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19th-Jan-2006 05:45 pm - Start a reading journal
Start a reading journal

Book81
19th-Jan-2006 05:05 pm - Drink a beverage I've never had
Drink a beverage I've never had

I had a glass of Orange Cranberry juice from Tropicana. I liked it. I couldn't taste the cranberry.
19th-Jan-2006 10:43 am - Watch 150 different tv shows
Watch 150 different tv shows
11/150


TV Show 10: American Idol Season 5
Station: Fox
Genre: Reality/Music
Plot:The best and worst of auditions around the country from Denver, CO.

I enjoyed this episode more than the episode the night before.

TV Show 11: Skating With Celebrities
Station: Fox
Genre: Reality/Athletic
Plot: The pairs have to skate to a movie theme.

This is my new favourite reality show,lol. I knew I was going to love even before I saw the show.
17th-Jan-2006 01:42 pm - Read 200 books
Read 200 books

1/200
Book #:1
Started Reading: 01/14/2006
Finished Reading: 01/16/2006
Title: The Looking Glass
Author: Richard Paul Evans
Published Date: 1999
Hardcover/Paperback: Hardcover
Pages: 330
Chapters: 30 also has Prologue and Epilogue
Genre: Fiction, Romance, Spirituality
Borrowed/Own: Borrowed from the library
Back Cover: "It is silent now, the blizzard has paused and left the moment still. I think about them both at such times -- roaming the shadowlands of remembrance amidst the shards of my broken heart."
-- Excerpt from Hunter Bell's diary
My Rating: 5/5
16th-Jan-2006 09:40 am - Watch 200 movies
Watch 200 movies

4/200
Movie 4: Jesse Stone: Night Passage
Genre: TV Movie, Drama, Crime
Year: 2006
Plot: Jesse Stone becomes Police Chief of Paradise, Massachusetts after being fired from the LAPD. An unlikely candidate, Stone is recruited by Paradise's board of selectmen in the hopes that he won't dig too deeply into the town's dirty secrets. Within moments of being hired and still drunk from the night before, Stone must investigate a domestic violence situation involving Paradise's resident hothead, whose ties to a local bank manager expose a money-laundering scheme.
Rating: 4/5
15th-Jan-2006 01:39 pm - Give my award predictions ....
Give my award predictions before the awards show begins

Golden Globes
Best Motion Picture - Drama: Brokeback Mountain
Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: The Producers
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: Charlize Theron
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Joaquin Phoenix
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Reese Witherspoon
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: George Clooney
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Rachel Weisz
Best Director - Motion Picture: Steven Spielberg
Best Television Series - Drama: Lost
Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy: Steve Carell
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy: Felicity Huffman
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama: Hugh Laurie
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama: Geena Davis
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Naveen Andrews
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Candice Bergen
14th-Jan-2006 01:36 pm - Learn a new word each day
Learn a new word each day

contretemps • \KAHN-truh-tahng (the "ng" is not actually pronounced, but the preceding vowel is pronounced nasally)\ • noun
*1 : an inopportune or embarrassing occurrence or situation
2 : dispute, argument

umbrage • \UM-brij\ • noun
1 : shade, shadow
2 : shady branches : foliage
3 a : an indistinct indication : vague suggestion : hint b : a reason for doubt : suspicion
*4 : a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult

redound • \ri-DOWND ("OW" as in "down")\ • verb
*1 : to have an effect
2 : to become transferred or added : accrue

ebullient • \ih-BULL-yunt\ • adjective
1 : boiling, agitated
*2 : having or showing liveliness and enthusiasm : exuberant

vicious circle • \VISH-us-SER-kul\ • noun
1 : an argument or definition that assumes as true something that is to be proven or defined
*2 : a chain of events in which the response to one difficulty creates a new problem that aggravates the original difficulty

bombinate • \BAHM-buh-nayt\ • verb
: buzz, drone

polymath • \PAH-lee-math\ • noun
: a person of encyclopedic learning
14th-Jan-2006 01:36 pm - Go to the library 12 times a year
Go to the library 12 times a year

Went this morning and picked up 4 books.
Watch a talk show once a week for a year

Talk Show 2: NorthWest Afternoon
Plot: A couple came on to talk about the husband's affair. The wife wrote a book about it.
Make one Livejournal post a day for one month, without missing any days

I got caught up on the last two days of entries
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