KingBIscuit in 2008
2008, so far, is 89% worth living.
In 2005, KingBIscuit
did 154 things,
went 45 places,
met 0 people, and
consumed 2234 products.
Years:
2007
|
2008
January
Completed on 43 Things:
Read:
- The Crucible (Penguin Classics)
- A Case of Conscience (Del Rey Impact)
- Amphigorey
- Blubber
- Timescape
- A Canticle for Leibowitz (Bantam Spectra Book)
- Brightness Reef (The Uplift Trilogy, Book 1)
- Hearts In Atlantis: New Fiction
- Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven
- Farenheit 451
- The giving tree: By Shel Silverstein
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- The Foundation Trilogy
- A Wrinkle in Time
Listened to:
- The Joshua Tree — Worth consuming!
- The Immaculate Collection
- Dark Side Of The Moon — Worth consuming!
- Animals
- Stop Making Sense
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band — Worth consuming!
- Legend (New Packaging)
- Houses Of The Holy
- Nothing Like the Sun
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? — Worth consuming!
- Let It Be
- The Doors
- Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary Edition
- Tommy (1969 Original Concept Album)
- Nick of Time — Worth consuming!
Watched:
- A River Runs Through It
- Spirited Away — Worth consuming!
- Contact
- Ghost in the Shell
- The Lawnmower Man (New Line Platinum Series)
- Mr. Holland's Opus
- The Little Mermaid (Limited Issue)
- Life Is Beautiful — Not worth consuming
- Chasing Amy - Criterion Collection
- Dick Tracy
- Amelie — Worth consuming!
- Die Another Day (Full Screen Special Edition)
- Lara Croft Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (Special Collector's Edition)
- Underworld (Widescreen Special Edition)
- Shaolin Soccer
→ See more from January
February
Visited on 43 Places:
Read:
- American Gods — Worth consuming!
- Doomsday Book — Worth consuming!
- Stormbringer (Elric)
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Foundation Trilogy
- Downbelow Station (Alliance-Union Universe)
- The Hobbit
- The Children of Dune (Gollancz SF)
- Heart of Darkness (Green Integer)
- Friday
- Camus: The Stranger (Landmarks of World Literature)
- A Journey to the Center of the Earth
- The Heretics of Dune (Gollancz SF)
Listened to:
Watched:
- The Fisher King
- Sense and Sensibility
- The Dark Crystal
- Wonder Boys
- Billy Elliot
- Collateral (Two-Disc Special Edition)
- Chocolat (Miramax Collector's Series)
- The Triplets of Belleville
- Cold Mountain (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
- Porco Rosso
- Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
- Spanglish
- Grand Canyon
- Days of Thunder
- Roxanne
→ See more from February
March
Visited on 43 Places:
Read:
- Congo
- Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
- Double Star — Worth consuming!
- The Cat in the Hat
- Presumed Innocent
- The Gods Themselves — Worth consuming!
- Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus)
- The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Trilogy)
- The Kite Runner
- Almost Famous
- Life, the Universe and Everything
- HOLES
- The Pigeon Loves Things That Go!
- Rendezvous with Rama
- The Postman
Listened to:
Watched:
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April
Visited on 43 Places:
- Banks of the Seine
- The Tower Of London
- Redwood National Park
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Arc De Triomphe
- Basilique Du Sacré-Coeur
- Cathédrale Notre Dame De Paris
- Champs Elysées
- Leonardo da Vinci - Mona Lisa
- Musée D'Orsay
- Jardin Du Luxembourg
- London Underground
- Thames
- Tower Bridge
- Crown Jewels
Read:
- The Hobbit
- Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
- Red Storm Rising
- Patriot Games (Jack Ryan Novels)
- The Cardinal of the Kremlin (Jack Ryan Novels)
- Clear and Present Danger (Jack Ryan Novels)
- Without Remorse
- Debt of Honor (Jack Ryan Novels)
- Executive Orders (Jack Ryan Novels)
- The Sum of All Fears
- The Firm
- The Eyes of the Dragon (Signet)
- 1984 (Signet Classics)
- The Invisible Man (Signet Classics)
- The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Part 2)
Listened to:
- A Momentary Lapse of Reason
- Moulin Rouge
- Speaking in Tongues
- In Through the Out Door
- Grease (Original 1978 Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Magical Mystery Tour
- Naked
- Lifes Rich Pageant
- Dr. Feelgood
- Nine Lives
- Lady Marmalade
- Zenyatta Mondatta
- Tainted Love - Soft Cell (single)
- The Best of Dark Horse (1976-1989)
- Layla (single)
Watched:
- Boys on the Side
- Hackers
- Mission - Impossible II (Widescreen Edition)
- The Matrix Revolutions (2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
- Jersey Girl
- Battlestar Galactica (2003 Miniseries)
- Dear Frankie
- Steamboy - Director's Cut (Widescreen Edition)
- Ever After - A Cinderella Story
- Courage Under Fire
- The Ultimate Matrix Collection (The Matrix/ The Matrix Reloaded/ The Matrix Revolutions/ The Animatrix)
- Romeo Must Die
- Die Hard - The Ultimate Collection
- The Pelican Brief
- 2010: The Year We Make Contact
Consumed:
Consumed:
- Wonderful Tonight (single)
- Good Vibrations (single)
- David Bowie - Space Oddity (song)
- Be My Baby (single)
- Bridge Over Troubled Water (single)
- California Dreamin' - The Mamas and the Papas (single)
- Eleanor Rigby (single)
- For What It's Worth (single)
- Hey Jude (single)
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (single)
- I Want to Hold Your Hand (single)
- La Bamba (single)
- Let's Stay Together (single)
- Louie, Louie (single)
- My Girl (single)
→ See more from April
May
Completed on 43 Things:
Visited on 43 Places:
Read:
- Fatherland
- Small Gods
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
- The Catcher in the Rye — Not worth consuming
- Friday
- Job: A Comedy of Justice
- Sphere
- Split Infinity (Apprentice Adept (Paperback))
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Worth consuming!
- American Gods: A Novel
- Lord of the Flies — Worth consuming!
- Watchers
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)
- The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
- Chapterhouse Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 6) — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
Watched:
- Field of Dreams (Widescreen Two-Disc Anniversary Edition) — Worth consuming!
- Army of Darkness — Worth consuming!
- L.A. Confidential — Worth consuming!
- Shakespeare in Love (Miramax Collector's Series) — Worth consuming!
- The Princess Bride — Worth consuming!
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon — Worth consuming!
- Where the Heart Is
- Monsters, Inc. (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
- Finding Nemo (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
- The Incredibles (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
- Bound
- Bull Durham — Worth consuming!
- Hoosiers (2-Disc Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
- Princess Mononoke — Worth consuming!
- When Harry Met Sally... — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
Consumed:
→ See more from May
June
Completed on 43 Things:
- Get a new job
- go to the zoo
- start college
- overcome a fear
- make love under the stars
- move out of my parents' house
- get a puppy
- Get a car, Pay off car loan
- Visit the Holocaust Museum
- Have a year long relationship
- read a novel in a foreign language
- experience a white christmas
- Have a baby
- ride a bike to work
- organise/take part in an easter egg hunt
Visited on 43 Places:
Read:
- The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Worth consuming!
- Something Wicked This Way Comes
- All Quiet on the Western Front — Worth consuming!
- It (Signet Books) — Worth consuming!
- A Farewell To Arms
- The Anarchist Cookbook (C-066)
- Pebble in the Sky (The Isaac Asimov Collection Edition)
- The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (Gollancz SF)
- Utopia: Thomas More
- The Turn of the Screw
- Something Wicked This Way Comes
- SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
- The Hunt for Red October (Special 15th Anniversary Edition) — Worth consuming!
- The Illustrated Man
- A Canticle for Liebowitz
Watched:
- Dark City (New Line Platinum Series) — Worth consuming!
- Titanic — Worth consuming!
- American Beauty — Worth consuming!
- Gladiator (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
- High Fidelity — Worth consuming!
- Zoolander (Special Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? — Worth consuming!
- Y Tu Mama Tambien
- Chicago (Widescreen Edition)
- Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
- Spider-Man 2 (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
- Band of Brothers — Worth consuming!
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Widescreen Edition) — Not worth consuming
- Shaun of the Dead — Worth consuming!
- Sin City — Worth consuming!
→ See more from June
July
Visited on 43 Places:
Read:
- Things Fall Apart: A Novel
- Bright Lights, Big City
- Seabiscuit: An American Legend
- The Running Man
- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
- From Potter's Field
- Heart of the Comet
- Black House
- The Turn of the Screw: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions)
- The Old Man and the Sea
- Camus: The Stranger (Landmarks of World Literature (New))
- Casino Royale (movie tie-in) (James Bond 007)
- Postman
- Dreamcatcher
- Things Fall Apart
Watched:
- Office Space (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
- The Matrix — Worth consuming!
- The Shawshank Redemption — Worth consuming!
- You Only Live Twice
- Ghost World
- Y Tu Mama Tambien (R-rated Edition)
- Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
- Employee of the Month
- Charade
- Charade (Anamorphic Widescreen) - Criterion Collection
- Dead Again — Worth consuming!
- One Night at McCool's
- Nine Months — Not worth consuming
- Friday (New Line Platinum Series) — Worth consuming!
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
→ See more from July
August
Visited on 43 Places:
Read:
Watched:
- Mulholland Drive
- Curly Sue
- Highlander — Worth consuming!
- National Lampoon's Van Wilder
- The Game — Worth consuming!
- The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
- Cinderella (Two-Disc Special Edition)
- Peter Pan (Limited Issue)
- The Nutty Professor (Special Edition)
- In the Name of the Father — Worth consuming!
- King Kong (Widescreen Edition)
- Hustle & Flow (Widescreen Edition)
- Smokey and the Bandit
- Mulholland Dr.
- Kentucky Fried Movie — Worth consuming!