List: Films

In an effort to clean up and update my blog, I'm updating a few lists. The Movie list is first, most of which were seen over a year ago.

Somewhat "Recent" List of Movies

My Name Is Khan (Dir: Karan Johar - 2010, India)
Fire (Dir: Deepa Mehta - 1996, India)
Amerrika (Dir: Cherien Dabis - 2009, India)
Exit Through The Gift Shop
127 Hours
The Fighter
Black Swan
Biutiful
The King's Speech
También La Lluvia (Even the Rain) - Iciar Bollain, 2011 - ESP, FR
Winter's Bone
The Kids Are Alright
Io Sono L’amore (I Am Love) - Luca Guadagnino, 2009 - IT
Love & Other Drugs
Step Up 3
the new Harry Potter
The Way
Donnie Darko
Narnia - The Dawn Treader
Blood Diamond
El Secreto de Sus Ojos
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
The Book of Eli
The Social Network
Slumdog Millionaire
Up In The Air
Little Miss Sunshine
La Vida Secreta De Las Palabras (The Secret Life of Words)
Babel
Munich
Green Zone
The Back Up Plan
Inception
Alice In Wonderland
American Beauty
Timer
The Reader
Man Push Cart
Life During Wartime
Food, Inc.
Kick-Ass
Somersault
Dear John

book lists - fall 2011

Here are some of the books I've read this past semester... i.e. Fall 2011 (there are some missing from the list, but there are all the ones that just came to mind)

The Help
Christian Spirituality - ed. Donald Alexander
The Healing Path - Dan Allander
Anatomy of the Soul
Perfecting Ourselves to Death - Richard Winter
Creation Regained
Strategic Pastoral Counseling - David G. Benner
The Pastor's Guide to Psychological Disorders and Treatments - Johnson & Johnson
The Call - Os Guinness
Transforming Grace - Jerry Bridges
Children of the Living God - Sinclair Ferguson
God Needs No Passport - Peggy Levitt
The Qur'an
A New Testament Greek Primer - Baugh
The Epic of Eden - Sandra Richter
The Spring Wind - Gladis DePree
Things Fall Apart
Words of Life - Timothy Ward
Creation Regained - Albert Wolters
He Gave Us Stories - Richard Pratt
Far As The Curse Is Found - Michael Williams
Proper Confidence - Lesslie Newbigin
Bible - Isaiah
Heart of Evangelism - Jerram Barrs
Learning Evangelism from Jesus - Jerram Barrs
Jesus + Nothing = Everythingre

Fall in Madrid

Hmm... I just bemoaned all the things I miss from the States about fall, in part because I'm a little down and in part because I just got a package from my mom, just made popcorn, am cold (because it's fall and there's not any heat until Nov), and, yeah.... SO, I'm going to make a list of the things I love about the fall in Madrid and specifically the fall, not the winter or some other season.

I DO love the beginning of the semester and all the excitement of getting things going again and seeing God at work in my life, in the lives of students, etc.,

I LOVE walking around the streets anytime of year, but the fall is nice. I did love Saturday, just two days ago, when I bought some new plants and potted them and had the windows open with the fresh, cool (but not too cool) air.

I do love making popcorn and snuggling under a blanket because it's just a little too cold. I love tea and making apple cider. I love walking through Retiro park any time of year, but the fall and spring are probably some of the best times. I need to do that more often. The fall is nice to run in because it's finally cool enough to wear pants again, really, but just a tank top or t-shirt. And I LOVE to run when it's cool out.

I don't much care for when it rains, but we haven't had much rain this year, at least not yet, nor actually do we usually.

I like that the leaves do change some, at least more than they used to (during the 2 or 3 years of drought). I like that people are around again. Summer vacations have ended, so the city is full again and life is back to normality, back in motion. I DO like fall cleaning and fall changes (or at least some of them).

Well, that's at least the beginning of a list. I do like spring more. And I am still a little down. But that's okay. It's okay for a time.

Lists

So, somehow I hate just pitching the lists of movies I've watched, music I was listening to, books I've read,... So I just went back through the sidebar and while I did delete the books without thinking here are some bands I was listening to more before (not to say now i dislike them, i just haven't listened to them much as of late), or had discovered and thought were cool, and films I've watch probably the first half of the year. The lists are updated as of the past couple months (ie summer).

Music Finds & List
- Tune Yards
- Alabanza Misión Posible
- Assemble - my brother
- Marta Gomez
- Waterdeep
- Village Thrift
- Chris Tomlin
- Innocence Mission
- Ray LaMontagne
- Corinne Bailey Rae

Films
- Pollock
- Hurt Locker (En Tierra Hostíl)
- Okuribito (Despedidas) - Japanese
- Contact
- Big Fish
- A River Runs Through It
- Dead Poets' Society
- Invictus
- The Hedgehog (El Erizo) - French
- Bride & Prejudice
- Water
- The Namesake
- The Reader
- Avatar
- The Boys Are Back
- Whip It!
- Paper Heart
- In America
- Cold Souls
- The Class (french)
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon - French)
- The Orphanage (El Orfanato - Spanish)
- Doubt
- Dancer in the Dark
- Into the Wild
- Elephant
- The Mission
- Sunshine Cleaning
- Sin Nombre
- The Journey of the Red Ballon (Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge - French)
- American History X
- Julia & Julia
- Thin Red Line
- Pleasantville
- No Country For Old Men
- I Love You, New York
- The Secret Life of Bees
- District 9
- Where The Wild Things Are
- Almost Famous
- Dogville
- Up
- High Fidelity
- There Will Be Blood
- The Squid and the Whale
- Smart People
- Precious
- Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist