My most adored tv series this year

This year I held allegiance to a tenet:"Whenever in shambles and downright vacillated undergo a formative process of reading(which I did and read some 10 novels in summer) or become apathetic and engage in a sitcom or a drama tv series no matter how dilatory the consequences may be".Although I had originally planned out a more balanced approach to the latter,to watch an episode a day,but it became increasingly difficult to resist,resulting in procrastination and sloppy schedules.Most of the sitcoms I watched this year were highly entertaining in different ways.For the drama series,Lost was awesome as usual with season 5 but Prison Break's final season was a major let down.It was unnecessarily dragged and clearly subdued the alacrity with which I had anticipated its release considering the amazing first 3 seasons.

1.How I Met Your Mother-

The sensuous actress second from the right,that's Jacoba Francisca Maria Smulders.She's a Canadian actress playing the riveting,mellow and graceful character of Robin Scherbatsky.Initially she was the only reason I got hooked on to this show and in fact she still is but Niel Patrick Harris's(first from left) extolling portrayal of the debonair,brazen womanizer with his memorable repartees turned out to be the surprise element.He was even nominated for an Emmy award.Truly Legendary.

2.The Office-

I have never seen the U.K. version but the U.S one is genuinely hilarious.Its a mockumetary comedy series with a camera crew following the quotidian issues and activities of the Scranton branch of the paper sales company,Dunder Mifflin.My favorite character from the ensemble cast is unequivocally Steve Carrel(centre),truly proficient in his enactment of an importunately buoyant and capricious branch manager,Michael Scott.It ruined my 5th sem and will surely reverberate next year too.

3.Lost-The inordinately captivating mystery continued with season 5.After season 3 it felt as if the writers are unduly dragging the plot and going into hyperbole but the unprecedented turn of events of season 4 led the foundation for the best season of the series.The survivors left on the island face an eventful predicament of time travel resulting in dire consequences,complementing the clarion call for the ones who came back.The ethereal mysticism is quite prevalent in the whole season ending at a vitally crucial juncture mounting the excitement and ardor for the final season.The doyen enactment of the intriguing and intransigent character of John Locke by Terry O'Quinn juxtaposed with the adroit handling of the canny and immensely shrewd Ben Linus by Michael Emerson kept me enticed into the volatile storyline.

4.Scrubs-
Capturing the lives of several employees of the hospital,Sacred Heart it always tends to creates a jocular and lively ambiance with myriad satires and puns centred mainly on mishaps and awkward snags.I watched 7 seasons in one go but found initial ones much better.Zach Braff(centre) truly fits the part of the main character and narrator,John Michael Dorian or J.D showcasing his talent with elan but the showstopper is undoubtedly John C.McGinley(second from right) as the vociferous and belligerent Dr Cox.

My most played songs this year

This year I entailed my musical jaunts with alternative rock,progressive metal and some folk rock,genres that produced an overhaul in the kind of music I had been wont to all this while.During my 2hr travel to college via bus and metro,those sporadic breaks during end sem preparations and when I used to reach my saturation point becoming apathetic to almost everything,these songs helped while away the time,sometimes getting me back on track or making me more indolent maintaining the status quo.

1.Hard Sun

This song from Into the Wild(soundtrack),the first solo studio album from Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Vedder,is a marvelous composition.It is the song that marks the beginning of Chris McCandless's long and eventful journey in the movie.I think I can associate feelings of surreal transgression with this song partly because of its indelible guitars and amazing vocals and how aptly it was related to the story.I often pondered over the deep meaning of its lyrics but ended up enjoying the track with my own nebulous conclusions.

2.Scene Six:Home

From the brilliantly imaginative album,Metropolis 2: Scenes from a Memory by Dreamtheater,this is progressive metal to the hilt.An ominous start with a mix of various random sounds streamlined with a haunting guitar solo,it attains momentum with an abrupt distortion transforming into a spectacular composition which makes one undergo a trance experience of sorts,consumed by the forlorn feelings expressed by the lyrics and the spellbinding guitar solos.

3.Black

My 2nd favorite track from the album,Ten by Pearl Jam,first being "Jeremy".This a truly heart-rending song with lyrics of depth sung impeccably and passionately by Eddie Vedder.It was an instant addiction,heard it almost 5 times daily for a week or more,cant really say.Although it has a poignant feel,but its easily the perfect and most suitable song for such situations.They are simply my most revered lyrics this year:
"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky, but why, why, why
Can't it be, can't it be mine"

4.Lift

A remarkable rendition from the album,Signs of life by Poets of the Fall.I have been listening to this song since last year and it still hasn't lost its charm.It was a fad then and it still appeals to me now.It always tends to take me into a utopian ambiance,into an alternate world out of confusion into seamless processes with clarity and emotional satiety.

5.Rooster

An incredible song from the album Dirt by Alice in Chains.From a sluggish start to a sprightly progression it makes me frivolous time and again.It became a fetish in my recently concluded end sem and has the potential for the coming ones as well.

6.The day the whole world went away
Originally composed by Nine Inch Nails but remixed for Terminator Salvation's theatrical trailer,this songs is clearly the most apposite to reflect upon the dystopian conditions after the nuclear holocaust,the irrecoverable losses and the consequential wretched outlook.