Movie List - Spring of 2012

I last did a list of Movies I wanted to see in June of 2010, and I haven't seen very many movies since then so I'm quite behind.

The main reason for this is to have a place to remember these! Maybe sometime in 2014 I'll look back and see how I did.

First off, from that previous list there are only 4 I didn't see. Not too bad.
Clash of the Titans
The Other Guys
Adjustment Bureau
Eagle of the Ninth

Amazingly none of those are on Netflix yet.

Since the last list these are the films I DID see: (*T* after if I saw it in the Theater)

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Cars 2 (Kind of... bad movie theater experience with kids!) *T*
• The Green Hornet
• Gnomeo & Juliet
• Sucker Punch
• Rio
• Thor *T*
• X-Men: First Class (Just recently saw this) 
• Captain America: The First Avenger 
• Puss in Boots
• Hugo 
• The Hunger Games *T*
• Red
• Megamind 
• Tangled 
• The Warrior's Way 
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 
• The Tourist 
• Tron Legacy *T*

Yeah we don't get out to the theater that much. Cheaper that way I guess!

And now the films I would still like to see (not in order of preference):

• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
• I Am Number Four
• Unknown
• Limitless
• Source Code
• The King's Speech
• Fast Five
• Super 8
• Green Lantern
• Larry Crowne
• Cowboys & Aliens
• The Help
• Conan the Barbarian
• Warrior
• Real Steel
• Johnny English Reborn (Although I haven't seen the first one yet!)
• The Three Musketeers
• Tower Heist
• The Muppets
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• The Adventures of Tintin
• We Bought a Zoo
• John Carter
• Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
• Haywire
• Underworld: Awakening
• Chronicle
• The Secret World of Arrietty 
• The Social Network

Finally - here are some upcoming movies I want to see (in order of release for the rest of the year):

• The Pirates! Band of Misfits 
• The Avengers
• Dark Shadows
• Men in Black 3
• Snow White & the Huntsman
• Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
• Prometheus
• Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (Ha! Maybe)
• Brave
• G.I. Joe: Retaliation
• The Amazing Spider-Man
• The Dark Knight Rises 
• The Bourne Legacy
• Total Recall
• The Expendables 2
• Taken 2 (didn't even know there was going to be a new one)
• Skyfall
• 47 Ronin
• Les Misérables
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• The Great Gatsby

WOW that's a big list!!
I'm surprised I saw as many of those movies as I did - but there are still a lot to see.

Rockin' and Rollin'

This is my Youtube Playlist I listen to at work. I'm always adding to it - and I usually change the first song every now and again and put it on shuffle.

Let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions!

(Yes, I do realize there is no Techno Viking in there... and that is sad...)

Awkwardness

(Awkward Family Photos is hilarious)

A few weeks ago as I was driving home from work - I exited the freeway and into the left turn lane to head home. I looked to my right and, what do you know? Two good friends from High School who had married were in the next lane!

I waved at them and they waved back, looked happy to see me (it's really been years!) then I started to unroll the passenger window to yell quick obscenities greetings at them before the light turned green and they both got a really uncomfortable looks on their faces and pretended like I wasn't there... So I rolled down my other window (it was pretty nice out even though the weather has been very fickle this 'Spring') and drove on when the light turned.

In response to this experience, I added another line to my bucket list...

• Awkwardness is a choice - DON'T be awkward

Everybody has awkward moments in life - heck for most people the entire ages from 11-18 are full of almost 100 % awkwardness. But really - it doesn't HAVE to be that way.

If you choose not to let something make you feel awkward - it won't feel awkward! Laugh at it! Enjoy it! Life is amazing and we make it much too complicated and awkward for ourselves.


Granted, like everything else in life, you can't control how other people react, and more often then not people sure like to make things more awkward than they need to be.

I'm also not saying these friends did anything wrong either. It WAS a weird situation, in a very busy and fast moving intersection.

It just made me realize that too often in my life I've hemmed and hawed and made things awkward for myself! NO MORE!

Man... what an awkward post! :D

The Bucket List

Since I've talked about how I both do and don't like goals, I decided I needed to put down some of the things I want to do and some of the places I'd like to visit in my life, along with some of the big things I've accomplished.

I've finally decided I need to create my own Bucket List

I'm also including some lifetime desires that I always wanted and have already achieved! Finally there are a few items that are very very vague or general type things to remember or do. Stuff that is kind of hard to actually complete, but it's important to me.

So here is the very long list that will continue to grow and develop I'm sure:
See the full list!

Movie List - Summer 2010

There are a LOT of movies I would like to see this summer. Some new, some old, some are already out on DVD but honestly the biggest reason I do this is to keep track of it for myself so a few months down the road I hear about something and don't go - dang, I totally missed that!

So here we go, in no particular order until a bit later when it actually is (mostly) in release order:

• Prince of Persia
• The Last Airbender
• The Karate Kid
• Sherlock Holmes
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
• Iron Man 2
• The Good, The Bad and the Weird
• Alice in Wonderland
• Avatar
• Clash of the Titans - I've got to see this one just because of the Original
• The A-Team
• The Sorceror's Apprentice
• The Other Guys
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
• The Expendables
• Adjustment Bureau
• Eagle of the Ninth - don't know much about this one, but sounds good!

And that gets us through most of September too sheesh. Big list! I could add more to that list, and maybe I will, but for now it's plenty!

Some New Blogs I'm Really Enjoying

If you follow me on Twitter you may have noticed a few days back I mentioned there are WAY too many blogs out there that are just amazing.  I figured it was about time I shared some of them with you.

Health, Fitness & Well-Being Blogs/Sites:

• Mark's Daily Apple - This blog is seriously impressing me. TONS of information about the 'Primal' Lifestyle which is definitely interesting - but overall there is just a lot of really good information about health and making healthy choices. The video from the previous entry was first seen by me on this entry about 'Health Suicide' which is a good list of things NOT to do.
• Zen Habits - According to Wikipedia (Yay Wiki!) Zen Habits is one of the MOST visited blogs on the internet. Crazy. It's new to me! So hopefully you'll find some good stuff here as well. The newest entry on 'How Not to Hurry' is really good. We all need to slow down - plus I love the Lao Tzu quote there! (yeah it'll be on a QOTW sometime!) I also found a lot of these sites on this list from this entry. I almost don't need to finish this article because the worst (and best) thing about finding one good blog, is you usually find LOTS more once you find one. They link to each other!
• Zen to Fitness - This blog (more Zen? I'm really liking the philosophies lately - Balance, Minimalism, Flow) is a great source of finding balance in a healthy lifestyle.
• Fitness Blackbook - This site is a bit more contemporary - Hollywood, if you will - but still has a lot of really good stuff.
• Fitness Spotlight - Currently Fitness spotlight is at the end of a 30 Day Challenge with GREAT tips throughout those entries. I recommend checking them out.

 Mixed Martial Arts Blogs:

• Bloody Elbow - There are lots of MMA blogs out there - lots of good ones. Good commentary, analysis, etc etc. Bloody Elbow is just one of them - really the information doesn't differ a lot from site to site, so I'll just list a few of them here that you can check out if you want. If you like MMA I would suggest checking them out and finding the one whose 'voice' you like best.
• Cage Potato
• Five Ounces of Pain
• MMA For Real
• MMA Mania

 Random, Fun, or Funny Blogs:

• Awkward Family Photos - Holy Cow! People are crazy,creepy, hilarious, scary, weird and just plain nuts! This site really makes me laugh.
• Awkward Stock Photos - Not as funny as AFP above, but still awkwardly silly. Most of the time.
• Passive Aggressive Notes - It's funny to see the many forms of passive aggressiveness. (Sometimes some language, cuz people ARE jerks sometimes!)
• There, I Fixed It - You've probably had Family, Friends or Coworkers email you pictures from this site. It's awesome!

AAaaaaannd I think that's all for today. I hope you can find something you enjoy, and Happy Reading!

Yar it be a Happy Day me Hearties!

For there be much piratey goodness abounding!

Free Pirate Games ye bilgerats (And the Monkey Islands games are hilarious)

Superpunch has a list of fun Piratey stuff, and one from last year too!

Then there be places you can buy loot or booty...

But alas I must go ready me ship for a journey on the rolling seas (or the seas opposite really...Mountains) so be jolly my good friends before'n I make keelhaul ye and toss ye overboard!

How to Behave in the Wild New World (Teh Interwebs)

Wired.com has a great new list "How to Behave: New Rules for Highly Evolved Humans"

Some of the ones I like relate to how we act in this now very-much-online world we live in.

i.e. Facebook 'rules':
Never Broadcast Your Relationship Status - This would seem like a no-brainer, but some people just seem to LOVE to be able to instantly inform anybody and everybody that they are breaking up with their current S.O. or divorcing or whatever. The one exception I would think is notification of upcoming nuptials - as I think Weddings ARE supposed to still be a Happy Occasion! (Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who!)

Don't Lie With Your Facebook Photo - I think it is great when people post pictures of way back when - BUT it shouldn't be used as a disguise for what you look like now. At least that's what I think...

Delete Unwanted Posts from your Facebook Wall - Hello! People worry too much about offending others - if somebody puts something that could affect your career or family life or whatever because they were your idiot frat friend from when you were dumb - who cares? Get rid of it. I also think, on the other hand, you don't need to be a Post Nazi about this - if somebody tags you in a decent nice friendly picture - might as well leave it I say - people are interested in seeing you the way other people see you!

Balance Your Media Diet - HA - this is just silly to me, but awesome. (I'd increase the games a bit, but even then that's not an every day thing for me)

Remember, Online Conversations Are Not All About You - There is WAAAY too much one-up-manship in this world. Don't be one of those. You don't have to contribute if you are just trying to make yourself look good.

Use a Plausible Excuse When You Call In Sick - This is just awesome.

There's No Such Thing as Too Many Friends - Really. It's just not possible to have too many friends!

Don't Work All the Time - I think that sometimes it is good to 'do the right thing' but why live with regrets??

Anyway, I think that is enough from me - check 'em out and see if you like any of the others. Some are a little bit inappropriate for the tender brains of some of my readers, (and my-naive-self for that matter!) and for that I apologize.

And while looking at that, I found another Wired.com list of interesting items; "100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About" - I'm amazed how many of those I remember!