The ones I've seen are bolded. Count at the bottom.

The list as taken from the IMDB. Movies I've seen in bold.

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42 (including The Usual Suspects, as I plan on watching it tomorrow or Wednesday)

h/t Hube (again).

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Posted by Ryan S. at 8:05 PM | Permalink | |

List your favorite bands from A to Z:

A. Arcade Fire
B. The Beatles
C. Cream
D. Dylan, Bob
E. The Eagles
F. Fleetwood Mac
G. Goo Goo Dolls
H. Hendrix, Jimi
I. Incubus
J. Joel, Billy
K. The Kinks
L. Led Zeppelin
M. Muse
N. Nine Inch Nails
O. Old & In The Way
P. Pearl Jam
Q. Queen
R. Rush
S. Springsteen, Bruce
T. Traveling Wilburys
U. U2
V. Tie: Vampire Weekend & The Velvet Underground
W. Weezer
X. Since I don't have an 'X's I'm taking the liberty of making this #. Therefore: The 13th Floor Elevators
Y. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Z. Zevon, Warren

I listen to a LOT of classic rock.

H/TL Hube.

Labels: Meme, Music, Pointless things online

Posted by Ryan S. at 4:28 PM | Permalink | |

So last night I watched Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. It's a great film (probably the best film ever in terms of demonstrating single-timeline time travel), and one of those which I forget just how good it is between viewings.


Anyway, on to the meme portion of this post. In the movie, Bill and Ted bring back eight historical figures for their history report. They are, Billy the Kid, Socrates, Napoleon, Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Sigmund Freud, Genghis Khan, Joan of Arc, and Ludwig von Beethoven.
Which eight other historical figures would you bring back? Then tag five people, because it's the typical number for these things.

My List:
1. Plato
2. Julius Caesar
3. St. Augustine of Hippo
4. Charlemagne
5. Isaac Newton
6. Winston Churchill
7. Ben Franklin
8. Andrew Jackson

Because they seem likely to answer, I'm going to tag Anna Venger, Hube, Paul, Miss AO, and Jeff.

For those of you without blogs, feel free to answer in the comments. Or, answer on your own log and link back here.

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Posted by Ryan S. at 10:22 AM | Permalink | |

Bold the ones you've done:

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm.
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and didn’t care who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Gotten flowers for no reason (as in given, yes)
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life

Via Jeff, via Paul

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Posted by Ryan S. at 1:00 PM | Permalink | |

This is a meme that's going around facebook, so I'll just do it here...
I've taken eleven of my favorite movies and put them into IMDB. Listed below are the 'Plot Keywords' for those movies. Your job is to guess the movies.

1. Record Store / Teenage Boy / Sexuality / Social Commentary / Classic Rock Music
2. Gun Culture / Divorced / Hollywood History / Divorcé / Tobacco Industry
3. Sequel Mentioned During End Credits / Snake Bite / Bully Comeuppance / DC Comics / Eiffel Tower Paris
4. Biplane / Overhead Camera Shot / Director Cameo / Gun / Illinois
5. Zombie / Bondage / Shot In The Head / U Boat / Mummy
6. Altering History / Pepsi / Self Worth / Self Fulfillment / Paradox
7. Little Girl / Abandoned Laboratory / Blind Man / Grave Digging / One Armed Man
8. Aftermath / Tip / Immaturity / Gasoline / Graphic Violence
9. Con / Poker Player / Mafia / Train Station / Tough Guy
10. Country Club / Undercover / Afro / Dream Sequence / Chase
11. Army / Germany / North Africa Campaign / Stars And Stripes / Historical

Just reply in the comments here with your guess. Remember, I won't know if you cheat, but you will.

Feel free to copy this, I'm looking at you, Alliance members!

I'm putting in links to the IMDB page for the ones that have been correctly guessed. If no one gets them by Wednesday morning, I'll put up the full list.

UPDATE: Every movie except for 7, 8, and 10 were guessed correctly! Thanks for playing!

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Posted by Ryan S. at 9:25 PM | Permalink | |