Favorite Movies

I've been meaning to get to this list for a long time, so here's my list so far. I'm sure I'll think of others. Isn't it sad that I have this many "favorite movies". Then again, I LOVE movies!

A Christmas Story
A Few Good Men
A River Runs Through It
A Walk To Remember
American History X
American Outlaws
American Pie
An Officer and a Gentleman
Apocalypse Now
Armageddon
Arsenic & Old Lace
Bambi
Billy Madison
Dazed and Confused
Dead Again
Doctor Zhivago
Double Jeopardy
Father of the Bride
Flowers in the Attic
For Keeps
Fried Green Tomatoes
Full Metal Jacket
Gone in 60 Seconds
Goodfellas
Gothika
Hart's War
I Am Sam
Ice Age
Imitation of Life
Joe Dirt
Little Shop of Horrors
Meet Me In St. Louis
Mighty Joe Young
Murder By Numbers
Murder in the First
Natural Born Killers
Office Space
Paulie
Regarding Henry
Road Trip
S.W.A.T
Scarface
Sleepers
Slingblade
Stigmata
Swingers
The Breakfast Club
The General's Daughter
The Green Mile
The Passion of the Christ
The Rock
The Silence of the Lambs
The Sound of Music
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Transporter
The Usual Suspects
There's Something About Mary
Titanic
Tommy Boy
Top Gun
Uptown Girls
Van Wilder
Welcome to the Dollhouse
What a Girl Wants
What Lies Beneath
Wizard of Oz

Okay, that's it for now - just wait until I start listing all of my favorite songs!

My Personality is Living in the 80s

what decade does your personality live in?

quiz brought to you by lady interference, ltd

Ready for the New Year!

I'm so ready to stuff this year and move onto 2005! For some reason, 2004 turned out to be a really crappy year! I'm going to make sure that I eat enough Black Eyed Peas and German Sausage tomorrow night to ensure my luck in the coming year.

As usual, I have no plans for New Year's Eve, except hanging out at my house. My mom and dad will have people over and my brother, his girlfriend and kids will come and J and I will be there. I don't feel like doing much but watching movies. Sad and pathetic, isn't it? I remember the days when if you weren't invited to some huge party on New Year's Eve you were a loser! I even remember spending New Year's at all of the Popular Bars and Clubs - but I have no desire for that anymore. I hope I'm just growing up and not becoming a loser.

We have so many little family traditions for New Year's, what are some of yours? Please respond if you are reading this. I'm just interested in old family traditions.

I guess I'll get to work for now, I'm sure I'll be back some time later today.

I Just Don't Care

I can't figure out if I'm a heartless, evil girl or just fed up with people. I just don't care about people, nor do I care to be social. The other day, on the news, there was this man that died trying to save a dog from an icy pond. The dog lived...
I've concluded that I would have done the same thing that the man did. My dad says I'm crazy or that I'm just saying that - but, what he doesn't understand is that I'm serious - I would risk my life to save an animal any day, but I doubt I would be so ready to die for another person. That's weird, but I really don't care anymore.

There's this one particular person here at work, we'll call her D, that drives me absolutely insane. She never sits at her desk, she's constantly walking back and forth in front of my desk, which makes me nervous - it's like she paces. Plus, she's the person in the morning that is always the first to come to your desk and say "Good morning!" like life couldn't get any better. On top of that daily greeting, she usually has a new picture of one of her daugthers and their children - okay, listen - I DON'T CARE - I've seen one picture, that's enough, I know what they look like now. So, today, when I'm obviously in a horrible, horrible mood, she comes up to my desk and says "Good morning" and waits a second to see if it would be a good idea to stop and "chat" at my desk. I say "Good morning" without turning my head away from the computer. Then she says "How are you", and I (still looking at my computer) say "fine". I suppose she finally got the hint and kept walking. UGH! Leave me alone, I'm just not a people person. I don't care about people. So, then, another girl, we'll call her C, who is ALWAYS happy comes in and comes over to my desk and insists on telling me about her kitchen that is being redone for the 10 millionth time (but, with her I don't mind, because I like her). Then here comes D - and low and behold, she has a picture in hand! Ugh! She shows it to C and C just coos all over the friggin' picture of three little girls and their mom. So, D insists on tilting it so I can see - so, I don't even grab it, I just look and smile.

I know I'm mean and that, at this rate, people will never like me and I will die a lonely, miserable, old woman (with a bunch of dogs) - but sometimes I just don't care! I think I should have been a person who works from home and rarely communicates with people in person or on the phone.

I guess the real problem is that I stayed up until 2:30 reading last night and then this morning, I couldn't find any clean underwear and had to search and dig through my pile of clean clothes (that I've been to lazy to put away this week). I'm just crabby - go figure!

Did You Know? Part Trois!

That in 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills?

That Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza everyday?

That more Monopoly money is printed in a year than real money throughout the world?

That a 1/4 of the bones in your body is in your feet?

That if the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction?

That if you multiply 111,111,111 by 111,111,111, you get 12,345,678,987,654,321?

That the term Cop comes from Constable on Patrol, which is a term used in England?

That "Zorro" means "fox" in Spanish?

That "dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"?

That "floccinaucinihilipilification" which means "the act of estimating as worthless" is the longest non-medical word in the English language; it's 29 letters long?

That "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you"?

That the word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo"?

That the words "racecar" and "kayak" are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left?

That "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language?

That there are no words in the English language that rhyme with silver, orange, or month?

That there are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet? The Hawaiian Alphabet consists of
A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, W.

That the only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"?

That California has issued 6 drivers licenses to people named "Jesus Christ"?

That in Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person?

That in Fruita, Colorado the town folk celebrate "Mike the Headless Chicken Day." Seems that a farmer named L.A. Olsen cut off Mike's head on September 10, 1945 in anticipation of a chicken dinner - and Mike lived for another 4 years without a head? Mike died from choking on a corn kernel.

Did You Know? Part Deux!

That a rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair?

That the penguin is the only bird that can swim but can't fly?

That the cheetah is the only cat that can't retract its claws?

That Camels chew in a figure 8 pattern?

That the blue whale is the largest animal that ever lived, reaching 100 feet (30 m) in length and weighing 150 tons. The largest dinosaur, Argentinosaurus, was estimated to weigh 110 tons?

That it's against the law to have a pet in Iceland?

That in 1681, the last dodo bird died?

That a kangaroo can't jump unless its tail is touching the ground?

That an adult hippo can bite a 12-foot (3.6 m) adult male crocodile in half?

That the name "Kangaroo" came about when some of the first white settlers saw this strange animal hopping along and they asked the Aborigines what it was called. They replied with "Kanguru", which in their language means "I don't know"?

That Titanic was running at 22 knots when she hit the iceberg?

That the citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles?

That it is possible to drown and not die? Technically the term "drowning" refers to the process of taking water into the lungs, not to death caused by that process.

That the YKK on the zipper of your Levis stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer?

That the world's largest McDonalds is located on I-44 at Vinita, Oklahoma? It goes from one side of the interstate to the other, passing over the interstate.

That a broken clock is right at least twice a day?

That no piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times?

That you burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV?

That a bowling pin need only tilt 7.5 degrees to fall?

That if you lock your knee while standing long enough, you will pass out?

That the plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets?

That construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in the Building of the Hoover Dam in 1933?

That the first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer?

That the fastest typist can type at 211 words per minute?

That most people have an IQ in the 90 - 109 range? You're considered a genius if your IQ is 132 or above. Chris Langan has an IQ of 195, the highest known IQ in the US. He started talking at 6 months and by age 4 could read and comprehend books. His IQ puts him in the same class as Sir Isaac Newton and Michelangelo. He's in his mid-forties, and he works as a part-time bouncer at a bar and lives in a one-room house on $6,000 a year.

That the longest official city name in the world, made up of 164 letters, is "Krungthep Mahanakhon Amorn Rattanakosin Mahintara Yudthaya Mahadilok Pohp Noparat Rajathanee Bureerom Udomrajniwes Mahasatarn Amorn Pimarn Avaltarnsatit Sakatattiya Visanukram Prasit" a.k.a. Bangkok, Thailand?

That the longest word in the English language is 1,913 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA? The word is:
"Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylpheny
lalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysyglutamyl
glycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucy
lglycylaspartylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyll
ysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycy
lalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprol
ylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylproly
threonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucylalany
lleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthronylisoleucyl
porlylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginyl
leucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalany
lisoleucyclcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartyl
leucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginyl
glycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalyl
threonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylproly
lleucylasparaginyllhistidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamylty
rosylasparaginylalanylalnylprolyprolylleucylglutaminylglycylpheny lalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysys
lalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalnyliso
leucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylglutamyglut
aminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysyl
methionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenlalanylvalyglut
aminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine"

That there are only four words in the English language that end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous?

That the average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it?

That the most common name in the world is Mohammed?

That the average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night?

That no president of the United States was an only child?

That Odds of being killed by a dog are 1 in 700,000?
» Odds of dying while in the bath tub - 1 in 1 million.
» Odds of being killed by space debris - 1 in 5 billion.
» Odds of being killed by poisoning - 1 in 86,000.
» Odds of being killed by freezing - 1 in 3 million.
» Odds of being killed by lightening - 1 in 2 million.
» Odds of being killed in a car crash - 1 in 5,000.
» Odds of being killed in a tornado - 1 in 2 million.
» Odds of being killed by falling out of bed - 1 in 2 million.
» Odds of being killed in a plane crash -1 in 25 million.

That 13 people are killed each year by vending machine's falling on them?

That driving 55 miles (88 km) per hour instead of 65 miles (105 km) per hour increases your car mileage by about 15%.

That if you gave each human on earth an equal portion of dry land, including the uninhabitable areas, everyone would get roughly 100 square feet (30.4 m)?

That there are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball?

Did You Know?

That it is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open?

That when you sneeze, all of your bodily functions stop, even your heart?

That right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people?

That women blink nearly twice as much as men?

That blondes have more hair than dark-haired people do?

That in the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator?

That ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of their cats?

That your ears and nose continue to grow throughout your entire life?

That you were born with 300 bones and by the time you're an adult, you have 206?

That human thighbones are stronger than concrete?

That Canadian Scientists have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal?

That Barbie's full name was Barbara Millicent Roberts?

That the world's longest name officially used by a person is "Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorft Senior" which is composed of 28 words or 192 letters?

That Tina Turner's real name is Annie Mae Bullock?

That President John F. Kennedy could ready 4 newspapers in 20 minutes?

That "Moon" was Buzz Aldrin's (second man on the moon) mother's maiden name?

That Walt Disney was afraid of mice?

That Mark Twain, real name Samuel Langhorn Clemens, worked on a riverboat when he was a teenager. The call "Mark twain!" meant that the water was deep enough to proceed safely?

That 1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue?

That the correct animal group terms:
A herd of donkey
A sloth of bear
A clutter or clowder of cat
A drove or herd of cattle
A clutch or brood of chicken
A herd of deer
A pack of dogs
A brace or herd of ducks
A herd of elephant
A shulk of fox
A tribe or trip of goat
A flock or gaggle of geese
A herd of horses
A pride of lion
A band or troop of monkeys
A flock or drove of sheep
A bevy of swans
A litter of swine or pigs
A gam or pod of whale
A pack of wolves

Back Again!

Sorry guys! I've been so busy with Christmas and everything - it's amazing.

I still don't have my Christmas shopping done, I still have one more gift certificate to buy! Ugh! Christmas has turned into a pain in my rear! It's too much work really.

So, here's what I got everyone!

My mom: I got her a fur scarf, a hair dryer stand (that she wanted) and a gift certificate to the Old Spaghetti Factory.

My Dad: I got him a silver watch and a gift certificate to the OSF.

My Brother: I got him some True Motion Lures and a Travel Fishing Pole.

S (my brother's girlfriend): I got her the Winsor Pilates DVD set (she wanted it, I'm not hinting at anything!)

Z (Oldest Newphew): I will get him a $100 gift certificate to SOKA (a skateboarding shop).

Snake (Youngest Newphew): I got him the RoboSapien.

Linlee (friend): I made her a basket of all scrapbooking supplies.

Girls at work: I got a cute little snowman candle holder and put chocolates in it.

J (boyfriend): I can't tell you because he'll probably get on here and try to find out what he got!

J is doing all the shopping for his family today (and for me, I think - I hope!). I usually do the shopping for my family and he usually does the shopping for his family (and then we just put that it's from both of us). Maybe we're cheap because my brother and S always buy people separate gifts. Who knows? But, I usually do try to spend more on the kids since present-opening portion of Christmas is really a time for kids! I also tend to spend more on my parents since they let me live in their house and I'm 27! Oh well, I'm sick of worrying about Christmas - I can't wait until this week is OVER! I'm just happy that I'm off on the 23rd and 24th - it'll be nice.

This past weekend I spent the whole day Sunday wrapping presents - and when I say whole day, I MEAN the WHOLE day! But I got everything done for my mom, my brother and me! So I felt like I accomplished something. Saturday, I went to L's and we scrapbooked! We had a good time.

Well, I'm gonna get back to work, I'll talk later!

Top 36 Funniest Newspaper Headlines

36. Two convicts evade noose, jury hung

35. Queen Mary having bottom scraped

34. NJ judge to rule on nude beach

33. Smokers are productive, but death cuts efficiency

32. Two Soviet ships collide - one dies

31. Two sisters reunite after eighteen years at checkout counter

30. Dealers will hear car talk at noon

29. Nicaragua sets goal to wipe out literacy

28. Drunk drivers paid $1,000 in 1984

27. Cold wave linked to temperatures

26. Death causes loneliness, feeling of isolation

25. Deaf mute gets new hearing in killing

24. Grandmother of eight makes hole in one

23. Police begin campaign to run down jaywalkers

22. William Kelly was fed secretary

21. Milk drinkers are turning to powder

20. Farmer bill dies in house

19. Iraqi head seeks arms

18. Lawmen from Mexico barbecue guests

17. Miners refuse to work after death

16. If strike isn't settled quickly it may last a while

15. War dims hope for peace

14. Child's death ruins couple's holiday

13. Blind woman gets new kidney from dad she hasn't seen in years

12. Man is fatally slain

11. Something went wrong in jet crash, experts say

10. Eye drops off shelf

9. Squad helps dog bite victim

8. Enraged cow injures farmer with ax

7. Never withhold herpes from loved one

6. Child's stool great for use in garden

5. Dr. Ruth to talk about sex with newspaper editors

4. Soviet virgin lands short of goal again

3. Prostitutes appeal to Pope

2. Panda mating fails - veterinarian takes over

1. Autos killing 110 a day, let's resolve to do better

Top 20 Funniest Newspaper Classifieds

(Actual excerpts from classified sections of city newspapers)

20. Stock up and save. Limit: one.

19. Illiterate? Write today for free help.

18. Our experienced Mom will care for your child. Fenced yard, meals, and smacks included.

17. Auto Repair Service. Free pick-up and delivery. Try us once, you'll never go anywhere again.

16. 3-year old teacher needed for pre-school. Experience preferred.

15. Great Dames for sale.

14. Wanted. Widower with school age children requires person to assume general housekeeping duties. Must be capable of contributing to growth of family.

13. Vacation Special: have your home exterminated.

12. Christmas tag-sale. Handmade gifts for the hard-to-find person.

11. Used Cars: Why go elsewhere to be cheated. Come here first.

10. Get rid of aunts. Zap does the job in 24 hours.

9. Man, honest. Will take anything.

8. Dog for sale: eats anything and is fond of children.

7. Man wanted to work in dynamite factory. Must be willing to travel.

6. Mixing bowl set designed to please a cook with round bottom for efficient beating.

5. For sale: antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers.

4. Tired of cleaning yourself. Let me do it.

3. Wanted. Man to take care of cow that does not smoke or drink.

2. We do not tear your clothing with machinery. We do it carefully by hand.

1. Our bikinis are exciting. They are simply the tops!

12 Ways to Get Rid of Telemarketers!

1. Ask if they want to loan you money, tell them you just filed for Bankruptcy and you could sure use some money.

2. If they start out with, "How are you today?" say, "Why do you want to know?" Or you can say, "I'm so glad you asked, because no one seems to care these days and I have all these problems, my sciatica is acting up, my eyelashes are sore, my dog just died..." When they try to get back to the sell, just continue your problems.

3. If they say they're Joe Doe from the XYZ Company, Ask them to spell their name, then ask them to spell the company name, then ask them where it located. Continue asking them personal questions or questions about their company for as long as necessary.

4. This one works better if you are male: Telemarketer: "Hi, my name is Judy and I'm with Canter and Siegel services.... You: "Hang on a second." (Few seconds pause) "Okay, (in a really husky voice) what are you wearing?"

5. Crying out, in well-simulated tones of pleasure and surprise, "Judy!! Is this really you? Oh, my God! Judy, how have you BEEN?" Hopefully, this will give Judy a few brief moments of terror as she tries to figure out where on earth she could know you from.

6. Say, "No", repeatedly. Be sure to vary the sound of each no, and keep an even tempo even as they're trying to speak. This is the most fun if you can keep going until they hang up.

7. If MCI calls trying to get you to sign up with their Family and Friends plan, reply, in as sinister a voice as you can muster, "I don't have any friends...would you be my friend?"

8. If they clean rugs: "Can you get blood out, you can? Well, how about goat blood or HUMAN blood.

9. Let the person go through their spiel, providing minimal but necessary feedback in the form of an occasional "Uh-huh, really, or "That's fascinating." Finally, when they ask you to buy, ask them to marry you.

10. Tell them you work for the same company they work for. Example: Telemarketer: "This is Bill from Mantermills." You: "Mantermills!! Hey I work for them too. Where are you calling from?" Telemarketer: "Uh, Dallas, Texas." You: "Great, they have a group there too? How's business/the weather? Too bad the company has a policy against selling to employees! Oh well, see ya."

11. Answer the phone. As soon as you realize it is a Telemarketer, set the receiver down, shout or scream, "Oh, my God!!!" and then hang up.

12. Say to the Telemarketer, "Sorry, I can't talk right now but if you'd just give me your home phone number I'll call you when I'm not as busy. When they say in a flustered way that they can't give out their home number say, "Oh, I see...you don't want strangers calling you at your home! Now you know how I feel." Even better now that they are calling you on your cell phone ask for their cell phone numbers!

Top 10 Dumbest Criminals

10. Strike one! England: A German "tourist," supposedly on a golf holiday, shows up at customs with his golf bag. While making idle chatter about golf, the customs official realizes that the tourist does not know what a "handicap" is. The customs official asks the tourist to demonstrate his swing, which he does--backward! A substantial amount of narcotics was found in the golf bag.

9. "Hello? Guns for hire?" Arizona: A company called "Guns for Hire" stages gunfights for Western movies, etc. One day, they received a call from a 47-year- old woman, who wanted to have her husband killed. She got 4-1/2 years in jail.

8. Say cheese! A man successfully broke into a bank after hours and stole--are you ready for this?--the bank's video camera. While it was recording. Remotely. (That is, the videotape recorder was located elsewhere in the bank, so he didn't get the videotape of himself stealing the camera.)

7. Drop everything and run! Two men tried to pull the front off a cash machine by running a chain from the machine to the bumper of their pickup truck. Instead of pulling the front panel off the machine, though, they pulled the bumper off their truck. Scared, they left the scene and drove home. With the chain still attached to the machine. With their bumper still attached to the chain. With their vehicle's license plate still attached to the bumper.

6. Just forget it Virginia: Two men in a pickup truck went to a new-home site to steal a refrigerator. Banging up walls, floors, etc., they snatched a refrigerator from one of the houses, and loaded it onto the pickup. The truck promptly got stuck in the mud, so these brain surgeons decided that the refrigerator was too heavy. Banging up *more* walls, floors, etc., they put the refrigerator BACK into the house, and returned to the pickup truck, only to realize that they locked the keys in the truck--so they abandoned it.

5. Ouch A man successfully broke into a bank's basement through a street-level window, cutting himself up pretty badly in the process. He then realized that (1) he could not get to the money from where he was,(2) he could not climb back out the window through which he had entered, and (3) he was bleeding pretty badly. So he located a phone and dialed "911" for help . . .
4. Let's do a little math A man walked into a Circle-K (a convenience store similar to a 7-11), put a $20 bill on the counter and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled-- leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer? Fifteen dollars.

3. I know I forgot something Indiana: A man walked up to a cashier at a grocery store and demanded all the money in the register. When the cashier handed him the loot, he fled--leaving his wallet on the counter.

2. You mean me? A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!" When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him.

1. The Hefty-bag A man went into a drug store, pulled a gun, announced a robbery, and pulled a Hefty-bag face mask over his head--and realized that he'd forgotten to cut eye holes in the mask.

Top 10 Reasons O.J. is the Unluckiest Man Alive

10. Murdered woman just happened to be same woman O.J. beat up.
9. Made unlucky choice of gloves and shoes for photo session.
8. Picked the wrong night to wear someone else's socks.
7. Made unfortunate choice producing "O.J. Tells" video deciding between Beta and VHS.
6. Forgot to take the stand during criminal trial.
5. Should have asked about those annoying red spots when Bronco was purchased.
4. Exactly wrong time for arthritis to flare up, blowing lie detector test.
3. The one night O.J. desperately needed an alibi, decided to sleep alone.
2. Still can't figure out how he got lost on freeway trying to surrender to police.
1. Had to pick the night of the murders to start bleeding uncontrollably.