Top-five lists

Top 5 American Idol alumni
1. Carrie Underwood
2. Kelly Clarkson
3. Chris Daughtry
4. Matt Giraud
5. David Cook

Top 5 cities/towns I've spent time in
1. Seattle
2. Denver
3. Phoenix
4. Portland
5. Eugene
5a. Berkeley

Top 5 states I've been to
1. Colorado
2. Hawaii
3. Oregon
4. Washington
5. North Carolina

Top 5 things in my apartment
1. Bed
2. Laptop
3. Road bike
4. iPod
5. Keys to my car

Top 5 television series, non-reality edition
1. Burn Notice
2. How I Met Your Mother
3. The Office
4. Family Guy
5. Big Bang Theory

Top 5 television series, reality edition
1. Hell's Kitchen
2. Project Runway
3. Top Chef
4. Biggest Loser
5. American Idol

 

1. Standing Outside the Fire
2. Shameless
3. Ireland/The Cowboy Song (connected because they're my dad's favorite songs, so whenever I miss him, I listen to them)
4. Every Now and Then
5. Callin' Baton Rouge

1. New York State of Mind
2. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
3. Piano Man
4. The Longest Time
5. Tell Her About It

1. I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
2. My Father's Gun
3. Tiny Dancer
4. Crocodile Rock (high school memories)
5. Bennie and the Jets (guilty pleasure)

Top 5 musical numbers
1. La Vie Boheme from RENT
2. Blow, Gabriel, Blow from Anything Goes
3. Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again from Phantom of the Opera
4. I'm Not That Girl from Wicked
5. It Only Takes a Moment from Hello! Dolly
Honorable Mention: Knights of the Round Table/The Song that Goes Like This from Spamalot

 

Billy Joel:
1. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
2. She's Always A Woman To Me
3. Captain Jack
4. Keeping The Faith
5. She's Got A Way

 

Top 5 Power Pop Songs:

1.) "Cruel To Be Kind" - Nick Lowe
2.) "September Gurls" - Big Star
3.) "I Want You To Want Me" - Cheap Trick
4.) "I Wanna Be With You" - Raspberries
5.) "Everything You've Done Wrong" - Sloan

Top 5 Punk Albums:

1.) "London Calling" - The Clash
2.) "Raw Power" - The Stooges
3.) "Entertainment!" - Gang of Four
4.) "Sound Affects" - The Jam
5.) "What Makes a Man Start Fires?" - Minutemen

Top 5 Underrated Bands/Artists:

1.) Sloan
2.) Josh Rouse
3.) Thin Lizzy
4.) The Hollies
5.) Blur (at least in the U.S.)

 

"You've got a waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy of annoying me."

 

Top 5 reasons I'm awake right now:
1. Went to bed too early
2. Allergies are bothering me
3. Windows are up
4. Cat demanded attention
5. I feel gross in general

 

1. I let my battery die while working out outdoors after work
2. It took me two and a half hours to realize I could call AAA
3. I'm an idiot
4. I'm an idiot
5. I'm an idiot

 

Top 5 cities I've been to
1. Las Vegas
2. Miami
3. Nashville
4. New York
5. Dallas

Top 5 reasons I hate the state of Alabama
1. Alabama football
2. Auburn football
3. Alabama football
4. Auburn football
5. Alabama football

Top 5 TV shows of all time
1. King of Queens
2. Rescue Me
3. Married with Children
4. Sanford and Son
5. Seinfeld

Top 5 things I did this weekend
1. Sundress Sillies party Friday night.
2. Nats season ticket holder event Saturday.
3. Dinner (the best ziti ever) and the Skins game at Lorelli's house Saturday.
4. Violently waking up my buddy, who was asleep in his jeep in the bar parking lot Saturday morning.
5. Discovered a kick-ass taco place about a mile from my house Sunday.

 

Holy crap.

I hope you and I aren't the only ones who remember that movie. Damn.

 

Top 5 most significant dates of the 20th century:
1. Aug. 6, 1945
2. July 20, 1969
3. June 28, 1914
4. Sept. 1, 1939
5. Nov. 22, 1963


Top 5 most significant dates in baseball history:
1. April 15, 1947
2. Jan. 5, 1920
3. Sept. 28, 1920
4. April 8, 1974
5. June 14, 1870