the annual media listaroony

[wilderabbit]

40 Books:

1. Bury the Lead ~ David Rosenfelt
   
2. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler ~ E. L. Konigsburg
   
3. First Degree ~ David Rosenfelt
   
4. Sudden Death ~ David Rosenfelt
   
5. The Man Who Talks to Dogs ~ Melinda Roth
   
6. Miracle Dog ~ Randy Grim
   
7. Dead Center ~ David Rosenfelt
   
8. Home to Big Stone Gap ~ Adriana Trigiani
   
9. Open & Shut ~ David Rosenfelt
   
10. New Mercies ~ Sandra Dallas
    
11. Born Standing Up ~ Steve Martin
    
12. Alice's Tulips ~ Sandra Dallas
    
13. Rescuing Sprite ~ Mark Levin
    
14. The Chili Queen ~ Sandra Dallas
    
15. Good Dog, Stay ~ Anna Quindlen
    
16. Remember Me? ~ Sophie Kinsella
    
17. Can You Keep a Secret? ~ Sophie Kinsella
    
18. The Undomestic Goddess ~ Sophie Kinsella
    
19. Turning Tables ~ Rose and Heather MacDowell
    
20. Merle's Door ~ Ted Kerasote
    
21. Confessions of a Shopaholic ~ Sophie Kinsella
    
22. The Girls Guide to Witchcraft ~ Mindy Klasky
    
23. When You Are Engulfed in Flames ~ David Sedaris
    
24. Things I Learned From Knitting … ~ Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
    
25. Sorcery and the Single Girl ~ Mindy Klasky
    
26. Don't Tell a Soul ~ David Rosenfelt
    
27. Cyber Cinderella ~ Christina Hopkinson
    
28. Beyond the Blonde ~ Kathleen Flynn-Hui
    
29. The Blonde Theory ~ Kristin Harmel
    
30. Knitting Under the Influence ~ Claire Lazebnik
    
31. The Art of French Kissing ~ Kristin Harmel
    
32. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan ~ Sophie Kinsella
    
33. My Husband's Sweethearts ~ Bridget Asher
    
34. Brimstone ~ Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
    
35. The Friday Night Knitting Club ~ Kate Jacobs
    
36. Good Luck ~ Whitney Gaskell
    
37. Magic & the Modern Girl ~ Mindy Klasky
    
38. A Dog's Life ~ Ann Martin
    
39. Quiet Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian ~ Scott Douglas
    
40. Losing It: and Gaining My Life Back ... ~ Valerie Bertinelli

and


81 Movies:

1. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
   
2. Love Actually (2003)
   
3. Romancing the Stone (1984)
   
4. Dumb & Dumber (1994)
   
5. Life of Brian (1979) 2x
   
6. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 2x
   
7. Saved! (2004)
   
8. Donnie Darko (2001)
   
9. Blood Diamond (2006)
   
10. All of Me (1984)
    
11. American Gangster (2007)
    
12. Nancy Drew (2007)
    
13. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
    
14. Snow Buddies (2008)
    
15. Juno (2007) *
    
16. La Vie En Rose (2007)
    
17. When Trumpets Fade (1998)
    
18. Into the Wild (2007)
    
19. Starship Troopers (1997)
    
20. Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) *
    
21. Time Bandits (1981)
    
22. Stigmata (1999)
    
23. A River Runs Through It (1992)
    
24. The Constant Gardner (2005)
    
25. I'm Not There (2007)
    
26. The Longest Day (1962) 3x
    
27. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (1969)
    
28. Billy Bragg & Wilco: The Man in the Sand (1999)
    
29. LoudQUIETloud: a film about The Pixies (2006)
    
30. Walk Hard : the Dewey Cox Story (2007)
    
31. The Contract (2006)
    
32. Imagine : John Lennon (1988)
    
33. 25th Hour (2002)
    
34. Storm of the Century (1999)
    
35. Batman : Dark Knight (2008) *
    
36. 2 Days in Paris (2007)
    
37. Super Size Me (2004)
    
38. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
    
39. Mama Mia! (2008) *
    
40. Bella (2006)
    
41. Flyboys (2006)
    
42. Identity (2003)
    
43. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) 4x
    
44. Frailty (2001)
    
45. Becoming Jane (2007)
    
46. Stand by Me (1986)
    
47. Ocean's Eleven (2001)
    
48. His Girl Friday (1940)
    
49. Before Sunrise (1995)
    
50. Before Sunset (2004)
    
51. Breaking Away (1979)
    
52. Iron Man (2008) *
    
53. Devil's Advocate (1997)
    
54. Constantine (2005)
    
55. Lost Boys (1987)
    
56. The Haunting (1999)
    
57. The Changeling (1980)
    
58. The Thing (1982)
    
59. Poltergeist (1982)
    
60. The Ring (2002)
    
61. The Ring II (2005)
    
62. Amityville Horror (1979)
    
63. The Exorcist (1973)
    
64. The Good German (2006)
    
65. The Bucket List (2007)
    
66. The Grudge (2004)
    
67. Good Luck Chuck (2007)
    
68. Quantum of Solace (2008) *
    
69. Martian Child (2007)
    
70. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
    
71. Fight Club (1999) 5x
    
72. The Illusionist (2006)
    
73. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
    
74. Zorro, the Gay Blade (1981)
    
75. Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants II (2008)
    
76. Wall-E (2008)
    
77. 10,000 BC (2008)
    
78. Runaway Jury (2003)
    
79. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
    
80. Invincible (2006)
    
81. The Happening (2008)
    

and



CDs:

1. Dandy Warhols ~ ... Earth to the Dandy Warhols ...
   
2. Old 97's ~ Blame It On Gravity
   
3. Lucinda Williams ~ Little Honey

and


Concerts:

1. Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
   
2. Old 97's @ Homer's
   
3. Tegan & Sara

* = seen in theater

I achieved my goal of reading more this year, almost doubling the number of books although most of them were chick lit fluff. Still, it was something mindless and relaxing to do prior to falling asleep many nights.

Eighty movies (!!) and that's not even counting all the series we watched namely Survivor, "Heroes", Lost, The Office, etc. And I didn't even count the second time we saw The Dark Knight as I fell asleep during the second half. Remember when I used to only catch 10 or 15 films a year? Maybe? That's the homebody Greg influence and the addition of Roku on-demand and Netflix this year. I hate to think of how many hours spent in front of the boob tube. Probably one of the many reasons I still haven't lost that ten pounds ... yet.

I've got a ton of new music not included on the list but it's not in proper CD format so not sure if it counts. The new iPod has 8200+ songs but needs more maintenance. I see some organizational music projects in my future.

There are a lot of other musical events I'd have liked to have attended but concert-going gets expensive and frankly, sometimes I think I'm getting too old. Standing for three hours just isn't fun anymore.

Hopefully I'll be up for some more year-in-review and future projection posts soon. For now I'll say that we're not doing anything majorly exciting tonight other than making pan-fried trout for dinner and watching Generation Kill The Happening. And that's fine by me.