Elise

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  1. 1. watch 100 films in a year
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  2. 2. stop biting my nails
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  3. 3. learn to play the cello
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  4. 4. learn to play the drums
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  5. 5. go skinny dipping in a natural body of water
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  6. 6. get paid to write
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  7. 7. live simply
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  8. 8. try vegetarianism
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  9. 9. meditate
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  10. 10. live in new york
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  11. 11. create
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  12. 12. get well
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  13. 13. meet great writers
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  14. 14. write letters
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  15. 15. set reading/writing goals
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  16. 16. set life goals regularly
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  17. 17. Try slacklining
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  18. 18. make out with a girl
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  19. 19. Graduate
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  20. 20. Get a tattoo
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  21. 21. work out regularly
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  22. 22. set foot on every continent
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  23. 23. complete a Rubik's Cube in 60 seconds or less
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  24. 24. beat my mother at pool
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  25. 25. beat my sister at chess
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  26. 26. Read more books
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  27. 27. Travel on the Trans Siberian Railway
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  28. 28. stay in the Hotel Chelsea
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  29. 29. publish a zine with friends
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  30. 30. publish a book of poetry
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  31. 31. learn another language fluently
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  32. 32. learn the basics in two other languages
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  33. 33. wake up early
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  34. 34. quit smoking cigarettes
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  35. 35. get involved in local culture
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Reader's Block Be Damned

Currently Reading:

- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- The Diary of Anaïs Nin: Volume One, 1931-1934 by Anaïs Nin
- On the Road by Jack Kerouac
- Subculture: the Meaning of Style by Dick Hebdige

2010

03/01 – A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953
21/01 – The Model and Other Stories by Anaïs Nin
23/01 – Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller


2008

AUGThe Riders by Tim Winton
AUGDown and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
08/09 – The Symposium by Plato
13/09 – Women by Charles Bukowski
27/09 – Junky by William S Burroughs
27/09 – Maurice by E.M. Forster
12/11 – Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
02/12 – Trash by Dorothy Allison

2009

- Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
- Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
- Breath by Tim Winton
- Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
- The End of Faith by Sam Harris
- Henry and June by Anaïs Nin
- Lady Chatterly’s Lover by DH Lawrence



watch 100 films in a year
En Route to 100

2008

Films I’ve seen of which I don’t recall the view date:

Across the Universe (x2) – 4/5
Office Space – 2/5

Films I’ve seen since January 23:

23/01 – Juno – 4/5
25/01 – Sweeny Todd – 4/5
26/01 – No Country for Old Men – 5/5
27/01 – Kill Bill 1 (re-watch) – 5/5
27/01 – I Am Legend – 2/5
29/01 – The Departed – 4/5
01/02 – Sin City – 3.5/5
02/02 – Helvetica – 4/5
04/02 – The Fountain – 2.5/5
05/02 – No Country for Old Men (re-watch)
06/02 – Fight Club (re-watch) – 5/5
07/02 – Pride and Prejudice – 5/5
09/02 – Into the Wild – 5/5
13/02 – 300 – 3/5
16/02 – Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels – 4/5
17/02 – Snatch – 3.5/5
17/02 – Planes, Trains and Automobiles – 2/5
18/02 – Minority Report – 4.5/5
19/02 – Hotel Chevelier – 5/5
19/02 – The Darjeeling Limited – 4/5
20/02 – 21 Grams – 5/5
21/02 – Reservoir Dogs – 4/5
23/02 – Dylan Moran: Monster (does this count?) – 5/5
02/03 – Superbad – 3.5/5
03/03 – There Will Be Blood – 5/5
08/03 – Clerks – 4.5/5
08/03 – Clerks II – 4/5
16/03 – Rushmore – 3.5/5
29/03 – The Planet – 4/5
16/04 – La Vie En Rose – 4/5
16/04 – The Illusionist – 4/5
04/05 – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – 5/5
09/05 – Iron Man – 2.5/5
09/05 – Once – 5/5
24/05 – Gangs of New York – 4/5
13/06 – The Thirteenth Floor – 3/5
14/06 – Children of Men – 5/5
22/06 – Michael Clayton – 5/5
27/06 – Super High Me – 3/5
06/07 – The Man from Earth – 3/5
18/07 – Batman Begins – 4/5
19/07 – The Dark Knight – 4/5
10/08 – American Psycho – 5/5
16/08 – Romper Stomper – 3/5
16/08 – Training Day – 3/5
23/08 – Me and You and Everyone We Know – 5/5
26/08 – Dawn of the Dead (2004) – 3/5
28/08 – The Hills Have Eyes – 1.5/5
29/08 – Texas Chainsaw Massacre – 1.5/5
06/09 – Sleepers – 3/5
14/09 – Constantine – 1.5/5
21/09 – Gattaca – 3/5
22/09 – Scary Movie – 1.5/5
26/09 – Shawshank Redemption – 5/5
28/09 – In Bruges – 4/5
11/10 – Edward Scissorhands – 3/5
15/10 – Feast – 2/5
08/11 – The Graduate – 3.5/5
11/11 – The Animatrix – 3/5
11/11 – Barton Fink – 4/5
17/11 – The Castle – 4/5
20/11 – Sideways – 3/5
01/12 – Forgetting Sarah Marshall – 2.5/5
11/12 – High Fidelity – 5/5
14/12 – Running Scared – 3/5
21/12 – The Big Lebowski – 5/5


2009

01/01 – Goodfellas – 4/5
01/01 – Rules of Attraction – 4/5
02/01 – Red Dawn – 3/5
03/01 – Casino – 4/5
04/01 – Glorious (Eddie Izzard Live) – 5/5
04/01 – Dressed to Kill (Eddie Izzard Live) – 5/5
06/01 – The Pianist – 4/5
07/01 – Like, Totally – 4/5
11/01 – Buffalo ‘66 – 4/5
19/01 – Lost in Translation – 4/5

19/01 – Gran Torino – 3/5
21/01 – Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson – 4/5
29/01 – Vicky Christina Barcelona 3/5
29/01 – Newcastle – 2/5
03/02 – Doubt – 3.5/5
04/02 – Boys Don’t Cry – 4/5
21/02 – Ken Park – 3.5/5
22/02 – Henry & June – 3/5
23/02 – Chocolat – 3/5
23/02 – Lords of Dogtown – 3/5

24/02 – Memento – 4/5
24/02 – Annie Hall – 4/5
05/03 – The Reader – 5/5
15/03 – The Core – 2/5
09/04 – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – 3/5
16/04 – Kids – 2.5/5
17/04 – Starting Out in the Evening – 2.5/5
28/04 – Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead – 3.5/5
05/05 – Stranger Than Paradise – 4/5
05/05 – Osama – 4/5

06/05 – 2 Days in Paris – 3.5/5
22/05 – Taxi Driver – 4/5
08/06 – Dont Look Back – 4.5/5
12/06 – Trees Lounge – 1/5
13/06 – The Godfather – 4.5/5
14/06 – The Godfather Part II – 5/5
15/06 – The Godfather Part III – 3.5/5
16/06 – Up – 2/5
18/06 – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – 4/5
18/06 – Dead Man’s Shoes – 5/5

19/06 – The Royal Tenenbaums – 5/5
28/06 – The Aristocrats – 3/5
08/07 – Religulous – 4/5
09/07 – No Direction Home – 4/5
10/07 – Mysterious Skin – 3/5
11/07 – Bruno – 2/5
13/07 – Last Train to Freo – 3.5/5
23/07 – Young Adam – 4/5
24/07 – Manhattan – 4/5
01/08 – Quantum of Solace – 3.5/5

05/08 – Burn After Reading – 5/5
06/08 – Chicago – 3.5/5
08/08 – The Life of David Gale – 4/5
15/08 – Hiroshima Mon Amour – 4/5
24/10 – Barfly – 2/5
30/10 – Paranormal Activity – 4/5
07/11 – Antichrist – 1.5/5
10/11 – This Is It – 3/5
17/11 – The Last of the Mohicans – 3/5
17/11 – Synecdoche, New York – 3.5/5

18/11 – Shortbus – 4/5
19/11 – The Brothers Bloom – 3/5
20/11 – Naked Lunch – 2/5
20/11 – The Ballad of Jack and Rose – 4/5
20/11 – The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou – 3.5/5
20/11 – My Left Foot – 4.5/5
23/11 – Inglourious Basterds – 3.5/5
23/11 – Bottle Rocket – 2.5/5
24/11 – 3:10 to Yuma – 4/5
25/11 – This Is England – 5/5

25/11 – Pineapple Express – 2.5/5
25/11 – My Beautiful Laundrette – 2/5
26/11 – Apocalypto – 4/5
02/12 – Somers Town – 4/5
03/12 – Cinderella Man – 3.5/5
04/12 – The Savages – 4/5
05/12 – The Flight of the Red Balloon – 2/5
08/12 – Fargo – 4/5
09/12 – The Unbearable Lightness of Being – 4/5
11/12 – A Room for Romeo Brass – 2.5/5

14/12 – Where the Wild Things Are – 3/5
15/12 – Samson and Delilah – 3/5
18/12 – Vier Minuten (Four Minutes) – 4/5
23/12 – He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not – 2.5/5
29/12 – An Education – 3/5
29/12 – Mouth to Mouth – 2.5/5
30/12 – A Room With A View – 2.5/5

17/01 – Precious – 5/5


2010

/ – Blue Velvet – 3.5/5
/ – Lost Highway – 3.5/5
/ – The Road – 4/5
/ – Fantastic Mr Fox – 3.5/5
/ – Inglourious Basterds – 4/5
/ – Pineapple Express – 3.5/5
/ – Toy Story 3
/ – Up and Away – 3/5
??/09 – The American – 4/5
/ – Inception – 3.5/5
19/11 – Brief Interviews with Hideous Men – 3/5


2011

??/01 – The Usual Suspects – 4.5/5
??/01 – Wendy & Lucy – 3.5/5
??/01 – The King’s Speech – 5/5
??/01 – True Grit – 4.5/5
27/01 – 127 Hours – 4/5
14/02 – Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – 3/5
17/02 – Four Lions – 3/5
28/03 – Romance and Cigarettes – 3.5/5




 

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