Retrospecticus, Part Three

In past end-of-the-year posts, I've listed most popular posts or most favorite posts. This year, I'm listing the best of various kinds of posts, each neatly categorized for your archive-scouring pleasure.

Movie- and TV-related:

• "Caught in a Celluloid Jam," in which the little sisters of 90s scream queens follow in bloodcaked footsteps
• "What the Fuck Is Wrong With Gail Simmons?" in which I think too much about Top Chef
• "Protagonist Does Not Actually Work in a Factory," my review of Factory Girl
• "Gruesome Friday," my review of Grindhouse
• "Death Comes for the Blonde," a retrospective of dead blondes in film and TV
• "Holy Smoke," my review of the tragically terrible schlock movie Evilspeak
• "Rhapsody in Yellow," my look at The Simpsons and The Simpsons Movie
• "A Fistful of Quarters," my review of King of Kong
• "Pop Culture Meltdown," my review of Southland Tales
  

Video game-related:

• "Not Quite the World Warrior," in which Street Fighter II names change for the better from Japan to the United States
• "Penguin Kun Wars," in which I curse the Japanese and their strange video games
• "The Virgin With Green Hair," in which I overthink how Japanese people see Greek mythology
• "Vagina Dentata in the Mushroom Kingdom"
• "Orudo Hikori," where I try to understand why Andrew Jackson fights samurai
  

Name-related:

• "Out-of-the-Ordinary Toast," which concerns the myriad names for the egg-in-a-nest
• "Naming Conventions in 'Arrested Development,'" where I try to explain Bob Loblaw
• "The Dust Little Mermain," in which I make connections that should not be between Disneyana and Futurama
• "Whatever Happened to Space Xena?" ponders our former, would-be pseudo planet
  

Posts about miscellaneous curiosities:

• "Sa-Yemen," in which a man thinks my friend Sanam is his former daughter
• "Kaipo Special in Electric Blue," in which I look at the strangeness that is blue raspberry
• "Belated Christmas Present From Sanam," in which I explain the difference between anteaters and aardvarks
• "Little House on the Kanto Plains," in which I marvel at the fact that an anime adaptation of Little House on the Prairie exists
• "LampSex: A Story Told in Nine Paragraphs"
  

Music-related:

• "Gloria's Allegedly Strange Personal Life," in which I look too closely at Laura Branigan's hit
• "Phaedra Is My Name," in which I try to make sense of "Some Velvet Morning"
• "Tales from the Coachella Photo Pit"
• "When Frank Black Talks, You Listen, Dammit," my review of a Frank Black/Black Francis show in Santa Barbara
  

Word-related:

• "The Etymology Round-Up, Part Three," in which exclamation points look like vaginas
• "Fucking the Subjunctive," which tries to explain why "fuck you" is worse than you think
• "Man Waitress and Male Aviatrix," or why English is just so hateful
• "Spice and Exclamation," in which people get way too excited about garlic
  

Drew-related:

• "Where the Sidewalk Ends," in which a war protest almost goes too far
• "A Pick-Up Truck and the Devil's Eyes," in which I resemble various celebrities
• "Golden Hour on the Miracle Mile," from when I couldn't decide whether to hate L.A.
• "Sex Flowers," otherwise known as Santa Barbara Orchid Show orchids
• "My Elastic Eye," in which unnatural colors ooze from my faceholes
• "Small Feet, Big Steps," on taking a dog to the beach
• "The Nine Faces of Drew"
• "Since U Put UR Finger Up My Nose," in which I am nasally assaulted at a bar
• "The Last Four Days, in Cell Phone Pictures"
• "Two Strange Dreams About Dogs"
• "Unseen California" and "Minor Earth Major Sky," both about my train trip
• "Upon Finding a Photo in the Kitchen Drawer"