Sometimes beginnings aren't so simple.*
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bending_sickleI hope everyone's start to 2009 went smoothly, or at least passed without too much ado. My first day of the year was spent in a pretty lazy manner, what with the sleeping and eating. Of note, I've checked out the two Kenya travel guides we've borrowed from the library and I've burnt 2 DVDs-worth of stuff out of my 'puter. I feel like tackling a fanvid. (Hey, it could happen.) So that's all good.
That's all, folks. Just posting to give y'all a snuggle.
PS: I'm still all a-glee over my mood theme. ♥
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IMDB's Top 250 movies as voted by our users
Bold the one's that you've watched. (Even if you can't remember it.) I haven't counted the ones I've watched an itty bitty bit of, though.
1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. The Dark Knight (2008)
5. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo., Il (1966)
6. Pulp Fiction (1994)
7. Schindler's List (1993)
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
9. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
10. 12 Angry Men (1957)
11. Casablanca (1942)
12. Star Wars (1977)
13. Shichinin no samurai (1954)
14. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
15. Goodfellas (1990)
16. Rear Window (1954)
17. Cidade de Deus (2002)
18. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
19. C'era una volta il West (1968)
20. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
21. The Usual Suspects (1994)
22. Fight Club (1999)
23. Psycho (1960)
24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
25. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
26. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
27. Memento (2000)
28. North by Northwest (1959)
29. Citizen Kane (1941)
30. The Matrix (1999)
31. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
32. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
33. Se7en (1995)
34. WALL·E (2008)
35. Léon (1994)
36. Apocalypse Now (1979)
37. Taxi Driver (1976)
38. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
39. American Beauty (1999)
40. American History X (1998)
41. Vertigo (1958)
42. Paths of Glory (1957)
43. Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)
44. M (1931)
45. Forrest Gump (1994)
46. The Departed (2006)
47. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
48. Double Indemnity (1944)
49. Alien (1979)
50. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
51. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
52. Das Leben der Anderen (2006)
53. The Third Man (1949) - But I've read the story!
54. Chinatown (1974)
55. The Shining (1980)
56. The Pianist (2002)
57. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
58. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
59. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
60. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
61. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
62. L.A. Confidential (1997)
63. Aliens (1986)
64. Laberinto del fauno, El (2006)
65. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
66. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
67. Das Boot (1981)
68. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
69. City Lights (1931)
70. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
71. Rashômon (1950)
72. Raging Bull (1980)
73. Metropolis (1927)
74. All About Eve (1950)
75. Der Untergang (2004)
76. Modern Times (1936)
77. Rebecca (1940)
78. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
79. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
80. Some Like It Hot (1959)
81. Amadeus (1984)
82. The Prestige (2006)
83. The Elephant Man (1980)
84. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
85. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
86. Vita è bella, La (1997)
87. Sin City (2005)
88. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)
89. The Great Escape (1963)
90. The Apartment (1960)
91. No Country for Old Men (2007)
92. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
93. The Sting (1973)
94. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
95. Touch of Evil (1958)
96. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
97. Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
98. The Great Dictator (1940)
99. On the Waterfront (1954)
100. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
101. Batman Begins (2005)
102. Braveheart (1995)
103. Back to the Future (1985)
104. Jaws (1975)
105. Ladri di biciclette (1948)
106. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
107. Blade Runner (1982)
108. Strangers on a Train (1951)
109. There Will Be Blood (2007)
110. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
111. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
112. Unforgiven (1992)
113. Notorious (1946)
114. High Noon (1952)
115. The Green Mile (1999)
116. The Big Sleep (1946)
117. Fargo (1996)
118. Oldboy (2003)
119. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
120. Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)
121. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
122. Gladiator (2000)
123. Die Hard (1988)
124. Mononoke-hime (1997)
125. Yojimbo (1961)
126. Donnie Darko (2001)
127. Ran (1985)
128. Annie Hall (1977)
129. Smultronstället (1957)
130. Salaire de la peur, Le (1953)
131. The General (1927)
132. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
133. The Wrestler (2008)
134. It Happened One Night (1934)
135. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
136. Heat (1995)
137. The Deer Hunter (1978)
138. The Sixth Sense (1999)
139. Ben-Hur (1959)
140. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
141. Platoon (1986)
142. Into the Wild (2007)
143. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
144. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
145. Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957)
146. Life of Brian (1979)
147. Diaboliques, Les (1955)
148. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
149. Ratatouille (2007)
150. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
151. 8½ (1963)
152. The Big Lebowski (1998)
153. The Killing (1956)
154. Amores perros (2000)
155. Finding Nemo (2003)
156. The Graduate (1967)
157. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
158. Brief Encounter (1945)
159. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
160. Stand by Me (1986)
161. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
162. Snatch. (2000)
163. The Wild Bunch (1969)
164. Gandhi (1982)
165. V for Vendetta (2005)
166. The Gold Rush (1925)
167. The Incredibles (2004)
168. Gone with the Wind (1939)
169. The Princess Bride (1987)
170. Trainspotting (1996)
171. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
172. The Thing (1982)
173. Scarface (1983)
174. Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966)
175. Harvey (1950)
176. Children of Men (2006)
177. The Lion King (1994)
178. Groundhog Day (1993)
179. Toy Story (1995)
180. Sleuth (1972)
181. Milk (2008)
182. The Hustler (1961)
183. The Terminator (1984)
184. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
185. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
186. The African Queen (1951)
187. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
188. The Conversation (1974)
189. Umberto D. (1952)
190. Duck Soup (1933)
191. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
192. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
193. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
194. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
195. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
196. Crash (2004/I)
197. Stalag 17 (1953)
198. King Kong (1933)
199. Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007)
200. Hotaru no haka (1988)
201. Casino (1995)
202. Ed Wood (1994)
203. The Kid (1921)
204. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
205. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
206. Dial M for Murder (1954)
207. The Exorcist (1973)
208. The Lost Weekend (1945)
209. Rope (1948)
210. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
211. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
212. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
213. Wo hu cang long (2000)
214. Patton (1970)
215. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
216. Belle et la bête, La (1946)
217. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
218. Glory (1989)
219. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
220. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
221. Frankenstein (1931)
222. Magnolia (1999)
223. His Girl Friday (1940)
224. Spartacus (1960)
225. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
226. Gran Torino (2008)
227. Big Fish (2003)
228. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
229. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
230. Roman Holiday (1953)
231. Manhattan (1979)
232. Network (1976)
233. Strada, La (1954)
234. In Bruges (2008)
235. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
236. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
237. Mystic River (2003)
238. Låt den rätte komma in (2008)
239. Safety Last! (1923)
240. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
241. Great Expectations (1946)
242. A Christmas Story (1983)
243. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
244. Dolce vita, La (1960)
245. Rocky (1976)
246. Planet of the Apes (1968)
247. Laura (1944)
248. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
249. Young Frankenstein (1974)
250. Casino Royale
Links of the Day:
Lana's Heroes Fanfic: Sleepy Snuggles
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sue_denimme's Doctor Who Picspam: The Many (Weird) Faces of Ten
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leonidaslion's SPN Fanfic: While You Were Sleeping and request for SPN iconmaker recs
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
sinister_morgue's Supernatural Icons Tag
Onmetaquotes, queencallipygos is absolutely hilarious - "...if anything can go wrong in a particularly weird way, I'm going to be the one that it happens to."
My general formula for my students is "Follow your bliss." Find where it is, and don't be afraid to follow it. - Essay by Joseph Campbell
Neil Gaiman interview - He's so young!
* "Shadow of the Day", Linkin Park
That's all, folks. Just posting to give y'all a snuggle.
PS: I'm still all a-glee over my mood theme. ♥
IMDB's Top 250 movies as voted by our users
Bold the one's that you've watched. (Even if you can't remember it.) I haven't counted the ones I've watched an itty bitty bit of, though.
1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. The Dark Knight (2008)
5. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo., Il (1966)
6. Pulp Fiction (1994)
7. Schindler's List (1993)
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
9. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
10. 12 Angry Men (1957)
11. Casablanca (1942)
12. Star Wars (1977)
13. Shichinin no samurai (1954)
14. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
15. Goodfellas (1990)
16. Rear Window (1954)
17. Cidade de Deus (2002)
18. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
19. C'era una volta il West (1968)
20. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
21. The Usual Suspects (1994)
22. Fight Club (1999)
23. Psycho (1960)
24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
25. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
26. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
27. Memento (2000)
28. North by Northwest (1959)
29. Citizen Kane (1941)
30. The Matrix (1999)
31. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
32. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
33. Se7en (1995)
34. WALL·E (2008)
35. Léon (1994)
36. Apocalypse Now (1979)
37. Taxi Driver (1976)
38. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
39. American Beauty (1999)
40. American History X (1998)
41. Vertigo (1958)
42. Paths of Glory (1957)
43. Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)
44. M (1931)
45. Forrest Gump (1994)
46. The Departed (2006)
47. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
48. Double Indemnity (1944)
49. Alien (1979)
50. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
51. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
52. Das Leben der Anderen (2006)
53. The Third Man (1949) - But I've read the story!
54. Chinatown (1974)
55. The Shining (1980)
56. The Pianist (2002)
57. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
58. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
59. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
60. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
61. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
62. L.A. Confidential (1997)
63. Aliens (1986)
64. Laberinto del fauno, El (2006)
65. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
66. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
67. Das Boot (1981)
68. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
69. City Lights (1931)
70. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
71. Rashômon (1950)
72. Raging Bull (1980)
73. Metropolis (1927)
74. All About Eve (1950)
75. Der Untergang (2004)
76. Modern Times (1936)
77. Rebecca (1940)
78. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
79. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
80. Some Like It Hot (1959)
81. Amadeus (1984)
82. The Prestige (2006)
83. The Elephant Man (1980)
84. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
85. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
86. Vita è bella, La (1997)
87. Sin City (2005)
88. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)
89. The Great Escape (1963)
90. The Apartment (1960)
91. No Country for Old Men (2007)
92. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
93. The Sting (1973)
94. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
95. Touch of Evil (1958)
96. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
97. Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
98. The Great Dictator (1940)
99. On the Waterfront (1954)
100. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
101. Batman Begins (2005)
102. Braveheart (1995)
103. Back to the Future (1985)
104. Jaws (1975)
105. Ladri di biciclette (1948)
106. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
107. Blade Runner (1982)
108. Strangers on a Train (1951)
109. There Will Be Blood (2007)
110. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
111. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
112. Unforgiven (1992)
113. Notorious (1946)
114. High Noon (1952)
115. The Green Mile (1999)
116. The Big Sleep (1946)
117. Fargo (1996)
118. Oldboy (2003)
119. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
120. Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)
121. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
122. Gladiator (2000)
123. Die Hard (1988)
124. Mononoke-hime (1997)
125. Yojimbo (1961)
126. Donnie Darko (2001)
127. Ran (1985)
128. Annie Hall (1977)
129. Smultronstället (1957)
130. Salaire de la peur, Le (1953)
131. The General (1927)
132. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
133. The Wrestler (2008)
134. It Happened One Night (1934)
135. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
136. Heat (1995)
137. The Deer Hunter (1978)
138. The Sixth Sense (1999)
139. Ben-Hur (1959)
140. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
141. Platoon (1986)
142. Into the Wild (2007)
143. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
144. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
145. Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957)
146. Life of Brian (1979)
147. Diaboliques, Les (1955)
148. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
149. Ratatouille (2007)
150. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
151. 8½ (1963)
152. The Big Lebowski (1998)
153. The Killing (1956)
154. Amores perros (2000)
155. Finding Nemo (2003)
156. The Graduate (1967)
157. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
158. Brief Encounter (1945)
159. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
160. Stand by Me (1986)
161. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
162. Snatch. (2000)
163. The Wild Bunch (1969)
164. Gandhi (1982)
165. V for Vendetta (2005)
166. The Gold Rush (1925)
167. The Incredibles (2004)
168. Gone with the Wind (1939)
169. The Princess Bride (1987)
170. Trainspotting (1996)
171. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
172. The Thing (1982)
173. Scarface (1983)
174. Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966)
175. Harvey (1950)
176. Children of Men (2006)
177. The Lion King (1994)
178. Groundhog Day (1993)
179. Toy Story (1995)
180. Sleuth (1972)
181. Milk (2008)
182. The Hustler (1961)
183. The Terminator (1984)
184. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
185. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
186. The African Queen (1951)
187. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
188. The Conversation (1974)
189. Umberto D. (1952)
190. Duck Soup (1933)
191. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
192. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
193. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
194. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
195. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
196. Crash (2004/I)
197. Stalag 17 (1953)
198. King Kong (1933)
199. Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007)
200. Hotaru no haka (1988)
201. Casino (1995)
202. Ed Wood (1994)
203. The Kid (1921)
204. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
205. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
206. Dial M for Murder (1954)
207. The Exorcist (1973)
208. The Lost Weekend (1945)
209. Rope (1948)
210. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
211. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
212. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
213. Wo hu cang long (2000)
214. Patton (1970)
215. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
216. Belle et la bête, La (1946)
217. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
218. Glory (1989)
219. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
220. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
221. Frankenstein (1931)
222. Magnolia (1999)
223. His Girl Friday (1940)
224. Spartacus (1960)
225. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
226. Gran Torino (2008)
227. Big Fish (2003)
228. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
229. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
230. Roman Holiday (1953)
231. Manhattan (1979)
232. Network (1976)
233. Strada, La (1954)
234. In Bruges (2008)
235. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
236. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
237. Mystic River (2003)
238. Låt den rätte komma in (2008)
239. Safety Last! (1923)
240. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
241. Great Expectations (1946)
242. A Christmas Story (1983)
243. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
244. Dolce vita, La (1960)
245. Rocky (1976)
246. Planet of the Apes (1968)
247. Laura (1944)
248. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
249. Young Frankenstein (1974)
250. Casino Royale
Links of the Day:
Lana's Heroes Fanfic: Sleepy Snuggles
sue_denimme's Doctor Who Picspam: The Many (Weird) Faces of Tenleonidaslion's SPN Fanfic: While You Were Sleeping and request for SPN iconmaker recssinister_morgue's Supernatural Icons TagOn
metaquotes, queencallipygos is absolutely hilarious - "...if anything can go wrong in a particularly weird way, I'm going to be the one that it happens to."My general formula for my students is "Follow your bliss." Find where it is, and don't be afraid to follow it. - Essay by Joseph Campbell
Neil Gaiman interview - He's so young!
* "Shadow of the Day", Linkin Park
