Today’s Rant No. 37: 2000s Edition

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rsonality. Laurie earned two Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild awards for this role. Despite House’s rude behavior and mean mouth, I would actually want to be his patient if he were a real doctor. Sure, I would probably have a headache after an appointment with him, but — hey — at least my health would be in good hands.</li><li>John Mayer has to be my favorite musical artist from the 2000s. I still have a CD of his 2006 “Continuum” album lying around my parents’ house. In fact, at the height of its popularity, I had taught myself to sing and play the piano accompaniments for two of its songs, “Waiting on the World to Change” and “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room.” “American Idol,” here I come!</li><li>As a life-long fan of the Golden State Warriors, I was naturally overjoyed when they reached the postseason in 2007. They had been one of the NBA’s worst teams for more than a decade so their playoff berth that season was a surprise. They went on to shock the sports world by defeating the top-ranked Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the postseason before losing to the Utah Jazz in the second round. Even though they felt short of a championship victory, they still managed to earn the respect of fans, critics, and opposing teams.</li><li>If “Crash” and “The Departed” are tied for my favorite film of the 2000s, then “No Country for Old Men” is my favorite comedy from that decade. Yes, “comedy.” While Javier Bardem is certainly a great actor and that movie is deserving of its four Oscar Awards, the acting and scenarios are comically over the top. C

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ome on — there is no way anyone could watch that film without laughing at least a few times.</li><li>I visited the eastern coast of the United States for the first time in 2007. After I graduated from college, my mom and I took a bus tour of New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Boston. We saw the Statue of Liberty, Philadelphia Mint, and countless other landmarks. But Niagara Falls was the highlight of the trip as it was the most beautiful piece of nature I had ever seen. I would definitely like to visit the east coast again and spend more time in each of those cities.</li><li>I begrudgingly joined Facebook in 2007. “Begrudgingly” because I had only used Myspace and AOL Instant Messenger up to that point and did not want more social media in my life. After all, how could anything top Myspace, the world’s greatest invention since Sega Genesis? But then some friends had wanted to send me pictures via Facebook — and they supposedly <i>only</i> had Facebook. Hence, I had no choice but to create a stupid Facebook account, a platform that I assumed would quickly become extinct. Guess Mark Zuckerberg got the last laugh on that one.</li><li>I had wanted to be a writer for as long as I could remember. Hence, I was proud when I landed my first writing job in 2009. Unfortunately, I was laid off only three months later when the recession struck the country. It would be 12 years before I would work as a professional writer again. This time, an online platform called Medium came knocking on my door — and the rest was history!</li></ul></article></body>

Today’s Rant No. 37: 2000s Edition

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The 2000s was a happy and prosperous era for me. I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I had been born and raised. I graduated from high school in the early part of the decade and then graduated from college toward the latter half. I did a fairly good job of adjusting to early adulthood and learning about how the real world operates.

The decade had started on a tragic note with terrorist attacks taking place at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. I was in high school at the time. I still recall sitting around a television with my fellow symphonic band mates and watching in horror as the events unfolded in real time. Even 22 years later, it saddens me to think about the nearly 3,000 innocent victims who were senselessly killed that day in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.

“24” is by far my favorite television show of the 2000s. “House” and “CSI” ranked second and third, respectively. “House” was a particularly underrated show that had been overshadowed by “ER” and “Grey’s Anatomy.” In it, Hugh Laurie plays the role of Dr. Gregory House, a renowned physician with a brilliant medical mind but also an obnoxious personality. Laurie earned two Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild awards for this role. Despite House’s rude behavior and mean mouth, I would actually want to be his patient if he were a real doctor. Sure, I would probably have a headache after an appointment with him, but — hey — at least my health would be in good hands.

John Mayer has to be my favorite musical artist from the 2000s. I still have a CD of his 2006 “Continuum” album lying around my parents’ house. In fact, at the height of its popularity, I had taught myself to sing and play the piano accompaniments for two of its songs, “Waiting on the World to Change” and “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room.” “American Idol,” here I come!

As a life-long fan of the Golden State Warriors, I was naturally overjoyed when they reached the postseason in 2007. They had been one of the NBA’s worst teams for more than a decade so their playoff berth that season was a surprise. They went on to shock the sports world by defeating the top-ranked Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the postseason before losing to the Utah Jazz in the second round. Even though they felt short of a championship victory, they still managed to earn the respect of fans, critics, and opposing teams.

If “Crash” and “The Departed” are tied for my favorite film of the 2000s, then “No Country for Old Men” is my favorite comedy from that decade. Yes, “comedy.” While Javier Bardem is certainly a great actor and that movie is deserving of its four Oscar Awards, the acting and scenarios are comically over the top. Come on — there is no way anyone could watch that film without laughing at least a few times.

I visited the eastern coast of the United States for the first time in 2007. After I graduated from college, my mom and I took a bus tour of New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Boston. We saw the Statue of Liberty, Philadelphia Mint, and countless other landmarks. But Niagara Falls was the highlight of the trip as it was the most beautiful piece of nature I had ever seen. I would definitely like to visit the east coast again and spend more time in each of those cities.

I begrudgingly joined Facebook in 2007. “Begrudgingly” because I had only used Myspace and AOL Instant Messenger up to that point and did not want more social media in my life. After all, how could anything top Myspace, the world’s greatest invention since Sega Genesis? But then some friends had wanted to send me pictures via Facebook — and they supposedly only had Facebook. Hence, I had no choice but to create a stupid Facebook account, a platform that I assumed would quickly become extinct. Guess Mark Zuckerberg got the last laugh on that one.

I had wanted to be a writer for as long as I could remember. Hence, I was proud when I landed my first writing job in 2009. Unfortunately, I was laid off only three months later when the recession struck the country. It would be 12 years before I would work as a professional writer again. This time, an online platform called Medium came knocking on my door — and the rest was history!