100 Things
Posted on | January 16, 2010 | No Comments
This marks my 100th post at Ordinary Mer and I wanted to do something a little special. So here, for you, is a list of 100 things – one hundred random things that mean something to Ordinary Mer. Enjoy, and thanks for sticking with me this far.
(It’s a long post and I apologize for that. Please enjoy anyway.)
10 movies I could watch over and over:
1. Elf
2. Empire Records
3. Finding Nemo
4. The Goonies
5. Harry Potter (series)
6. Lord of the Rings (series)
7. Pride and Prejudice
8. Sixteen Candles
9. The Sound of Music
10. Star Wars (series)
10 television shows I could watch over and over:
1. Arrested Development
2. Chuck
3. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
4. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
5. Glee
6. Good Eats
7. Jeopardy!
8. The Office
9. Sports Night
10. The West Wing
10 books I could read forever:
1. Anne of Green Gables
2. Cinderella
3. Ender’s Game
4. Harry Potter (series)
5. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
6. Persuasion
7. A Ring of Endless Light
8. Slaughterhouse-Five
9. Twilight (series)
10. A Wrinkle in Time
10 songs I could listen to forever:
1. “Canon in D” – Pachelbel
2. “Congratulations” – Blue October and Imogen Heap
3. “Dancing Queen” – ABBA
4. “Don’t Stop Believin’” – Journey
5. “Extraordinary” – Liz Phair
6. “Inevitable” – Anberlin
7. “Smile” – Charlie Chaplin
8. “Someone Like You” – Van Morrison
9. “Symphony No. 9 in D Minor” – Beethoven
10. “This is the Day” – The The
10 Blogs I Always Read:
1. Ausiello Files (EW)
2. BBC News Americas
3. Halfway to Normal
4. Indecision from Comedy Central
5. Jesus Needs New PR
6. Media News from The Huffington Post
7. Omnivoracious
8. Paper Cuts
9. PopWatch (EW)
10. Storked! (Glamour.com)
10 of my favorite places:
1. Charles Engelhard Court, MET Museum, New York City
2. Grand Canal, Venice, Italy
3. Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
4. Library Long Room, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
5. Long Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts
6. Narragansett Beach, Narragansett, Rhode Island
7. Sakonnet Point Beach, Sakonnet, Rhode Island
8. Stephanzplatz, Vienna, Austria
9. Wegman’s Grocery Store, Pittsford, New York
10. Westminster Bridge, London, England
10 places and/or things I want to see before I die:
1. Australia
2. Canada – Prince Edward Island
3. China – The Great Wall
4. Greece – Santorini
5. India
6. Israel – Jerusalem
7. Jordan – Petra
8. Morocco – Casablanca and Marrakech
9. New Zealand
10. Tanzania – Serengeti National Park
10 people, dead or alive, I’d like to meet:
1. Austen, Jane
2. Einstein, Albert
3. Gandhi, Mohandas
4. Kennedy, Edward (Ted)
5. Lucas, George
6. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
7. Obama, Barack
8. Shakespeare, William
9. Sorkin, Aaron
10. Stewart, Jon
10 things that intrigue me:
1. Aquariums and life in the ocean
2. Astronomy and space
3. Celtic myths and mythology
4. Classical music
5. The intersection between quantum physics & philosophy
6. The potential for life on other planets
7. Socialism
8. Theology
9. Time Travel
10. Tudor England history
10 things I just don’t get:
1. The 2000 U.S. Presidential election
2. Lack of funding for public schools
3. Literal interpretations of religious texts
4. Moral absolutism
5. Opposition to gay marriage
6. Opposition to universal health care
7. Reality television
8. Religious extremism
9. Republicans
10. Wealth disparity between nations
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