Posts Tagged ‘100 Things’

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Facts About Sean Explained: #12

January 28, 2010

This one is from Cindy.

12. From junior year of high school to junior year of college, I was a semi-serious watcher of Days of Our Lives.

The summer between junior and senior year, my parents went away on vacation.  I don’t remember how the conversation started or what led to this but I spent a week sleeping over my ex-girlfriend #1’s house (It’s not as scandalous as it sounds).  So one day, Ex-1 either went out or was doing something in the kitchen and her mother was watching Days of Our Lives. I sat there quietly at first but there was just crazy shit going on so I started asking questions.  Over the course of the week, she gave me the whole download on John Black, Marlena, The Dimeras, the Bo/Hope/Billie love triangle. I became obsessed and watched Days of our Lives for the entire summer. When my mom wasn’t looking, I’d read her Soap Opera Digest.  It was sad.

Then senior year, I overheard Eva, my best friend, talking about Days of our Lives and I jumped right in.  From that point on, it was our bond.  We talked about it all the time in high school and then in college when my class schedule allowed me to be home between 1 and 2 PM to catch it.

As soap operas have a tendency to do, it got a little crazy.  Actually, now that I’m thinking about it, the same things that drove me away from Days of our Lives then are the same things that intrigue me about Lost. So by senior year of NYU, I stopped following it altogether.

Years later, I was home sick from work and Days of our Lives and was like, “Wait, why are all the kids like 20 years old now?”

If you would like me to elaborate on one of my facts, leave a comment or e-mail me.  I’ll only do it if I think there’s enough of a story to tell about it.
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Facts About Sean Explained: #42

January 20, 2010

I thought it would be fun to get into as much detail as I can over the many facts I’ve posted about myself.

The second one is from Sheila who inspired the original 100 Facts About Sean

42. I have, however, been punched twice in the face and a number of times in the body, kicked in the face and hit with a shovel.

The two times I got punched were nothing really.  Both times, it was someone younger than me.  Both times, it was around an argument during sports. Both times, it didn’t hurt and I even smiled after the fact which only feeded the neighborhood talk that something was wrong with me.

The most memorable punch to the body was in 8th grade. I don’t remember the all the details because it was very long ago.  Anyway, there was this kid Michael (tall, geeky, awkward) who was in my science class. We were all split up into groups working on something and my friend says, “Hey, look at Michael.” Michael was clearly playing with himself IN THE MIDDLE OF CLASS NEXT TO HIS STUDY PARTNER WHO WAS OBLIVIOUS (Over the pants but still).  Now, to us, this was about the funniest thing we had ever seen so we started telling everyone in class to watch him. So everyone in class was watching him go (he was in the front and we were all sitting in pairs behind him) stifling our laughter until he turns around, face completely red and we all bust out laughing.

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100 Traits/Qualities I Wouldn’t Mind If My Next Girlfriend Had

September 23, 2009

Obviously, I don’t expect a person to display ALL these qualities but maybe 15% would be nice.  99% would mean that person is pretty much exactly like me which, while it sounds great in theory, is a bad idea.  I already have me.  If you are 100%, you know who you are and I’m sure we can work it out.

So I wouldn’t mind is she…

  1. …is a nice person overall
  2. …can be an asshole and say the occasional snarky remark behind people’s back
  3. …is into comic books or at least open to the possibility to being into comic books
  4. …plays video games or at least does not frown upon people who do
  5. …also finds the level of pandering in most romantic comedies pathetic
  6. …is a fan of a sports team or three, especially the New York Yankees, New York Giants and New York Knicks
  7. …is NOT a fan of the Boston Red Sox or Boston Celtics
  8. …watched the same cartoons I did growing up
  9. …is employed
  10. …can cook
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100 Favorite Music Artists As of Today

July 10, 2009

So I decided I couldn’t do an 100 Favorite Albums or Songs because so much of that is dependent on where I am in my life.  But doing a list of my favorite artists seemed doable.  I tired to think of a criteria but really I just went off how I was feeling about them today.  The list leans towards more current and active groups as hard as I tried to avoid that.  Artists whom I had multiple albums on my iPod as opposed to a collection of songs/singles obviously had a better chance.

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100 More Things That Make Me Happy (If Only For A Second)

May 5, 2009

I think it’s time for a new happy list especially on a gloomy day like today.

Here’s the first 100 if you missed it.

  1. “Mercy Flush Rules” e-mails or texts from Nikki, Kevin or Tony
  2. When Rule 76/Lock It Up wins
  3. Sharing a smile with an attractive woman at a bar, on the street or on the subway
  4. Any discussion surrounding the opening of “The Road to Hell”
  5. Last calls
  6. Chipotle carnitas burritos
  7. That moment when a 9-12 hour project is done and you have an hour or two to decompress
  8. Getting the idea for a new tattoo (even if I don’t actually get it)
  9. Getting the idea for a new story (even if I don’t actually write it)
  10. Thinking to myself that I’m actually not that drunk but then realizing that having this conversation with myself in my head is pretty much a confirmation that I am that drunk. (It’s always good for a laugh in front of the bathroom mirror at a bar)
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100 Things I Love About Being In A Relationship

November 3, 2008

First off, no, you didn’t miss anything.  I’m not in a relationship nor do I think I’m ready to rejoin the pack so to speak.

I was listening to my iPod on the subway, trying to think of something for my Consolation Prizes project and was drawing a blank.  Then I remembered a conversation i had with my friend Tabitha about what kind of guy I was like when I had a girlfriend and how I gave her hope that there would guys out there.  So then I decided to tried to tap into that version of myself (Sean 3.0) and see if I could put together this list.

This isn’t a cry to get back together with any of my ex-girlfriends but I should thank them for being such great girlfriends that I was able to put together this list.

Also, on a downer note, a lot of you long term relationshippers are no longer experiencing the things on this list so I guess the title of this list for you is “50-80 Things I Miss About My Relationship” [1]

On to the main event:

  1. First time that you meet
  2. First time that you call/get called
  3. First date
  4. Finding something in common during conversation to build off
  5. First semi-awkward kiss
  6. First post-date/kiss phone call/text
  7. First time you have sex
  8. First time you have GREAT sex
  9. First time you have a double/tripleheader
  10. Post-coital conversations
  11. When you decide that you are in a monogamous relationship
  12. Telling your close friends about this new person
  13. When they are the last person you want to talk to before you go to bed
  14. Falling asleep on the phone with them not because you are bored with them but because, at the time, being tired doesn’t feel like a good enough reason to get off of the phone
  15. The first time you share “I love yous”
  16. The conversation down the road about who said it first
  17. When you’re together at a party or large gathering, get separated and make eye contact across the room
  18. The period of time when seeing them makes your heart beat a little faster or get butterflies in your stomach
  19. Receiving a gift from them that you are totally surprised by because you never said you wanted it and it shows that they actually pay attention to you
  20. Buying a gift like #19 and seeing their face when they open it
  21. Spooning
  22. Seeing them naked for the first time in a sexual way
  23. Seeing them naked for the first time in a casual way [2]
  24. Traveling together
  25. Inside jokes
  26. Sharing something that you are really passionate about that they don’t know anything about yet embrace it
  27. When they still want to do something you are passionate about but they could give two shits about because it is important to you
  28. Making a mixtape for them
  29. The first time they grab your hand to hold it [3]
  30. P.D.A.
  31. Coming up behind them and putting your arms their waist
  32. When you’re sick and they take care of you
  33. When they are having a bad day and they don’t want to talk about it, they just want a hug
  34. Needing a hug and knowing one is waiting for you
  35. Your first stupid fight
  36. The first time they apologize to you sincerely and not just to end the argument [4]
  37. Makeup sex
  38. Cuddling when it’s cold
  39. Taking silly pictures together
  40. When they tell you a certain quality that you possess that they love that you didn’t realize you actually possessed
  41. Noticing something about them they haven’t noticed about themselves making that something “yours” in a weird way
  42. Discovering a new favorite thing (restaurant, movie, TV show, etc.) together
  43. When a song makes you think about them
  44. When you have a song as a couple[5]
  45. Being physically apart long enough to remember what it’s like to miss them
  46. Anniversaries
  47. Shared holidays
  48. Getting a massage from them when you really had a bad day
  49. Getting drunk together
  50. Drunk, sloppy sex
  51. Laughing during sex
  52. Making them feel better just by being there
  53. Resting your head on their shoulder, chest or lap
  54. When they make you change something about yourself that needed changing
  55. When they encourage you to do something positive in your life that you probably wouldn’t have done without their emotional support
  56. Receiving a thoughtful/sweet note in a card[6]
  57. Being inspired to write a thoughtful/sweet note in a card
  58. Spending the whole day e-mailing/IM-ing back and forth at work
  59. Spending the night together in a hotel room
  60. Spending a lazy Saturday/Sunday in bed together
  61. When their parents/close friends doesn’t necessarily hate you
  62. The first time they fart in front of you and are forced to admit it
  63. Being in a loud gathering and having them whisper something sweet in your ear
  64. When they make you feel more attractive then you really feel
  65. Doing something spontaneous together
  66. Having a “plus one” for a wedding
  67. Jealousy[7]
  68. Sending flowers[8]
  69. Cute nicknames
  70. Going to the movies together and holding hands[9]
  71. Their laugh[10]
  72. When they put their bent pointer finger on the bottom of your chin to raise your head and plant one kiss or, if they are the shorter one, when they put their hand on the back of your head and pull you in for a kiss
  73. Getting turned on by them for some random thing they do that they don’t realize they are doing
  74. Waking up face to face and smiling[11]
  75. Finding one of their hairs on your sweater
  76. Making out after you realized it’s been a long time since you just made out
  77. When they do something special for your birthday
  78. Going through your dresser and finding old notes/cards that they sent you
  79. Dancing together (or trying to)
  80. Making fun of other people together
  81. Walking around together
  82. Seeing old pictures of them
  83. Being able to identify their scent and then getting so used to it, you don’t notice it anymore
  84. Getting used to one of their more annoying qualities
  85. Seeing them in a “WOW” outfit
  86. Watching TV together
  87. Being genuinely surprised how much you love them
  88. Being genuinely surprised how much they love you
  89. A kiss goodnight
  90. A kiss good morning
  91. A greeting kiss when you meet up somewhere
  92. Your first real relationship-threatening but ultimately relationship-affirming fight
  93. Meeting up just to hang out somewhere different
  94. When you realize they are your best friend
  95. When you catch them looking at you and smiling
  96. When you think to yourself, “I can’t believe we’re together”[12]
  97. When they find your “spot” and casually exploit it
  98. When you tell them a story about something that’s really bothering you and they laugh and you don’t think it’s funny at all but you realize how silly you sound and you laugh too
  99. When you try something new together
  100. When you are sitting on the couch in silence, not saying anything, not doing anything particularly interesting and you think to yourself, “This is nice.”

Did I miss any of your favorites?  Then make your own list.

Me? I’m going back to the domain of the singles.

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[1] It could also be titled “100 Reasons Why Your Friends Hate Hanging Out With You Two”
^[2] Like they are getting ready for work or something
^[3] Locking fingers
^[4] Does this mean I’m petty?
^[5] …which will invariably be ruined if you two breakup
^[6] Since people don’t mail letters anymore
^[7] Cute jealousy like “I saw you looking at her/him” not psycho, obsessive, I-don’t-trust-you jealousy
^[8] We really need a male equivalent of flowers
^[9] Especially if it’s a movie you both want to see and/or a romantic movie
^[10] Which is probably annoying to everyone else but you don’t care
^[11] Before someone talks and ruins it with morning breath
^[12] In a good kinda way not in a “what-the-fuck-am-I-doing-with-my-life” kinda way)

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100 (or so) Graphic Novels I Recommend

September 7, 2008

Okay, this was supposed to be a straight list but then I overthought it and now you have what you see below. I tried to avoid listing any titles that are still ongoing (this list would never end). Anything with an asterisk is still going.

This list actually made me realize how many great graphic novels I haven’t read (Maus, From Hell, V For Vendetta).

Otherwise, enjoy and I hope you at least read one of these books.

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Yet Another 100 Facts* About Sean

July 1, 2008

In honor of yet another birthday, I’ve decided to take a crack at revealing 100 more random items about yours truly. Hopefully, I won’t repeat myself from my first two efforts (Parts 1 & 2). If I do, let me know and I’ll come up with a new one (Update: the ones in red are replacement facts):

  1. The last birthday party my parents threw was when I was 10 years old. My cousins all brought me fireworks for my birthday, which I wasn’t allowed to light. Dicks
  2. The first DVD I bought was Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
  3. I can’t help but cry through Björk’s screaming and crying towards the end of Dancer in the Dark
  4. I’ve only had one non-funeral related trip to Jamaica
  5. I didn’t miss a day of school until 8th grade.
  6. In nursery school, the teachers had made each of us little trucks made out of construction paper with our names written on it. Mine had “Shawn” instead of “Sean” written on it. I cried beyond the point of consolation
  7. Whenever I knew I was going to get spanked after parent/teacher conferences, I had two strategies: a) stay in my mother’s room watching soap hiding under her protection or b) getting under the covers and using my comforter as cover while pretending to get hit
  8. My brother and I figured out every hiding spot for our Christmas presents. It got so bad that we were playing with our new toys during the day and would put them back before my parents got home from work. It kinda took the fun out of Christmas in hindsight
  9. I was a latchkey kid from 4th grade on
  10. My favorite baseball player growing up was Don Mattingly
  11. Things I used to have posters of in my room: John Starks Dunk over Micheal Jordan (a.k.a. “The Dunk”), The Punisher, Wolverine, Spider-Man, Sade (taken from my brother), 1996 World Series Champion New York Yankees
  12. I was in the National Honor Society in high school…barely
  13. How I knew Girlfriend #1 and I were done. Before she went away for the summer, I went with her and her family while she bought shit and got her hair done. While she was in the chair, I gave her my Casio organizer because she wanted to write me a little note that I wasn’t supposed to read until she left. Of course, I read it as soon as I got home and it was innocent enough. I later noticed she deleted all the anniversary reminders from the month she left until the end of the year (I was a weirdo and had all the monthly anniversaries up to a full year). Ruined my whole summer. We “broke up” after she got back
  14. To this day, I’ve never asked her about it
  15. The name “Melanism” came from a band I saw in NYU called “Melanin 2000″
  16. I’m a Democrat
  17. I still haven’t had a check-up or physical
  18. For almost six months, I would meet friends in front of the Wetlands on Tuesday night, drive to Philadelphia for Black Lily, leave around 1-1:30 AM, drop everyone off and then go to work the next day
  19. In high school, I let three kids copy off me for the Chemistry Regents exam. I had a 95% going into the test. I was in the front and everyone behind me passed my answers back. I got a 70%. The kid directly behind me got a 66%. The rest failed and had to go to summer school. Oops
  20. My first official date with Girlfriend #2 was a double date with her younger sister and her boyfriend to go see Kids.
  21. I thought Mister Rogers was creepy
  22. The reason I’m such an early bird: my father kept all his suits for work in my closet and he would come into my room at 5:45 AM to get dressed every morning. He wasn’t exactly ninja-like plus the closet door got stuck alot so you had to pull really hard to open and made a loud noise when it did open. A few years of this and waking up at 6 AM was the norm
  23. I have a name I want to name a girl if I ever have a daughter but at this rate, it might end up being the name of one of the future pets-as-a-supplement-for-human-relationships I get (regardless, I’m not telling)
  24. I was kinda disappointed when I met someone with that name (middle name though)
  25. The motivating factor behind any career achievement at my current place of employment is: “How far can I get in this place without having to take the writing test?”
  26. The original point of this blog (actually my blog predates the term “blog”) was to share my opinion about movies without having to repeat myself. Not much has changed
  27. I slept with a night light a lot longer than I’m willing to admit on this list
  28. I used to eat Luden’s Wild Cherry Throat Drops like they were Skittles. I had a serious addiction to them in high school
  29. I’ve been wearing glasses since Kindergarten
  30. I’m still paying off my student loans
  31. I think I’ve said ‘I love you’ first in all my relationships (GFs 1-3: please feel free to refute)
  32. My middle name is “Andre” (Hey, some people don’t know that)
  33. I hate people who get on the subway before most of the people on the car get out
  34. I’ve only had to go to the hospital twice: 1) Stomach pains from eating too many greasy foods in one day when I was in grade school and 2) Severe sprained ankle from kickball last year
  35. I have a small birthmark on my right tricep. I think it looks like a dog or a rabbit
  36. I prefer being cold over being hot because you can dress for being too cold
  37. Every stage of my life, I have a new person I consider my “best friend” (the feeling isn’t always mutual)
  38. My father also ruined cereal for me. As mentioned in #22, my father used to get dressed at 5:45 AM and leave at 6:05 AM. He would fix me a bowl of Frosted Flakes cereal before he left and by the time I got downstairs, it was really soggy but my mother made me eat it. I didn’t have cereal again until I was in college
  39. Eric is my oldest friend as I’ve known him since first grade
  40. No one ever thinks I am as old as I actually am
  41. I have never been to a professional or college football game
  42. I can’t say that “I can’t cook” because I haven’t really tried
  43. I kinda suck at Guitar Hero-related games despite the fact that I own a number of them
  44. I don’t like having company because then no one knows how messy my apartment really is
  45. The only class I ever got an F in was Religion. My mother laughed when I showed her. Her response (paraphrased): “What’s there to fail: God. Jesus. Holy Spirit?”
  46. I can’t sing but this does fact does not keep me away from karaoke mics
  47. 8 times out of 10, I will arrive early to any party or gathering unless I’m coming from another party (which I probably arrived early to)
  48. I think the reason I eat and drink so fast was that was the only way to escape the dinner table and inquiries about homework (that I wasn’t doing) when I was growing up
  49. I can listen to sad music all day long
  50. Despite being an A/B+ student for my entire grade school life, it took me four and a half years to get Student of the Month at St. Brigid’s. When I asked why I hadn’t gotten it, a teacher told me I questioned my teachers too much during class
  51. My favorite video game of all time is Final Fantasy VII. I once spent 10-12 straight hours in college sitting in front of the TV playing that while my roommate/suitemates went out to class
  52. I used to have a huge crush on this girl in high school but she liked one of my best friends. I wanted him to ask her to the prom which he wouldn’t because I liked her. He wanted me to ask her which I didn’t because I knew she liked him. She ended up going to the prom with this d-bag who shared the limo with us making us both wish we had asked her
  53. I can’t function during the work day if I don’t have some sort of breakfast
  54. I try to eat dinner before 8 PM. I don’t know when that started
  55. I have little-to-no willpower when it comes to rejecting food (or booze)
  56. Open bars are my kryptonite
  57. I want to own or run a bar, lounge or diner. Not because I have any interest in any of these types of establishments. I just want to work at a place that I can listen (and make other people listen to) music I want to hear
  58. I think I spend at least $150 dollars on comic books a month
  59. If I spent as much money on clothes as I did DVDs and comics, I would be quite stylish
  60. I fooled around with Girlfriend #1 more after we broke up than when we were together
  61. As a child, I used to fluctuate between sleeping with the door open or close. The argument I made to myself was “Would I rather see whatever was coming down the hallway to get me or would I rather hear them open door and pretend to be asleep?” I think I settled on the latter
  62. When I went to see Monty Python’s Spamalot with some friends, imagine my surprise when i saw the girl who I went to NYU senior formal with and who ditched me for her friends afterwards on stage
  63. I drool in my sleep a little. A lot if I’m sick
  64. I never had an answer to the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
  65. One day, two friends and I went on a shoplifting spree throughout Broadway Mall leaving with at least $200 worth of bounty
  66. I used to try and write hip-hop verses in high school. They were all laughably bad
  67. As much as I love them, no piece of art (TV, comics, movies, paintings, etc.) has ever changed my life
  68. I’m always afraid of missing the last step when I go down a long flight of stairs
  69. I get nervous when too many people pay attention to what I am doing
  70. I learned wrestling was fake a little later than I am willing to admit on this list
  71. 90% of my Facebook status messages are from books, movies or songs I just listened to at the time of posting
  72. I’m currently harboring 4-5 crushes. They range from “fleeting” to “mildly debilitating”
  73. The first R-rated movie I snuck into was Alien 3
  74. After I watched my brother’s tape of Private School, I started calling his friends “douchebag” whenever they called. I was probably 8 or 9 years old
  75. I’ve never come into a job drunk. Partially tipsy twice
  76. When I buy TV shows on DVD, it’s moreso to lend out to get additional people hooked on said TV show then for my own personal viewing pleasure
  77. Unless you bludgeon me over the head with it, I’m generally oblivious to people showing romantic interest in me
  78. I’m 5′9″
  79. I didn’t start drinking coffee until I started working here six years ago
  80. In college, my roommate, Pierre, and I watched The Tick on FOX Saturday morning cartoons religiously. No matter what we were doing or where we were, we were in front of the TV at 11 AM
  81. I’ve had a cell phone since I was 21
  82. I don’t use more than 25-35 talk minutes on my cell phone a month. When Lost or 24 is on, it goes up to an hour
  83. I used to hide the lunches my father made me that I didn’t want (he used to make me HAMBURGERS and put that in my lunch bag…WTF?) behind my bookcase. One day, I forgot and my mother found a rotten bag of food while she was cleaning my room
  84. The first time I puked as a toddler was in kindergarten. After eating one of those soggy bowls of cereal (#38), I got on the bus and the driver strapped us all in. I started to feel sick but couldn’t get free from seat beat. I puked all over myself. The bus driver was running late so let me ride the entire way covered in soggy Frosted Flakes vomit and cleaned me off when we got to school
  85. The first movies we got when my parents bought a VCR were Raiders of the Lost Ark and Purple Rain
  86. I learned how to dub movies when I was 12. I used to rent 3-4 movies a week from Blockbuster Video and make copies for my brother and his friends
  87. The last movie I saw at the Westbury Drive-In before they shut it down was There’s Something About Mary
  88. I’ve never been on a pre-relationship “date” (and by “date”, I mean asking a girl out to dinner or a movie with the intention of wooing her AND she knows it’s a date)
  89. My being single has more to do with my shyness than I lead people to believe
  90. My father used to academically compare me unfavorably to my classmates which made me want to try less
  91. I did better in the verbal section of my SAT and my GRE but both times my score was below 1,000. (I can’t remember the exact score for either)
  92. I have no problem having the same meal over and over again for lunch or dinner.
  93. I was in the General Studies Program for my freshman and sophomore years of NYU (for those of us who weren’t quite up the NYU standards)
  94. For many years of my grade school and high school years, I would never look at myself directly in the mirror for self-conscious-about-my appearance reasons. I would take off my glasses first or always look at myself from some sort of angle
  95. I prefer the right side of the bed
  96. I used to drink Welch’s grape soda all the time. Now I only drink Diet Coke or Coke Zero
  97. Anytime I do laundry on the weekend, 9 1/2 times out of 10, I will end up taking a nap for at least an hour. I can’t explain it
  98. I hate calling people in my office. I’d rather talk to them face to face. If that’s not possible, e-mail. The phone is a last resort
  99. It is understood amongst my family that at any holiday dinner (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, etc.), I have first dibs on chicken and/or turkey legs. It has been tradition since I was a little kid
  100. I’m not that into big breasts

Now everyone knows 300 more things about me than I do about them…

Happy Birthday to me (on July 4th)!

* These aren’t really “facts” as much as tidbits or stories you didn’t know about me

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100 Random Movies I Love (That I Not-So-Secretly Hope You Love Too)

May 27, 2008

I haven’t done an “100 Things” list in awhile so I decided to be lazy and picked an easy one for me to do.

I tried to stay away from movies that would have been considered box office hits when they were in theaters and also movies that I’m pretty sure a lot of people have seen but as I started randomly picking movies from my DVD collection and Netflix rentals past the rules became fuzzy.

I’m not saying these are all good or great movies. Some of them are. Some of them are pretty bad but I find them incredibly watchable. I’m not saying that I’ll hold it against you if you don’t like, hate or haven’t even seen any of these movies. But if you love them too…cool.

In alphabetical order (links to IMDB)

  1. 12 Monkeys
  2. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
  3. American Psycho
  4. Army of Darkness
  5. Away from Her
  6. Best In Show
  7. Big Trouble in Little China
  8. The Break-Up
  9. Brick
  10. Children of Men
  11. The Chronicles of Riddick
  12. Clean
  13. Closer
  14. The Constant Gardener
  15. Dancer in the Dark
  16. Dark City
  17. The Descent
  18. Devil in a Blue Dress
  19. Don Juan De Marco
  20. Drumline
  21. Elizabeth
  22. Equilibrium
  23. Eve’s Bayou
  24. Fear
  25. The Fisher King
  26. Fools Rush In
  27. Fountain, The
  28. Galaxy Quest
  29. Gattaca
  30. The Gift
  31. Go
  32. Grosse Pointe Blank
  33. Half Nelson
  34. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  35. High Fidelity
  36. In the Mood for Love
  37. Infernal Affairs
  38. The Iron Giant
  39. Keeping the Faith
  40. Kicking and Screaming*
  41. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
  42. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
  43. Labyrinth
  44. Lars and the Real Girl
  45. Layer Cake
  46. Léon: The Professional
  47. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
  48. Lift
  49. Little Man Tate
  50. Little Manhattan
  51. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
  52. The Long Kiss Goodnight
  53. Lord of War
  54. Love & Sex
  55. Mad Dog and Glory
  56. Memento
  57. A Mighty Wind
  58. Monster House
  59. The Monster Squad
  60. Murderball
  61. My Life Without Me
  62. Notes on a Scandal
  63. Oldboy
  64. Once
  65. Orgazmo
  66. Pan’s Labyrinth
  67. The Paper
  68. Punch-Drunk Love
  69. Quick Change
  70. Raising Victor Vargas
  71. Reign of Fire
  72. Requiem for a Dream
  73. Rescue Dawn
  74. Road House
  75. The Royal Tenenbaums
  76. The Science of Sleep
  77. Serenity
  78. Shortbus
  79. Sin City
  80. Sliding Doors
  81. Snatch
  82. Sneakers
  83. Spartan
  84. Spirited Away
  85. The Squid and the Whale
  86. The Station Agent
  87. Stir of Echoes
  88. Swimming with Sharks
  89. The Tao of Steve
  90. Team America: World Police
  91. Thank You For Smoking
  92. Three O’ Clock High
  93. The Truth About Cats & Dogs
  94. The Upside of Anger
  95. A Very Long Engagement
  96. Volver
  97. The Way of the Gun
  98. The World According to Garp
  99. You Can Count on Me
  100. Zodiac

So let me have it. Which of these movies do you absolutely hate?

* The Noah Baumbach one, not the Will Ferrell one

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Things That Might Make My Life Better (or More Interesting)

April 15, 2008

Some goddamn point a man’s due to stop arguing with his-self and feeling twice the goddamn fool he knows he is ’cause he can’t be something he tries to be every goddamn day without once getting to dinnertime and fucking it up. I don’t want to fight it anymore, understand me Charlie? And I don’t want you pissing in my ear about it. Can you let me go to hell the way I want to?
- Wild Bill Hickok from Deadwood

These things are always on my mind but maybe if I write them down and publicly admit them, I’ll be more likely to do them…

  • Learning how to cook from a recipe (as opposed to the microwave option I naturally gravitate towards)
  • Learning another language
  • Saving money like I’m going to have a long life
  • Stop spending money like I’m going to have a short one
  • Go to the doctor for a check-up for the first time a decade (to see if I can ignore #3 or #4)
  • Go to the dentist (so it doesn’t hurt when I eat candy)
  • Don’t watch so much TV (not that I have to stop watching my shows but during that time when I’m just flipping channels)
  • Read more books
  • Watch more documentaries
  • Stop buying DVDs that I’m never going to watch more than once
  • Stop buying video games that I’m not going to make time to play
  • Make time to play the video games I have
  • Stop spending so much money on comic books (if you only knew how much I spend in a month)
  • Learn to do my job better (or get a new job)
  • Pay off my credit cards before making any other major purchases
  • Travel somewhere outside the U.S. that’s not England (although I do want to go back)
  • Call my parents more
  • Call other people more
  • Answer my phone when people call and I’m watching TV (not like I couldn’t pause it)
  • Spend less time aimlessly surfing the internet
  • Spend less money on buying alcohol
  • Don’t use going to the gym as an excuse to eat poorly
  • Stop buying amusing t-shirts and buy regular clothes
  • Stop buying clothes you never get around to wearing
  • Dust your room more regularly
  • Go out more often
  • Be more social when I do go out
  • Don’t use payday as an excuse to go shopping
  • Ride that bike you bitched about getting from UPS
  • Blog more about myself instead what I’m watching or reading (mostly watching)

Who are we kidding though. It’s not like I’m going to do 98% of the things on this list but at least if you see me not doing any of these things, you have permission to openly judge me.

What’s on your mental “to-do” list?

*This was going to be another 100 Things list but even I’m not that screwed up that there are 100 things that could improve my life.