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Thursday Thirteen — BONUS!

May 15, 2008 Author: Elizabeth | Filed under: Books, Daily, Meme, Thursday Thirteen

Comment with the title of a book you’d like me to read. I will read the first 13 and do a blog post on each book. If I have read it already, I’ll re-read it just for you. Go!

1. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
3. The Ezekiel Option by Joel Rosenberg
4. A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
5. life on the refrigerator door: Notes between a Mother and Daughter by Alice Kuipers
6. House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
7. A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers
8. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (all of them)
9. (see above)
10. (see above)
11. (see above)
12. (see above)
13. (see above)

Thursday Thirteen #37

May 15, 2008 Author: Elizabeth | Filed under: Daily, Meme, Music, TV, Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Thoughts on Next Week’s American Idol Finale

1. If David Cook hadn’t made it to the finale, I would have never watched again. I’ve never been a devout follower, but something about this season was close to my heart (something I don’t feel comfortable sharing publicly, but feel free to ask. I’ll email you).

2. I really can’t stand David A. (not even gonna bother to try with that one).

3. I’m trying to think of another song that Cook could sing to make me enjoy his music even more, but the guy has honestly covered so many of my favorites already…I feel like I’d be asking too much. Hmm, maybe “Looks Like We Made It” (Barry Manilow) or…”Elizabeth” (Frank Sinatra). But that would be too much.

4. I get to watch it with Kevin. Yay :) Though I’m a little disappointed that the one year I get passionate about it, he’s kinda “eh.” Not complaining. At least he puts up with me dying and coming back to life all during the first line of David Cook singing “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.” Quite a task, I assure you.

5. It’s a Tuesday night. I’m really glad something has come along to ease the pain of the loss I experienced whenever Gilmore Girls ended.

6. Completely unrelated, but I should have my As Time Goes By DVDs by then. And I’m actually more excited about that.

7. Hoping David A. sings something else hilarious (you know, like that lovely Dan Fogelberg number this week). I’m crossing my fingers for either “Arthur’s Theme” by Christopher Cross or “Break My Stride” by Matthew Wilder. That would be some serious comedy, folks.

8. Hoping Kellie Pickler doesn’t show up.

9. And Kelly Clarkson right along with her. You girls can just stay home and watch, okay?

10. I would like to see both Jennifer Hudson and Melinda Doolittle.

11. Kristy Lee Cook and Skunkhair…can do without both of them.

12. Maybe Jason Castro won’t be high?

13. I don’t know how we could pull this off, but maybe David C. could accidentally kick David A. in the face? Hmm. Need to think about the logistics of that one a little more.

Thursday Thirteen #36

Apr 30, 2008 Author: Elizabeth | Filed under: Daily, Meme, Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen of My Favorite Dance Moments
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Thirteen Films in My Netflix Queue

So, I’m a little late doing this, but I wanted
to see the first film on the list and I refuse
to pay $28 for a used DVD on Amazon.
1. Love Me If You Dare
2. Away From Her
3. Once
4. Before Sunrise
5. Before Sunset
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
7. Annie Hall
8. Why Did I Get Married
9. Sweet Land
10. I’m Reed Fish
11. The Jane Austen Book Club
12. French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years
13. Gentlemen Prefer French & Saunders

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Thirteen Commercials that Make My Ears Bleed
1. FreeCreditReport.com - I don’t know what annoys me more: the stupid singing, the dumb face the guy is making at the end that looks suspiciously like one of those IDIOTIC Myspace posed photos with the puckered lips and a peace sign (Oh, you’re in 8th grade? Then that’s okay.), or the fact that the audio isn’t in sync with the video.


2. Mr. Spriggs BBQ - “Meat falls off the bone.” What more can I say.


3. Hinder, “Lips of an Angel” TV Spot - Please tell me what the lead “singer” thinks he’s doing with his arms. He looks like a T-Rex with half a brain.


4. Check Into Cash - “You got a cash emergency, you got a money may day.”


5. HeadOn - I don’t know if this stuff works, but the commercials are enough to convince me not to buy it.


6. Easy-Off Bam - The smell of their oven cleaner could take out a pachyderm.


7. Sync - I’m a Chevy girl (though I’ve only ever driven an Oldsmobile) so I won’t be getting one of these.


8. Avis - You can’t rent a car until you’re 25, right? Too bad for me.


9. Cox Communications DSL - I have Cox digital cable, telephone, and internet. That means I can’t escape their commercials.


10. Earl’s Rib Palace


11. Gary England “Calm During the Storm” - I should be honest and say that this scares me more than anything else.


12. 1-800-2SellHomes - At least it’s not 1-800-NoAgent with the CALL NOW CALL NOW CALL NOW CALL NOW anymore.


13. It has arrived! - WHO ARE THEY MARKETING THIS TO?

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Thirteen Songs on My “Cleaning House” Mix
1. Tears Dry On Their Own - Amy Winehouse
2. Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
3. Angel To You (Devil To Me) - The Click Five
4. California Girls - Beach Boys
5. Clumsy - Fergie
6. You Walked In - Lonestar
7. Take A Chance On Me - A-Teens
8. Daddy’s Money - Ricochet
9. Whatta Man - Salt-N-Pepa
10. We Belong - Pat Benatar
11. Teenagers - My Chemical Romance
12. 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
13. Wild Thing - Tone Loc

Other songs on the mix include: Thank God, I’m A Country Boy - Billy Dean,
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer, and What’s It Gonna Be - Jessica Simpson.

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Thirteen Reasons I’m Looking Forward to Having My Wisdom Teeth Removed
1. No more headaches!
2. I get to stay at my parents’ house and be babied.
3. Soup
4. Sorbet
5. Ice packs on my face.
6. Getting that happy, Heaven feeling whenever they put me out.
7. Good drugs :)
8. Potential weight loss from lack of appetite.
9. An excuse to stay in bed.
10. The season premiere of LOST is the same night. So I get to watch LOST on drugs.
11. Possibly a legitimate reason to miss class. (If I’m still feeling poorly)
12. SLEEP.
13. Last — because I have never done this before, thus have no idea what I’m getting
myself into and am probably not as scared as I should be.

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Thirteen Slightly Strange (or interesting) Names in My Family Tree
1. Unity
2. Helloe
3. Sabre (great-great-grandmother)
4. “Elizabeth Darcy”
5. Rollo - LOL, Sanford & Son
6. Alianore
7. Sancha
8. Dafydd (oh, those Welsh)
9. Berengaria
10. Adeliza
11. Delisa (this is interesting to me because that was the name of my childhood
best friend.
12. Eustacie
13. Enrique!

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Thirteen (Living) People I’d Like to Meet and Possibly Have Breakfast With
1. Julie Andrews - Because she taught me to sing.
2. Dawn French - Funniest woman - ever.
3. That little girl I attacked in Anthony’s when I was 2.
4. John Burnham Schwartz - My favorite author of the past few years.
5. Frank Wildhorne - So I can convince him to put me in a musical.
6. Christopher Plummer - He was my first crush.
7. Keri Russell - I wish she was my big sister. I <3 Felicity.
8. Bill O’Reilly - I’d just like to chat with him.
9. Michelle Malkin - We’d probably be best friends.
10. The Lost Ogle
11. If they are alive, the person who created Philadelphia Cream Cheese.
12. Meg Ryan & Tom Hanks - Only together. Because that’s when they are at their cutest.
13. Pat Conroy - Again, because what that man had to say in 15 minutes
touched me more than anything else I’ve ever heard.

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So, I was raised with some beliefs that not many people share, myself included, but I just want to preface this by saying that I respect anyone who does hold these beliefs. Including my parents. Anyway, while I was growing up we never saw movies in the theater. I say never but I actually saw two when I was younger. Most movies I have seen in a theater have been in the past 4-5 years. This means I haven’t seen very many. And most of the ones I HAVE seen were pretty awful. Here goes!


The Thirteen (Give or Take) Movies I’ve Seen In A Theater
1. Pocahontas (1995)
2. Inspector Gadget (1999)
3. The Prince & Me (2004)
4. The Notebook (2004)
5. The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
6. In Good Company (2004)
7. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
8. The Ring Two (2005)
9. Spanglish (2004)
10. Wimbledon (2004)
11. Finding Neverland (2004)
12. Just Like Heaven (2005)
13. John Tucker Must Die (2006)

Others: (I’ll add them as I think of them) Dirty Dancing (2007 -
20th Anniversary Re-release)

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