101 things
Saturday, August 9th, 2008
I’ve been working a lot on my 101 things to do in 1001 days list. I started this project back in 2005, and my deadline is really sneaking up on me. The one that’s beating me up the most has got to be the “watch every movie to ever win “Best Picture.”
I’ve stopped writing a review for each of them, mostly because they’ve haven’t been all that interesting as of late. Maybe it’s because my Netflix queue has them all in chronological order. These movies from the 30’s and 40’s are… I’m not sure if boring is the right word or not, so I’ll just call them underwhelming. So far, only two or three have been worth the three hours to watch them. I might have to shake things up a bit and try to grab some more recent flicks.
When I first decided to do it, I was really interested in film making, and I thought I would feel more “cultured” if I exposed myself to more things. Now it just seems more like a chore. Although, I will admit it’s interesting seeing some of the changes in social behavior, as depicted in the films. One thing that stands out, is that I doubt there are more than a couple scenes where someone isn’t smoking.
I’ve got a couple “techie” posts that I’ve been working on that should be coming up soon, as well as some changes and updates to this site in general.