TOTAL for September 2006:

• 12 new books (.40 books per day): read 6, listened to 6, relistened to 1, lost interest in 1


• 8 new movies (.27 movies per day)


• 22 entries total (.73 entries per day)

• listened to The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (2002) -- pulpy, but good; well read


• listened to Leading with My Chin by Jay Leno (1996) -- hilarious

• watched Captains Courageous (1937) -- ****, love it, Freddie Bartholomew (Harvey) acted with W.C. Fields


• watched Funny Ha Ha (2002) -- awkward, tiresome, not funny. Do people like this exist?

• listened to Madam Secretary: A Memoir by Madeleine Albright (2003) -- could have been a tattoo parlor come on girl, Wellesley College grad

• watched Sunset Boulevard (1950)

• watched The World's Fastest Indian (2005) -- Burt Munro goes over 200 MPH on less than 1000 CCs

• listened to Soul Music by Terry Pratchett (1998)


• lost interest in The Tenth Insight : Holding the Vision by James Redfield (1996)

• listened to Swimming Lessons : Life Lessons from the Pool, from Diving in to Treading Water by Penelope Niven (2004)


• relistened to Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett (2000)

• watched Butterfield 8 (1960)

• watched I Capture the Castle (2003)

• read Making Faces by Kevyn Aucoin (1997)

• read Face Forward by Kevyn Aucoin (2000)


• read The Value of Honesty : the Story of Confucius by Spencer Johnson (1979) -- ValueTales

• read Unforgettable Color : Revlon Makeup with Confidence by Selene Milano (2003) -- one long ad for Revlon, but fun to read all the same

• read Working on Yourself Doesn't Work : A Book About Instantaneous Transformation by Ariel and Shya Kane (1999)

• watched Voyage in Time "Tempo di viaggio" (1983) -- Andrei Tarkovsky is homesick

• read The International Encyclopedia of Horses and Ponies (The Howell Equestrian Library) by Jane Kidd (1995)

• listened to Running with Scissors : A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs (2005) -- made into a movie


• watched Grandma's Boy (2006) -- oh Doris! oh Shirley! Heidi Hawking credited as Milk Maid. Hmmmm...