067. Read a book (title) for each letter of the alphabet - In Progress

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H- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
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P- The Pretend Wife by Bridget Asher
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R- Room by Emma Donoghue
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078. Watch IMDB's Top 250 - In Progress

It's one of my goals to watch all of IMDB's Top 250. The list is constantly changing though, so I'm going with the list as of 01/26/2011. I have seen several of the movies already, so I count them as being watched, although I will probably re-watch them anyways.

So here is the list as of Jan 26

001. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
002. The Godfather (1972)
003. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
004. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
005. Pulp Fiction (1994)
006. Schindler's List (1993)
007. 12 Angry Men (1957)
008. Inception (2010)
009. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
010. The Dark Knight (2008)
011. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
012. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
013. Seven Samurai (1954)
014. Fight Club (1999)
015. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
016. Goodfellas (1990)
017. Casablanca(1942)
018. City of God (2002)
019. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
020. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
021. Rear Window (1954)
022. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
023. The Matrix (1999)
024. Psycho (1960)
025. The Usual Suspects (1995)
026. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
027. Toy Story 3 (2010)
028. Se7en (1995)
029. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
030. Memento (2000)
031. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
032. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
033. Forrest Gump (1994)
034. The Professional (1994)
035. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
036. Apocalypse Now (1979)
037. Citizen Kane (1941)
038. North by Northwest (1959)
039. American Beauty (1999)
040. American History X (1998)
041. Taxi Driver (1976)
042. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
043. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
044. Vertigo (1958)
045. Amélie (2001)
046. Alien (1979)
047. WALL-E (2008)
048. Spirited Away (2001)
049. The Shining (1980)
050. Black Swan (2010)
051. Paths of Glory (1957)
052. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
053. The Pianist (2002)
054. Double Indemnity (1944)
055. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
056. City Lights (1931)
057. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
058. The Lives of Others (2006)
059. M (1931)
060. The Departed (2006)
061. Aliens (1986)
062. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
063. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
064. Das Boot (1981)
065. The Third Man (1949)
066. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
067. L.A. Confidential (1997)
068. Chinatown (1974)
069. Modern Times (1936)
070. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
071. Life is Beautiful (1997)
072. Back to the Future (1985)
073. The Prestige (2006)
074. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
075. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
076. Raging Bull (1980)
077. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
078. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
079. Some Like It Hot (1959)
080. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
081. Rashomon (1950)
082. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
083. Amadeus (1984)
084. All About Eve (1950)
085. The Green Mile (1999)
086. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
087. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
088. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
089. The Great Dictator (1940)
090. Inglourious Basterds(2009)
091. Braveheart (1995)
092. The Apartment (1960)
093. Downfall (2004)
094. Up (2009)
095. Gran Torino (2008)
096. Metropolis (1927)
097. Gladiator (2000)
098. The Sting (1973)
099. Unforgiven (1992)
100. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
101. The Elephant Man (1980)
102. Oldboy (2003)
103. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
104. Sin City (2005)
105. On the Waterfront (1954)
106. Rebecca (1940)
107. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
108. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
109. Die Hard (1988)
110. The Great Escape (1963)
111. Princess Mononoke (1997)
112. Batman Begins (2005)
113. The Seventh Seal (1957)
114. Jaws (1975)
115. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
116. Blade Runner (1982)
117. The King's Speech (2010)
118. Fargo (1996)
119. The General (1926)
120. Slumdog Milllionaire (2008)
121. No Country for Old Men (2007)
122. Heat (1995)
123. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
124. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
125. Touch of Evil (1958)
126. Yojimbo (1961)
127. Ran (1985)
128. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
129. Wild Strawberries (1957)
130. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
131. Snatch (2000)
132. The Sixth Sense (1999)
133. Annie Hall (1977)
134. The Deer Hunter (1978)
135. Donnie Darko (2001)
136. District 9 (2009)
137. The Big Lebowski (1998)
138. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
139. Strangers on a Train (1951)
140. It Happened One Night (1934)
141. High Noon (1952)
142. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
143. The Lion King(1994)
144. Platoon (1986)
145. Into the Wild (2007)
146. Avatar (2009)
147. There Will Be Blood (2007)
148. Toy Story (1995)
149. Notorious (1946)
150. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
151. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
152. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
153. Gone with the Wind (1939)
154. Trainspotting (1996)
155. The Gold Rush (1925)
156. Scarface (1983)
157. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
158. The Wrestler (2008)
159. Ben-Hur (1959)
160. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
161. Groundhog Day (1993)
162. The Big Sleep (1946)
163. The Graduate (1967)
164. Amores Perros (2000)
165. Life of Brian (1979)
166. Finding Nemo (2003)
167. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
168. The Terminator (1984)
169. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
170. The Kid (1921)
171. Ikiru (1952)
172. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
173. The Wages of Fear (1953)
174. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
175. Stand by Me (1986)
176. The Social Network (2010)
177. The Thing (1982)
178. Casino (1995)
179. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
180. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
181. V for Vendetta (2006)
182. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
183. Diabolique (1955)
184. Ratatouille (2007
185. Gandhi (1982)
186. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
187. Star Trek (2009)
188. Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 (1963)
189. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
190. The Princess Bride (1987)
191. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
192. The Hustler (1961)
193. Good Will Hunting (1997)
194. La Strada (1954)
195. The Killing (1956)
196. The 400 Blows (1959)
197. The Incredibles (2004)
198. Network (1976)
199. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
200. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
201. In Bruges (2008)
202. The Wild Bunch (1969)
203. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
204. Stalag 17 (1953)
205. The Exorcist (1973)
206. Persona (1966)
207. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)
208. Dial M for Murder (1954)
209. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
210. True Grit (2010)
211. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
212. Children of Men (2006)
213. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
214. Let the Right One In (2008)
215. Mary and Max (2009)
216. Ed Wood (1994)
217. Rocky (1976)
218. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
219. Magnolia (1999)
220. Big Fish (2003)
221. Manhattan (1979)
222. Mystic River (2003)
223. Barry Lyndon (1975)
224. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
225. The Truman Show (1998)
226. The Fighter (2010)
227. Patton (1970)
228. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
229. The Celebration (1998)
230. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
231. Roman Holiday (1953)
232. His Girl Friday (1940)
233. Infernal Affairs (2002)
234. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
235. Duck Soup (1993)
236. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
237. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
238. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
239. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
240. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
241. 127 Hours (2010)
242. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
243. Harvey (1950)
244. Sleuth (1972)
245. In the Mood for Love (2000)
246. Three Colors: Red (1994)
247. Rope (1948)
248. Crash (2004)
249. Monsters Inc. (2001)
250. A Christmas Story (1983)

047. Craft 2 baby gifts-in progress

Started the first baby gift today. It's a purple hat and will be going to my friend's baby.

task 25. proof of completion. first one!

I have decided to re-start my Day Zero project. Basically, it's a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days. I like making to-do lists, and I love crossing things off those lists...so this is project is perfect for me! I will try to maintain this blog throughout the project, posting my thoughts on each task I'm working on or have completed.

Here's my list

Wish me luck!