top all-time records

I've been doing a ton of re-organization lately... I've been sick since the end of May with a weird convergance of an appendix-area infection and, because life comes in threes, angry ovarian cysts and a low tolerance to the antibiotics. Hurting every day and feeling nauseous very frequently is really starting to take it's toll, and I'm even more amazed by the people in my life who feel this sick all the bloody time. All complaining aside, it has made my nesting instinct go a little through the roof.

Had the carpets cleaned, bought a REAL tv (upgraded my 12" to a 26" Panasonic and even got a nice DVD player)... put a cd case up in the office, started organizing my music (mp3s and my old quasi-lost mp3s), watered the plants, bought a new Brita.

It's made me re-visit my old loves, which is ALWAYS a good feeling, and despite having just splurged on a television AND tickets to fly out to Maine in September, I'm going to slowly start building my DVD collection. I love movies too much to not have the ones dear to my heart in my library.

I have too many favorite films, artists and experiences to make any "top whatever lists" that I fully endorse, but at the moment, these have been making the faux cut:

* favorite all-time movies*

kramer vs. kramer
rivers and tides: andy goldsworthy working with time
wit
grand avenue (amazing HBO miniseries by Robert Redford)
the godfather I
the godfather II
charlie chaplin's "the kid" and "gold rush"
buster keaton's "the general"
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
cinema paradiso
waiting for guffman
eddie izzard / dress to kill
to kill a mockingbird
casablanca
blue (of the blue / white / red french trilogy)
the black stallion (best cinematography ever)
capote
amelie

*favorite guilty pleasure movies*
you've got mail (why is it so addictive?)
spinal tap
back to the future
grizzly man
high fidelity
wayne's world



*favorite all-time tv shows*
the sopranos
arrested development
reading rainbow
mystery science theater 3000
punky brewster
[secret junky tv show that i can't commit to type]

*favorite music from now and then -- artists in my head at this very minutes*
radiohead
ben folds
john coltrane
miles davis
dave brubeck
slim cessna
david bowie
bjork
etta james
calexico
bob dylan
simon and funky

*some of my many favorite songs*

georgia on my mind- ray charles
jane- ben folds
hallelujah- leonard cohen / rufus wainwright/ jeff buckley
i will- radiohead
true love waits- radiohead
black star- radiohead
joga - bjork
gloomy sunday- bjork
black bird - beatles
yesterday- beatles
love ridden- fiona apple
winter- tori amos
brahms 2nd symphony in d major
beethoven's 9th
mozart's requiem in d minor
elgar's cello concerto

*favorite muppets*
kermit
fozzie
beaker
grover

*favorite books*
ulysses- joyce
in search of lost time- proust
bridge to terabithia- patterson
to kill a mockingbird- lee
9 stories- salinger
short stories- updike
wallace stevens poetry
the shining- king
matilda- roald dahl
the unbearable lightness of being- kundera
summer of night- simmons
labyrinth - borges
waiting- jin

*favorite plays*
hamlet
much ado about nothing
lost in yonkers
equuis

*favorite sounds*
rain. cliche, but always true.
the bass of the human voice with my head against their chest
second gear on matilda miata
my cello-- d or g string, 1st, 2nd or 3rd position
vibrato
mozart's minor choral swells
laughter
a small child reading
whuffly sleeping puppy sounds
birds early in the morning
waves
the covers rustling as someone turns over in their sleep
piano dabbling
full broom sweeping old floor boards
curry comb on a horse's back
breeze on mountain trails
cheers from a crowd
cold drink being poured on a hot day


*favorite fabric*
cotton

*favorite colors*
blue
green

*favorite big picture*
parents
friends
amazing films
good sleep
beautiful days
views
epiphanies
peace of mind
harmonizing
chocolate chip ice cream
chocolate
healthy things mixed with cheese
productivity
hard work
writing
long, boring journal entries of my inner monologue's babble
approval
love
comfort
safety
health
irish temper
travel
simple things
small things
everything

.notice that i put 'health' 11th after 'chocolate chip ice cream'... i've got my story straight.

long lists that mean nothing to anyone but me at exactly that minute.
now they're just a thing of the past, and i'm off to sleep and begin new lists tomorrow.