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I've decided, as a lot of people do, to get on and do stuff in 2008. I want to start, for lack of a better word, living. I was away from home this past year (doing, more or less, nothing) and I feel like, now that I'm back, it's time to get on with it. I'm not making resolutions so much as wanting to feel like I've really accomplished something this time next year.
And yes, I am weird enough to think that practically learning a foreign language fluently is 'nothing'. Anyway, I've got all of the typical things on my 'to do' list;
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Get a job
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Get my Learner's
- Pick up a hobby or two
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Stay up to date in school
- Exercise regularly
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Watch 100 movies
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Read 24 books
But this year I also want to do one of those 'Books/Movies in 2008' things. For the past few years, I have kept track of my reading, just not online. I went from 12 books last year, to 26 this year. I want to aim for 50 in 2008. I think that's a little unrealistic for me though and I'm sticking with a simple 'two books a month' goal of 24.
Books I've Read in 2008
Currently Reading:
Read:
1. Montana 1948, Larry Watson **
2. New Moon, Stephanie Meyer **
3. The Dark River, John Twelve Hawks ****
4. Eclipse, Stephanie Meyer ****
5. On The Edge, Richard Hammond *****
6. It's Not All About You, Calma!, Barry Johnsburg (re read) ****
7. The Hunger, Susan Squires ***
8. KISS and Make Up, Gene Simmons ****
9. Dragonfly In Amber, Diana Gabaldon (re read) *****
10. The Princess Bride, William Goldman *****
11. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Douglas Adams (re read) *****
12. The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe, Douglas Adams *****
13. A Room With A View, E.M Forster *****
14. Looking For Alibrandi, Melina Marchetta *****
15. Breaking Dawn, Stephanie Meyer ***
16. Life, The Universe And Everything, Douglas Adams ****
(most awesomely ridiculous book EVER)
17. A Great And Terrible Beauty, Libba Bray ****
18. Eclipse, Stephanie Meyer (re read) ****
19. Rebel Angels, Libba Bray ****
20. Into The Wilderness, Sara Donati (re read) *****
21. Growing Pains, Billie Piper ****
22. A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Betty Smith *****
23. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen ****
24. Yes Man, Danny Wallace *****
25. As You Do, Richard Hammond ***
26. The Kite Runner, Kahled Hosseini ****
27. Empire Of The Sun, J.G Ballard *****
Movies I've Seen in 2008
1. Atonement (cinema) ****
2. Hot Fuzz ***
3. Music And Lyrics ***
4. Vampires: Los Muertos ***
5. The Lost Boys ***
6. I Am Legend (cinema) *
7. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels *****
8. Smokin' Aces ***
9. Juno (cinema) ***
10. Enchanted (cinema) ****
11. Spiderman 3 ****
12. Sweeny Todd (cinema) ***
13. Destination Anywhere **
14. 3:10 To Yuma (cinema) *****
15. The Lost Boys (re watch) ***
16. Casablanca ****
17. A Room With A View (re watch) *****
18. Batman Begins *****
19. Jumper (cinema) ****
20. Moulin Rouge! (re watch) ***
21. Hairspray (re watch) *****
22. The Other Boleyn Girl (cinema) ***
23. 10 Things I Hate About You (re watch) *****
24. A Life Less Ordinary (re watch) *****
25. No Reservations ***
26. 300 ***
27. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (re watch) *****
28. Bring It On (re watch) ****
29. Just Friends ***
30. Blade ****
31. The Scorpion King ***
32. Three Kings ****
33. Fight Club *****
34. Nim's Island (cinema) ***
35. Pride And Prejudice (re watch) ****
36. Monty Python's Life Of Brian (re watch) ****
37. Gallipoli (re watch) *****
38. 30 Days Of Night **
39. Legends Of The Fall *****
40. Ladder 49 (re watch) ***
41. It's A Wonderful Life ***
42. Moonlight And Valentino ****
43. Iron Man (cinema) *****
44. Stardust (re watch) ****
45. That Thing You Do! (re watch) *****
46. Interview With A Vampire ****
47. 21 (cinema) ***
48. Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (cinema) ****
49. Dracula **
50. Dirty Dancing (re watch) ****
51. Chronicles Of Narnia; Prince Caspian (cinema) ****
52. The Ice Harvest ***
53. The History Boys ****
54. Northanger Abbey *****
55. GATTACA ***
56. Me Myself I (re watch) ****
57. Death At A Funeral ****
58. Transformers (re watch) ****
59. Hancock (cinema) ***
60. Pucked ***
61. Inside Man (re watch) ****
62. The Mummy (re watch) *****
63. Batman; The Dark Knight (cinema) ****
64. The Importance Of Being Ernest (re watch) *****
65. GATTACA (re watch) ***
66. Sliding Doors (re watch) ****
67. Donnie Darko (re watch) *****
68. The Princess Bride ****
69. Wanted (cinema) ****
70. Beauty And The Beast (re watch) *****
71. A Room With A View (re watch) *****
72. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (re watch) *****
73. The Golden Compass ****
74. Shaun Of The Dead (re watch) *****
75. Taken (cinema) ****
76. The Bank Job (cinema) ****
77. The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants *****
78. PS I Love You *****
79. In Bruges (cinema) *****
80. Looking For Alibrandi (re watch) ****
81. Little Woman ****
82. Tarzan (re watch) ****
83. Anastasia (re watch) ****
84. The Holiday ****
85. Ghost Rider ****
86. Angus, Thongs And Full Frontal Snogging (cinema) *****
87. In Bruges (cinema) (re watch) *****
88. Phantom Of The Opera (re watch) *****
89. Kakoda ***
90. The Illusionist ****
91. Mona Lisa Smile (re watch) *****
92. Blade Trinity ****
93. My Own Private Idaho ***
94. Burn After Reading (cinema) ***
95. Waitress ****
96. Fantastic 4 ***
97. Good Luck Chuck ***
98. The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants 2 ****
99. The Prince And Me ***
100. Forgetting Sarah Marshall **
101. Angus, Thongs And Full Frontal Snogging (re watch) ***
102. James Bond; Quantam Of Solace (cinema) *****
103. Sex And The City ****
104. The Bodyguard ****
105. Madegascar 2: Escape To Africa (cinema) ****
106. Anchorman **
107. Twilight (cinema) ***
108. The Mummy 3: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor ***
109. AUSTRALIA (cinema) ****
[25] at the cinema
[34] re watched
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!
- Sam