twothousand&nine

1. The Dark Knight (c’mon. no contest, right) 

2. Wall-E (one of my all time favorites)

3. Bella (touched my heart)

4. Daywatch / Nightwatch (killer russian movie trilogy)

5. 45 days: Demon Hunter documentary (raised the bar for how i’ll view music documentaries)

1. 30 Rock (best script, characters, quotes…)

2. Flight of the Concords (i may have gotten in late, but murray is incredible!)

3. Heroes (totally redeeming season) / LOST (i got hooked and watched all 4 seasons in 2 weeks. thanks JOSH!)

4. The Office (jim and pam! woo hoo!!!)

5. South Park (my dad and i have fallen in love with it)

6. Whale Wars (glad some people are out doing some good)

1. Emotionalism - The Avett Brothers

1. Lost Broken Bones - Useless I.D.

2. The Feel Good Record of the Year - No Use for a Name

3. Appeal to Reason - Rise Against

4. Alchemy Index - Air&Earth - Thrice

5. The End is Not the End - House of Heroes

6. Agony & Irony - Alkaline Trio

7. Re-arrange Us - Mates of State

8. The Bird and the B-Sides - Relient K

9. Self titled - Children 18:3

10. New Surrender - Anberlin

(that’s right…2 number ones. deal with it)

1. Graduated college!!!! (after 8 years right!?!?!)

1. 6 page spread in AP magazine

2. first photos published in AP issue prior to spread

3. shooting my first full record layout (coming in march 09!!!!)

4. meeting people at shows who have been inspired by what i am blessed to do

5. going on tour with some of my all time favorite bands (and my absolute all time favorite, MxPx)

6. starting a non-profit group with close friends

- first tour this fall with mxpx

- meeting Tom Wilson (back to the future/freaks and geeks) and doing the whole Leno show

- shooting photos in Madison Square Garden (not once but TWICE!)

- going to new york for my first time ever

- non-profit trip to South Africa with These Numbers Have Faces

- having my first Nephew (thanks jor!!!)

- graduating college suckas!

- the marriage of great friends Josh and Kate Zegan

- got a business permit making “Jered Scott Photography” actually legit

- playing soccer with the special needs kids in Gug’s on the South Africa trip (i’ll NEVER forget that day)

- ate sushi for the first time with Gabe and Goodie Two Sleeves crew in Las Vegas

in the past year i have done things i never dreamed i’d do or experience. i was around my passion for art and music more than i have been in my lifetime. i was honored to meet and share life with incredible people from around the world. people who tour, make tours happen, teach, study, play soccer, give of themselves, create, sacrifice, make people laugh, make us remember our pasts, people who have taught me to truly appreciate what i have.

what i have are incredible friends. people who encourage and inspire me daily. reasons for me to get up and take on new days. reasons for me to work harder, do more and do it better. i have an amazing family. a sister who shows me what patience and love look like. grandparents who constantly give any and all they have. a mother who serves and serves and serves and….and a father who inspires me to new heights. who pushes me as a son, a friend, a follower. i have the support of these people, as well as those i only know through technology. “fans”, friends, enthusiasts, whatever you call them…i call them friends, and their comments and love for what i have been able to do this last year is incredible and i am undeserving. lastly but not least, i have an incredible Lord and Savior who has placed a call on my life. a call to serve, a call to minister, a call to love. daily i am given opportunities to interact with His children, and i count each as a blessing. 

thanks for a special year. cheers to you. and here’s to making 2009 that much more!

God Bless each of you. i hope 2009 brings more of you into my days, and allows me to spend more time with those of you i already know. you’re a blessing to my life. thanks for walking through it with me.

special thanks to my friends in/at:

MxPx (and crew), The Rocket Summer (and crew), Relient K (and crew), goodie two sleeves, these numbers have faces, inklings.tv, ephraim clothing, mediakamp, p is for panda, red dot studios, dizmas, house of heroes, tat, AP magazine, tooth and nail records, inthenow weddings, rock harbor, and failblog!