66. Watch 10 of the top 100 movies

1) Casablanca - This movie is about what you would expect out of a movie produced in the early 1940s.  The American Film Industry had a list of the 100 most quoted lines from movies and 6 of them were from this movie:
 "Here's looking at you, kid."  "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.'" "Round up the usual suspects."  "We'll always have Paris."  "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
 Some of these I was familiar with, others not as much.
2) Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Stupid movie with next to no plot.  I think I wasn't in the right mind to really give this movie a chance, but the humor was no good.
3) 12 Angry Men - This was a fantastic movie.  It was filmed in 1957 and is filmed in only three different rooms.  This requires the movie to be based solely on dialogue and plot and it was done very well.  I was interested the whole time to see how it turned out.  The idea of the movie is that there is a jury that sees a court case as an easy guilty verdict, but one juror slowly convinces jurors that it isn't as easy of a case as they had originally suspected.  Good movie.
4) Momento - Psycho movie.  I can see how it is viewed as a good movie due to it's interesting writing but it isn't my type of movie.  Lots to think through as you watch it to see how the progression goes through in the main character's life as he handles a disease where he has no short term memory.
5) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - I still don't get the movie.  Minds get erased but it is strange throughout.
6) Reservoir Dogs -  I vaguely remember watching this movie only because I remember the character's names were all colors. The storyline is decent and interesting.
7)Wall-E - We watched this as a family. I would say half of the movie doesn't have dialogue but instead relies on you to follow emotions. I really enjoyed the story.  Great movie.
8) Apocalypse Now- Movies about the Vietnam War interest me. What a horrible time that must have been. Lots of actors in this one that I am more familiar with them being older.  Good movie.
9) One Flew Over the Coocoo's Nest - I really enjoyed this movie.  One time is probably enough for watching it, but I thought it was good.  The last 15 minutes have sad moments, but they add a lot to the story.
10) Modern Times - I started watching this movie with my mom a few months back. Then I forgot all about it until much later. It was really funny! I plan on watching a few more movies with Charlie Chaplin in them. 

79. Visit 10 stores/buildings in downtown Aurora

I put this goal down so I would force myself to explore some of the buildings in the downtown area.  I go through there a lot and figured if I added this goal in that I would try to explore more places that I wouldn't normally go to.
1) I visited the City Hall building for the second time this summer.  The first time I went was in May to go to a City Council meeting.  When I went for that I went straight upstairs into the meeting room and didn't go anywhere else.  I had the "pleasure" of stopping by there again to pay a parking ticket that I received.  After paying the ticket I decided to snoop around.  There is nothing special in there.  The first floor is made up of offices and little else.  The second floor is made up of the city council meeting room and other places that I was not able to access.
2) Ballyboyles - We went here for my birthday. I had heard lots of good things about this place.  I was pleased.
3) Waubonsee Community College - Waubonsee built a new campus downtown.  It is a pretty big building for downtown.  They spent a couple of years building it so I was excited to go explore it after it opened.  Sadly, after you go inside, it looks like any other college building.  Lots of classrooms with tables and chairs.    While I was there I checked out the library.  I was interested to see that there is as much room dedicated to computers as there was for books. At least now I know what is in there.
4) Leland Tower
5) Schorr Glass - They are really quick and really nice in this place.  Living in an old home I have had to use them plenty of times to get new panes of glass.



Places that I go to that don't count:
Library - I go to our library at least twice a month.
Bank - I know what it is like in there.

Finished Goals

1.(56) Get a perfect score in Place the State 6/3/11-0
2.  (15) Get another seat added to my bike 6/4/11-60
3. (71) Put lighting up in the garage 6/10/11-0
4. (25) Kick a 25 yard field goal 6/20/11-0
5. (50) Read a book about another culture 6/22/11-0
6. (67) Get rid of Cable TV  6/24/11-0
7. (75) Build deck on upstairs porch 7/2/11-225
8. (3) Take kids in bathing suits to Millennium Park 7/16/11-56
9. (101) Play golf at Edgebrook 7/18/11-32
10. (77) Volunteer with an organization in Aurora 7/21/11-0
11. (47) Take someone to give their first blood donation 7/25/11-0
12. (93) Visit an ocean 8/6/11-0
13. (96) Go fishing 8/10/11-13
14. (88) Tour Wrigley Field 8/20/11-86
15. (45) Host a movie night outside 9/10/11-20
16. (38) Find a new doctor and get a physical 9/15/11 - 0
17. (69) Make behind the garage useable space 10/16/11 - 160
18. (59) Make applesauce for the winter - 10/23/11 - 40
19. (61) Watch all of the Harry Potter movies - 11/11/11 - 4
20. (10) Write Charlie a Song - 12/5/11 - 0
21. (49) Read 10 books for fun - 12/19/11-0
22. (37) Donate blood using the Apheresis machine 12/31/11-0
23. (70) Tuckpoint the front of the house where needed 1/3/12-16
24. (8) Get bikes for the girls 12/31/11-50
25. (20) Go Curling 1/8/12-40
26. (60) Get and solve a 6X6 Rubik’s cube 1/19/12 - 40
27. (13) Go to Navy Pier Children's Museum 1/13/12 - 75
28. (17) Go bowling as a family 1/8/12 - 25
29. (64) Watch 10 of the top 100 movies 2/3/12 - 0
30.  (68) Watch 5 movies that I watched growing up 3/3/12 - 0
31. (39) Drink no pop for 3 straight months 3/27/12 - 0
32. (35) Ride from work to home in under 15 minutes 10 times 5/30/12 - 0
33. (72) Make a planter for the front of the house 6/10/12 - 18
34. (73) Make a baseball bat 6/17/12 - 35
35. (58) Make a meal with all main ingredients from a Farmer’s Market 8/4/12 - 10
36. (80)  Go up in the Leland Tower to overlook Aurora 8/8/12 - 0
37. (65) Go to Hollywood Palms 8/14/12 - 19
38. (12) Make wood toys with the kids 8/16/12 - 14
39. (11) Take the kids out in the canoe 9/3/12 - 0
40. (78) Go to a Fair 9/8/12 - 22
41. (18) Go to a Cubs game as a family 9/16/12 - 85
42. (25) Swim a mile 12/3/12 - 5
43. (53) Read Plato's Republic 12/23/12 - 0
44. (2) Host a Gingerbread party 12/1/12 - 30
45. (48) Read the Bible 12/30/12 - 0
46. (52) Read 10 of top 100 books 1/7/13 - 0
47. (63) Watch all 6 Star Wars movies 12/24/12 - 0
48. (40) Go without high sugar foods for a month 2/8/13 - 0
49. (66) Watch 10 classic (loosely interpreted) movies 2/23/13 - 0
50. (54) Learn CPR  4/16/13 - 0
51. (34) Ride 1,500 miles on my bike 5/27/13 - 0
52. (94) Go to an ESPN radio show 6/28/13 - 0
53. (42) Go camping with friends 6/7/13 - 60
54. (41) Play tennis 10 times 7/28/13 - 0
55. (14) Catch fireflies 7/2/13 - 0
56. (22) Triathlon 7/21/13 - 77