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  2. 1. Get down to 300 pounds
    7 entries . 131 cheers     		1 person
  3. 2. Get a passport
    41 cheers     		1,778 people
  4. 3. Replace VHS movies with DVDs
    2 entries . 14 cheers     		1 person
  5. 4. Get a safety deposit box
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  6. 5. Create a will and a living will
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  7. 6. Make my body as healthy as it can be
    3 entries . 81 cheers     		4 people
  8. 7. Manage my bipolar disorder
    5 entries . 50 cheers     		142 people
  9. 8. "Tithe" to social and environmental causes.
    8 entries . 45 cheers     		1 person
  10. 9. Buy Jell-O for a stranger in a restaurant
    1 entry . 54 cheers     		1 person
  11. 10. Build an emergency savings account
    2 entries . 34 cheers     		6 people
  12. 11. Pay off all credit card debt
    4 entries . 41 cheers     		35 people
  13. 12. Watch the top 250 movies on the Internet Movie Database
    14 entries . 19 cheers     		461 people
  14. 13. Watch the AFI Top 100 American movies
    1 entry . 10 cheers     		360 people
  15. 14. Upgrade the boy's PC so his games will work
    3 entries . 10 cheers     		1 person
  16. 15. Get a new wedding ring
    1 entry . 9 cheers     		3 people
  17. 16. Take better photographs
    1 entry . 13 cheers     		345 people
  18. 17. Learn to drive a stick shift
    1 entry . 19 cheers     		751 people
  19. 18. Take ballroom & swing dancing classes
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  20. 19. Get a manicure
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  21. 20. Visit New Orleans
    2 entries . 14 cheers     		249 people
  22. 21. Visit the Grand Canyon
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  23. 22. Take a cruise
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  24. 23. Travel by train
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  25. 24. Attend a professional opera or ballet (other than "The Nutcracker")
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  26. 25. Attend a bluegrass festival
    17 cheers     		1 person
  27. 26. Complete my basic diatonic harmonica collection
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		1 person
  28. 27. Get a chromatic harmonica (and learn to play it)
    8 cheers     		1 person
  29. 28. Get a new amp
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		1 person
  30. 29. Build stage stand for holding harmonicas plus "bullet" mic
    2 entries . 3 cheers     		1 person
  31. 30. Perform on stage for money
    1 entry . 9 cheers     		1 person
  32. 31. Juggle a sustained five ball cascade
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		2 people
  33. 32. Juggle four balls
    7 entries . 6 cheers     		10 people
  34. 33. Juggle three balls one-handed
    1 entry . 10 cheers     		1 person
  35. 34. Track and eliminate "tolerations" regularly
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  36. 35. Replace my computer
    2 entries . 6 cheers     		1 person
  37. 36. Swim 4 lengths (100m) without stopping
    1 entry . 9 cheers     		1 person
  38. 37. Learn to do a flip-turn
    2 entries . 5 cheers     		2 people
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.)

Aug 26, 2009, 03:20PM PDT | 0 comments


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.

Jul 14, 2008, 02:35PM PDT | 0 comments


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.

Jun 02, 2008, 04:24PM PDT | 0 comments


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