Best Of Things 2007 Continued!

Continuing what I started last week, here's more 'Best Things' of 2007! Let's dive right in, preferably head first, especially with that "No Diving" sign nearby.

Best Drinking/Socializing Event (Multiple Days): COCA 2007 in Niagara Falls (June 11-16)

How can I best describe COCA (Canadian Organization of Campus Activities) 2007? Uh, blurry I guess. This year's conference (my second now), was 5 days chock-full of amazing musical artists, phenomenal sights and sounds, and sexy delegates, which may or may not have included me. Which would lend one to believe that the conference was low on looks. In any case, I would like to give a huge shout-out to Team Alberta, who stuck by each other's side while in godless Ontario. Like pilgrims in an unholy land. Big 'what-ups' to the cool people of Ontario, but only because they came from the west (that's you Christa). All in all, a very memorable time, summed up quite nicely by this:


Honorable Mention: Reading Week in Las Vegas (Feb 19-23), Houseboating in BC(Aug 26-30), Mitchapalooza (Aug 31-Sep 3).

Best Drinking/Socializing Event (Single Day): Bike 'N Wipes (August 18)

Multiple and fancy hats off to my compatriot Greg for organizing this event, comprising of 18 crazy fools and one small Alberta town. The idea was simple: take an ordinary pubcrawl and make it extraordinary, simply by choosing the bars in Bentley, Alberta, and making our transportation to the bars childrens tricycles and bicycles. The result? Unbridled hilarity the likes that have not been seen by these eyes. Camping in the abandoned lot. Big Daddy's and its hard-on for diamond-plating. The bag of tomatoes at the hotel bar. Dick Damron. The list of memories is endless. Here's a snapshot of the hilarity:


Honorable Mention: Too many to mention. Every other weekend, I suppose.

Best Youtube Video Find of 2007: Malibu.

Speaks for itself. Done. Next.

Honorable Mention: Anything with Demetri Martin, The H Is O.

Best Internet Comedy Find of 2007: Brad Neely (Super Deluxe)

In an era where sometimes "comedy" is passed of as a banal, moronic half-hour sitcom called "Back To You", at least for those of us still hurting from the cancellation of Arrested Development (I know it's been two years - it still fucking hurts!), there's Brad Neely. Nothing is sacred, and nothing should be. Nothing is low-brow, and nothing should be. Brad Neely is the little voice inside all of us that says crazy things, and makes up crazy words just for the fun of it. Except they're not entirely crazy: they're crazy awesome, with a hint of radical sauce. Example:

Honorable Mentions: Clark and Michael. And I guess "The Landlord" was pretty funny.

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