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So yeah had a random moment last nght bit drunk or tired not sure, and u just sit there not really paying attention to anything and hand just flows over a paper not nessercaly making anythign worht a shit but more like freeing your self from certain expectations.. wish i had more nights like that.. dont matter just hand movements its nice , helps me in being creative but yea..
any others?
yashica electro 35 gsn with 2009 kodak ultramax 400 slowed to 100.
el canonazo market on brand blvd. in atwater village.
Only counting movies I saw for the first time. Faves: 4. Best: The lord of the rings 1. (They're all on my fave list, unlike the books. :p *runs like hell*) ... WARNING: LIST MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!
8-Feb-2002: 1. Angel baby
Watched in psychology class.
10-Feb-2002: 2. The lord of the rings: The fellowship of the ring
Fave! Wasn’t always so.
3-Mar-2002: 3. The ice storm
8-Mar-2002: 4. Elizabeth
Boring
9-Mar-2002: 5. Austin Powers
23-Mar-2002: 6. Lethal weapon 4
13-Apr-2002: 7. The faculty
9-May-2002: 8. Return to paradise
22-May-2002: 9. 200 cigarettes
11-Jul-2002: 10. Ignition
25-Jul-2002: 11. Resident evil
Fave! :)
28-Jul-2002: 12. About a boy
Fave! But, ya know, not every second of it… -_-
25-Aug-2002: 13. The 13th warrior
And the 13th movie, har har.
27-Aug-2002: 14. Virtual sexuality
30-Aug-2002: 15. Signs
Dumb message (IIRC) but scary closet scene. 8D
1-Sep-2002: 16. Gattaca
Rat: "So THAT'S Jude Law." *eyesplode* o_O
3-Sep-2002: 17. As good as it gets
Diary: "I sort of watched all of it." 'K.
29-Sep-2002: 18. End of days
4-Oct-2002: 19. L.A. confidential
Boring.
12-Oct-2002: 20. Lilja 4-ever
Makes up 99% of my mental image of human trafficking.
12-Oct-2002: 21. The talented Mr. Ripley
*ergle*
16-Oct-2002: 22. Enemy at the gates
.............................! :B
25-Oct-2002: 23. Road to Perdition
Boring movie, but that “I SHOOT THE DEAD” line was awesome. :D ... UPDATE: I rewatched the movie many years later and it was less boring.
26-Oct-2002: 24. Fight club
31-Oct-2002: 25. Artificial intelligence: A.I.
2-Nov-2002: 26. The perfect storm
2-Nov-2002: 27. Eyes wide shut
Probably boring
12-Nov-2002: 28. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
4-Dec-2002: 29. Legends of the fall
12-Dec-2002: 30. eXistenZ
15-Dec-2002: 31. Midnight in the garden of good and evil
15-Dec-2002: 32. La femme Nikita
22-Dec-2002: 33. Die another day
23-Dec-2002: 34. Notting Hill
(Except I missed the first 5 minutes. But my anglophilia will drive me to watch it again soonish.)
24-Dec-2002: 35. Love, honour and obey
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Only counting movies I saw for the first time. I enjoyed most of them. At the mo, only three (#14 + #31 + #34) sit firmly on the great shiny fave list of win, but we'll see what happens... :q WARNING: LIST MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!
4-Jan-2012: 1. Marie Antoinette
14-Jan-2012: 2. The Twilight saga: Breaking dawn - part 1
28-Jan-2012: 3. Angels and demons
The book mostly sucked. On the other hand, Ewan McGregor is in the movie. :B
23-Feb-2012: 4. My week with Marilyn
Fanboydream, and moving, IIRC. :) I saw it because of Emma Watson.
19-Apr-2012: 5. The lady
Biopic about Aung San Suu Kyi. I checked it out because I’m a David Thewlis fan, but enjoyed the rest of the movie too.
3-May-2012: 6. The woman in black
I like Danrad’s career. :) In other news, this was quite scary. :| I CAN’T FUCKING IDENTIFY WITH HORROR CHARACTERS WHO APPROACH SCARY NOISES AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA –
22-May-2012: 7. The dictator
THE FUCKING HELICOPTER SCENE AND THE FUCKING SPEECH!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!! HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH –
6-Jul-2012: 8. En enkel till Antibes
Swedish roadmovie about an old guy who wants to run away to Antibes, which my family has visited, so we had to see this. Turns out it features a market square about one block from the flat we rented! :D
20-Jul-2012: 9. On the road
What I said about the book: “I had seen ‘On the road’ mentioned in a couple of other books and got curious. And as I was ‘planning’ an epic North American trip (2013, YEAH?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!), I thought I'd better check this out (since it would suck to return home and THEN read the cult book and maybe become a huge fangirl and scream ‘AW MAN I SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THAT KEWL SPOT THAT I'M SURE HASN'T EVEN BEEN DEMOLISHED SINCE 1947!!!!!!1’). It was pretty fun (as was the little 2012 movie), and I eventually decided to read his 400000000 other books as well.”
17-Aug-2012: 10. Love always, Carolyn
Documentary about Carolyn Cassady, one of the (real-life) characters in “On the road”. Click here for the story of how my buddy and I almost ran into her on our travels! Only not really.
19-Aug-2012: 11. Horrible bosses
25-Aug-2012: 12. Sophie Scholl
1. So, uh, yeah, I… leaflet too. :)
2. But, but, how hardcore is it to risk your life if you believe in afterlife? I still appreciate her work. But why aren’t all afterlife believers in a hurry to get to paradise? :B
25-Aug-2012: 13. War horse
As conventional as I expected it to be, but. Horsymovie! And David Thewlis! :)
29-Aug-2012: 14. Tusen gånger starkare
Fave! English title: "A thousand times stronger." Swedish and realistic feminist youth movie that should be shown in classrooms everywhere (and perhaps has been). The girls in a school are treated normally = unfairly, but nobody really notices until a pair of fresh eyes arrive in class…!
30-Aug-2012: 15. Robots
More Ewan McGregor
31-Aug-2012: 16. I’m not there
Though I suck at music and at music knowledge (including Dylan), I like to get me some music history. The movie was extremely weird and artsy but had fun moments. And suddenly friggin Allen Ginsberg shows up. XD Later I finally got around to checking out at least a few Dylan albums, and found a few fave songs. :) Such as “The ballad of Hollis Brown”. *creepy slothsmile*
31-Aug-2012: 17. The road
Better than the book. AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH THE PEOPLE IN THE BASEMENT. IIRC, the music was pretty good too. And societal-collapse stories in general.
1-Sep-2012: 18. Australia
Pretty beginning. Then the movie never ended. Speciesism: Romanticized.
8-Sep-2012: 19. Remember me
15-Sep-2012: 20. Gorillas in the mist: The story of Dian Fossey
:’(
21-Sep-2012: 21. Across the universe
I forgot why this was on my to-see list, but assumed it was due to my general interest in music history (I don’t like the Beatles), so I watched it and realized I might have listed it because Bono eventually showed up although I didn’t recognize him until he sang something. :) And it would appear his character was based on Neal Cassady. And Jack Kerouac got mentioned. Tihi.
27-Sep-2012: 22. Brave
Cute. I so appreciate that the message WASN’T:
“It’s cool to not let your parents decide whom you’re gonna fuck, AS LONG AS YOU GET A BOYFRIEND AT SOME POINT BECAUSE SINGLES ARE OF COURSE BAAAAAAAAAD PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!11 [Allegedly a majority of Americans believed that last bit in the 50s or something.] AS WELL AS UNHAPPY!!!!! WAT NO I AM UNFAMILIAR WITH THESE ‘HOBBIES’ OF WHICH YOU SPEAK!!!!”
(Not that I would have heeded said message, but someone might have.)
Now we’re just waiting for a movie about a wee lad who enjoys embroidery or something.
Also, I almost teared up at the bit of SCOTLAND PR0N early on. I will make a screencap and a neat desktop picture of the moment where the ZOMG SHIRE HORSY!!!!!! rolls in the grass in front of a pink-misted valley. x) *diez* *is ded*
28-Sep-2012: 23. The help
I had read the book.
4-Oct-2012: 24. The Runaways
Music history! K-Stew swearing!
5-Oct-2012: 25. Milk
Biopic about a gay politician in Frisco in the 70s.
11-Oct-2012: 26. Be kind rewind
19-Oct-2012: 27. Nowhere boy
Pretty boring…
2-Nov-2012: 28. 127 hours
Better than I thought. Creatively filmed. My mum agreed on goodness, but left during THAT scene. I remained where I was, and didn’t barf. :D I wanna be hardcore and outdoorsy too. 8D WELL AT LEAST I HAVEN’T LOST MY SWISS ARMY KNIFE, WHICH DUE TO SPARSE USE SHOULD BE SHARP. 8| Although I might simply have used it to give myself an artery-piercing. Anyway, I wanna read the book (which has been called inferior to the movie). I found it lying around at someone’s house, checked out the juiciest bits, and was queasy for hours. THE NOODLE NEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRVE.
11-Nov-2012: 29. This must be the place
Funny until I realized I didn’t get shit. Wat. #art
24-Nov-2012: 30. Dinner for schmucks
FUCK YEAH NERD-UPRISING. + *is fangirl for paul rudd’s face which is made of candy*
25-Nov-2012: 31. Walk hard: The Dewey Cox story
Fave! Parody of “Walk the line”, mainly. HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!!! XD
29-Nov-2012: 32. The Twilight saga: Breaking dawn - part 2
The computer-animated baby was in the so-called uncanny valley. 8|
30-Dec-2012: 33. The song of lunch
Short, artfully written drama featuring mostly Alan Rickman!!! and Emma Thompson!!! as ex-lovers over awkward lunch. And THE VOICE as a near-constant voice-over monologue. *ergle* *hhhhhhh* *fangurldiez*
31-Dec-2012: 34. Food, Inc.
Fave! Very interesting must-see documentary. Place a pillow between chin and floor. Complement with some excellent book. :D
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Fur-farm-hugging politician Maud Olofsson was giving a speech across the small square.
I had this fake blood on my hands during an earlier protest. It was quite pleasant. :D The ingredients are syrup, red vegan food coloring and maybe something else... Contact me if you'd like me to unearth the recipe for you! :B
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Starting dates, titles, authors, and any comments I may wish to vomit up. I found a lot of new favourites this year, including some unexpected ones. :)
6-Jan-2011: 1. "Animal liberation" by Peter Singer
Fave! And a re-read. If I could recommend 1 book to everyone, THIS WOULD BE IT. :O When it becomes possible to download books directly into one's brain, I shall learn to write virus programs (by... downloading the knowledge into my brain?) and infect you all. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA
9-Jan-2011: 2. "Contactcenter" by Mikael Anteskog Adler
A Swedish novel... in the form of a blog (found here), but the author calls it a book, so I shall too. It's about a guy who hates his job as a call center whore. I found it via a Swedish blog about asshole customers. :B Ahhh, glad I have a lonesome job... %P
22-Jan-2011: 3. "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Fave! Not at all sure why I picked it off the shelf in the 2nd hand shop, but the back made it out to be some kinda classic and it was very cheap, sooooo. :) Lolwatbook!
16-Feb-2011: 4. "Vävarnas barn" by Per Anders Fogelström
Fave! Swedish novel about misery and oppression in a clothing factory in the 1700s. Interesting and detailed. (Unlike many other works set in the olden days, it has a lot of bodily fluids in it. :S ) It's the first of a series of 8 novels set in the period between 1749 and 1968 - epic, eh! The others follow below. :) School made me read one of them in 1997 or something and I knew there were others, and... now I'd worked up the interest to read them. :p Since they seem to be classics, they've probably been translated to English. Well, maybe. If you wanna check them out... :q
26-Feb-2011: 5. "Krigens barn" by Per Anders Fogelström
Part 2 of the series of Swedish novels mentioned above. Kind of boring, a bit of a catalogue of naval battles. And mutilations. Which are less boring. :O
10-Mar-2011: 6. "The perks of being a wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
A book thread in a forum made me wanna read it, and the news that Emma Watson would be in the movie made me hurry the fuck up before 34957397 other Potheads reserved all the library copies.
13-Mar-2011: 7. "Vita Bergens barn" by Per Anders Fogelström
Part 3 of the Swedish novel series, set in 1821-1860.
22-Mar-2011: 8. "Mina drömmars stad" by Per Anders Fogelström
Part 4 of the Swedish novel series, set in 1860-1885 or something. This was actually the first book to be written in the series, so it's one of 2 possible starting points for a reader. Think Star Wars.
26-Mar-2011: 9. "Barn av sin stad" by Per Anders Fogelström
Part 5 of the Swedish novel series, set between YEAR and YEEEEEEAR... anyway...
2-Apr-2011: 10. "Minns du den stad" by Per Anders Fogelström
Part 6 of the Swedish novel series.
8-Apr-2011: 11. "I en förvandlad stad" by Per Anders Fogelström
Part 7 of the Swedish novel series.
15-Apr-2011: 12. "Stad i världen" by Per Anders Fogelström
Part 8, the final one, of the Swedish novel series. It ends in 1968.
24-Apr-2011: 13. "Digital fortress" by Dan Brown
I'm pretty shitty with computers, but I like hacker stories and stuff...
2-May-2011: 14. "Into the wild" by Jon Krakauer
Fave! And the last book I read before I went Interrailing... Hehehe...
22-May-2011: 15. "Darwin's dangerous idea" by Daniel C. Dennett
The book I brought on my Interrail trip, since it wasn't too thin or too heavy, and because I didn't expect it to be an extreme pageturner and thus leave me book-less after 3 days. I was right. A lot of "?" and "wat" got written in the margins. :p I'll... I'll just keep reading Dawkins, who was probably the one who kept recommending Dennett's book. :)
14-Jul-2011: 16. "How the mind works" by Steven Pinker
Fave! Not as difficult as I expected. I knew some of the stuff already, but holy shit.
21-Jul-2011: 17. "Draken med de röda ögonen" by Astrid Lindgren
Swedish kiddy book (the really thin kind) about a cute freak dragon born to a pig. :') I read it (or had it read to me) as a tiny kid, but I forgot about it until I saw it at someone's house this year. :p
11-Sep-2011: 18. "Stumbling on happiness" by Daniel Gilbert
Interesting (and comforting) little book that was like a giant list of those lulzy psychological experiments in which scientists trick people. 8D It spent much time showing how hard we suck at predicting and remembering our emotions.
30-Sep-2011: 19. "The girl with the dragon tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
I read it in Swedish in 2007. Now I reread it (in English for the lulz) because the American movie was coming up, with MUSIC BY MESSRS NINE INCH NAILS; TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS!!!!!!!
18-Oct-2011: 20. "Breaking dawn" by Stephenie Meyer
I'll check out the final movie...s at some point.
2-Nov-2011: 21. "Free the animals" by Ingrid Newkirk
Fave! About a woman who quit her job as a cop and started rescuing tortured animals in the 80s. True story. Well, it's like a documentary in novel form.
11-Nov-2011: 22. "The help" by Kathryn Stockett
Revolution and home cleaning. (I mostly do the latter...) Had to read it before seeing the movie, although I haven't seen it yet.
17-Nov-2011: 23. "The life you can save" by Peter Singer
Fave! NEITHER LONG NOR DEPRESSING! The hows and whys of fighting global poverty. READ THE MOTHERFUCKING BOOK.
29-Nov-2011: 24. "Eating animals" by Jonathan Safran Foer
Fave! I think some of the best parts were "A case for eating dog" and the bit about how American chicken may contain only 11% of soaked-up poop-water. If I'd been on the fence about going veg (and very possibly if I'd never thought about it), I suspect this book would have knocked me down. And no, it's not just for Americans. :)
14-Dec-2011: 25. "Jordens herrar" by Pelle Strindlund
Fave! Swedish book whose title means "The lords of the Earth." It shows the many similarities between the "arguments" for slavery and for animal oppression. (I don't think it's been translated, but it should be.) Maybe because the tone is soft-spoken and sober, it's been praised by all kinds of reviewers. :) If you know any Swedes, tip them off.
31-Dec-2011: 26. "Slaveri: forntiden till renässansen" by Dick Harrison
Swedish book about... *drumroll*... slavery, part 1 (from ancient times to the renaissance [sp]) of 3. (I need me some more history books. Like, about everywhere and everywhen. Been meaning to learn more history since I was a young teenybopper. I don't know the reputation of any history writers, really, but I've finally made a little list of stuff that seems... useful. Tips = appreciated.)
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Starting dates, titles, authors, and some comments / quotes that I could think of. (The best books have been linked to their own pages on Amazon.) Scroll down to books 18 and 16 if you're short of time! :9
4-Mar-2012: 1. "The Zahir" by Paulo Coelho
11-Mar-2012: 2. "Giving: How each of us can change the world" by Bill Clinton
Fave! I remember Clinton was in my town once and did a book-signing event in a Totally Normal Bookshop. Wish I'd gone there. D: If you like or are interested in this book, you may also like "The life you can save" by Peter Singer! :D
24-Mar-2012: 3. "Egalias döttrar" by Gerd Brantenberg
Fave! English title: "Egalia's daughters: A satire of the sexes". It's from the 70's, and a big fun "How would you like it if..." question.
27-Mar-2012: 4. "On the road: The original scroll" by Jack Kerouac
The uncensored version, which was published in 2007... I had seen "On the road" mentioned in a couple of other books and got curious. And as I was "planning" an epic North American trip (2013, YEAH?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!), I thought I'd better check this out (since it would suck to return home and THEN read the cult book and maybe become a huge fangirl and scream "AW MAN I SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THAT KEWL SPOT THAT I'M SURE HASN'T EVEN BEEN DEMOLISHED SINCE 1947!!!!!!1"). It was pretty fun (as was the little 2012 movie), and I eventually decided to read his 400000000 other books as well.
5-Apr-2012: 5. "River out of Eden: A Darwinian view of life" by Richard Dawkins
Dawkins is always a good read. I had heard that this little book doesn't really mention anything one won't find in his other books, but I have to... collect the whole set, dammit. And refresh my biology. :p
14-Apr-2012: 6. "The Dharma bums" by Jack Kerouac
Fave! Well, there's quite a bit of stuff about Buddhism... and stuff... that I didn't... ahem... get... :p But word around the campfire is there are worse things than Buddhism. :B *wink* *wink* *wink* In any case, this books is said to have ignited the "rucksack revolution" and if that means the hobby of backpacking, I can see why. :D
"And as I say, that hummingbird, a beautiful little blue hummingbird no bigger than a dragonfly, kept making a whistling jet dive at me, definitely saying hello to me, every day, usually in the morning, and I always yelled back at him a greeting. Finally he began to hover in the open window of the shack, buzzing there with his furious wings, looking at me beadily, then, flash, he was gone. That California humming guy...
Though sometimes I was afraid he would drive right into my head with his long beaker like a hatpin." x)
19-Apr-2012: 7. "The town and the city" by Jack Kerouac
The first novel he published.
8-May-2012: 8. "The sea is my brother" by Jack Kerouac
A short early novel, and many letters from his youth.
28-May-2012: 9. "Lonesome traveler" by Jack Kerouac
I read it on mah travels. Hardcore quote from little Mexican village:
"And when I wanted to go to the john I was directed to an ancient stone seat which overlorded the entire village like some king's throne and there I had to sit in full sight of everybody, it was completely in the open - mothers passing by smiled politely, children stared with fingers in mouth, young girls hummed at their work."
22-Jun-2012: 10. "Big Sur" by Jack Kerouac
My second fave Jack book so far? Cute non-humans abound. ^_^ Here's a mule quote you may recognize from elsewhere on my Flickr:
"... So I feed Alf the last of my apples which he receives with big faroff teeth inside his soft hairy muzzle, never biting, just muffing up my apple from my outstretched palm, and chomping away sadly, turning to scratch his behind against a tree with a big erotic motion that gets worse and worse till finally he's standing there with erectile dong that would scare the Whore of Babylon let alone me."
6-Jul-2012: 11. "Visions of Gerard" by Jack Kerouac
About his kind dead brother. Actually part 1 in the "Duluoz legend", but I guess 99.99999999999999999999% of readers start with "On the road" and that works out too...
14-Jul-2012: 12. "Doctor Sax" by Jack Kerouac
"So one night, from the Phebe house, we walked Blanche (who later in such a walk insisted on bringing my dog Beauty because she's afraid of the dark and as the little beast escorted her home it rushed out and got run over by Roger Carrufel of Pawtucketville who was somehow driving an Austin tinycar that night and the low bumper killed it, previously on Salem Street at Joe's lawn door it got run over by an ordinary car but rolled with the wheels and never got hurt - I heard the news of its death at precisely that moment in my life when I was lying in bed finding out that my tool had sensations in the tip - they yelled up to me thru the transom, 'Ton chien est mort! (Your dog is dead!)' and they brought it home dying - on the kitchen floor we and Blanche and Carrufel with hat in hand watch Beauty die, Beauty dies the night I discover sex, they wonder why I'm mad -) ..."
29-Jul-2012: 13. "Baby driver: A story about myself" by Jan Kerouac
Jack's wild and independent daughter (1952-1996), whom he met twice. Wish I were as rootless and competent as she was. :p
"I was often deluged, in those days, by a feeling of fabulous freedom. Lasting only an instant, it washed over me like a bucket of cold water, reminding me I was no longer simply a housewife. John had never intended for me to become one; it was a role I had climbed into myself. For three years it had been a lovely change from being a juvenile delinquent. But now I could really sense a page turning - even remember looking out in my mind's eye toward Santa Fe and the rest of the general direction south, and seeing things laid out in the future - nothing in particular, but an immensely inviting vacuum waiting to be filled."
4-Aug-2012: 14. "Trainsong" by Jan Kerouac
The continuation of the above story. The edition I got also includes some interviews and photos. Btw, I believe Jan's books have gone out of print. I was able to find used copies and, contrary to my habit, I refrained from underlining or margin-scrawling. JUST SAYIN! *cough* *cough* *hums jolly little pirate tune* ... UPDATE: In 2013 I visited the little Beat Museum in San Francisco, and saw Jan's books (and a biography or two) in their shop.
16-Aug-2012: 15. "Maggie Cassidy" by Jack Kerouac
29-Aug-2012: 16. "The better angels of our nature: Why violence has declined" by Steven Pinker
Fave! THE MYTH-DESTRUCTION!!! THE ATTITUDE CHANGES!!! THE EXPERIMENTS!!! THE IDEAS!!! THE TRICKS!!! 8D I would say this was the second most important book I read this year. I'd come across a couple of articles on the decline of murder and war before, but this is A BIT more detailed.
In short, Pinker writes of the following: Six trends ("The Pacification Process" + "the Civilizing Process" + "the Humanitarian Revolution" + "the Long Peace" + "the New Peace" + "the Rights Revolutions"), five "inner demons" (predatory or instrumental violence + dominance + revenge + sadism + ideology), four "better angels" (empathy + self-control + the moral sense + reason), and five historical forces ("The Leviathan" + commerce + feminization + cosmopolitanism + "the escalator of reason").
He does point out that "the Animal Rights Revolution has been partly canceled out by another development, the Broiler Chicken Revolution." :/
17-Oct-2012: 17. "Vanity of Duluoz" by Jack Kerouac
Possibly my third fave Jack book so far, unless I forgot too much of "On the road". :)
"... so they ambulance me to the nut hatch. Where I'm greeted by a colloquial questionnaire in which is recorded the fact that I've had the highest IQ intelligence rating in the history of friggin Newport RI Naval Base and therefore I'm suspect. As being, mind you, an 'officer in the American Communist Party'."
28-Oct-2012: 18. "Practical ethics: Third edition" by Peter Singer
Fave! Probably the most important book I read this year. Peter Singer is pretty much the most logical and BULLSHIT-FREE person in the universe (of which he should be president). :D When I disagree with him, it's in an "Oh well, whatever" way. This book covers many walks of life such as abortion, environmentalism, charity, and animal rights.
"The belief that issues about humans should always take precedence over issues about animals reflects a popular prejudice against taking the interests of animals seriously - a prejudice no better founded than the prejudice of white slave owners against taking seriously the interests of their African slaves. It is easy for us to criticize the prejudices of our grandfathers, from which our fathers freed themselves. It is more difficult to search for prejudices among the beliefs and values we hold. What is needed now is a willingness to follow the arguments where they lead, without a prior assumption that the issue is not worth our attention."
"In humans, prior to about eighteen weeks of gestation, the cerebral cortex is not sufficiently developed for synaptic connections to take place within it – in other words, the signals that give rise to pain in an adult are not being received. Between eighteen and twenty-five weeks, the brain of the fetus reaches a stage at which there is some nerve transmission in those parts associated with consciousness. Even then, however, the fetus appears to be in a persistent state of sleep and, therefore, may not be able to perceive pain. The fetus begins to 'wake up' at a gestational age of around thirty weeks. This is, of course, well beyond the stage of viability, and a 'fetus' that was alive and outside the womb at this stage would be a premature baby and not a fetus at all. … Fortunately, the overwhelming majority of abortions are performed much earlier than eighteen weeks – in the United States, over 85 percent of abortions are done in the first trimester, that is, when the fetus is less than thirteen weeks old. Therefore, most abortions are unlikely to involve any experience of pain for the fetus."
20-Nov-2012: 19. "Visions of Cody" by Jack Kerouac
"Well, Masturbation. There's absolutely no sense whatever in lettin your pants down à la shittin and then, cause you're too lazy to get up, or make other shifts, simply milk the cow (with appropriate thoughts) and let the milk at its sweet keen pitch spurt downward, between thighs, when the urge at that moment is upward, onward, out, straining, to make everything come out as though gathering it from all corners of the loins to purse it out the shivering push bone - No, with the thing flapping and milking below, not only that the seat cover restricting the natural quiver-bow jump of the cock - at the great moment there is a sudden sorrow 'cause you can't push in, out, over, onward, at it - but just sit dumbly (like a man sits down to piss) oozing below for miserable hygiene and convenience's sake in an awkward woebegone, in fact castrated with legs-tangled-in-pants position and dumb shirt tails hanging à la shit - and barely missing the real draining kick and ending up having done nothing but clean out the loins as if you'd stuck a dry rag in there and pull-mopped out your life's desire." o_O
21-Dec-2012: 20. "The hidden reality: Parallel universes and the deep laws of the cosmos" by Brian Greene
Fave! Well, I haven't got that far into it yet, and half expect him to lose me completely 5 pages from now... BUT... even if that happens, it may be THE BRUTALEST MINDFUCK I've ever read. (Update: Chapters 2 and 10, at least. :B ) I liked "The elegant universe" and "The fabric of the cosmos" too, but this book seems like the most interesting one. :D I hated physics class, but Greene's books are math-free. (There's some math in the notes for people who haz teh smart.) He'll say "The math shows this and this" and offer an analogy with something familiar.
"The subject of parallel universes is highly speculative. No experiment or observation has established that any version of the idea is realized in nature. So my point in writing this book is not to convince you that we're part of a multiverse. I'm not convinced - and, speaking generally, no one should be convinced - of anything not supported by hard data. That said, I find it both curious and compelling that numerous developments in physics, if followed sufficiently far, bump into some variation on the parallel-universe theme. It's not that physicists are standing ready, multiverse nets in their hands, seeking to snare any passing theory that might be slotted, however awkwardly, into a parallel-universe paradigm. Rather, all of the parallel-universe proposals that we will take seriously emerge unbidden from the mathematics of theories developed to explain conventional data and observations."
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8-Jan-2011: 1. Låt den rätte komma in (a.k.a “Let the right one in” and “Let me in”)
28-Jan-2011: 2. Donor
28-Jan-2011: 3. The Oxford murders
29-Jan-2011: 4. Made in Dagenham
29-Jan-2011: 5. Beats of freedom
29-Jan-2011: 6. Léa
5-Feb-2011: 7. Im Alter von Ellen (a.k.a. ”At Ellen’s age”)
5-Feb-2011: 8. Nannerl, la soeur de Mozart (a.k.a. ”Mozart’s sister”)
6-Feb-2011: 9. The moral revolution
Festival documentary about homophobia in Poland.
6-Feb-2011: 10. Vi kallar dem diamanter
I couldn't find a real cover for this one...
6-Feb-2011: 11. Dog sweat
25-Feb-2011: 12. Deadly isolation
The plot, IIRC: Successful artist comes into a pile of stolen cash, but nobly decides to return it to its rightful owner. WOW, AT THAT MOMENT SHE MUST HAVE BEEN THE MOST CONFLICTED PERSON IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!! ... I could have said, if she hadn't had her ART-JOB-HOBBY to fall back on.
19-Mar-2011: 13. Two lovers
26-Mar-2011: 14. Deception (a.k.a. “The list”)
1-Apr-2011: 15. The other Boleyn girl
2-Apr-2011: 16. Temple Grandin
3-Apr-2011: 17. Dancing trees
Genre: "All autistic people are geniuses and that is why we shouldn't send them to concentration camps! PS. I'm so nice!!!!!!!1"
9-Apr-2011: 18. Bob Roberts
I can't remember a fucking thing, but since Alan Rickman and John Cusack were in it, I must rewatch. Probably this week. Maybe it's awesome. :D
9-Apr-2011: 19. Role models
12-Apr-2011: 20. Underkastelsen (a.k.a. ”Submission”)
Fave! Swedish documentary about environmental pollution. The cover makes it look like an S&M movie for religion-fetishists.
... I'll just let those words sit there and get Googled.
15-Apr-2011: 21. You don’t mess with the Zohan
Fave!? The hummus ^_^
16-Apr-2011: 22. Cashback
23-Apr-2011: 23. Miss Potter
24-Jun-2011: 24. Into the wild
Fave! But I liked the book more. :)
15-Jul-2011: 25. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
Fave!
21-Jul-2011: 26. Beginners
THE DOGGIE. x) And Goran Visnjic. 8) And Ewan. Etc.
10-Aug-2011: 27. Slumdog millionaire
30-Aug-2011: 28. The 40 year old virgin
2-Sep-2011: 29. Elektra
3-Sep-2011: 30. Apflickorna (a.k.a. ”She monkeys”)
Swedish drama. x( In other news, a lot of people can’t fucking show a horse in their movie or music video without making said horse a metaphor for a big purple throbbing dick or something. I think I seriously read somewhere that horses in art represent masculinity. It’s cool though; my 1st grade schoolyard games and my 3rd grade horsy-comics piss on your centuries-old artistic code!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9-Sep-2011: 31. Little Voice
10-Sep-2011: 32. Helen (2009)
16-Sep-2011: 33. Lolita
23-Sep-2011: 34. The deep end
18-Nov-2011: 35. Everything is illuminated
3-Dec-2011: 36. Partir (a.k.a. ”Leaving”)
21-Dec-2011: 37. The girl with the dragon tattoo
Fave! Some good components of the movie: REVENGE. Trent Reznor. Goran Visnjic. A Nine Inch Nails shirt. 8) I started walking around feeling inspired by Lisbeth. ((:B
25-Dec-2011: 38. Amadeus (director’s cut)
30-Dec-2011: 39. Bottle shock
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Only counting movies I saw for the first time. (I was always under the impression that I saw a bazillion movies in 2001. That must have been because I saw 27 of them in the first half of the year. :q ) Faves: 9!? Best movie: Lunch with Charles! Best movie in history: ....... Lunch with Charles!!! 8D WARNING: LIST MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!
13-Jan-2001: 1. American psycho
I had read the book, and was kind of “meh” about that and the movie. Might rewatch the latter.
14-Jan-2001: 2. Sleepy Hollow
Comments in my diary: “Pretty bad. Boring. Bad. Alright. Then I watched the rest of Gladiator. Mmm. Mm. Mmmm. But I bawled myself to death.”
20-Jan-2001: 3. Jalla! Jalla!
26-Jan-2001: 4. Vertical limit
The only chance I've had to fangirl over Nicholas Lea at an actual cinema, where I saw Vertical limit about 4 times. :B I first read about the movie in 1999 and could not fucking wait. Everyone hates it, especially people who know anything about climbing. Oh well. Stuff it has: Mountains (!!!!!) + snow leopards!!! + le Nick + nice music. PS. It was filmed in New Zealand, which strongly contributed to my desire for a trip there. Do you know what this means, beyotches? I WAS PINING FOR NEW ZEALAND BEFORE LOTR CAME OUT. Yeah!
27-Jan-2001: 5. Magnolia
29-Jan-2001: 6. Saltwater
Gothenburg International Film Festival 2001 Galore, #1
29-Jan-2001: 7. Kanak attack
Gothenburg International Film Festival 2001 Galore, #2...
1-Feb-2001: 8. Things you can tell just by looking at her
Gothenburg International Film Festival 2001 Galore, #3...
1-Feb-2001: 9. The house of mirth
Gothenburg International Film Festival 2001 Galore, #4... (School "dragged" me to the first three.) I saw it because of Gillian Anderson from LE X-FILES!!!!!! but... I almost fell asleep, and didn't understand much without subtitles, and... Sigh.
2-Feb-2001: 10. Poetic justice
3-Feb-2001: 11. Tomten är far till alla barnen
Swedish movie whose title means ”Santa is the father of all the children”. :| It's true, children. I hate to break it to ya (only not really), but Santa... Santa fucks.
12-Feb-2001: 12. Crouching tiger, hidden dragon
I realize I was utterly alone in finding it boring.
15-Feb-2001: 13. The Full Monty
Fave!
18-Feb-2001: 14. U-turn
In which Joaquin Phoenix plays a psycho rockabilly. Every time his evil plans are foiled by the village cop, Johnny Cash’s “Ring of fire” comes on. Tihi! *POKE* (I had been delightfully clobbered by my Joaquin obsession 4 days earlier.)
21-Feb-2001: 15. Quills
Fave! *joaquinfangurldiez*
24-Feb-2001: 16. To die for
Fave! I think.
3-Mar-2001: 17. Parenthood
Fave! Or something. It's from 1989. Itty bitty Joaquin! xD
8-Mar-2001: 18. Jerry Maguire
24-Mar-2001: 19. 8 mm
1-Apr-2001: 20. Men of honor
27-Apr-2001: 21. Traffic
Boring as fuck, plus I saw it to drown my sorrows after a Spanish test, but instead I was reminded of all my fuckups. PS. I never learned Spanish, I only got a good grade. o_O 1. Hear speed of real-life Spanish. 2. Lie down. 3. Die.
1-May-2001: 22. Chocolat
DON'T GIVE THE DOG CHOCOLATE YOU STUPID ASSHOLES
3-May-2001: 23. Stand by me
14-May-2001: 24. Chicken run
Fave! Give it to your friends’ kids. Heehee.
21-May-2001: 25. Xtro II: The second encounter
25-May-2001: 26. Lunch with Charles
Fave! IN FACT, MY NUMBER. ONE. MOVIE!!! :D You’ve Probably Never Heard Of It^TM. It has Nicholas Lea, Canada, roads, Greyhound buses, vegan food, and nice music. I always said (perhaps before I found me some proper hobbies) that I’d like to jump into it. If I had been introduced to it today, it may or may not have become my #1, but what the hell. :)
29-Jun-2001: 27. The yards
Which was also the former title of my railroad set, tehe.
7-Aug-2001: 28. Bridget Jones’s diary
Fave! … I realized 11 years later. It’s teh lolz, especially her mum. xD
22-Aug-2001: 29. The good, the bad and the ugly
9-Sep-2001: 30. The postman
Fave! Post-apocalypse… Hehe…
17-Sep-2001: 31. A stranger among us
5-Oct-2001: 32. The impossible elephant
11-Oct-2001: 33. National Velvet
Fave?! Probably the oldest movie I've enjoyed. (I'll... call it a fave, to be on the safe side.) I wanna see it again, but it seems somewhat... unfindable. Meh.
23-Nov-2001: 34. The lord of the flies
I read the book in 2000, but didn't jizz my pantz. Unlike everyone else. D:
3-Dec-2001: 35. Priest
Fave! Cosy British Film^TM concerning a gay catholic priest.
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Faves: 10?
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4-Jan-2004: 1. Judas kiss
24-Jan-2004: 2. Sweet November
24-Jan-2004: 3. Dark Harbor
Hehehehehehehehehehehehehe… Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe, hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe…
20-Feb-2004: 4. All the pretty horses
22-Feb-2004: 5. Cold Mountain
25-Feb-2004: 6. Moving Malcolm
25-Feb-2004: 7. Truly madly deeply
Everyone else’s fave.
26-Feb-2004: 8. Heavenly creatures
3-Mar-2004: 9. Mesmer
It’s about a… masseur. :B
4-Mar-2004: 10. Close my eyes
6-Mar-2004: 11. Peter Pan (2003)
9-Mar-2004: 12. The tailor of Panama
26-Mar-2004: 13. Seven years in Tibet
27-Mar-2004: 14. Hidalgo
16-Apr-2004: 15. Pirates of the Caribbean: The curse of the black pearl
24-Apr-2004: 16. The big Lebowski
27-Apr-2004: 17. The French lieutenant’s woman
29-Apr-2004: 18. Being John Malkovich
30-Apr-2004: 19. Soldier
1-May-2004: 20. Timeline
2-May-2004: 21. The cider house rules
8-May-2004: 22. The house of the spirits
11-May-2004: 23. Brother bear
Fave!
14-May-2004: 24. Buffalo soldiers
15-May-2004: 25. Junior
3-Jun-2004: 26. Dragonheart
4-Jun-2004: 27. Troy
2004 sandal movie 1 of 3. Boring I guess.
9-Jun-2004: 28. Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
Fave!? I just thought it was OK at first, but it kind of grew on me. I still like the subsequent Harry movies more...
19-Jun-2004: 29. Great expectations
22-Jun-2004: 30. Van Helsing
Fave!? The 1 second shot of Dracula in the trailer made me see it. ((:B Thanks, Snapefandom. Nice shit about the movie: Mountains; music; David Wenham as a dork; Rox; for once, the Love Interest^TM dies; and for once, the Love Interest^TM dies before the hero has time to bone her! :O
3-Jul-2004: 31. The pianist
3-Jul-2004: 32. Total eclipse
Hehehehehehehehehehehehehe… Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe, hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe…
4-Jul-2004: 33. Chinese box
21-Jul-2004: 34. Hotet
27-Jul-2004: 35. Blow dry
Fave!
30-Jul-2004?!?!?!?: 36. An awfully big adventure
Fave! Kind of weird, as in… it’s packed with lines that don’t even make sense. To me. But I like. :B Perhaps not only because it has Alan Rickman’s hawtest bang-scenes ever. HHHHHHHHHHHHH.
3-Aug-2004: 37. Den enfaldige mördaren
9-Aug-2004: 38. Something the lord made
Fave! Biopic about heart surgery pioneers + civil rights.
12-Aug-2004: 39. King Arthur
2004 sandal movie 2 of 3: Whatever.
20-Aug-2004: 40. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
I don’t remember getting it.
21-Aug-2004: 41. Mad cows
Fave!
30-Aug-2004: 42. The village
Wow, they should have checked the violence stats before they –
1-Sep-2004: 43. Tea with Mussolini
3-Sep-2004: 44. Chain of fools
Fave!
17-Sep-2004: 45. A perfect murder
17-Sep-2004: 46. Muriel’s wedding
Not sure if fave, but I want to rewatch it. :)
24-Sep-2004: 47. The heroes of Telemark
I’VE BEEN TO THAT TOWN AND SWUM IN THAT LAKE, MAAAAAAAAN!!!
25-Sep-2004: 48. Angela’s ashes
1-Oct-2004: 49. Dead ringers
11-Oct-2004: 50. Passionada
22-Oct-2004: 51. O brother, where art thou?
1-Nov-2004: 52. De-lovely
21-Nov-2004: 53. Spiderman (2002)
I only remember it having one of those main-girl characters with whom I fail to identify because they keep dating The Asshole Jock. If The Hero needs the challenge, at least make The Love Interest have some more credible hobby than her fucking Asshole Jock. Or maybe it IS credible because the world is full of people who keep falling for abusive assholes.
1-Dec-2004: 54. Alexander
Fave! 2004 sandal movie 3 of 3 had heart. The first Bucephalos scene gave me goosebumps, and there was gayness, and that Jared Leto guy, and a nice soundtrack.
3-Dec-2004: 55. Shrek
4-Dec-2004: 56. Closet Land
Alan Rickman as torturer.
10-Dec-2004: 57. The tuxedo
12-Dec-2004: 58. A knight’s tale
13-Dec-2004: 59. Quigley Down Under
17-Dec-2004: 60. Shergar
:’(
22-Dec-2004: 61. Divorcing Jack
Fave!
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Only counting movies I saw for the first time. Faves: 7. Best: "Bend it like Beckham"? :) Brad Dourif movies: 13! WARNING: LIST MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!
4-Jan-2005: 1. Edward Scissorhands
5-Jan-2005: 2. Bridget Jones: The edge of reason
15-Jan-2005: 3. Moulin Rouge
Fave! And I hella didn't expect to like it, "Uhh, musicals are so embarrassing!!!!!!" but maybe my Ewan-loving buddy made me watch it or something, and I became a Ewan fangirl too. :| As this year's movie list reveals.
17-Jan-2005: 4. The lord of the rings: The return of the king
Fave!
22-Jan-2005: 5. The league of extraordinary gentlemen
27-Jan-2005: 6. Så som i himmelen (a.k.a. “As it is in heaven”)
29-Jan-2005: 7. Mission: Impossible II
Fave!? Because it's a pwettily elegant John Woo movie.
2-Feb-2005: 8. Ladder 49
14-Feb-2005: 9. Dune
18-Feb-2005: 10. Murder in the first
19-Feb-2005: 11. Blue velvet
24-Feb-2005: 12. Color of night
24-Feb-2005: 13. January man
25-Feb-2005: 14. Shine
26-Feb-2005: 15. Death machine
2-Mar-2005: 16. Ragtime
4-Mar-2005: 17. Gangster no. 1
5-Mar-2005: 18. Body parts
6-Mar-2005: 19. A nightmare on Elm Street
23-Mar-2005: 20. Closer
24-Mar-2005: 21. The island of Dr. Moreau
30-Mar-2005: 22. Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
2-Apr-2005: 23. Hotel Rwanda
7-Apr-2005: 24. The merchant of Venice
9-Apr-2005: 25. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
14-Apr-2005: 26. Amos and Andrew
16-Apr-2005: 27. Senseless
17-Apr-2005: 28. Silicon Towers
17-Apr-2005: 29. Spontaneous combustion
24-Apr-2005: 30. The phantom of the opera
I haven’t seen it since, but it’s gonna happen… :p
4-May-2005: 31. Kingdom of heaven
12-May-2005: 32. Finding Neverland
1-Jun-2005: 33. Fever pitch
5-Jun-2005: 34. Try seventeen
At least I think I saw the whole movie this year... Er.
22-Jun-2005: 35. Layer cake
24-Jun-2005: 36. The box (2003)
3-Jul-2005: 37. The girl in the café
Fave!
9-Jul-2005?????: 38. Shallow grave (1994)
Ewan’s character at some fundraising dinner: “You never told me this was for children! I hate children! :D I’d raise money to have the little fuckers put down!”
17-Jul-2005: 39. A life less ordinary
9-Aug-2005: 40. Down with love
Fave! The dialogue is teh brilliant! :D
10-Aug-2005: 41. The hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy
I’ve only seen it once, but would like a re-watch. More importantly, THE BOOK IS AWESOME!!!
31-Aug-2005: 42. The Island (2005)
Does this remind you of anything, like… a real-life industry? o_O :D
9-Sep-2005: 43. Bend it like Beckham
Fave!
9-Sep-2005: 44. Help! I’m a fish
16-Sep-2005: 45. Velvet goldmine
Hehehehehehehehehehehehehe… Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe, hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe… Furthermore, it made me wish Ewan McGregor would become a rock star IRL. :D
5-Oct-2005: 46. Stealth
15-Oct-2005: 47. Big fish
22-Oct-2005: 48. The pillow book
Hehehehehehehehehehehehehe… Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe, hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe…
2-Nov-2005: 49. Schindler's list
Journal says I "finished watching" it that day. When the watching began is unclear. :p
13-Nov-2005: 50. Maid in Manhattan
18-Nov-2005: 51. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Fave!
19-Nov-2005: 52. Oscar and Lucinda
26-Nov-2005: 53. Catch me if you can
27-Nov-2005: 54. Wallace & Gromit in The curse of the were-rabbit
17-Dec-2005: 55. Secrets & lies
Genre: Cozy British Film. To be rewatched sometime.
22-Dec-2005: 56. Black Hawk down
30-Dec-2005: 57. Kopps
31-Dec-2005: 58. Rasputin
Alan Rickman dancing on a table n shit :)
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1-Jan-2006: 1. Four weddings and a funeral
5-Jan-2006: 2. Hip hip hora! (a.k.a “The ketchup effect”)
6-Jan-2006: 3. Ice age
6-Jan-2006: 4. Ali G indahouse
Fave! My fave Sacha Baron Cohen movie, and everyone else’s least fave. :p
12-Jan-2006: 5. The meaning of life
18-Jan-2006: 6. King Kong (2005)
28-Jan-2006: 7. The wild blue yonder
Fave! Actually a superweird art movie, BUT THE ENDING RATHER MAKES UP FOR THAT, EHEHEHEHEHEHEHE. HEEHEEHEEHEE. :D Aaaaaaaand there's BRAD DOURIF! Who did it for free because he likes the planet and stuff! ^_^
29-Jan-2006: 8. Terminator 3: Rise of the machines
Nah, but I fucking love Terminator 1-2. ARGH.
31-Jan-2006: 9. Zaïna, rider of the Atlas (a.k.a. “Zaïna, cavalière de l'Atlas”)
Fave!? Horse movie that I saw at the local film festival. I enjoyed it. :q
3-Feb-2006: 10. All the invisible children
A bunch of short movies by various famous directors, shown at the local film festival. My fave short was the one by John Woo.
3-Feb-2006: 11. Walk the line
Ah, le Joaquin. 8D Click here for the "review" I wrote in the olde blag.
13-Feb-2006: 12. High fidelity
At the time I don't think I noticed it much. I rewatched it in 2013!!! after my ancient crush on John Cusack flared up. Well, the main characters are that type (I guess) who can't enjoy singlehood and therefore are happy to swim forever through relationship drama shit. I still (...) can't identify with that :D but at least the movie is quite funny. (EspeciallywhentheybeatTimRobbinstodeaththriceover.) And IINM, it is a study in hipsterdom... although maybe it was made before hipster hate became a thing. :) PS. I haven't read the book, but the movie is said to be better? :q
21-Feb-2006: 13. Nanny McPhee
23-Mar-2006: 14. Brokeback Mountain
30-Mar-2006: 15. The new world
7-Apr-2006: 16. Blue juice
This is the kind of movie whose cover makes it look like Ewan McGregor is the lead guy when he actually isn't. :B Also, Zeta-Jones had to be scantily clad even though the movie was set in some cloudy cold British coastal village. Yeah.
9-Apr-2006: 17. Wit
Gonna re-watch. Emma Thompson vs terminal cancer.
12-Apr-2006: 18. The chronicles of Narnia: The lion, the witch and the wardrobe
I had read the book and declared it mossy. Still haven't got around to seeing the rest of the movies...
22-Apr-2006: 19. Super size me
Fave!
29-Apr-2006: 20. Alien: Resurrection
I don’t really remember if I watched all of it, but me journal kind of makes it sound like I did, soooo…
10-May-2006: 21. Windtalkers
19-May-2006: 22. Clueless
Fave!? :) It's funny how it's based on Austen's "Emma" and all.
19-May-2006: 23. Chaos
7-Jun-2006: 24. The da Vinci code
I faved the book I suppose.
22-Jun-2006: 25. Tristan and Isolde
23-Jun-2006: 26. A little bit of soul
David Wenham and Geoffrey Rush are awesome. :)
15-Jul-2006?: 27. Pride and prejudice (2005)
#anglophilia
3-Sep-2006: 28. United 93
Hawt villain... :q
15-Sep-2006: 29. Vlad
19-Sep-2006: 30. Run Lola run
30-Sep-2006: 31. Snow cake
Fave! Stuff it has: Canada. Alan Rickman. Autism. Hitchhiking. Tea. Tori Amos's best song. Hawt scene. Lolz. Dog. Atheism. Tea. Background Marilyn Manson poster. Roads. Tea.
13-Oct-2006: 32. Gosford Park
I think I only watched it for Clive Owen's voice. HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
20-Oct-2006: 33. Lost in translation
My journal sayeth: "Another movie about people enjoying small talk, and laughing charmingly. But a bit cute. I want to toss Scarlett to a stylist who styles her into a 1940's star."
3-Nov-2006: 34. Green Street hooligans
3-Nov-2006: 35. Stay
8-Nov-2006: 36. Girl with a pearl earring
Orrrrrrrr I just deeved it without watching it…? In any case I watched it all eventually. :) Haven't read the book.
12-Nov-2006: 37. Borat: Cultural learnings of America for make benefit glorious nation of Kazakhstan
Spiffing, but as I said, not as good as Ali G indahouse… according to MEEEEEEE :B
18-Nov-2006: 38. Madagascar
25-Nov-2006: 39. The ring
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAA FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
23-Dec-2006: 40. Adam Sandler’s eight crazy nights
30-Dec-2006: 41. The life and death of Peter Sellers
30-Dec-2006: 42. Clay pigeons
31-Dec-2006: 43. Göta Kanal 2 - Kanalkampen
I was an extra in this Swedish B-movie! :D In some crowd… But I didn’t spot me. I never do. :C
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9-Jan-2010: 1. Fish tank
17-Jan-2010: 2. The cove
Fave! People = shit. I saw it with Miss C, who was rendered speechless with rage.
29-Jan-2010: 3. The sound of insects: Record of a mummy
1-Feb-2010: 4. Dreamland
Icelandic festival docu.
3-Feb-2010: 5. A mother’s courage: Talking back to autism
5-Feb-2010: 6. Creation
Charles Darwin biopic.
12-Feb-2010: 7. Luftslottet som sprängdes (a.k.a ”The girl who kicked the hornet’s nest”)
So, the sequel to "The girl with the dragon tattoo" (Swedish version). I actually only saw it because I was going to see "The men who stare at goats" but... walked into the wrong auditorium... o_O
14-Feb-2010: 8. The men who stare at goats
RAT FINALLY MANAGES TO WALK INTO CORRECT AUDITORIUM!!!
27-Feb-2010: 9. I love you Phillip Morris
5-Mar-2010: 10. Alice in Wonderland (2010)
24-Mar-2010: 11. Tsotsi
19-Apr-2010: 12. Klara
Apparently there is exactly 1 way to write a film script about horses.
29-Apr-2010: 13. The ghost writer
12-May-2010: 14. Kick-Ass
20-May-2010: 15. Robin Hood (2010)
26-Jun-2010: 16. Den ofrivillige golfaren
3-Jul-2010: 17. Shattered (a.k.a. “Butterfly on a wheel”)
15-Jul-2010: 18. When you’re strange
25-Jul-2010: 19. The Twilight saga: Eclipse
Could you airbrushmangle that poster a little harder?????????
31-Jul-2010: 20. Breaking and entering
7-Aug-2010: 21. Naked
14-Aug-2010: 22. Inception
28-Aug-2010: 23. Bröllopsfotografen
18-Sep-2010: 24. 300
24-Sep-2010: 25. The kids are all right
30-Sep-2010: 26. Le scaphandre et le papillon (a.k.a. “The diving bell and the butterfly”)
Hmmm, I have watched it twice, and associate two lovely songs in it entirely with the movie...
14-Oct-2010: 27. The Simpsons movie
17-Oct-2010: 28. Oceans
Fave!
22-Oct-2010: 29. The social network
Fave!? Not at the time, but when I rewatched I quite noticed how well written it was. And though I’m not good with computers, I tend to like stories about them. A BAZILLION CONGRATS TO TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS FOR THE MUSIC-OSCAR!!!!!!! :D
23-Oct-2010: 30. Persepolis
30-Oct-2010: 31. Ghost world
18-Nov-2010: 32. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Fave!
22-Nov-2010: 33. Millions
29-Nov-2010: 34. Vera Drake
... Dat Cosy British Film genre.
4-Dec-2010: 35. American Venus
5-Dec-2010: 36. I’m still here
Joaquin!!!!!!!
18-Dec-2010: 37. Svinalängorna (a.k.a. “Beyond”)
Heavy Swedish Drama! My favourite genre! Not. But my gran had free tickets.
27-Dec-2010: 38. Ratatouille
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1-Jan-1999: 1. Ace Ventura: When nature calls
Fave!
5-Jan-1999: 2. Enemy of the state
5-Jan-1999: 3. Vampire’s kiss
8-Jan-1999: 4. The bridges of Madison County
9-Jan-1999: 5. The prince of Egypt
9-Jan-1999: 6. What’s eating Gilbert Grape
13-Jan-1999: 7. Gallipoli
16-Jan-1999: 8. The getaway (1994)?
I’m going to guess I’m listing the correct movie… :p
17-Jan-1999: 9. Bad boys
Fave!
23-Jan-1999: 10. Reservoir dogs
23-Jan-1999: 11. Hard target
30-Jan-1999: 12. Good Will Hunting
8-Feb-1999: 13. The client
26-Feb-1999: 14. Jackie Brown
27-Feb-1999: 15. The flight of the dove (a.k.a The spy within)
10-Mar-1999: 16. American history X
14-Mar-1999: 17. Before and after
14-Mar-1999: 18. The replacement killers
19-Mar-1999: 19. The young Americans (1993)?
... Unless I was referring to the video for a song that was a hit in 1998… :o We were Keitel fans though, so.
4-Apr-1999: 20. Robinson Crusoe (1997)?
Er, presumably that’s the right movie version…
9-Apr-1999: 21. Snake eyes
12-Apr-1999: 22. 12 monkeys
16-Apr-1999: 23. Lethal weapon
Fave! :|
18-Apr-1999: 24. The net
22-Apr-1999: 25. The mask of Zorro
23-Apr-1999: 26. Mercury rising
23-Apr-1999: 27. The man without a face
24-Apr-1999: 28. Broken arrow
Fave! I suppose. Poor little 1999 list.
30-Apr-1999: 29. Die hard 2
30-Apr-1999: 30. Natural born killers
As far as I know… this was the first time I heard Trent Reznor’s voice and Jack Kerouac’s name. :O But I forgot all about that until I rewatched the movie 13 years later. :p PS. The T-Rez got engaged on APRIL 30, 2009! See?
1-May-1999: 31. Basic instinct
7-May-1999: 32. Ace Ventura: Pet detective
Fave!
7-May-1999: 33. True romance
8-May-1999: 34. The cable guy
19-May-1999: 35. Lethal weapon 2
Fave!? Well, I don't remember much, but I'm guessing 2-3 were as fun as 1.
21-May-1999: 36. Smoke
7-Jun-1999: 37. Beyond Rangoon
8-Jun-1999: 38. Twins
9-Jun-1999: 39. Their second chance (1997)
10-Jun-1999: 40. Rush hour
11-Jun-1999: 41. Lethal weapon 3
Fave!? See above. :p
17-Jun-1999: 42. Payback
22-Jun-1999: 43. Lock, stock and two smoking barrels
Fave! OMG teh London. xB
30-Jun-1999: 44. Les visiteurs
20-Jul-1999: 45. The negotiator
11-Aug-1999: 46. Mr. Nice Guy
20-Aug-1999: 47. The Matrix
Maybe I’d like more than 0% of it if I were to rewatch today… :p
21-Aug-1999: 48. GoldenEye
At least there’s a good chance that this was my first viewing of it…
27-Aug-1999: 49. Star wars: Episode 1 – the phantom menace
The only Star wars movie I know I sat through (because I saw it at the cinema). I don't know what all the fuss is about. :p
3-Sep-1999: 50. Trainspotting
Fave! Book's good too. :B
24-Sep-1999: 51. Go
3-Oct-1999: 52. Dead man walking
8-Oct-1999: 53. The shining
Faved the book, not the movie. But the shower lady… AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *cries*
10-Oct-1999: 54. American pie
16-Oct-1999: 55. Pet sematary
Faved the book (at least on the first read), not the movie. But the crippled sister… AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *cries*
27-Oct-1999: 56. Tala! Det är så mörkt (a.k.a. Speak up! It’s so dark)
30-Oct-1999: 57. Bird on a wire
31-Oct-1999: 58. Waterworld
Horsies!!
2-Nov-1999: 59. Fargo
6-Nov-1999: 60. Vuxna människor (a.k.a Adult behavior)
7-Nov-1999: 61. Forever young
9-Nov-1999: 62. Apollo 13
12-Nov-1999: 63. The Blair Witch project
23-Nov-1999: 64. Welcome to Sarajevo
3-Dec-1999: 65. Mad Max 2
5-Dec-1999: 66. A time to kill
12-Dec-1999: 67. The last supper
27-Dec-1999: 68. The world is not enough
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Only counting movies I saw for the first time. Faves: 5? Best: Gladiator! :D WARNING: LIST MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!
1-Jan-2000: 1. Black Beauty
Fave! I have to watch it with an IV drip due to ALL THE BAWLING
4-Jan-2000: 2. Maverick
5-Jan-2000: 3. Do the right thing
6-Jan-2000: 4. Tarzan (1999)
Gawddammit cinema… Stahp switching on the lights so soon after the movie ends… STAHP :’(
22-Jan-2000: 5. The sixth sense
11-Feb-2000: 6. South Park: Bigger, longer & uncut
25-Feb-2000: 7. Ransom
8-Mar-2000: 8. Mississippi burning
8-Mar-2000: 9. Sanning eller konsekvens
Fave! ... I would say. Swedish tween movie with horribly familiar social situations. o_O
18-Mar-2000: 10. White Fang
31-Mar-2000: 11. American beauty
Myeah… :q
28-Apr-2000: 12. The green mile
People-movies at which I bawl, #2 of ~5. I had read and liked the book.
29-Apr-2000: 13. House of Frankenstein (1997)
5-May-2000: 14. Sherdíl
Swedish horse-teen movie that nobody likes. I just have to watch all horse movies. 8) The good news is there's a black Arabian stallion. The bad news is... *exasperated sigh* *handthrow* SWEDISH MOVIES SUCK
13-May-2000: 15. Midnight’s child
A highly non-educational movie about a Swedish psycho au-pair. XD
27-May-2000: 16. From dusk till dawn
5-Jun-2000: 17. Dead poets’ society
8-Jun-2000: 18. Gladiator
Fave! The second best movie on Earth! (My #1 movie until I ran into “Lunch with Charles” the following year.) It looks great, and the score is pretty much the best ever, too. :) (Such as the FINAL THREE TRACKS!!!!!!!) And it's the movie where I first noticed HIM…………. *LE SIGH*
22-Jun-2000: 19. Blade Runner
4-Aug-2000: 20. Against the wall
7-Aug-2000: 21. The patriot
Fave!? Which might have something to do with Jason Fucking Isaacs. :D *squee*
28-Aug-2000: 22. The great train robbery
I don’t always list short films here. But when I do, they’re 10000 years old.
2-Sep-2000: 23. X-men
2-Sep-2000: 24. The piano
5-Sep-2000: 25. Batman & Robin
6-Sep-2000: 26. While you were sleeping
16-Sep-2000: 27. Tillsammans (a.k.a Together)
Famous Swedish movie set in 1975. Oh hey, that's only 25 years ago. IF YOU'RE IN 2000. o_O
20-Sep-2000: 28. The raffle
Fave!? One of my grail-movies. (I searched for 3 years.) It was just a little TV comedy from the early 90s, starring me main (at the time) heartthrob, Nicholas Lea. :B I've only got it on TAPE which by now may be DEAD and the movie is UNFINDABLE. x(
9-Oct-2000: 29. One flew over the cuckoo’s nest
We watched it in film class and analyzed it together. It became way more special to me in 2005. :B Then it became a bit more special still in 2012, and I had to get in the time machine to add something quite interesting to our ole analysis. :B
10-Oct-2000: 30. Kiss tomorrow goodbye (2000)
Another Nick Lea-grail-movie I got mah hands on. :D I used it for my Great Individual Deep Analysis Paper in film class. :p Funny shit about the poster: The main character is not heavily featured in it. The Best Friend and The Girlfriend are. Because one is famous and one has bewbs.
28-Oct-2000: 31. All about my mother
7-Nov-2000: 32. Grace of my heart
19-Nov-2000: 33. The long kiss goodnight
26-Nov-2000: 34. Scream 2
*goes through diary in order to build movie list* ... "I saw Scream 2???!"
8-Dec-2000: 35. Charlie’s angels
21-Dec-2000: 36. Unbreakable
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18-Jan-2003: 1. The Iron Giant (sadly, dubbed to Swedish)
On my should-rewatch list…
25-Jan-2003: 2. The war
31-Jan-2003: 3. Lord of the rings: The two towers
Fave! AND THERE’S BRAD FUCKING DOURIF!!!!!! … And Shadowfax! *weep* And this was probably the first time I saw David Wenham. ^_^
22-Feb-2003: 4. Othello (1995)
4-Mar-2003: 5. The misfits
7-Mar-2003: 6. Klassfesten
21-Mar-2003: 7. Grabben i graven bredvid
21-Mar-2003: 8. The peacemaker
22-Mar-2003: 9. There’s something about Mary
12-Apr-2003: 10. The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain
Fave! Or so I seem to recall. :p Let's throw it in there.
19-Apr-2003: 11. Shakespeare in love
Fave!
26-Apr-2003: 12. Music from another room
30-Apr-2003: 13. Sliding doors
Fave!
12-May-2003: 14. The Texas chain saw massacre (1974)
I’m pretty sure this was the version. :)
12-May-2003: 15. The good son
16-May-2003: 16. It’s all about love
Some of it was filmed ONE HOUR’S BUS RIDE FROM MY CITY. I became obsessed with Joaquin Phoenix a few seconds after reading about the upcoming filming, but I never got around to, uh, stalking him. :| PS. The movie was, ya know, special.
25-May-2003: 17. Coyote ugly
26-May-2003: 18. Threshold
27-May-2003: 19. Liar liar
28-May-2003: 20. Wilde
Prettiest role of the prettiest dude, Jude. o_O
1-Jun-2003: 21. Dirty dancing
Fave! I think.
8-Jul-2003: 22. How to make an American quilt
13-Jul-2003: 23. The edge
I think we watched it because the hotel by Lake Louise was rumoured to flutter by in one shot (by mistake), but I don’t remember spotting it. Oh well bears and stuff
19-Jul-2003: 24. The bumblebee flies anyway
21-Jul-2003: 25. A shot in the face
Fave! Wasn’t it? :9 Pity the RARE VIDEO TAPE is now probably DEAD!!! xC
23-Jul-2003: 26. The Linda McCartney story
9-Aug-2003: 27. Festival
30-Aug-2003: 28. The investigation
26-Sep-2003: 29. Ondskan (a.k.a. Evil)
3-Oct-2003: 30. Seabiscuit
31-Oct-2003: 31. Smala Sussie
1-Nov-2003: 32. Sense and sensibility
Fave! I... had become an Alan Rickman fan 2 days earlier. :D
8-Nov-2003: 33. The winter guest
Directed by Alan Rickman, who got compared to Ingmar Bergman!!!!!!!!!! Chop chop.
14-Nov-2003: 34. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Actually I had seen it in 2002… but only a DUBBED version, which… hardly counts. In other news, SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
1-Dec-2003: 35. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Slightly better than the first film. Now pour this bucket of insulin down the funnel in my mouth plzthx.
6-Dec-2003: 36. Love actually
12-Dec-2003: 37. Dogma
13-Dec-2003: 38. Finding Forrester
14-Dec-2003: 39. Inventing the Abbotts
21-Dec-2003: 40. Galaxy quest
22-Dec-2003: 41. Whale rider
22-Dec-2003: 42. Billy Elliot
27-Dec-2003: 43. Michael Collins
#ConfusingPoliticalMovies
31-Dec-2003: 44. Kådisbellan (a.k.a. The slingshot... Literally, "The condom slingshot". :B )
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Starting dates, titles, authors, and any comments I may wish to vomit up:
31-Jan-2010: 1. "Everything is illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer
Weird-ass book but lovely style. I read it because I'm an Elijah Wood fangirl and need to get around to seeing the movie.
6-Feb-2010: 2. "Rose Madder" by Stephen King
18-Feb-2010: 3. "On writing" by Stephen King
A re-read. I found it very inspiring the first time around. Perhaps now too, I'm just kind of too uptight to write for fun these days. %P But. Soon???
25-Feb-2010: 4. "The call of the wild" by Jack London
I hadn't read it in about 9 years, but called it my fave novel. I suppose I'll keep calling it that. It's got dogs. And Canada. :D But I didn't cry this time around. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
2-Mar-2010: 5. "The beach" by Alex Garland
Wanna travel!!!!!! :) And I wanna see this movie. Not that I was crazy about the book in general.
11-Mar-2010: 6. "Pet Sematary" by Stephen King
A re-read. Sadly, it hardly scared me at all this time around. D: King is my fave novelist, and my first super-frightening Pet Sematary read made it my fave King book. :B
28-Mar-2010: 7. "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams
LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111 A re-read, one of my fave books.
11-Apr-2010: 8. "The fabric of the cosmos: Space, time, and the texture of reality" by Brian Greene
My ex-email addy contained the phrase yoze_hates_physics, but this book is MATH FREE :D and a rather enjoyable mindfuck! :) I had previously read (and later bought) Greene's "The elegant universe."
18-May-2010: 9. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer
I......... was..... given... the first 2 books... by a Twinerd friend and... borrowed this so I... could do some light reading in between wrestling-sessions with the heavy-ass "Fabric of the cosmos." (:B
9-Jun-2010: 10. "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
I hadn't seen the movie. I still haven't fucking gotten around to seeing it, but I will. Not sure why I picked up the book, but it's now on my fave list. :)
21-Jun-2010: 11. "Pride and prejudice and zombies" by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Not as funny as I'd hoped... Yesh, I had read the original.
27-Jun-2010: 12. "Veronika decides to die" by Paulo Coelho
I didn't enjoy it as much as his "The alchemist"... which is one of my fave books and needs to be re-read... along with moar Coelho.
1-Jul-2010: 13. "Pale blue dot: A vision of the human future in space" by Carl Sagan
Another favourite book.
23-Jul-2010: 14. "The third chimpanzee: The evolution and future of the human animal" by Jared Diamond
A mashup of 3 later Diamond books - "Guns, germs and steel," "Why is sex fun?" and "Collapse," all of which I had read. So if you just want to check him out, I guess you should start with this one. Or, no... READ "COLLAPSE"! :D
16-Aug-2010: 15. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
Hoshit, Final Movie, Part 1 was coming up. I had to have a Pottrathon! First books, then movies!
19-Aug-2010: 16. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J.K. Rowling
:)
22-Aug-2010: 17. "Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
:)
27-Aug-2010: 18. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by J.K. Rowling
:)
6-Sep-2010: 19. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" by J.K. Rowling
:)
19-Sep-2010: 20. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
As I say all the fucking time, she is a genius story-weaver. :O *kills self* And I want to live at cozy Hogwarts. Kthxbai.
2-Oct-2010: 21. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
SQUEE!
19-Oct-2010: 22. "Rent hus" by Louise Boije af Gennäs
Swedish 1998 novel about a cleaning lady who cleans the offices of top politicians, and one day she murders them all. K. (I'm a cleaner too, btw.)
22-Oct-2010: 23. "Dyngkåt och hur helig som helst" by Mia Skäringer
Another Swedish book about real life that my mum threw at me. The title means, sort of, "Horny as shit and holy as can be." Enthusiastic about family life. Cannae relate.
23-Oct-2010: 24. "Teacher man" by Frank McCourt
Nice book. In other news, I wish I wanted to be a teacher. :p But ewwwwwwwwwww.
28-Oct-2010: 25. "Icy Sparks" by Gwyn Hyman Rubio
3-Nov-2010: 26. "The slave" by Isaac Bashevis Singer
12-Nov-2010: 27. "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy
Long. Long. Long. Oh FSM. So long. I... argh... (Not to sound like a wimp who can only read thin little magazines.) I actually haven't finished it yet. I checked it out from the library... Read half of it in 3 weeks... Discovered that some fucker had reserved it after that time... Returned it... Thought I'd get sweet revenge by reserving it for myself 3 weeks later... Discovered that the fucker finished it (?) in just 2 weeks... Oh... Oh, OK. Got it back, reading now. Update: 'K, finished it, boring.
8-Dec-2010: 28. "Enemies, a love story" by Isaac Bashevis Singer
I'd been meaning to read this for years, as I knew it contained one of my fave quotes.
"As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behaviour towards creatures, all men were Nazis. The smugness with which man could do with other species as he pleased exemplified the most extreme racist theories, the principle that might is right."
*le sigh*
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Not counting uni textbooks and whatnot, mostly because I rarely read those in their entirety [sp].
Below are also starting dates, titles, authors and any ultramegaprofessional comments I may have.
18-Jan-2007: 1. "Les misérables" by Victor Hugo
Unfortunately, mine was an abridged version... as I discovered after buying it. :p But IIRC, it was kinda cozy so I might get the proper version sometime.
24-Apr-2007: 2. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" by J.K. Rowling
A re-read shortly before the movie was released. You know, so I wouldn't love the movie harder than the book or anything. :O
7-May-2007: 3. "Persuasion" by Jane Austen
23-May-2007: 4. "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
2-Jun-2007: 5. "Sagan om Isfolket: Trollbunden" by Margit Sandemo
Norwegian author, translated to Swedish. I think I referred to it as Harry Potter on aphrodisiac. I probably won't pick up the 97349573945 other books in the series.
8-Jun-2007: 6. "Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen
18-Jun-2007: 7. "Bröderna Lejonhjärta" by Astrid Lindgren
A re-read of a Swedish kiddy book about suicide and stuff. 8) And horses and cherry blossoms. A fave! Nice illustrations too. *iz 4 years old*
26-Jun-2007: 8. "Mio, min Mio" by Astrid Lindgren
A re-read of a Swedish kiddy book that's, uh, possibly about suicide and stuff? :B
29-Jun-2007: 9. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Preparing for the imminent "Half-Blood Prince" movie and the "Deathly Hallows" book! :D
15-Jul-2007: 10. "Män som hatar kvinnor" by Stieg Larsson
Think the English title is "Misogyny." Or "The girl with the dragon tattoo." I hate 99% of Swedish books and movies. :| But whichever book "Dragon tattoo" is... I better reread it (in English this tiemz) because TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS ARE MAKING THE MUSIC FOR THE AMERICAN MOVIE VERSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 8D
20-Jul-2007 (well, officially July 21, 1 am): 11. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
RELEASE NIGHT! THE FINAL BOOK! ZOMFFSM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the first Harry book that made me cry. :D
26-Jul-2007: 12. "Mansfield Park" by Jane Austen
2-Aug-2007: 13. "Collapse: How societies choose to fail or survive" by Jared Diamond
Important book on my fave list! :)
8-Sep-2007: 14. "The selfish gene" by Richard Dawkins
My first Dawk book. Liked it! :) My faves so far are "Unweaving the rainbow" and "The god delusion" though, both of which I read in 2008.
10-Oct-2007: 15. "Conservation" by Clive Hambler
A re-read of a school textbook, but a pretty small and easy one. :) With many good points about conservation biology! Fave, I guess!
21-Dec-2007: 16. "Children of men" by P.D. James
I'd already seen the movie, for the a) subject of declining human population and b) Clive Owen's voice. :D The ending sucks. You know, where Homo sapiens pulls back from the brink of impending extinction. D:
28-Dec-2007: 17. "The alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
A fave book. It made me happy n shit, and I've heard about 2 other people say the same thing. :)
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2-Jan-2007: 1. The Jolly Boys’ last stand
18-Jan-2007: 2. Wedding crashers
My journal says: ”Of course it’s a Comedy With White Background On The Cover, and the neurotypical main-girl’s small talk killed me, unsurprisingly, but Gloria and the complicated artist brother were fun, at least! And the grandma.”
21-Jan-2007: 3. Casino Royale
26-Jan-2007: 4. Perfume: The story of a murderer
Fave! … I suppose. The book too. Pretty movie. The story is largely set in Grasse, so I… popped in for a visit. :B
27-Jan-2007: 5. Death of a president
27-Jan-2007: 6. Fast Food Nation
Fave! There's also a book, which is non-fiction IIRC.
28-Jan-2007: 7. Driving lessons
2-Feb-2007: 8. Children of men
I overheard two guys at the cinema:
”You know, Cliiiiiiive is in it…”
”I don’t really know who that is.”
”He’s got a very nice voice. That stuff turns me on.”
Clive Owen’s voice does indeed share 2nd place with Jack Davenport on MY voice list. :D (Number one is of course ALAN RICKMAN!!!) *le swoon*
3-Feb-2007: 9. The Valley of the Wolves
10-Feb-2007: 10. Shallow Hal
24-Feb-2007: 11. Talladega nights: The ballad of Ricky Bobby
Fave!
2-Mar-2007: 12. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
9-Mar-2007: 13. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
12-Apr-2007: 14. An inconvenient truth
Fave!
9-May-2007: 15. Fröken Sverige
*facepalm*
26-May-2007: 16. The English patient
2-Jun-2007: 17. Your mommy kills animals
Fave!
15-Jun-2007: 18. Rain man
Quote from ”Snowcake”: “It’s all right, I know all about autism, I’ve seen that film.” :D
16-Jun-2007: 19. Croupier
I don’t remember shit but hey Clive Owen was in it and presumably his voice as well 8)
22-Jun-2007: 20. The queen
13-Jul-2007: 21. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Fave!
27-Jul-2007?: 22. Horseplayer
28-Jul-2007: 23. Red Dragon
31-Jul-2007: 24. Det sjunde inseglet (a.k.a. The seventh seal)
Old Swedish movie, soooooo. I only watched it because Bergman had just died ---> they showed the movie, and I took the opportunity to see what the fuss is about. *does not compute* But it does have the iconic Grim Reaper scene. XD
25-Aug-2007: 25. Shrek 2
7-Sep-2007: 26. Spirited away
10-Sep-2007: 27. Mean girls
14-Sep-2007: 28. This is England
18-Sep-2007: 29. The Banger Sisters
20-Sep-2007: 30. All or nothing
21-Sep-2007: 31. Saw
28-Sep-2007: 32. My big fat Greek wedding
2-Oct-2007: 33. The search for John Gissing
2-Oct-2007: 34. Becoming Jane
6-Oct-2007: 35. The terminal
14-Oct-2007: 36. The omen
20-Oct-2007: 37. Anchorman: The legend of Ron Burgundy
18-Nov-2007: 38. Ett hål i mitt hjärta (a.k.a. A hole in my heart)
7-Dec-2007: 39. Earthlings
Fave! This animal rights documentary (narrated by Joaquin Phoenix!) can be watched online for free and legally. Click here to see it. :)
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24-Jan-1998: 1. Titanic
Fave!
28-Mar-1998: 2. Den tatuerade änkan (a.k.a. The tattooed widow)
Swedish movie rented by folks, so I may or may not have watched all of it.
2-Apr-1998: 3. The guns of Navarone
5-Apr-1998: 4. Die hard with a vengeance
Fave!
6-Apr-1998: 5. The arrival
8-Apr-1998? 6. The rock
Fave!
11-Apr-1998? 7. Falling down
Fave! I think. I haven't watched it in so long, but like it. :B
18-Apr-1998: 8. Kalifornia
24-Apr-1998: 9. Face/Off
15-May-1998: 10. Spice World
21-May-1998: 11. Deep impact
Fave! Though I faved both of the 1998 meteorite movies, I prefer Deep impact. :)
10-Jun-1998: 12. The man in the iron mask
12-Jun-1998: 13. Once a thief (1996)
Fave! A movie-length pilot of the fun, super-unknown little action-comedy show with the same name - I faved the whole show. Found it because I was / am obsessed with one of the stars, Nicholas Lea. :B 1000 years later the show came out on DVD, and... I should get it before it disappears FOREVERRRRRRRRR. :O
18-Jun-1998: 14. Seven (a.k.a. Se7en)
20-Jun-1998: 15. The game
26-Jun-1998: 16. 187 (a.k.a. One eight seven)
18-Jul-1998: 17. Escape from New York
21-Jul-1998: 18. Bad company (1995)
22-Jul-1998: 19. Highlander
11-Aug-1998: 20. Black rain
16-Aug-1998: 21. Armageddon
Fave!
4-Sep-1998: 22. The X-Files (a.k.a. The X-Files: Fight the future)
Fave! I suppose. And The X-Files may be my #1 show. Or the first ~5 seasons are, before it gets extremely confusing and Scully develops hippie-itis and whatnot.
18-Sep-1998: 23. The horse whisperer
20-Sep-1998: 24. Léon
Fave! And, nowadays, my #1 out of all these 37.
4-Oct-1998: 25. Pulp fiction
Fave! For a while, it was my #1 movie in the world.
11-Oct-1998: 26. Amistad
17-Oct-1998: 27. Braveheart
Fave, I'm ashamed to report. Don't BUY it. ;B ;) ;D
31-Oct-1998: 28. Serial mom
4-Nov-1998: 29. The boys from St. Petri
7-Nov-1998: 30. Saving Private Ryan
BOOOOOOOOOOORIIIIIIIING
13-Nov-1998: 31. Friday the 13th part VIII: Jason takes Manhattan
5-Dec-1998: 32. Highlander III: The sorcerer
6-Dec-1998: 33. The quick and the dead
10-Dec-1998: 34. Fried green tomatoes
Fave! FREEDOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
18-Dec-1998: 35. Fucking Åmål (a.k.a. Show me love)
Fave! Beloved Swedish teen movie. Åmål is a town, btw.
18-Dec-1998: 36. The mask
23-Dec-1998: 37. Something to talk about
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Only counting movies I saw for the first time.
Best: "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". :D
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22-Jan-2009: 1. Der Untergang (a.k.a. ”Downfall”)
12-Feb-2009: 2. If looks could kill: The John Hawkins story
28-Feb-2009: 3. Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick (a.k.a. ”Everlasting moments”)
Swedish movie about a woman and her camera in the olden days.
7-Mar-2009: 4. Män som hatar kvinnor (a.k.a. “The girl with the dragon tattoo” – the original Swedish movie. I faved the international remake! :B )
4-Apr-2009: 5. Ma vie en rose
THE MORAL DUMBFOUNDING OF THE TRANSPHOBIC CHARACTERS, IT BURNS!!!!!!!!!!!
10-Apr-2009: 6. Underbara älskade
My journal sayeth: “Uhhh, Swedish Drama.”
22-Apr-2009: 7. Young Adam
Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe…
25-Jun-2009: 8. Sicko
Fave! Damn it’s good living in COMMIE BAHSTAHD EUROPE. :D
15-Jul-2009: 9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Fave!
24-Jul-2009: 10. Finding Nemo
AWWWWWWWWW. Should rewatch; favings might happen.
19-Aug-2009: 11. The constant gardener
22-Aug-2009: 12. Almost famous
27-Aug-2009: 13. Brüno
Fave!
29-Aug-2009: 14. December boys
4-Sep-2009: 15. District 9
7-Sep-2009: 16. Prinsessa (a.k.a. “Princess” and “Starring Maja”)
22-Oct-2009: 17. Bananas!*
Fave!
30-Oct-2009: 18. The young Victoria
31-Oct-2009: 19. Kinsey
1-Nov-2009: 20. Knocked up
3-Dec-2009: 21. The Twilight saga: New moon
5-Dec-2009: 22. The kite runner
13-Dec-2009: 23. The holiday
Pretty nice pr0n for anglophiles, le sigh… :B
18-Dec-2009: 24. Avatar
Journal-review: “Mmmmm, niiiiiiiiice planet. And horsies. But… it did little to wash off the environmental movement’s counterproductive hippie label. Granted, the hippie crap had a scientific background in the movie, but are scientifically illiterate anti-greens going to understand that? Perhaps they will now confuse science and hippie crap somehow… IRL… I dunno… Sigh. Anyway, other than that, nice. Well, and then there was the probability of the smurf people having invented kissing, etc etc. But with the pan-sperm-theory-stuff and a bit of convergent evolution, then…” And then I went home to a) read that the climate summit in Copenhagen had failed at life and b) listen to “This is war” by Thirty Seconds to Mars again.
PS. Made me think of the “… Our travellers walk entranced…” passage in “Unweaving the rainbow” by Richard Dawkins. :) As usual. WHO NEEDS OTHER PLANETS?!?!
25-Dec-2009: 25. Reservation Road
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Not counting uni textbooks and whatnot, mostly because I rarely read those in their entirety [sp].
Below are also starting dates, titles, authors and any comments I may have.
18-Jan-2006: 1. "The future of life" by Edward O. Wilson
Fave. This book sums up what my education was about. IT IS THE SHIT AND SHOULD BE READ BY EVERYONE. If you wanna live, which I often doubt.
2-Feb-2006: 2. "Emma" by Jane Austen
21-Mar-2006: 3. "Adjö, Herr Muffin" by Ulf Nilsson
Fave. Swedish kiddy book about a dying guinea pig. BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWL!!!!!!!!!!!! XC
26-Mar-2006: 4. "The chronicles of Narnia - the lion, the witch and the wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis
I remember it as mossy, sexist and racist, but I may have gotten it mixed up with the LOTR books. HAR HAR
28-Mar-2006: 5. "Pride and prejudice" by Jane Austen
7-Jun-2006: 6. "An awfully big adventure" by Beryl Bainbridge
Because the movie is one of my faves. Neigh. NEEEEEEEEEEIGH. Hehehe.
8-Jun-2006: 7. "Lady Chatterley's lover" by D.H. Lawrence
16-Jun-2006: 8. "About a boy" by Nick Hornby
Because-the-movie-is-one-of-my-faves. Except for the stupid parts.
18-Jun-2006: 9. "Horse heaven" by Jane Smiley
27-Jun-2006: 10. "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë
5-Jul-2006: 11. "Naiv. Super." by Erlend Loe
Norwegian author I think, I read it in Swedish.
6-Jul-2006: 12. "Ryttare: Tommy Nilsson" by Martin Lund
Swedish youth novel from the 50s or something, about horse racing.
7-Jul-2006: 13. "Go ask Alice" by Anonymous
Fave. Whoa. :O
8-Jul-2006: 14. "Holy smoke" by Anna and Jane Campion
The most boring book I read that summer. :p
11-Jul-2006: 15. "The picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde
16-Jul-2006: 16. "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville
A book about assholes
16-Aug-2006: 17. "The tenant of Wildfell Hall" by Anne Brontë
16-Sep-2006: 18. "Drugs are nice: A post-punk memoir" by Lisa Crystal Carver
25-Dec-2006: 19. Robbie: En superstjärnas väg från botten till toppen by Magnus Sundholm
A Swedish little Robbie Williams biography.
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(Only counting movies I saw for the first time.)
18-Jan-1997: 1. The nutty professor
My classmate called and suggested we go see this movie. Between call and movie, I was introduced to aunt Flo. FML
4-Mar-1997: 2. Emma
Oh hey, this may well have been the first time I saw Ewan McGregor. I had no idea. :D
8-Mar-1997: 3. Smilla’s sense of snow
Wat
18-May-1997: 4. Outbreak
1-Jul-1997: 5. The fly II
I used to assume I had seen the first Fly movie (a remake???) around the same time, but if so... I forgot to write it down anywhere. :/
19-Jul-1997: 6. 1492: Conquest of paradise
21-Jul-1997: 7. Psycho
25-Jul-1997: 8. Psycho II
Gonna presume I finished watching… Not that I was scared, mind. :D
2-Aug-1997: 9. Dead men don’t wear plaid
It's from 1982, which I didn't get when I first saw it. There were bits of ancient movies mixed in with the story, but at the time I just assumed it was a 100% ancient movie that was unusually funny. :B I rewatched it in 2013! Not sure if fave... but I like that brand of humor. :q
3-Aug-1997: 10. Wall Street
I should re-watch this as well. Mostly I remember Michael Douglas's HUUUUUGE... ... ... CELL PHONE!!!
7-Aug-1997: 11. Men in black
5-Sep-1997: 12. Eraser
At least I think that was my first viewing.
16-Sep-1997: 13. Some Swedish 1942 movie
... that we had to watch in class. I'm half sure it was set in Gothenburg. And one of the lines was a random Swenglish "HOW DO YOU DOOOO!!!" which was funny. :| Yeah.
20-Sep-1997: 14. The lost world: Jurassic Park
I saw the first movie in 1993 and faved it and obsessed over it. :D
27-Sep-1997: 15. Scream
10-Oct-1997: 16. The babysitter
1-Nov-1997: 17. Dante’s Peak
13-Nov-1997: 18. Vinterviken
Swedish teen movie.
16-Dec-1997: 19. Romero
18-Dec-1997: 20. Con Air
Fave!
19-Dec-1997: 21. Beavis and Butt-Head do America
Fave!
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