books consumed in 2001:
I am currently [as of the end of 2001] reading:
Infinite
Jest by David Foster Wallace
Heaven's Reach by David Brin
Macho Sluts by Pat Califia
16.) Have Space Suit -- Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein 
15.) Infinity's Shore by David Brin 
14.) Brightness Reef by David Brin 
13.) The
Uplift War by David Brin 
12.) The
Guide to Getting It On! by Paul Joannides 
11.) Sundiver by David Brin 
10.) The
Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons 
09.) Startide Rising by David Brin 
08.) The
Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven and
David Borgenicht 
07.) Turbulent Souls : A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish
Family by Stephen J. Dubner 
06.) Closing Time by Joseph Heller 
05.) The Mosley Receipt by Kenneth Royce 
04.) Higher Authority by Stephen White 
03.) The Mammoth
Book of Erotica edited by Maxim Jakubowski 
02.) Wabi-Sabi for
Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Koren 
01.) Saké
Pure + Simple by Griffith Frost and John Gauntner
films consumed in 2001:
[films in italics and with a date were rented or
seen on tv in their entirety without commercials;
films in bold were seen in a theatre...]
091.) Die Hard (1988) [nth time] 
090.) Desperado (1995) [3rd time] 
089.) À ma soeur (aka
Fat Girl) 
088.) Heat (1995) [2nd time] 
087.) To Catch a Thief (1955) [nth time] 
086.) Miller's Crossing (1990) 
085.) Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain 
084.) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 
083.) The Heist 
082.) Excalibur (1981) 
081.) House of Games (1987) 
080.) Buffalo 66 (1998) 
079.) The Man Who Wasn't There 
078.) The City of Lost Children (1995) [3rd time] 
077.) Goodfellas (1990) [2nd time] 
076.) Waking Life 
075.) K-PAX 
074.) Drugstore Cowboy (1989) [2nd time] 
073.) The Parallax View (1974) 
072.) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) 
071.) 101 Reykjavík 
070.) Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within (2001) 
069.) Fight Club (1999) [2nd time] 
068.) Dangerous Liaisons (1989) [2nd time] 
067.) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) [3rd time] 
066.) Heartbreakers (2001) 
065.) Bread and Tulips 
064.) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 
063.) Rushmore (1999) 
062.) The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) 
061.) Living Out Loud (1998) 
060.) Red Shoe Diaries - Girl on a Bike (1999) 
059.) Princess Mononoke (1999) 
058.) The Intruder (1999) 
057.) American Gigolo (1980) 
056.) Go Fish (1994) 
055.) Hurlyburly (1998) 
054.) Double Take (2001) 
053.) Cinema Paradiso (1990) [2nd time] 
052.) The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) 
051.) American Movie (1999) 
050.) Wonder Boys (2000) [2nd time] 
049.) Chocolat (2000) [2nd time] 
048.) Wonder Boys (2000) 
047.) Proof of Life (2000) 
046.) Bullitt (1968) 
045.) Beautiful Girls (1996) [2nd time] 
044.) Swimming with Sharks (1995) 
043.) Unbreakable (2000) 
042.) Topsy-Turvy (2000) 
041.) Nurse Betty (2000) 
040.) Moving
Targets (1998) 
039.) Last Tango in Paris (1972) 
038.) Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1999) [2nd time] 
037.) The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) 
036.) Chocolat (1988) 
035.) Bananas (1971) 
034.) Meet Joe Black (1998) 
033.) O
Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) [2nd time] 
032.) Memento [2nd time] 
031.) The Andromeda Strain (1971) [2nd time] 
030.) You Can Count On Me (2000) 
029.) The Claim (2000)
028.) Pootie Tang 
027.) State and Main (2000)
026.) The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
[see only if you like cheesy]
025.) You
Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
024.) Atlantis: The Lost Empire 
023.) Lara Croft Tomb Raider 
022.) Bridget Jones's Diary 
021.) The Killing (1956)
020.) Groove (2000)
019.) Space Cowboys (2000)
018.) Moulin Rouge 
017.) Das Boot (1982)
016.) Shrek 
015.) Requiem for a Dream (2000)
015.)
[How well done it was:
How much I enjoyed it:
]
014.) American Graffiti (1973) 
013.) Things
You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
013.) [I saw the above on television, but
have included it because it was excellent]
012.) Memento 
011.) Twilight (1998)
010.) Virtuosity (1995)
009.) Snatch 
008.) O
Brother, Where Art Thou? 
007.) Magnolia (2000)
006.) Traffic 
005.) The
Perfect Storm (2000)
004.) Shanghai Noon (2000)
003.) Hollow Man (2000)
002.) What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
001.) Fight
Club (1999)
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