Friday, September 28, 2012

Bucket List: Top 100 Movies

So, another one on my list is to see the top 100 movies of all time. For this I am using IMDb Top 250 list.
I plan on re-watching them and I'll give my rating right next to it.



So here are IMDb's Top 250 Movies (as of September 2012):

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 5/5

2. The Godfather (1972) 4/5

3. The Godfather: Part II (1974) 5/5

4. Pulp Fiction (1994) 5/5

5. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 5/5

6. 12 Angry Men (1957) 5/5

7. Schindler's List (1993) 5/5

8. The Dark Knight (2008) 5/5

9. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

10. Fight Club (1999) 5/5

11. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 4/5

12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 4/5

13. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 5/5

14. Inception (2010) 4/5

15. Goodfellas (1990) 4/5

16. Star Wars (1977) 5/5

17. Seven Samurai (1954) 5/5

18. The Matrix (1999) 5/5

19. City of God (2002) 5/5

20. Forrest Gump (1994) 5/5

21.  Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) 2/5

22. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 4/5

23. Casablanca (1942) 2/5

24. Se7en (1995) 5/5

25. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 5/5

26. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 5/5

27.The Dark Knight Rises (2012) 5/5

28. The Usual Suspects (1995) 4/5

29. Rear Window (1954) 5/5

30.  Psycho (1960) 5/5

31. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

32. Léon: The Professional (1994)

33. Sunset Blvd. (1950) 5/5

34. Memento (2000) 5/5

35. American History X (1998) 5/5

36. Apocalypse Now (1979) 5/5

37. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 5/5

38. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 5/5

39. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 5/5

40. North by Northwest (1959) 4/5

41. Alien (1979) 5/5

42. City Lights (1931)

43. Spirited Away (2001)

44. Citizen Kane (1941) 5/5

45.  The Shining (1980) 5/5

46. Modern Times (1936) 5/5

47. American Beauty (1999) 5/5

48. Taxi Driver (1976) 3/5

49. Vertigo (1958) 5/5

50. Toy Story 3 (2010) Rating 5/5

51. The Departed (2006)  5/5

52. The Pianist (2002) 5/5

53. Back to the Future (1985) 5/5

54. M (1931) 5/5

55. Paths of Glory (1957) 5/5

56. Double Indemnity (1944) 4/5

57. Aliens (1986) 4/5

58. Life Is Beautiful (1997) 5/5 (this should be much higher on the list!)

59. WALL·E (2008) 5/5

60. The Lives of Others (2006) 5/5

61. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

62. Amélie (2001) 3/5

63. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 4/5

64.  Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 5/5

65. Gladiator (2000) 4/5

66. The Green Mile (1999) 5/5

67. The Prestige (2006) 5/5

68. Reservoir Dogs (1992) 5/5

69.  The Great Dictator (1940) 5/5

70. Das Boot (1981)

71. Requiem for a Dream (2000)

72. The Third Man (1949) 3/5

73. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

74. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 4/5

75.  The Intouchables (2011)

76. Chinatown (1974) 4/5

77. Cinema Paradiso (1988)

78.  L.A. Confidential (1997) 5/5

79. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 4/5

80. Full Metal Jacket (1987) 5/5

81. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 3/5

82. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 5/5

83. The Lion King (1994) 5/5

84. Braveheart (1995) 5/5

85. Some Like It Hot (1959) 4/5

86. Singin' in the Rain (1952) 5/5

87. Oldboy (2003) 5/5

88. Amadeus (1984) 5/5

89.  Metropolis (1927) 5/5

90. Rashomon (1950)

91. Bicycle Thieves (1948)

92. All About Eve (1950)

93. The Avengers (2012) 5/5

94. Unforgiven (1992) 5/5

95. The Apartment (1960) 5/5

96. Raging Bull (1980) 3/5

97. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

98. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 4/5

99. The Sting (1973) 2/5

100. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 5/5

101. Princess Mononoke (1997)

102. A Separation (2011) 5/5

103. Die Hard (1988) 4/5

104. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

105. Downfall (2004)

106. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

107. Batman Begins (2005) 4/5

108. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 4/5

109. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

110. The Great Escape (1963) 4/5

111. Inglourious Basterds (2009) 5/5

112. Yojimbo (1961)

113. Up (2009) 5/5

114. For a Few Dollars More (1965) 5/5

115. Snatch. (2000) 4/5

116. The Elephant Man (1980) 4/5

117. On the Waterfront (1954) 3/5

118. The Seventh Seal (1957) 3/5

119. The Maltese Falcon (1941) 3/5

120. Heat (1995) 4/5

121. Gran Torino (2008) 5/5

122. Toy Story (1995) 5/5

123. Rebecca (1940) 4/5

124. The General (1926)

125. Blade Runner (1982)

126. Wild Strawberries (1957)

127. Fargo (1996) 4/5

128. Touch of Evil (1958)

129. The Big Lebowski (1998)

130. The Kid (1921)

131. Scarface (1983) 4/5

132. Ran (1985)

133. Cool Hand Luke (1967) 4/5

134. The Deer Hunter (1978)

135. Sin City (2005)

136. Strangers on a Train (1951) 5/5

137. The Gold Rush (1925)  5/5

138. Jaws (1975) 5/5

139. No Country for Old Men (2007) 4/5

140. It Happened One Night (1934) 4/5

141. Hotel Rwanda (2004)

142. High Noon (1952)

143. The Sixth Sense (1999) 5/5

144. Platoon (1986) 5/5

145. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 4/5

146. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

147. The Thing (1982) 5/5

148. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5/5

149. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 5/5

150. Trainspotting (1996)

151. Notorious (1946) 2/5

152. Annie Hall (1977) 4/5

153. Casino (1995) 5/5

154. Warrior (2011/I)

155. The King's Speech (2010) 3/5

156. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) 5/5

157. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

158. Gone with the Wind (1939) 5/5

159. Into the Wild (2007)

160. Black Swan (2010)

161. Good Will Hunting (1997) 5/5

162. Life of Brian (1979)

163. The Big Sleep (1946) 2/5

164. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) Rating: 5/5

165. Finding Nemo (2003) 5/5

166. V for Vendetta (2005) 5/5

167. Donnie Darko (2001)

168. Network (1976) 4/5

169. Ben-Hur (1959) 5/5

170. The Night of the Hunter (1955) 4/5

171. The Terminator (1984) 4/5

172. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

173. Million Dollar Baby (2004) 5/5

174. Dial M for Murder (1954) 4/5

175. Stand by Me (1986) 4/5

176. Moonrise Kingdom (2012) 5/5

177. There Will Be Blood (2007)

178. Groundhog Day (1993) 5/5

179. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

180. The Artist (2011/I) 

181. Twelve Monkeys (1995) 5/5

182. Amores Perros (2000)

183. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 3/5

184. The Graduate (1967) 

185. Mary and Max (2009) 5/5

186. Gandhi (1982) 4/5

187. The 400 Blows (1959)

188. The Killing (1956)

189. Persona (1966)

190. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 5/5

191.  8½ (1963)

192. The Princess Bride (1987) 3/5

193. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 5/5

194. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) 

195. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 4/5

196. La Strada (1954)

197. The Hustler (1961) 3/5

198. The Wild Bunch (1969)

199. Stalag 17 (1953) 5/5

200. Rocky (1976) 5/5

201. Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 4/5

202. District 9 (2009)

203. The Exorcist (1973)

204. A Beautiful Mind (2001) 5/5

205. Rope (1948)

206. Barry Lyndon (1975) 

207. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 4/5

208. Stalker (1979) 

209. Ratatouille (2007)

210. Roman Holiday (1953) 5/5

211. Infernal Affairs (2002)

212. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) 5/5

213. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 

214. The Truman Show (1998) 

215. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) 

216.  Ip Man (2008) 

217. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

218. The Wrestler (2008)

219. Star Trek (2009) 5/5

220. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

221. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

222. Rosemary's Baby (1968)

223. Harvey (1950) 

224. Monsters, Inc. (2001)

225. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

226. In the Name of the Father (1993)

227. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

228. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

229. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

230. Nosferatu (1922)

231. Manhattan (1979)

232. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)

233. Rain Man (1988) 5/5

234. La Haine (1995)

235. Mystic River (2003)

236. Shutter Island (2010)

237. Let the Right One In (2008)

238. Big Fish (2003) 4/5

239. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

240.  In the Heat of the Night (1967) 4/5

241.  The Searchers (1956)

242.  Rio Bravo (1959) 

243.  La Dolce Vita (1960) 

244. Castle in the Sky (1986) 

245. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) 5/5

246.  The Untouchables (1987)

247. King Kong (1933)

248.  Papillon (1973)

249.  His Girl Friday (1940) 

250.  Ed Wood (1994)

Saturday, September 22, 2012

How To Get Rid of Urine Odor from Carpet

So lately I've had some pee pee trouble. For a multitude of reasons my potty trained 5 year old daughter started to pee in her room. Her reasons ranged from being lazy, upset, and she left a shirt full of food on the bathroom floor that ended up covered in ants so she didn't want to go in there. Mind, we have two bathrooms in the house. Mostly, I think it's because she's upset at me and jealous of her two younger siblings. To top off my pee pee troubles my cat started to pee in her room too. And anyone one who owns a cat knows that cat urine is extremely difficult to get rid of and most commercial products don't nearly work as claimed.
 
 
 
 
So here is how to get rid of urine and the odor from carpet:
 
Since once the pee enters the carpet it actually spreads deep into the padding under neither the carpet so hand held sprays won't work. Both techniques will work for spot treatments, but if you can't pin point the smell then do the entire carpet. I personally use and recommend using both starting with the vinegar first then the baking soda the next day.
 
 
 
Vinegar Mix Cleaner:
 
  • In a large bucket mix a 1 to 1 ratio of vinegar and water (boiling hot water is recommend for very stinky carpet.)


  • Liberally soak the carpet and let sit for about 10 minutes.


  • *Optional* Add any carpet cleaner of you choice (I like to use one with a strong floral smell) using a carpet shampooer. This helps mask the vinegar smell.


  • Pick up as much of the mixture as you can with either a carpet shampooer or a wet/dry shop vac.

  • Let the room air out. Once the carpet is dry the vinegar smell will go away.
 
 
 
Baking Soda/ Hydrogen Peroxide Mix
 
  • Spread baking soda over the entire carpet generously. Break up any clumps by hand and sprinkle over the floor.
 
  • Work into fibers with a cleaning brush
 
  • Let it sit over night.
 
  • Mix 1 teaspoon dish soap (non-bleach) for every 1/2 cup of hydrogen peroxide
 
  • Spray or pour over baking soda (you don't need to soak the carpet like with the vinegar mix)
 
  • Work it into the carpet using a cleaning brush or toothbrush.
 
  • Let it completely dry
 
  • Vacuum it up with the upholstery attachment.
 
  • *Optional* After I like to spray a light layer of Fabreez for a nice floral sent.

*Warning!* I have no idea why but if you have a roach problem (even a mild one) they might be attracted to the baking soda & hydrogen peroxide mix. So spray the out side of the house completely with a roach repellent so they don't get in. I don't know if it was a one time thing but this did happen once to me when I left a window open over night (I actually saw them crawling through the window to get in!) However, this never before or after. Maybe the neighbors were fumigating? I don't know but I though I should warn you anyway.
 
 
 
Using this really helped. My daughter's room smelled really bad since she would pee at different spots and not say anything. The cat didn't help either.
 
I recommend buying the vinegar, baking soda, and hydrogen peroxide in bulk at either Sam's Club, Costco, or Smart & Final (this one doesn't require membership).

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Bucket List: Top 100 Books

One of the things on my bucket list was to read the top 100 books of all time (once I'm done I might shoot for the 1,000 list). There are a lot of lists out there around the internet but I narrowed it down to two different lists that don't have a lot of the same books. The TIME Entertainment Magazines top 100 and theguardian's top 100 books of all time. The TIME list is a little limited since they restrict the books that have been written since the magazine first started publishing and theguardian's list include many true 'classics' such as Gilgamesh and The Ilaid which were written long before the printing press was invented. All around I think the two lists give a well rounded list of books.

Here are the books that I have read so far.


TIME Entertainment Magazine's Top 100 Books



Vanessa's bookshelf: time-mag-top-100

To Kill a Mockingbird
4 of 5 stars true
tagged: historical-fiction and time-mag-top-100
Gone with the Wind
5 of 5 stars true
tagged: historical-fiction, all-time-fav-books, and time-mag-top-100

goodreads.com




theguardian's Top 100 Books of All Time