Friday, April 29, 2005

So I've been at home (with my parents) for about a week and a half, and I've been slowly progressing through the stages of child-parents' relations. These are the stages, as I've progressed through them:

-Excitement! My mom will wash my clothes and fold them! I can write food on her grocery list and it will be in the refrigerator on Tuesday! And I get to live right in the middle of the city in their townhouse!

-Mild Annoyance. My dad still tells the same jokes. My mom is cooking a menu that only includes foods that she knows I hate: sausage, bizarre fish, jumbalaya, etc. It is always below freezing in the living room.

-Completely hysteria! (This step took a surprisingly short amount of time to reach). This includes me laughing insanely for five minutes during dinner for no reason (which might have scared my parents). I can no longer stand my parents reading headlines aloud from the newspaper and then asking me to comment on the topic. And my mom's OCD cleanliness is crazy...anytime anything is moved out of place, she will move it back, even if you are still using it. For example, never leave a cabinet open and cross the kitchen because it will be closed when you return! I related all of this to my brother on the phone and he decided not to come home for the summer (honestly). But my parents weren't very upset. My mom probably had visions of him wearing his shoes in the house.

-Unconditional love (that sounds like a Celine Dion song!) Anyway, I've realized that in the past, I've missed my parents for reasons that had nothing to do with them. I still love them so much, but I'm marking checks on their nutty-list and starting to accept them as the empty-nesters that they are. I mean, they go out to bars on worknights! It's kind of like they're living the yuppie lifestyle that they missed in the 80s because they were both in graduate school while raising two kids. I've loved being at home, but I've come to the conclusion that I could never sanely live with them again! It all works out, since my mom told me last year that I couldn't. To sum up the stages, I'll miss my parents when I leave, but a desire to be home will no longer impact my choices or emotions.

Anyway, I finally met my parents' famous neighbor last night. I went to his book signing, where I was surrounded in line by girls prepping to say things like "Will you have my baby?" and others who were hyperventilating. I was determined to remain calm. I did tell him that I was his neighbor and I said "welcome to the neighborhood," but I told him the wrong address by mistake ( I've only actually stayed at this house for 10 days so far, that's acceptable, right?). Wouldn't it be just my luck that he would suddenly decide to come over and visit me, only to find that there is no #120? Umm, hmm, since that will never happen, I've decided to live with my mistake :)

Monday, April 18, 2005

Jon Stewart on Oprah is like:
a. Keane on SNL
b. good grade on the 40-page paper that is 50% of my grade semester grade
c. flirting with professional hockey players in San Antonio (while simultaneously missing soporific 3-hour class)
d. all of the above

C'mon! I know you know it ;)
Post another metaphor if you wish...

Friday, April 15, 2005

This is way too true!








Pisces - Your Love Profile


Your positive traits:



You're very tuned into your lover's feelings - and always doing something caring.

Sweetness - you're the most romantic person your parnter has ever met.

You get easily swept away and are a total delight to fall in love with.



Your negative traits:



You are super duper sensitive and find it hard to get out of a sad mood.

It's difficult for you to tell your sweetie no, even when you should.

You often tell your partner what they want to hear, instead of being honest.



Your ideal partner:



Is straight from a fairy tale - the man or woman of your dreams

Is a total romantic, with an artistic or creative side

Loves to express their love to you, in all sorts of unique ways



Your dating style:


Dreamy. You like traditional romantic dates, like picnics in the park and candlelight dinners.



Your seduction style:



Fearless - you try what your parnter suggests, no matter how unusual.

Loving. You'll take your pleasure second, if necessary.

Internal. A lot of your enjoyment takes place within your head.



Tips for the future:



Be more realistic. Your romantic ideal is nice, but it may just not happen.

Let go of your fear of rejection - it's holding you back from being with your true love.

Open yourself up to a new love. The person you think you want make not be the one..



Best place to meet someone online:



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Best color to attract mate: Seafoam green



Best day for a date: Friday



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Tuesday, April 12, 2005

FIRSTS
First screen name: rosynic22
First piercing: ears, when I was 16, I think
First $ cards: Not until I left for college
First enemy: I've never really had an enemy. I think one girl hated me, but I was too busy to really care.
First concert: Duran Duran with my Dad :)

LASTS
Last big car ride: wow...um, when I moved to Minneapolis, I think.
Last kiss: Daniel
Last library book: I never go to the library anymore
Last movie seen: Sahara...good for an adventure movie
In the theatre: Same
Last food consumed: A blackberry
Last phone call: Jenny
Last CD played: I don't buy cds anymore, but I listened to Damien Rice on my ipod
Last soda drank: Sprite

SHORT ANSWER

I AM: tired tired tired
I HAVE: great friends
I WISH: I could find a sweet guy in the Twin Cities
I HATE: I reallly dislike anyone who makes children feel shame or self-hate
I WONDER: how many times my parents will take me out to eat during the next two weeks
I LOVE: the hope in the eyes of new immigrant children
I ALWAYS: feed my kitty
I AM NOT: going to stay in the Midwest forever
I DANCE: ballet, or at least I wish I did still
I SING: in the shower...Something to Talk About by Bonnie Raitt
I CRY: a lot...it sometimes makes people think I'm really sad, but it's nice to cry sometimes
I AM NOT ALWAYS: the tidiest person
I WRITE: in my blog every few days
I WIN: when I play mariokart with my brother, but he beats me at everything else
I LOSE: important documents a lot
I CONFUSE: people when I start talking about something that I was thinking about in my head for awhile.
I NEED: a man with a British accent- there is no substitute ;)
I SHOULD: be applying for jobs...but do I really want to stay in the Twin Cities? Hmm...

YES or NO
YOU KEEP A DIARY: Yes, but I haven't written in it for about three months
YOU COOK: yeah, but very simple recipes
YOU HAVE A SECRET YOU HAVEN'T SHARED WITH ANYONE: I watch American Idol

DO YOU...?
HAVE A CRUSH: Jeff on Coupling, the BBC sitcom
WANT TO GET MARRIED: hopefully, b/f I'm 30
GET MOTION SICKNESS: on one ride at the state fair that held me upside down for about 2 minutes, while spinning in two directions
THINK YOU'RE A HEALTH FREAK: not at all...
GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS: Yes...they're so funny, especially my Dad's obsession with with Dietrich Boenhoffer
LIKE THUNDERSTORMS: I loved them when I was young...we used to sit on my grandparents porch and watch car drive by really fast and make huge splashes
Who I want to win American Idol: WELL, Anthony or Nadia or Bo.
Other ways I waste my time: shopping, reading nytime online, watching Coupling, going for long walks around the lakes

Sunday, April 10, 2005

A Research Study on 20-Something Attendance of Episcopal Churches in the Twin Cities Area
by Nicole W.

Over the past nine months, I have done an extensive study of the number of 20-somethings attending local Episcopal churches. The results are shocking (yeah, right.) After going to five churches, looking for 20-somethings, enquiring about young adult groups, attending those groups, and trying to guess at the members' actual ages (those lying thirty-somethings, honestly), I have come to the conclusion that there is a third dimension sucking up Episcopalians who are my age. Well, that or every single one has abandoned the church between the time when they're forced to go with their parents and they feel guilty if they don't take their own children. I am sick and tired of being the only person between the ages of 15 and 40 at church! I miss my old Episcopal Campus Ministry. I had honestly started to believe that there was a decent population of intelligent, handsome, and kind Episopalian guys in this country- and that I would have girlfriends to sit and chat with during services. I was tricked. The world outside of a small portion of Forsythe street in St. Louis, MO is sparsely populated with Episcopalians who grew up in the late-80s/early 90s. Maybe we are lost in the wilderness of the aged Anglican church as a whole. Or maybe, just maybe, I am the only one who wasn't sucked into the black hole of 20-something Episcopalians. My research continues...

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Which chemical element am I?

I just think that this is a really cute idea. And I'm pretty resistant to corrosion, so it's true.










Cr...Chromium



You scored 33 Mass, 22 Electronegativity, 61 Metal, and 0 Radioactivity!
Oooohaaaaah.... shiny! You probably have an incredibly stable and well-maintained group of friends... that probably also don't get out much either. You're not one to get bogged down by a problem. Of course, I'm basing this upon Chromium's ultra-low water-exchange constant and it's corrosion-resistant properties, and I wouldn't be too surprised if the analogy doesn't even apply.











My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender
:

























You scored higher than 34%
on Mass









You scored higher than 18%
on Electroneg









You scored higher than 70%
on Metal









You scored higher than 1%
on Radioactivity




Link: The Which Chemical Element Am I Test written by effataigus on Ok Cupid

Saturday, April 02, 2005

Hmm...sexual politics??

I read somewhere that it was actually men who decided that women should have a femenist sexual revolution in the 60's, since it would eventually lead to the situation today, when men can pretty much expect anything. It really seems like even the nice guys are digressing to the level of thinking that if woman even talks to them in a bar, that she's leading them on if she doesn't go home with him. Well, I don't want to get into that, but my point is that I'm sick of feeling guilty for having rules for myself. And I'm sick of guys who really ARE nice sinking to that level and then society accepting it. I think that we should turn it around and all girls should start demanding that they won't talk to guys unless they agree to call them the next day and actually follow through! It would be less demeaning, but wouldn't always involve a moral decision and so much regret. Plus, I think that most girls, like me, want to see a guy for more than one day (or night). I also adamently believe that this information, including the fact that patience and actually getting to know someone aren't antiquated, should be a cornerstone of the health sciences curriculum in all high schools ;) We need to start educating men early, so that they don't only begin to realize the benefits of a "relationship" when they're in their 30's.

That's my schpeel (or however you spell it) and I'm sticking to it. San Antonio was so much fun..and so hot! I did all the things that I planned on doing in my last post, except meet a cowboy. I did get an intent-to-hire offer from a school district in Maryland! And last night I met some players from the Mighty Ducks hockey team. It was so much fun spending time with them at a crazy piano bar, but the night led to my concerns above. But maybe I'm just cynical. I was listening to Bright Eyes on the airplane, and these lyrics describe almost exactly what happened:

"I picked you out of a crowd and talked to you.

I said, "I like your shoes."
You said, "Thanks can I follow you?"
So it's up the stairs and out of view-
No prying eyes
I poured some wine
I asked your name, you asked the time...
Now it's two o'clock-
the club is closed and we're up the block
Your hands on me; pressing hard against your jeans
Your tongue in my mouth, trying to keep the words from coming out
You didn't care to know who else may have been you before

I want a lover I don't have to love.
I want a girl who's too sad to give a..."

That pretty much sums it up.

Monday, March 28, 2005

Woo-hoo! c(: )
That's a cowboy smiley face, in liu of the fact that I'm off to the lone star state tomorrow night!

Here's my plan:
Get some free textbooks, pass out some résumés, shake hands, eat tasty free food, listen to kicky country music, buy a cowboy hat, get a tan, and meet a cowboy. Okay, expecially meet a cowboy.

Sunday, March 27, 2005

OMG...I have no idea how anyone finished this paper! I've been writing and writing and writing and it's so boring and I still haven't finished. I'm determined to finish it tonight, even if it's horrible. Now, I know how to write a paper since I wrote many at Wash U. But this is a technical paper- I have to connect and rewrite all aspects of my teaching, applying theory and cite books and journals. I'm putting myself to sleep:)!!

So, here's my question:
When have you given up on a paper and just turned it in? What kind of paper can't you write because it's so dull?

Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Mid-week update with Nicole:

-My dad finished his mosaic commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He said that the grouting made all the difference and my mom is going to allow it to be displayed in the house. If you can tell me something more bizarre than that, I'll send you a postcard from Minnesota.

-My 40-something page paper was due on Tuesday. Right now it looks like I'll be done by Monday.

-My hair is grows freakishly fast. Honestly. I died it auburn less than two weeks ago and my roots are already a centimeter long.

-Is a computer program like Flash really a timesaver in teaching? I propose not, since it will take me years to understand why I can delete everything by touching one button (and to remember which button that is).

-I'm going to a national conference next week in Texas. I keep forgetting! I get to miss three days of class AND I will get tons of free books on ESL. I hope I can also, somehow, get a tan and meet a cowboy.

-The days of Starbucks are back. I spent five hours there today...it reminded me of college days;)

-I'm really tired of the news cycle right now. It's like a double scoop of depression. Can we please have some debate about a positive issue? Here's the topic: which political party can cure cancer first?

-I'm addicted to Lindt truffles.

-I'm semi-ashamed to say that I've been watching American Idol while I study. The singers are so good, though! I'm partial to Anthony and Nadia. The girl from the farm is so toothpaste commercial.

-If you read this and you happen to see a job listing for an elementary ESL teacher in your area, please tell me. I'm open to moving anywhere! And I'm a girl who needs options.

Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Since I still have 45 minutes until class starts and I don't feel like working anymore, I'm going to write about the bizarre dream I had last night. It is really starting to creep me out as I continue to think about it.

Okay, I'm pregnant. I'm having Joshua Lyman's baby (think West Wing). He's bouncing around in the cute, frenetic way he always does, suggesting obsurd names for our baby. I shoot them all down, because I've known what I've wanted to name a baby for the past 5 years (in reality, too). So I give him my speech about why the only choices are Odette Magdalen and Tate Henry. Then we're at a completely existential hostpital: there are no numbers on the doors and no one is there but us, lost, roaming through the halls, looking for a doctor because my water has broken. Then suddenly, I'm looking down at a surreal amusement park on a pier and flying over it as I get closer to a modern, white house on the edge of a cliff. Then the scene jumps to a basement. I'm alone and I give birth to a Life cereal box. I open the box and inside is the baby, but it's made of glass and instead of a heart, there is cream of wheat. And then I start to cry quietly because that means my baby is dead.

What could that possibly mean? I don't think that all dreams mean something, but I know that they're reflective of the ideas that are in one's subconscious during the waking day. Well, I've been watching a lot of the West Wing, but nothing else is vaguely familiar or relevant to my life right now. One of my biggest fears, though, is an unhealthy baby. But, honestly, I'm only 23 and I can't even find a man. Before I got out of bed, I tried to im imagine opening the box and finding a living baby (I always try to rewrite bad dreams), but I couldn't. I'm not sad about it...I feel kind of numb and depressed by the whole idea, though.

Has anyone ever had a prophetic dream? Or one that was creepy but meant nothing at all? Please comment:)

Monday, March 21, 2005

So this week it became obvious to me that my family solves a disaster with comfort food. I had three nights of Easter-sized meals that left me feeling incredible carbed (my new verb) and lazy. And guess what? I have a 40 page paper due tomorrow! It's such a good thing that I asked for an extension until Friday because I've only written 5 pages so far. But, I could definitely pull something like that off when I was at Wash U, so why am I worrying, right? Well, this (graduate school) feels just a little bit more professional and, yikes, important to my future. So I'm nervous. I rented all of season 3 of the West Wing because I can't work in silence or with music. If I do that, I get completely up in my head and have a semi-nervous/existential crisis like those I had at Starbucks last year (some of you guys were there...it wasn't pretty and I was spending hundreds on frappucchinos). Anyway, season three is sooo good. I'm just feeling kind of sick of school. I mean, I haven't lived real-life yet. I can't believe that my mom and dad both stayed in school until they were 30- that's crazy! At least I'll be done this summer. I'm thinking about getting a job in the East, like New York State or New England. I miss quaint colonial references, clapboard houses, the ocean, and the quiet social reservation. The Midwest really feels isolating sometimes because we're so stuck in the middle of all of the land.

Saturday, March 19, 2005











The Liberal Beauty



You scored 89 looks, 71 personality, and 26 politics!
You're beautiful and you have a great personality. You're a liberal with your views and you don't put morals before everything. You're probably a great wife or girlfriend, and you know how to make sure that the ones you love are happy. You're probably fun in a conversation and I'm sure that you are as loveable as you are beautiful.





Don't Forget to Take My Other 2 Tests



The Music (Rock That Is) Test



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The One Question Test


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My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender
:
























You scored higher than 61%
on Appearance









You scored higher than 9%
on Personality









You scored higher than 6%
on Beliefs










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Friday, March 18, 2005

Tonight, I was planning on watching my favorite Disney movies with my cousins. It was going to be a double feature of "The Sword in the Stone" and "Robin Hood" (my absolute favorite is Beauty and the Beast, but I couldn't believe that I found the other two at my video store!). Well, my cousins had to go to a talent show, so I ended up watching "Before Sunrise" with my grandparents;) Needless to say, they added a hilarious running commentary, a lot of which involved me yelling explanations at my grandpa because he refuses to turn up his hearing aid. This is a typical conversation:
"How's your hearing aid working, grandpa?"
"What?"
At least he saw the humor in that after he turned it up.

But during the movie, there's a scene when the two characters are lying in the park at night and kissing.
My grandma: "They better not do what I think they're going to do. The police will get 'em!"

After the male character says "We don't have to have sex tonight, it's not important..."
My grandpa: "That's what he thinks."

The best part about my grandparents is that they play up these funny comments just for laughs (the same way I pretend to not know about sports just to annoy my dad).

Okay, here's my favorite grandparentism :)
After the couple in the movie wake up and leave the park in the morning:
My grandpa: "Well, that must have been damp."

Thursday, March 17, 2005

I have so much due next week, I might just pull my newly colored hair out! Grr. You would think that teachers that share an office would know what they're both assigning huge assignments to be due the same week. My grandparents are here now, though, which adds to my daily guilt (and fun, too! :) ) because they always seem sad when I can't attend every meal with them. They are a barrel of laughs too, though, especially now that my grandma has a cane that she can poke people with.

In other news, my little brother is heading to New Mexico tomorrow with girl who I honestly think will play with his emotions to no end. I went through that during college and I really don't want him too. Suddenly he's drinking too, which scares me...well, you guys know how paranoid I am!

I'm finally getting used to the split. I'm going to see my Aunt's new house tomorrow- I hope she lets me help decorate! I'm all about blue carpet...it's quite soothing, doncha' know?

I wish I was doing something tres exciting for St. Patrick's Day...I had a glass of water with Jenny and Jake- that's all I have time for! Hmm...the upcoming holidays are equally important, clothing-wise (not to diminish their importance, religion-wise): two chances to wear springtime heels to church without looking completely out of place.

Monday, March 14, 2005

My emotions are like a sponge: I can be filled up or left to dry, twisted or squeezed beyond any semblance of my original form. I tend to take on people's problems as my own and feel their pain; it's like uncontrolable, unproductive empathy and pathos. Every week I watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and cry because those people have overcome so much and now they have central heating! And Jon Mellancamp is playing a concert in their new barn! It's a little bit pathetic.

Anyway, this week has been extremely difficult. My Aunt and Uncle are getting a divorce, which was just announced last Saturday. In a month, my Aunt is moving out of their house and my Uncle will sell it and find another one too. Everyone in my family is completely shocked, stunned, and feeling beaten. My Aunt decided to declare, last week, that she is of a different orientation and that she has always known it. My Uncle is crushed- he had no idea whatsoever and it turns out that their marriage was a lie. Now their family, including the cutest and fomerly happiest children in the world, are being wrenched apart, creating huge, painful wounds. And I just can't cope with all of the pain. Both of them first turned to me to take care of the kids when they (my aunt or uncle) was feeling overwhelmed. I've been told secrets that I never wanted to know, I've been used as an anger buffer, and I've been made a confidant of one side when I don't really think that I should be anything but neutral. I've even been asked to distract the children from their parents' crying. And my heart is breaking for my cousins because I can see the confusion in their eyes. I want to help, I need to help, but I won't be any help to anyone if I take on their suffering.

I'm so so so relieved that my grandparents come tomorrow. As my Dad said, "They will bring even more problems with them," but at least they'll lay down the law, so to speak, and try to fix the mess. I honestly don't have enough (I mean "any") experience with divorce and children, so I'm hopeless.

As much as I'm feeling twisted today, at least I know what comfort really is...
Comfort is: laying on the leather couch in my parents living room, with my cat, a cup of earl grey tea, and a good book.
Also, knowing that someone is taking care of me just as much as I'm taking care of other people.

Wednesday, March 09, 2005

I've been reading lots of blogs about upcoming Spring Break plans, so I actually started thinking about what I'm going to do next week. Yay vacation:
-help my Aunt move into a new house, help my uncle find a new house
-finish my curriculum unit 40 page paper
-work on my Portfolio, a mazillion page binder full of ever possible example of my teaching (we're even advised to make things up if we don't have enough)
-work on my computer tech website...Java still makes no sense to me at all

Okay, that was a pretty cynical and sarcastic list, but that's just because I don't have time to "break." However, my two weeks at home in April will be so much fun! Here's the list for that vacation:
-Try to meet Michael Phelps (he lives next door to my parents)
-shop at my favorite store...it's all beautiful imports from Latin American countries
-Make an amazing ECM alum newsletter- I love making things with fun fonts! Be prepared, because I'm excited to make it look nice
-Visit my cousins
-Meet one of my high school friend's fiance. He's a secret fiance (her parents are very conservative Indian-Americans) which makes it more exciting & romantic
-Live off my Dad's pocket money
I haven't been "home" since Thanksgiving...I miss having someone take care of me.

Monday, March 07, 2005

Something happened in my extended family that I can't explain and I don't really understand. There are some situations, like this, for which there isn't a set formula for how to help or what to do. It's strange because just last week I was thinking that my life was too easy now that my student-teaching placement is over. That annoying voice started in my head, saying that something bad might happen soon. And then it did. Actually, it's been happening for a while, but everyone chose to refrain from telling me until after my birthday. When I first heard, I laughed and actually said "mom, you're joking!" ...there was absolutely no way it was true. Well, it is. It is a bad thing because many people feel devastatingly sad right now. On the other hand, I guess it was bound to happen. The only good thing about this is that it's pulling my extended family together. My grandma called today, with a little catch in her throat and sounding agressively cheerful. She said "Hi. Well, our family is just full of surprises, isn't it! Just when you think you've heard it all!"

If you read this, please pray for my extended family (this doesn't involve anyone in my immediate family). No one is sick and we're all still together, but there are going to be many painful changes in the next few months.
Oh my gosh...look out! I've seen so many movies.

- bold the ones you've seen
- italicize the ones you've seen part of
- put an * next to the ones you actually liked
- add three to the end

01. Night at the Roxbury
02. Shrek *
03. M
04. Dogma*
05. Strictly Ballroom*
06. The Princess Bride*
07. Love, Actually
08. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*
09. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers *
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King *
11. Reservoir Dogs
12. Desperado
13. Swordfish
14. Kill Bill, Vol. 1
15. Donnie Darko*
16. Spirited Away
17. Better Than Sex
18. Sleepy Hollow
19. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl *
20. The Eye
21. Requiem for a Dream
22. Dawn of the Dead
23. The Pillow Book
24. The Italian Job
25. Goonies*
26. Basketball
27. The Spice Girls Movie
28. Army of Darkness
29. The Color Purple
30. The Saftey of Objects
31. Can't Hardly Wait
32. Mystic Pizza
33. Finding Nemo *
34. Monsters Inc. *
35. Circle of Friends*
36. Mary Poppins*
37. The Bourne Identity
38. Forrest Gump
39. A Clockwork Orange
40. Kindergarten Cop
41. On The Line
42. My Big Fat Greek Wedding*
43. Final Destination
44. Sorority Boys
45. Urban Legend
46. Cheaper by the Dozen
47. The Crow
48. The Princess and the Warrior*
49. Seabiscuit*
50. Hard Core Logo
51. Phantom of the Paradise
52. Zardoz
53. Lost in Translation *
54. American Beauty*
55. Big Fish*
56. Starship Troopers
57. Starship Troopers
58. The Lost Boys
59. All About Eve
60. Showgirls
61. Swept Away
62. Star Wars: A New Hope
63. Black Hawk Down
64. Elizabeth
65. The Shawshank Redemption
66. Four Weddings and a Funeral*
67. The Sound of Music*
68. Notting Hill*
69. Scotland, PA*
70. Oxygen
71. Ringu
72. Shrunken Heads
73. Legends
74. About a Boy*
75. Lilo and Stitch*
76. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
77. Pitch Black
78. Maid in Manhattan
79. Willow
80. Secret Of Nymh
81. Thoroughly Modern Millie
82. The Cutting Edge
83. Anna and the King
84. The American President*
85. Save The Last Dance*
86. Grease *
87. Dirty Dancing*
88. Mad Love
89. Lantana
90. Kiss the Sky
91. Braveheart*
92. Dark City
93. SLC Punk
94. Memento
95. In America*
96. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory*
97. The Wedding Planner
98. Empire Records*
99. Edward Scissorhands*
100. Almost Famous*
101. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
102. Star Trek Generations
103. Beyond The Mat
104. Transformers: The Movie
105. Scary Movie
106. X-Men
107. Ghost
108. Changing Lane
109. Hangman's Curse
110. Broken Arrow
111. Mona Lisa Smile*
112. Moulin Rouge *
113. The Ninth Gate
114. Emma*
115. The Name of the Rose
116. Top Gun*
117. Heartbreak Ridge
118. U-57
119. Ghost Ship
120. Johnny English
121. Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights* (I know, but it had Diego Luna!)
122. The Fifth Element
123. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*
124. Holes
125. The Pianist
126. Amelie *
127. Road Trip
128. Miracle
129. Center Stage*
130. Spider-Man
131. Exorcist
132. Omen
133. 8 Mile*
134. Son in Law
135. Stepmom
136. Dr. Strangelove
137. Full Metal Jacket
138. Lolita
139. Little Shop of Horrors
140. Annie*
141. Rocky Horror Picture Show
142. Being John Malkovich
143. Monty Python & the Holy Grail
144. Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie
145. Under the Tuscan Sun
146. The Four Feathers
147. Gosford Park*
148. Bubble Boy
149. Without a Paddle
150. Labyrinth *
151. Shrek 2 *
152. Spider-Man 2*
153. X-Men 2
154. Ever After*
155. Great Expectations
156. Orgazmo
157. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
158. The Matrix*
159. Underworld
160. Anchorman
161. Leon: The Professional
162. The Cooler
163. Head (1969)
164. Bridget Jones's Diary*
165. Albino Aligator
166. Chasing Amy
167. The Usual Suspects
168. The Shape of Things
169. 13 Conversations About One Thing
170. Hero
171. Rules of Attraction
172. I (heart) Huckabees*
173. Farenheit 9/11*
174. Akira
175. Garden State*
176. Ghost in the Shell
177. Kissing Jessica Stein
178. Sailor Moon: Super S
179. Adaptation
180. Punch Drunk Love
181. Mulan
182. Napoleon Dynamite
183. Pleasantville*
184. Rat Race
185. Blue Crush
186. In Good Company
187. 13 Going on 30*
188. Elf*
189. Life Is Beautiful *
190. Cruel Intentions
191. Princess Mononoke
192. Mallrats
193. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind *
194. Fight Club *
195. Phantom of the Opera
196. First Knight
197. Alexander
198. Real Genius
199. Secretary
200. Quills
201. Detroit Rock City
202. Beetlejuice
203. Thirteen
204. Trainspotting
205. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
206. Weird Science
207. Mean Girls *
208. The Bourne Supremecy*
209. Dodgeball
210. Meet the Parents
211. Meet the Fockers
212. Troy *
213. Saw
214. The Passion of the Christ
215. Ray
216. Collateral
217. Coach Carter
218. Assault on Precinct 13
219. Hitch
220. Finding Neverland
221. National Treasure
222. Million Dollar Baby
223. Cellular*
224. The Terminal
225. Mr. 3000
226. Head of State
227. Blue Streak
228. National Security
229. Rush Hour
230. Rush Hour 2
231. Shanghai Noon
232. Shanghai Knights
233. XXX
234. The Fast and the Furious
235. 2 Fast 2 Furious
236. The Last Samurai
237. Van Helsing
238. Ocean’s Eleven*
239. Ocean’s Twelve
240. Men in Black*
241. Men in Black II
242. I, Robot
243. Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
244. Zoolander
245. Rose Red
246. The Silence of the Lambs
247. Hannibal
248. Red Dragon
249. Prophecy trilogy
250. Interview with the Vampire
251. Queen of the Damned
252. Pi
253. Ichi The Killer
254. Suspiria
255. Spun
256. A Beautiful Mind*
257. Nightmare Before Christmas
258. The Butterfly Effect
259. White Noise
260. Alone in the Dark
261. The Aviator
262. American Psycho
263. Die Hard
264. Die Hard 2
265. Die Hard with a Vengeance
266. Batman*
267. Batman Returns*
268. Batman Forever*
269. Batman & Robin
270. Resident Evil
271. Resident Evil: Apocalypse
272. What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
273. Blade
274. Blade II
275. Blade: Trinity
276. The Blues Brothers
277. Blues Brothers 2000
278. Ghostbusters*
279. Ghostbusters 2*
280. Clue*
281. Raiders of the Lost Ark
282. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
283. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*
284. Street Fighter
285. Super Mario Brothers
286. Gremlins
287. Gremlins 2
oops! I deleted a few
291. Superman II
292. Superman III
293. Superman IV
294. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
295. Beavis & Butt-head Do America
296. Ed Wood
297. Donnie Brasco
298. Pulp Fiction
299. Face/Off
300. Con Air
301. Mission: Impossible *
302. MI:2
303. Escape from Alcatraz
304. Speed*
305. Speed 2
oops!
308. The Godfather Part II
309. The Godfather Part III
310. Manhunter
311. UHF
312. Mortal Kombat
313. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
314. Saving Private Ryan
315. The Relic
316. Enemy at the Gates
317. Home Alone *
318. Home Alone 2
319. Home Alone 3
320. Home Alone
321. Happy Gilmore *
322. Billy Madison *
323. The Waterboy
324. Little Nicky
325. Dirty Work
326. Tommy Boy
327. Black Sheep
328. Death Wish
329. Pecker
330. Cecil B. Demented
331. The Shining
332. Carrie
333. Pet Sematary
334. Pet Sematary Two
335. The Terminator
336. Terminator 2
337. Terminator 3
338. Ned Kelly
339. Kate & Leopold
340. Mystic River*
341. I Am Sam
342. Joan of Arc (Leelee Sobieski)
343. 50 First Dates
344. Atilla
345. Timeline
346. Titanic*
347. Reign of Fire
348. Legends of the Fall
349. The Mask of Zorro
350. Rudy *
351. Signs
352. The Village
353. Gladiator*
354. The Bumblebee Flies Anyway.
355. The War
356. Gothika
357. Se7en
358. Hairspray
359. Love Me If You Dare/Jeux d'enfants
360. Maria Full of Grace
361. Vampire Clan
362. Once Upon A Time in Mexico
363. A Soldier’s Girl
364. Ong – Bak: Thai Warrior
365. The Man Who Cried
366. Some Like It Hot
367. The Sleeping Dictionary
368. Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run)
369. Sideways
370. Steel Magnolias
371. Bend it Like Beckham*
372. Tombstone
373. The Girl Next Door
374. Now and Then
375. Muppet Christmas Carol*
376. Little Women*
377. Romeo + Juliet*
378. Shakespeare in Love*
379. Shawn of the Dead
380. Cinema Paradiso*
381. The Motorcycle Diaries*
382. You Can Count On Me*

Sunday, March 06, 2005

It's Springtime! And I'm a strawberry blond.