ricktheogre

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  1. 1. Get down to 300 pounds
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  2. 2. Get a passport
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  3. 3. Replace VHS movies with DVDs
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  4. 4. Get a safety deposit box
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  5. 5. Create a will and a living will
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  6. 6. Make my body as healthy as it can be
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  7. 7. Manage my bipolar disorder
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  8. 8. "Tithe" to social and environmental causes.
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  9. 9. Buy Jell-O for a stranger in a restaurant
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  10. 10. Build an emergency savings account
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  11. 11. Pay off all credit card debt
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  12. 12. Watch the top 250 movies on the Internet Movie Database
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    461 people
  13. 13. Watch the AFI Top 100 American movies
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    360 people
  14. 14. Upgrade the boy's PC so his games will work
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  15. 15. Get a new wedding ring
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  16. 16. Take better photographs
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    345 people
  17. 17. Learn to drive a stick shift
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  18. 18. Take ballroom & swing dancing classes
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  19. 19. Get a manicure
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  20. 20. Visit New Orleans
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  21. 21. Visit the Grand Canyon
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  22. 22. Take a cruise
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  23. 23. Travel by train
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  24. 24. Attend a professional opera or ballet (other than "The Nutcracker")
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  25. 25. Attend a bluegrass festival
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  26. 26. Complete my basic diatonic harmonica collection
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  27. 27. Get a chromatic harmonica (and learn to play it)
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  28. 28. Get a new amp
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  29. 29. Build stage stand for holding harmonicas plus "bullet" mic
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  30. 30. Perform on stage for money
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  31. 31. Juggle a sustained five ball cascade
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  32. 32. Juggle four balls
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  33. 33. Juggle three balls one-handed
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  34. 34. Track and eliminate "tolerations" regularly
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  35. 35. Replace my computer
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    1 person
  36. 36. Swim 4 lengths (100m) without stopping
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  37. 37. Learn to do a flip-turn
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Recent entries
Watch the top 250 movies on the Internet Movie Database (read all 14 entries…)
142/250 "Inglorious Basterds" (2009) - currently at #35

I’ve been catching more of the newer films, but there’s been some shuffling of the list since the last time I posted. I also let my Netflix queue languish for about 3 months, but I’ve started churning through stuff again.

“Schindler’s List”, “Up”, and “District 9” are the only films remaining in the Top 40 that I haven’t seen (though I suspect “District 9” will drop out of the stratosphere in the next couple of weeks.)



Watch the top 250 movies on the Internet Movie Database (read all 14 entries…)
148/250 "WALL-E" (2008) - currently at #20

Nice that I can make progress on this one without actually watching more movies. Something must have dropped off, since “Rocky” has moved up to #250 (and I’ve seen it).

I enjoyed the first part of this one more than the rest . . . it’s a nice homage to silent films in general and Chaplin’s “Modern Times” in particular. The story depressed me, and I didn’t believe the ending.

I’m a little amazed that something this subversive made it to the big screen. But maybe the big corporations have gotten to the point that they know we’re not going to wake up and get the message in any way that impacts their ever-expanding bottom line.



Watch the top 250 movies on the Internet Movie Database (read all 14 entries…)
144/250 "The Killing" (1956) and "Requiem for a Dream" (2000) - currently at #140 and #60, respectively

Watched two movies, but only made one point of progress, as the list has been shuffled a bit (though “Iron Man” is still hanging in there, currently at #163).

“The Killing” is not my favorite Stanley Kubrick film. If they got rid of the voice-over narration that untangles the disjointed timeline, this’d play like “Reservoir Dogs” without the torture. (Which would be a moderate improvement.)

“Requiem for a Dream” was about the most depressing thing I’ve ever watched. When it popped to the top of my Netflix queue, I couldn’t remember why I had put it there in the first place. But it’s high enough on the list that it’s not likely to drop off anytime soon.



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