spiegalr in 2008
2008, so far, is 82% worth living.
In 2005, spiegalr
did 60 things,
went 24 places,
met 0 people, and
consumed 1100 products.
Years:
2008
April
Listened to:
- Demon Days — Worth consuming!
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May
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- go on a cruise
- find a four leaf clover
- see the northern lights
- Build a snowman
- ride a motorcycle
- go camping
- make a snow angel
- climb a mountain
- fly a kite
- complete a 1000 piece puzzle
- learn to drive
- Have a water balloon fight
- Donate old clothes to charity
- ride an elephant
- experience a white christmas
Visited on 43 Places:
- Montana
- British Columbia
- Germany — Worth visiting!
- Switzerland — Worth visiting!
- Austria — Worth visiting!
- California — Worth visiting!
- Indiana Jones Adventure
- Jungle Cruise
- Tarzan's Treehouse
- Tiki Juice Bar
- Splash Mountain
- The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh
- Snow White's Scary Adventure
- Haunted Mansion
- Colorado
Read:
- Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel — Not worth consuming
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Full-Color Collector's Edition)
- Winnie-the-Pooh (Pooh Original Edition)
- The Little Prince — Worth consuming!
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Oxford World's Classics)
- The Hobbit — Worth consuming!
- Fahrenheit 451 — Worth consuming!
- After the Quake: Stories — Worth consuming!
- Sputnik Sweetheart — Not worth consuming
- American Gods — Not worth consuming
- Breakfast of Champions — Not worth consuming
- Lord of the Flies
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) — Worth consuming!
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)
Listened to:
- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness — Worth consuming!
- Ten — Worth consuming!
- Led Zeppelin II — Worth consuming!
- Tim — Not worth consuming
- Jagged Little Pill
- OK Computer — Worth consuming!
- Weezer (Blue Album)
- London Calling
- A Rush of Blood to the Head
- Give Up
- Hail To The Thief
- Chutes Too Narrow
- The Moon & Antarctica
- Funeral
- American Idiot
Watched:
- Spirited Away — Worth consuming!
- Blade Runner (The Director's Cut) — Worth consuming!
- Beetlejuice
- Sense and Sensibility
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Mission - Impossible (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
- The Wizard of Oz
- Grease (Widescreen Edition)
- The Lion King (Disney Special Platinum Edition)
- Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Edition with Bonus Disc)
- Toy Story
- Spider-Man (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
- Finding Nemo (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
- Spider-Man 2 (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
- The Incredibles (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Consumed:
- Sushi — Worth consuming!
- Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- Chocolate — Worth consuming!
- Cheesecake — Worth consuming!
- Kebab
- Pasta
- Steak
- Cottage Cheese
- Pancakes
- Fresh fish
- Lobster
- Thai Cuisine — Worth consuming!
- Ice cream
- Curry
- Prawns
Consumed:
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June
Visited on 43 Places:
Read:
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (If You Give...)
- The Missing Piece Meets the Big O 25th Anniversary Edition
- Little House on the Prairie
- James and the Giant Peach
- The BFG
- Matilda
- The Twits
- The Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries, Vol. 1)
- Are You My Mother?
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
- The Polar Express
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)
- Number the Stars (Laurel Leaf Books)
- Holes (Yearling Newbery)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)
Listened to:
- LCD Soundsystem
- The Bends — Worth consuming!
- The Beatles (The White Album) — Worth consuming!
- The Fragile
- Is This It — Worth consuming!
- Absolution — Worth consuming!
- Franz Ferdinand
- The Beatles 1
- Dark Side Of The Moon
- Selected Ambient Works 85-92
- Music for the Jilted Generation
- ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
- Showbiz
- Parklife — Worth consuming!
- Modern Life Is Rubbish — Worth consuming!
Watched:
- James and the Giant Peach (Special Edition)
- The Matrix — Worth consuming!
- The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
- Star Wars - Episode I, The Phantom Menace (Widescreen Edition)
- High Fidelity — Worth consuming!
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Harry Potter 1)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon — Worth consuming!
- Shrek (Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
- Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Harry Potter 3)
- Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (Unrated Widescreen Edition) — Not worth consuming
- Collateral (Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
- National Treasure (Widescreen Edition)
- Napoleon Dynamite — Worth consuming!
- Sweet Home Alabama — Not worth consuming
Consumed:
- Apple Crumble — Worth consuming!
- apple
- potato pancakes — Worth consuming!
- Cherries — Worth consuming!
- popcorn — Worth consuming!
- Broccoli — Worth consuming!
- Ritz Crackers
- muesli — Worth consuming!
- meatless chicken nuggets
- cupcakes — Worth consuming!
- Miso soup — Worth consuming!
- Grilled cheese sandwich — Worth consuming!
- quiche — Worth consuming!
- Gouda — Worth consuming!
- Chow mein — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
- Good Vibrations (single)
- All Along the Watchtower (song) [1968]
- Born to Be Wild (single)
- Bridge Over Troubled Water (single)
- California Dreamin' - The Mamas and the Papas (single)
- Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin (single)
- Crazy (single)
- Crying (single)
- Dancing in the Street (single)
- Eleanor Rigby (single)
- Great Balls of Fire (single)
- The Great Pretender (single)
- Hey Jude (single)
- I Fall to Pieces (single)
- I Heard it Through the Grapevine (single)
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July
Read:
- The Outsiders
- The Samurai's Garden: A Novel — Not worth consuming
- The Catcher in the Rye
- Epileptic
- Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood — Worth consuming!
- The Martian Chronicles (The Grand Master Editions) — Worth consuming!
- The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1)
- The Complete Calvin and Hobbes — Worth consuming!
- The Complete Peanuts 1950-1954 Boxed Set
- YOTSUBA&! Volume 1 (Yotsubato (Graphic Novels))
- Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth — Worth consuming!
- Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Volume 1
- Brave New World
- Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Vol. 1 — Worth consuming!
- The Illustrated Man — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
- Elephant — Worth consuming!
- In Absentia — Worth consuming!
- The Singles — Worth consuming!
- Kid A — Worth consuming!
Watched:
- 2001 - A Space Odyssey
- Princess Mononoke — Worth consuming!
- Amadeus - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
- The Hidden Fortress - Criterion Collection — Worth consuming!
- Amadeus — Worth consuming!
- Spice World
- Ace Ventura - When Nature Calls
- Lost in Space (New Line Platinum Series) — Not worth consuming
- The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
- Pokemon the First Movie - Mewtwo vs. Mew
- Jaws (30th Anniversary Edition)
- Horatio Hornblower Collector's Edition
- The Dark Knight — Worth consuming!
- 2001 - A Space Odyssey (Two-Disc Special Edition)
- The Dark Knight — Worth consuming!
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August
Read:
- Brave New World
- Catherine, Called Birdy (rpkg) (Trophy Newbery)
- Trial, The
- Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)
- J.R.R. Tolkien Boxed Set (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Worth consuming!
- Sputnik Sweetheart — Worth consuming!
- The Phantom Tollbooth — Worth consuming!
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)
- Les Misérables (Signet Classics)
- Foundation (Foundation Novels (Paperback))
- The Elephant Vanishes: Stories — Worth consuming!
- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Omnibus): The Fellowship of the Ring, the Two Towers, The Return of the King
- Batman: Year One — Worth consuming!
- A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
Listened to:
- White Blood Cells — Worth consuming!
- Come Away with Me — Not worth consuming
- Feels Like Home — Not worth consuming
- Guero
- Moulin Rouge — Worth consuming!
- Monkey Business — Not worth consuming
- Meteora — Not worth consuming
- The Definitive Collection
- My Iron Lung EP
- Appleseed — Worth consuming!
- In Rainbows
- One Day As A Lion — Worth consuming!
Watched:
- Empire of the Sun — Worth consuming!
- Arrested Development - Season One — Worth consuming!
- Family Guy, Vol. 2 (Season 3)
- Mr. Bean - The Whole Bean (Complete Set) — Worth consuming!
- Riding in Cars with Boys (Special Edition)
- Arrested Development - Season Two — Worth consuming!
- Les Miserables
- Nanny McPhee
- The Office - Season One
- Ikiru - Criterion Collection
- Newsies (Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
- American Idol - The Search For A Superstar (includes "The Making Of An American Idol") — Not worth consuming
- Sabrina: The Teenage Witch
- Master Keaton - Excavation (Vol. 1) — Worth consuming!
- Cast Away (Widescreen Edition)
Consumed: