10 recently watched films (in no particular order):

1. I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (DVD)
2. Persepolis (Theater)
3. Sunshine (DVD)
4. Vantage Point (Theater)
5. Transamerica (DVD)
6. Saved! (DVD)
7. Stay (DVD)
8. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (DVD)
9. Once (DVD)
10. Walk the Line (DVD)

Of those, 5 I would recommend to acquaintances:

1. Persepolis
2. Transamerica
3. Saved!
4. Perfume
5. Once

5 Band Names I Would Use if I Were an Indie Rocker:

1. Yoda’s Lawyers
2. The Triceratops Connection
3. No Drummer No Cry
4. Roving Band of Badgers
5. In Case of Fire Escape

Well, someone’s gotta do it I suppose.

10 Reasons “Return of the Jedi” DOES NOT SUCK! (in no particular order):

1. Luke Skywalker - From whiny bitch to bad-ass in one move
2. Jabba’s palace and the Rancor
3. Leia as Boushh
4. Speeder Bikes
5. “And now young Skywalker, you will die!”
6. A fully functional Death Star
7. Best space dog fight ever
8. The Final Duel
9. the whole Sand Barge scene
10. C-3P0 as Demi-God

The #1 reason people love to hate “Return of the Jedi”:

1. Ewoks

Five Albums You Should Check Out Right Now:

1. Black Mountain, “In the Future”
2. The Avett Brothers, “Emotionalism”
3. Plants and Animals, “Parc Avenue”
4. British Sea Power, “Do You Like Rock Music”
5. Okkervil River,”The Stage Names”

Six Random Annoyances:

1. Fire trucks emitting huge black clouds of exhaust - kinda ironic, yes?
2. People refusing to merge on the highway properly
3. Car dealerships co-branding the expensive car you bought with their name in the form of a decal
4. The expense and trouble of replacing a crappy neighbor’s rotten fence
5. The cost of gas while Exxon posts record-breaking profits, proving it really has very little to do with the Middle East, but all sorts to do with the large corporations killing the spirit of this country
6. The rampant cross-marketing of movies (ie, “Jumper” and “Horton Hears a Who”) that inundates you with said movie sooo much that by the time it comes out you’d rather shove a Q-Tip really, really far down your ear than actually see the film

Three Things to Be Really Happy About:

1. Spring Ahead!!
2. More people purchasing Hybrids
3. Emusic.com

h/t baby221
I’m a sucker for a meme, as I think I’ve made clear. And books? Love em.
So… a book meme? How can I resist?
Read it? Bold it.
Start it, but didn’t finish it? Italicize it.
Hated it? Strike it through.

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Random Ten

1. Rasputina - “Trenchmouth”
2. Dandy Warhols - “Nietzsche”
3. The Faint - “Agenda Suicide”
4. The Mountain Goats - “Love Cuts the Strings”
5. The Books - “There is No There”
6. Bad Religion - “Inner Logic”
7. Camper Van Beethoven - “Take the Skinheads Bowling”
8. The Ditty Bops - “Gentle Sheep”
9. The Dresden Dolls - “The Jeep Song”
10. Orgy - “Stitches”

On an Unrelated Note

You know what is a ton of fun?
Moving.

I’m kneedeep in boxes, and I can’t remember which things I need and where they are, and I’ve got to turn in the keys today, which means I have to rush back and clean the place up as soon as I leave work, and I’m cramming an apartment worth of things into one room…

Good times.
Good times.

Random Ten

1. Camera Obscura - “Let Me Go Home”
2. Gang of Four - “What We All Want”
3. Blur - “Country House”
4. Beck - “Pay No Mind (Snoozer)”
5. Verlaines - “Death and the Maiden”
6. The Shins - “Saint Simon”
7. Keren Ann - “For You and I”
8. The Animals - “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”
9. New Found Glory - “Walk Like an Egyptian”
10. The Vines - “Paint it Black”

Random Ten

1. Nirvana - “Lake of Fire”
2. Alarm - “The Stand”
3. Blur - “Swamp Song”
4. She Wants Revenge - “Red Flags and Long Nights”
5. Flogging Molly - “Salty Dog”
6. The Decemberists - “Song for Myla Goldberg”
7. Von Bondies - “C’mon C’mon”
8. Babyshambles - “Janie Jones”
9. The Killers - “Somebody Told Me”
10. Kings X - “Fool You”

The computer I post from has recently decided that it doesn’t feel like playing most of my mp3 discs anymore, and I can’t store music on it, so it’s made the Random Ten… well… less Random.

Still, I put a disc in, hit random, and this is what I got:

<b>Random Ten</b>

1. They Might Be Giants - “Destination Moon”
2. They Might Be Giants - “25 O’Clock”
3. They Might Be Giants - “32 Footsteps”
4. They Might Be Giants - “Letterbox”
5. They Might Be Giants - “Robot Parade”
6. They Might Be Giants - “Spiraling Shape”
7. They Might Be Giants - “Lullaby to Nightmares”
8. They Might Be Giants - “Boat of Car”
9. They Might Be Giants - “Hearing Aid”
10. They Might Be Giants - “Meet James Ensor”

<b>Six Candies I Love</b>

1. Heath Bar
2. Red Hots
3. Fire Bar
4. Sweetarts
5. Nerds
6. Vanilla Tootsie Rolls

<b>Four Favorite Tracks on Guitar Hero II</b>

1. Tattooed Love Boys
2. Rock This Town
3. Message in a Bottle
4. Psychobilly Freakout

Random Ten

1. Babyshambles - “La Belle et la Bete
2. Primus - “Fisticuffs”
3. Broken Social Scene - “KC Accidental”
4. Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah! - “The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth”
5. Earshot - “Wait”
6. Anna Nalick - “Consider This a Warning”
7. Dandy Warhols - “The Dope”
8. Le Tigre - “After Dark”
9. The Rentals - “Friends of P”
10. OK Go - “Kiss Me Son of God”

Five Children’s and Young Adult Fiction That I Enjoy

1. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer.
2. Ender’s Game by Orsen Scott Card
3. Redwall by Brian Jacques
4. The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
5. Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Random TenNot So Random Thirteen

1. They Might Be Giants - “Letterbox”
2. Enon - “Evidence”
3. Flogging Molly - “The Spoken Wheel”
4. Robots in Disguise - “Boys (Dense Traffic Mix)”
5. Nine Inch Nails - “The Downward Spiral”
6. The Dandy Warhols - “The Gospel”
7. The White Stripes - “I Can’t Wait”
8. The Pretenders - “Hymn to Her”
9. Weezer - “December”
10. Cake - “Italian Leather Sofa”
11. The Animals - “Story of Bo Diddley”
12. Soul Coughing - “So Far I Have Not Found the Science”
13. Tool - “Aenema”

Thirteen Horror Movies I liked.

1. Friday the 13th - If you’ve never seen the original and don’t know much about it, it’s totally worth a watch. I admit it, it totally blew my expectations away.
2. Alien - One of the most tightly filmed horror movies ever made. The atmosphere is perrfect, and there’s not a wasted scene, here.
3. In the Mouth of Madness - A delightful horror movie that spoofs Stephen King/Clive Barker type writers a little bit, but still manages some real creepy moments.
4. The Descent - Claustrophobic settings coupled with really interesting characters and creepy creatures make for a thrilling- if too short- ride.
5. A Tale of Two Sisters - I push this every chance I get. It kept me guessing from start to finish, and is just beautifully shot.
6. 28 Days Later - I don’t care if they’re zombies or not, they’re creepy.
7. Audition - If I weren’t already afraid of neeles, I sure as hell would be now.
8. Night of the Living Dead - A real classic with some interesting racial overtones.
9. The Creature From the Black Lagoon - One of the first horror movies I ever saw. Man invades nature, and nature fights back.
10. Shaun of the Dead - Brilliant horror comedy about a video game playing slacker and the zombies that change his life.  
11. Ringu - I admit it, this one freaked me out a bit. Stupid chain letters. The video sequences were creepy enough, but when she steps out of the television? Gah!
12. Blair Witch Project - It doesn’t hold up to repeated viewings (because the dialogue rapidly becomes grating), but the first time I saw it, it scared the pants off of me.
13. Thirteen Ghosts - Sure, it’s ridiculous, but, gods, the special effects and the set design are amazing.
 

(except, of course, that I did. So, I had to put in an mp3 disc and do the random ten that way. Oh well.) 

Random Ten

1. Radiohead - “High and Dry”
2. Modern English - “I’ll Melt With You”
3. The Animals - “It’s My Life”
4. Joy Division - “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
5. They Might Be Giants - “Sensurround”
6. Anna Nalick - “In My Head”
7. They Might Be Giants - “Don’t Let’s Start”
8. The Breeders - “Cannonball”
9. Scissor Sisters - “Take Your Mama Out”
10. The White Stripes - “There’s No Home For You Here”