As part of my 101 in 1001 project I set myself a goal to see at least 100 of the top 250 movies of all time as voted by the seething masses at IMDB. In taking stock it would seem that I’ve already seen 73 of them meaning I have 27 left to watch in roughly 27 months leaving me with an entirely manageable cadence of one a month.
A quick glance through the collection shows I have 8 of these movies unopened in my collection so those will be first up on the viewing list:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Juno (2007)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Magnolia (1999)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
The Shining (1980)
Which leaves 168 remaining movies to select from, listed in the full post. If you have a suggestion of a favorite movie from below that you particularly like and think I should prioritize onto the list leave a comment and let me know!
(Continued)
Sunday, February 17, 2008
After several crazy weeks I’m finally starting to feel caught up this weekend. Throughout the course of the weekend I’ve completed lots of little tasks and chores that have been slowly building up in my life since my career got crazy (both work to do right now, and finding new work for a few months in the future) everything else seemed to get put on hold.
Having caught up my stress levels are slowly returning to a more manageable level. This is a good thing as my health tends to suffer when I get too stressed out and in a case like this getting sick would only increase how far behind was. I’m starting to get more energy back and feeling more social as a result. Traskpro development may slow down slightly in the coming weeks if I end up being out of the house more when not at work.
I even found the time to take a few photos in the last few days. The above shot of Mike being Mike was taken from joining him, Cyn, and Charlotte at Cal Anderson park for some impromptu picnic play this morning. I’m also a fan of this new addition to my sticker series, and to this shot from the Pink Parasol - a cute little boutique a couple of blocks from my house.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
I’ve long been a fan of caffeine in almost all of it’s forms, coffee being my favorite - but how better to enjoy a passion then to geek it up with numbers, statistics, and chemistry.
Enjoy, just don’t enjoy too much - we all know what happens when OMFGTOOMUCHCOFFEE is consumed.
I’m also exhausted - I could barely sleep last night with the excitement and ended up getting about 4 hours of sleep. That coupled with both of our flights getting delayed to get here has left me simply exhausted.
Had a great dinner with Chris from Bloghaus and partied a bit with some of the Monster Cable guys - but now the time to sleep has come. I’ll post more of my adventures shortly in the hear future - I promise! If you simply can’t wait you can always check out my Twitter feed for the minute by minute, blow by blow of my CES experience.
I sit here on the couch on this first glorious day of 2008, TNG blaring in the background, and Traskpro coding and MySQL queries swirling between my brain and laptop in the foreground. Taking a cue from my beloved father I’ve got a 6 shot Hazelnut latte slowly working its ay into my system.
What do I have planned for the rest of my day off? More of the same. Bliss!
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
The goodness of raw meat has graced my household today! I got a number of tubes of raw ground meat bits from a butcher and am slowly switching Skype over to a partially raw food diet. No surprise that he loves eating meat twice a day and I think he’s going to get along fabulously with the new raw diet.
Not to force Skype to be the only raw foodist in the house I’ve been doing my part and eating a fair amount of sushi of late. I did Wasabi Bistro on Saturday for Scott’s birthday party (Happy Birthday Scott!), and Hana tonight with Ken. Some would call Sushi twice in 3 days excessive - I call it just right.
A lot can happen in 72 hours. Since Friday night I’ve:
- Attended HUMP, the local amateur porn festival
- Cleaned my condo (with some help from the dynamic duo)
- Wished my friend Elliot a Happy Birthday at Tutta Bella (v. delicious Pizza btw)
- Continued the process of falling in love with Google all over again - playing a lot with Gmail and Google Applications for Domains
- Watched the Matrix trilogy on HD-DVD
- Quit smoking (again)
- Discovered $2,500+ in damage to my A6 done by some asshat trying to park an SUV, apparently on my front bumper
Busy weekend - I need a few more days to finish it up!