David Hopkins - Comic Book Writer and Essayist

Yesterday, I vegged in front of our TV and watched the Twilight Zone marathon on Sci-Fi channel. Probably not the most productive way to start 2005, but hey, New Year's Eve wore me out. I needed some veg time.

Today has been far more productive. I actually some got work done on my Jack Ruby script and wrote a few pages for the third issue of my *currently unannounced project*.

2004 was a good year. It will always be remembered as the year we moved into our house and the year Kennedy was born (May 11th). Other memorable events include:

* self-publishing my own mini-comic
* hosting and producing Fanboy Radio's The Indie Show
* successfully completing the 24 Hour Comic Book
* getting four different short stories published
* Becoming deliriously sick on the first night of the San Diego Comic Con
* Bush re-elected, Hopkins household spirals into a deep depression
* Melissa hired as manager at Fast Forward Skate Shop

Other events for the Monkey year:

* Saw Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind three times in the theatre
* dEUS announces a new album and possible U.S. tour for 2005, and release the single "If You Don't Get What You Want"
* The Buffy Marathon! Melissa and I watch seasons 1-7 on DVD.

Favorite comic books in 2004:

* DC The New Frontier
* Autobiographix
* Street Angel
* Daisy Kutter: The Last Train
* Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
* Dead@17: Blood of Saints
* Invincible

Favorite TV shows in 2004:

* Scrubs
* CSI
* Freaks and Geeks (on DVD)
* Degrassi: Next Generation
* Arrested Development
* The Office

Favorite movies I watched in 2004:

* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (as already mentioned)
* Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
* The Incredibles
* Dummy
* Spiderman 2
* Matchstick Men
* Catch Me If You Can

Favorite food for 2004:

* Pineapple Chicken Curry from Bangkok City (once again)

Favorite music for 2004:

Not to be too pessimistic, but very little excited me this year with music. If anything, I rediscovered artists who I had never paid much attention to before. For instance, I really like The Who, despite my aversion to power rock operas. I also found a love for the meloncoly ballads of Nick Drake and 1960's surf guitar. Beyond that, here are my favorites (all available on iTunes, check them out).

* Rasputina's version of "Rock'n'Roll"
* Polyphonic Spree's album "Together We're Heavy"
* The Raveonettes
* Rilo Kiley's album "More Adventurous"
* William Shatner's version of "Common People"
* Soundtrack for Garden State