She devotes her life to what she can live with:

2010-01-15T10:39:00.003-06:00

I love Christmas break, and I had a great time in Chicago and Michigan with family and friends, but when everyone else is back at work and I'm still sitting at home... it kinda sucks. Especially because I didn't have my car for a few days and was stuck at home with nothing to do. I shouldn't say nothing. I have super cleaned my room (dusted, vacuumed, and rearranged some things) and prepped for the semester more than usual. Master copies of ALL assignments and handout have been printed and organized in my brand new binder so all I have to do is make photocopies throughout the semester. I even set up my online gradebooks down to every detailed assignment and participation point and am prepared to give my students access codes to track their grades online. Look at me go.

So with all this great prep - I am ready for classes! Yesterday I went over to one of my schools of employment where I will be an Academic Advisor this semester instead of an instructor. (I'm teaching at two schools and advising at a third. Busy!) Especially after this brief meeting involving paperwork and setting up my advising schedule for the semester, I feel ready. That half hour was the most alive and purposeful I've felt since I got back from my travels a week and a half ago. Part of it was being in a campus environment. Part is the excitement of a new job and challenge. And part was how welcoming and validating the other staff were. I met a few other advisors who all welcomed me warmly. And the head of advising, who I have been training with since Thanksgiving, had some very complimentary things to say. Ordinarily, part time advisors like myself need to also be teaching at the school during the semesters they advise. The way the cards fell this semester left me with no classes at this particular school due to scheduling and low enrollment. I was pretty disappointed. But the head of advising recommended me to the dean as a potentially strong advisor specially because he said I have a welcoming presence. He insisted that you can teach the computer stuff, the rules and details of course scheduling and prerequisites. But you can't teach the heart, the caring for the students. Once in awhile, it's really nice to hear that kind of thing.

On top of that, I've gotten some very kind compliments from colleagues who are writing my reference letters for my ongoing full-time professorship search. I just have to keep crossing my fingers that I land one someday (sooner rather than later). This is what I'm good at. This is what I want to do. Maybe what I'm meant to do. And I feel validated about that regularly. So it has to work out as a full-time career one of these days - right? Here's hoping.

New Years Resolutions 2010

2010-01-09T12:50:00.003-06:00

Well my Christmas miracle came through. I flew home standby on Dec. 23rd and spent a lovely two weeks with family and friends in Chicago and Michigan, including family holidays, a nephew's hockey game, sledding with my sister, sister-in-law, and nephews, and NYE at my favorite Michigan microbrew with dear, dear friends. But now it's 2010 and I'm back in New Jersey and ready to get serious about the new year.

I don't usually make new years resolutions because I tend not to keep them. But last year, Kyle and I resolved not to eat at chain restaurants and we did very well. We started eating out less overall, which is simply because we live in the same place and cook together alot. But I think we also managed to go the whole year only eating at TGIFriday's once (with a buy one get one coupon), Applebees once (with friends for drinks), and Bonefish Grill twice (which is a chain, but neither of us had ever eaten there before). Not bad.

This year, I have a few little resolutions/goals. Like keep going to the gym regularly/more, write poems, put together a chapbook of poems and start submitting it for publication... but I have one, big, main resolution which I have a feeling is going to be tough but I'm determined to keep. No more shopping.

Yes, you read correctly. No more. However much I try to cut back or only buy things I really want, I still spend more than I should. When I'm having a rough day, a trip to Target or the mall always seems to cheer me up. This is not a healthy outlet. And over the last few months I've been tracking my spending and found that my "personal" category is a little higher than I think it should be. So in 2010 I resolve to only buy what I need - food, toiletries, etc. I can only buy clothes or shoes if my existing clothes and shoes become unwearable. And by this I mean I cannot buy a new pair of jeans unless ALL THREE pair I currently own have holes in them. I cannot buy new cute black shoes unless EVERY pair of black shoes I own falls apart. No purses. No jewelry. Nothing.

I think if I can make it through the year with this, I'll be much more mindful in the future of what I am buying and when. And the real purpose of this whole endeavor is to pay off credit card debt. I have three cards carrying a balance, and if I apply my usual frivolous spending money to paying one card, I am confident I can reasonably pay it off by the end of 2010, if not sooner. Which, I think, would motivate me to keep paying off my debt in large chunks and I could be credit card debt free by the time I turn 30. (Now my student loans are another story, but with lower interest rates I don't feel like those are hanging so heavy over my head).

So here we go. Wish me luck!...

Praying for a Christmas Miracle

2009-12-22T16:56:00.003-06:00

Booked my flight home for Christmas two months ago - US Airways from Newark to Philly to Chicago. When I found the flight, after comparing costs and airlines endlessly, I looked up the direct flight from Philly to Chicago, figuring it'd be easier to cut out that first leg. But it was considerably more expensive, so I went for the connection. Should have paid the extra...

Yesterday, my first flight was delayed by 45 minutes. But the new departure time came and went with no plane or explanation. By the time we took off (2 hours late) chances of making my connection looked slim. I RAN when I got off that plane, but by the time I took the shuttle bus to the right terminal and ran to the farthest gate, my flight to Chicago was long gone. I actually landed one minute AFTER my next flight was scheduled to take off.

After standing in a customer service line for over an hour, they rebooked me for Wednesday night, 2 days after my original reservation. Everything out here is sold out, even after searching multiple airports and airlines. And now there is snow and ice expected in Chicago tomorrow afternoon, making my new flight look not-so-promising.

Going to the airport early tomorrow to stand by on every possible earlier flight, even though most of them are seriously overbooked according to the airline. There is one that the woman said looks possible.

Praying for a Christmas miracle... all I want is to get home in time for our family Christmas Eve celebration...

No More Research?

2009-12-01T14:15:00.004-06:00

Why don't students know how to cite research anymore? I would estimate that 75% of my students each semester do not know how to put together a bibliography or provide proper in-text citations. I don't just mean that they make small errors, but that they don't even produce anything close!

I get lists of sources at the end in no order whatsoever. I get students who include the entire entry right after the quote and don't put any bibliography at the end at all. Students use Google and Yahoo for research and have no concept of what a scholarly source is.

I expect a certain amount of mistakes, but don't they teach you to alphabetize your list of sources? Don't students at least know to include the author, title, publisher, and date? I know other professors (in history, psych, etc) don't teach research. That's my job as the composition instructor. But freshman comp is about strengthening skills of grammar, essay structure, and thesis statements. Most composition courses include research, but don't focus on it wholly. And why not? I feel like freshman comp should spend about half the semester on research, citations, bibliographies, etc. How else will the students be prepared when other professors expect they know how to do this?

What really blows my mind is that my students who seems to be struggling are not in freshman comp - they're all in the second level of English composition! So I wonder not only what high schools are teaching these kids, but what did their freshman comp professors teach them? And maybe part of the problem is the curriculum, not the teachers or professors themselves.

This is a very scatterbrained dumping of frustration. I just had to pause in my afternoon of essay grading to express a little confusion and frustration over the mistakes I seem to correcting on paper after paper after paper...

Thanks

2009-11-22T19:32:00.001-06:00

For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?

And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!

Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?' For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Publication!

2009-11-13T21:25:00.002-06:00

http://www.yellowmedicinereview.com/id13.html

Sadly, my actual poem is not printed here. But you can see my name and order the issue! And I posted the poem here, along with my other fall publication from The Kelsey Review.

http://devotesherlife.com/Poems.html

2009-11-13T13:33:00.002-06:00

I had a strange moment this morning when I learned that some of my past and current students found and read my blog! I'm not sure why this surprises me because I read a blog written by one of my former graduate professors. Sometimes I think no one reads this because I get so few comments, but apparently, there are anonoymous readers out there somewhere! I try to keep some this private, or blocked to friends only, like my Facebook account. But this website and blog is meant to be both personal and professional. So naturally, students may stumble across it. I think one of the advantages about teaching at a college level rather than elementary and high school is that it's ok for students to see me as a "real person." While I certainly try to maintain a tone of professionalism in the classroom, I enjoy the mutual respect that a professor/student relationship offers.

I went off on a bit of a tangent here, and I'm really not sure I'm being very clear in my thoughts. Early class today. I really just wanted to say - hello students! Say hi once in awhile; I always enjoy hearing what former students are up to. :)

You and I

2009-11-09T09:28:00.002-06:00

Let's get rich and buy our parents homes in the South of France
Let's get rich and buy everybody nice sweaters
and teach them how to dance
Let's get rich and build our house on a mountain
making everybody look like ants
from way up there, you and I
You and I

(Ingrid Michaelson)

New Tunes

2009-11-06T22:18:00.003-06:00

It's been awhile since I got some great, new music. I think the last album I bought (which was also the only one I've gotten in maybe 6 months) was Regina Spektor's new album, Far, this summer. But this week I downloaded two new albums from eMusic and I think I'm in love...

Away We Go soundtrack, which is almost exclusively Alexi Murdoch
and
Ingrid Michaelson's Be OK

I highly recommend both. I know Ingrid Michaelson in particular has been around for awhile now. Her music has been in hot TV shows, like Grey's Anatomy, and on Old Navy commercials. But for some reason, I haven't bothered to really listen to her until now. I've been missing out. You might be missing out too.

It's surprisingly difficult to find a good autumn poem...

2009-11-02T23:00:00.000-06:00

Autumn

by Grace Paley

What is sometimes called a

tongue of flame

or an arm extended burning

is only the long

red and orange branch of

a green maple

in early September reaching

into the greenest field

out of the green woods at the

edge of which the birch trees

appear a little tattered tired

of sustaining delicacy

all through the hot summer re-

minding everyone (in

our family) of a Russian

song a story

by Chekhov or my father

What is sometimes called a

tongue of flame

or an arm extended burning

is only the long

red and orange branch of

a green maple

in early September reaching

into the greenest field

out of the green woods at the

edge of which the birch trees

appear a little tattered tired

of sustaining delicacy

all through the hot summer re-

minding everyone (in

our family) of a Russian

song a story by

Chekhov or my father on

his own lawn standing

beside his own wood in

the United States of

America saying (in Russian)

this birch is a lovely

tree but among the others

somehow superficial

Grace Paley, “Autumn” from Long Walks and Intimate Talks by Grace Paley and Vera B. Williams. Copyright © 1991 by Grace Paley. Reprinted with the permission of The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, www.feministpress.org.

Source: Begin Again: The Collected Poems of Grace Paley (1999)

50 concerts

2009-08-11T20:04:00.004-05:00

The rules. Test your memory and your love of live music by listing 50 artists or bands (or as many as you can remember) you've seen in concert. List the first 50 acts that come into your head. An act you saw at a festival and opening acts count, but only if you can't think of 50 other artists.

(This is literally all I can remember - I think there are a few other country and/or Christian rock artists that I'm missing. Oh yeah, and this is evidence of my very wide and varied taste in music. You can also kind of see how my interests have changed, since this is in approximate chronological order.)

1. Peter Paul and Mary
2. Billy Ray Cyrus
3. Davis Daniel
4. Brooks and Dunn
5. John Michael Montgomery
6. Garth Brooks
7. Toby Keith
8. Joe Diffie
9. JoDee Messina
10. Martina McBride
11. Dave Matthews Band
12. DC Talk
13. Newsboys
14. Jennifer Knapp
15. Third Day
16. Bebo Norman
17. Barenaked Ladies
18. Matchbox 20
19. Pat McGee Band
20. John Mayer
21. Sister Hazel
22. Blessid Union of Souls
23. Steven Curtis Chapman
24. Nichole Nordeman
25. Jars of Clay
26. Caedmon's Call
27. Toby Mac
28. Shane Barnard and Shane Everett
29. Counting Crows
30. Indigo Girls
31. Rusted Root
32. Maroon 5
33. Justin Timberlake
34. Gavin DeGraw
35. The Fray
36. Lily Allen
37. Jon McLaughlin
38. Dave Barnes
39. Matt Wertz
40. Switchfoot
41. Eric Hutchinson
42. Aqualung
43. Lily Allen
44. Joshua Radin
45. Rufus Wainwright
46. Regina Spektor
47. Sara Bareilles
48. Eric Hutchinson
49. Death Cab for Cutie
50. Jason Mraz

Me according to Jason Mraz

2009-08-06T21:20:00.000-05:00

Rules: Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to at least 15 people and include me. You can't use the band I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think! Repost as "my life according to (band name)"

Pick your Artist: Jason Mraz

Describe yourself:
The Remedy (I Won't Worry)

How do you feel:
Lucky

Describe where you currently live:
Who Needs Shelter

If you could go anywhere, where would you go:
Clockwatching

Your favorite form of transportation:
Plane

Your best friend is:
Geek In The Pink

What's the weather like?
Bella Luna

Favorite time of day:
Sleep All Day

If your life was a TV show, what would it be called:
On Love, In Sadness

What is life to you:
Wordplay

Your fear:
The Boy's Gone

What is the best advice you have to give:
Live High

Thought for the Day:
Only Human

How I would like to die:
Absolutely Zero

My soul's present condition:
Life is Wonderful

My motto:
No Stopping Us

15 Books

2009-07-20T20:36:00.002-05:00

Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes. On Facebook, tag 15 friends, including me because I'm interested in seeing what books my friends choose. (To do this, go to your Notes tab on your profile page, paste rules in a new note, cast your 15 picks, and tag people in the note - upper right hand side.)

1. The Brothers K - David James Duncan
2. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers
3. My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Piccoult
4. Harry Potter (all 7) - JK Rowling
5. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
6. Strike Sparks (poems) - Sharon Olds
7. Broken Symmetry (poems) - Jack Ridl
8. The Boxcar Children (series) - Gertrude Chandler
9. Mere Christianity - CS Lewis
10. The Wizard of Oz (and other OZ books) - L Frank Baum
11. The Kite Runner - Khalid Hosseini
12. Vice (poems) - Ai
13. Wrigleyville - Kevin Kaduk
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
15. Letters and Papers from Prison - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

2009-07-15T22:08:00.001-05:00

anyone need a couch?? cause there are three at the curb out on main street. and a chair.

oh new jersey. :)

2009-06-18T23:03:00.002-05:00

I miss my nephews :(

Witness - choreography competition!

2009-06-15T13:04:00.002-05:00

Any dance lovers out there?

Please do me a favor and go to DanceMedia.com and vote for this video: Witness.

My tap teacher, Sarah Cook Mason, entered the Capezio ACE choreography competition and online voting ends today! (Bonus, I'm in the video). You have to create a login to vote, but it's free and quick. Please help us out by voting!

i forgot!

2009-06-12T15:15:00.003-05:00

I can't believe I forgot to share my very favorite observation about the intriguing culture of the state of New Jersey! Seriously, this is my favorite. Every time I see this, I literally laugh out loud.

-People in NJ like to leave their crap on the lawn. No, I'm not kidding. There is a big tv on my lawn right now. I don't know who it belongs to or how it has been there, but it was there when I moved in 5 months ago and it still is. Right next to the house. On the other side of the house, the neighbors had an old a/c unit on a moving dolly for a couple weeks. Just sitting in the middle of the space between our houses. And last week I swear driving around I saw at least 3 other houses with similar situations, including an old computer monitor on the front lawn for days. Seems like an electronic recycling company would be a good addition to the area. But at least I get a good laugh at the sights.

Life in NJ

2009-06-07T18:43:00.004-05:00

Wow, I've been really terrible about posting. I think part of it is that sometimes I think no one reads this. If more people did, maybe I would be more motivated to post? The other part is that I never want to share anything TOO personal. So sometimes I just have nothing else to say.

I do, however, enjoy looking back at posts from previous years to remember where I was, and what I was doing, and see how far I've come. And since I'm in the midst of a pretty significant phase of my life (moving from Chicago to New Jersey, first time other than college living away from "home") I figure I should start recording more of it.

Since I moved, people keep asking me how I like New Jersey. And this goes for both people here and people I've left behind in the midwest. I never quite know what to say. Usually I just say it's fine. Cause it is. Not much different than most other places. I don't LOVE it. I don't dislike it. It's fine. I did love Chicago, so this is a switch. But I don't feel some kind of itch to get away from here. There's nothing really bad about it. I'm close to NYC, close to the shore, and everything I need is within reasonable driving distance - stores, malls, parks, etc. NJ is like the suburbs, only more spread out, more strip malls, and more trees.

I HAVE decided that I'm really grateful to be living somewhere new. I have encountered alot of people, here and other places, who seem to never leave one place. They either go to college in the same town or at least the same state, and then stay there or move back home. I'm glad I grew up in IL, went to college in Michigan, lived in the city of Chicago for awhile, and now live on the east coast. I'm also really grateful for a few study abroad and travel abroad experiences. I've found that people who travel to and live in different places tend to have a different, more open minded perspective on the world. More global thinking. I like to think I have that.

This may show up in other posts as I continue learning about my new home, but I'm going to start collecting observations about NJ. So far, this is what I have learned.

-People in NJ never leave NJ. They love it. Or just don't see a need to go anywhere else. Or just get stuck here.
-People in NJ like to get their nails done (seriously, at least 5 nail salons in every town. Often 3 on the same block.)
-People in NJ are terrible drivers. Not terrible like Chicago where drivers are offensive drivers. Terrible like... distracted.
-This weekend I have passed at least 8 different yard sales. And that's just driving up and down the main street in my tiny town. People in NJ like yard sales.
-To make a turn in NJ you have to either make a U-turn or take a jughandle. For those unfamiliar, a jughandle is like an exit on the right side of the road that takes you around to the perpendicular road so you can then go straight or make a left (which, from your original direction, would be the equivalent of making a left or a U-turn). Sometimes these jughandles go on and on and on...
-Roads in NJ are not labeled properly. Or not labeled at all. If you don't know where you're going, you might be in trouble. Don't assumer there will be a street sign to help you. There probably won't be.

Kyle just glanced at this and said, "So you're working on your NJ rant?" Hm. Oops. I guess this list does all sound kind of negative. But it's not all bad here! I swear! My next post will be a list of all positive observations. Just give me a few days to come up with a handful...

Earth Day

2009-04-22T18:43:00.000-05:00

Will you teach your children what we have taught our children? That the earth is our mother? What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth.

This we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.

(Chief Seattle)

today i'm thankful for...

2009-04-06T22:07:00.003-05:00

flower buds on the trees... high heels... students who get excited about Shakespeare... Bob the goldfish... national poetry month... a plane ticket home for Easter... an afghan knit by my grandma on my bed... baseball season... Special K Vanilla Almond cereal... amazon.com... the ticking of my wall clock...

refreshing

2009-04-05T09:59:00.000-05:00

Kind, unsolicited words about my World Literature 2 class...

"I absolutely love your class. I love our readings and I love how you go into so much detail about each and every one of them without making it terribly boring, which is a very refreshing thing."

48 Q's

2009-02-11T23:14:00.002-06:00

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANY ONE?
My maternal grandmother's middle name / St. Katherine

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
week before last?

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
most of the time. except when i try too hard to make it look perfect - then it comes out all crazy like and awkward.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
turkey

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
nope

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
i think so

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
sometimes, and usually without thinking before i speak. oops.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
yes

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
not a chance.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
right now? special k vanilla almond.
ever? probably cinnamon toast crunch

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
not usually

12. IF YOU COULD HAVE ONLY ONE ALBUM FRONT TO BACK FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE,WHAT WOULD IT BE? AND IT CAN'T BE A GREATEST HITS ALBUM?
Counting Crows - August and Everything After

15. RED OR PINK?
pink

16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
my not-quite-straight but not-quite-curly hair

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
my momma

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST?
sure, why not?

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
dark green slinky pants / no shoes

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
my roommates getting ready for bed and the tv in the next room

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
burnt sienna :)

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
warm rain, cookies baking, hot apple cider

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
kyle del

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
my cousins - of course!

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
baseball! go cubs go!

27. HAIR COLOR?
brown

28. EYE COLOR?
hazel

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
yes

30. FAVORITE FOOD?
turkey and mashed potatoes

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
happy endings

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
uh... movies? ooh, peter pan a couple weeks ago

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
dark blue

35. HUGS OR KISSES?
sorry, i know it's breaking the rules, but i need both

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
anyone still up this late at night...

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
the rest of you who are smart enough to go to bed

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Empire Falls by Richard Russo (yes, still...)

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
laptop - no mouse pad

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
American Idol, LOST!, and Top Chef

42. FAVORITE SOUND(S).
piano music

43. ROLLING STONES or BEATLES?
Beatles....hands down!

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
Budapest, Hungary (and other eastern European cities)

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
what do we mean by special?

46 WHERE WERE U BORN?
Lake Forest, IL

47. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER?
poetry class in college

2009-01-23T12:40:00.002-06:00

i realize how ridiculous this is about to sound considering it's the middle of january, but...

it smells like spring outside today.

things i like about new jersey (so far)

2009-01-21T18:26:00.004-06:00

-the sales tax at IKEA when i bought my bookshelf last week was 3.5%
-gas is around $1.55 a gallon and i can fill my tank for under $20 without ever getting out of my car (nj is all full service gas stations)
-i went to the ocean today :)
-"rush hour traffic" is equivalent to an off time of day in chicago
-parking RIGHT in front of my house
-laundry right outside my bedroom!
-cheaper everything
-diners, diners, diners
-trees! everywhere i drive, trees alongside
-small towns

68 movies and I still have a life

2009-01-18T22:19:00.002-06:00

SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 movies, you have no life. There are 219 movies on this list. Copy this list, go to your own account, paste this as a note. Then, put x's next to the movies you've seen, add them up, change the header adding your number, and click publish.

( ) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
( ) Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
( ) Joe Dirt
( ) KING KONG
Total: 8

(x) A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
(x) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
( ) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
(x) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
() Flubber
Total: 4

( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
(x) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
Total: 4

( ) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child's Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
( ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
Total: 5

( ) Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Sleven
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(x) Ocean's Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
( ) Bourne Supremacy
( ) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
( ) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
Total: 3

(x) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(x) ET
( ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Boss’s Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
( ) War of the Worlds
( ) Rush Hour
( ) Rush Hour 2
Total: 3

( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
( ) Calendar Girls
(x) Sideways
( ) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
(x) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3
Total: 9

(x) X-Men
( ) X2
( ) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
( ) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
(x) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
Total: 8

( ) Swimfan
( ) Miracle on 34th street
( ) Old School
(x) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
( ) Kippendorf's Tribe
(x) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old-virgin
Total: 3

(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total: 6

() Baseketball
() Hostel
() Waiting for Guffman
() House of 1000 Corpses
() Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
() Highlander
() Mothman Prophecies
() American History X
() Three
Total: 1

() The Jacket
() Kung Fu Hustle
() Shaolin Soccer
() Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
() Shaun Of the Dead
() Willard
Total: 3

() High Tension
() Club Dread
() Hulk
() Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicle Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
() 28 days later
() Orgazmo
() Phantasm
() Waterworld
Total: 2

() Kill Bill vol 1
() Kill Bill vol 2
() Mortal Kombat
() Wolf Creek
() Kingdom of Heaven
() the Hills Have Eyes
() I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
() The Last House on the Left
() Re-Animator
() Army of Darkness
Total: 0

(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total: 6

(x) The Matrix
( ) The Matrix Reloaded
( ) The Matrix Revolutions
() Animatrix
() Evil Dead
() Evil Dead 2
() Team America: World Police
() Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
() Hannibal
Total: 2

() Battle Royale
() Battle Royale 2
() Brazil
() Contact
() Cube
() Dr. Strangelove
() Enlightenment Guaranteed
() Four Rooms
() Memento
() Pi
() Requiem for a Dream
() Pulp Fiction
() Reservoir Dogs
() Run Lola Run
() Russian Ark
() Serenity
() Sin City
() Snatch
() Spider
() The Sixth Sense
() The Village
(x) Waking Life
() Zatoichi
() Ikiru
() The Seven Samurai
() Brick
() Akira
Total: 1

Overall Total: 68