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I am not terribly good at making decisions, nor do I make them swiftly; I've turned second guessing into something of an art form. List making season (which for me kicks off sometime around Thanksgiving and lasts until February) is when my second guess faculty kicks into its highest gear; the other day I even caught myself thinking that maybe I should reconsider Radiohead's claim to the top spot. That idea lasted for all of eight and a half seconds because I remembered that In Rainbows is, of course, absolutely brilliant (Thank God for that, too. If I had to go through the business of picking a top ten without such a clear choice for number one, you wouldn't be seeing my list until April at the earliest). What I've been agonizing over for the past few months isn't a top ten, it's the next best nine. And for the past several weeks I've been stuck.

I don't spend much time at all on school work; papers of mine never see more than one draft. For my year in review blog posts (which will be read by a maximum of 6 other people, and that's being generous) I'm on to my third or fourth draft. Meanwhile, songs and albums have bounced back and forth in my head (and out of my speakers and headphones) as I've tried to sort out the ten best albums and tracks from the past year.

Lately, my 2007 focus has been on my third annual year-rehashing mix that I give to any interested friends (so perhaps two or three people; again, I'm being generous. If you'd like in that exclusive club, let me know). With the mix finally completed and out of the way it's on to finalizing the lists. Honestly, I just want to be done with this stuff. As a music fan with a half-hearted attempt at a music blog, I feel kind of obligated to make a top ten but, seriously, Dan got me a Band of Horses album and the Pearl Jam Live at the Gorge boxed set, and I'd really like to listen to them. Problem is, they're not from 2007, so they've taken a back seat (I did, however, allow myself to listen to The Black Album the other day. Yes, I feel a little guilty about this).

If you're wondering whether I'm actually getting to a list in this post, the answer is "no." If you're wondering what the point of this post is, the answer can be found somewhere between "there's none, really" and "to say that the lists are forthcoming, and soon." I'd write more now, but that would be wasting valuable list-finalizing time. See you back here again soon, next time with some lists.


[One last note: If you think that year in review lists are overdone, gimmicky, and altogether serve no purpose other than providing a conversation starter (sometimes) and an ego inflater for the author (almost always), I'm with you. Thing is, I'm a sucker for overdone gimmicky lists, so here we are.]