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Updated Top 150 Films

2011-03-17T22:01:00.001-04:00

My Top 150 Movies (Am I SURE of these? I am not.)

1. Fargo

2. Chelsea Walls

3. Lost in Translation

4. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

5. 9 to 5

6. Evita

7. Moulin Rouge!

8. Dick Tracy

9. Celebrity

10. Gattaca

11. Eyes Wide Shut

12. The Matrix

13. Kill Bill: Volume 1

14. Playing By Heart

15. Beauty and the Beast

16. Death Proof

17. Chicago

18. The Graduate

19. Children of Men

20. Kill Bill: Volume 2

21. The Fountain

22. Farewell My Concubine

23. The Return of the King (animated)

24. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

25. Bye Bye Birdie (1995)

26. The Brave Little Toaster

27. Schindler’s List

28. Stranger Than Fiction

29. Fight Club

30. The Great Muppet Caper

31. Thoroughly Modern Millie

32. Love & Death

33. Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame

34. Brand Upon the Brain!

35. Finding Nemo

36. The Village

37. Tape

38. The Shape of Things

39. Mighty Aphrodite

40. Stardust Memories

41. Dogville

42. V for Vendetta

43. 2001: A Space Odyssey

44. Burn After Reading

45. Big Fish

46. Howl's Moving Castle

47. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

48. Rent

49. The Hudsucker Proxy

50. A Very Long Engagement

51. Requiem for a Dream

52. Seven

53. Equus

54. The Hours

55. Little Miss Sunshine

56. Down With Love

57. Whisper of the Heart

58. Steel Magnolias

59. Memento

60. The Princess Diaries

61. The Little Mermaid

62. Spirited Away

63. Bullets Over Broadway

64. The Sixth Sense

65. Sister Act

66. A Mighty Wind

67. Donnie Darko

68. The Purple Rose of Cairo

69. Amélie

70. Mary Poppins

71. Singin' in the Rain

72. Best in Show

73. Up

74. Metropolis

75. Office Space

76. Adaptation

77. Frailty

78. Run, Lola, Run

79. Plan 9 From Outer Space

80. The Sweet Hereafter

81. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

82. Southland Tales

83. Casablanca

84. Pulp Fiction

85. Nine

86. Elizabethtown

87. Red Cliff

88. Fantastic Mr. Fox

89. Paris, Texas

90. I (Heart) Huckabees

91. While You Were Sleeping

92. True Lies

93. The Truman Show

94. Mean Girls

95. Through a Glass Darkly

96. Deep Impact

97. The Dark Knight

98. Inglourious Basterds

99. Garden State

100. Jurassic Park

101. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

102. Follow That Bird

103. Notorious

104. Angels in America

105. William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet

106. Magnolia

107. Synecdoche, NY

108. In Bruges

109. Mulan

110. Forget Paris

111. The Empire Strikes Back

112. Breaking and Entering

113. The Muppets' Christmas Carol

114. Hamlet (Branagh)

115. Wings of Desire

116. September

117. Ed Wood

118. The Muppet Movie

119. Out of Sight

120. Everyone Says I Love You

121. Pitch Black

122. Escape To Witch Mountain

123. True Grit (2010)

124. Portrait of a Lady

125. Say Anything

126. Love's Labour's Lost

127. Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

128. Reservoir Dogs

129. Star Wars

130. Miller's Crossing

131. Black Swan

132. In the Loop

133. Nashville

134. Spellbound

135. Easy A

136. Only Yesterday

137. Caché

138. My Winnipeg

139. Wonder Boys

140. Ferris Beuller's Day Off

141. Full Frontal

142. Cold Mountain

143. The Seven Year Itch

144. Shakespeare In Love

145. Serenity

146. Proof

147. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story

148. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

149. The Limey

150. Fallen

My 5 Favourite Christmas Specials

2011-03-17T15:35:00.000-04:00

1. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
2. A Smoky Mountain Christmas
3. The Year Without a Santa Claus
4. The Muppet Christmas Carol
5. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

My 5 Favorite DVDs that Aren't Technically Movies

2011-03-17T15:33:00.001-04:00

1. Company

2. Ellen Degeneres: Here and Now

3. Passing Strange

4. Candide

5. Schoolhouse Rock

5 Things I Find Most Attractive in a Woman

2010-12-10T16:48:00.003-05:00

1. Faith (I can't believe how straight-up sexy it can be. )
2. Musicality
3. Her face when she laughs
4. Her hair
5. Ability to confront me graciously

In my opinion, you can never call a woman beautiful until you've heard her laugh, sing, or pray.

5 Best Shakespearean Movies

2010-10-04T00:50:00.001-04:00

1. Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh)

2. Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrman)

3. Much Ado About Nothing (Kenneth Branagh)

4. Love's Labour's Lost (Kenneth Branagh)

5. Richard III (Richard Loncraine)

100 Favourite Films - Pictorial list

2010-07-28T14:39:00.003-04:00

10 Things I Would Spend LOTS of Money On If I Had It

2010-07-18T21:29:00.000-04:00

1. Traveling
2. Industrial property
3. Antique furniture
4. Comics
5. Theatre
6. Sylvanian Families
7. Apple products
8. DVDs
9. Food
10. '30-'40s Cars

5 Upcoming Movies I Can't Wait to See

2010-07-18T02:00:00.000-04:00

1. Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'hoole
3. Somewhere
4. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
5. happythankyoupleasemore

5 Favourite Films Based on Plays

2010-03-27T16:49:00.001-04:00

1. Chelsea Walls
2. The Shape of Things
3. Tape
4. The Trip to Bountiful
5. Equus

For short write-ups on each selection, visit b.a.d. reviews.

5 Favourite Cat Breeds

2009-12-22T02:38:00.000-05:00

1. Singapura
2. Scottish Fold
3. Russian Blue
4. Abbysinian
5. British Shorthair

Least Favourite Actresses

2009-12-15T12:54:00.002-05:00

1. Milla Jovovitch
2. Raven Symoné
3. Madeleine Stowe
4. Chloe Sevigny
5. Scarlet Johanssen

5 Least Favourite Actors

2009-12-15T12:53:00.001-05:00

1. Val Kilmer
2. William Shatner
3. Nicolas Cage
4. Keanu Reeves
5. David Spade

My Favourite Sondheim Musicals

2009-12-15T11:49:00.000-05:00

1. Sunday in the Park with George
2. Into the Woods
3. Assassins
(Evening Primrose)
4. Company
5. A Little Night Music
(Dick Tracy)
6. Follies
7. Saturday Night
8. Pacific Overtures
9. Anyone Can Whistle
10. Passion
11. Bounce
12. The Frogs

(parenthetical titles are not full musicals)

5 Most Romantic Movies

2009-12-14T18:27:00.003-05:00

1. The Time-Traveler's Wife
2. Elizabethtown
3. A Very Long Engagement
4. Cold Mountain
5. Casablanca

5 Best Sequels

2009-12-14T18:26:00.003-05:00

*I do not consider Kill Bill, Volume 2 to be a sequel, nor do I count movies that are number 3 or more in a series.

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
2. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
3. The Dark Knight
4. The Empire Strikes Back
5. X2: X-Men United

My 100 Favourite Musical Artists

2008-10-18T15:46:00.002-04:00

1. Amy Grant
2. Alanis Morrisette
3. Sarah Masen
4. Patty Griffin
5. Denison Witmer
6. Carolyn Arends
7. Lisa Loeb
8. John Mayer
9. Dolly Parton
10. Skillet
11. Stacie Orrico
12. Sixpence None The Richer
13. Derek Webb
14. Michael Card
15. Jill Paquette
16. Miss Angie
17. Natalie Merchant
18. Chasing Furies
19. Kendall Payne
20. Caedmon’s Call
21. Anberlin
22. The Innocence Mission
23. Superchic[k]
24. Kelly Clarkson
25. Over The Rhine
26. Johnny Cash
27. Sandra McCracken
28. Bernadette Peters
29. tobyMac
30. Andrew Peterson
31. The Frames/Glen Hansard
32. Romantica
33. Emmylou Harris
34. Pat Benatar
35. Nelly Furtado
36. Third Day
37. White Stripes
38. My Brightest Dianmond
39. Rebecca St. James
40. Flight of the Conchords
41. Audioslave
42. Waterdeep
43. Plumb
44. Kristen Chenoweth
45. Leigh Nash
46. Lily Frost
47. Jennifer Knapp
48. Flyleaf
49. Grover Levy
50. Sigur Rós
51. Iona
52. Fiona Apple
53. Avril Lavigne
54. Shaun Groves
55. Moby
56. Bruce Cockburn
57. Bleach
58. Mat Kearney
59. Michael Knott
60. Tracy Chapman
61. Don Peris
62. Wailin' Jennys
63. Benjamin Gate
64. Dixie Chicks
65. The Verve Pipe
66. Daughtry
67. Lady Sovereign
68. Bill Mallonee
69. Gladys Knight
70. Astronaut Pushers
71. Pedro the Lion
72. LaRue
73. Chris Rice
74. Counting Crows
75. Mandisa
76. Charlie Peacock
77. Paige
78. Linkin Park
79. Skypark
80. Switchfoot
81. Rachel's
82. Cyndi Lauper
83. Chris Isaak
84. David Meece
85. Billy Joel
86. Ollabelle
87. KJ-52
88. Michelle Branch
89. Destiny's Child
90. Reba McEntire
91. Maroon 5
92. Iron & Wine
93. Blondie
94. Stephen Marley
95. Garbage
96. Evanescence
97. Rosie Thomas
98. Burl Ives
99. Willie Nelson
100. Kaiser Cheifs

My 100 Favourite Albums

2008-08-22T22:46:00.003-04:00

1. This Beautiful Mess (Sixpence None The Richer)
2. Behind The Eyes (Amy Grant)
3. Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (Alanis Morrisette)
4. Beauty From Pain (Superchic[k])
5. Tails (Lisa Loeb)
6. Jill Paquette (Jill Paquette)
7. Room For Squares (John Mayer)
8. Ohio (Over the Rhine)
9. Collide (Skillet)
10. Tidal (Fiona Apple)
11. The House Carpenter’s Daughter (Natalie Merchant)
12. Folklore (Nelly Furtado)
13. With Abandon (Chasing Furies)
14. Befriended (The Innocence Mission)
15. Halos and Horns (Dolly Parton)
16. Life of David (Michael Knott)
17. Long Line Of Leavers (Caedmon’s Call)
18. Cities (Anberlin)
19. Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Morissette)
20. Present Reality (Michael Card)
21. Little Sparrow (Dolly Parton)
22. Share The Well (Caedmon’s Call)
23. Carry Us Through (Sarah Masen)
24. Stacie Orrico (Stacie Orrico)
25. Grown (Kendall Payne)
26. Impossible Dream (Patty Griffin)
27. Hey You, I Love Your Soul (Skillet)
28. Ophelia (Natalie Merchant)
29. The Dreamlife Of Angels (Sarah Masen)
30. A Christmas to Remember (Amy Grant)
31. Momentum (TobyMac)
32. Whoa, Nelly! (Nelly Furtado)
33. Caedmon’s Call (Caedmon’s Call)
34. Sixpence None The Richer (Sixpence None The Richer)
35. Travelers (Carolyn Arends)
36. Continuum (John Mayer)
37. Sondheim, Etc. (Bernadette Peters)
38. Pollyanna's Attic (Carolyn Arends)
39. The Early Works (Michael Card)
40. Last One Picked (Superchic[k])
41. 1000 Kisses (Patty Griffin)
42. 40 Acres (Caedmon’s Call)
43. Feel Free (Carolyn Arends)
44. Divine Discontent (Sixpence None The Richer)
45. Carried Along (Andrew Peterson)
46. Are You A Dreamer? (Denison Witmer)
47. God (Rebecca St. James)
48. Icky Thump (White Stripes)
49. Under My Skin (Avril Lavigne)
50. The Hidden Face of God (Michael Card)
51. American IV: The Man Comes Around (Johnny Cash)
52. Twilight (Shaun Groves)
53. The Word: Recapturing The Imagination (Michael Card)
54. Alien Youth (Skillet)
55. Take Me To Your Leader (Newsboys)
56. Beautiful Awakening (Stacie Orrico)
57. The Fatherless and the Widow (Sixpence None The Richer)
58. Fallen (Evanescence)
59. Blackmarket Blueprints (Anberlin)
60. Everyone's Beautiful (Waterdeep)
61. 100 Million Eyeballs (Miss Angie)
62. Ten Silver Slide Trombones (Don Peris)
63. Beyond These Shores (Iona)
64. Transparent (LaRue)
65. Third Day (Third Day)
66. Never Alone (Amy Grant)
67. Wrecking Ball (Emmylou Harris)
68. () (Sigur Rós)
69. Lead Me On (Amy Grant)
70. Small Planes (The Innocence Mission)
71. Of Joy & Sorrow (Denison Witmer)
72. I See Things Upside Down (Derek Webb)
73. Birds of My Neighborhood (The Innocence Mission)
74. It's Your Weakness That I Want (Romantica)
75. Bring Me The Workhorse (My Brightest Diamond)
76. Bleach (Bleach)
77. America (Romantica)
78. Time (Third Day)
79. The Cost (The Frames)
80. Scandalon (Michael Card)
81. Love and Thunder (Andrew Peterson)
82. Journey Into the Morn (Iona)
83. Philadelphia Songs (Denison Witmer)
84. A Kiss In Time (Patty Griffin)
85. Chaotic Resolve (Plumb)
86. Unguarded (Amy Grant)
87. The Way of Wisdom (Michael Card)
88. I Can Hear You (Carolyn Arends)
89. Triumphantine (Miss Angie)
90. The Charity of Night (Bruce Cockburn)
91. Villains (The Verve Pipe)
92. Play (Moby)
93. The Sea and The Bells (Rachel's)
94. Firecracker (Lisa Loeb)
95. Straight Ahead (Amy Grant)
96. My December (Kelly Clarkson)
97. Transform (Rebecca St. James)
98. American V: A Hundred Highways (Johnny Cash)
99. Situation (Lily Frost)
100. strangelanguage (Charlie Peacock)

Top 20 Album Covers

2008-08-13T22:36:00.013-04:00

*list limited to full-length albums which I own*

1. Armchair Apocrypha (Andrew Bird)

2. Flyleaf (Flyleaf)

3. Beauty From Pain (Superchic[k])

4. Backwoods Barbie (Dolly Parton)

5. Befriended (The Innocence Mission)

6. Sparrows (Anathallo)

7. Cities (Anberlin)

8. Travelers (Carolyn Arends)

9. Firecracker (Lisa Loeb)

10. The Dreamlife of Angels (Sarah Masen)

11. Grown (Kendall Payne)

12. Drunkard's Prayer (Over the Rhine)

13. Snow Angels (Over the Rhine)

14. Of Joy and Sorrow (Denison Witmer)

15. America (Romantica)

16. For the Birds (The Frames)

17. 1000 Kisses (Patty Griffin)

18. Chaotic Resolve (Plumb)

19. Situation (Lily Frost)

20. The Cost (The Frames)

Top 20 Album Titles

2008-08-13T22:16:00.002-04:00

*list culled from albums that I own*

1. Women's Work is Alchemy (Sarah Masen)
2. The Hidden Face of God (Michael Card)
3. Backwoods Barbie (Dolly Parton)
4. This Beautiful Mess (Sixpence None the Richer)
5. What Light Is All About (Alathea)
6. Triumphantine (Miss Angie)
7. A History of Light and Shadows (Sarah Masen)
8. Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Morrisette)
9. It's Your Weakness That I Want (Romantica)
10. The Darkest Night of the Year (Over the Rhine)
11. Befriended (The Innocence Mission)
12. Bring Me the Workhorse (My Brightest Diamond)
13. Long Line of Leavers (Caedmon's Call)
14. Tidal (Fiona Apple)
15. The Sea and the Bells (Rachel's)
16. Learning to Breathe (Switchfoot)
17. Children Running Through (Patty Griffin)
18. The Beautiful Letdown (Switchfoot)
19. Magic That Works (Sarah Masen)
20. Last One Picked (Superchic[k])

Top 100 Books

2008-08-03T23:50:00.002-04:00

1. Holy the Firm (Annie Dillard)
2. ‘Til We Have Faces (C. S. Lewis)
3. For the Time Being (Annie Dillard)
4. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard)
5. Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
6. The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
7. My Life and Hard Times (James Thurber)
8. The Man Who Was Thursday (G. K. Chesterton)
9. Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Lynne Truss)
10. The Wuggie Norple Story (Daniel Manus Pinkwater)
11. The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
12. Author’s Day (Daniel Manus Pinkwater)
13. Nausicäa of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyazaki)
14. The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
15. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
16. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J. K. Rowling)
17. V for Vendetta (Alan Moore, David Lloyd)
18. The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Daniel Manus Pinkwater)
19. The Longest Journey (E. M. Forster)
20. Not Wanted on the Voyage (Timothy Findlay)
21. The Areas of My Expertise (John Hodgman)
22. The Fire-Dwellers (Margaret Laurence)
23. Watchmen (Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons)
24. The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
25. 1984 (George Orwell)
26. The Magic Goose (Daniel Manus Pinkwater)
27. The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman)
28. De Profundis (Oscar Wilde)
29. Wild At Heart (John Eldredge)
30. The Dark Is Rising (Susan Cooper)
31. Go, Dog. Go! (P. D. Eastman)
32. Perelandra (C. S. Lewis)
33. Teaching a Stone to Talk (Annie Dillard)
34. That Hideous Strength (C. S. Lewis)
35. The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Salman Rushdie)
36. The Moor’s Last Sigh (Salman Rushdie)
37. Typee (Herman Melville)
38. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
39. A Room With a View (E. M. Forster)
40. Living the Questions (Carolyn Arends)
41. Dracula (Bram Stoker)
42. Telling the Truth (Frederick Buechner)
43. Over Sea, Under Stone (Susan Cooper)
44. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
45. Dreamtigers (Jorge Luis Borges)
46. To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
47. Where Angels Fear to Tread (E. M. Forster)
48. Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
49. A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
50. The Well of Lost Plots (Jasper Fforde)
51. Pursuing Sexual Wholeness (Andrew Comiskey)
52. The True Meaning of Smekday (Adam Rex)
53. Moon Tiger (Penelope Lively)
54. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling)
55. The Journey of Desire (John Eldredge)
56. A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (Julian Barnes)
57. Healing Presence (Leanne Payne)
58. Bad Bears and a Bunny (Daniel Manus Pinkwater)
59. Epic (John Eldredge)
60. Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy (Barbara Park)
61. The Opposite of Fate (Amy Tan)
62. The Screwtape Letters (C. S. Lewis)
63. An American Childhood (Annie Dillard)
64. Itsuka (Joy Kogawa)
65. Green Grass, Running Water (Thomas King)
66. The Owl in the Attic and Other Perplexities (James Thurber)
67. Strength in Weakness (Andrew Comiskey)
68. The Everlasting Man (G. K. Chesterton)
69. Every Man’s Battle (Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker)
70. The Last Battle (C. S. Lewis)
71. Truth and Bright Water (Thomas King)
72. A Passage to India (E. M. Forster)
73. Mere Christianity (C. S. Lewis)
74. Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
75. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevesky)
76. The Enchantress of Florence (Salman Rushdie)
77. Ash Wednesday (Ethan Hawke)
78. Maurice (E. M. Forster)
79. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
80. Loving Homosexuals as Jesus Would (Chad W. Thompson)
81. The Middle Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze (James Thurber)
82. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J. K. Rowling)
83. Slaves of Speigel (Daniel Manus Pinkwater)
84. A Jest of God (Margaret Laurence)
85. Young Adult Novel (Daniel Manus Pinkwater)
86. Pearls of Lutra (Brian Jacques)
87. Worms of Kukumlima (Daniel Manus Pinkwater)
88. Redwall (Brian Jacques)
89. Sphere (Michael Crichton)
90. The Big Over Easy (Jasper Fforde)
91. Lizard Music (Daniel Manus Pinkwater)
92. Mornings Like This (Annie Dillard)
93. Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
94. To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
95. Flaubert's Parrot (Julian Barnes)
96. Living By Fiction (Annie Dillard)
97. The Lost World (Michael Crichton)
98. The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (Daniel Manus Pinkwater)
99.The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
100. A Bird in the House (Margaret Laurence)

Top 100 Movies

2007-03-03T18:56:00.001-05:00

1. Fargo
2. Chelsea Walls
3. Lost in Translation
4. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
5. 9 to 5
6. Evita
7. Moulin Rouge!
8. Dick Tracy
9. Celebrity
10. Gattaca
11. Eyes Wide Shut
12. The Matrix
13. Kill Bill: Volume 1
14. Playing By Heart
15. Beauty and the Beast
16. Requiem for a Dream
17. Death Proof
18. Chicago
19. The Graduate
20. Children of Men
21. Kill Bill: Volume 2
22. The Fountain
23. The Village
24. Farewell My Concubine
25. The Return of the King (animated)
26. Bye Bye Birdie (1995)
27. The Brave Little Toaster
28. Schindler’s List
29. Stranger Than Fiction
30. Tape
31. Fight Club
32. The Great Muppet Caper
33. Love & Death
34. Finding Nemo
35. The Shape of Things
36. Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame
37. Thoroughly Modern Millie
38. Office Space
39. Mighty Aphrodite
40. Stardust Memories
41. Dogville
42. V for Vendetta
43. 2001: A Space Odyssey
44. Burn After Reading
45. Big Fish
46. Howl's Moving Castle
47. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
48. Seven
49. Equus
50. The Nines
51. The Hours
52. Rent
53. Little Miss Sunshine
54. Down With Love
55. Whisper of the Heart
56. Steel Magnolias
57. Memento
58. The Princess Diaries
59. Adaptation
60. The Little Mermaid
61. Spirited Away
62. Bullets Over Broadway
63. Erin Brockovich
64. Pitch Black
65. The Sixth Sense
66. Sister Act
67. A Mighty Wind
68. Donnie Darko
69. The Purple Rose of Cairo
70. Mary Poppins
71. Singing in the Rain
72. Best in Show
73. Metropolis
74. Frailty
75. Run, Lola, Run
76. Plan 9 From Outer Space
77. Full Frontal
78. Amélie
79. Paris, Texas
80. The Sweet Hereafter
81. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
82. Casablanca
83. Deep Impact
84. While You Were Sleeping
85. I (Heart) Huckabees
86. The Truman Show
87. The Hudsucker Proxy
88. Mean Girls
89. Garden State
90. Serenity
91. Gigli
92. The Limey
93. Fallen
94. Proof
95. William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet
96. Magnolia
97. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
98. As Good As It Gets
99. Cold Mountain
100. Life Is Beautiful

Top 25 Things

2007-01-07T22:41:00.000-05:00

1. Cats
2. Theatre
3. Music
4. The English language
5. Iced Tea
6. Enclosed spaces
7. Otters
8. Books
9. Wind
10. Prayer
11. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
12. My iPod
13. X-Men comics
14. Lists
15. Musicals
16. Furniture
17. Bridges in songs
18. Macaroni and cheese
19. Lamps
20. Games
21. Fabric softener
22. Maps
23. Flags
24. The sense of touch
25. Green cars

Top Favourite Woody Allen Movies

2007-01-06T18:16:00.001-05:00

1. Celebrity
2. Mighty Aphrodite
3. Stardust Memories
4. The Purple Rose of Cairo
5. Interiors
6. September
7. Annie Hall
8. Bullets Over Broadway
9. Play It Again, Sam
10. Another Woman
11. Anything Else
12. Love and Death
13. Curse of the Jade Scorpion
14. Everyone Says I Love You
15. Match Point
16. A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
17. Cassandra's Dream
18. Shadows and Fog
19. Zelig
20. Hannah and Her Sisters
21. Manhattan
22. Scoop
23. What's Up, Tiger Lily?
24. Husbands and Wives
25. Oedipus Wrecks (New York Stories)
26. Alice
27. Deconstructing Harry
28. Sounds from a Town I Love (Concert for New York)
29. Manhattan Murder Mystery
30. Crimes and Misdemeanors
31. Small Time Crooks
32. Broadway Danny Rose
33. Radio Days
34. Don't Drink the Water
35. Hollywood Ending
36. Melinda and Melinda
37. Bananas
38. Sweet and Lowdown
39. Take the Money and Run
40. Sleeper
41. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* But Were Afraid to Ask

Top 10 Studio Ghibli Movies

2007-01-06T18:15:00.001-05:00

1. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
2. Whisper of the Heart
3. Spirited Away
4. Kiki's Delivery Service
5. Howl's Moving Castle
6. My Neighbour, Totoro
7. The Cat Returns
8. My Neighbours the Yamadas
9. Porco Rosso
10. Pom Poko

Top 10 Television Performances by an Actress

2007-01-06T18:09:00.000-05:00

1. Emma Caulfield as Anya on Buffy, the Vampire Slayer
2. Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan on Angel
3. Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase on Angel
4. Alberta Watson as Madeline on La Femme Nikita
5. Lucille Ball as Lucy on I Love Lucy
6. Clare Kramer as Glory on Buffy, the Vampire Slayer
7. Juliet Landau as Drusilla on Buffy, the Vampire Slayer
8. Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show
9. Peta Wilson as Nikita on La Femme Nikita
10. Estelle Getty as Sophia Barillo on The Golden Girls

Top 100 Tracks

2005-11-30T21:11:00.000-05:00

1. The Silence Of God -- Andrew Peterson
2. The Freshmen -- The Verve Pipe
3. Mother of God -- Patty Griffin
4. Ballad In Plain Red (Live Version) -- Derek Webb
5. I'm Kissing You -- Des'ree
6. Hospital -- Michael Knott
7. Joining You -- Alanis Morrissette
8. I Remember -- from Evening Primrose
9. Mary -- Patty Griffin
10. Sunday in the Park With George -- from Sunday in the Park with George
11. The Feeling I Had -- Amy Grant
12. The Thirst Is Taking Over -- Skillet
13. Fast Car -- Tracy Chapman
14. We Shall Overcome -- The O. C. Supertones
15. Never Is A Promise -- Fiona Apple
16. Later -- Bernadette Peters (originally from A Little Night Music)
17. A Christmas Song -- Denison Witmer
18. Bounce Back -- Stacie Orrico
19. Rollercoaster -- Kendall Payne
20. I Know -- Jude
21. Peter Pan (live) -- Patty Griffin
22. Real Love (I Got It) -- Geroge Huff
23. Not a Day Goes By -- Bernadette Peters (orginally from Merrily We Roll Along)
24. Motion -- Plumb
25. Dear Old Friend -- Patty Griffin
26. Stay -- Lisa Loeb
27. The Couch -- Alanis Morrissette
28. Aslan -- Aslan
29. The Blower's Daughter -- Damien Rice
30. Center Aisle -- Caedmon's Call
31. Lost The Plot -- The Newsboys
32. Finishing the Hat -- from Sunday in the Park with George
33. Johanna -- Bernadette Peters (originally from Sweeney Todd)
34. Raised In Harlem -- from !Hero
35. There Won't Be Trumpets -- Bernadette Peters (originally from Anyone Can Whistle)
36. All I Ever Have To Be -- Amy Grant
37. Try -- Nelly Furtado
38. Cast Me Away -- Michael Knott
39. Scratch -- Kendall Payne
40. Psalm 139 -- Sarah Masen
41. Catchafire [White Rabbit Mix] -- TobyMac
42. Always the Winner -- Amy Grant
43. Yours -- TobyMac
44. Island of Wonder -- Nelly Furtado
45. Being Alive -- Bernadette Peters (originally from Company)
46. Stars -- from Les Miserable
47. Holy Moment -- Superchic[k]
48. Sunday -- from Sunday in the Park with George
49. What Can You Lose -- from Dick Tracy
50. Burn For You [Shortwave Radio Mix] -- TobyMac
51. I Was Hoping -- Alanis Morrissette
52. Wicked Game -- Chris Isaak
53. Lift Me Up -- The Benjamin Gate
54. Henry Darger -- Natalie Merchant
55. Stay with Me -- from Into the Woods
56. Veronica -- Sarah Masen
57. Wait Forever -- Chasing Furies
58. Are You A Dreamer? -- Denison Witmer
59. One of These Days -- Jill Paquette
60. The Ballad of Guiteau -- from Assassins
61. All That I Have Sown -- Bebo Norman
62. Love Is Breathing -- Sarah Masen
63. The Moon -- Kendall Payne
64. Love Alone -- Caedmon's Call
65. Ride On To Die -- Michael Card
66. 100 Million Eyeballs -- Miss Angie
67. Explode -- Nelly Furtado
68. Bethlehem Town -- Jars of Clay
69. I Won't Stay Long -- Sixpence None the Richer
70. I Will Bring You Home -- Michael Card
71. Pure -- Superchic[k]
72. Thicker -- Chasing Furies
73. Courage -- Superchic[k]
74. Never Will I Leave You -- Michael Card
75. Strong Enough -- Stacie Orrico
76. Home -- from Beauty and the Beast (Broadway)
77. On the Steps of the Palace -- from Into the Woods
78. Irene -- TobyMac
79. TenserTrack1 -- Tenser
80. Struck Blind -- Charlie Peacock
81. Then They Will Know -- Michael Card
82. By My Side -- from Godspell
83. I Hate Christmas Parties -- Matthew Theissen and the Earthquakes
84. Workhorse -- My Brightest Diamond
85. If You're Still There -- Jeanine Noyes
86. Soul -- Sixpence None the Richer
87. What We Call Christmas -- Bleach
88. Pacing The Cage -- Bruce Cockburn
89. Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say) -- from Jesus Christ Superstar
90. Your Faithfulness -- Chasing Furies
91. Not the Only One -- Jill Paquette
92. Beauty From Pain -- Supechic[k]
93. If I Can't Love Her -- from Beauty and the Beast (Broadway)
94. If Not Now... -- Tracy Chapman
95. Missing You -- Amy Grant
96. Ready Fuels -- Anberlin
97. Useless Desires -- Patty Griffin
98. What Her Heart Remembered -- Michael Card
99. I Would Call You Now -- Denison Witmer
100. Cry A River -- Amy Grant

50 Favourite Lines from Songs

2005-11-29T23:30:00.000-05:00

1. "The weight of the world is a burden, and it's my cross to bear. I stumble under all the weight, but I know you're Simon standing there. I know you're standing there." -- "Love Alone" by Caedmon's Call
2. "Sin is a cancer, not just something you do from time to time like slipping or tripping or losing your keys. It's in you, mister. Sister, it's in me." -- "That's the Point" by Charlie Peacock
3. "I was hoping you would write to me a message in the stars, as if the stars themselves were not enough." -- "There You Are" by Carolyn Arends
4. "Truth without context -- my favourite of all my crimes." -- "Ballad in Plain Red" by Derek Webb
5. "Most things true are simple and complex." -- "Beautiful Mystery" by Caedmon's Call
6. "Salvation is forever taking place." -- "Wrap My Arms Around Your Name" by Sarah Masen
7. "What we hope for is not too much to ask for. What we pray for isn't nearly big enough." -- "What We Hope For" by Carolyn Arends
8. "Maybe we can talk about solutions. Maybe we can search for inner truth. Maybe we can watch some television. Maybe there ain't nothing we can do. Maybe we can find some space to breathe in. Maybe we can scream and hold our breath. Maybe we forgot what we believe. Maybe it's a sickness unto death." -- "Struck Blind" by Charlie Peacock
9. "Now I'm reaching out across the land, and I'm trying my best to understand while fear is barking like a dog. I am holding out my hands, still holing out my hands." -- "Hope" by Sarah Masen
10. "I see angels in the distance. In the distance I see angels. And their shadows fall like crosses on the fields." -- "The Harvest Is the End of the World" by Charlie Peacock
11. "I will not let them ruin me. I will not let them ruin me. I will not let them ruin me again." -- "Moving On" by Sixpence None the Richer
12. "So I'm changing who I am, 'cause what I am's not good, and I know you love me now, but I don't see why you should." -- "I've Been Waiting" by Sixpence None the Richer
13. "I know the plans you have for me, and you can't plan the ends and not plan the means." -- "Table for Two" by Caedmon's Call
14. "He won't say the words you wish that he would. He don't do the deeds that you know that he could. He won't think the thoughts you think that he should. But he is good." -- "Aslan" by Kendall Payne
15. "If we were our dignities, if we were our successes, if we were our emotions, I'd be joining you." -- "Joining You" by Alanis Morrissette
16. "Love is the island that overgrows the ocean." -- "The Emptiest Day" by Caedmon's Call
17. "You can run with scissors if you must, but it'd be better if you just feel free." -- "Feel Free" by Carolyn Arends
18. "Why no one will help me: I am too dumb. I am too smart. They'll not understand me. I am lonely. They will hate me." -- "Excuses" by Alanis Morrissette
19. "I am just a cup of water you can turn to wine. I am just a crippled beggar you left his bed behind." -- "Sunrise" by Strange Occurrence
20. "If we sleep together, will you like me better?" -- "Sleep Together" by Garbage
21. "One way to float is if you die." -- "It's Over" by Lisa Loeb
22. "Should I leave the print of my knees upon the sand, this my final prayer in my native land? Should I turn my face twoard the shining sea, taste the salt of tears for those I ahve to leave?" -- "Edge of the World" by Iona
23. "Tomorrow's filling up like yesterday. Something's constant underneath this place." -- "Wrap My Arms Around Your Name" by Sarah Masen
24. "I can't be held responsible; she was touching her face." -- "The Freshman by The Verve Pipe
25. "Try to cross the universe. I'm in the way. I fill it." -- "overbluecity" by Skypark
26. "I know the songs with all the hooks, and I know some lies that will sell some books." -- "Ballad in Plain Red" by Derek Webb
27. "Isn't this the place we're practicing belief? Seems we're always looking at the door in hopes of so much more." -- "Stories in My Pockets" by Sarah Masen
28. "I've got faith in the bank and money in my heart. I've got a callused place where your ring used to be, my Love. And now I want a broken heart." -- "I Want a Broken Heart" by Derek Webb
29. "Don't forget to win first place." -- "Perfect" by Alanis Morrissette
30. "Was it something about the clearness here? Was it too easy to accept as it is? Should it be thicker, with more thought about it?" -- "Thicker" by Chasing Furies
31. "Saw a field catch fire. I caught myself just watching." -- "Scarecrow" by Skillet
32. "Even the serpent that told the lie, when lifted high, foretold the gift." -- "There You Go" by Caedmon's Call
33. "Hope sometimes can blind the heart, calling light what breathes like dark." -- "75 Grains of Sand" by Sarah Masen
34. "Glory, I'm undone. I'm stretched out on the waters of wisdom. Fill me up til I drown from sucking the nector of being found." -- "Fragrance of Pink" by Sarah Masen
35. "It's a muggy night in Houston, and all the intersections are like full-serve stations." -- "Somewhere North" by Caedmon's Call
36. "If I'm on my knees, I'm begging now. If I'm on my knees, groping in the dark, I'd be praying for deliverance from the night here into the day. But everything's grey here. Everything's grey to me." -- "I May Know the Word" by Natalie Merchant
37. "The baggage that we all carry around has a way of dragging us down." -- "Kids on Drugs" by Bill Mallonee
38. "You've really got a face tonight; you're just like me. And it's as if I can hear you saying 'Don't deny me; don't be unkind.' Oh, you must be an angel sent to save me from my resolution." -- "Brave Night" by Christine Glass
39. "I am walking on the bridge. I am over the water. And I'm scared as hell, but I know there's something better. I know there's something better." -- "ME" by Paula Cole
40. "So surrender your infirmities and open up your heart again. And don't give up, and don't give in, and don't give up, and don't give in!" -- "Did You Know?" by Joel G
41. "I may know the word but not say it." -- "I May Know the Word" by Natalie Merchant
42. "Do you see yourself in my gypsy garage sale ways, my tinkerbell tendencies?" -- "The Heart of the House" by Alanis Morrissette
43. "Terrified you'd go away, I made sure you couldn't stay. I packed all your bags, cried all your tears. I locked the door behind you, and I knew I'd give anything just to be with you." -- "What I Wouldn't Give" by Carolyn Arends
44. "She was only responsive with a drink. He was only responsive by photo." -- "The Couch" by Alanis Morrissette
45. "One night while sleeping alone in her bed, the phone rang, she woke up, she sat up and said 'What time is it? What time is it?' 'Well, it's 5:30 here, and it's 2:30 there, and I won't be home tonight.' The time between meeting and finally leaving is sometimes called falling love." -- "Falling in Love" by Lisa Loeb
46. "How to control someone to be a carbon copy of you. How to have that not work and have them run away from you." -- "Eight Easy Steps" by Alanis Morrissette
47. "Burn the books. They've got too many names and psychoses. All this incriminating evidence would surely harm me if somebody broke into my house." -- "UR" by Alanis Morrisette
48. "See that girl, check that scene, digging the dancing queen." -- "Dancing Queen" by ABBA
49. "When are you coming to Pennsylvania?" -- "Pennsylvania" by Don Peris
50. "Why are you so petrified of silence? Here, can you handle this?" -- "All I Really Want" by Alanis Morrissette

10 Favourite Lines from Poems

2005-11-29T23:28:00.000-05:00

1. "But be adored, but be adored King." -- "The Wreck of the Deutschland" by Gerard Manley Hopkins
2. "I kiss my hand/To the stars, lovely asunder/Starlight, wafting him out of it; and/Glow, glory in thunder;/Kiss my hand to the dappled-with-damson west:/Since, though he is under the world's spledour and wonder,/His mystery must be instressed, stressed:/For I greet him the days I meet him, and bless when I understand." -- "The Wreck of the Deutschland" by Gerard Manley Hopkins
3. "I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree." -- "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" by William Butler Yeats
4. "The world is charged with the grandeur of God." -- "God's Grandeur" by Gerard Manley Hopkins
5. "Had we but world enough, and time..." -- "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell
6. "The woods are lovely, dark, and deep/But I have promises to keep/And miles to go before I sleep/And miles to go before I sleep." -- "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost
7. "I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each./I do not think that they will sing to me." -- "Long Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot
8. "The grave's a fine and private place/But none I think do there embrace." -- "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell
9. "...ice/ Is also great/And would suffice." -- "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost
10. "Not waving but drowning." -- "Not Waving But Drowning" by Stevie Smith

15 Favourite Poems

2005-11-29T23:17:00.000-05:00

1. The Wreck of the Deutschland (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
2. The Lake Isle of Innisfree (William Butler Yeats)
3. Neutral Tones (Thomas Hardy)
4. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Robert Frost)
5. The Windhover (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
6. God's Grandeur (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
7. The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost)
8. Fire and Ice (Robert Frost)
9. The Rape of the Lock (Alexander Pope)
10. Preface to The Dark Is Rising (Susan Cooper)
11. The Second Coming (William Butler Yeats)
12. Birches (Robert Frost)
13. Hurrahing in Harvest (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
14. Preface to Mariel of Redwall (Brian Jacques)
15. Preface to The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)

Top 25 Comic Book Runs

2005-11-13T22:09:00.001-05:00

1. New X-Men (Morrison/Quitely)
2. Astonishing X-Men (Whedon/Cassaday)
3. Shaman X-Man
4. Uncanny X-Men in Australia
5. X-Men: Children of the Atom
6. X-Men: The Hidden Years
7. Fallen Angels
8. Jim Lee’s X-Men
9. X-Men: The End
10. X-Force (Milligan)
11. X-Tinction Agenda
12. Middle Era New Mutants
13. All-New, All-Different X-Factor
14. Early New Mutants
15. The Age of Apocalypse
16. Post-Asgard, Pre-Cable New Mutants
17. Kylun Era Excalibur
18. X-Cutioner’s Song
19. Early Excalibur
20. Sprite/Ariel Era Uncanny X-Men
21. Cecilia Reyes Era Uncanny X-Men
22. Ship Era X-Factor
23. Asgard New Mutants
24. All-New, All-Different Uncanny X-Men
25. Original X-Men

Top 25 Buffy Episodes

2005-11-13T22:09:00.000-05:00

1. Once More, With Feeling
2. Restless
3. The Body
4. Pangs
5. The Gift
6. Conversations with Dead People
7. Doppelgangland
8. Superstar
9. Graduation Day (1)
10. Who Are You?
11. Lover's Walk
12. Fool for Love
13. I Only Have Eyes For You
14. Tabula Rasa
15. Hush
16. Buffy vs. Dracula
17. Becoming (2)
18. Lies My Parents Told Me
19. Hell's Bells
20. Band Candy
21. Earshot
22. Lessons
23. The Killer In Me
24. Wild At Heart
25. New Moon Rising

Top 25 Television Shows

2005-11-13T22:08:00.002-05:00

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. La Femme Nikita
3. The Golden Girls
4. 30 Rock
5. How I Met Your Mother
6. The Late Show With David Letterman
7. Lost
8. Firefly
9. The Muppet Show
10. Manor House
11. Castle
12. Fame L.A.
13. Get Smart
14. Angel
15. The Dick Van Dyke Show
16. What Not to Wear
17. Everybody Loves Raymond
18. Mad About You
19. The Facts Of Life
20. Parks and Recreation
21. X-Men
22. Fraggle Rock
23. Duck Tales
24. Wonder Pets
25. While You Were Out

Top 25 Cartoons

2005-11-13T22:08:00.001-05:00

1. The Tick
2. X-Men
3. Duck Tales
4. Rocky and Bullwinkle
5. Thundercats
6. She-Ra
7. Masters of the Universe
8. Batman
9. Pirates of Darkwater
10. Scooby-Doo
11. Garfield and Friends
12. Animaniacs
13. The Simpsons
14. Gargoyles
15. Inspector Gadget
16. Get-Along Gang
17. Muppet Babies
18. Pinky and the Brain
19. Dexter’s Laboratory
20. Powerpuff Girls
21. Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers
22. Family Guy
23. Wuzzles
24. Snorks
25. Smurfs

Top 25 Movie Quotes

2005-11-13T22:07:00.001-05:00

1. “Clever girl.” (Jurrasic Park)
2. “I want to pour out my power in a poem to burn a hole in your pocket so I can sew it.” (Chelsea Walls)
3. “He’s fleein’ the interview! He’s fleein’ the interview!” (Fargo)
4. “You know, fun? Ha ha ha...ha.” (Spice World)
5. “Every passing moment is another chance to turn it all around.” (Vanilla Sky)
6. “Boba Fett? Boba Fett? Where?” (Return of the Jedi)
7. “I think she is the saddest girl to ever hold a martini.” (Vanilla Sky)
8. “But I mean, how do ya know?” (Fargo)
9. “So sad to be all alone in the world.” (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
10. “The Claw is our master.” (Toy Story)
11. “If you are marching, stop marching. If you are fighting, stop fighting. Come back to me.” (Cold Mountain)
12. “Bitte, Manni, bitte!” (Run, Lola, Run)
13. “I wish I were an ibex.” (or something to that effect) (The Hudsucker Proxy)
14. “I’m not sure I agree with your police work 100% there, Herb.” (Fargo)
15. “Not you; I don’t even know you!” (The Princess Diaries)
16. “What are you doing, Dave?” (2001: A Space Odyssey)
17. “I will tell you in another life, when we are both cats.” (Vanilla Sky)
18. “I’m really very tired.” (Erin Brockovitch)
19. “My beliefs do not require them to.” (The Matrix)
20. “How do you know they’re not, you know, connected?” (Fargo)
21. “It’s not a tumor!” (Kindergarten Cop)
22. “I’m not afraid to die. I’ve been dying a little bit every day since you came back into my life.” (Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones) [because it’s so lame]
23. “Talking about love is like dancing about architecture.” (Playing By Heart)
24. “You know, for the kids!” (The Hudsucker Proxy)
25. “There is no spoon.” (The Matrix)

Top 25 Performances by an Actor

2005-11-13T22:07:00.000-05:00

1. Paul Rudd in The Shape of Things
2. Brad Pitt in Fight Club
3. Leslie Cheung in Farewell My Concubine
4. Jude Law in Cold Mountain
5. John Malkovitch in In The Line Of Fire
6. Steve Buscemi in Fargo
7. Ethan Hawke in Training Day
8. Ethan Hawke in Tape
9. Steve Zahn in Chelsea Walls
10. William H. Macy in Fargo
11. Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs
12. Kris Kristofferson in Chelsea Walls
13. Philip Seymour Hoffman in Magnolia
14. Wilson Jermaine Heredia in Rent
15. Kevin Spacey in The Big Kahuna
16. Giovanni Ribisi in Lost in Translation
17. Kenneth Branagh in Hamlet
18. Sean Penn in Dead Man Walking
19. Jake Gyllenhaal in Proof
20. Viggo Mortensen in The Lord of the Rings
21. Peter Facinelli in The Big Kahuna
22. Tom Cruise in Magnolia
23. Danny Devito in The Big Kahuna
24. Ryan Philippe in Playing By Heart
25. Al Pacino in Dick Tracy

Top 25 Performances by an Actress

2005-11-13T22:06:00.001-05:00

1. Angelina Jolie in Playing By Heart
2. Frances McDormand in Fargo
3. Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago
4. Natasha Richardson in Chelsea Walls
5. Hilary Swank in Boys Don’t Cry
6. Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
7. Emily Watson in Red Dragon
8. Joan Allen in The Crucible
9. Gwyneth Paltrow in Proof
10. Renee Zellweger in Cold Mountain
11. Madonna in Evita
12. Carol Channing in Thoroughly Modern Millie
13. Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hudsucker Proxy
14. Alison Lohman in White Oleander
15. Jennifer Connely in Requiem for a Dream
16. Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones’ Diary
17. Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries
18. Charlize Theron in Monster
19. Cameron Diaz in Vanilla Sky
20. Melora Walters in Magnolia
21. Samantha Morton in Minority Report
22. Catherine Keener in Full Frontal
23. Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovitch
24. Anne Hathaway in Havoc
25. Rosario Dawson in Chelsea Walls

Top 25 Actors

2005-11-13T22:06:00.000-05:00

1. Ethan Hawke
2. Jude Law
3. Joaquin Pheonix
4. Giovanni Ribisi
5. Daniel Day Lewis
6. Brad Pitt
7. Christian Bale
8. Ralph Fiennes
9. Paul Rudd
10. Antonio Banderas
11. Joseph Fiennes
12. Kenneth Branagh
13. Arnold Schwartzeneger
14. Ewan McGregor
15. Anthony Hopkins
16. Hank Azaria
17. Stanley Tucci
18. Robert Downey, Jr.
19. Jeffery Wright
20. Edward Norton
21. Steve Zahn
22. Dick Van Dyke
23. Jeremy Piven
24. Steve Buscemi
25. Greg Kinnear

Top 25 Actresses

2005-11-13T22:05:00.002-05:00

1. Kate Winslet
2. Cate Blanchett
3. Anne Hathaway
4. Emily Watson
5. Emma Caulfield
6. Gwyneth Paltrow
7. Uma Thurman
8. Emma Thompson
9. Catherine Keener
10. Carol Channing
11. Samantha Morton
12. Natasha Richardson
13. Annette Bening
14. Catherine Zeta-Jones
15. Toni Collette
16. Rachel McAdams
17. Erika Christianssen
18. Charlize Theron
19. Meryl Streep
20. Lily Tomlin
21. Gong Li
22. Juliet Landau
23. Alison Lohman
24. Janeane Garofalo
25. Charisma Carpenter

5 Favourite Directors

2005-11-13T22:05:00.001-05:00

1. Ethan Hawke
2. Woody Allen
3. Baz Luhrmann
4. Steven Soderbergh
5. M. Night Shyamalan

5 Favourite Movie Scores

2005-11-13T22:05:00.000-05:00

1. Star Wars
2. Jurassic Park
3. Batman
4. Memoirs of a Geisha
5. The Hours

5 Favourite Romantic Comedies

2005-11-13T22:04:00.002-05:00

1. Elizabethtown
2. While You Were Sleeping
3. Forget Paris
4. Bridget Jones’ Diary
5. Two Weeks' Notice

10 Favourite Broadway Musicals

2005-11-13T22:03:00.003-05:00

1. Sunday in the Park with George
2. Jesus Christ Superstar
3. Into the Woods
4. Assassins
5. Company
6. Sunset Boulevard
7. Les Miserables
8. A Little Night Music
9. Evita
10. The Lion King

5 Favourite Movie Musicals

2005-11-13T22:03:00.002-05:00

1. Evita
2. Bye Bye Birdie (1995)
3. Thoroughly Modern Millie
4. Moulin Rouge
5. Fiddler On The Roof

5 Favourite Songwriters -- Broadway

2005-11-13T22:03:00.000-05:00

1. Stephen Sondheim
2. Andrew Lloyd Webber
3. Claude-Michel Schönberg
4. Stephen Schwartz
5. Charles Strouse

5 Favourite Songwriters -- Popular

2005-11-13T22:02:00.001-05:00

1. Derek Webb
2. Aaron Tate
3. Sarah Masen
4. Carolyn Arends
5. Matt Slocum

5 Favourite Composers

2005-11-13T22:02:00.000-05:00

1. Chopin
2. Pärt
3. Rachmaninov
4. Mozart
5. Cage

Top 10 Christmas Albums

2005-11-13T22:01:00.003-05:00

1. A Christmas to Remember (Amy Grant)
2. At Christmas (James Taylor)
3. It’s Christmas (Mandisa)
4. The Christmas Album (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
5. Happy Christmas, vol. 2 (Various Artists)
6. Wishing for This (Leigh Nash)
7. The Twelve Days of Christmas (Burl Ives)
8. Happy Christmas, vol. 3 (Various Artists)
9. Christmas: An Irrational Season (Carolyn Arends)
10. The Promise (Michael Card)

5 (or 11) Favourite Music Videos

2005-11-13T22:01:00.001-05:00

1. Head Over Feet -- Alanis Morrissette
2. You Don’t Know My Name -- Alicia Keyes
3. 8 Easy Steps -- Alanis Morrissette
4. Lose My Breath -- Destiny’s Child
5. Love Is A Battlefield -- Pat Benetar
6. Who Is It? -- Bjork
7. Take On Me -- A-ha
8. It’s Quiet -- Bjork
9. Frozen -- Madonna
10. Bachelorette -- Bjork
11. Stuck -- Stacie Orrico

5 Favourite Praise Songs

2005-11-13T22:01:00.000-05:00

1. Blessed Be Your Name
2. Here I am to Worship
3. All for Jesus
4. Better is One Day
5. All in All

5 Favourite Hymns

2005-11-13T22:00:00.002-05:00

1. O Sacred Head
2. It is Well
3. My Jesus, I Love Thee
4. How Deep the Father’s Love for Us
5. When I Survey

5 Favourite Songs by People I Don't Really Like That Much

2005-11-13T22:00:00.000-05:00

1. The Blower’s Daughter, Damien Rice
2. Toxic, Britney Spears
3. The Remedy, Jason Mraz
4. I’ll Stand by You, The Pretenders
5. The Way, Fastball

5 Favourite Covers

2005-11-13T21:59:00.001-05:00

1. Veronica, Sarah Masen
2. Mad World, Gary Jules
3. Crazy, John Jonethis
4. I Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston
5. Overkill, The Benjamin Gate

Top 25 Words

2005-11-13T21:46:00.000-05:00

1. cro
2. chthonic
3. sepulchral
4. masturbatory
5. obviate
6. propinquity
7. pelagic
8. prosaic
9. mayoral
10. periaktoi
11. criterion
12. aitch
13. spondaic
14. calumny
15. logorrhea
16. xenophobia
17. crises
18. textual
19. onomatopoeia
20. finite
21. eh
22. concupiscence
23. phlegm
24. lackadaisical
25. keen

Top 25 Plays

2005-11-13T21:45:00.001-05:00

1. White Biting Dog (Judith Thompson)
2. The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
3. Richard III (William Shakespeare)
4. Angels in America: Perestroika (Tony Kushner)
5. Angels in America: Millenium Approaches (Tony Kushner)
6. Phaedra (Jean Racine)
7. Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
8. The American Dream (Edward Albee)
9. The Word Tree (S. C. Pinney)
10. Equus (Peter Shaffer)
11. Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
12. Macbeth (William Shakespeare)
13. Tape (Stephen Belber)
14. 2000 Candles (Ins Choi, Richard Peters, Jeanine Noyes, Tracy Thomas)
15. Bedtime Story (Peter Fuller)
16. Marat/Sade (Peter Weiss)
17. Living Room (Andrea Donaldson, Laura Quigley and Jacob Spencer)
18. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
19. Medea (Euripides)
20. The Good Woman of Setzuan (Bertolt Brecht)
21. The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Bertolt Brecht)
22. Capture Me (Judith Thompson)
23. Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen)
24. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
25. The Trip To Bountiful (Horton Foote)

5 Favourite Comic Book Writers

2005-11-13T21:44:00.001-05:00

1. Grant Morrison
2. Joss Whedon
3. Chris Claremont
4. Jeph Loeb
5. Scott Lobdell

5 Favourite Canadian Writers

2005-11-13T21:44:00.000-05:00

1. Margaret Laurence
2. Judith Thompson
3. Thomas King
4. Joy Kogawa
5. Margaret Avison

5 Favourite Young Adult/Children's Authors

2005-11-13T21:43:00.001-05:00

1. Daniel Manus Pinkwater
2. Susan Cooper
3. Dr. Seuss
4. Brian Jacques
5. J. K. Rowling

5 Favourite Nonfiction Writers

2005-11-13T21:43:00.000-05:00

1. Annie Dillard
2. C. S. Lewis
3. Leanne Payne
4. Andrew Comiskey
5. Thomas Browne

5 Favourite Playwrights

2005-11-13T21:42:00.001-05:00

1. Judith Thompson
2. Edward Albee
3. Oscar Wilde
4. Sophocles
5. William Shakespeare

5 Favourite Poets

2005-11-13T21:42:00.000-05:00

1. Gerard Manley Hopkins
2. Thomas Hardy
3. George Elliot Clarke
4. Alexander Pope
5. W. H. Auden

5 Favourite Novelists

2005-11-13T21:41:00.001-05:00

1. Salman Rushdie
2. E. M. Forster
3. Virginia Woolf
4. Charles Dickens
5. Margaret Laurence

Top 25 Writers -- All Genre

2005-11-13T21:41:00.000-05:00

1. Annie Dillard
2. Salman Rushdie
3. C. S. Lewis
4. E. M. Forster
5. Gerard Manley Hopkins
6. Daniel Manus Pinkwater
7. Judith Thompson
8. Leanne Payne
9. Edward Albee
10. Charles Dickens
11. Andrew Comiskey
12. Virginia Woolf
13. G. K. Chesterton
14. William Shakespeare
15. Joss Whedon
16. Oscar Wilde
17. Sophocles
18. Susan Cooper
19. Bertolt Brecht
20. Margaret Laurence
21. Thomas King
22. J. K. Rowling
23. Grant Morrison
24. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
25. Chris Claremont

5 Favourite Fast Food Chains

2005-11-13T21:40:00.001-05:00

1. Taco Bell
2. Wendy’s
3. Subway
4. Arby’s
5. KFC

5 Favourite Restaurants

2005-11-13T21:40:00.000-05:00

1. Friendly’s
2. Pizza Hut
3. Gate of India
4. Appleby’s
5. Ruby Tuesday

5 Favourite Condiments

2005-11-13T21:39:00.001-05:00

1. Parmesan Cheese
2. Mayonnaise
3. Ranch Dressing
4. Cheese Sauce
5. Salsa

5 Favourite Desserts

2005-11-13T21:39:00.000-05:00

1. Ice Cream
2. Ice Cream Cake
3. Fried Cheescake
4. Shaved Ice
5. Crumb Pie

5 Favourite Cheese

2005-11-13T21:38:00.002-05:00

1. Provolone
2. Asiago
3. Parmesan
4. Mozzerella
5. Havarti

5 Favourite Cuisines

2005-11-13T21:38:00.001-05:00

1. Mexican
2. Thai
3. Indian
4. Italian
5. Pennsylvania Dutch

5 Favourite Foods

2005-11-13T21:38:00.000-05:00

1. Macaroni and Cheese
2. Spicy Coconut Chicken
3. Mashed Potatoes
4. Spaghetti
5. Chili

5 Favourite Meats

2005-11-13T21:37:00.000-05:00

1. Ground Beef
2. Bacon
3. Veal
4. Lamb
5. Chicken

Top 25 Life Experiences

2005-11-13T21:36:00.000-05:00

1. Living Waters
2. Working at Brookstone
3. Free Italy trip
4. Working at Taipei European School
5. “Underground Rainbow” (article) in The Crown
6. Living with the Bowens
7. Road trip to Seattle with James and Erin
8. Moving to Taiwan
9. NAPOTA
10. Living with the Colyns
11. The performance of One Is Silver
12. Student teaching at Highland Secondary School
13. Being in Eli
14. My first Amy Grant concert
15. Directing Simply Splendid:Take Two
16. My first choir tour
17. New York trip with Danny and Kristi
18. High school graduation
19. Winning the Christianity and Literature Student Writing Contest
20. Redeemer graduation (#1)
21. My first Creation festival
22. Being in The Importance of Being Earnest
23. The Mystic aquarium
24. Snarking
25. Dating Amy Rideout

My 5 Favourite Days

2005-11-13T21:35:00.000-05:00

1. Christmas
2. Good Friday
3. Leap Day
4. Oscar Night
5. My birthday