Happy New Year! I contemplated writing something thought-provoking and profound. I think, though, that I'd prefer to talk about the things in life that I enjoy and learn a little more about things that you all enjoy. Stealing from the John Cusack flick "High Fidelity", here are some of my Top Fives.
Females in Literature:
1. Hermione Granger--Harry Potter Series
2. Elizabeth Bennett--Pride and Prejudice
3. Eowyn--Lord of the Rings Trilogy
4. Anne Shirley--Anne of Green Gables
5. Beatrice--Much Ado About Nothing
Comedic Characters in Film:
1. Captain Jack Sparrow--Pirates of the Caribbean
2. Dorie--Finding Nemo
3. Spike--Notting Hill
4. Billy Mack--Love Actually
5. Stuart McKenzie (dad)--So, I Married An Axe Murderer
If I Could Have Been Anything Else:
1. Women's Auxillary Ferrying Service Pilot--WWII
2. Figure Skater
3. 1940's-50's Dancer in Movie Musical
4. Master Chef
5. The person who determines the music in movie sequences
Things I Hope to Do:
1. Hike the West Highland Way in Scotland.
2. Visit Ireland
3. Hike Mt. Fuji
4. Visit Prince Edward Island
5. Go to Disneyworld
This is all about fun, people. You can list as few or as many as you want. Thanks for reading this last year. I wish all of you a wonderful, blessed 2008!
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Top 5 Favorite Foods:
1. Pizza
2. Burrito/Queso
3. Chicken
4. Cookie Monster dessert
5. Chocolate Chip pie
Top 4 Shows I have on DVR:
1. The First 48
2. American Justice
3. Cold Case Files
4. Seinfeld
Top 3 Books:
1. The Little Prince
2. The Secret Life of Bees
3. Anything with a body count
Top 2 Movies:
1. Elizabethtown
2. As Good As It Gets
Favorite Dog:
1. Miniature Schnauzer (Particularly one named Denipipe or Snack)
Top 5 favorite Foods:
l. Mexican Food, anytime any place, any kind
2. Pizza every single day
3. Butterfinger blizzard
4. Steak, juicy, medium best eaten at Cagles
5. Fazzoli's
(could this be why I am carrying a few extra unwanted pounds?) you think?
Top 4 Shows I have on DVR:
1. Divine Design (I am hooked on HGTV
2. Flip this house
3. Without a Trace
4. CSI Las vegas, and New York
5. Survivor
6. I already know every Seinfeld episode by heart. do not need to record those any more
Top 3 Book
1. John Grisham
2. John Grisham
3. John Grisham
Top Movies
1. Dances with Wolves
2. Fargo
3. Tremors
4. Lonesome Dove, even if it was a tv mini series
5. Toy Story
6. Cars
Bestest Dogs in the World
1. Boston Terriers, namely, Bonnie, Andy & Sammy,(in that order)
ooh, Paige! I like your food choices! Those last two don't have pecans or walnuts, do they?
Celia, I love Without a Trace, too!!!
Thanks for sharing, girls!
Top 5 Favorite Actors:
1. Jeffrey Dean Morgan
2. Mel Gibson
3. Gerard Butler
4. Brad Pitt
5. George Clooney
Have you seen "P.S. I Love You" yet???
I haven't seen it yet. I need to get past the idea that Hillary Swank was completely miscast. Why not Jennifer Garner or Poppy Montgomery?
Ok, I saw PS I love you,
and my take, it was ok,
and I love chick flicks and love stories.
I agree about the miss cast of Hillary Swank,
everyone is trying to be the new Meg Ryan,
and I have not found her yet,
I do like Poppy Montgomery too,
Jennifer Garner is ok,
I know Julia Roberts is getting too old, sad but true,
give me another choice,
Man, when did I get so opinionated about actresses?
I'd like to see Courtney Cox do a romantic comedy,
not just Jennifer Aniston
Oh I would have loved for Jennifer Garner to be in it. :) I'm afraid I don't know who Poppy Montgomery is? (Don't throw anything at me!)
;)
I did not come prepared to share my top fives. Yours are close enough. :)
I actually came to say, we found the West Highland Way race on the internet last summer and now Chad is itching to try it. It starts in Glasgow at midnight (this is in the middle of June every year), and finishes in Fort William at noon 36 hours later. And lots of people have done it, as crazy as that sounds.
Su,
That does sound crazy. Yeah, I want to take the whole week to enjoy it . . . no running.
Celia,
What about Kate Beckinsale? She's so lovely! Piper Pearabo, maybe. Gwyneth Paltrow, even. I love Mandy Moore, although, she might be too young for the role . . . anybody but Swank!
Melinda,
Poppy Montgomery is the blonde in Without a Trace TV series. Don't hit you? You're going to make people think that I have a history of violent behavior!
Rachel Weisz, Kerri Russell, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Chalke, Anna Friel, Amy Adams . . . ALL better choices than Swank. Actually, I think Rachel Weisz would've been perfect for the role. If you don't know who these people are, go to IMDB.com and punch in their names . . . you'll know most of them when you see them.
Ok, i hve heard of a few of those names,
some I can not put a face to.
I like Kerri Russel too,
I guess poor ole Swank is type cast now, she has to play the serious drama,
or we won't have it,
I will check out that IMDB.com tomrrow.
Top Movies: It's so hard to narrow down.
1. Wizard of Oz
2. Bridget Jones's Diary
3. Pride & Prejudice (BBC Version)
4. Chocolat
5. Dead Poet's Society
6. The Jerk
7. High Fidelity
8. Amelie
9. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
10. Snatch
Top Books:
1. Cold Sassy Tree
2. Watership Down
3. The Alchemist
4. Mutant Message Down Under
5. Snow Falling on Cedars
Top TV Shows:
1. Lost
2. 24
3. Arrested Development
4. Pushing Daisies
5. The First 48
Places to Visit:
1. Tanzania
2. Peru/Bolivia/Argentina/Chile (All in 1 trip)
3. Morocco
Food:
1. Nutella Crepes
2. Anything Chocolate
3. Coffee (and yes, it is a food group!)
Ooohhh, Paige, I love the Secret Life of Bees!
WOW! What a broad list of favs. Hopefully my post killing tendancies won't cause this interesting post to die out. If it does I am sorry, but here it goes...
Top Fav Food:
1. Chips and Salsa
2. Homemade Chicken Fried Steak
3. Pizza
4. Hot Fudge Sundae w/Almonds
Top Fav Books:
1. I love you forever
2. Anything by Frank Peretti
3. He Still Moves Stones
Top Fav Movies:
1. It's A Wonderful Life
2. Christmas Carol (w George C. Scott)
3. Shall We Dance
Top Fav Shows
1. Friends
2. Cold Case
3. Private Practice
Top Fav Songs on MP3
1. She's Always a Woman - Billy Joel
2. Time in a Bottle
3. I Don't feel Like Dancin' Scissor Sisters
Elaine! Thank you so much for stopping by! Who told you you were a post killer? I will GET them!!! Your comments are the icing on the cake of posts . . . the cream of the posting crop . . . the butter on posted bread . . . the custard filling in a Krispie Kreme Custard-filled Doughnut post . . . :)
I have been avoiding replying to this because I am so bad at naming a favorite anything!! I usually just say the most recent movie that I saw (Yeah that's my favorite) or book that I read (OOOHH that one yeah!) I'm pathetic....So I won't do top 5 but I'll give you a few of my favorites.
My favorite food: ENCHILADAS everytime
I really liked all the Lonesome Dove series of books, but I really enjoy John Grisham's books (A Painted House and Skipping Christmas..so good!)
I love Bruce Willis movies...Armageddon being my favorite of his. But I also like Gone with the Wind.
My favorite place in the world: Grand Lake Colorado.
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