Wednesday, May 21, 2008
things I'd like to see in the world
1. the dead sea
2. peace amongst nations
3. the scottish highlands
4. taking trains around mali, africa
5. graceland
6. women receiving equal pay as men
7. the northern lights
8. the pyramids (egypt and mexico)
9. the amalfi coast
10. all of my clients being successful in life
11. middle america via cross country bike trip
12. iceland
13. greater tolerance
14. twin peaks
15. one of the remaining 500 snow leopards in nepal
16. wooden toymakers of seiffen, germany
17. penguins in antarctica
18. france (for the bread and the countryside)
19. dominican rebublic
20. the huge heads on easter island
21. polar bears in the arctic
22. greece
23. all of the national parks in america
24. spain
25. the south pole
26. atlantis
27. milan, italy
28. taj mahal
29. alaska
30. all of the landmarks featured in the oregon trail computer game
31. puerto rico (the caves)
32. the chilean coast and the home of pablo neruda
33. selling everything & travelling nowhere particular
34. an excellent education system, affordable (or free!) college for all!
35. mount fuji
36. the creation of time machines
37. the forest bridge of the americas
38. all the parts of new zealand that are in the lord of the rings movies
39. france
40. russia (trans-siberian railroad)
41. the great wall of china
42. victoria falls
43. tibet
44. the mother river in china
45. mongolia
46. middle america via cross country bike trip
47. the north pole
48. cuba
49. stevie wonder's living room
50. slovenia
51. bollywood
52. tahiti
53. that wax museum in london
54. abandoned farms in north dakota
55. the great white spirit bear
56. brazil
57. happiness and a good life for the future generations
58. north wales
59. a cheetah
60. cape town
61. brazil
62. the amausement park on top of the mountain outside barcelona
63. architecture in uruguay
64. whales in the wild
65. himalayas
66. thailand
67. new england
68. my great grandchildren
69. anti hangover medicine
70. mt shasta from closer
71. a turquoise wall in india
72. a reform of the us school system
73. china (hong kong, temples, great wall)
74. the south pole
75. bill murray at a barbeque in new jersey
76. japan
77. a stone circle in a forest somewhere
78. elimination of the death penalty
79. excellent healthcare for everyone. access to medicine and treatments, no matter your salary, race, ethnicity
80. istanbul
81. a female president of the united states
82. the north pole
83. a reform of the catholic church
84. gaudi's architecture
85. morocco
86. prague
87. whales in the wild
88. germany
89. norway
90. austin, tx
91. tokyo
92. all of the national parks in canada
93. the toilets in australia... to see if they really flush backwards
94. the yukon
95. the sundial bridge in california
96. hybrids becoming cooler than hummers
97. a redwood tree
98. peru
99. a love of reading
100. people marrying the people they love, no matter their sexuality, race, gender, religion
101. india
102. the underground rivers of the yukatan
103. rome (pope mobile!)
104. an actual island where you can deport your ex-boyfriends
105. helsinki in the summertime
106. the grand canyon
107. petra, jordan
108. crete
109. israel
110. pizza machines
111. a shift towards renewable energies
112. the amazon
113. good education for all
114. the modern wonders
115. a jaguar from less than 3 feet
116. the ancient egyptian ruins/artifacts
117. maccu picchu
118. wrigley field
119. turkey
120. the south pacific
121. hovercraft
122. red flowers on fiji
123. the grand canyon
124. rural alaska in mid-winter
125. where my grandparents grew up in russia and poland
126. the spice road
127. africa
list by: alyson, amanda, ashley, becky, darcy, deirdre, jamie, other jamie, jan marie, katie, lauren, maggie, maura, and mom
photo by maggie
Monday, May 5, 2008
favorite movies
1. the wizard of oz
2. the lives of others
3. stand by me
4. what about bob?
5. science of sleep
6. places in the heart
7. manchurian candidate (both of them)
8. indiana jones (all 3)
9. le circle rouge
10. days of heaven
11. casablanca
12. band of outsiders
13. anchorman: the legend of ron burgundy
14. a league of their own
15. e.t.
16. how green was my valley
17. jungle book
18. adam’s rib
19. pretty woman
20. wedding crashers
21. zelig
22. two for the road
23. 10 things i hate about you
24. bonnie and clyde
25. the incredible mr. limpet
26. l’eclisse
27. written on the wind
28. mermaids
29. knocked up
30. all that heaven allows
31. devil and daniel johnston
32. little women (the christian bale one)
33. young guns
34. the searchers
35. batman
36. the color of pomegranates
37. vertigo
38. the wedding party
39. the last temptation of christ
40. spartacus
41. aliens but not alien, not alien3 and not alien resurrection and not aliens vs. predator (that was a huge disappointment...how could a movie with aliens and predator be that bad?)
42. strangers on a train
43. when harry met sally
44. better off dead
45. amores perros
46. the life aquatic
47. princess bride
48. rocky
49. love actually
50. the hours
51. toy story, toy story 2
52. annie hall
53. 16 candles
54. o brother where art thou?
55. reservoir dogs
56. the jerk
57. thomas crowne affair
58. the reckless moment
59. don’t look now
60. breathless
61. grease
62. home movies
63. midnight cowboy
64. the good, the bad and the ugly
65. bull durham
66. la confidential...11 years later, i’m still bitter titanic won over that movie...seriously, you knew what was going to happen
67. a tree grows in brooklyn
68. you can count on me
69. the goonies
70. klute
71. finding nemo
72. all about eve
73. city of lost children
74. in the realms of the unreal
75. harold & maude
76. straw dogs
77. sleeping beauty (disney)
78. the usual suspects
79. basquiat
80. touch of evil
81. reality bites
82. mash
83. anne of green gables
84. wayne’s world
84. the lady of shanghai
85. heathers
86. fire walk with me
87. aladdin
88. point blank
89. the music man
90. swing time
91. women in love
92. little miss sunshine
93. dangerous beauty
94. sophie’s choice
95. rosemary’s baby
96. almost famous
97. marathon man
98. goodfellas
99. beauty and the beast
100. the thin man
101. splendor in the grass
102. waiting for guffman
103. pulp fiction
104. high fidelity
105. breakfast at tiffany’s
106. guess who’s coming to dinner (old version)
107. a little princess
108. empire records
109. sex and lucia
110. cq
111. the best years of our lives
112. they live by night
113. second hand lions
114. lilies of the field
115. oklahoma
116. bunny lake is missing
117. duck, you sucker
118. pee-wee’s big adventure
119. stealing home
120. untamed heart
121. mccabe and mrs. miller
122. je chanterai pour toi
123. five easy pieces
124. amelie
125. charade
126. love film
127. girl interrupted
128. the incredibles
129. star wars: the empire strikes back
130. rushmore
131. pride and prejudice (bbc version)
132. greetings
133. dark victory
134. the mirror (tarkovsky)
135. shop girl
136. harry and tonto
137. cinderella
138. airplane
139. manhattan
140. his girl friday
141. some kind of wonderful
142. the dirty dozen
143. lost in translation
144. alice in wonderland (disney)
145. hi, mom! (aka blue mahattan)
146. the big chill
147. thelma and louise
148. once upon a time in the west
149. badlands
150. monty python and the holy grail
151. singin’ in the rain
152. st. elmo’s fire
153. raising arizona
154. flashdance
155. au revoir les enfants
156. lord of the rings trilogy
157. romance (catherine breillat)
158. the philadelphia story
159. superbad
160. out of africa
161. last of the mohicans
162. bring it on
163. my mother’s castle
164. the holiday
165. rambo
166. ed wood
167. alice
168. snow white and the seven dwarfs
169. dirty harry
170. once
171. cinema paradiso
172. the little mermaid
173. truly, madly, deeply
174. saving private ryan
175. laura
176. ferris bueller’s day off (which got old after seeing it at every high-school sanctioned event)
177. any sherlock holmes with basil rathbone
178. napoleon dynamite
179. sleepless in seattle
180. the wild bunch
181. persona
182. heaven can wait
183. beach blanket bingo
184. holes
185. night of the hunter
186. school of rock
187. the shop around the corner
188. rififi
189. love and basketball
190. spinal tap
191. good will hunting
192. bringing up baby
193. rope
194. stealing beauty
195. dazed and confused
196. back to the future
197. songcatcher
198. pretty in pink
199. say anything
200. harold & kumar
201. blade runner
202. the royal tennenbaums
203. life is beautiful
204. heaven’s gate
205. roman holiday
206. labyrinth
207. dirty dancing
list by: amanda, ashley, becky, deirdre, emily, jan, jennie, karrie, lauren, maggie, marcia, megan, mom, pete, and rebecca
photo by becky
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