• watched Into the Deep by IMAX (1994)

• watched Caligula (1979) -- didn't finish

• watched Million Dollar Baby (2004)

• listened to Comfort from a Country Quilt by Reba Mcentire (1999)


• listened to Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (2003)

• watched Russian Ark (2002) -- 90 min. ONE continuous take! Tilman Büttner deserves far more praise.


• watched Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

• listened to The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd (2005)


• watched Sixteen Years of Alcohol (2003)

• watched Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)

• listened to The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (2002)


• watched Adaptation. (2002)


• watched Elizabeth (1998)


• watched Real Women Have Curves (2002) -- don't eat the flan

• watched Shrek 2 (2004)

• listened to Wealth Diva by Loral Langemeier (2004) on the way home from OREIA

• listened to John Adams written by David McCullough, read by (very recognizable voice) Edward Herrmann (2001)


• watched Everyday People (2004)


• watched Garden State (2004) -- fast forward 90%

• listened to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2003) -- like Monk as a boy

• listened to Three Weeks with My Brother by Micah and Nicholas Sparks (2004) -- grew up in Los Angeles projects, both "ugly American" tourists, go figure

• watched The Magdalene Sisters (2002) -- Girl Interrutped with sadistic nuns


• watched Open Water (2003) -- Synopsis: Where's the boat? Is that a shark? I have to pee. Daniel! Susan! Munch. Gulp.


• watched The Sea Inside "Mar adentro" (2004)

• watched Sideways (2004)


• watched Y Tu Mamá También "And Your Mother Too" (2001)

• listened to Burns and Allen (Radio Spirits) -- Gracie interviews Ronald Reagan, Gracie cons George (2002)


• listened to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Audiobook): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by John Stewart (2004)


• watched Last Night (1998) -- "tell me something to make me love you", Sandra Oh


• watched Le Divorce (2003)-- skip it, unworthwhile

• listened to Nickel and Dimed : On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (2004)


• watched Amelie "Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain" (2001) -- the original roaming gnome