Progress on #51 and #61

So goal #51 of watching three documentaries, three independent films and fifty movies from the IMDB top 250 list is going to be a bit of a challenge because, uh, that's a lot of DVD watching. Luckily I've already started to tackle it by renting Mad Hot Ballroom, so one documentary down, two more to go. Ballroom was a bit hard for me to get into at first because there was a lot of jumping between the schools, but about fifteen minutes into it, I was hooked and was cheering for each student by the end. It was inspiring and uplifting. And now? I want to learn to ballroom dance.

I need to clarify #51, too. When I was looking through the list, I realized I've seen a lot of the movies. My original goal was to watch fifty new movies, but I've seen a good quarter of them already. So instead, I'll allow myself to watch movies that I've seen, but not more than once. For example, I can watch American Beauty, any of the Lord of the Rings or Star Wars movies or Fight Club because I've only seen those each once. But I can't watch Run Lola Run, Garden State or Monty Python and the Holy Grail because I've watched them multiple times. This is good because I've been dying to see American Beauty and Fight Club again.

And speaking of watching movies multiple times...I'm one time away from completing goal #61. I saw RENT for the fourth time on Thursday night and bawled just as hard as the previous times. It's just such a moving experience for me. I can hardly explain it, except to say that something has never spoken to me like this has. It just sums up everything that I think about life and love. I can't wait to go a fifth time.