Okay, there was an assumption when I put this on the list of things that “Best Picture Oscar” actually meant “good movie”. That’s not necessarily the case … often the case, but not necessarily. I’d rather be working on something else than sitting through something mind numbing.
gahuskerfan's Life List
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1. learn Mandarin
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2. Move to Nebraska
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3. Learn to fly
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4. visit a mosque
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5. write a book
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6. get a second degree
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7. pay off my debt
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8. speak spanish fluently
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9. Attend the olympics.
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10. become a local politician
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11. Learn to play the guitar
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12. stop biting my nails
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13. See The Pixies live
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14. Go skydiving
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15. Run 10K in 50 minutes
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16. Watch a space shuttle launch
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17. Raise my sons to be better men than me
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18. Teach a college course
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19. Drink a beer in Berlin
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20. bet one paycheck on red in roulette, and then walk away, win or lose
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21. Read Don Quixote in its original Spanish form.
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22. do stand up comedy
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23. run a half marathon
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24. Complete my M.B.A.
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Gone with the Wind (1940)
Casablanca (1943)
West Side Story (1961)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Patton (1970)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather, II (1974)
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Rocky (1976)
Platoon (1986)
Rain Man (1988)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Braveheart (1995)
Titanic (1997)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
American Beauty (1999)
Gladiator (2000)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Chicago (2002)
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
I was delayed in London, and we rode the Underground to a Fish ‘n Chips shop on the advice of some locals. I have no idea where we ended up, but it was marvelous. The fish was good and salty and you finished it off with a good bit of malt vinegar. Delicious.
