Caught in the Carousel's Year's Best for 2008
Yvonne Prinz
Author, The Clare Series
CITC Regular Contributor
(www.stillthereclare.com, www.myspace.com/stillthereclare)

1. Best New World Leader: Barack Obama
2. Best Political Joke: Sarah Palin (Glasses don't make you smart)
3. Best movie: The Fall
4. Best Foreign Film: I've Loved You So Long
5. Best soundtrack: Vicki Christina Barcelona
6. Best New Food Trend: "Mona Vie" (Fruit juice that costs more than a good bottle of Chardonnay? Count me in!)
7. Best Order From TV Item: The Ab Rocket (Makes crunches super-easy by, um.doing them for you. Operators are standing by).
8. Best CD: Teddy Thompson, A Piece Of What You Need (I know, right?)
9. Best TV Series: Mad Men (We've come a long way, baby)
10. Best News Program: The Rachel Maddow Show. (I mean, I'm not gay but...I heart HER!)
11. Best Attention-Getting Hollywood Rehab Moment: David Duchovny announcing his sex addiction (Duh!)
12. Best Movie To Abandon 45 Minutes In: Synecdoche, NY
13. Best Movie To Skip: Pineapple Express (YES, I went, okay? I did not stay, however).
14. Best Vampire TV Series To Ridicule: True Blood (Come on, this is too easy).
15 Best Vampire Movie To Ridicule: Twilight (What is it with young girls and vampires, anyway? What happened to horses?)
16. Best New Way To Lose Your Money: Put it in a bank.
17. Best Book: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (I saw it first, Oprah!)
18. Best Hollywood Breakup: David Duchovny and his wife, Tia Leone.
19. Best Comedy Special: Chris Rock (HBO)
20. Best Way To Spend New Years: Take your 401K to Vegas.
