15 movies

In keeping with the recent tradition of posting something light-hearted on Mondays, I was tagged in yet another of those list things. So, here goes . . .

Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen movies you've seen that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including the person who tagged you:

1. War of the Worlds
2. Forrest Gump
3. Gangs of New York
4. Shrek
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark (and the rest of the Indiana Jones series)
6. The Patriot
7. Gods & Generals
8. Field of Dreams
9. Kingdom of Heaven
10. Dances with Wolves
11. Braveheart
12. Casablanca
13. Dead Poets Society
14. Glory
15. Gladiator

Trish's list of 300 movies . . . did I see 191?

Ok, got tagged on this one by a high school classmate, so here goes . . .

Mark the ones you've seen. There are 300 films on this list. Copy this list, then put x's next to the films you've seen, add them up, change the title/header adding your number, and post. Have fun!
(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean (x) POTC2: Dead Man's Chest (x) POTC3: At Worlds End
( ) Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(X) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane
(x) The Princess Bride
(x) Anchorman
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
( ) Labyrinth
( ) Saw ( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(X) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
(x) The Princess Diaries [I am soooo ashamed . . .] ( ) TPD2: Royal Engagement
( ) Scream ( ) Scream 2 ( ) Scream 3
(X) Scary Movie (X ) Scary Movie 2 (X) Scary Movie 3 (X) Scary Movie 4
(x)American Pie () American Pie 2 () American Wedding ( )American Pie Band Camp
(x) Harry Potter 1 (x) Harry Potter 2 (x) Harry Potter 3 (x) Harry Potter 4 (x) Harry Potter 5
( ) Resident Evil ( )Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
() Little Black Book
(x) The Village
(x) Lilo & StitchTotal
(x) Finding Nemo
(x) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
( )Texas Chainsaw Massacre ( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
(x) White Chicks
(x) Butterfly Effect
( ) 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
( ) Robots
(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(x) Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
() King Pin
( ) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents (x) Meet the Fockers
() Eight Crazy Nights
(x) Joe Dirt
(x) KING KONG
(X) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
() Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber () Dumber & Dumberer
() Final Destination () Final Destination 2 () Final Destination 3
(x) Halloween
(x) The Ring () The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
(x)Flubber
() Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
( ) Practical Magic
( ) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
(x) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
() I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards (x) The Whole Ten Yards
(x) The Day After Tomorrow
(x) Child's Play () Seed of Chucky () Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
(x) Just Married
( ) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
(x) Coach Carter
(x) The Grudge ( ) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask () Son Of The Mask
( ) Bad Boys ( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
(X) Lucky Number Slevin
( ) Ocean's Eleven ( ) Ocean's Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity (x) Bourne Supremecy (x) Bourne Ultimatum
(X) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
(x) Predator I (x) Predator II
(X) The Fog
(x) Ice Age (x) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
(x) Independence Day
(x) Cujo
(X) A Bronx Tale
() Darkness Falls
(x) Christine
(x) ET
(x) Children of the Corn
(X) My Bosses Daughter
(X) Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour ( ) Rush Hour 2
( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
() She's All That
(X) Calendar Girls
(x) Sideways
() Mars Attacks
() Event Horizon
( ) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator (x) The Terminator 2 (x) The Terminator 3
(x) X-Men (x) X-2 (x) X-3
(x) Spider-Man (x) Spider-Man 2
() Sky High
(x) Jeepers Creepers () Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
() Reign of Fire
() The Skulls
() Cruel Intentions () Cruel Intentions 2
() The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek (x) Shrek 2
( ) Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
(x) Old School
(x) The Notebook
(x) K-Pax
() Krippendorf's Tribe
(x) A Walk to Remember
() Ice Castles
() Boogeyman
(X) The 40-year-old Virgin
(x) LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring (x) LOTR: The Two Towers (x) LOTR: Return Of the King
(x) Raiders of the Lost Ark (x) Temple of Doom (x) Last Crusade
(X) BASEketball
() Hostel
() Waiting for Guffman
() House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
() Highlander
(x) Mothman Prophecies
() American History X
() The Jacket
() Kung Fu Hustle
() Shaolin Soccer
() Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
() Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
( ) High Tension
() Club Dread
(x) Hulk
() Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
(x) 28 days later
() Orgazmo
() Phantasm
(x ) Waterworld
(X) Kill Bill vol 1 (X) Kill Bill vol 2
(x) Mortal Kombat
() Wolf Creek
(X) Kingdom of Heaven - AWESOME movie!
() the Hills Have Eyes
() I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
() The Last House on the Left
() Re-Animator
() Army of Darkness
(x) Phantom Menace (x) Attack of the Clones (x) Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars (x) The Empire Strikes Back (x) Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage ( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor
(X) The Matrix (X) The Matrix Reloaded (X) The Matrix Revolutions
() Animatrix
() Evil Dead () Evil Dead 2
(X ) Team America: World Police
() Red Dragon (x) Silence of the Lambs () Hannibal
(X) Open Range
(x) The Magnificent Seven
(x) Tombstone
(x) Wyatt Earpp
(x) The Cowboys
(x) The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
(x) Rio Bravo
(x) El Dorado
( x) Red River
(x) Dances with Wolves
(x) The Godfather (x) The Godfather part II (x) The Godfather part III
(x) Analyze This (x) Analyze That
() Hoodlum
(X) Snatch
(x) Get Shorty
(x) Be Cool
(x) The Usual Suspects
(x) Pulp Fiction
() Reservoir Dogs
(x) Donnie Brasco
() Rounders
(x) Traffic
(x) No Country for Old Men
(x) Braveheart
(x) Transformers
(x) 300
(x) Casablanca
(x) Dead Poets Society
() The Red Violin
(X) Office Space
(x) Talladega Nights - "Greatest generation my ass!"
(x) Back to the Future (x) Back to the Future II (x) Back to the Future III
(x) Wedding Crashers
(x) Lost in Translation
() Varsity Blues
(x) Gladiator
(x) Walk the Line
(x) Ray
(x) Love Actually
(x) Glory
(x) Field of Dreams
(x) Stranger than Fiction
(X) Mallrats
() Tin Cup
(X) Beerfest
(x) Young Frankenstein
(x) Robin Hood: Men In Tights
(X) History of the World Part I
(x) Spaceballs
(x) The Blues Brothers
(x) Big Fish
(x) Big Daddy
(x) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

I think that's 191 total . . . but my eyes got crossed trying to count up all those little x's . . .

Friday the 13th bucket list

OK, there seem to be a lot of these lists floating around lately. This one apparently started after the release of the "Bucket List" movie. You're supposed to put an "X" next to the items you've already done. They don't say anything about the items you haven't done . . . and, frankly there are more than a couple that yours truly would scratch off the list completely. Anyway, ye socks, here goes nothing . . .

(X) Gone on a blind date
( ) Donated Blood
(X) Skipped school
(X) Watched someone die
(X) Been to Canada
(X) Been to Mexico
(X) Been to Florida
( ) Been to Hawaii
() Ran out of gas while driving
(X) Been on a plane
(X) Broken the law
(X) Been on a helicopter
(X) Been lost
(X) Gone to Washington, DC
( ) Hugged a homeless person
(X) Swam in the ocean
(X) Swam with Stingrays
(X) Been sailing in the ocean
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
(X) Lived in more than one state
(X) Played cops and robbers
(X) Done a back flip on a trampoline
( ) Recently colored with crayons
(X) Gone on a diet
( ) Ran a marathon
(X) Made a life-long friend
(X) Sang Karaoke
( ) Volunteered at a soup kitchen
( ) Been ice fishing
(X) Paid for a meal with coins only
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
( ) Seen the Northern Lights
(X) Been Parasailing
(X) Been on TV
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
( ) Learned to play a musical instrument well
(X) Made prank phone calls
(X ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(X) Fed an elephant
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
( ) Had a child
(X) Fired a gun
(X) Danced in the rain
(X) Been to the Opera
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Serenaded someone
(X) Seen a U.S.President in person
(X) Been kissed under the mistletoe
( ) Been to Africa
(X) Watched the sunrise with someone
( ) Driven a race car
(X) Been to a Smithsonian Museum
( ) Dyed your hair
(X) Been to a Wax Museum
( ) Seen Mount Rushmore
(X) Eaten caviar
(X ) Broken a bone
(X) Blown bubbles
(X) Gone ice-skating
(X) Been scuba diving/snorkeling
(X) Gone to the movies
(X) Been deep sea fishing
(X) Driven across the United States
(X) Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
() Gone snowmobiling
( ) Lived in more than one country
(X) Learned a foreign language
(X) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(X) Seen a falling star and made a wish
( ) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
( ) Seen the Grand Canyon
( ) Seen the Statue of Liberty
( ) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
( ) Been on a cruise
(X) Traveled by train
( ) Traveled by motorcycle
(X) Been horse back riding
(X) Ridden on a San Francisco cable car
(X) Been to Disneyland OR Disney World
(X) Truly believed in the power of prayer
(X) Been in a rain forest
(X) Seen whales in the ocean
( ) Been to Niagara Falls
(X) Ridden on an elephant
(X) Swam with dolphins
( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Seen a glacier
( ) Been spinnaker flying
(X) Been water-skiing/wakeboarding
(X) Been snow-skiing/snowboarding
( ) Been to Westminster Abbey
( ) Been to the Louvre
( ) Swam in the Mediterranean
(X) Been to a Major League Baseball game
(X ) Been to a National Football League game
( ) Been Married
( ) Been Divorced
( ) Swam with sharks
( ) Been White Water Rafting
( ) Seen a Broadway show
(X) Written a book or screen play

Matching resolutions to the resolved . . .

The most annoying thing about this time of year is the resolutions we socks are expected to come up with.

I mean, just about everybody picks one from the big "top ten" list below. To spice things up a bit, I thought I'd suggest someone we all know who should pick each one for 2009.

In the order of popularity of the resolution:

1. Spend more time with friends and family - okay, I'll take this one for myself. Is that cheating? It's the only fun one on the list . . .

2. Get back in shape - After last night: Brett Favre.

3. Lose weight - Phil Fulmer (perennial favorite)

4. Stop smoking - The Disaster in Waiting.

5. Enjoy life more - Hillary Clinton. Lose the sour puss. Do some traveling. Meet new people.

6. Stop drinking - Chyna (the wrestler, not the country).

7. Get out of debt - Just about everybody.

8. Learn something new - Congress. "Bailout" shouldn't be the answer to everything.

9. Volunteer to help others or make charitable contribution(s) - Liberals. See this article for explanation/justification: http://www.twincities.com/ci_11290969?source=most_emailed

10. Get organized - Conservatives. We need to take back our party, and we need to do it quickly.

Person of the Year

I don't know about ye socks, but 2008 is a year yours truly can't wait to put in the rearview mirror.

As a tribute of sorts, I thought I'd rip off both Time Magazine and David Letterman and compile my list of the top ten people who made it such a downer:

10 & 9. Tied, Democratic governors Rod Blagojevich of Illinois and Eliot Spitzer of New York. One for ALLEGEDLY trying to sell a US Senate seat, and the other for ALLEGEDLY buying . . . well, something else.

8. CBS executives who cancelled "Jericho."

7. The pregnant "man." I don't care what kind of surgery it has undergone or how hairy the hormones make it, it's not a man.

6. "Reverend" Jeremiah Wright for his lifetime of damning America.

5. The guy who was brave enough to throw his shoes at President Bush, but wasn't so gutsy when Saddam Hussein was in charge.

4. The "Big 3" who showed up on private jets to ask for a multi-billion dollar hand-out.

3. Mortgage brokers who accepted "stated income" from loan applicants.

2. Oprah, for too many reasons to enumerate.

1. The Tragedy in Waiting, whose schemes to redistribute wealth (among other things) threaten to make 2009 an even crappier year.

OK, OK, OK, I promise to get out of this funk and post something more uplifting tomorrow. But, I'm gonna need some inspiration . . . pass the eggnog!

What is it with us and lists?!

Okay, I have to confess this post was inspired by two DVD received recently from blockbuster.com.

The first was "The Bucket List," which I'm sure all of ye socks have heard of and/or seen. You know the one with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. Two old geezers find out they've got only a couple of months left on the planet and finally decided to live a little.

The second was simply called "The List," and didn't get much play in the "mainstream" media . . . probably because it had a Christian message at the end. It also suffered in the production budget department.

But, I digress.

My point in posting this entry is to pose the question to ye sage socks: What is it about our culture that makes us obsess with lists?

It seems like every day you see some new list come out either in print or on tv or on the internet or wherever. The 10 best places to retire . . . The 100 richest people in the world . . . The 50 most powerful people in Hollywood . . . 7 easy steps to improving your memory . . . blah, blah, blah.