For my viewing pleasure...

A list of films I want to see that just got updated so I thought I would share...also it would be nice to have it readily accessible.

After Hours

After School

After The Wedding

Antares

Arizona Dream

The Artist

Away From Her

Ballets Russes

Beginners

The Best of Youth

The Best Years of Our Lives

Bird

The Blood of Heroes

Boy A

Calvaire

Character

Chariots of Fire

Che

Children of Paradise

Clean, Shaven

Clean and Sober

Conformist

The Crowd

A Dangerous Method

Dark Blue World

Dark Star

Days of Glory

Dead Snow

The Descendents

Departures

Devil In A Blue Dress

Earth

Elite Squad 1 and 2

Europa, Europa

Farewell My Concubine

Fido

Firecracker

Fitzcarraldo

From Here to Eternity

Gardens of the Night

Gaslight

The Great Dictator

The Great Water

The Guard

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Gun Crazy

High and Low

Human Centipede 2

Hunger

I Am Love

In Plane Sight

In The Mood For Love

Innocent Voices

Into The Abyss

Jazz Singer

Jules and Jim

The King’s Speech

La Antena

The Lady Eve

The Last Seduction

Le Samurai

The Leopard

Letter from an Unknown Woman

The Limits of Control

Liquid Sky

Look at Me

Lust, Caution

M. Butterfly

Midnight in Paris

Mother

Mother and Son

My Country, My Country

My Fair Lady

The Naked Spur

The Natural

Nobody Knows

Nostalghia

Not Quite Hollywood

La Notte

On The Beach

The Osterman Weekend

Our Own

Out of the Past

Outrage

Palookaville

Paper Moon

Paradise Lost 2

Paradise Lost 3

The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Perfect Host

Performance

Persona

The Philadelphia Story

Pickpocket

A Place in the Sun

Prince of the City

Rampart

The Red Shoes

Reds

A Room With a View

Salvatore Giuliano

Safety Last

A Seperation

A Serbian Film

Seven Men From Now

Shanghai Express

Silmido

Signs and Wonders

Sin Nombre

Sophie Scholl

Stalag 17

Sunset Story

Sweet Smell of Success

Take Shelter

Tell Them Who You Are

Terms of Endearment

Tetsuo

That Obscure Object of Desire

They Don’t Shoot Horses, Don’t They?

Visitor Q

Win, Win

The Wind That Shakes The Barley

We openly admit: our creations will be temporary.

Currently watching: Bellflower, Breaking Bad: Season 4, The Chaser

Currently reading: Shutter Island, Catching Fire, Game of Thrones

Currently listening to: Atmosphere, wait what, The Mars Volta

Long time no blog. Most of the time I amp up to write a new blog, I feel like it has been too long an interval between the two. Maybe I will make it a first quarter resolution to get in the habit of writing more in here. I keep a booklet of quotes I really enjoy from books I read, but that hardly fills the void of this computated diarrhea.

Still at Trader Joe’s but fingers crossed for other opportunities. Maybe that is what is at the top of a mountain; opportunity. For what though, who could say? It would be nice to have a set schedule. That would make it much easier to do various activities. I would like to get into some sort of outside sport or activity. I suggested to some friends of getting into Ju-Jitsu (again) and they seemed interested. It would be fun as well as a way to get in better shape.

Kim is in Ireland momentarily which is just making me miss her and our fun travels. I love going on adventures with her because it always seems so care free and spontaneous. I’m sure they are having a blast over there though.

I have been catching up on reading which always makes me happy and excited. I recently have finished the first book in The Hunger Games trilogy, Damned by Chuck Palahniuk, and Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer. I enjoyed The Hunger Games and am currently reading the second book, but I sort of lost steam/interest in it, but Kim is insisting I continue and I trust her opinion so on I go. It just made me want to re-watch Battle Royale and read that book. Damned started out kind of…meh…but the more I read, the better it got. It’s not up there with his earlier stuff, but it’s a step up from Tell-All and Snuff. Tree of Codes was very unique not only in the story, but the layout as well.

I also read The Passage, which I really enjoyed. With the current Vampire trend, it took me some convincing to pursue this book. The positive reviews from Stephen King and NPR pushed me over the edge and I jumped in with both feet. I’m glad I did too because it was really well written and had a fun and unique take on Vampires. I was also happy to find out that it is the first book in a planned trilogy (the second book being released in October).

Kim, Ed, and I took part in a real escape game a few weeks back in the city. It was called Escape From Werewolf Village and consisted of about 15 tables with 6 people at each table and a bunch of puzzles and mind-bending riddles to figure out who the werewolves were and how to “escape”. It was a lot of fun even though we barely scratched the surface. I feel like if we had played an escape game before we might have had a chance at getting a quarter of the way done. After the game, we saw a film called Sound of Noise. It was incredibly entertaining, funny, and refreshing.

Can not wait to see this gentleman on April 19^th. It will be phenomenal. Also, The Revival Tour is on April 21^st which is also exciting. Chuck Ragan + Dan Andriano + Tom Gabel = yes please. The rest is icing on the cake.

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