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
Months: All Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug

January

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Have my first kiss
  2. Fall in love
  3. get married
  4. go on a honeymoon
  5. go to a rock concert
  6. Send a message in a bottle
  7. go to a football match
  8. own a t-shirt with a bandname on it
  9. volunteer for something
  10. have a movie marathon
  11. eat sushi
  12. Fly First Class
  13. type with 10 fingers
  14. graduate from school
  15. learn to drive
Read:
  1. The Crucible (Penguin Classics)
  2. A Case of Conscience (Del Rey Impact)
  3. Amphigorey
  4. Blubber
  5. Timescape
  6. A Canticle for Leibowitz (Bantam Spectra Book)
  7. Brightness Reef (The Uplift Trilogy, Book 1)
  8. Hearts In Atlantis: New Fiction
  9. Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
  10. The Five People You Meet in Heaven
  11. Farenheit 451
  12. The giving tree: By Shel Silverstein
  13. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  14. The Foundation Trilogy
  15. A Wrinkle in Time
Listened to:
  1. The Joshua Tree — Worth consuming!
  2. The Immaculate Collection
  3. Dark Side Of The Moon — Worth consuming!
  4. Animals
  5. Stop Making Sense
  6. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band — Worth consuming!
  7. Legend (New Packaging)
  8. Houses Of The Holy
  9. Nothing Like the Sun
  10. O Brother, Where Art Thou? — Worth consuming!
  11. Let It Be
  12. The Doors
  13. Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary Edition
  14. Tommy (1969 Original Concept Album)
  15. Nick of Time — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. A River Runs Through It
  2. Spirited Away — Worth consuming!
  3. Contact
  4. Ghost in the Shell
  5. The Lawnmower Man (New Line Platinum Series)
  6. Mr. Holland's Opus
  7. The Little Mermaid (Limited Issue)
  8. Life Is Beautiful — Not worth consuming
  9. Chasing Amy - Criterion Collection
  10. Dick Tracy
  11. Amelie — Worth consuming!
  12. Die Another Day (Full Screen Special Edition)
  13. Lara Croft Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (Special Collector's Edition)
  14. Underworld (Widescreen Special Edition)
  15. Shaolin Soccer
Consumed:
  1. Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl

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February

Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Cyberspace
  2. England
  3. Sweden
  4. Switzerland
  5. Luxembourg
  6. Poland
  7. Russia
  8. Turkey
  9. United States
  10. Tampa
Read:
  1. American Gods — Worth consuming!
  2. Doomsday Book — Worth consuming!
  3. Stormbringer (Elric)
  4. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  5. Foundation Trilogy
  6. Downbelow Station (Alliance-Union Universe)
  7. The Hobbit
  8. The Children of Dune (Gollancz SF)
  9. Heart of Darkness (Green Integer)
  10. Friday
  11. Camus: The Stranger (Landmarks of World Literature)
  12. A Journey to the Center of the Earth
  13. The Heretics of Dune (Gollancz SF)
Listened to:
  1. Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol. 1-2
  2. ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
  3. Ritual de lo Habitual
  4. Brothers in Arms
Watched:
  1. The Fisher King
  2. Sense and Sensibility
  3. The Dark Crystal
  4. Wonder Boys
  5. Billy Elliot
  6. Collateral (Two-Disc Special Edition)
  7. Chocolat (Miramax Collector's Series)
  8. The Triplets of Belleville
  9. Cold Mountain (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
  10. Porco Rosso
  11. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
  12. Spanglish
  13. Grand Canyon
  14. Days of Thunder
  15. Roxanne

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March

Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  2. Radio City Music Hall
  3. Radio City Music Hall Marquee
Read:
  1. Congo
  2. Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
  3. Double Star — Worth consuming!
  4. The Cat in the Hat
  5. Presumed Innocent
  6. The Gods Themselves — Worth consuming!
  7. Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus)
  8. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Trilogy)
  9. The Kite Runner
  10. Almost Famous
  11. Life, the Universe and Everything
  12. HOLES
  13. The Pigeon Loves Things That Go!
  14. Rendezvous with Rama
  15. The Postman
Listened to:
  1. Cosmic Thing
  2. Us
  3. Ghost In The Machine [Digipak]
  4. Kick
  5. 2112
  6. Harvest Moon
  7. Our Time in Eden
  8. Little Creatures
  9. Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
  10. Fear of Music
  11. The Dream of the Blue Turtles
  12. Zenyatta Mondatta [Digipak]
  13. Life's Rich Pageant
Watched:
  1. Go
  2. Twins
  3. The Saint
  4. eXistenZ
  5. Swordfish
  6. Gosford Park
  7. XXX (Widescreen Special Edition)
  8. Hidalgo (Widescreen Edition)
  9. I, Robot (Widescreen Edition)
  10. National Treasure (Widescreen Edition)
  11. The NeverEnding Story
  12. Top Secret!
  13. The Stand
  14. A Mighty Wind
  15. Paycheck (Special Collector's Edition)

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April

Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Banks of the Seine
  2. The Tower Of London
  3. Redwood National Park
  4. Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  5. Arc De Triomphe
  6. Basilique Du Sacré-Coeur
  7. Cathédrale Notre Dame De Paris
  8. Champs Elysées
  9. Leonardo da Vinci - Mona Lisa
  10. Musée D'Orsay
  11. Jardin Du Luxembourg
  12. London Underground
  13. Thames
  14. Tower Bridge
  15. Crown Jewels
Read:
  1. The Hobbit
  2. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
  3. Red Storm Rising
  4. Patriot Games (Jack Ryan Novels)
  5. The Cardinal of the Kremlin (Jack Ryan Novels)
  6. Clear and Present Danger (Jack Ryan Novels)
  7. Without Remorse
  8. Debt of Honor (Jack Ryan Novels)
  9. Executive Orders (Jack Ryan Novels)
  10. The Sum of All Fears
  11. The Firm
  12. The Eyes of the Dragon (Signet)
  13. 1984 (Signet Classics)
  14. The Invisible Man (Signet Classics)
  15. The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Part 2)
Listened to:
  1. A Momentary Lapse of Reason
  2. Moulin Rouge
  3. Speaking in Tongues
  4. In Through the Out Door
  5. Grease (Original 1978 Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  6. Magical Mystery Tour
  7. Naked
  8. Lifes Rich Pageant
  9. Dr. Feelgood
  10. Nine Lives
  11. Lady Marmalade
  12. Zenyatta Mondatta
  13. Tainted Love - Soft Cell (single)
  14. The Best of Dark Horse (1976-1989)
  15. Layla (single)
Watched:
  1. Boys on the Side
  2. Hackers
  3. Mission - Impossible II (Widescreen Edition)
  4. The Matrix Revolutions (2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
  5. Jersey Girl
  6. Battlestar Galactica (2003 Miniseries)
  7. Dear Frankie
  8. Steamboy - Director's Cut (Widescreen Edition)
  9. Ever After - A Cinderella Story
  10. Courage Under Fire
  11. The Ultimate Matrix Collection (The Matrix/ The Matrix Reloaded/ The Matrix Revolutions/ The Animatrix)
  12. Romeo Must Die
  13. Die Hard - The Ultimate Collection
  14. The Pelican Brief
  15. 2010: The Year We Make Contact
Consumed:
  1. jambalaya
  2. Buffalo Wings
  3. Key Lime Pie
  4. New England clam chowder
  5. Philadelphia cheese steak
  6. Salmon
  7. Cuban Sandwich - La Ideal, Tampa, FL
  8. Chicken-Fried Steak
  9. po' boy
  10. Southern fried chicken
Consumed:
  1. Wonderful Tonight (single)
  2. Good Vibrations (single)
  3. David Bowie - Space Oddity (song)
  4. Be My Baby (single)
  5. Bridge Over Troubled Water (single)
  6. California Dreamin' - The Mamas and the Papas (single)
  7. Eleanor Rigby (single)
  8. For What It's Worth (single)
  9. Hey Jude (single)
  10. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (single)
  11. I Want to Hold Your Hand (single)
  12. La Bamba (single)
  13. Let's Stay Together (single)
  14. Louie, Louie (single)
  15. My Girl (single)

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May

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Find Waldo
  2. Eat Squid
  3. own either a beatles or Elvis album
  4. borrow some money
  5. make a collage
  6. graduate college
  7. throw a great party
  8. get a 6 pack
  9. Go on a road trip
  10. vote
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Key West
  2. Williamsburg
  3. Bar Harbor
  4. Knoxville
  5. Asheville
  6. London Heathrow Airport
Read:
  1. Fatherland
  2. Small Gods
  3. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
  4. The Catcher in the Rye — Not worth consuming
  5. Friday
  6. Job: A Comedy of Justice
  7. Sphere
  8. Split Infinity (Apprentice Adept (Paperback))
  9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Worth consuming!
  10. American Gods: A Novel
  11. Lord of the Flies — Worth consuming!
  12. Watchers
  13. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)
  14. The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
  15. Chapterhouse Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 6) — Worth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. A Decade Of Steely Dan
  2. Singles 45's and Under
  3. The Best of Blondie
  4. Beach Boys - 20 Good Vibrations, The Greatest Hits (Volume 1)
  5. Wish You Were Here
Watched:
  1. Field of Dreams (Widescreen Two-Disc Anniversary Edition) — Worth consuming!
  2. Army of Darkness — Worth consuming!
  3. L.A. Confidential — Worth consuming!
  4. Shakespeare in Love (Miramax Collector's Series) — Worth consuming!
  5. The Princess Bride — Worth consuming!
  6. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon — Worth consuming!
  7. Where the Heart Is
  8. Monsters, Inc. (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  9. Finding Nemo (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  10. The Incredibles (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  11. Bound
  12. Bull Durham — Worth consuming!
  13. Hoosiers (2-Disc Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  14. Princess Mononoke — Worth consuming!
  15. When Harry Met Sally... — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Newcastle Brown Ale
  2. Heineken
  3. Pilsner Urquell
  4. Amstel Light
  5. Miller Lite
  6. Guinness
  7. Red Stripe Jamaican Lager
  8. Coors Light
  9. Yeungling beer
  10. Budweiser
  11. Newcastle Brown Ale
  12. Foster's Lager
  13. Samuel Adams Boston Lager
  14. dos equis
  15. Rolling Rock
Consumed:
  1. Sole Survivor

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June

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Get a new job
  2. go to the zoo
  3. start college
  4. overcome a fear
  5. make love under the stars
  6. move out of my parents' house
  7. get a puppy
  8. Get a car, Pay off car loan
  9. Visit the Holocaust Museum
  10. Have a year long relationship
  11. read a novel in a foreign language
  12. experience a white christmas
  13. Have a baby
  14. ride a bike to work
  15. organise/take part in an easter egg hunt
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. French Quarter
Read:
  1. The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Worth consuming!
  2. Something Wicked This Way Comes
  3. All Quiet on the Western Front — Worth consuming!
  4. It (Signet Books) — Worth consuming!
  5. A Farewell To Arms
  6. The Anarchist Cookbook (C-066)
  7. Pebble in the Sky (The Isaac Asimov Collection Edition)
  8. The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (Gollancz SF)
  9. Utopia: Thomas More
  10. The Turn of the Screw
  11. Something Wicked This Way Comes
  12. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
  13. The Hunt for Red October (Special 15th Anniversary Edition) — Worth consuming!
  14. The Illustrated Man
  15. A Canticle for Liebowitz
Watched:
  1. Dark City (New Line Platinum Series) — Worth consuming!
  2. Titanic — Worth consuming!
  3. American Beauty — Worth consuming!
  4. Gladiator (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  5. High Fidelity — Worth consuming!
  6. Zoolander (Special Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  7. O Brother, Where Art Thou? — Worth consuming!
  8. Y Tu Mama Tambien
  9. Chicago (Widescreen Edition)
  10. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  11. Spider-Man 2 (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  12. Band of Brothers — Worth consuming!
  13. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Widescreen Edition) — Not worth consuming
  14. Shaun of the Dead — Worth consuming!
  15. Sin City — Worth consuming!

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July

Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Myrtle Beach
  2. Daytona Beach
Read:
  1. Things Fall Apart: A Novel
  2. Bright Lights, Big City
  3. Seabiscuit: An American Legend
  4. The Running Man
  5. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
  6. From Potter's Field
  7. Heart of the Comet
  8. Black House
  9. The Turn of the Screw: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions)
  10. The Old Man and the Sea
  11. Camus: The Stranger (Landmarks of World Literature (New))
  12. Casino Royale (movie tie-in) (James Bond 007)
  13. Postman
  14. Dreamcatcher
  15. Things Fall Apart
Watched:
  1. Office Space (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  2. The Matrix — Worth consuming!
  3. The Shawshank Redemption — Worth consuming!
  4. You Only Live Twice
  5. Ghost World
  6. Y Tu Mama Tambien (R-rated Edition)
  7. Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
  8. Employee of the Month
  9. Charade
  10. Charade (Anamorphic Widescreen) - Criterion Collection
  11. Dead Again — Worth consuming!
  12. One Night at McCool's
  13. Nine Months — Not worth consuming
  14. Friday (New Line Platinum Series) — Worth consuming!
  15. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Bond: View to a Kill

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August

Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Montmartre
Read:
  1. Atonement: A Novel
  2. A Farewell to Arms (Scribner Classics)
  3. Atonement
  4. A Farewell to Arms
  5. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  6. The Sun Also Rises
  7. All Quiet on the Western Front
Watched:
  1. Mulholland Drive
  2. Curly Sue
  3. Highlander — Worth consuming!
  4. National Lampoon's Van Wilder
  5. The Game — Worth consuming!
  6. The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
  7. Cinderella (Two-Disc Special Edition)
  8. Peter Pan (Limited Issue)
  9. The Nutty Professor (Special Edition)
  10. In the Name of the Father — Worth consuming!
  11. King Kong (Widescreen Edition)
  12. Hustle & Flow (Widescreen Edition)
  13. Smokey and the Bandit
  14. Mulholland Dr.
  15. Kentucky Fried Movie — Worth consuming!

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