The idea, stolen from many, but adopted for the first time here: 100 first-time movies in 2008, watched and kept track of here.

And of course, suggest away if there's anything I absolutely must see!

Movies watched in 2008:

( 51 of 100 )

Specifically? TV rage against tvrage.com.

See, here's the thing. My secret shame. I love competitive cooking. Top Chef, Iron Chef, Hell's Kitchen, The F Word, hell, even The Next Top Food Network Star or whatever that one's called. Recently? I've been totally nutbar about Last Restaurant Standing. Now, I knew going in that this show had already aired in the U.K. (as The Restaurant). I specifically never mentioned it here because I didn't want to inadvertently get any "OMG JUST WAIT TIL ______ GETS CLOSED!" commentary so that I could watch it fresh.

So, boyfriend goes to the site now known as I HOPE YOU CHOKE ON IT.com to find out whether tonight was the finale or not.

And guess what information is right there without so much as a smidgen of a spoiler warning?

Now, I realize not everyone lives in the good old U.S.A., and that's fine. But either the show is new (which I HOPE YOU CHOKE ON IT.com listed it as), and should be treated as such without HUGE SPOILERS ALL OVER IT, or it should keep its spoilers and not show up on the little "what's new tonight" ticker. So fuck them, fuck the horse they rode in on, and fuck something else of theirs, because they're ON THE LIST.

I HOPE YOU CHOKE ON IT.com, you've been warned.

On the bright side...
( seriously, don't click through if you're planning on watching this tonight.. like don't even comment until you've seen it or have decided not to, lest you inadvertently glance up and see... )

In other news, just to buffer the cut: Spain: On the Road Again

As if I didn't love Gwyneth Paltrow enough already, now this??? This is going to be awesome. And what's up with Mario Batali hanging out with people I adore all the time? First Michael Stipe, now Gwynnie... You know he totally hangs out with Chris Martin too. I can't believe how excited I actually am for a PBS series...

... but unlike Ray Milland, mine was lost not to booze, but to How I Met Your Mother. I watched two and a half discs in one sitting. There is possibly something very wrong with me. But it was awesome. It was not, however, the making of an awesome 12 of 12. But a bet is a bet, so press on, I did. Pics of my lazy Saturday the 12th beyond the cut.

( I can't take quiet desperation! )

Brought to my attention by Defamer, and brought to your attention by me, because it is too hilariously awesome to risk anyone not seeing...

Bask in the what?

Okay, so, advance warning? This is the most boring 12 of 12 ever. I was super busy at work yesterday, it was super dreary and grey outside (which I love, personally, but is kinda flat in the photogenic sense), and I was too sleepy to do much with my evening beyond the WoW and Top Chef. I might have skipped it entirely, except, you know. Wager. ;D

( you're doomed to repeat the past )

Project Runway finale. Proceed at your own risk.

( spoilers ahoy-hoy! )

So, stolen from like, everyone on my flist. I've been working on this dumb thing since last week, unable to decide which fifteen to go with. But... it's Thursday. And I'm sleepy. And I'm just going to post it as is, and regret in fifteen minutes that I didn't swap x for y. :P

1. Pick 15 of your favourite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions. Totally cheating, you dirty cheaters.

( ...I used to have a scene with him. )

So, last month, afrocurl gave me the sage advice that I might, you know, maybe sorta wanna charge my camera before it runs out of batteries in the middle of 12 of 12. In a sudden and uncharacteristic move, I actually took this advice on Monday! And promptly came this close to leaving the entire battery unit at home as I left for the bus. Luckily, it's still pretty well pitch black when I leave the house, and the little orange light alerted me to the fact that something was missing. So, charged batteries and camera in hand, I set forth! And the twelve pictures, they did come.

And it's a good thing too, as the gauntlet has officially been thrown on the matter. That's right, folks. I've been challenged. And I'm enough of a sucker to turn down a challenge. The challenge is such: Half a year, no missed 12 of 12s. So, I've now got three down, three to go, and I'm counting on y'all to keep me from slipping up, lest I lose and one of my characters is forced to suffer some terrible repercussions.

Now, for the twelve:
( this is one for the good days )