Rule29’s Top 29 of 2010

As 2010 is drawing to an end it’s our tradition to look back (see 2009, 2008, 2007) on the year and compile the loved (or dreaded!) “list”….so here it is:

1. Haiti Earthquake on January 12
2. South Africa hosted the World Cup and we were all introduced to the Vuvuzela
3. Eminem released his first clean & sober album Recovery and we think its his best
4. Jay Leno takes The Tonight Show back from Conan #lame
5. The year of great animated movies- Toy Story 3, How to Train Your Dragon & Shrek Forever After
6. Mark Zuckerberg gives $100 million to New Jersey schools and named ”Person of the Year” by Time Magazine, not to mention the popular Facebook movie told the story of his success
7. We lost some famous or infamous people including Alexander McQueen, Barbara Billingsley, Corey Haim, Dennis Hopper & George Steinbrenner
8. Mariah Carey releases her 2nd Christmas album coincidentally with the death of the last fish in our tank, Mariah Carey.
9. Life In Abundance helped 238 street kids graduate from the street children program in Africa, never to return to live in the slums again
10. Rule29 films its second documentary focusing on poverty in Nairobi, Kenya
11. iPad is released!
12. New Gap logo, major fail
13. Republicans sweep
14. Arsenic life form discovered
15. Tim @timmit launches Just For Kicks
16. Unfortunately the Cubs didn’t make it to the post season… again, BUT Kerry Wood is back with the Cubs
17. We won’t hear the passionate Ron Santo over the radio waves anymore
18. Icelandic Volcano Halts Worldwide travel
19. Blago Trial, ”Blago was bleepin’ golden”
20. R29 discovered that you can propel yourself in a roller chair with 2 fire extinguishers
21. Devin Hester helps the Bears win the NFC North,and just so happened to break the kick return record for touchdowns
22. The “Bed Intruder” song featuring YouTube sensation Antoine Dodson hits the top plays of the year.
23. Justin speaks on behalf of R29 at the How Conference in Colorado, on the topic of Life Kerning
24. Mel Gibson… another baby and racist rant
25. Shania has a few Exs
26. iPhone 4 released to mixed reviews
27. LOST finally ends…
28. The oil spill in the Gulf…who to blame? BP or Halliburton??
29. Rule29 celebrates 10 years of Making Creative Matter with a redesign of the R29 website, Making Creative Matter blog, and Creative Matters newsletter

What’s on your list?