Saturday, March 05, 2005

gnomads and college movies

"mr.brightside", by the killers, was the first song i heard when i got into my car this morning. consequently, a good portion of my commute to work was spent singing in a bad british accent. i'm jazzed we're finally playing it. it remains to be seen whether i'll get to play it when i'm on air in a couple of hours. (i'll get up and look after i'm done with this.)

*yawning* 'scuse me. it was a long week with with a lot of that "early to rise" stuff. i'm not feeling any healthier, wealthier, or wiser, but that could be because i still went to bed pretty late on a nightly basis. ugh- i think it's finally caught up to me. so much for my plan to work out after my shift....unless i hit a second wind. (or a first wind, really, this early in the morning.)

yesterday was an odd day. things were a little rough in the wonderful world of two year olds, but they behaved a little bit better after their two hour nap. bodhi, my favorite gnomad, was back in town- and brought a friend- so i showed them around school. i took their picture with my boss, who asked if they'd be on my website, too. i was also warned to watch what i say on here....parents might be reading. so- i suppose future entries about school and my observations on parenting are put on hold.....for now. my school day ended with quite a compliment from an unexpected source, which made my day. i'll have to remember to scribble it into my private journal, which has been sorely neglected since i started my blog. maybe i'll just print out all my blog postings, staple them into my journal, and consider myself caught up..........

the state newspaper recently did an online poll to find out readers' favorite "teenage"movie from the past 20 years.....the results came out in thursday's paper. two out of the top five 80s films are from the 80s. in case you missed the article, here's the top 10:

1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
2. The Breakfast Club
3. Dazed & Confused
4. American Pie
5. Napoleon Dynamite
6. Pretty in Pink
7. Clueless/Love & Basketball (tie)
9. Say Anything
10. House Party

where's "Can't Hardly Wait" on this list? what about "Real Genius"? oh, right- that was a college movie. in fact, there are a bunch of good college movies out there.....what are your favorites? leave me a comment or two, and after i have a few built up, i'll set up a poll on my wnok website.
ok- that's an ambitious enough project for today........

4 comments:

  1. My favorite college movies are: FRIDAY: Reminds of my old roommate.
    SWINGERS: "You're money baby..."
    ANIMAL HOUSE: "MY ADVICE TO YOU..."
    MEMENTO: That movie will mess with you, in a good way.
    BED OF ROSES: "HA HA...j/k"

    SAYS MICKEY

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  2. memento wasn't a movie about college...unless i really missed something when i watched it. i'll agree it's a good movie, though- i've got it on special edition dvd.

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  3. so movies about college or movies i watched a lot when i was IN college? then again a lot of movies focus on teenage drama and the one last great senior year and summer before college...hmmm...

    movies i watched a lot in college
    dazed & confused
    reality bites
    pretty woman
    swingers
    four weddings and a funeral

    movies about education that i love
    dead poets society
    mr.holland's opus
    stand and deliver

    party / school movies
    old school
    animal house
    american pie

    teenage /school dramas:
    breakfast club
    st.elmo's fire
    pretty in pink
    can't hardly wait
    save the last dance
    varsity blues
    10 things i hate about you
    say anything
    can't buy me love
    pump up the volume

    am i helping or confusing things more?

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  4. If you're going to put a poll on WNOK.COM, below are college movies that must be included. Now I'm not talking about movies one may have watched in College, but movies where a college has a prominent role.

    Animal House - Quite simply the best movie ever made
    Old School - Worthy effort
    Harold and Kumar go to Whitecastle - Underrated movie worth seeing
    Van Wilder - Another pretty good college movie that snuck in under the radar

    OK these are the comedies, but what about the dramas? Separate poll here...

    Flatliners - Medical students and some very questionable experiments
    A Perfect Mind - Real life can be so much more amazing than fiction
    Dead Poets Society – You just can't make a private college look cool
    Mona Lisa Smile - Chick version of Dead Poets Society
    Good Will Hunting - How 'bout them apples?

    - Scott

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