best of 2006...

[2006]
best not-a-planet: Pluto
best live musical: Into the Woods
best coast: West Coast
best leadership team: Team Poseidon Pete
best previously undiscovered talent: Go-Kart Racing
best cousin: Joel Maynard
best short-term roomies: Dani, Lily, and Rach
best birthday: Twenty-One
best book: Reading Lolita in Tehran [azar nafisi]
best end: The End [lemony snicket]
best memory: Summer Adventure Day
best city visited: New York City
best school: Summer School
best house: The Blue House
best new tradition: Monday Morning Campfire Breakfasts
best summer flick: Scoop
best other flick: Stranger Than Fiction
best bond: Casino Royale
best tv: The Office
best drink: Portland Water
best new tv: Heroes
best dance: Modern Dance
best coffee drink: Albina Press Latte
best shoes: Moccasins
best lost tradition: Bread Bowls at DJ's
best ballroom: Crystal Ballroom
best betsy: Betsy Maynard
best "the wake" activity: Bluegrass Night
best voice: Patrick
best non-awkward hug: Andrew
best awkward hug: JohnDavid
best waste of time: Myspace
best indulgence: Splash
best hall: Lower West
best new sport: Snowshoeing
best not-an-olympic-sport: Guitar Hero
best hat: Blue Anchor Hat
best falls: Bridal Veil Falls
best singing: Singing Harmony
best purchase: Plane Tickets to Europe
best pirating adventure: Night Kayaking
best hair: Abbie Maynard
best lake: Lake Ontario
best new title: Head RA
best laugh: Katie Holley
best couch: The Statehouse Couch
best stylist: Justin at Salon in Vogue
best foreign food: Indian
best style: Audree Heath
best new career given up: Dancer
best way: Hemingway
best jeans: The Magic Free Levi's
best technological indulgence: Skypecam
best ring: The Spoon Ring
best stationary: Korean Stationary with Bad English Translations
best museum: Cloisters
best class: Short Story Genre Study with Dr Somerville
best village: Greenwich Village
best life metaphor: A Sandwich
best game: Apples to Apples
best thursday: Last Thursday
best addiction: Books
best challenge: The Poetry Challenge
best starbucks: Fifteenth and Freemont
best farm: The Heath Ranch
best roadtrip: Memorial Day Trip with Joel [and our feet out the window]
best skirt: The ZaZen Birthday Skirt
best family: Mine
best theme song: Taking the Long Way - Dixie Chicks
best pet: Hermes the Lucky Bamboo
best shirt: The Rain Shirt
best trend: Hair Ribbons
best smile: A Cheesy Smile
best poet: Emily Dickinson
best brush: A Toothbrush
best reminder: Love is Different than You Think
best reunion: Intern Reunions [both of them]
best airport: PDX
best blues: Adam

That was my favorite year.