a seriously long assed fucking post. be warned!
i know. i drifted away again. mea culpa, flist! i've been a busy little bee lately. nothing incredibly interesting but i'm going to go on at length anyway. the short version for my busy flisters: work is good; money is still tight but getting better; my ankle is doing quite well and i've been walking on it like a normal person for 2.5 days now with only a hint of pain every now and then. that's the important stuff. now for the general rambling thoughts of me:
i've been spending time trying to sort through the massive amounts of media on my computer. i recently DOUBLED the size of my music library during a very geeky evening spent with lindsay and matt before they left for new zealand. there are LOADS of doubles in there so i'm in the process of weeding them all out. it's going to take quite some time and i really want to get it under control as quickly as possible. a lovely side effect of this weeding out is that i'm discovering music that i had downloaded but not gotten to listen to as well as get rid of some things that i have NO desire to keep anymore. regarding the latter, it's mostly been single songs that were top 40 hits about 5 years ago. like 3 Doors Down's Kryptonite. shit like that. hahaha. as far as the former, i have discovered my love for Lily Allen's album "Alright, Still". if i wrote songs, this is what i'd want them to sound like. although i'd probably have a bit more riot grrl in my shit, but that's me. hahaha.
i've also been watching LOADS of tv! i'm working my way through all the Mr Show dvds as well as enjoying all my shows starting to come back from hiatus. 24 is KILLING ME! last night's show was AWESOMEAKJFKJEIOFJEIJFJ#*()URJEIRJDIE:JR:IOES!! seriously. so fucking good. heroes was good too, but i'm left feeling very anxious about what's going to happen next. i'm worried about hiro and the dinosaurs, man! and two of my deepest loves, Rome and The L Word have also returned and are flooring me as usual. The L Word was particularly amazing this weekend. i'm reminded why i love this show. and why i hate it. but there's no in betweens! and that's how i like it!
i've been having a lot of thinking time as well, which has been both good and bad. but that's every winter, so no surprises there. i just have to grin and bear it for now. i've also been lucky in that i've been able to balance out getting all introspective with having some visits and nice long chats with some friends i haven't seen in a long while. john came down on thursday night and we saw Pan's Labyrinth with my mom. i really really REALLY liked it. one of the best movies i've seen in a long time. friday night, i got to babysit ryan & andy for the first time in ages. they completely hooked me on the New Super Mario Bros. for DS. i've borrowed it from one of my co-workers and am going to beat it, goddammit!! it's hard! but i digress. continuing the theme of reunions, i drove out to long island yesterday for a bit of a reunion with carole and marco which was LOVELY, although there was a small casualty: my one-hitter/bat got broken. i was trying to clean it out and it just cracked. so sad. but it's just as well. in fact, i'm about to throw on my work clothes and head out the door to buy a new one before i'm due in at 5. off to new brunswick i go!
but first,
Below is a list of all the films nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award since 1970 (with the winning picture at the top of the list for each year, with the exception of 2006). Bold the ones you've seen.
1970 (43rd)
Patton
Airport
Five Easy Pieces
Love Story
MASH
1971 (44th)
The French Connection
A Clockwork Orange
Fiddler on the Roof
The Last Picture Show
Nicholas and Alexandra
1972 (45th)
The Godfather
Cabaret
Deliverance
Sounder
The Emigrants
1973 (46th)
The Sting
American Graffiti
The Exorcist
A Touch of Class
Cries and Whispers
1974 (47th)
The Godfather, Part II
Chinatown
The Conversation
Lenny
The Towering Inferno
1975 (48th)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Barry Lyndon
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
Nashville
1976 (49th)
Rocky
All the President's Men
Bound for Glory
Network
Taxi Driver
1977 (50th)
Annie Hall
The Goodbye Girl
Julia
Star Wars
The Turning Point
1978 (51st)
The Deer Hunter
Coming Home
Heaven Can Wait
Midnight Express
An Unmarried Woman
1979 (52nd)
Kramer vs. Kramer
Apocalypse Now
All That Jazz
Breaking Away
Norma Rae
1980 (53rd)
Ordinary People
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Elephant Man
Raging Bull
Tess
1981 (54th)
Chariots of Fire
Atlantic City
On Golden Pond
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Reds
1982 (55th)
Gandhi
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Missing
Tootsie
The Verdict
1983 (56th)
Terms of Endearment
The Big Chill
The Dresser
The Right Stuff
Tender Mercies
1984 (57th)
Amadeus
The Killing Fields
A Passage to India
Places in the Heart
A Soldier's Story
1985 (58th)
Out of Africa
The Color Purple
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Prizzi's Honor
Witness
1986 (59th)
Platoon
Children of a Lesser God
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Mission
A Room with a View
1987 (60th)
The Last Emperor
Broadcast News
Fatal Attraction
Hope and Glory
Moonstruck
1988 (61st)
Rain Man
The Accidental Tourist
Dangerous Liaisons
Mississippi Burning
Working Girl
1989 (62nd)
Driving Miss Daisy
Born on the Fourth of July
Dead Poets Society
Field of Dreams
My Left Foot
1990 (63rd)
Dances With Wolves
Awakenings
Ghost
The Godfather, Part III
Goodfellas
1991 (64th)
The Silence of the Lambs
Beauty and the Beast
Bugsy
JFK
The Prince of Tides
1992 (65th)
Unforgiven
The Crying Game
A Few Good Men
Howards End
Scent of a Woman
1993 (66th)
Schindler's List
The Fugitive
In the Name of the Father
The Piano
The Remains of the Day
1994 (67th)
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption
1995 (68th)
Braveheart
Apollo 13
Babe
Il Postinoenta
Sense and Sensibility
1996 (69th)
The English Patient
Fargo
Jerry Maguire
Secrets & Lies
Shine
1997 (70th)
Titanic
As Good as It Gets
The Full Monty
Good Will Hunting
L.A. Confidential
1998 (71st)
Shakespeare in Love
Elizabeth
Life Is Beautiful
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line
1999 (72nd)
American Beauty
The Sixth Sense
The Cider House Rules
The Green Mile
The Insider
2000 (73rd)
Gladiator
Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Erin Brockovich
Traffic
2001 (74th)
A Beautiful Mind
Gosford Park
In the Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge!
2002 (75th)
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist
2003 (76th)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mystic River
Seabiscuit
2004 (77th)
Million Dollar Baby
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Ray
Sideways
2005 (78th)
Crash
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Good Night, and Good Luck
Munich
2006 (79th)
Babel
The Departed
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen - seeing it either this weekend or next. yay!
and that's about it from me. things are continuing as they ever do.
i've been spending time trying to sort through the massive amounts of media on my computer. i recently DOUBLED the size of my music library during a very geeky evening spent with lindsay and matt before they left for new zealand. there are LOADS of doubles in there so i'm in the process of weeding them all out. it's going to take quite some time and i really want to get it under control as quickly as possible. a lovely side effect of this weeding out is that i'm discovering music that i had downloaded but not gotten to listen to as well as get rid of some things that i have NO desire to keep anymore. regarding the latter, it's mostly been single songs that were top 40 hits about 5 years ago. like 3 Doors Down's Kryptonite. shit like that. hahaha. as far as the former, i have discovered my love for Lily Allen's album "Alright, Still". if i wrote songs, this is what i'd want them to sound like. although i'd probably have a bit more riot grrl in my shit, but that's me. hahaha.
i've also been watching LOADS of tv! i'm working my way through all the Mr Show dvds as well as enjoying all my shows starting to come back from hiatus. 24 is KILLING ME! last night's show was AWESOMEAKJFKJEIOFJEIJFJ#*()URJEIRJDIE:JR:IOES!! seriously. so fucking good. heroes was good too, but i'm left feeling very anxious about what's going to happen next. i'm worried about hiro and the dinosaurs, man! and two of my deepest loves, Rome and The L Word have also returned and are flooring me as usual. The L Word was particularly amazing this weekend. i'm reminded why i love this show. and why i hate it. but there's no in betweens! and that's how i like it!
i've been having a lot of thinking time as well, which has been both good and bad. but that's every winter, so no surprises there. i just have to grin and bear it for now. i've also been lucky in that i've been able to balance out getting all introspective with having some visits and nice long chats with some friends i haven't seen in a long while. john came down on thursday night and we saw Pan's Labyrinth with my mom. i really really REALLY liked it. one of the best movies i've seen in a long time. friday night, i got to babysit ryan & andy for the first time in ages. they completely hooked me on the New Super Mario Bros. for DS. i've borrowed it from one of my co-workers and am going to beat it, goddammit!! it's hard! but i digress. continuing the theme of reunions, i drove out to long island yesterday for a bit of a reunion with carole and marco which was LOVELY, although there was a small casualty: my one-hitter/bat got broken. i was trying to clean it out and it just cracked. so sad. but it's just as well. in fact, i'm about to throw on my work clothes and head out the door to buy a new one before i'm due in at 5. off to new brunswick i go!
but first,
Below is a list of all the films nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award since 1970 (with the winning picture at the top of the list for each year, with the exception of 2006). Bold the ones you've seen.
1970 (43rd)
Patton
Airport
Five Easy Pieces
Love Story
MASH
1971 (44th)
The French Connection
A Clockwork Orange
Fiddler on the Roof
The Last Picture Show
Nicholas and Alexandra
1972 (45th)
The Godfather
Cabaret
Deliverance
Sounder
The Emigrants
1973 (46th)
The Sting
American Graffiti
The Exorcist
A Touch of Class
Cries and Whispers
1974 (47th)
The Godfather, Part II
Chinatown
The Conversation
Lenny
The Towering Inferno
1975 (48th)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Barry Lyndon
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
Nashville
1976 (49th)
Rocky
All the President's Men
Bound for Glory
Network
Taxi Driver
1977 (50th)
Annie Hall
The Goodbye Girl
Julia
Star Wars
The Turning Point
1978 (51st)
The Deer Hunter
Coming Home
Heaven Can Wait
Midnight Express
An Unmarried Woman
1979 (52nd)
Kramer vs. Kramer
Apocalypse Now
All That Jazz
Breaking Away
Norma Rae
1980 (53rd)
Ordinary People
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Elephant Man
Raging Bull
Tess
1981 (54th)
Chariots of Fire
Atlantic City
On Golden Pond
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Reds
1982 (55th)
Gandhi
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Missing
Tootsie
The Verdict
1983 (56th)
Terms of Endearment
The Big Chill
The Dresser
The Right Stuff
Tender Mercies
1984 (57th)
Amadeus
The Killing Fields
A Passage to India
Places in the Heart
A Soldier's Story
1985 (58th)
Out of Africa
The Color Purple
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Prizzi's Honor
Witness
1986 (59th)
Platoon
Children of a Lesser God
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Mission
A Room with a View
1987 (60th)
The Last Emperor
Broadcast News
Fatal Attraction
Hope and Glory
Moonstruck
1988 (61st)
Rain Man
The Accidental Tourist
Dangerous Liaisons
Mississippi Burning
Working Girl
1989 (62nd)
Driving Miss Daisy
Born on the Fourth of July
Dead Poets Society
Field of Dreams
My Left Foot
1990 (63rd)
Dances With Wolves
Awakenings
Ghost
The Godfather, Part III
Goodfellas
1991 (64th)
The Silence of the Lambs
Beauty and the Beast
Bugsy
JFK
The Prince of Tides
1992 (65th)
Unforgiven
The Crying Game
A Few Good Men
Howards End
Scent of a Woman
1993 (66th)
Schindler's List
The Fugitive
In the Name of the Father
The Piano
The Remains of the Day
1994 (67th)
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption
1995 (68th)
Braveheart
Apollo 13
Babe
Il Postinoenta
Sense and Sensibility
1996 (69th)
The English Patient
Fargo
Jerry Maguire
Secrets & Lies
Shine
1997 (70th)
Titanic
As Good as It Gets
The Full Monty
Good Will Hunting
L.A. Confidential
1998 (71st)
Shakespeare in Love
Elizabeth
Life Is Beautiful
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line
1999 (72nd)
American Beauty
The Sixth Sense
The Cider House Rules
The Green Mile
The Insider
2000 (73rd)
Gladiator
Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Erin Brockovich
Traffic
2001 (74th)
A Beautiful Mind
Gosford Park
In the Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge!
2002 (75th)
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist
2003 (76th)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mystic River
Seabiscuit
2004 (77th)
Million Dollar Baby
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Ray
Sideways
2005 (78th)
Crash
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Good Night, and Good Luck
Munich
2006 (79th)
Babel
The Departed
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen - seeing it either this weekend or next. yay!
and that's about it from me. things are continuing as they ever do.