Update - February Fourteen (That Is, Valentine's Day)

- Watched Night At The Opera (#85) and Casablanca (#3) ("Do" #2)
- Wrote to 7 more publishers ("Work" #1)
- Contacted a professor at Vanderbilt Divinity School who's designing my next tattoo. ("Get" #3)
- Received Sullivan's Travels (#61) and Swing Time (#90) in the mail.
- Made tentative plans to go to 2 shows next week, one of which is at RCKTWN, which is a venue that I haven't yet knocked off. ("Nashville/TN" #1)

I think there may have been more, but I'm starting to lose track. Maybe that's a good thing?

More Rentals, and West End Pt. 2

Just rented:

A Night At The Opera (#85, 1935)
Dr. Strangelove (#39, 1964)
On The Waterfront (#19, 1954)
A Streetcar Named Desire (#47, 1951)
Vertigo (#9, 1958)

I have plans to watch Yankee Doodle Dandy tonight, and I still have Ben Hur here, as well, so it'll be a busy week.

Also, took inventory of most of the AFI list at the West End BB, and found that they had at least 40 more (that is, apart from the ones I've just rented) of the movies on the list that I've yet to see. That's great news, as it means I'll be able to finish at least the 50 I'm trying to see, and perhaps the whole darn list.

Update: Watched Yankee Doodle Dandy. Was hilarious to see James Cagney try to pull off the part of a song-and-dance man. E and I were laughing a bunch at his spoken-word style of "singing." Watched A Night At the Opera tonight, too.

Update: ...and I've decided to return Ben Hur, unwatched. I just don't care enough about movie #100 to watch over 3 hours worth of it. Y'know?

One More Movie Down

Just watched Nashville (1975). ("Do" #2)

I must have missed something. I'd swear there've been at least 100 movies made that were better than that one.

Day Seventy - Progress Report

Today is day 70 of my 1001 day odyssey, so I thought I'd do a quick status check to see if I'm keeping pace. I know I lost some time to the Christmas season there. The result is encouraging:

Goals Accomplished: 9.5%
Time Elapsed: 7%

(That 9.5% figure takes into account the percentages of multi-tiered goals completed... lots of .12 and .06's there.)

Onward.

AFI Update, and renting movies in Nashville

Being impatient as I am, I've been doing a lot of in-store swapping of movies to maximize the dent I'm making in the AFI list. I had been accustomed to going to the Blockbuster on Gallatin Rd. in Inglewood, but was really discouraged by their selection. Problem solved.

If you're thinking of undertaking this sort of endeavor in the Nashville area, the Blockbuster on West End has an outstanding inventory of these movies. West End is most certainly my new Blockbuster.

Update - February Six Thru Nine

-Watched One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (disturbing, but excellent. Chief is a great character, and I loved Nicholson.), Taxi Driver (interesting and unsettling. Glad I saw it once.), Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, and 12 Angry Men (Loved both. Really excellent movies.) ("Do" #2)

Also rented Ben Hur and Nashville. I'll watch those in the next day or two.

Update (2/8): Yankee Doodle Dandy just arrived in the mail.
Update (2/9): Watched All The President's Men today and saw Disappointed By Candy/Harrison Hudson @ The Rutledge ("Nashville" #1) last night. Ran into Joe Kirk there. Awesome.

Also, Mat Kearney was there. He's everywhere. I think he's following me. Ha.

Update - February Five

Note to self: no waiting 3 weeks to update again. I've been trying to backtrack and figure out what belongs in this update, and I think (think) I've got it covered. Here goes... with possible exceptions, because, well, dem's da breaks, as we say in suburban New Hampshire.

Completed:

- got rid of books I didn't need or want ("Simplify" #1)
- got rid of CDs I didn't need or want ("Simplify" #4)
- got rid of DVDs/VHS tapes I didn't need or want ("Simplify" #5)
- got my glasses ("Health" #5)
- saw Heypenny @ Mercy Lounge ("Nashville/TN" #1)
- made meals for myself for 4 days and counting ("Health" #2)
- saw The Apartment (funny, and certainly racy for its time), which was on the AFI list. ("Do" #2)
- watched the final pre-Super Tuesday primary debates for both parties. ("Do" #3)
- wrote a new entry and posted a couple of old entries at my other blog ("Do" #5)
- wrote to Joel ("Family and Friends" #3)
- started reading A Confederacy Of Dunces (1980) ("Read" #1)
- have been in contact with 2 publishers ("Work" #1)

Also, if you haven't voted in your state's presidential primary, stop reading this and go do it.