3 30 Day Challenges

There have been several "30 Day Challemges" popping up on facebook lately. I have decided to move 3 of these here to my blog over the next 3 months in order to force myself the blog moreoften...plus it will be fun. So here's the 3 chaleeges.. I will start the first one on June 1, so keep your eyes here (I may not do them in the order shown here...ie movies may be first, who knows):



30 day TV Challenge:
Day 1 - Favourite Show Of All Time
Day 2 - Least Favourite Show Of All Time
Day 3 - Best Theme Song
Day 4 - Worst Theme Song
Day 5 - Favourite TV Character
Day 6 - Least Favourite TV Character
Day 7 - TV Show You Can Quote Best
Day 8 - TV Show With Your Favourite Actor
Day 9 - TV Show With Your Favourite Actor (Female)
Day 10 - A Guilty Pleasure TV Show
Day 11 - A TV Show No One Thinks You'd Like
Day 12 - A TV Show That Resembles Your Life
Day 13 - Your Favourite Childhood TV Show
Day 14 - Favourite TV Drama
Day 15 - Favourite TV Comedy
Day 16 - Favourite Reality Show
Day 17 - Favourite TV Documentary
Day 18 - Favourite Animated TV Show
Day 19 - A Show you consider Underrated
Day 20 - A Show you Consider Overrated
Day 21 - A Cancelled Show You Would Bring Back
Day 22 - A Current Show You Would Cancel
Day 23 - A TV Series You Would Make Into a Film
Day 24 - A Film You Think Deserves Its Own Series
Day 25 - TV Show You Used to Like, Now Hate
Day 26 - Your Favourite Scene From a TV Show
Day 27 - Favourite TV Channel
Day 28 - Least Favourite TV Channel
Day 29 - A Show You Never Miss
Day 30 - Favourite Episode of Any TV Show Ever

30 Day Song Challenge:
Day 1: Your favourite song
Day 2: The first song you heard by your favourite artist
Day 3: The first song you ever heard
Day 4: a song that makes you smile
Day 5: a song that makes you cry
Day 6: a song that makes you laugh
Day 7: a song that you hate
Day 8: a song that gets stuck in your head all the time
Day 9: a song by someone that inspires you
Day 10: a song that reminds you of a family member
Day 11: a song that reminds you of a friend
Day 12: a song that reminds you of someone you hate
Day 13: a song you can't help but like
Day 14: a strange song
Day 15: a song by the performer at the last concert you went to
Day 16: the last song you heard
Day 17: The song you want to/ had your first dance to at your wedding
Day 18: a song you want played at your funeral
Day 19: your BFF's favourite song
Day 20: a song from your favourite film
Day 21: the first song on your favourite album
Day 22: the last song on your favourite album
Day 23: a song by someone you hate
Day 24: a song beginning with the same letter as your first name
Day 25: a song beginning with the same letter as your last name
Day 26: a song beginning with the word 'you'
Day 27: a song that makes you happy
Day 28: a song that really annoys you
Day 29: a random song (just choose one!!)
Day 30: Your favourite song (it's probably changes since day 1)

30 day Movie challenge:
day 01 - The last movie you watched
day 02 - your least favorite movie
day 03 - a movie that makes you happy
day 04 - a movie that makes you sad
day 05 - a movie that reminds you of someone
day 06 - a movie that reminds you of somewhere/time
day 07 - a movie that you love to quote
day 08 - a movie from you favorite genre
day 09 - a movie that makes you laugh
day 10 - a movie you like to fall asleep to
day 11 - a movie from your favorite director
day 12 - a movie with you favorite actor
day 13 - a movie from your least favorite actor
day 14 - a movie that no one would expect you to love
day 15 - the first movie you remember watching
day 16 - the first movie you saw at the cinema
day 17 - the last movie you bought on dvd/blu ray
day 18 - the last movie you downloaded
day 19 - your favourite remake movie
day 20 - least favourite remake movie
day 21 - your favorite sequel
day 22 - least favourite sequel
day 23 - your fav movie based on a cartoon (cartoon or live action)
day 24 - least fav movie based on a cartoon (cartoon or live action)
day 25 - your favourite movie based on a book
day 26 - your favorite movie based on a comic
day 27 - Least favourite movie based on a comic
day 28 - Movie coming soon your excited about
day 29 - Movie coming soon you are dreading
day 30 - Your Favourite Movie

I miss Douglas Adams

My mother was in the hospital a great deal of the time from the spring of my 2nd grade year through most of the grade school period with a variety of broken bones, and the problems that arrived from these breaks. Sometimes the hospital was nearby, sometimes in downtown Chicago, and for a period, in Minnesota. My father, between his two jobs, spent what spare time he had visiting mom. This left me under the supervision of my siblings, who were from 8 to 15 years older than me. So I have to say I got away with a lot of things that most grade schoolers might not.

Sometime while I was in junior high I managed to convince someone it was ok for me to have a subscription to Rolling Stone. I mostly read the record reviews, and occasionally an interview, if it was Linda Ronstadt or Pat Benatar or some other rock goddess. I usually ignored the ads in the magazine, selling weird things like tie-dyed t-shirts with pot leaves on them. But one day I saw an ad that had a word that caught my eye: FREE. This a word that meant I could get something with out paying for it...still a concept I love. It was for a free BOOK, which made it even better, since I loved to read, and still had time to back then. It was for a free copy of a book called "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy". This name sounded so intriguing I had to have it. I sent away for it, and waited for its arrival.

Once the book showed up I devoured it. It was truly amazing. I had developed a taste for Science Fiction, largely due to a little film called Star Wars, and a library book by Ben Bova Exiled From Earth. I can tell you nothing about the book, I just remember the author. I had also developed a taste for British comedy thanks to my brother Dave allowing me to stay up past my bedtime on Sunday nights to watch Monty Python's Flying Circus. In Hitch Hiker's Guide these two passions merged under the skillful hand of Douglass Adams. His writing was funny, yet smart. His science was spot on, and his fiction hilarious. Two of my favorite quotes, that I use till this day come from this book. "It must be Thursday. I've never quite gotten thehang of Thursdays" which Arthur Dent says after finding out the earth was about to be destroyed. The other quote is from Marvin, the robot with the "genuine person personality" who moans, "Life--Loathe it or ignore it-- you can't possibly like it" These I have kept with me from the book, along with my lifelong obsession with the number 42.

I of course collected the entire series of books, along with Adams' Dirk gently book, and anything else Adams I could get my hands on. No one could put the comic spin on anything quite like Adams. His mind was brilliant, and just warped enough to question, and poke fun at nearly everything. In 2001 the world lost this genius to a heart attack at 49. I was saddened, as were scores of fans around the world. Never again would we read new adventurs of Arthur, Zaphod and the whole gang.

A couple years ago a new Hitch Hiker book, "...and another thing", showed up in the stores, written by Eoin Colfer. I am reading this book right now. It is good to spend time with these characters, but Mr Colfer is no Douglas Adams. Please don't get me wrong. I am sure he is a fine author, my daughter loves his Artemis Fowl series. But, he can not fill Adams' shoes. I don't think anyone can. I am currently listening to "Salmon of Doubt" on audio book. This is a collection of works gleaned from Adams' computer. This is bringing my back to my joy of reading Adams' books. And I realise how much I have missed Adams. I hope that they don't make any more books by Colfer in the series... again, nothing against Colfer, but you can't replace Adams in the same way Paul Rogers just can not replace Freddie Mercury.

Well, I find myself rambling, so I'll let you go...but I recommend that you find your copy of Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and blast off with Mr Adams again. 42