IYG in 2008

2008, so far, is 93% worth living.

In 2005, IYG did 90 things, went 39 places, met 159 people, and consumed 4399 products.

Years: 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug

June

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Very rough
  2. kiss a girl
  3. live in a different country
  4. become fluent in another language
  5. facebook
  6. work on my lists of bests lists
  7. go to las vegas
  8. i would like to stay in touch with some friends from highschool
  9. Stay in touch with my friends from college
  10. kiss in an elevator
  11. See the Aztec ruins in Mexico
  12. Visit the Great Wall of China
  13. go on a road trip with friends
  14. write a short love story
  15. learn how to operate computer
  16. use google effectively
  17. parallel park
  18. Recognize Personal Alcohol Limits
  19. learn how to select good fruits and veggies
  20. Handle a Hammer, Axe or Handsaw
  21. speak at least two languages fluently
  22. Do Push-Ups and Sit-Ups Properly
  23. listen carefully
  24. Be a Respectful House Guest
  25. type
  26. hold a baby
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Great Wall
  2. Backstreet Cafe
  3. Star Pizza - Norfolk
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. Takashi Miike
  2. Anthony Minghella
  3. Abel Gance
  4. Seijun Suzuki
  5. Bruce Beresford
  6. Robert Z. Leonard
  7. William Keighley
Watched:
  1. Field of Dreams (Widescreen Two-Disc Anniversary Edition) — Worth consuming!
  2. Il Postino
  3. Life Is Beautiful — Worth consuming!
  4. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon — Worth consuming!
  5. The Incredibles (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  6. Garden State — Worth consuming!
  7. The Ruling Class - Criterion Collection — Worth consuming!
  8. Our Town
  9. Shaun of the Dead — Worth consuming!
  10. Star Wars, Episode VI- Return of the Jedi (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  11. The Godfather, Part II (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  12. Secrets and Lies
  13. Monty Python's Life of Brian - Criterion Collection — Worth consuming!
  14. Apocalypse Now — Worth consuming!
  15. The Conversation — Worth consuming!
  16. Cabaret — Worth consuming!
  17. Secretary
  18. The Sixth Sense (Collector's Edition Series) — Worth consuming!
  19. Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  20. Vertigo (Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  21. Aladdin (Disney Special Platinum Edition) — Worth consuming!
  22. Paper Moon — Not worth consuming
  23. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  24. The Fugitive — Worth consuming!
  25. Full Metal Jacket — Worth consuming!
  26. Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express — Worth consuming!
  27. The French Connection Collection Box Set (1 & 2)
  28. A Room With A View
  29. Fantasia (60th Anniversary Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  30. The Silence of the Lambs - Criterion Collection — Worth consuming!
  31. Marty — Worth consuming!
  32. Heathers (THX Version) — Worth consuming!
  33. Dead End
  34. Sleuth — Worth consuming!
  35. Air Force One — Worth consuming!
  36. Schindler's List - Collector's Widescreen Gift Set — Worth consuming!
  37. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  38. The Dish — Worth consuming!
  39. One, Two, Three — Worth consuming!
  40. The Jackie Robinson Story (Colorized / Black and White)
  41. El Mariachi (Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  42. Chocolat
  43. Chang
  44. The Ultimate Oliver Stone Collection (Salvador / Platoon / Wall Street / Talk Radio / Born on the Fourth of July / JFK Director's Cut / The Doors / Heaven and Earth / Natural Born Killers / Nixon / U-Turn / Any Given Sunday Director's Cut)
  45. Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow (Remastered Edition)
  46. The Nun's Story
  47. Bad Boys (1995)/Blue Streak
  48. Tarzan (Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  49. Funny Farm
  50. Hollywood Homicide — Not worth consuming
  51. South Park Vol. 1
  52. True Lies
  53. Ghostbusters (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  54. A Cry in the Dark
  55. Mr. Baseball
  56. The World of Suzie Wong
  57. The Leopard Man & The Ghost Ship
  58. The Black Orchid
  59. Blade Runner — Worth consuming!
  60. Lost In Translation
  61. Strangers on a Train (Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  62. Sex and the City Essentials - The Best of Mr. Big
  63. The 39 Steps - Criterion Collection — Worth consuming!
  64. Quigley Down Under
  65. A Soldier's Story
  66. F for Fake [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Spain ]
  67. Heller in Pink Tights
  68. In Old Arizona
  69. An American Tail - Fievel Goes West
  70. The Gang's All Here
  71. My Left Foot
  72. The Poseidon Adventure (Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  73. A Breath of Scandal
  74. Any Given Sunday
  75. The Longest Day — Worth consuming!
  76. Shanghai Express
  77. The Bitter Tea of General Yen
  78. Lolita
  79. Brewster McCloud
  80. Classe Tous Risques - Criterion Collection
  81. Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade - Widescreen Edition — Worth consuming!
  82. Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom - Widescreen Version (1984) — Not worth consuming
  83. Firewall (Widescreen Edition) — Not worth consuming
  84. Star Wars (1977) — Worth consuming!
  85. The Lovers / Les Amants NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
  86. I Never Sang for My Father
  87. George Washington Slept Here
  88. Bugsy Malone [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ]
  89. ROSE-MARIE with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy (High Quality Import Edition-NTSC format-Region 1-Playable in North America)
  90. Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope (1977 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  91. Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983 & 2004 versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  92. Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980 & 2004 versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  93. chasing amy
  94. Because I Said So (2007)
  95. The Mountain Road
  96. Grumpy Old Men/Grumpier Old Men
  97. Dance of the Vampires
  98. Old San Francisco (1927)
  99. The Conversation (1974)
  100. 16 Blocks (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]
  101. Robin Hood - Men in Tights — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Prison Break
  2. Bones
  3. 24
  4. quotidian
  5. Alliteration is the repetition of a consonant sound, not a vowel sound; thus, the phrase "avoid alliteration, always" is not funny. "Avoid assonance, always" is funny.
  6. Prodigious
  7. Diablo (PC)
  8. The World of Apu
  9. Bionic Woman
  10. Proclivity
  11. vitiate
  12. Neologism
  13. Perchance
  14. protean
  15. derision
  16. propitiate
  17. disapprobation
  18. inimitable
  19. quintessence
  20. rectitude
  21. inimical
  22. salutary
  23. facsimile
  24. propitious
  25. cadence
  26. germination
  27. verdant
  28. Billowing
  29. Harangue
  30. Tawdry
  31. Enshroud
  32. Obfuscate
  33. 12 Angry Men (1957)
  34. Wuthering Heights
  35. The Rounders
  36. Men in Black
  37. accentuate
  38. analogy
  39. antibody
  40. aspire
  41. bamboozle
  42. bizarre
  43. boisterous
  44. camouflage
  45. chronology
  46. commemorate
  47. boycott
  48. decorum
  49. deduction
  50. deign
  51. despondent
  52. dialogue
  53. divulge
  54. ellipse
  55. The Godfather (1972)
  56. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
  57. The Godfather, Part III (1990)
  58. 16 Blocks (2006)
  59. The 39 Steps (1935)
  60. 6.01 - My Mirror Image
  61. 6.02 - My Best Friend's Baby's Baby and My Baby's Baby
  62. 6.03 - My Coffee
  63. 6.04 - My House
  64. 6.05 - My Friend With Money
  65. 6.06 - My Musical
  66. 6.07 - His Story IV
  67. 6.08 - My Road to Nowhere
  68. 6.09 - My Perspective
  69. 6.10 - My Therapeutic Month
  70. 6.11 - My Night to Remember
  71. 6.12 - My Fishbowl
  72. 6.13 - My Scrubs
  73. 6.14 - My No Good Reason
  74. 6.15 - My Long Goodbye
  75. 6.16 - My Words of Wisdom
  76. 6.17 - Their Story
  77. 6.18 - My Turf War
  78. 6.19 - My Cold Shower
  79. 6.20 - My Conventional Wisdom
  80. 6.21 - My Rabbit
  81. 6.22 - My Point of No Return
  82. Xena: Warrior Princess
  83. Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
  84. Roswell
  85. 1.01 - The Pilot (The One Where It All Began)
  86. 1.02 - The One with the Sonogram at the End
  87. 1.03 - The One with the Thumb
  88. 1.04 - The One with George Stephanopoulos
  89. 1.05 - The One with the East German Laundry Detergent
  90. 1.06 - The One with the Butt
  91. 1.07 - The One with the Blackout
  92. 1.08 - The One Where Nana Dies Twice
  93. 1.09 - The One Where Underdog Gets Away
  94. 1.10 - The One with the Monkey
  95. 1.11 - The One with Mrs. Bing
  96. 1.12 - The One with the Dozen Lasagnas
  97. 1.13 - The One with the Boobies
  98. 1.14 - The One with the Candy Hearts
  99. 1.15 - The One with the Stoned Guy
  100. 1.16 - The One with Two Parts, Part One
  101. 1.17 - The One with Two Parts, Part Two

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