Thursday, March 22, 2007

Double whammy!

Today is my one year blog-iversary and also happens to be my 100th post. I decided to make a list of ten groups with ten items in each (obviously totaling 100). All except for the last group are in rank order. It was difficult to come up with many of these, but I think I finally got it right. So without further a-do.................here's my "Top Ten-Top Ten":

Bands:
1. Led Zeppelin
2. Pink Floyd
3. Queensryche
4. Alice in Chains
5. Ozzy Osbourne
6. The Beatles
7. Guns n’ Roses
8. Metallica
9. Van Halen
10. U2

Albums (Greatest Hits don’t count):
1. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (I)
2. The Beatles – Abbey Road
3. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
4. Metallica – Master of Puppets
5. Queensryche – Operation: Mindcrime
6. The Cars – The Cars
7. Guns n’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction
8. Steely Dan – Aja
9. Alice in Chains – Dirt
10. Van Halen – Van Halen (I)

Songs:
1. Led Zeppelin – Kashmir
2. The Who – The Real Me
3. Metallica – Master of Puppets
4. Black Sabbath – War Pigs
5. Queensryche – Eyes of a Stranger
6. Alice in Chains – Would?
7. Ozzy Osbourne – No More Tears
8. Whitesnake – Still of the Night
9. Yes – Roundabout
10. Soundgarden – Outshined

Movies:
1. The Cannonball Run (DUH!)
2. Star Wars Saga (“Empire Strikes Back” being the best)
3. The Lord of the Rings Saga (I’m sorry, but I can’t separate these)
4. Smokey and the Bandit
5. Goodfellas
6. Pulp Fiction
7. The Godfather Trilogy (Godfather II being the favorite)
8. Ghostbusters
9. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
10. Grease

Movie Quotes (How can I pick just 10!!):
1. “I don't care what you smell!” – Han Solo (Star Wars)
2. “Ssssh. Listen. Do you smell something?” – Dr. Ray Spangler (Ghostbusters)
3. “You get nothing! You lose! Good day sir!” – Willy Wonka (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory)
4. “You’ve committed one of the classic blunders……never go up against a Sicilian, when DEATH is on the line!!” – Vizzini (The Princess Bride)
5. “Why’d he call me shorty? ‘Cause you’re small, small, S. M. All.” – Fenderbaum & Jamie Blake (The Cannonball Run)
6. “Funny how? Like I’m a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh?” – Tommy DeVito (Goodfellas)
7. “I gotta stab her three times? NO! You don’t gotta stab her three times, you gotta stab her once!!” – Vincent Vega & Maynard (Pulp Fiction)
8. “There were horses, and man on fire, and I killed a guy with a trident.” – Brick Tamland (Anchorman)
9. “What? Over? Did you say over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?............” – John Blutarski (Animal House)
10. “He’ll keep callin’ me……..he’ll keep callin’ me until I come over. Thi…….this is ridiculous. I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go, I'll go…………..SHIT!” – Cameron (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)

Women (My wife is not included in this list. That wouldn’t be fair to the other women):
1. Alyssa Milano
2. Elisabeth Shue
3. Diane Lane
4. Jennifer Aniston
5. Charlize Theron
6. Christina Applegate
7. Christine Taylor
8. Marissa Tomei
9. Alicia Silverstone
10. Mena Suvari


Cars (Manual Transmissions whenever possible please!):
1. ANY original Shelby Cobra
2. 1967 Chevy Camaro RS/SS
3. 1996 Porsche 911 Turbo
4. 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am
5. 1994 Ferrari 512tr (Testarrosa)
6. 1996 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo
7. 1969 Dodge Charger R/T
8. 1966 Pontica GTO
9. 1968 Chevy Chevelle
10. 1955 Chevy BelAir

All Time Favorite TV Shows:
1. Seinfeld
2. Night Court
3. Friends
4. Happy Days
5. The Sopranos
6. The Dukes of Hazzard
7. Gilligan’s Island
8. Knight Rider
9. Batman
10. Brady Bunch

Places I Want to visit:
1. Australia
2. Italy
3. Ireland
4. England
5. Hawaii
6. Alaska
7. Greece
8. Germany
9. Egypt
10. France

Things about me:
1. I’m legally blind in my right eye. (Born that way)
2. Was at Yankee Stadium for Game 4 of 2001 World Series (NY vs. Ariz.)
3. My mother and I have the same birthday.
4. Been married three times (I’m very happy now, but learn from my mistakes. If you have any doubts, there’s probably a reason!)
5. Drove from NJ to California in 3 days 5 hours.
6. Got my first speeding ticket on my 17th birthday. (69 in a 45mph zone)
7. Had my first accident the day after my 17th birthday. (totalled the car 15 hours after the ticket)
8. Drove from Dallas, Texas to Northern NJ in 25 straight hours in a minivan with 5 other people.
9. Sang lead on five songs with a full band on stage at a club in Northern NJ.
10. Drove a stock car 165 mph on the Pocono Raceway for eight laps.

20 joined the race:

Talixmer said...

Happy Anniversary! Or is it Blogiversary? Either way, congrats on making it 1 year.

I like the list. We'll have to discuss over a beer. I'll sit to the right side so you can't see the faces I make :)

Jenn said...

LMAO Talixmer is funny. tee hee

You guys have no idea how he obsessed over these lists.....but I think he did a great job!

Happy Blogiversary/100th post babe!

Fred Charles said...

Great lists and fun to read. Excellent song and album choices. I would say that Abbey Road is my favorite Beatles CD as well. That album just flows. The Cars are a good choice too.

Cagey said...

DUDE. We could totally hang out music wise. My personalized license plate was "LED ZEP" in highschool but I had debated on "PNKFLYD" (I decided against PF because I thought it would get stolen, then had my LED ZEP tags stolen TWICE before I gave up on the whole thing. Bah.) Love the Who and Ozzy, too! Good thing you left off Iron Maiden or I'd be questioning why Destiny cheated me of my Musical Soulmate.

(Teasing Jenn, of course! ;-)

Kathleen G. said...

Hey Mike,
When Talixmer makes those faces about your list....just remind him that you know about some of those 45's he has in his record collection....does he forget that he showed them to us????

Cheeky said...

Way Cool ! Happy Bloggerversary and Happy 100!

Jeff said...

Congrats on 100 posts! Also, I love the Anchorman quote, that movie is classic.

BarBarA said...

Hey Congrats! Boy, I learned a lot about you in this post. You like fast things don't you? And as always, great taste in music!!

Glad you got it right on the third time around :)

Anonymous said...

I'm a friend of Jenn and had to stop by. Love the list. I have to say, you might be the only guy I know that likes Grease. And for that...you are awesome. Add a corvette to your car list and my husband would be your best friend. Would it be possible to sit in one of those cars and watch the Star Wars and Lord of the Rings trilogies? If so...he is so there.
Brandi (from the Fall Babies)

Mom M said...

Great set of top ten and congrats on your year I read you both everyday Keep going.

Metal Mark said...

Happy blogiversary!
The only list we are close on is tv shows. I probably agree with more than half of those. Always enjoy your reading your blog.

Becky said...

yay i love your lists. love dark side of the moon. love the movie quotes. congrats!

David Amulet said...

Congrats! And great lists, it's hard for me to find fault with many of your choices. Except that right eye thing.

Of course, I would have felt duty-bound to include a Fight Club and Office Space quote in the list ...

May you have another productive blogging year!! it's always fun when I swing by here and visit.

-- david

Green Eyes said...

Great lists and Happy Blogiversary!

Bruce said...

Dude..anyone who likes Queensryche and Alice in Chains is a-ok by me. And I totally agree with you on Kashmir; it's Zep's best song, hands down. And I'm legally blind in my left eye; since birth, also.
Your only fault is that you're a Yankees fan.... ;-)

Mike said...

Thanks everyone. There were so many things I had to cut off the list to make it a top 10. Maybe I'll do a post about the honorable mentions.

Ray Van Horn, Jr. said...

Congrats! Cannonball Run...I never even picked on that; yeah, I'm a twit. You like the sequel too? Ugh.

:P fuzzbox said...

Congrats on making it a year. Not many do.

Wes said...

You did do an excellent job dude! You better make sure that you, the wife, the kid, and the bump get out here to Australia sooner rather than later!

Mama's Moon said...

Sorry so late on this...Happy Blogiversary!!! And 100th post, woot-woot!

Great list you've got here. I'm gonna have to share it with The Huz so he can share his full appreciation for the movie quotes!

Here's to another year!