He never stood a chance, you know.

Because sometimes you need it

2009-09-09T07:18:17Z

100 Films in a Year ('08)

2008-01-02T20:34:21Z

January
1. Atonement
2. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
3. Mr. Woodcock
4. Hard Pill
5. Cloverfield
6. Sydney White
7. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
8. There Will Be Blood
9. Lars and the Real Girl
10. The Nines
11. Trade

February
12. The Brave One
13. Jumper

March
14. Little Dieter Needs to Fly
15. In Bruges
16. Funny Games (2008)
17. Enchanted
18. Charlie Bartlett
19. Holes
20. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
21. Horton Hears a Who!
22. The Other Boleyn Girl
23. The Darjeeling Limited (w/ Hotel Chevalier)
24. Death at a Funeral
25. 30 Days of Night
26. Awake

April
27. Lethal Weapon
28. Lethal Weapon 2
29. 27 Dresses
30. The Savages

May
31. Iron Man
32. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

June
33. Charlie Wilson's War
34. Reservation Road
35. The Strangers
36. Shelter
37. Be Kind Rewind
38. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
39. The Incredible Hulk
40. Savage Grace
41. Like Minds
42. Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
43. Pathology

July
44. Definitely, Maybe
45. Stop-Loss
46. The Signal
47. WALL-E
48. The Dark Knight
49. Wanted
50. Journey to the Center of the Earth [3D]
51. Never Back Down
52. Mamma Mia!
53. Cassandra's Dream
54. Step Brothers

August
55. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
56. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
57. Hancock
58. Pineapple Express
59. Tropic Thunder
60. Vicki Christina Barcelona
61. The Life Before Her Eyes

September
62. The House Bunny
63. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
64. Babylon A.D.
65. Death Race
66. The Fall
67. The Forbidden Kingdom
68. Curse of the Golden Flower
69. Hamlet 2
70. Burn After Reading
71. Speed Racer
72. Righteous Kill
73. Soldier's Girl
74. Righteous Kill
75. Eagle Eye

October
76. Appaloosa
77. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
78. Quarantine
79. The Duchess
80. Max Payne
81. Body of Lies

November
82. High School Musical
83. Changeling
84. Zack and Miri Make a Porno
85. High School Musical 2
86. High School Musical 3

dopplegl @ 2007-06-13T13:59:00

2007-06-13T21:21:43Z

I cannot believe this shit is actually happening. I used to think I was a freak for watching zombie movies and then thinking, 'If this really happened, I wonder what I would do' and then coming up with plans. Thank god I have a brain like that. It's odd to thank god for me planning one of my worst nightmares coming true.

Mom and I barricaded the gate that leads into the front porch area as well as the front windows and the door. Since our unit is vaguely secluded in the back we're pretty sure they won't come back here looking for anything, but better safe than sorry. Called over to my aunt's house because I know they keep a safe of guns there (thank god my uncle is a gun collector). They were doing fine and I told them we were coming over to load up on weapons before heading to the grocery store to load up on food.

I drove the car as mom was just in no condition to be an offensive driver. Only saw a few on our side of town. The radio, before it went out, was saying most of them were coming from the north, so we had some time. At my aunt's I grabbed two shotguns, two rifles, and four handguns (six-shooters, which I dislike because of how often one must reload) and a shit load of ammo. My uncle loaded up his truck with weapons and took himself, my aunt and my mom back to our place while my cousin and I went to the grocery store with our weapons to stock up. Luckily for us most people weren't doing this but were instead trying to leave town.

We grabbed lots of canned foods and dehydrated stuff along with a bunch of cases of water. We're back at our house now and have settled in. We're armed and have food that should last us at least a few weeks. It's a bit crowded having five people in here, but we're making it work. We still have power and running water and the internet and phone lines still work but 911 doesn't work anymore. They had a recording on there for awhile, but now that's gone. Should we come under full attack we have two fully fueled vehicles and an escape plan of 'drive as far as fucking possible.'

If anyone else is out there, I wish you the best of luck and remember: shoot them in the head.

E.T.A. - This means I'm going to have to wait even longer to get my iPhone now. Motherfuckers!

100 Films in a Year ('07)

2007-01-13T08:30:05Z

January
1. The Illusionist
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
4. The Lives of Others
5. The Covenant
6. Sherrybaby
7. Jesus Camp
8. Primer
9. Hollywood Shuffle*
10. Open Season
11. The Queen
12. 13 Going on 30
13. The Science of Sleep

February
14. Flags of Our Fathers
15. Notes on a Scandal
16. Letters From Iwo Jima
17. The Great Escape
18. The Quiet
19. Half Nelson
20. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
21. The Last King of Scotland
22. Stranger Than Fiction
23. The Number 23
24. Volver
25. Factory Girl
26. Man of the Year

March
27. Zodiac
28. A Little Comfort (Short)
29. My Best Fiend
30. All About Eve
31. 300
32. Black Snake Moan
33. TMNT

April
34. The Lookout
35. Grindhouse
36. The Holiday
37. Smokin' Aces
38. Disturbia
39. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres
40. Night at the Museum
41. Deja Vu
42. Hot Fuzz
43. Alpha Dog
44. Blades of Glory

May
45. Spider-Man 3
46. Shrek the Thrid
47. The Painted Veil
48. Venus
49. 28 Weeks Later
50. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

June
51. Norbit
52. Because I Said So
53. Knocked Up
54. Breach
55. Ocean's Thirteen
56. Ghost Rider
57. Die Hard
58. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
59. Live Free or Die Hard

July
60. Sicko
61. Transformers
62. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [IMAX]
63. Sunshine
64. Sexy Beast
65. Dog Day Afternoon
66. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
67. Hairspray (2007)
68. The Simpsons Movie

August
69. The Bourne Ultimatum
70. Boy Culture
71. Vacancy
72. The Invasion
73. Superbad
74. Balls of Fury

September
75. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
76. Shoot 'Em Up
77. The Kingdom
78. Troy: Director's Cut
79. Across the Universe

October
80. Frida
81. December Boys
82. 1408
83. Friday Night Lights
84. Empire Records
85. The Burbs
86. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
87. Mr. Brooks
88. The House of Usher (2006)
89. Elizabeth: The Golden Age
90. Chopper
91. Michael Clayton
92. Battlestar Galactica: Razor
93. The Reaping

November
94. American Gangster (2007)
95. Bee Movie
96. Ratatouille
97. Gone Baby Gone
98. Get Real (1998)
99. Lions For Lambs
100. Hitman
101. No Country for Old Men
102. Futurama: Bender's Big Score
103. Paprika
104. Waitress
105. The Talented Mr. Ripley
106. Dan in Real Life

December
107. Beowulf (2007)
108. The Golden Compass
109. Stardust
110. I Am Legend
111. Rush hour 3
112. Eastern Promises
113. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
114. Juno

Includes only films I've not seen before
* - indicates films watched in class

For Personal Reference: DVD List

2006-03-24T04:02:14Z

Collection as of 02.16.2008

Films:

21
28 Days Later
300
2046

Alexander
Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut
Almost Famous (Director's Cut)
American Beauty
American Psycho
Angels in America
Aviator, The

Bad Education
Basic Instinct
Batman Returns
Beautiful Mind, A
Beetlejuice
Big Fish
Big Lebowski, The
Black Snake Moan
Blade
Blade II
Blood Diamond
Blue Velvet
Boogie Nights
Boondock Saints
Bound
Bourne Ultimatum, The
Brick
Brothers of the Head

Casino
Casino Royale
Catch Me If You Can
Chicago
Children of Men
Chopper
Chumscrubber, The
Cinderella Man
Closer
Collateral
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Constant Gardner, The
Constantine
Crash
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Cruel Intentions

Dark City
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Departed, The
Descent, The
Dirty Dancing
Dogma
Domino
Donnie Darko: Director's Cut
Dreamers, The (NC-17 Director's Cut)

Ed Wood
Edward Scissorhands
Elizabethtown
Equilibrium
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Everything is Illuminated

Fargo
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Fight Club
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Forrest Gump
Fountain, The

Garden State
Girl Next Door, The
GoodFellas

Hard Candy
Harry Potter: Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire
History Boys, The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The
Home at the End of the World, A
Hours, The

I ♥ Huckabee's
I'm Not There
Imaginary Heroes
Imagine Me & You
In Good Company
In the Bedroom
Interview with the Vampire
Island, The

Jacket, The
Jackie Brown
Jerry Maguire
Joyeux Noel

Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut)
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Leon: The Professional
Little Children
Little Mermaid, The
Little Miss Sunshine
Lord of the Rings, The: Fellowship of the Ring (Extended)
Lord of the Rings, The: Return of the King (Extended)
Lost in Translation
Love Actually

Magnolia
Marie Antoinette
Match Point
Matchstick Men
Mean Girls
Memento
Memoirs of a Geisha
Millions
Minority Report
Moulin Rouge!
Mulholland Drive
Munich
Mystic River

Nightmare Before Christmas, The
Notting Hill

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Ocean's Eleven (2002)
Office Space
Omen, The (2006)

Panic Room
Passion of the Christ, The
Pianist, The
Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
Pleasantville
Prestige, The
Pride & Prejudice
Primer
Pulp Fiction
Punch-Drunk Love

Real McCoy, The
Requiem for a Dream (Director's Cut)
Reservoir Dogs
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Romeo + Juliet
Royal Tenenbaums, The
Rules of Attraction, The
Running with Scissors

Saved!
Schindler's List
Scoop
Serenity
Seven
She's the Man
Signs
Sleepy Hollow
Snatch
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2.1
Spy Game
Swordfish
Syriana

Tae Guk Gi
Tale of Two Sisters, A
Terminal, The
Thumbsucker
Titan A.E.
Titanic
Traffic
Training Day
Trainspotting
Transformers
Troy
Troy (Director's Cut)
Truman Show, The

Usual Suspects, The

V For Vendetta
Vanilla Sky
Varsity Blues
Very Long Engagement, A
Virgin Suicides, The

Walk on Water
Waterworld
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Wild Things
Wimbledon

X-Men 1.5
X-Men 2: X-Men United

Y Tu Mama Tambien

Anime:

Ah! My Goddess (OVA and Movie)

Cowboy Bebop (Perfect Sessions)
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Gasaraki (Series)
Ghost in the Shell
Gundam Wing (Series and Movie)

Key the Metal Idol (Series)

Neon Genesis Evangelion (Series and Director's Cuts)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

Perfect Blue
Princess Mononoke

TV Shows:

Alias (Rambaldi Box)
Angel (Series Box)
Arrested Development (Series)

Band of Brothers (Series)
Battlestar Galactica (Season 1-2.5)
Big Love (Season 1)
Black Books (Season 1-2)
Black Donnellys (Series)
Buffy (Chosen Collection)

Carnivale (Series)

Dark Angel (Series)
Dead Like Me (Series)
Dexter (Season 1)

Family Guy (Vol. 1-5)
Firefly (Series)
Friday Night Lights (Season 1)

Gargoyles (Season 1 & Season 2, Volume 1)
Grey's Anatomy (Season 1 & Season 2)

Heroes (Season 1) [Collector's Edition]

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Season 1 & 2)

Kitchen Confidential (Series)
Kyle XY (Season 1)

Lost (Season 1-3)

Nip/Tuck (Season 1-3)

O.C., The (Season 1-2)
Office, The (Season 1-4)

Prison Break (Season 1)
Psych (Season 1)

Queer as Folk (Season 2)

Sex and the City (Series)
Six Feet Under (Series)
Smallville (Season 1-5)
South Park (Season 1)
Supernatural (Season 1)

Veronica Mars (Series)

Weeds (Season 1-2)
Wonderfalls (Series)

Blu-ray:

American Psycho
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The
Cloverfield
Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The
Dark City: Director's Cut
Dark Knight, The
Casino Royale
Fall, The
Iron Man
Juno
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Omen, The
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Proposition, The
Pushing Daisies (Series)
RockNRolla
Sleepy Hollow
Spider-Man 3
Sunshine
S.W.A.T.
Swordfish
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Season 1)
There Will Be Blood
Wall-E
Wanted

HD DVD:

Batman Begins
Clerks II
Constantine
Darkman
Frightners, The
Full Metal Jacket
Heroes (Season 1)
Hulk
Italian Job, The
King Kong
Zodiac: Director's Cut

Fan Letter: Persuasive Essay for English

2006-03-01T22:37:52Z

So, I was talking to my teacher about our persuasive essay yesterday and she mentioned crazy fan letters. So I asked if I could do a fan letter as an essay. And she said yes because that's pretty much what fan letters are.

On that note, I present you with a fan letter to Jake Gyllenhaal.

Warnings: Abuse of italics, and crazy valley girl talk.

Dear Jake Gyllenhaal,

Hi! I’m your biggest fan! I’ve seen all of your movies, even Bubble Boy (I don’t care what everyone else says, you were fantastic in that little plastic bubble), and I just wanted to write and tell you just how amazing you are. I mean, really, really amazing. I’m sure people tell you that all the time, but I really mean it. I’ve read all your interviews and have, like, all your pictures saved on my computer and I have posters of you all over my room. You’re just so incredibly talented and so adorable.

For instance, both of us have brown hair and pale blue eyes. We both love to have our picture taken and to be on camera. We both love to buy ourselves expensive jewelry on special occasions. I love the book To Kill A Mockingbird a lot too. Well, actually, I’ve never read the book, but I have seen parts of the movie! And what I saw was totally amazing. Even though I didn’t like the black and white. I mean, couldn’t they have at least had it be in colour? Anyway, I don’t have any pets named after the characters like you do or anything, but it’s because they keep dying because I forget to feed them, but don’t worry! I would totally remember to feed Boo and Atticus. And also: both of us completely love to act on stage. What are the odds that two people would have so much in common?!

Anyway, I just wanted to say that, in your movies, you always do an amazing job. I could totally relate to your character in Donnie Darko because I too sometimes hear and see things that aren’t there, so like, you’ve been that character and can totally understand what I’m going through. I know you’d be so supportive and helpful and stuff for reminding me to take my medication, and I could help you like, memorize your lines and stuff. I’m really good at things like that. I know all of Jennifer Aniston’s lines from The Good Girl and whenever I watch that movie I pretend I’m her, talking to you. Isn’t that way romantic? I’ve seen Brokeback Mountain like, twelve times already and I’ve almost got all of Heath Ledger’s lines down. I just pretend when you’re talking to him, you’re really talking to me and that, you know, he’s a girl. It’s really hard to do sometimes because people are always telling me to shut up and stuff in the theatres. I just get so into it and get really loud and sometimes I just start crying. I even bring a shirt with fake blood on it to hold during that once scene. That movie was so good, too bad people keep thinking you’re gay now.

I know you’re not gay. I mean, there are all there rumours and things out there that you are dating Austin Nichols, your friend from The Day After Tomorrow (also such a good movie, I don’t get what critics are talking about), but I think they are totally unfounded. Sure, you guys went to the Laker game together and there was that picture where his fly was unzipped and you’re leaning over and totally smiling suggestively, but that happens to everyone. I mean, it was probably a totally innocent conversation and the paparazzi just got you making a face while telling a story or something after Austin went to the bathroom and forgot to zip up. Or that other set of photos were you two were walking around West Hollywood and your guys’ hair and clothes were totally disheveled, making people think you guys totally just got out of bed and through on what was laying around from the night before, but that doesn’t mean anything! I mean, I still sleep over at some of my girlfriends’ houses, that doesn’t mean we’re dating. And sure, you took him to the premiere of Jarhead at the Arclight. Again, still doesn’t mean anything! And neither does that whole thing where you had Tom Ford messing around in your pants, he was just helping you out for the photo shoot! I mean, you did date Kirsten Dunst. I know you don’t like to talk about or anything, but it doesn’t mean that it was just a totally false, publicity-spun romance like everyone says it was. I swear, people need to get over themselves. They just want you to be gay because they know that they could never have you. They don’t understand you like I do.

They don’t understand that you’re a sensitive guy who needs his space when he works and that sometimes you just get so into your work that you forget you’re acting and just lose control. It’s understandable. I also understand that sometimes you need some time by yourself, not to be crowded, because that leads to fights, and I don’t think I could ever go ten days without talking to you. That would just be horrible. I mean, I have no idea what I would do. But anyway, you see how well I understand you, and how we are totally made for each other.

I think together we would be an amazing couple because we are so similar and would get along amazingly. I could bring you breakfast in bed and rub your feet and cook you dinner at the end of a long day of shooting and we would be the most adorable couple since, like, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise. Just think of all the cute photos of us that would be in the paper. I’m sure I would even get along with Kristen, ‘cause I know you guys are still friends. Her and I could be total BFFs. It would be awesome! I bet I would even get along with your sister, because she is totally awesome like you. I mean, she’s related to you, how can she not be?!

Anyway, I hope this letter reaches you and you read it and see just how much we should be together. That would be so amazing. Well, I have to go do my Algebra homework and go to bed, because I have cheerleading practice in the morning and my mom hates it when I stay up late. Total eye roll. Anyway, Laters!

Love Always and Forever,
Shelly Pomeroy

P.S. – Write me back soon! My mom says I can use her wedding dress when I grow into it in a few years!

Friends Only

2005-09-14T22:33:41Z