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Jan. 7th, 2009 | 10:24 pm
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I'm really impressed that some of these movies made it past the movie snobs...
From AFI's list of the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time - bold the ones you've seen.
1. Godfather, The (1972)
2. Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
3. Godfather: Part II, The (1974)
4. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
5. Lord of the Rings: The
6. Schindler's List (1993)
7. Shichinin no samurai (1954) (aka Seven Samurai)
8.
9. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)
10. Star Wars (1977)
11. Citizen Kane (1941)
12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
13. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
14. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
15. Rear Window (1954)
16. Raiders of the Lost
17. Pulp Fiction (1994)
18. Usual Suspects, The (1995)
19. Memento (2000)
20. North by Northwest (1959)
21. 12 Angry Men (1957)
22. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) (aka The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)
23.
24. Psycho (1960)
25. Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) (aka Amelie)
26. Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
27. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
28. Goodfellas (1990)
29. American Beauty (1999)
30. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
31. Vertigo (1958)
32. Matrix, The (1999)
33. Cidade de Deus (2002) (aka City of
34. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
35. C'era una
36. Apocalypse Now (1979)
37. Pianist, The (2002)
38. Third Man, The (1949)
39. Paths of Glory (1957)
40. Taxi Driver (1976)
41. Fight Club (1999)
42. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) (aka Spirited Away)
43. Some Like It Hot (1959)
44. Double Indemnity (1944)
45. Boot, Das (1981) (aka The Boat)
46. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
47. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
48.
49.
50. Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
51. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
52. All About Eve (1950)
53. M (1931)
54. Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
55. Se7en (1995)
56. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
57. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
58. Rashômon (1950)
59. Raging Bull (1980)
60. Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
61. Alien (1979)
62. American History X (1998)
63. Sting, The (1973)
64. Léon (1994) (aka The Professional)
65. Mr. Smith Goes to
66. Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
67. Vita è bella, La (1997) (aka Life is Beautiful)
68. Touch of Evil (1958)
69. Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
70. Finding Nemo (2003)
71. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
72. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
73. Great Escape, The (1963)
74. Modern Times (1936)
75. Clockwork
76. Amadeus (1984)
77. On the Waterfront (1954)
78. Ran (1985)
79. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
80. Annie Hall (1977)
81. Wo hu cang long (2000) (aka Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
82. Jaws (1975)
83. Apartment, The (1960)
84. Braveheart (1995)
85. High Noon (1952)
86. Aliens (1986)
87.
88. Strangers on a Train (1951)
89. Shining, The (1980)
90. Metropolis (1927)
91. Blade Runner (1982)
92. Sixth Sense, The (1999)
93. City Lights (1931)
94. Donnie Darko (2001)
95. Duck Soup (1933)
96. Great Dictator, The (1940)
97. General, The (1927)
98. Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
99. Princess Bride, The (1987)
100. Dogville (2003)
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Favorite News Stories of Nov 5th 2008
Nov. 5th, 2008 | 09:50 am
To be added to throughout the day...
A New Era for America
On the Lighter Side
Nation Finally Shitty Enough to Make Social Progress
Can I Stop Being President Now?
No We Can't, White Folks
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need i say more?
Oct. 30th, 2008 | 10:11 am
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is it too much to ask an administrative assistant to be helpful?
Sep. 9th, 2008 | 03:05 pm
Here's the new one-sheeters to go on the media wall...
The FIRST TWO PAGES NEED TO BE PRINTED FRONT AND BACK so that they're on a single sheet of paper. (This was spoken slowly and clearly so that she understands)
1hour later:
Mumbles: I printed out the first two pages and stapled them together.
Me: Well thats fine, but in the future I'd like you to print them double sided
Mumbles: Why?
Me: So that we save a page
Mumbles: I don't understand
Me: Well, if we print double sided we only use ONE SHEET OF PAPER, if we print single sided, we use two sheets and a staple
Mumbles: I don't understand. How will they know to look on the back?
*headdesk*
Me: I'm just going to go on faith that they figure it out.
Mumbles: (to herself as she walks away) #$%^ Jesus Christ! %^& that doesn't make any sense at all. I never heard of such a thing... etc.
*headdesk*headdesk*headdesk*
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two random musings on lavender...
Sep. 9th, 2008 | 09:36 am
I was instantly overwhelmed by one of the strongest and sweetest memories I've ever experienced...
Nana used to keep bath powder - and when we would bathe at her house as little girls she'd dry us off and pat us down with the big pretty powder puff.
It felt clean and warm and silky and smelled of love.
This morning - as I was battling consciousness with my clock radio - this drifted into my ears from the dulcet tones of Garrison Keillor on this morning's edition of Writer's Almanac:
I Planned To Have a Border of Lavender
by Paul Goodman
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just what i was thinking...
Aug. 6th, 2008 | 05:08 pm
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an argument for print...
Jul. 22nd, 2008 | 04:06 pm
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the most disturbing thing to talk about in social psyc...
Jul. 16th, 2008 | 10:23 pm
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if only they could find my keys too...
Jul. 10th, 2008 | 05:52 pm
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home from vacation...
Jul. 9th, 2008 | 06:54 pm
My bedroom smelled very distinctly of powdered tea mix.
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say bye bye job
Jun. 10th, 2008 | 04:44 pm
(btw-this is the other research group - the ones does influence the content of the paper)
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A Toles cartoon from Wed, May 21st
Jun. 6th, 2008 | 12:33 pm
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Democratic Marathon: The Finale
Jun. 4th, 2008 | 06:13 pm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/pol
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Three Types of People
May. 29th, 2008 | 11:57 am
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cat calls vs compliments
May. 14th, 2008 | 02:10 pm
Am I just OUTSIDE on the street more?
Or some combination thereof?
At any rate - lately I'm getting them at a steeply increased frequency and I never quite know what to do with them.
I've also recently discovered that I need to be more careful in my selection of clothing when I'm alone as opposed to when I'm out with Gary. I can wear low cut -tops when I'm out with him - because who's going to mess with the 6'2" guy whose hand I'm holding? But I wear the same shirt when I'm out on my own - or with another girl - and all of the sudden I get eyeballed.
I'm stuck somewhere in between glowing from the compliment and being terrified of the person delivering it. I'm embarrassed to admit it has everything to do with the age & appearance of the person as well as the tone with which it was delivered. And why do I have the general feeling that I wouldn't feel so nervous about it if I were living in Blacksburg?
Anyhow - I'd been talking to Gary about this lately. He found this related article and forwarded it my way.
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Trials of City Life
May. 8th, 2008 | 10:06 am
Let me take a moment to wax poetic about this soap. It is simply wonderfulness in a solid form that you can lather up and bathe with. It smells like real lavender in the sunshine. Like the lavender plant I had in my plot in the community gardens in Blacksburg.
Its one of those little luxuries I allow myself at $3 per bar, and a bar lasting a month or so - I don't think that's too bad. Its one of my favorite things. Its a happy thought.
Now granted, I must have left it somewhere I ought not. Because they didn't get into my locker - at least not that I can tell. Now, I know what you're thinking: "pipe down! someone probably just threw it away." There's an number of reasons why I don't think that's the case. If I left it laying around - there's a lost-and-found milk crate in the locker room for shower flip-flops, shampoo, hairbrushes and other things that didn't make it back to people's bags or lockers. So there was an avenue for disposing of it from whatever inconvenient place I left it that didn't involve the trash can. Not to mention - it was safely tucked inside a travel soap container so its not like it was a slimy bar of soap I left somewhere - it was in a really nice travel case (the only one I've ever found that this soap fits in!)
What would make someone walk off with a used bar of soap? Besides the obvious explanation that it is fabulous soap (I mean, I'd probably steal it if no one was around.) All I have to say is its a cruel cruel world where someone would walk off with a stranger's bar of lavender soap.
*sigh* Oh well. Now I have another reason to go back to Trader Joe's. Soon!
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let the river run
Apr. 11th, 2008 | 10:02 am
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2
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the funniest - most bizarro and amazing thing I've seen... today.
Apr. 4th, 2008 | 01:41 pm
A ballet troupe of men (essentially in drag) mocking female prima ballerinas - These guys dance on pointe - and their technique is nothing less than flawless.
They are secure and stable on those toes far better than many women you see.
What I'm saying is if they wiped the stupid grins off their faces, got some chest flesh, and lost the adams apples - they'd be bloody brilliant ballerinas. Its unlike anything I've ever seen!
Watch this - you won't beleive it!