My dear friend and fellow pirate, therobbergirl, recently shared a meme listing a bunch of movies ("Mark the ones you've seen"; you know how these things go); we agreed that the list seemed pretty random. Here, by contrast is a more arbitrary list: Roger Ebert's List of Great Movies (last updated in 2005).

There are 334 movies on this list, and, since it's Ebert, the list presumably includes films you can't stand and excludes films you thought were the bestest thing ever; one of my favorites, The Princess Bride, for example, didn't make it. Bold the ones you've seen and post your numbers: I've seen 104 of these.

( Looong list of movies behind the cut. )

You know, the whole sequential days thing is just a trick by the Man. I'm rockin' it LJ-time.

10 Days, 10 Prompts
Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you'd never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever)
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two images that describe your life right now, and why.
Day Ten: One confession.

Yoko, my brothers, my dad, and you.

Yeah, yeah, technically day 5, but Yoko had (a very minor and completely successful) surgery yesterday, so I'm giving myself a bye.

10 Days, 10 Prompts
Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever)
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two images that describe your life right now, and why.
Day Ten: One confession.

In no particular order:
1. The weather, especially on cold days.
2. The monumental task of providing enough resources to the ever-growing population.
3. Religion. Generally, other people's. They're like these amazing thought-exercises: take one thing as given, and then try extrapolating to see how far you can go within the realm of logic.
4. My health. This whole turning 40 thing was a little bit much, if you ask me.
5. Things I should be doing.
6. Incremental improvements and tweaks.
7. Books, movies, TV, webcomics, news, etc. Shiny things are shiny.

Hm, this was an odd one, almost the opposite of the previous ones in that it required a certain detachment to get honest answers.

On this boat a little late, but hey, any port in the liquor cabinet, wot wot. Kudos to aceofkittens and emmiepie for bringing this up:

10 Days, 10 Prompts
Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever)
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two images that describe your life right now, and why.
Day Ten: One confession.

The tradition seems to be to write the things without directing them, so away we go:
1. I rarely get to see you in person, but when I do, I am reminded, yet again, of what a wonderful person you are and how lucky I am to have you in my life.
2. Thank you for not killing me or leaving me on the side of the road when I was of a certain age and temperament; I didn't truly appreciate your patience at the time, but I do now.
3. You're an amazing person, but you need to relax and let yourself go with the flow more often, or you're going to pop like a too-tightly-wound spring.
4. I've never understood the path you went down and I worry sometimes that I may have pushed you down it, but I miss the friend I once had.
5. You are evil and wicked and must be destroyed; also, I wish you every happiness in your new life.
6. Giving you what you ask for will not satisfy you or help you in the long run; I'll not throw good money after bad.
7. I wanted to believe in you, against my better judgement, but again and again you have failed to stand strong in the face of adversity; be bold, or I will wash my hands of you.
8. You're a liar, a cheat, and a hypocrite; worst of all, you've lied to yourself, cheated your own convictions, and betrayed the principles that made you bearable. I wish you a soul-searing moment of clarity.
9. I'm sorry I woke you from your slumber; it was too early, and I was too impatient.
10. Sweet heart, sweet love, you make it all bearable and light. Thank you.

I am hopelessly amused by this:

Nishinokaze Neko awaits your challenge in... THE ARENA!

ganked from rimrunner, prime source of many such mental infections, and including the items she added:

( Things I've done and will confess to. )

Ganked from 2wanda.

( Privilege exercise follows. Recommend completing exercise, then reading explanation at bottom. )

Ganked from rimrunner, source of many good timewasters.

These are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users (as of today). As usual, bold what you have read, italicize those you started but couldn't finish, and strike through what you couldn't stand. Add an asterisk to those you've read more than once. Underline those on your to-read list.

( List of books behind the cut )

1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/
2. Put in Username: nycareers and Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Answer the My Skills questions.
5. Post the top 5 interest-ranked careers, the top 5 A careers (Very Good Match) and the top 5 B careers (Good Match).

( When I grow up, I wanna be... )