The Three Rs: Reviewing, Ranting, and 'Riting

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The above blog is having a blog hop. The more I go through the different blogs and the more people refer me, the more entries I get! :D

1. The Black Cauldron
2. TaleSpin Vol. 1
3. Matilda
4. Tangled
5. Shrek II

1. Avatar
2. 9
3. Where the Wild Things Are
4. The Princess and the Frog
5. Big
6. Pride & Prejudice
7. Rashomon
8. Emma
9. Persuasion
10. Oceans
11. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
12. Escape to Witch Mountain
13. The Great Chipmunk Adventure
14. Genji Monogatari Sennenki
15. Freaky Friday
16. Toy Story I
17. The Incredibles
18. Back to the Future III
19. The Spy Next Door
20. The Fugitive
21. Cars
22. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
23. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
24. Race to the Moon: The Daring Adventure of Apollo 8
25. Apollo 13: To the Edge and Back
26. How the Earth Was Made
27. Voyage to the Planets and Beyond
28. To the Moon
29. My Super Ex-girlfriend
30. Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book 3
31. Toy Story 3
32. How to Train Your Dragon

1. The Royal Diaries- Eleanor, Crown Jewel of Aquitaine, France, 1136, by Kristiana Gregory
2. Uncle John's Unsinkable Bathroom Reader, 21st Edition, by the Bathroom Readers' Insitute
3. Nine For California, by Sonia Levitin
4. A World of Knowing, A Story About Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
5. Operation Ghost, by Jacques Duquennoy
6. The History of Deaf People: A Source Book, by Per Eriksson
7. Little Too Tall, by Jane Belk Moncure
8. What Faust Saw, by Matt Ottley
9. Nate the Great and the Monster Mess, by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
10. Last Day Blues, by Julie Danneberg
11. Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1: The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan
12. Things That Are Most in the World, by Judi Barrett
13. The Ch'i-lin Purse: A Collection of Ancient Chinese Stories, by Linda Fang
14. The Tiger and the General, by Tadanao Miyazaki and Natalie Bates
15. Fox in Socks, by Dr. Seuss
16. The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan
17. Then & Now, by Stefania and Dominic Perring
18. Company's Coming, by Arthur Yorinks
19. Nighttime is My Time, by Mary Higgins Clark
20. Remnants: The Mayflower Project, by K. A. Applegate
21. The Fire Kimono, by Laura Joh Rowland
22. Truer than True Romance: Classic Love Stories Retold!, by Jeanne Martinet
23. Extraordinary Women Scientists, by Darlene R. Stille
24. Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark
25. Bunnicula by Deborah & James Howe
26. Polly & the Pirates, Vol. #1, by Ted Naifeh
27. The Mixed-Up Chameleon, by Eric Carle
28. Dr. Seuss's ABC, by Theodor Geisel
29. Princess Tales: The Princess Test, by Gail Carson levine
30. Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
31. The Royal Diaries: Anastasia, The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914, by Carolyn Meyer
32. The Royal Diaries: The Lady of Palenque, Flower of Bacal, Mesoamerica, 749 A.D. by Anna Kirwan
33. Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton

The movies I'll be watching this year. I sense it'll be a short list, since I don't have much time to watch movies...

1. Space Camp
2. The Swan Princess
3. Over the Hedge
4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
5. Invincible
6. Valiant
7. Robots
8. The Wedding Singer
9. UP

Uhh, I must have hit an all time low in my book list for 2008, but here I am, trying again!

1. Dune, by Frank Herbert
2. A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin
3. The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, by Edgar Allan Poe
4. The TV Guide Book of Lists, by The Editors of TV Guide Magazine
5. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See
6. Alien Nine #1, by Hitoshi Tomizawa
7. Alien Nine #2, by Hitoshi Tomizawa
8. Alien Nine #3, by Hitoshi Tomizawa
9. The Snow Empress, by Laura Joh Rowland
10. The Tales of Beedle the Bard, by J. K. Rowling
11. Inuyasha #15, by Rumiko Takahashi
12. The Wreck of the River of Stars, by Michael Flynn
13. The King in Yellow, by Robert W. Chambers
14. The Witch Family, by Eleanor Estes
15. The Royal Diaries- Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466, by Carolyn Meyer
16. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster, by Jon Krakauer
17. A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive, by Dave Pelzer
18. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte
19. The Royal Diaries- Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595, by Patricia McKissack
20. The Knight in History, by Frances Gies
21. Coraline, by Neil Gaiman
22. Robotech #1: Genesis, by Jack McKinney
23. Robotech #2: Battle Cry, by Jack McKinney
24. The Royal Diaries- Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Warrior of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531, by Laurence Yep
25. Robotech #3: Homecoming, by Jack McKinney
26. The Royal Diaries- Catherine: The Great Journey, Russia, 1743, by Kristiana Gregory
27. The Royal Diaries- Jahanara: Princess of Princesses, India, 1627, by Kathryn Lasky
28. Robotech #4: Battlehymn, by Jack McKinney
29. The Royal Diaries- Sondok, Princess of the Moon and Stars, Korea, A.D. 595, by Sheri Holman
30. The Royal Diaries- Victoria, May Blossom of Britannia, England, 1829, by Anna Kirwan
31. Robotech #5: Force of Arms, by Jack McKinney
32. The Woman in the Wall, by Patrice Kindl
33. Ranma 1/2 #15, by Rumiko Takahashi
34. The Royal Diaries- Kaiulani: The People's Princess, Hawaii, 1889, by Ellen Emerson White
35. Chronicles of Avonlea, by L. M. Montgomery
36. The Vagina Monologues: The V-Day Edition, by Eve Ensler
37. Further Chronicles of Avonlea, by L. M. Montgomery
38. Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories by L. M. Montgomery
39. Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters who Ruled Europe, by Nancy Goldstone
40. Uncle John's Curiously Compelling Bathroom Reader, 19th Edition, by The Bathroom Reader's Institute
41. Joan of Arc: Her Story, by Regine Pernoud and Marie-Veronique Clin
42. The Tokaido Road, by Lucia St. Clair Robson
43. The Royal Diaries- Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles, Austria-France, 1769, by Kathryn Lasky
44. Every Daughter Should Have a Book Like this to Remind Her How Wonderful She Is, by Douglas Pagels
45. Bond of the Fire, by Anthony Fon Eisen
46. Mysteries of the Ancient World, edited by Gilbert M. Grosvenor
47. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
48. The Saturdays, by Margaret Enright
49. The Four-Story Mistake, by Margaret Enright
50. Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook, by Michael Garland
51. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, by Mo Willems
52. Walter the Farting Dog, by William Kotzwinkle
53. The Stories of Ray Bradbury, by Ray Bradbury
54. What is My Cat Thinking? by Gwen Bailey
55. Something from Nothing, by Phoebe Gilman
56. No Such Thing, by Jackie French Koller
57. Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them, by Newt Scamander
58. Quidditch Through the Ages, by Kennilworthy Whisp
59. Inuyasha #16, by Rumiko Takahashi
60. Inuyasha #17 by Rumiko Takahashi
61. How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?, by Brian P. Cleary
62. The Bored Book, by David Michael Slater
63. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, by Mary Roach
64. Who Will Guide My Sleigh Tonight? by Jerry Pallotta
65. Superhero Christmas, by Stan Lee
66. Bootsie Barker Bites, by Barbara Bottner
67. When I was Young In the Mountains, by Cynthia Rylant
68. Sky Tree: Seeing Science Through Art, by Candace Christiansen
69. The Shunning, by Beverly Lewis
70. Rapunzel's Revenge, by Shannon, Dean & Nathan Hale
71. The Royal Diaries- Kazunomiya, Prisoner of Heaven, Japan, 1858, by Kathryn Lasky

All the movies I'll be watching this year...

1. Cinderella III
2. Enchanted
3. National Treasure II: Book of Secrets
4. True Grit
5. Samurai Jack: Season 1
6. Samurai Jack: Season 2
7. Samurai Jack: Season 3
8. 300
9. Shackleton
10. Monster House
11. Samurai Jack: Season 4
12. Legend of the Mountain Man
13. WALL-E
14. ELF
15. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
16. Horton Hears a Who
17. Holes

Yep, once again, I'm trying to go for reading 100 books a year.

1. Imponderables, by David Feldman
2. Medieval Households, by David Herlihy
3. The Prospect Before Her: A History of Women in Western Europe, by Olwen Hufton
4. Enslaved, by Virginia Henley
5. Homer Price, by Robert McCloskey
6. Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen
7. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
8. Mermaid Saga #3, by Rumiko Takahashi
9. Jane of Lantern Hill, by L. M. Montgomery
10. Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen
11. Ranma 1/2 Vol. 13, by Rumiko Takahashi
12. Ranma 1/2 Vol. 14, by Rumiko Takahashi
13. Emma, by Jane Austen
14. Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
15. Persuasion, by Jane Austen
16. Lady Susan, by Jane Austen
17. Life in a Medieval Castle, by Joseph & Frances Gies
18. Pendragon #4: The Never War, by D. J. MacHale
19. A Series of Unfortunate Events #12: The Penultimate Peril, by Lemony Snicket
20. A Series of Unfortunate Events #13: The End, by Lemony Snicket
21. Mermaid Saga #4, by Rumiko Takahashi
22. Grimm's Complete Fairytales, by Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm
23. The Posters of Jules Cheret, by Lucy Broido

I really do love making lists...I thought I would make a wish list for all the costumes I want to make for cosplaying.

Maleficent from Disney's Sleeping Beauty (in progress)
Cinderella's gown from Disney's Cinderella
Belle's golden gown from Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Belle's Christmas Gown from The Enchanted Christmas
The Queen from Disney's Snow White
An more elaborate Renaissance-era version of Snow White's dress from Disney's Snow White
Ariel's pink ballgown from Disney's The Little Mermaid
Ariel's water dress from the end of Disney's The Little Mermaid
Aurora's gown while it is in flux between pink and blue at the end of Disney's Sleeping Beauty
Anastasia's gold dream gown from Anastasia
Anastasia's midnight blue evening gown from Anastasia
Anastasia's imperial princess gown from Anastasia
Sailor Moon from Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
Princess Serenity from Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
Princess Eries from Vision of Escaflowne
Princess Millerna's gown from Vision of Escaflowne
Princess Marlene from Vision of Escaflowne
Queen Varie from Vision of Escaflowne
Misa Hayase's uniform from Macross
Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop
Princess Emeraude from Magic Knight Rayearth
Elastigirl from The Incredibles
Violet as Invisigirl from The Incredibles (made up, older version)
Jean Grey as Phoenix from X-Men
Jean Grey as Dark Phoenix from X-Men
Jean Grey in the firey gold and black costume from Here Comes Tomorrow storyline in X-Men
Sarah's plastic gown from Labyrinth
Any of Scarlett O'Hara's gowns from Gone With the Wind
Glinda the Good Witch from The Wizard of Oz
Princess Leia's white gown from Star Wars: A New Hope
Princess Leia's other white gown from the end of Star Wars: A New Hope
Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz
The Egyptian Goddess Isis
Empress Theodora as depicted in the Hagia Sophia
Empress Elisabeth of Austria's starry gown as painted by Winterhalter
The Statue of Liberty
Fantasy masquerade gown that Liz drew for me

I've been meaning to do this for the longest time...I get so mad sometimes when fun stuff exclude deaf people from participating in watching or playing with them, because they don't include captioning or subtitles for all the sound based things we can't hear. It's even worse when deaf people spent their money on said items! So this list is a warning list not to buy these things if you're deaf, or have a deaf relative or friend you want to watch or play with.

1. ALL the Xena: Warrior Princess DVD volumes released by Anchor Bay Entertainment. This one hurt a lot because I LOVE Xena, and I've had to go without watching it for years because the DVDs that are on the market have NO subtitles, NO captioning, and have an odd screening effect. Digitally remastered, HA! I can't wait for the day they rerelease Xena with subtitles. I also feel guilty because I asked for the DVDs and got them for Christmas several years ago from my mom. I never had time to watch them until several months later, and by then it was too late to return them. So my mom's money went down the drain. So right now Season 1 and Season 2 is collecting dust in my DVD cabinet. Maybe I'll sell them on ebay?

2. The new SceneIt? games. They look very cool, and are up to date with theme games. The huge con is that half the questions are sound-based, and the dvd has no captioning to let deaf people who want to play to listen along. It was so difficult to play the games when you have to strain to read lips, or worse, sit out when there are no lips to read and it is purely sound. It is no fun to sit out or drag down your team. The old SceneIt? games all worked from questions on cards. I wish SceneIt? had foregone the shininess of using DVDs, and stayed with the cards, or added captioning to all of their sound-based questions. They already have some captioning for other questions, why not all?

3. The extras on most DVDs. They are never captioned when the actual movie is captioned. What, do the studios not think that deaf people want to watch the extras? This was particularly irking because I love Star Wars, and their extras have never been captioned. This one is kind of unavoidable, as the movies themselves are usually captioned, and so it's not too bad, but still...

4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail VHS movie. The DVD is captioned, but for the longest time all we had was the VHS, and it was never captioned. I used to just take a look when it was on, then walk out of the room and go read a book, because there was no point in watching it. It was too surreal and full of quips and jokes to keep up. The funny thing is, when the DVD came out, my mother got it precisely so I could watch it finally. We watched it, and then we realized it was better when we didn't know what they were saying. My mother didn't understand half of what they were saying before, and with the captioning, she understood, but the funny went away. Myself, I was watching it for the first time, and it was...an odd movie.

5. All podcasts. What the hell is up with those, anyway? I see no benefits in having people podcast when they could have a blog, and the rest of us don't have to hunt around for someone to transcribe whatever interesting bits of information the podcaster is talking about. Besides, the printed, written or electronic word lasts a lot longer.

6. The Mythbusters DVDs. This is especially bad since the VHS version of Mythbusters were captioned! Who was the brilliant idiot who thought it was a great idea to remove captioning or subtitles for the DVD edition. Boo!

More to come later...