Random Questions

These are the things that run through my head on a daily basis.

Who are the Teen Titans' parents?

Where are Ruby and Max's parents?

Why no white shoes after Labor Day, but plaid is okay?

Did the iPhone alarm glitch screw up Steve Jobs' appointments?

How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie-pop?

Why is everything so fake in "The Real World" on MTV? Fake hair, fake tans, fake pecks and boobs? That pretty much covers it right?

Is it possible to teach dogs and cats to take a "fart walk" instead of killing us with their rare attacks of gas?

Who shot first? Han? Griedo? And just how much back child support did Darth Vader have to pay after revealing he was Luke's father? Was it worth it to avaiod "baby-mamma drama?

Why isn't there a Twilight Zone channel? We have Lifetime sobby movies 24-7 but we can't get nonstop Twilight Zone unless it's a holiday?

Was Harrison Ford's character in Blade Runner an android?

Any and all speculations or answers to these questions are welcomed in the comments here or on FB.

Best Year Ever Part 2:Moving In Stereo

For Christmas 2009, my darling husband got me an iPod Touch and I have cherished and savored it's very existence. I have been through 3 pairs of ear buds because I use them so much. I currently have 650 songs on it, and about 150 more in iTunes that will not fit.

It's really nice to have such a large selection of music, but I do admit that I have my favorites and only break out the others on special occasions. I have a cleaning mix that gets me jumping around, and I have a road trip play list full of hubby's favorites, then I also have a play list for work in the morning in case some of the boys want to plug it in to the stereo.

I thought it would be fun to list my top 10 played songs of 2010:

10. "I Don't Like Mondays", Boomtown Rats, play count:62
9. "A Day In The Life", The Beatles, play count:67
8. "Song Of The Shrimp", Frank Black, play count:78
7. "Iron Road", The Old 97s, play count:80
6. "Another Velvet Nightmare", Frank Black, play count:84
5. "Truckin'", Grateful Dead, play count:90
4. "Ripple", Grateful Dead, play count:98
3. "Atom In My Heart", Frank Black, play count:357
2. "Mariner's Revenge Song", The Decemberists, play count:386
1. "Across The Universe", The Beatles, play count:1545

Now, just to figure out how to reset the counter so I can do this again next year.

Best Year Ever Part 1: Movie Madness

In the great tradition of bloggers from centuries back, I have composed a "best of..." list for 2010. *If something in this list is from a year other than 2010 it's because I just discovered in 2010 or because I am old and the years tend to run together when you are on the downward slant.

Favorite movies: This one I would like to break into categories because there were so many that I loved, but hell, I'm OCD so I would love to break everything up into categories. Well, screw it! How about a top ten format.

Top Ten Movies
10. Winter's Bone (Good flick, ya see a lot of those characters around here)
9. The Town (Was good, but I though there would be more to think about)
8. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (The A-list of yesterday meets the A-list of today.)
7. Alice In Wonderland (Saw this at midnight on Kyle's birthday. Good memories!)
6. The Lovely Bones (Beautiful sepia washed melencholy story of tragedy.)
5. The Runaways (Dakota Fanning as a filthy hot chick...awesome!)
4. Scott Pilgrim vs the world (Saw this on DVD, well worth my time.)
3. True Grit (Jeff Bridges was awesome, but Hailee Steinfeld stole the show)
2. Inception (The top is not Cobb's totem)
1. Leaves of Grass (Edward Norton is so freaking awesome!)

Movies I missed:
10. Exit Through the Gift Shop (I just love Docs!!!!)
9. The Black Swan (Aronofsky, The Wrestler, Requiem for a Dream.....)
8. When You're Strange (probably straight to DVD and will have to dig it up on Amazon)
7. The King's Speech (Unless I drag my mom out, I will have to rent this.)
6. The City of Your Final Destination (Sir Anthony Hopkins, who wouldn't want to see him)
5. Machete (I forgot about it. Wait for the DVD release)
4. Catfish (Hmmm...couldn't tell if this was an internet stalking tale or what)
3. The Social Network (Jesse Eisenbergh not trying to be Micheal Cera.)
2. Howl (A movie I will have to catch on video and likely have to snag from Amazon)
1. Rabbit Hole (I will rent this, because it will make me cry)

Movies I am looking forward to in 2011
10. Hanna (Check out the trailer for this and you will see what I mean.)
9. Captain America (FINALLY!!!)
8. Transformers (This just for the kick ass-ness of the Drive-in)
7. Mr. Popper's Penguins (Jim Carey, and I read this with my son when he was little.)
6. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Daniel Craig, 'nuf said.)
5. Thor (YAAY)
4. Green Lantern (Comic movie!!!)
3.Mix Tape (Has the little girl from Kick Ass in it, Chloe ?)
2. The Adjustment Bureau (Looks very Phillip K. Dick)
1. Red State (Kevin Smith has been building this one up all year!)

So, yeah those are my top tens for 2010. Can't wait for more movie goodness in the coming year.

Coming soon...
Best Year Ever Part 2...