California Dreaming

I'm back in Winchester for Winter break. And I am working at the movie theatre again, which is great because I love it. Things have been going well, Christmas was lovely even though it was cut short because I had to work at 4:00. But this is all going to be worth it when I step off the plane in California where I am certain all of my dreams will come true in a mere six days.

California, you say? I am going to visit a friend who is currently studying at Northridge (CSUN) in California for my Spring Break. I have dreamed about going to California for a really really long time. I used to have a t-shirt that said "California Dreaming" that I would wear like every tag day in high school (Catholic school non-uniform days). And since I am on the fence about pursuing a career in the movie industry which will almost definitely have me moving to California, I am seeing this trip as an investment in my future. It's research.....and fun. Lots of fun.

I'm really enjoying spending time with my work friends and of course with my family and P.A.C.K. and Sarah Belle. They are all such lovely people.

No updates on my AFI top 100 movies....I am currently watching the entire Terminator saga (I only have Salvation left) and then I am attempting to finish up watching every Barbra Streisand movie ever (only about 6 left I think).

AFI's Top 100 Films

I started my goal to watch all 100 Top AFI Films last year, and I have to say I'm not doing so well. I have spurts of times where I do pretty well but I still have a long way to go. So to help me, I am going to list them here and whenever I watch a movie I'll update the list. Could me interesting.

38 out of 100 (12/1/10)

41 out of 100 (12/6/10)

42 out of 100 (1/23/11)

51 out of 100 (2/17/11)

62 out of 100 (2/26/11)

66 out of 100 (4/3/11)

1. Citizen Kane

2. The Godfather

3. Casablanca

4. Raging Bull

5. Singin' in the Rain

6. Gone With the Wind

7. Lawrence of Arabia

8. Schindler's List

9. Vertigo

10. The Wizard of Oz

11. City Lights

12. The Searchers

13. Star Wars

14. Psycho

15. 2001: A Space Odyssey

16. Sunset BLVD.

17. The Graduate

18. The General

19. On the Waterfront

20. It's A Wonderful Life

21. Chinatown

22. Some Like it Hot

23. The Grapes of Weath

24. E.T.

25. To Kill a Mockingbird

26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

27. High Noon

28. All About Eve

29. Double Indemnity

30. Apocalypse Now

31. The Maltese Falcon
32. The Godfather Part II
33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest

34. Snow White

35. Annie Hall

36. Bridge on the River Kwai

37. The Best Years of Our Lives

38. Treasure of the Sierra Madre

39. Dr. Strangelove

40. The Sound of Music

41. King Kong

42. Bonnie and Clyde

43. Midnight Cowboy

44. The Philadelphia Story

45. Shane

46. It Happened One Night

47. A Streetcar Named Desire

48. Rear Window

49. Intolerance

50. Lord of the Rings

51. West Side Story

52. Taxi Driver

53. The Deer Hunters

54. M*A*S*H*

55. North by Northwest

56. Jaws

57. Rocky

58. The Gold Rush

59. Nashville

60. Duck Soup

61. Sullivan's Travels

62. American Graffiti

63. Cabaret

64. Network

65. The African Queen

66. Raiders of the Lost Ark

67. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

68. Unforgiven

69. Tootsie

70. A Clockwork Orange

71. Saving Private Ryan

72. The Shawshank Redemption

73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

74. The Silence of the Lambs

75. In the Heat of the Night

76. Forrest Gump

77. All the President's Men

78. Modern Time

79. The Wild Bunch

80. The Apartment

81. Spartacus

82. Sunrise

83. Titanic

84. Easy Rider

85. A Night at the Opera

86. Platoon

87. 12 Angry Men

88. Bringing Up Baby

89. The Sixth Sense

90. Swing Time

91. Sophie's Choice

92. Goodfellas

93. The French Connection

94. Pulp Fiction

95. The Last Picture Show

96. Do the Right Thing

97. Blade Runner

98. Yankee Doodle Dandy

99. Toy Story

100. Ben-Hur