#40 (movie list) Shawshank Redemption

Get busy living or get busy dying

I don't usually write reviews for films, even when they're great. Another thing I don't usually do is like to put a title or ranking on "my greatest films" or "my greatest books" of all time because you can't see and read them all nor really judge all the different genres and movies as one...However, there are times when you have to make some exceptions.

I just watched my number one on my movie list Shawshank Repemption, and can honestly say it is one of the most beautiful and greatest movies I've ever seen. There is a point in which Andy says 'Get busy living or get busy dying' and I think that truly if you stop being busy living you do get busy dying, and this is one of those films that makes me so glad to have a bucket list.

I greatly urge any fellow people, especially bucket listers, to see this film to the end. Very rarely have I been quiet so moved. Or if you only have a few minutes, take a moment to listen to this soundtrack:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTeE4wdfEVY

I can't get enough of it. :)

#46 - Sign up for organ donation

I'm a Superhero woo! So I finally got round to signing up for organ donation, and not in the sense of 'Oh I didn't know how.' or 'Oh I couldn't I was busy', no it was literally just getting the courage to actually do it, because the idea of it is quite scary! I don't want to think about being dead and having people cut me up and share my organs around! When I heard they can use your eyes (only a small part- your corneas) I could just imagine being a blind ghost knocking things over and moaning thinking 'oh why did I sign up for that blasted thing!?' for all eternity. This may seem pretty silly, as I'm an atheist, I don't believe in ghosts. So I went online, went to the organ donation website(http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/default.jsp) it took me about 3 minutes and that's it!

So now when I get round to passing away (though of course not until this long and increasing longer lis

t is completed) I can help someone else live. I must admit the main reason I kicked myself into doing it was because I realised that I wouldn't hesitate if someone I loved needed a donation and it's better than them all just rotting away. Are any other donors out there and did you go through the same thing as me or just get on with it? :P

#61 - Create an awesome canvas painting

Hello again! So as some of you might know, i'm reaching the end of my Art A-level, and I recently finished a canvas that I felt especially proud of finally getting round to so I thought I'd shove it up. It's based partially on the work of Sylvia Ji and Swan Lake/Black Swan (the film) - because you know, when I chose the theme 'speed and motion' i though, "hey let's base it on the creepy ballet psychodrama i saw!" so without further ado here it tis

(oh and it is meant to have a gothic twist on it. This styling is going to end up on a Ballet costume which i'll have done in a few weeks and i'll post that up too :). This is the so called "red swan" the combination of the "black swan" and "white swan" that i invented, which is the cause of the swirling red patterns on her face. If you're still interested in knowing more, leave me a message and i'll explain, thanks! I hope you all agree to its awesomeness!!!)

#62- The World's Biggest Roller Coasters

Okay so i've stolen this idea from Shelley (Thanks Shelley! http://youngandexciting.blogspot.com/2010/07/14-ride-worlds-biggest-rollercoasters.html)

Because I love Roller coasters and defiantly want to test my nerve and stomach! So here's the list, i'll post later on when plans are being made to get to each of them, i'm sure this list will remain in progress for quite some time...

1- Kingda Ka USA, New Jersey

2 - Steel Dragon 2,000 Japan

3- Millennium Force Ohio

4- Top thrill Dragster Ohio

5- Dodonpa Japan

6 -Thunder Dolphin Japan

7- Goliath Switzerland

8- Dragon Khan Spain

9- Titan Texas

10 - Nemisis England

Updated list!

Hey was looking for inspiration for changing my list around a bit because I want it to be even bigger and better and more challenging than before. I'm going to try and write a review for every film and book and have a photo of each actual thing that I tick off (or at least one that reminds me of it) so that they don't fly by without significance. So woo for updates!

Not long now...

Home stretch for coursework and exams! Phew. After the 20th of June I've got all of summer before shooting off to uni woo hoo! Which means crossing the first thing off of my bucket list (1. go to university) is fast getting ticked off. Working through the last of my art coursework too, i'm currently working on this Black Swan/Swan lake costume so hopefully that'll turn out okay, and i'm working on a canvas inspired by Sylvia Ji, i'll post some pics up when it's done.

Oh I won an astronomy award though I know little to nothing about astronomy. The question was, if the whole universe was put in a box what would the box look like. And i won! What would you have put? I'll put up my answer a bit later ;). Oh and i might be buying my 'one really expensive thing you weren't supposed to buy' in the form of a prom dress, but we shall see... I'm not usually one to splash out for one night occasions but hey, it's the end of a big stage for me and you only get it once right?

I'm going to try and post on here more often, even with things that aren't part of the lists they're still part of my life. So speak to you all soon, leave a comment etc. Oh and my next thing to do is get a cookbook to start working through, any suggestions? I want it to be one that shows you about how to cook more than just giving a standard bunch of recipes. Julia Child's book was one suggestion. Thanks, chocs ;)

p.s. who else is loving the song Skinny Love by Birdy??

Wow!

Hey guys, it's been ages! Sorry about that. Quick update though to check off some stuff! Have been trying to read more books and have read a few recently including The picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde (of which is defiantly a must read for how beautifully written it is and reminds me of another great book called Perfume) and Dracula (which at the gripping parts is amazing with the detail but had me starting to drift at a few not so gripping points, but worth sticking with!). I think my next adventure must be the one called "the stranger", of which i know nothing about but was recommended by my good librarian friend haha. Hope everyone else's lists are going well!