In no particular order...

Stephen Lin, Editor in Chief
Best Album: Kay Hanley Cherry Marmalade
Best Movie: Spider-Man
Best New Website: www.newmoanyeah.com

Johanathan Mason, JapaNerd Staff Writer
Best Album: E.S. Posthumus Unearthed
Best Movie: Spider-Man
Best Random Thing: T-Shirts with nerd icons on them.

Kenny Hamshaw, Caucassianal Staff Writer
Best Album: Prince One Night Alone... Live!
Best Movie: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Embarassing Moment: Flirting with a cute girl. Then realizing afterwards that my fly was down, i had broccoli in my teeth, and i was wearing my "Purple Rain" t-shirt on. No wonder she was smiling.

Manolo Moreno, A Non-Ukranian Staff Writer
Best Album: The Walkmen Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone
Best Movie: 13 Conversations About One Thing
Best Place to Compose Gameboy Music: On the toilet.

Missie Horal, Scattagoric Staff Writer
Best Album: Dave Matthews Band Busted Stuff
Best Movie: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Accessorie: Red Gaming Fez - "I am invincible!"

Jay Mastaitis, Tastes-Like-Burning Staff Writer
Best Album: Bruce Springsteen The Rising
Best Movie: Minority Report (although that might change once I've seen Adaptation)
Best TV Commercial That Makes No Sense: The VW Convertible ad with the guy in the office building. What's up with that? The tune is catchy, though.

Kerri Skarfe, Other Worldly Staff Writer
Best Album: Rush Vapor Trails
Best Movie: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Person I'll Miss Most: Glenn Quinn, 1970-2002. I guess I really have to say good-bye now, Doyle.

Doug Mahoney, I-Like-Bungle Editor
Best Album: Ween Live at Stubbs - very brown
Best Movie: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (duh)
Best last minute, down to the wire, ebay victory of 2002: When I won The Realm: Book One out of the hands of repoman10001 for a cool $11.50 with just moments remaining on the ticker.

Lori Shea, Smoof Like Butta(fly)
Best Album: Counting Crows Hard Candy
Best Movie: Adaptation
Cutest Band-Aids of 2002: Harry Potter Band-Aids

Janet Choi, Sweet & Sour Editor
Best Album: Beth Orton Daybreaker
Best Movie: anything but The Ring
Best Website to Find True Love: www.superspecialquestions.com

Joel Why, Curious Staff Writer
Best Album: Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head Lucky for them, Radiohead didn't put an album out this year.
Best Movie: Uhmmm...I think I missed all the great movies. So, I'm going to have to stick with the "Mr. Show: The Complete First and Second Seasons" DVD set I got. It's not a movie, and it technically came out last year, but it's realllly funny.
Best Whatever This Year: My cable company FINALLY added Cartoon Network and Comedy Central to the line-up. This single act has changed my life. This was the best part of 2002 for me. Kill me now...

Matt VanWinkle, Lemurish Staff Writer
Best Album: Sorry, not qualified.
Best Movie: A toss-up between Signs and Spirited Away.
Best warning against failing to raise your children right while becoming rich and famous: The posthumous fate of Ted Williams.

Justin Montanino, Post Humorous Writer
Best Album: Kay Hanley Cherry Marmalade
Best Movie: Jackass: The Movie
Best National Epiphany: I'd like to salute 2002 as the first year where Americans almost realized that there are issues in the world more important than the size of their SUV's and the diagonal inches of their TV screens.

Jennifer Saylor, Comic Conventional Staff Writer
Best Album: Dirty Vegas Days Go By (single)
Best Movie: Lilo & Stitch
Best toy I bought this year: Arwen and her horse (and the rest of the toys made by Toy Biz for the LOTRs movie).

Kerry Sainato, Fuzzy Pink Staff Writer
Best Album: Bleu Redhead
Best Movie: Amelie
Best Cola Innovation of 2002: Diet Vanilla Coke