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20 Films!

Don’t take too long to think about it. 20 films you’ve seen that will always stick with you. Tag a bunch of friends, including me, spread the love, grow the meme. You know the drill. (I hereby tag anyone who wishes to share the love!)

Per who I’m mooching this from –

(Dates aren’t necessary, I just did that cause by buddy who tagged me did and to avoid confusion between remakes and such. )

Time Bandits
12 Monkeys
The Third Man
Zardoz
Blazing Saddle
The Three Amigos
Airplane
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Blade Runner
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Alien
Night of the Living Dead
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Thing (1982)
Big Trouble in Little China
Raising Arizona
Diabolique
King Kong (1933)
Up
Groundhog Day
Memento

one of these things

Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here. 

 Instructions: Copy this into your NOTES. Bold those books you’ve read in their entirety, italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish or read an excerpt. Tag other book nerds. Tag me as well so I can see your responses….

 1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen

 2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien

 3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte

 4 Harry Potter series – JK Rowling

 5 To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee

 6 The Bible

 7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte

 8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell

 9 His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman

 10 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens

 11 Little Women – Louisa M Alcott

 12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy

 13 Catch 22 – Joseph Heller

 14 Complete works of Shakespeare

 15 Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier

 16 The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien

 17 Birdsong – Sebastian Faulk

 18 Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger

 19 The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger

 20 Middlemarch – George Eliot

 21 Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell

 22 The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald

 24 War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy

 25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams

 27 Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

 28 Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck

 29 Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll

 30 The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame

 31 Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy

32 David Copperfield – Charles Dickens

33 Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis

34 Emma -Jane Austen

 35 Persuasion – Jane Austen

 36 The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe – CS Lewis

 37 The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini

 38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis De Bernieres

 39 Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden

 40 Winnie the Pooh – A.A. Milne

 41 Animal Farm – George Orwell

42 The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown

 43 One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

 44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving

 45 The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins

 46 Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery

 47 Far From The Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy

 48 The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

 49 Lord of the Flies – William Golding

 50 Atonement – Ian McEwan

 51 Life of Pi – Yann Martel

 52 Dune – Frank Herbert

 53 Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons

 54 Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen

 55 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth

 56 The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon

 57 A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens

 58 Brave New World – Aldous Huxley

 59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon

 60 Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

 61 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck

 62 Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov

 63 The Secret History – Donna Tartt

 64 The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold

 65 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas

 66 On The Road – Jack Kerouac

 67 Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy

 68 Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding

 69 Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie

 70 Moby Dick – Herman Melville

 71 Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens

 72 Dracula – Bram Stoker

 73 The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett

 74 Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson

 75 Ulysses – James Joyce

 76 The Inferno – Dante

 77 Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome

 78 Germinal – Emile Zola

 79 Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray

 80 Possession – AS Byatt

 81 A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens

 82 Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell

 83 The Color Purple – Alice Walker

 84 The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro

 85 Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert

 86 A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry

 87 Charlotte’s Web – E.B. White

 88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom

 89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

 90 The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton

 91 Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad

 92 The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery

 93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks

 94 Watership Down – Richard Adams

 95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole

 96 A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute

 97 The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas

 98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare 

 99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl

100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

 

take this list with a grain of salt. it’s fun to talk about these things that make up aspects of our pop culture. i think this list is probably based on what you should have read through college and possibly grad school. and you should get bonus points for:

 

–having read other works by the author though you may have not read this particular title.

–points for having read a title in its original language

–understand where the fine line between understanding basic concepts of western culture and elitism blur.

 

>>>   By the way the pts above aren’t mine, but I agree.  :D<<<

mp3 quiz-meme thingum – rapture

RULES:
1. Put your MP3 player, iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
4. Tag at least 10 friends
5. Everyone tagged has to do the same thing.
Cut and past this entire document into a Note. Delete my answers and type in your own.

IF SOMEONE SAYS ‘ARE YOU OKAY’ YOU SAY?.
Don’t stand so close to me – police (about right)

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF
road to nowhere – talking heads (I’ve got a more optimistic view, really!)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
I want you to want me – cheap trick (that’s nice… but I like more than that!)

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
sugar magnolia – grateful dead (I’ll buy that)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
the worlds address – tmbg

WHAT’S YOUR MOTTO?
life during wartime – talking heads

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
y’alld think she’d be good 2 me – c c adcock

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
one way or another – blondie

WHAT IS 2 + 2?
hey mr dj I though you said we had a deal – tmbj

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
bad things – everett – true blood ost

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
red eyes and tears – rebel motorcycle

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
super bon bon – soul coughing

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
love shack – b-5s

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
green shirt – elvis costello

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
barbie girl – aqua

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
it’s business time – flight of the conchords

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
sleeping in the flowers – tmbg

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
robotz – the children nightmare

WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?
house work – b52s (uh, no.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
theme from hawaii 5 0 – sammy davis lyrics

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
rapture – blondie

ok – that was pretty silly.

9850 – quiz meme

Living Root Bridges — making bridges out of living trees


getting to know each other – meme

You’ve been tagged 🙂 You have the honor of copying all these goofy questions, writing your own responses, and tagging 25 other people, including me. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you – but not in a creepy stalker kind of way. (I’ll leave folks to tag and let me know if they posted – Scotto doesn’t like to impose)

1. What time did you get up this morning? Approx 8:40
2. How do you like your steak? Alive, and still living in the meadow. (Or, made of tofu)
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Julie & Julia
4. What is your favorite TV show? Currently on the air – Better Off Ted, Recently on the Air – Middleman, off the air for a long time, there are too many to count.
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Someplace where BHK and I could have maximum enjoyment of the world and each other. So… just about anywhere, as long as she’s near! 
6. What did you have for breakfast? Sesame seed bagel with cream cheese and fake bacon.
7. What is your favorite cuisine? I really like Mexican, but I wouldn’t contest Indian or Chinese.
8. What foods do you dislike? Raw tomato, anything prepared poorly.
9. Favorite Place to Eat? Joss is great for sushi, Selby for pizza/subs, but home is where the best food can be found. 🙂
10. Favorite dressing? vinaigrette
11.What kind of vehicle do you drive? 2006 Honda Element – Blue / Silver
12. What are your favorite clothes? comfy stuff – changes with the weather, but I am fond of my fedora in summer and mad bomber hat in winter.
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Bremen, Egypt, Greece, Austin TX, Brockton MA
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? That cup contains 50% water, 50% air. Which half?
15. Where would you want to retire? I like it here in Maryland. the DelMarVa area has a lot of potential. 
16. Favorite time of day? sunset / sunrise
17. Where were you born? Planet Earth in the Sol system.
18. What is your favorite sport to watch? I’m not a bit sports viewer – Jousting is pretty keen though.
19. Who do you think will not tag you back?
20. Person you expect to tag you back first?
21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
22. Bird watcher? I do like to spot flying critters!
23. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night, but I can reformat to morning if you give me a week.
24. Do you have any pets? Newton and Pyewacket!
25. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share? Hmm.. I’m looking for a new gig, and I’m looking forward to finding one! 😀
26. What did you want to be when you were little? Bigger…. and smaller.
27. What is your best childhood memory? walking on the beach and making a ring out of tin foil – feeling the salt scrape my fingers. The ring was later used to imprison my army men.
28. Are you a cat or dog person? I’m allergic to both, but I love the cats we have. I’d enjoy a dog too, if the situation were right.
29. Are you married? yes–to Allison / BHK / “Poophead” von Berg
30. Always wear your seat belt? whenever the coach is in motion!
31. Been in a car accident? certainly so – I’ve been run over by a car, and hit while inside another vehicle.
32. Any pet peeves? I’m not a big fan of using the telephone
33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? Cheese, Olives, and most types of veggies
34. Favorite Flower?  I lean toward honeysuckle scent, and orange blossoms.
35. Favorite ice cream? mint chocolate chip,usually
36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Not sure – too many good mom and pop joints around here. Maybe… Wendy’s for the fries?
37. How many times did you fail your driver’s test? none
38. From whom did you get your last email? My Mother
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? none – I prefer to pay with money I have.
40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Haven’t combusted yet, but we do wander about a bit at random.
41. Like your job?
42. Broccoli – Is tasty!
43. What was your favorite vacation? Traveling up coast with BHK on Honeymoon
44. Last person you went out to dinner with? BHK, Chris, Mandy, Larry, Chris
45. What are you listening to right now? Mad Men season one
46. What is your favorite color? variable, lean to Rust / orange
47. How many tattoos do you have? zero
48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? anyone who wants to do it
49. What time did you finish this quiz? 7:16pm
50. Coffee Drinker? not really – I prefer diet soda / tea.

9836 – Thursday

thurs – meme – The design is simple: choose a musical artist and select an appropriate song title from their oeuvre for each question.

I suppose I should go with They Might Be Giants!

Are you male or female:
“Mr. Xcitement”

Describe yourself:
“Mr. Me”

How do you feel about yourself:
“Which Describes How You’re Feeling”

Describe your current boy/girl situation:
“She’s an Angel”

Describe where you currently live:
“The World’s Address”

If you could go anywhere you wanted to go:
“Road Movie To Berlin”

Your favorite form of transportation:
“Someone Keeps Moving My Chair”

Your best friend(s) is/are:
“Certain People I Could Name”

Your favorite color:
“Purple Toupee”

Favorite time of day:
“Whistling in the Dark”

If your life were a TV show, what would it be called:
“Finished With Lies”

What is life to you:
“Twisting”

What is the best advice you have to give:
“Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head”
or
“Stand on Your Own Head”

Thought for the day:
“Narrow Your Eyes”

How I would like to die:
“I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die”

9818 – Writer’s Block: Quantity vs. Quality

That really depends. If it’s food, and I’m really hungry, mediocre filler does the job nicely. If I’m doing something for pure enjoyment, I generally prefer a small dash of excellent over a bucketful of just okay. I’d much rather read an excellent short story than read the same thing padded out to a 12-volume set of books.

Rain knocked out comcast connection again – put in another call for service tomorrow. That’s a case of me preferring to have a lot of pipeline at average speed rather than poor connectivity at really high speed.

9793 – friday FREE THE EXPO ’67!

Back to the library today – only noon to five though, given the Saturday hours.

BHK put in a lot more steam than me – I toook a break midday for a stretch and a walk – picked up a flash drive to put sugar on a stick . Now we’re home, and I’m taking another break.

One of these question things – Haven’t done one in a bit.

From Christin – passing it along with my info-
Continue reading 9793 – friday FREE THE EXPO ’67!

9746 – weds

Not sure If I’ve mentioned this yet – but even if the new Land of the Lost movie totally stinks (which I doubt), I’m betting I’ll get a cool sleestak toy out of it being produced.

Pretty straightforward day – Back was hassling me qite a bit, but we managed to get groceries and hit the post office –

dinner of spaghetti and veggie meatballs… and asparagus / garden broccoli in rice wine vinegar and garlic. fantastic! Good feed for whiel we watched "so you think you can dance"

got tagged by eryx – anyone who wants to, consider yourself tagged.

65 Questions You’ve Probably Never Been Asked…you know the rules. tag people in this note (including the person who tagged you!) to learn more about people. Also, try to tag people who you’ve tagged in other notes, sometimes you learn things in new notes that you didn’t know before about them…….
Continue reading 9746 – weds

9662 – Friday!

No Franklin this morning, but his opposite number, (a skittish and dirty gray tabby with white socks) said hello from a distance… ran when I greeted her, but I put some treats down in the field where she was hanging out. Hopefully she’ll have a little snack later.

Set up my bookmooch account – I’m scottobear there , (avonberg is also there, far more active!)

buffalo shrimp salads with the in-laws tonight – postponed – in-laws were busy, so we did buffalo-pseudo-chicken-patty salads, instead.

Playing hangman with BHK earlier. Occupation: –DD-NG M-N-STER

My bad, I thought it was Pudding Monster. BHK got it right with Wedding Minister. I would love to have a job as a pudding monster, at least for a bit.

Meme via Bubbles!

The longest survey you’ll ever fill out! Do the world a favor: fill it out and post it for all your friends…. Do this because the person who did this didn’t sit here for ages for nothing. Answer all the questions honestly, no lying to avoid stuff.

If you’ve been tagged its because the person who tagged you wants to know your answers!

Shoe size: 15
Height: 6’5-6ish
What are you wearing right now? Friday work clothes – (filling this out on the bus ride home) – black shoes, black socks, dark blue pants, maroon and dark blue striped polo shirt, gray and light blue jacket.
Righty or lefty: Lefty
Can you make a£1 in change? nope I’ve got american Money.. however, I cannot even do $1 in change. I have about 45 cents in my pocket.
Best place to go for a date? I’m a fan of the classic dinner and a movie.

FAVORITES

Number: 5/14/23
Animal: monkey/bear/sasquatch
Favorite drink: diet cherry dr pepper (not diet cherry VANILLA dr pepper)

Month: October
Juice: Orange
Favorite cartoon: venture brothers

HAVE YOU EVER
Given anyone a bath: yes (younger brother when he was little)
Bungee Jumped? nope
Made yourself throw up? nope… I’ve vomited on my own, though
Gone skinny dipping? yup
Eaten a dog? Nope!
Played truth or dare? back in high school maybe
Came close to dying? here and there
Been in a sauna? yes
Been in a hot tub? Yes
Broken someone’s heart? hopefully not
Cried when someone died? Yes
Fell off your chair? yes – fainted!
Sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call? yes – worried about bro again
Saved e-mails? Yes
Ever used someone? not intentionally, but I imagine I have
Been cheated on? I believe so.

WHAT IS
Your good luck charm? Newton whisker and a Sacagawea dollar
Fav. song? This will be our year
What is beside you? an empty lunch bag and my laptop bag
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EVER HAD
Chicken pox: yup – when I was 8
Sore Throat: yes – every year or three
Stitches: yes – many times
Broken a bone? collarbone

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DO YOU
Believe in love at first sight? I’m sure it happens all the time.
Believe in long distance relationships? they can work, but both people really need to want to make it work.
Who was the last person that called you? BHK
Who was the last person you slow danced with? BHK
Who makes you smile the most? BHK
Who knows you the best? Newton and/or BHK
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Do you like filling these out: when they show me something new, yes
Do you wear contact lenses or glasses? nope
Do you like yourself? I’m an ok guy.
Do you get along with your family? I can get along with anyone, for at least a little while.

ARE YOU
Obsessive Compulsive? Maybe neurotic at times.
Suicidal? no

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FINAL QUESTIONS
What did you do yesterday? see yesterday’s journal entry!
Hated someone in your family? yes, but now it’s down to a mild dislike
Gotten any awards? sure – stiff from florida dept of law enforcement, trophies as a kid, the usual stuff
What car/truck do you wish to have? the love cube, fully repaired.
Where do you want to get married? been and done! worked for me!
Good driver? I’m long out of practice.
Good Singer? I do a pretty decent fake of some songs
Have a lava lamp? not for years
How many remote controls are in your house? about 5 I think
What was your last dream about: I was eating a sandwich covered in sesame seeds – they turned out to be hair follicles and the top of a football.
When you last showered? this morning
Scary or Funny Movies? Funny – it’s hard to scare me, but easy to make me laugh.
Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate
Root beer or Dr.Pepper? Dr. P.
Water skiing or wake boarding? wake boarding… my feet are too big for water skis.
Summer or winter? I prefer cold to hot, but summer has fireflies.
Silver or Gold? Silver
Diamond or pearl? pearl
Sprite or 7up? sprite
Coffee or sweet tea? sweet tea
Phone or in person? in person. I really dislike using the phone!
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TODAY DID YOU
1. Talk to someone you liked: yes
2. Buy something: soda pop and some chips
3. Get sick?: No
4. Talked to an ex? no
5. Miss someone: yes – bro back when he was younger.
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LAST PERSON WHO
6. Slept in your bed?: Probably Newton, if not, BHK and me

no 7?

8. Made you cry? me. body aches
9. Went to the movies with? BHK
10. Said "I Love You"?: BHK

no 11?

12. Last Hug? Pyewacket
13. Been to Mexico? last person been to mexico?? I have.
14. Been to Canada? I’ve been to the border, not sure if I’ve been inside.
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RANDOM
15. Do you have a crush on someone right now? I love someone right now!
16. What book are you reading now? a few, depending where in the house I am. most recently touched was a MySQL programming guide
17. Best feeling in the world? making someone you love happy
18. Future kids’ names? Changes with the wind. I sort of like Penelope and William right now, but I’d have to see the kid first.
19. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? only when Newton, Pyewacket or BHK are very well fed!
20. Whats under your bed? dust bunnies, stray cat toys, stray books
21. Favorite sport to watch? Football isn’t terrible, or Martial Arts
22. Favorite location? Home
23. Piercings/Tattoos: Really depends on the situation. I don’t have either, but don’t mind either on someone else.
24. What are you most scared of right now? Fear itself
25. Who do you really hate? The stupidly dangerous
26. Do you have a job? Yes
27. Have you ever liked someone you didn’t have a chance with? Sure, I think everyone has.
28. Are you lonely right now? nope!
29. Song that’s stuck in your head right now? Blue Bayou – Linda Ronstadt
30. Have you ever played strip poker? no
31. Have you ever gotten beat up? yes
32. Have you ever been on radio/TV?: yes – as a spokesman for assorted things, child advocacy mostly.
33.Have you ever been in a "mosh-pit"? yes
34. Ever liked someone, but thought they never noticed you? yes and I was right!
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RANDOM
Whats the first things you notice about the opposite sex (visual)? posture / body language
Are you too shy to ask someone out?  I can be bold or shy – moot now, I can easily ask BHK out!
Dogs or Cats? I’m more allergic to dogs, but I love critters! More partial to cats, because they are a bit more self-cleaning.
Favorite Flower? I vary – right now I rather like honeysuckle.
Have you ever fired a gun? several times

1 year ago – documentation weirdness, daffodil central, young scotto & bro pics, safety patrol, Miami police drones

2 years ago – back mending, bhk cold fading, mission impossible squirrel video, blogger death threats, larry and tigger vet trip picture

3 years ago – V movie, political ramble / revolution, boca/popular comics, pictures from walkabout, newt playing fetch pics

4 years ago – Easter, Deadbolt, Danny recap, K, piccies, personality test, heard from everway gamers, kitties video, walking octopus, waterbus

5 years ago – Procrastination, Henchman, search warrants/LA, booger eaters, vacuum cleaners, Brian Blessed, heroclix, zombie pinups

6 years ago – jkg, TAG, souls, Bahá’í, soul & body, leaving FMM

7 years ago – dream, dented the door with my mitt, sleepy and grumpy, how I sleep w/newt, small hands=rude, army men, Dan Bfast, lab grown meat, dali museum, secret fun spot, 2 dead celebs

8 years ago – lj bump, baby newt pic, one ring, mush, thebot, palm doodle-art, John DenverGeotarget

9644 – Tuesday –

Newton slept on my hands – must’ve been seeking bonus warmth, or he was jealous of my rubbing BHK’s arm.

meme-time – snagged from Sean

Think of 15 albums that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life or the way you looked at it. They sucked you in and took you over for days, weeks, months, years. These are the albums that you can use to identify time, places, people, emotions. These are the albums that no matter what they were thought of musically shaped your world. When you finish, tag 15 others, including me. Make sure you copy and paste this part so they know the drill. Get the idea now? Good. Tag, you’re it!

Here is my list, narrowed to 15. (Scotto isn’t tagging anyone, but is happy to see any other entries)

Let’s see… this could be fairly tricky – I’m not sure of music that changed me forever… I’ve never really been one of those folks to play the same album over and over again… a few that come to mind –

Stuff that was significant to me, and I still dig –

1. Beach boys – I went through a major Beach Boys phase as a kid – Pet Sounds was something that got a lot of play both in my home and on my walkman. The album still cheers me up quite a lot.

2. Beatles – Yellow Submarine / Octopus’s Garden (not really an album, but the first music I had as a kid.. that I remember. It wasn’t even the Beatles, it was the Sesame Street Version) If I had to pick an actual Beatles  album, I really liked Rubber Soul.

3. Talking Heads – Little Creatures Great album – started me on that Band, and despite the "art student snob" aspect, I really like ’em.
 
4. Tubes – Outside Inside Got this form a yard sale – I was very pleasantly surprised. (Wild Women of Wongo is what got me to drop 25¢ for it. ) I figure I’ve gotten well worth my penny a play just for that track.
 
5. ELO – Time – first Album bought with my own money, played a *lot*

6. Steve Martin – A Wild And Crazy Guy Not really a music album, though it had banjo and The KingTut single.

7. B-52s – Whammy Discovered them late – mostly via gaming with Ray & Kat. (Specifically for Trism)

8. Zombies – Odessey and Oracle This one keeps coming back, and I love it every time. (Most recently for "This will be our year")

9. XTC – Oranges and Lemons  So Sue me… I like Mayor of Simpleton.

10. They Might Be Giants – Lincoln I first heard them on Dr. Demento when I was in High School – I’ve been hooked since. Hard to believe it’s been 20 years+

11. Genesis – Selling England by the Pound Very different stuff than the Phil Collins-centric bits in later years. It may be my all-time fave Genesis Album.

12. Chuck Mangione – Chase the Clouds Away – One of the five 8-track tapes I had for my first car, the blue bomber. played repeatedly, because we only had 5 albums, and eventually the AC/DC and Beach Boys tapes wore out.

13. Rusted root – When I Woke – first really fun time with the hippies – post concert. I like them quite a lot.

14. Poi Dog Pondering – Poi Dog Pondering – "and I said YEAH!" – discovered by accident. Thanks, tape-traders in college!

15. Queen – Flash Gordon Soundtrack – FLASH ! AHAHHHHH! HE’LL SAVE EVERY ONE OF US!


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1 year ago – transformer at mexico, veggie pocket pies!, back surgery

2 years ago – bhk takes a pic of Newt and I snoozin’

3 years ago – bday via eryx, monkeys and kitties, compusa fails me, quizzes, morrisey vs van halen

4 years ago – apheresis skip, cocktail party, banana man snippet, netflix queue,Ultima 4 Virtue Quiz, system tweaking, ethiopian skellie, dr. who shipping, health and family review, Broward slots, SCI

5 years ago – food, gator bus ride, Voting, business cards, spammed again, MONKEY POPS!

6 years ago – prepared to pee in a cup for TAG, after Nordis tried to toss mysalad… Painted minis in the haunted tunnel… Rockford Scientist

7 years ago – bro came by apt, multi-journal quiz, fear vs love, Fire and Ice, Pliny the Younger

8 years ago – Brad Mentions adding a photo server and chat to live journal…. speed hasn’t been a real priority on that dev. Meat-eating robots, top atrocities… and the return of a heroGeotarget

9631 – Thursday

I am both amused and a little dismayed that our town uses a very similar font as The Prisoner for all of their emailed town announcements. Mostly Amused.

North Beach
Planning Commission
February 26, 2009
7:00 p.m.
North Beach Town Hall
1) Minutes from the January 22, 2009 Meeting
2) Board of Appeals Case: Recommendation for 9201 Annapolis Avenue, variance request.

Firsts Meme (snagged from Kat)

Continue reading 9631 – Thursday

9624 – Friday

Quickie from the EEE on a random wavelength on the bus – let’s see how this posts out.

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Recent pics make me think of a new newtcam icon. now that the EEE has a webcam… I wonder if I should make a scotto-cam page?

current memealeem

You’ve been tagged.

"You can tell a lot about someone by their music. You must skip through your iPod/Mp3 players shuffle feature, and list the first 25 songs to come up. No skipping embarrassing songs!

Play Peter GabrielBig Time    
Play Wang ChungEverybody Have Fun Tonight    
Play Bruce HornsbyThe Way It Is    
Play Men at WorkDown Under    
Play Kenny RogersCoward Of The County    
  The SpinnersCupid / I’ve Loved You For A Lone Time    
Play Christopher CrossSailing    
Play The BanglesManic Monday    
Play BananaramaVenus    
Play Atlantic StarrSecret Lovers    
Play Diana RossMissing You    
Play The Power StationSome Like It Hot    
Play ‘Til TuesdayVoices Carry    
Play a-haTake On Me    
Play Lionel RichieHello    
Play The CarsYou Might Think    
Play Stevie WonderI Just Called to Say I Love You    
Play Culture ClubKarma Chameleon    
Play YesOwner of a Lonely Heart    
Play Night RangerWhen You Close Your Eyes    
Play Duran DuranNew Moon on Monday    
Play Matthew WilderBreak My Stride    
Play RockwellSomebody’s Watching Me    
Play KajagoogooToo Shy    
Play Ollie & JerryBreakin’…There’s No Stopping    
Play Lipps, Inc.Funkytown    
Play John Lennon(Just Like) Starting Over    

Well, that’s two more than 25, but it’s close enough. I suspect some BHK interference there.

current music – Gomez – Airstream Driver
 
1 year ago – politics, chilly, sickies, swarm of the snakehead, handwriting meme, heart shape, B&N gift card, awakening moved, nightmare playgrounds

2 years ago – Visited the Department of Homeland Security, DC pix.

3 years ago – rainbow pigeons, dr who, sirenity, hibernation, workplace closures?, Lost- dream, quiz-meme, questionnaire

4 years ago – ren-fest thoughts, river with a fear of heights, kid-style web layout?, soylent green, glass tile graffiti, danigolden+ham steak+jelly+scott baio=a good morning for me, puppet dj, uss jimmy carter

5 years ago – Danny takes his club to the Ren-fest, 5-year-old marries a puppy, evil eye, palm entry-bus, looking back to my earliest memories

6 years ago – Spending a lot, cute newt, hot showers, green onion cornbread

7 years ago – Lewis-y, Muppetty, limericks, a cute pair of boobies, speedy bus, ninja cow eludes police

8 years ago – valentines, online books, recommitted to walkies, Belief, Myth and FolkloreGeotarget

9623 – Thursday

BHK awesomely found dress shoes I like at amazon for $22.(No simple task – I’m a size 15 EEE) (Got another pair for $54, which is the standard "good deal" for me – they’re usually about $75+)

Came home, worked and ate more pseudo-chili for dinner… gooooood stuff.

A meme before bed.

Five names you go by:
Bear, Big Guy, Scotto, Scooter, Scott

Three things you are wearing right now:
wedding ring, T-shirt, grey shorts

Three things you want very badly at the moment:
healthy family, finances and body

Three people who will fill this out:
Whoever wants to!

Two things you did last night:
drank a little soda pop and dreamt dreams

Two things you ate today:
veggie chili, sugar cookie

Three things you are doing or did today:
showed various travel passes 8 times, cut a piece of paper to make it square, read the word "Mechanical Room sign" in braille with my fingers. I don’t know brialle… just passed two fingers over the bumps.

People you last talked to on the phone:
Emily on the ride home from work – She liked Pink Panther 2, wants to see Coraline in 3-d

Two things you are going to do tomorrow:
Kiss BHK good Morning, Kiss BHK goodnight.

Your favorite beverages
Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper, IBC Diet Cream Soda, Ice Water, Diet Cherry Pepsi, Arnold Palmer (1/2 Lemonade, 1/2 Iced Tea)

1 year ago – getting chilly, stir fry, bumper sticker, chocolate liberty, long-open shutter pix, shoot down a spy satellite, lunar eclipse, Castro steps down

2 years ago – Amy visit ends, truncated thought, Mexican and Chinese food, weak internet

3 years ago – super corkscrew, new video card, pin up girls,

4 years ago – missed my condo, thin man, wall pictures, blue ice, geocache fountain, joker utility belt

5 years ago – CoH preorder, getting a TENS

6 years ago – sleepy and rock-headed

7 years ago – nice dreams, String Cheese Incident, Feng Tzu-Chen, FMM poop, cool swiss mecha-island

8 years ago – placentophagy, haiku, poop on TampaGeotarget

9604 – Tuesday

Just some nutshelling – Let’s see:

Trimmed back down to goatee.

Wasn’t feeling too well today. Got up at 8, went back to bed at noon, slept until 2.

BHK and I stayed in most of the day, save for a trip to the library and then to Roland’s to get spaghetti for tonight’s dinner. (Which was super tasty)

Chris was a bachelorette tonight, so she came over had dinner and watched NCIS with us.

After she left, we watched some Mr. Meaty left over from the marathon on Nick a week ago – The show consistently gets a good laugh or two our of me every time.

Speaking of TV – I forgot to mention that we watched the Superbowl – actually quite a good game – I really loved that 100yd snatch and grab. BHK and I still prefer the Puppy Bowl (and the kitten halftime show).

– another meme – pass it around if you want! I’m interested in what other people put. I think I found it first via Kat, or maybe Misti

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
My father.
Continue reading 9604 – Tuesday

9599 – friday –

Long weekend starts tonight. I’m off from work until next Wednesday, though I’m not going to Punxatawney for my 40th, as previously hoped.

BHK found a great Chinese food place – "Graces" –

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Allison had the Kung Pao Chicken and Shrimp, and they carved her a nifty little goldfish!

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Something we didn’t eat – keen anemone in the fish tank!

Food was fantastic, service excellent, and the price was right. I’ll be back for more soon – maybe to take the mom-in-law out for her birthday in 2 weeks?

From here and there – "I guess this would be considered to be a survey?"

 

If you’re reading this, please do it an pass it on. It only takes a couple minutes – Have fun.

Five Names you go by:
1. Scott
2. Oh buddy!
3. Scooter
4. Bear
5. Big Guy

Three things you are wearing right now:
1. red plaid flannel shirt
2. white sneakers
3. wedding ring

Two things you want very badly at the moment
1. a nice relaxing day
2. snugs from bhk and the kitties

People who may fill this out:
1. maybe Colin
2. maybe Kat

Two Things you did last night:
1. Rode the Bus and Train home
2. had tasty eggplant lasagna!

Two Things you ate today:
1. blueberry breakfast bar
2. general tso’s tofu! yummo!

People that you Talked to Last on the Phone:
1. BHK
2. Chris

Two Things you’ve Done Today (besides this):
1. Traveled through 3 different territories (VA, MD, DC)
2. Visited with the in-laws

Three of your Best trips:
1. St. Augustine on Honeymoon
2. Spur of the Moment Mt. Airy picnic
3.  Any time BHK and I are on the road together!

1 year ago – work / friend relationships, sick

2 years ago – dinner with TM, Billy the Kid, cannabis vs obesity, American Idol

3 years ago – giant snail, indigo children (i get a bit snarky), newt chilling out pic, "Don’t think of yourself as an ugly person, just a beautiful monkey.", death cult of the female wrestler,

4 years ago – Mel out of hospital, AVG good, Mona booboo, gene kelly vw ad, oddball personal names list, beach place cam

5 years ago – Key west, Antarctica dollars, new matter, noting some filter styles for the heck of it.

6 years ago – cool dream, birthday poll, Phrases I use/have passed on, got a jornada (it retired early)

7 years ago – gold star, lego horror, haiku, tattoo poll, Random phone message memory, happy things

8 years ago – fat albert, SOP, Friends list fluke, mocha, QotDGeotarget