the most expensive thing you bought this year?
This replacement laptop.
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- 15. Best gadget of the year?
Sorry, don't tend to buy these.
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- 16. Biggest waste of money this year?
The previous laptop that fucked up on me after spending over 9 months paying $140 a month for it, just to lead me to spend $500 to get one that works again after suffering a terrible hard drive loss, leading me to just waste all the money I put into that laptop previously for nothing.
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- 17. Best video game of the year?
I have to honestly say.... and you knew this was coming... WWE '12. Arkham City and Sonic Generations being close 2nd places.
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- 18. Best food you ate this year?
This gigantic, beautifully cooked, $9 full pound Cheeseburger from a local restaurant that were making giant well-done steak burgers with home-made steak sauce to go with it. Absolutely wonderful, and I consider myself a big cheeseburger fan.
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- 19. Best night out you had this year?
I never go anywhere interesting or out of the ordinary that isn't the same old irritating, boring, standard grind. So I guess this doesn't apply, because I don't really go anywhere interesting or do anything worth mentioning with my life, tbh.
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- 20. Thing you are looking forward to most in 2012?
Maybe WWE '13. Maybe The Dark Knight Rises, perhaps. Although I don't think at ALL that it's going to happen, if the end of the world just happens to occur as was sloppily predicted by a bunch of nuts... I'd honestly be all for that. A little 'pocalypse never hurt nobody.
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- 21. Thing you are looking forward to least in 2012?
The year 2012.