tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72845185769861249682024-03-13T08:48:45.002-07:00Vicarious ClairvoyanceArt in all forms. . .tenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-33374740290520452202013-07-30T17:06:00.000-07:002015-03-15T17:17:40.040-07:00Video Games I Want to PlayActRaiser - SNES<br />
Castlevania - SNES<br />
Zombies Ate My Neighbors - SNES<br />
The Last of Us - PS3<br />
Dragon Age - PS3<br />
Dragon Age 2 - PS3<br />
Mother 3<br />
Earthbound<br />
Chrono Trigger<br />
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<br />
<br />
Final Fantasy<br />
Final Fantasy II<br />
Final Fantasy III<br />
Final Fantasy IV<br />
Final Fantasy V<br />
<b>Final Fantasy VI</b><br />
Final Fantasy VIII<br />
Final Fantasy X (played, but never beat)<br />
Final Fantasy X-2<br />
Final Fantasy XI<br />
Final Fantasy XII (played but never beat)<br />
Final Fantasy XIII<br />
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles<br />
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<strike>Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (pbnb)</strike><br />
Zelda: Link's Awakening<br />
The Legend of Zelda (pbnb)<br />
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (pbnb)<br />
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass<br />
Zelda: Spirit Tracks<br />
<br />tenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-18609268208581530662013-06-06T02:02:00.000-07:002017-02-07T03:07:40.787-08:00Every Video Game I've Played<u><b>NES</b></u><br />
Zelda<br />
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link<br />
Super Mario Brothers<br />
Super Mario Brothers 2<br />
Super Mario Brothers 3<br />
Bubble Bobble<br />
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<b><u>SNES</u></b><br />
Super Mario World<br />
Donkey Kong Country<br />
Donkey Kong Country 3<br />
Aladdin<br />
Street Fighter<br />
Mortal Combat<br />
Rage<br />
Zelda: A Link to the Past<br />
Mario Kart<br />
Star Fox<br />
Mario Paint<br />
Final Fantasy VI<br />
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<u><b>N64</b></u><br />
Super Mario 64<br />
Mario Kart<br />
Goldeneye<br />
Zelda Ocarina of Time<br />
Zelda Majoras Mask<br />
Donkey Kong<br />
Mario Party<br />
Mario Party 2<br />
Mario Party 3<br />
Star Fox 64<br />
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards<br />
Paper Mario<br />
Yoshi's Story<br />
Pokemon Snap<br />
Pokemon Stadium<br />
Diddy Kong Racing<br />
WWE...something<br />
Rush 2<br />
Mario Tennis<br />
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<b><u>Gamecube</u></b><br />
Super Mario Sunshine<br />
Super Smash Brothers Melee<br />
Zelda Windwaker<br />
Zelda Twilight Princess<br />
Mario Kart Double Dash<br />
Animal Crossing<br />
Harvest Moon<br />
Mario Party 4<br />
Zelda: Four Swords Adventures<br />
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<b><u>Wii</u></b><br />
Zelda: Skyward Sword<br />
Just Dance 3<br />
Just Dance 2<br />
Just Dance 4<br />
Abba Dance<br />
Wii Sports<br />
Wii Play<br />
Mario Kart<br />
New Super Mario Brothers Wii<br />
Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4<br />
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<b><u>PS1</u></b><br />
Final Fantasy VII<br />
Final Fantasy IX<br />
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<b><u>PS2</u></b><br />
Dark Cloud<br />
Kingdom Hearts<br />
Kingdom Hearts 2 <br />
Final Fantasy X<br />
Final Fantasy XII<br />
Amplitude<br />
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone<br />
Jak and Daxter<br />
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<b><u>Gameboy</u></b><br />
Tetris<br />
Donkey Kong<br />
Super Mario Land<br />
Tiny Toons<br />
Pac Man<br />
Pokemon Red<br />
Kirby<br />
Zelda: Link's Awakening<br />
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<b><u>Gameboy Color</u></b><br />
Zelda: Oracle of Seasons<br />
Zelda: Oracle of Ages <br />
Pokemon Yellow<br />
Pokemon Silver<br />
Pokemon Pinball<br />
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<b><u>Gameboy Advance</u></b><br />
Wario Ware Inc.<br />
Zelda: Four Swords<br />
Final Fantasy Tactics<br />
Zelda: Minish Cap<br />
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<b><u>Nintendo DS</u></b><br />
Brain Age<br />
Big Brain Academy<br />
Pokemon Black<br />
New Super Mario Brothers<br />
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<b><u>3DS</u></b><br />
Zelda: A Link Between Worlds<br />
Final Fantasy Theatrhythm<br />
Animal Crossing: A New Leaf<br />
Pokemon Y<br />
Final Fantasy Theatrhythm: Curtain Call<br />
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<b><u>PS3, Xbox, and others</u></b><br />
Dragon Age<br />
Nintendo World<br />
Buffy<br />
Heavy Rain<br />
Journey<br />
Flower<br />
Settlers of Catan<br />
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<b><u>Wii U</u></b><br />
Nintendo Land<br />
Super Mario 3D World<br />
Mario Kart 8<br />
Super Smash Brothers for Wii U<br />
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<b><u>Steam</u></b><br />
The Stanley Parable<br />
Gone Home<br />
Papers Please<br />
Organ Trailtenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-60343859248423133752013-05-28T13:25:00.000-07:002013-06-06T00:57:47.705-07:00Charities with Personal Fundraising OptionsMy list of charities with options for personal fundraising. In other words, charities that have an option to create a "fund" page where you can direct people to donate directly to the charity and keep track of how much money you're raising.<br />
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Direct Relief<br />
http://www.directrelief.org/participate/fundraise<br />
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PetSmart Charities<br />
http://www.petsmartcharities.org/how-to-help/tributes/<br />
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Boys and Girls Clubs of America<br />
http://bgca.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=personalpages<br />
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Alzheimer's Foundation of America<br />
https://secure3.4agoodcause.com/afa/fundraisers/personal-page.aspx?pid=210<br />
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Best Friend's Animal Society<br />
http://act.bestfriends.org/page/outreach/splash/personalFR<br />
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Parkinson's Disease Foundation<br />
http://www.pdf.org/<br />
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Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network<br />
http://www.rainn.org/<br />
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Big Brothers Big Sisters<br />
http://www.bbbs.org/site/c.9iILI3NGKhK6F/b.6053429/k.6C20/Friends_Asking_Friends.htm<br />
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Make a Wish Foundation<br />
http://wish.org/ways-to-help/fundraising/online-fundraising<br />
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Ali Forney Center (for homeless LGBT youth)<br />
http://www.aliforneycenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=cms.page&id=1009<br />
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The Trevor Project<br />
http://www.thetrevorproject.org/fundraise<br />
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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation<br />
http://www.cff.org/tribute/tenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-89634291632957453382013-04-20T03:14:00.002-07:002013-04-20T03:14:50.961-07:00My top 10 movies of 2012I normally come up with a top 10 list, and I suppose I am this year too...however, know that after spot number six or seven, it starts to get rather shaky. While on some level I enjoyed all these movies, I don't know that the last few slots deserve to be on my top ten list. Their presence makes me wish I'd seen more movies in 2012. (The first four are VERY solid however, and the next few I think would have a good chance of at least being on the list even if I had seen more).<br />
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1. Life of Pi<br />
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2. Silver Linings Playbook<br />
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3. The Sessions<br />
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4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower<br />
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5. Zero Dark Thirty<br />
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6. Argo<br />
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7. Moonrise Kingdom<br />
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8. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<br />
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9. Les Miserables<br />
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10. Django Unchained<br />
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<br />tenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-4722747106898316242013-04-14T00:30:00.000-07:002013-04-21T02:20:40.928-07:00Queer Lit Reading List (Diversity in American Literature Final Project)<b>Zami: A New Spelling of My Name - Audre Lorde</b><br />
Black, lesbian, feminist Audre Lorde writes what she calls a "biomythography" blending the actual events of her life with literary embellishment. Zami, which is a name for women who work together as friends and lovers, weaves the different events of her lives together into a tale of lesbianism, feminism, racial issues, and the relations we have with each other.<br />
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<b>Rubyfruit Jungle - Rita Mae Brown</b><br />
A semi-autobiographical coming-of-age lesbian story taking place in the 1950's and early 1960's....(more)<br />
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<b>Faggots - Larry Kramer</b><br />
The story of a gay man trying to find love and a long-term relationship amidst a hyper-sexual, post-stonewall, pre-AIDS, drug abusing, New York, gay subculture.<br />
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<b>People in Trouble - Sarah Schulman</b><br />
Set in New York in the late 1980's the story follows three individuals--a woman, her husband, and her lesbian lover--as they navigate a world of AIDS, gentrification, art, self-identity, and guerrilla gay activism.<br />
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<b>Two People - David Windham</b><br />
A story about a love affair between two men. One a middle-aged American, the other a much younger Italian. Published four years before Stonewall, the work was largely forgotten for several decades and was just recently re-printed.<br />
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Strange Brother - Blair Niles<br />
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Marriage Below Zero - Allan Dale<br />
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Imre: A Memorandum - Xavier Mayne<br />
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King's Row - Henry Bellaman<br />
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Another Country - James Baldwin<br />
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<b>Paul's Case - Willa Cather</b><br />
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The Lost Weekend - Charles Jackson<br />
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The Fall of Valor - Charles Jackson<br />
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<b>Christopher and His Kind - Christopher Isherwood</b><br />
<b>A memoir of the author's time spent in Berlin (where there was a flourishing gay subculture) during the 1930's until he left with the rise of the Nazis. Isherwood was born and raised in England, but moved to America after leaving Berlin and became a U.S. citizen in 1946.</b><br />
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The Gallery - John Horne Burns<br />
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<b>Kiss of the Spider Woman - Manuel Puig</b><br />
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The Men From the Boys - William J. Mann<br />
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Angels in America - Tony Kushner<br />
A story of life set in the mid 1980's at the height of the AIDS crisis, this play follows an unlikely cast of characters from diverse backgrounds (gay, jewish, black, Mormon) as they deal with sickness, repressed sexuality, guilt, religion, loneliness, addiction, and fear. In what Kushner describes as a "gay fantasia" the action often deviates from common perception of reality.<br />
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The Normal Heart - Larry Kramer<br />
Written in the mid-80's by a gay activist at the forefront of AIDS activism in a time when very little was known about the disease, this semi-autobiographical play deals with the lack of government response to a pandemic in which people were dying from a disease they didn't understand. Amidst such horror, the play manages to be a story of love, hope, and fighting to survive.<br />
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A Single Man - Christopher Isherwood<br />
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Howl - Allen Ginsberg<br />
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<b>Bertram Cope's Year - Henry Blake Fuller</b><br />
Published in 1919, it was one of the first positive portrayals of a homosexual couple in American literature. In order for such a story to be published, the homosexuality of the characters had to be disguised to the point that it is never explicitely stated and one must very much "read between the lines" to understand what is actually going on. This however becomes a fun sort of game of figuring out what the story is about. Aditionally, this period piece of romances provides and interesting look into how an author must censor himself in order to escape being censored entirely.<br />
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The City and the Pillar - Gore Vidal<br />
The first American novel to portray a young homosexual man openly and in a positive light. It centers around ____ who, after high school, journey's around the world and and explore's the homosexual subcultures of America, all the while longing after his high school friend ____ with whom he had one brief sexual encounter with (when).<br />
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Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin<br />
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De Profundis<br />
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<b>The Laramie Project</b><br />
Tectonic Theatre Project's docu-drama about the residents of Laramie, Wyoming processing the hate-based murder of Matthew Shepherd that took place in their own town.<br />
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I Am My Own Wife<br />
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<b>Maurice - E.M. Forster</b><br />
Written in 1913, but not published due to censorship until 1971, Maurice is a love story in which the upper middle-class title character explores his sexuality from private school, to University, to the working world. It is an interesting look at homosexuality in a time when it was starting to get discussed slightly more openly but when it was still a crime in Great Britain where the book takes place.<br />
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Stop Kiss<br />
<br />tenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-82813384169216642592013-04-02T23:14:00.003-07:002013-05-25T16:45:51.135-07:00Out of Context"Please tell me you've seen a right leg; a cleanly severed right leg." -Grey's Anatomy<br />
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"How is one bloody, hairy leg going to destroy my career" - Grey's Anatomy<br />
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"I used to tell the truth all the time when I was evil." -Buffy<br />
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"Shouldn't we stab him through the chest? Isn't that what we do when these things happen?" -Buffy<br />
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"It was kind of like when I used to get ulcers in high school, only at the end I became one with light and hope" -Buffy<br />
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"It's a loop. It's like the mummy hand. I'm doomed to replace these windows forever and all eternity." -Buffy<br />
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"It's like, one second you're like this klutzy teenage with fake memories and a history of kleptomania, and then, then suddenly you're a hero. A hero with a much abbreviated life-span." -Buffy<br />
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"We did a big orange powerful spell." -Buffy<br />
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"It's like a gay bar, with demons." -Buffy<br />
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"When a cow gets old and loses an eye or it's ability to be milked, the farm takes it and puts it in a different pasture so it won't have to fight with the priests." -Buffy<br />
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"And what was the highlight of our relationship? When you broke up with me or when I killed you?" -Buffy<br />
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"Well, there was this other apocalypse this one time and...I took off." -Buffy<br />
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"Hey, party in my eye-socket and everyone's invited!" - Buffy<br />
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"I'm supposed to be having lunch with my husband, instead I'm elbow deep in a nazi's gut." -Grey's Anatomy<br />
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"I wish I was born into a family with a slingshot instead of one with a waterwheel." -Twilight Princess<br />
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"Look at your hands. They're hams! Mine are little geniuses." - Grey's Anatomytenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-86653897175891716672013-03-30T00:09:00.002-07:002013-04-01T15:17:33.498-07:00Some thoughts on the gay marriage debate.<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">Two things I posted to facebook recently on the subject of gay marriage:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Posted to Facebook on 3/28/13</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">You'll all have noticed that gay marriage has become a major topic of discussion on Facebook again. When the red equal signs started popping up, I was overwhelmed with happiness at just how many of my straight friends (several straight Mormon friends even) had them as their profile pictures. However, after the days progressed, I was surprised at how many anti-gay marriage posts I saw on certain pe</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 18px;">ople's walls. There were a couple of my Facebook friends I was completely expecting it from, while others took me quite off guard and at first I wasn't entirely sure why. All of them are Mormon, and while the LDS church has been taking every opportunity it can get to declare it’s not really as anti-gay as everyone thinks it is, gay marriage has been the one area where they have frequently and consistently held firm. So, why did seeing these people’s anti-gay marriage posts surprise me?<br /><br />I’m a gay man, I have a lot of gay friends, and I dedicate a large amount of time to studying gay culture, history, and issues. Because of this, I know personally, through the accounts of my friends, and through other first-hand accounts many of the ramifications of not being able to get married to your partner. It makes it difficult to be declared as the legal guardian of your own children if you’re not their biological parent, it makes it impossible to sponsor a non-American spouse for citizenship the way a straight couple would be able to, it can make hospital visitation rights difficult if not impossible, it bars you from all sorts of tax and other financial benefits granted to married couples, it even can bar you from something as simple as getting as much federal grant money for college as you could if you were married, as well as keeping you from literally thousands of other benefits married couples receive. These are just the legal benefits without even beginning to delve into the social benefits, of which there are many.<br /><br />Being in this group of people that is currently barred from these rights, I take the issue more personally than I might take some other issues. With that in mind, I realized why I was so shocked and even hurt by these people’s posts opposing marriage equality. I like these people. They are my friends on Facebook for a reason, and that’s because I think they’re wonderful. So when I see these wonderful people expressing the opinion that I, along with millions of others, shouldn't have the same rights that they do, it hurts. While the amount of my Facebook friends who are openly supporting marriage equality on their pages is still overwhelmingly greater than those who are doing the opposite, it makes me sad to see such wonderful people doing such an unwonderful thing.</span><br />
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A few days ago, I created a post expressing my feelings of sadness and hurt at the actions of my Facebook friends who have posted anti-marriage equality material to their profiles. I said that it took me off guard because I didn't expect such wonderful people to do such an unwonderful thing. I stressed both the impacts that banning gay marriage has on individuals as well as how wonderful I still think all of my Facebook friends are in spite of the horrible things that some of them are doing. While I stand by everything I said, in this new post I feel like I need to make my feelings about any posts or actions that are anti-marriage equality a little bit more clear. So here is my message to anyone who opposes the legalization of gay marriage:<br />
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How dare you? How dare you tell me what rights I should or should not have? How dare you take your religious beliefs (which you have every right to) and try to force an entire population to live by them? THAT is religious oppression. That is you telling me that what I believe is not allowed in this country where we supposedly hold freedom of religion to be so dear. That is you telling me that my love and my life are somehow less significant or important than yours. You can say that you love me. You can say that you have compassion for all people. However, when you tell me that I should not have the simple right to legally declare my love for the person of my choosing, you are not showing love or compassion for anybody. How can you be so arrogant to think that you should have something that I should not? Some people say that marriage equality advocates get offended too easily, or that they can't have a conversation without getting angry, mean, or upset when you express a different opinion. It is entirely true that they tend to get upset, emotional, or offended more easily than those opposing gay marriage. Of course they do. They are the ones who have an entire portion of their lives at stake, while you have absolutely nothing to lose no matter the outcome. I usually try to remain as civil as I possibly can when engaging in marriage debates, however I want you to know right now that when you express the opinion that gay people should have less rights than you do, I have absolutely no respect for you.tenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-72646697912107130062013-03-19T23:57:00.001-07:002013-04-01T16:16:30.452-07:00Some favorite TV episodes by show.Working to create a list of my favorite episodes of TV (probably only allowing one per show). This is my brainstorming.<br />
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<u>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</u><br />
The Body<br />
Once More, With Feeling<br />
Restless<br />
Hush<br />
Selfless<br />
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Conversations With Dead People<br />
Who Are You?<br />
Villains/Two to Go/Grave<br />
The Gift<br />
Checkpoint<br />
The Yoko Factor/Primevil<br />
Graduation Day<br />
Passion<br />
Lies My Parents Told Me<br />
Chosen<br />
Tabula Rasa<br />
The Prom<br />
Doppelgangland<br />
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<u>Six Feet Under</u><br />
Everyone's Waiting<br />
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<u>Friends</u><br />
The One Where Everybody Finds Out<br />
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<u>How I Met Your Mother</u><br />
Slap Bet<br />
Slapsgiving<br />
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<u>Louie</u><br />
The Duckling (parts 1 and 2)<br />
God<br />
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<u>Community</u><br />
Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas<br />
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<u>Joan of Arcadia</u><br />
The Uncertainty Principle<br />
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<u>Nip/Tuck</u><br />
Sal Perri<br />
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<u>The Last Airbender</u><br />
The Puppetmaster<br />
The Ember Island Players<br />
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<br />tenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-43845500060859516702013-01-12T08:59:00.003-08:002013-02-24T10:28:16.873-08:002012 Oscars Competition!!!Okay, here are the rules. You send your Oscar predictions for EVERY category to me at tenant86@yahoo.com (preferably with the subject "Oscar Competition") by the beginning of the Awards broadcast on February 24th and I'll tally up how many everybody gets correct. Whoever gets the most correct gets a knitted item from me (tell me what you want, if I can make it, I'll make it. If I can't, I'll try. If I still can't, you pick something else...but I'm willing to be ambitious if you give me time). Should there be a tie, I'll knit all of the winners something (it'll just take a bit longer).<br />
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I'll except any predictions I receive before 8:30 P.M. Eastern Time (7:30 Central, 6:30 Mountain, 5:30 Pacific)<br />
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<a href="http://oscar.go.com/nominees">Here is a link to the nominees</a><br />
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Here are the categories:</div>
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Best Picture</div>
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Actor in a Leading Role</div>
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Actress in a Leading Role</div>
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Actor in a Supporting Role</div>
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Actress in a Supporting Role</div>
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Animated Feature Film</div>
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Cinematography</div>
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Costume Design</div>
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Directing</div>
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Documentary Feature</div>
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Documentary Short</div>
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Film Editing</div>
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Foreign Language Film</div>
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Makeup and Hairstyling</div>
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Music (Original Score)</div>
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Music (Original Song)</div>
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Production Design (formally Art Direction)</div>
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Animated Short</div>
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Live Action Short</div>
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Sound Editing</div>
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Sound Mixing</div>
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Visual Effects</div>
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Writing (Adapted)</div>
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Writing (Original)</div>
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tenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-59491127177124988022013-01-10T22:51:00.000-08:002017-02-07T02:59:30.239-08:00Zelda FavoritesI'm currently playing through all of the Zelda games in chronological order, and since I love lists, I'm going to make some top ten lists for the games. For now, this is where I'm posting the nominees. They may or may not be in any sort of order yet.<br />
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Best Link:<br />
Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask<br />
Skyward Sword<br />
Twilight Princess<br />
Minish Cap<br />
Four Swords Adventures<br />
Four Swords<br />
A Link to the Past<br />
A Link Between Worlds<br />
Oracle of Ages/Seasons <br />
Link's Awakening<br />
Wind Waker<br />
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Best Zelda:<br />
Ocarina of Time<br />
Twilight Princess<br />
Skyward Sword<br />
Minish Cap<br />
Four Swords Adventures<br />
Four Swords<br />
A Link to the Past<br />
A Link Between Worlds<br />
Oracle of Ages/Seasons<br />
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link<br />
Wind Waker<br />
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Best Final Boss:<br />
Demise - Skyward Sword<br />
Vaati - Minish Cap<br />
Vaati - Four Swords<br />
Ganondorf - Ocarina of Time<br />
Majora - Majora's Mask<br />
Ganon - Twilight Princess<br />
Vaati - Four Swords Adventures<br />
Ganon - A Link to the Past<br />
Yuga - A Link Between Worlds<br />
Veran - Oracle of Ages<br />
Onox - Oracle of Seasons<br />
Twinrova/Ganon - Oracle of Seasons/Ages<br />
Shadow Nightmares - Link's Awakening<br />
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Best character other than Zelda or Link:<br />
<b>Groose - Skyward Sword</b><br />
Impa - Skyward Sword<br />
<b>Fi - Skyward Sword</b><br />
Ghirahim - Skyward Sword<br />
Ezlo - Minish Cap<br />
Navi - Ocarina of Time<br />
Great Deku Tree - Ocarina of Time<br />
<b>Saria - Ocarina of Time</b><br />
Mido - Ocarina of Time<br />
Darunia - Ocarina of Time<br />
Ruto - Ocarina of Time<br />
Malon - Ocarina of Time<br />
Impa - Ocarina of Time<br />
Nabooru - Ocarina of Time<br />
Kaepora Gaebora - Ocarina of Time<br />
<b>Twinrova - Ocarina of Time</b><br />
Happy Mask Salesman - Majora's Mask<br />
<b>Skull Kid - Majora's Mask</b><br />
<b>Tatl - Majora's Mask</b><br />
Tael - Majora's Mask<br />
Anju - Majora's Mask<br />
Kafei - Majora's Mask<br />
Romani - Majora's Mask<br />
Cremia - Majora's Mask<br />
Pamela - Majora's Mask<br />
<b>Midna - Twilight Princess</b><br />
Malo - Twilight Princess<br />
Collin - Twilight Princess<br />
<b>Shad - Twilight Princess</b><br />
Thelma - Twilight Princess<br />
Sahasrahla - A Link to the Past<br />
Gulley - A Link Between Worlds<br />
Osfala - A Link Between Worlds<br />
<b>Irene - A Link Between Worlds</b><br />
Impa - A Link Between Worlds<br />
Oren - A Link Between Worlds<br />
<b>Hilda - A Link Between Worlds</b><br />
<b>Ravio - A Link Between Worlds</b><br />
Nayru - Oracle of Ages<br />
Impa - Oracle of Ages/Seasons<br />
Ralph - Oracle of Ages<br />
Maku Tree - Oracle of Ages <br />
Ambi - Oracle of Ages<br />
Din - Oracle of Ages<br />
Maku Tree - Oracle of Seasons<br />
Marin - Link's Awakening<br />
The Owl - Link's Awakening<br />
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Best Dungeon:<br />
Inside the Deku Tree - Ocarina of Time<br />
Forest Temple - Ocarina of Time<br />
Fire Temple - Ocarina of Time<br />
Water Temple - Ocarina of Time<br />
Shadow Temple - Ocarina of Time<br />
Spirit Temple - Ocarina of Time<br />
Ganon's Castle - Ocarina of Time<br />
Sky Keep - Skyward Sword<br />
Skyview Temple - Skyward Sword<br />
Palace of Winds - Minish Cap<br />
Great Bay Temple - Majora's Mask<br />
Stone Tower Temple - Majora's Mask<br />
Forest Temple - Twilight Princess<br />
Goron Mines - Twilight Princess<br />
Lakebed Temple - Twilight Princess<br />
Arbiter's Grounds - Twilight Princess<br />
Snowpeak Ruins - Twilight Princess<br />
Temple of Time - Twilight Princess<br />
Palace of Twilight - Twilight Princess<br />
Swamp Palace - A Link to the Past<br />
Thieves' Town - A Link to the Past<br />
Thieves' Hideout - A Link Between Worlds <br />
Lorule Castle - A Link Between Worlds<br />
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Best Pseudo/Mini Dungeon:<br />
Ice Cavern - Ocarina of Time<br />
Bottom of the Well - Ocarina of Time<br />
Gerudo's Fortress - Ocarina of Time<br />
Pirate Stronghold - Skyward Sword<br />
Pirate's Fortress - Majora's Mask<br />
Oceanside Spider House - Majora's Mask<br />
Beneath the Well - Majora's Mask<br />
Ikana Castle - Majora's Mask<br />
Room of Rites - Oracle of Seasons/Ages<br />
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Best Boss:<br />
Big Green Chuchu - Minish Cap<br />
Gleerok - Minish Cap<br />
Mazaal - Minish Cap<br />
Big Octorok - Minish Cap<br />
Gyorg Pair - Minish Cap<br />
Gohma - Ocarina<br />
King Dodongo - Ocarina<br />
Barinade - Ocarina of Time<br />
Phantom Ganon - Ocarina of Time<br />
Volvagia - Ocarina of Time<br />
Morpha - Ocarina of Time<br />
Bongo Bongo - Ocarina of Time<br />
Twinrova - Ocarina of Time<br />
Ghirahim - Skyward Sword<br />
The Imprisoned - Skyward Sword<br />
Scaldera - Skyward Sword<br />
Koloktos - Skyward Sword<br />
Tentalus - Skyward Sword<br />
Bilocyte - Skyward Sword<br />
Big Manhandla - Four Swords<br />
Goht - Majora's Mask<br />
Twinmold - Majora's Mask<br />
Stallord - Twilight Princess<br />
Zant - Twilight Princess<br />
Phantom Ganon - Four Swords Adventures<br />
Helmaroc King - Four Swords Adventures<br />
Armos Knights - A Link to the Past<br />
Moldorm - A Link to the Past<br />
Arrghus - A Link to the Past<br />
Trinexx - A Link to the Past<br />
Gigabari - Link Between Worlds<br />
Yuga - Link Between Worlds (Eatern Palace/Hyrule Castle)<br />
Margomill - Link Between Worlds<br />
Knucklemaster - Link Between Worlds<br />
Stalblind - Link Between Worlds<br />
Zaganaga - Link Between Worlds<br />
Dharkstare - Link Between Worlds<br />
Grinexx - Link Between Worlds<br />
Shadow Hag - Oracle of Ages<br />
Smog - Oracle of Ages<br />
Facade - Link's Awakening<br />
Gohma - Wind Waker<br />
Kalle Demos - Wind Waker<br />
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Best Mini-boss:<br />
Lizalfos - Ocarina of Time (Dodongo's Cavern)<br />
Bigocto - Ocarina of Time (Inside Lord Jabu-Jabu's Belly)<br />
Poe Sisters - Ocarina of Time (Forest Temple)<br />
Flare Dancers - Ocarina of Time (Fire Temple)<br />
Dark Link - Ocarina of Time (Water Temple)<br />
Dead Hand - Ocarina of Time (Inside the Well)<br />
Iron Knuckle - Ocarina of Time (Spirit Temple)<br />
Darknut/Red Darknut/Black Knight - Minish Cap<br />
Stalmaster - Skyward Sword<br />
Wizrobe - Majora's Mask<br />
Wart - Majora's Mask<br />
Skull Keeta - Majora's Mask<br />
King Igos du Ikana - Majora's Mask<br />
Garo Master - Majora's Mask<br />
Gomess - Majora's Mask<br />
Ook - Twilight Princess<br />
Dangoro - Twilight Princess<br />
Manhandla - Four Swords Adventures<br />
Subterror - Oracle of Ages<br />
Facade - Oracle of Seasons<br />
Poe Sisters - Oracle of Seasons<br />
Mothula - Wind Waker<br />
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Best Location:<br />
The Moon - Majora's Mask<br />
Dark Link Room - Ocarina of Time<br />
Temple of Time - Ocarina of Time (3DS...original is good too)<br />
Chamber of Sages - Ocarina of Time<br />
Sacred Forest Realm - Ocarina of Time<br />
Silent Realms - Skyward Sword<br />
Forest Temple Torch Room - Ocarina of Time<br />
Dodongo's Cavern Main Entrance - Ocarina of Time<br />
Elemental Sanctuary - Minish Cap<br />
Inside Size Changing Platforms - Minish Cap<br />
Isle of Songs - Skyward Sword<br />
Sealed Grounds - Skyward Sword<br />
Sealed Temple - Skyward Sword<br />
Temple of Time - Skyward Sword<br />
Royal Valley - Minish Cap<br />
Torch Entrance to Shadow Temple - Ocarina of Time<br />
Royal Family Crypt - Ocarina of Time<br />
Dead Hyrule Castle Town - Ocarina of Time<br />
Snowhead - Majora's Mask<br />
Lake Hylie and the Great Bridge of Hylia - Twilight Princess<br />
Stallord Boss Arena - Twilight Princess<br />
Mirror Chamber - Twilight Princess<br />
City in the Sky Boss Arena - Twilight Princess<br />
Empty Boss Room - A Link to the Past<br />
Pyramid of Power - A Link to the Past<br />
1st Dark World Entrance - A Link to the Past<br />
Lost Woods - A Link to the Past<br />
Room of Rites - Oracle of Seasons/Ages<br />
Montain Thing w/ Egg - Link's Awakening<br />
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Best "Mythic" Character Thing:<br />
Faron, The Water Dragon - Skyward Sword<br />
Eldin, The Fire Dragon - Skyward Sword<br />
Lanayru, The Thunder Dragon - Skyward Sword<br />
Levias - Skyward Sword<br />
Great Deku Tree - Ocarina of Time<br />
The Great Deku Tree Sprout - Ocarina of Time<br />
Lord Jabu-Jabu - Ocarina of Time<br />
Din/Nayru/Farore - Ocarina of Time<br />
Four Giants - Majora's Mask<br />
Sea Turtle - Majora's Mask<br />
Ordona - Twilight Princess<br />
Faron - Twilight Princess<br />
Eldin - Twilight Princess<br />
Lanayru - Twilight Princess<br />
Rutela - Twilight Princess<br />
Maku Tree - Oracle of Ages<br />
Maku Tree - Oracle of Seasons<br />
The Wind Fish - Link's Awakening<br />
Valoo - Wind Waker<br />
The Great Deku Tree - Wind Waker<br />
Jabun - Wind Waker<br />
Zephos - Wind Waker<br />
Cyclos - Wind Waker<br />
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Best Companion:<br />
Fi - Skyward Sword<br />
Ezlo - Minish Cap<br />
Navi - Ocarina of Time<br />
Tatl - Majora's Mask<br />
Midna - Twilight Princess<br />
The King of Red Lions - Wind Waker<br />
Sahasrahla - A Link to the Past<br />
Maku Tree - Oracle of Ages<br />
Maku Tree - Oracle of Seasons<br />
The Owl - Link's Awakening<br />
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Architecture:<br />
Temple of Time - Ocarina of Time<br />
Ganon's Castle - Ocarina of Time<br />
Spirit Temple - Ocarina of Time<br />
Sky Keep - Skyward Sword<br />
Temple of Time - Skyward Sword<br />
That thing in Faron Woods - Skyward Sword<br />
Clock Tower - Majora's Mask<br />
Snowhead - Majora's Mask<br />
Woodfall - Majora's Mask<br />
Stone Towers - Majora's Mask<br />
Great Bridge of Hylia - Twilight Princess<br />
Hyrule Castle - Twilight Princess<br />
Ganon's Tower - A Link to the Past<br />
Pyramid of Power - A Link to the Past<br />
Black Tower - Oracle of Ages<br />
Tower of the Gods - Wind Waker<br />
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Best Great Fairy Design:<br />
Minish Cap/Four Swords<br />
Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask<br />
Four Swords Adventures<br />
A Link to the Past<br />
A Link Between Worlds<br />
Oracle of Ages/Seasons<br />
Wind Waker<br />
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Best Race (that sounds so offensive):<br />
Kikwi - Skyward Sword<br />
Mogma - Skyward Sword<br />
Parella - Skyward Sword<br />
"Ancient Robots" - Skyward Sword<br />
Minish - Minish Cap<br />
Kokiri - Ocarina of Time (evolve into Koroks)<br />
Goron - Ocarina of Time +<br />
Zora - Ocarina of Time + (evolve into Rito)<br />
Deku - Majora's Mask +<br />
Garo - Majora's Mask<br />
Yeti - Twilight Princess<br />
Tokay - Oracle of Ages<br />
Zuna - Four Swords Adventures<br />
Subrosian - Oracle of Seasons<br />
Rito - Wind Waker<br />
Koroks - Wind Waker<br />
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Coolest Unique Game Function:<br />
Flying - Skyward Sword<br />
Shrinking - Minish Cap<br />
Splitting Link - Minish Cap<br />
Multiplayer - Four Swords/Four Swords Adventures<br />
Timeshift Stones - Skyward Sword<br />
7 year Time Travel - Ocarina of Time<br />
3 day Time Travel - Majora's Mask<br />
Deku Flower Flying - Majora's Mask<br />
Goron Rolling - Majora's Mask<br />
Zora Swimming - Majora's Mask<br />
Mask Transformation - Majora's Mask<br />
Elegy of Emptiness - Majora's Mask<br />
Wolf - Twilight Princess<br />
GBA controller screen - Four Swords Adventures<br />
Dark World/Light World - A Link to the Past<br />
Painting/Wall Merge - A Link Between Worlds<br />
Traveling through Ages - Oracle of Ages<br />
Changing Seasons - Oracle of Seasons<br />
Linked Games - Oracle of Seasons<br />
Sailing - Wind Waker<br />
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Coolest...puzzle/quest thingy:<br />
Saving the Thunder Dragon - Skyward Sword<br />
On the moon - Majora's Mask<br />
Silent Realms - Skyward Sword<br />
Deku Scrub intro to - Majora's Mask<br />
Reuniting Anju and Kafei - Majora's Mask<br />
Biggoron's Sword Side Quest - Ocarina of Time<br />
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Other Coolest...thingy:<br />
Sky Keep joining with Sealed Grounds - Skyward Sword<br />
Bomb Stairs - Ocarina of Time<br />
Opening the Shadow Temple - Ocarina of Time<br />
Rotating Temple (Stone Tower Temple) - Majora's Mask<br />
Clock Doors Opening - Majora's Mask<br />
Gate of Time - Skyward Sword<br />
Twilight Portals - Twilight Princess<br />
Lanayru's vision thing - Twilight Princess<br />
Traveling between Hyrule/Lorule - Link Between Worlds<br />
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Best Ending:<br />
Skyward Sword<br />
Twilight Princess<br />
Ocarina of Time<br />
A Link Between Worlds<br />
Majora's Mask<br />
Minish Cap<br />
A Link to the Past<br />
Oracle of Seasons/Ages<br />
...Four Swords Adventures<br />
...Four Swords<br />
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Best Unique Item:<br />
Roc's Cape - Minish Cap/Four Swords<br />
Gust Bellows - Skyward Sword<br />
Hookshot - Ocarina of Time +<br />
Iron Boots - Twilight Princess<br />
...more<br />
leaf - Wind Waker<br />
Grappling Hook - Wind Waker<br />
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Best Enemy:<br />
Poe - Ocarina/Majora's Mask<br />
Floormaster - Ocarina/Majora's Mask<br />
Garo - Majora's Mask<br />
Deku Scrub - Ocarina of Time<br />
Stalchild - Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask<br />
Wolfos - Ocarina/Majora<br />
Deku Baba<br />
Redead - Ocarina/Majora<br />
Wallmaster<br />
Lizalfos - Ocarina<br />
Gerudo Theif - Ocarina<br />
Bubble (Green) - Ocarina<br />
Stalfos - Ocarina<br />
Beamos - Skyward Sword<br />
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Worst of Zelda:<br />
Spindash (name?) Training - Skyward Sword<br />
Racing the Butler - Majora's Mask<br />
The Dark Room in Woodfall Temple - Majora's Mask<br />
Precision Goron Rolling - Majora's Mask<br />
Skull Kid - Twilight Princess<br />
Ganon's horseback phase - Twilight Princess<br />
Skull Woods - A Link to the Past<br />
Three Statue Room in Crown Dungeon - Oracle of Ages<br />
2nd Niko challenge - Wind Waker<br />
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Best Emotional/Profound moments<br />
Fi saying goodbye - Skyward Sword<br />
Anju waiting for Kafei - Majora's Mask<br />
Cremia and Romani on the final day - Majora's Mask<br />
Pamela and her Father - Majora's Mask<br />
Butler mourning over sun - Majora's Mask<br />
Empty Sacred Forest Meadow - Ocarina of Time<br />
Link and Saria bridge scene - Ocarina of Time<br />
Navi leaves - Ocarina of Time<br />
Yeto and Yeta in love - Twilight Princess<br />
Midna shatters the mirror - Twilight Princess<br />
Lorule's Triforce Restored - Link Between Worlds<br />
Grandma's nightmares - Wind Waker<br />
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Best Beginning:<br />
Skyward Sword<br />
Minish Cap<br />
Four Swords<br />
Ocarina of Time<br />
Majora's Mask<br />
Twilight Princess<br />
Four Swords Adventures<br />
A Link to the Past<br />
Link Between Worlds<br />
Oracle of Ages<br />
Oracle of Seasons<br />
Link's Awakening<br />
Wind Waker<br />
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Best Music:<br />
Fi's Theme?<br />
Goddess Theme?<br />
others<br />
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Weirdest moments:<br />
Bottled Deku Princess - Majora's Mask<br />
Tingle - Majora's Mask<br />
Ending - Four Swords<br />
Not addressing Zora sex - Majora's Mask<br />
Uncle, Sanctuary Sage, and Flute Boy all still alive - A Link to the Past<br />
Fado laughing at punkboy basically dying - Ocarina of Time<br />
Ravio taking his items back from your dead body - Link Between Worlds<br />
Restoration trap--err--ceremony - Oracle of Ages<br />
You got Marin! - Link's Awakening<br />
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Best Map/Overworld:<br />
Skyward Sword<br />
Minish Cap<br />
Ocarina of Time<br />
Majora's Mask<br />
Twilight Princess<br />
A Link to the Past<br />
Link Between Worlds<br />
Oracle of Ages<br />
Oracle of Seasons<br />
Link's Awakening<br />
The Legend of Zelda<br />
Zelda II: Adventure of Link<br />
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Best Trophies:<br />
Spiritual Stones - Ocarina of Time<br />
Medallions - Ocarina of Time<br />
Masks/Remains - Majora's Mask<br />
Essences of Time - Oracle of Ages<br />
Essences of Nature - Oracle of Seasons<br />
Fused Shadows - Twilight Princess<br />
Elements - Minish Cap<br />
Pendants - A Link to the Past<br />
Crystals - A Link to the Past<br />
Pendants - A Link Between Worlds<br />
Sage Portraits - A Link Between Worlds<br />
Pearls - Wind Waker<br />
<br />tenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-56126850764051537232012-08-09T01:28:00.001-07:002013-01-15T00:09:05.699-08:00Queer LiteratureRead:<br />
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The City and the Pillar - Gore Vidal<br />
A Single Man - Christopher Isherwood<br />
Bertram Cope's Year -<br />
Without You - Anthony Rapp<br />
Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin<br />
Distinguished Air - Robert McAlmon<br />
The Laramie Project -<br />
Angels in America - Tony Kushner<br />
Stop Kiss -<br />
The Normal Heart - Larry Kramer<br />
The Destiny of Me - Larry Kramer<br />
Next Fall -<br />
A Gaggle of Saints - Neil Labute<br />
I Am My Own Wife -<br />
Gross Indecency -<br />
A Language of Their Own -<br />
Dark Fruit -<br />
The Boys in the Band -<br />
Torch Song Trilogy - Harvey Fierstein<br />
Edward II - Christopher Marlowe<br />
Some Men - Terrence McNally<br />
Street Theatre - Doric Wilson<br />
Pages from an Abandoned Journal - Gore Vidal<br />
Borderlands - Eric Samuelson<br />
Facing East - Carol Lynn Pearson<br />
No More Goodbyes - Carol Lynn Pearson<br />
The Children's Hour - Lillian Hellman<br />
Magical Thinking - Augusten Burroughs<br />
Possible Side Effects - Augusten Burroughs<br />
Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris<br />
Naked - David Sedaris<br />
Maurice - E.M. Forster<br />
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Need to Read:<br />
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Corpus Christi - Terrence McNally<br />
Myra Breckinridge - Gore Vidal<br />
Palimpsest - Gore Vidal<br />
Christopher and His Kind - Christopher Isherwood<br />
Berlin Stories - Christopher Isherwood<br />
Rubyfruit Jungle - Rita Mae Brown<br />
People in Trouble - Sarah Schulman<br />
The Child - Sarah Schulman<br />
Goodbye, I Love You - Carol Lynn Pearson<br />
Orlando - Virginia Woolf<br />
Kiss of the Spider Woman - Manuel Puig<br />
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<br />tenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-81998128271538786752012-07-26T02:37:00.000-07:002012-07-26T02:37:12.203-07:00Movies to see Draft<br />
Goodbye Lenin!<br />
Interview with a Vampire<br />
Hideous Kinky<br />
Holy Smoke<br />
Ben-Hur<br />
Spartacus<br />
Dr. Strangelove<br />
The Stepford Wives (1975)<br />
The Wicker Man (1973)<br />
Barry Lyndon<br />
Lolita<br />
Full Metal Jacket<br />
Natural Born Killers<br />
Reservoir Dogs<br />
Memento<br />
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Daystenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-20807901127212043132012-05-07T02:49:00.000-07:002012-08-09T01:29:31.437-07:008 Goals to Reach Before Summer's End.Watch all movies on movie list<br />
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Read all books on book list<br />
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Write 1st draft of screenplay</div>
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Drink Scotch</div>
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Get a Job</div>
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Reach a weight under 200 lbs.</div>
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Reach secret goal (20)</div>
</div>tenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-3416836014670688432012-05-07T02:36:00.001-07:002012-05-07T02:36:32.976-07:00Me singing The Ladies Who Lunch drunkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbDRRtHl200tenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-18342545248617850402012-05-07T02:33:00.002-07:002012-05-07T15:21:05.209-07:00Top 25 Sondheim Songs1. Being Alive - Company<br />
2. No One is Alone - Into the Woods<br />
3. Move On - Sunday in the Park with George<br />
4. Something Just Broke - Assassins<br />
5. No More - Into the Woods<br />
6. Send in the Clowns - Company<br />
7. I Know Things Now - Into the Woods<br />
8. Giants in the Sky - Into the Woods<br />
9. The Ladies Who Lunch - Company<br />
10. Another National Anthem - Assassins<br />
11. Another Hundred People - Company<br />
12. The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (finale) - Sweeney Todd<br />
13. Marry Me a Little - Company<br />
14. Everything's Coming Up Roses - Gypsy<br />
15. Finishing the Hat - Sunday in the Park with George<br />
16. Anyone Can Whistle - Anyone Can Whistle<br />
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17. We Do Not Belong Together - Sunday in the Park with George</div>
18. Side by Side by Side/What Would We Do Without You? - Company<br />
19. It's Hot Up Here - Sunday in the Park with George<br />
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20. Green Finch and Linnet Bird - Sweeney Todd</div>
21. Last Midnight - Into the Woods<br />
22. The Ballad of Czolgosz - Assassins<br />
23. Putting It Together - Sunday in the Park with George<br />
24. Children and Art - Sunday in the Park with George<br />
25. The Little Things You Do Together - Company<br />
26. Getting Married Today - Company<br />
27. You Gotta Get a Gimmick - Gypsy<br />
28. Everybody Loves Louis - Sunday in the Park with George<br />
29. The Ballad of Guiteau - Assassins<br />
30. Sunday - Sunday in the Park with George<br />
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<br />tenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-72667977528100361862012-05-07T01:03:00.001-07:002012-05-07T01:04:49.268-07:00Sondheim songs top 10 list nominationsEverything's Coming Up Roses - Gypsy<br />
You Gotta Get a Gimmick - Gypsy<br />
Comedy Tonight - A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum<br />
Anyone Can Whistle - Anyone Can Whistle<br />
The Little Things You Do Together - Company<br />
Another Hundred People - Company<br />
Getting Married Today - Company<br />
Marry Me a Little - Company<br />
Side by Side by Side/What Would We Do Without You? - Company<br />
The Ladies Who Lunch - Company<br />
Being Alive - Company<br />
Send in the Clowns - A Little Night Music<br />
Green Finch and Linnet Bird - Sweeney Todd<br />
A Little Priest - Sweeney Todd<br />
By the Sea - Sweeney Todd<br />
Not While I'm Around - Sweeney Todd<br />
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (finale) - Sweeney Todd<br />
Everybody Loves Louis - Sunday in the Park with George<br />
Finishing the Hat - Sunday in the Park with George<br />
We Do Not Belong Together - Sunday in the Park with George<br />
Sunday - Sunday in the Park with George<br />
It's Hot Up Here - Sunday in the Park with George<br />
Putting It Together - Sunday in the Park with George<br />
Children and Art - Sunday in the Park with George<br />
Move On - Sunday in the Park with George<br />
I Know Things Now - Into the Woods<br />
Giants in the Sky - Into the Woods<br />
Last Midnight - Into the Woods<br />
No More - Into the Woods<br />
No One is Alone - Into the Woods<br />
The Ballad of Czolgosz - Assassins<br />
Another National Anthem - Assassins<br />
The Ballad of Guiteau - Assassins<br />
Something Just Broke - Assassins<br />
<br />tenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-91197185872339494932012-04-09T21:12:00.004-07:002012-04-10T00:00:07.295-07:00Works of art I want to see during my upcoming trip to New York:<span style="font-weight:bold;">The Met</span><br />I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold by Charles Demuth<br />Portes de la Reine at Aigues-Mortes by Frederic Bazille<br />White Flag by Jasper Johns<br />Joan of Arc by Jules Bastien-Lepage<br />Adam and Eve by Albrecht Durer<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The MoMA</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Whitney</span><br />A Distinguished Air by Charles Demuth<br /><br />More to cometenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-7449428190572939412012-04-09T09:42:00.002-07:002012-04-09T11:17:37.162-07:00Academic books I want to own or readHaskell, Barbara. <span style="font-style:italic;">Charles Demuth</span><br /><br />Weinberg, Jonathan. <span style="font-style:italic;">Speaking for vice : homosexuality in the art of Charles Demuth, Marsden Hartley, and the first American avant-garde</span><br /><br />Meyer, Richard. <span style="font-style:italic;">Outlaw Representation: Censorship and Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century American Art</span><br /><br />Russo, Vito. <span style="font-style:italic;">The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies</span><br /><br />"We need more dear, lot's, lot's more."tenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-61851123079962221142012-04-08T22:27:00.003-07:002012-04-08T23:14:57.182-07:00Top 10 of 2011Honestly, it hasn't been the best year for movies in my opinion. Still, there were a few good ones. Here's a top ten list I just through together, I feel like I'm missing something, and there's still a few movies I should probably see before making this list. So, as is true of pretty much every year, think of this as a draft that could and will change, even if I don't actually publish it.<br /><br />1. The Descendants<br />2. Beginners<br />3. The Muppets<br />4. The Artist<br />5. Midnight in Paris<br />6. Contagion<br />7. Carnage<br />8. Hugo<br />9. Certified Copy<br />10. Captain Americatenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-37879221875329767202012-04-06T15:41:00.004-07:002012-04-06T16:16:34.119-07:0015 of my favorite movies from before I was born<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bgGSisREiQQ/T395TJsJe9I/AAAAAAAAB5w/lLq6O67nbWI/s1600/graduate-2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bgGSisREiQQ/T395TJsJe9I/AAAAAAAAB5w/lLq6O67nbWI/s400/graduate-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728430620964125650" /></a><br />In no particular order and fully admitting that I probably forgot a few, I felt like compiling a list of some of my favorite movies made before I was born. I'm happy to see that it's much more eclectic than I thought it was going to be when I got the idea.<br /><br />The Graduate<br />Fame <br />A Clockwork Orange<br />Rope<br />All That Jazz<br />Harold and Maude<br />Sunset Boulevard<br />All About Eve<br />Ordinary People<br />Annie Hall<br />Vertigo<br />The Wizard of Oz<br />Clue<br />The Little Mermaid<br />The Breakfast Clubtenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-76047195343819795122012-03-12T23:22:00.003-07:002012-03-12T23:52:37.418-07:00My Reading List (proposed finish date: August 31, 2012)Christopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood<br /><br />The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins<br /><br />The Chosen by Chaim Potok<br /><br />People in Trouble by Sarah Schulman<br /><br />Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown<br /><br />Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde <br /><br />Maurice by E.M. Forster<br /><br />Letters on Cezanne by Rainer Maria Rilke<br /><br />A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughstenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-6235390543687641822012-02-26T17:14:00.002-08:002012-02-26T17:21:22.073-08:00Oscar Predictions:Best Picture: The Artist<br /><br />Best Director: Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"<br /><br />Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"<br /><br />Best Actress: Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"<br /><br />Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"<br /><br />Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain, "The Help"<br /><br />Best Animated Feature Film: Rango<br /><br />Best Foreign Film: A Seperation<br /><br />Best Original Screenplay: The Artist<br /><br />Best Adapted Screenplay: Hugo<br /><br />Best Art Direction: Hugo<br /><br />Best Costume Design: The Artist<br /><br />Best Original Song: Man or Muppet, "The Muppets"<br /><br />Best Documentary: Pina<br /><br />Best Documentary (Short): Saving Face<br /><br />Best Cinematography: Hugo<br /><br />Best Film Editing: The Artist<br /><br />Best Makeup: The Iron Lady<br /><br />Best Sound Editing: Hugo<br /><br />Best Sond Mixing: Hugo<br /><br />Best Visual Effects: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2<br /><br />Best Short Film (Animated): The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore<br /><br />Best Short Film (Live Action): Pentecosttenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-15483909418742990232012-02-22T23:11:00.002-08:002012-02-22T23:14:07.056-08:00Why would anyone choose that life?My response to Mel Sundquists tumblr thing...cause I don't know how to actually respond to it on tumblr<br /><br />http://thepsychodelicate.tumblr.com/post/18111978988/so-within-my-itty-bitty-circle-ive-been-hearing#<br /><br />First of all, I love being gay. I would never choose to be straight if I was magically given the opportunity. However I do understand where the argument comes from, and there is some truth in it. While I would choose to remain gay now, when I was first discovering my sexuality in my early teens, it was hard. It was a long journey, and given social pressures of what I should be compared with what I was, it was a deeply internal struggle. However much I value that struggle I went through now, if given the choice then, I certainly would not choose to add more confusion to my already confusing teenage life if just being straight like everyone else was an option. Basically, the argument is rooted in something that I think is legitimate and true, however I think that it gets used in a way that is very misleading. Being gay is awesome, especially if you can get past dealing with all the bigoted assholes.<br /><br />Also, getting into the issue of whether or not it is a choice IS annoying. I didn't choose to be gay, I just am, but sexuality is more complex than that. It's not the same for everyone and sometimes it's more fluid, but that really doesn't matter.tenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-39569186886308560342012-01-25T16:08:00.000-08:002012-01-25T16:57:19.083-08:002011 Oscar nominees currently available on DVDA Better Life<br />Beginners<br />Bridesmaids<br />Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II<br />Hell and Back Again (Also available on Netflix Instant Play)<br />The Help<br />The Ides of March<br />If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (Also available on Netflix Instant Play<br />Jane Eyre<br />Kung Fu Panda 2<br />Margin Call<br />Midnight in Paris<br />Moneyball<br />Rango<br />Real Steel<br />Rio<br />Rise of the Planet of the Apes<br />Transformers: Dark of the Moon<br />The Tree of Life<br />Warriortenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284518576986124968.post-66460292170198292712012-01-23T21:09:00.001-08:002012-01-23T21:12:33.605-08:00Nomination Upsets I would love:<span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Picture:</span><br /><br />Beginners<br />The Muppets<br />Contagion<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Actress:</span><br /><br />Jodie Foster - Carnage<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Actor:</span><br /><br />Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter (which I did actually predict)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Supporting Actress:</span><br /><br />Kate Winslet - Carnage<br />Kate Winslet - Contagion<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Original Screenplay:</span><br /><br />The Muppets<br />Certified Copytenant86http://www.blogger.com/profile/17834547953502315960noreply@blogger.com0