Thursday Thirteen #5

Thirteen Things I Like 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. (Hawaii) 7. 8. (Ipod) 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Incidentally, the site that this pic comes from is hilarious.

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Thursday Thirteen #4

This is a lazy Thursday Thirteen. So be it. I have to go back to work!!!!
(Today is actually my wedding anniversary. Next week I may devote a TT to that.)

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The Last Thirteen Movies I Watched 1. A Fistful of Dollars In the last couple of years, I've developed a thing for Clint Eastwood. The young Clint Eastwood, mind you. And since my parents moved to Arizona, I have learned to appreciate the West, especially the old West, and really enjoy stupid little tourist traps like Old Tucson Studios and Tombstone. 2. The Magnificent Seven I was told by my DH that I had to see this one. So I did. Not bad! Didn't know Yul Brenner was a hottie at one time. 3. The Ringer Terrible movie. It had some good one liners, and watching Johnny Knoxville have a healthy conscience was interesting. But the plot had so many holes that I could see right through it. 4. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas This was actually the second time I had seen it, and it was a lot funnier this time around. We watched it in preparation for our trip to Las Vegas in November. It will be my first time! 5. Doctor Zhivago I watched this one without the DH because he didn't want to sit through all 3.5 hours. But I did and it was completely worth it. Fabulous movie. 6. Immortal Beloved The second time I had seen this, but I was only 17 or so the first time and it made a lot more sense now. Having completed a BA in Music and having studied Beethoven, I got a lot more out of the story and the music. 7. Melvin Goes to Dinner Terrible. Very disappointing. The cameos by Jack Black as the Creatress and David Cross were the only saving graces of the movie. 8. House of Sand and Fog Slow moving movie, and not that great, but I'm glad I saw it. I thought it gave an interesting perspective on depression of all things. 9. Dr. Strangelove Another classic, I'm glad I finally watched this. It brings together a whole lot of references. 10. Why We Fight Interesting, brainy, enlightening. 11. It Happened One Night I have a closet obsession with old movies. I enjoyed this one by myself. 12. Amadeus I already knew I hated this movie, but DH hadn't seen it. The only good part is the music. 13. Shaolin Soccer I have another closet obsession with foreign films. Not so much martial arts movies, but they are growing on me. This was a fantastic movie and I highly recommend it to all!!!!!!!!! Very funny. Get the Chinese release of it though, not the American release. EDIT: PS. Thanks to those people who said I have a great memory! I don't. I forgot that within these I also saw V for Vendetta (liked it! good message, although not the greatest movie of all time. compelling plot.) and Cape Fear (the 1991 version, the second time I'd seen it - fascinating and horrifying movie). Oh well!

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Thursday Thirteen #3

Thirteen Things That Annoy Alissa1. When people don't use blinkers. Seriously, not only is it the law, but it's a damn good idea. Then I know where the heck you're going and I won't try (quite as hard) to get in your way! 2. The word "situations" as used in football commentary by that Buck guy. Way overused. Listen sometime. Now it will bug you too. 3. People who think they're interesting, when really they're not. Like the guy who follows you around trying to tell you a story and almost follows you into the women's bathroom as you try to escape. 4. When women rock climbers say, "I can't do that." Probably one I'm guilty of, but it's come to bug me lately. I mean, have you really tried? Or are you just complaining to hear yourself talk? The more you say you can't do something, the more it will be true. You could just say, "I'm having trouble doing that right now, but maybe I'll get it soon," instead of prematurely throwing in the towel. Or maybe, "I don't want to do that." That at least would be more honest. ***This is applicable anywhere in life, not just rock climbing, by the way. 5. People who think the rules do not apply to them. I work in regulatory affairs and document control for a plastics manufacturer. I constantly struggle to contain myself as program managers or such come to me saying, "Do I really need to do this paperwork/procedure/protocol?" YES. Deal with it. 6. People who blame their inability to lose weight on something other than themselves. Think about it before you get offended, this is actually pretty rare. Most of us say, Well, I wanted to lose weight, but then I had that whole cake, so I know what I did wrong. The annoying people say, I've been trying so hard *scarf* but I just *munch* don't know *remote control clicking* why it's not working! 7. Dropped cell phone calls. Enough said. 8. Tone deaf people who sing loudly with the radio. You know who you are. 9. The stupid logic my husband uses when arguing. I won't even get into this one. It makes me so mad! 10. Webpages that play music when they're loaded. Again, you know who you are! 11. My house. Seriously, construction sucks. 12. Doomsday forwards. All those urban legend and panic stricken emails warning you not to use mulch from New Orleans or old water bottles. Oh, especially when the person forwarding it writes at the beginning, "I don't know if this is true, but you never can be too safe!!!!" Please. 13. When you spend 30 minutes working on the Thursday Thirteen without saving a draft only to have Blogger not accept your post and instead give you a "Performing maintenance for the next 45 minutes blah blah blah" page, and you get so angry and frustrated that you don't even try to post for another 2 weeks.

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