Well I've been doing this a year now. I'm not going to write anything special or meaningful about blogging because I wouldn't know what to write. I know this is the last time I'll point out any anniversary dates to anybody until, and if, I make it to the ten year mark. I'm not much for doing this kind of thing every year and it seems silly and a little ego-centric anyway. After all, it's a blog, nothing more. But I do want to send out a technorati firestorm of linking thanks for everyone who has commented here and made me feel welcome in the film blogosphere in this last year. Comments mean a lot to me here and in case you haven't noticed I enjoy responding to comments and carrying on conversations well past the point of the topic at hand. So without further ado, and in alphabetical order, I'd like to thank
Arbogast
Ali Arikan
Larry Aydlette
Jeremy B
Cool Beveridge
Bill
Campaspe
Dennis Cozzalio
Brian Doan
Mike Doc
Editor A
Jim Emerson
Marilyn Ferdinand
Flickhead
Patricia Fraser
Fox
Peet Gelderblom
Ed Hardy, jr
Mrs. Emma Peel
Dan Jensen
Kimberly Lindbergs
Ken Lowery
Marisa
Moviezzz
Lucas McNelly
Peter Nellhaus
Rick Olson
Sheila O'Malley
Mr. Peel
Ted Pigeon
Pat Piper
Nathanial R
Adam Ross
Rick Ryan
Neil Sarver
Matt Zoller Sietz
Bob Turnbull
Gautam Valluri
Hedwig van Driel
It's inevitable that I will forget someone as I'm doing this from memory so if I do, I apologize. And thanks to all the other film and pop culture bloggers who've never commented here but keep me interested in everything they write on their own blogs.
In two days I'm off for my annual adventure in Vermont. I'll have laptops handy but I suck at preparing posts in advance so for the rest of the week and into next week I'll mainly be doing more "Favorite Moments" video clips and photo scans for "Cinema Still Life." Actually, I do have a few written posts prepared but I want to be a part of the comment conversation so I'm not posting them until I get back on Tuesday. And for the video and picture posts that I have scheduled to go up I won't have the opportunity to comment back and forth on them like I normally do but don't let that stop you. I promise I'll respond, just not as quickly as normal.
I leave you with a look back at Cinema Styles' first year in banners. Several of the later ones are animated when on the blog but all I show in the slide show is the final frame of the animated banner so if you want to see any of them in all their glory just click on the "Animated Banners" button on the sidebar. And I recommend watching it on the high quality setting so it's not all blurry like. Of course, everyone here should know the music used, its composer and movie. Thanks again everyone!
