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I love all sorts of movies, including bad ones. Hell, I loved “Teen Wolf” and “Rock and Roll High School” and “Flash Gordon” (great Queen soundtrack) and even “Grease 2.” All terrible movies, but I’ve seen them many times. What? Michelle Pfeiffer was hot singing about Cool Riders.

I’m a movie lover all the way around. But I just thought I’d admit to one of my guilty pleasures: romantic comedies. I just finished watching “Notting Hill” for the first time and really, really liked it. Course, I’m a sucker for Julia Roberts in most things she does, but I especially dig her in romantic comedies. I especially love the ones where the underdog, the geek, the socially inept guy gets the girl. Because, you know, that’s me.

I come out of a movie like “Notting Hill” feeling like anything is possible. Love IS out there for each of us, even me. Love prevails, it fixes the most ravaged soul, the most damaged heart. All is okay with the world, or will be. Or can be. We can do anything, solve any problem, if only we were able to see through those love-tinted lenses.

Three minutes later I’m alone again, faced with the harsh reality.

But, oh, what a glorious three minutes.

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Totally stole this from Avitable.

Entertainment Weekly came up with a list of the top 100 movies of the last 25 years.

I’ve bolded the movies that I’ve watched and put asterisks next to the ones that I liked. Also, I’ve listed the movies I DIDN’T like in red print. Feel free to do this yourself!

1. Pulp Fiction (1994)**
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)**
3. Titanic (1997)
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
5. Toy Story (1995)**
6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)**
7. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)**
9. Die Hard (1988)**
10. Moulin Rouge (2001)
11. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)**
12. The Matrix (1999)**
13. GoodFellas (1990)
14. Crumb (1995)
15. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
16. Boogie Nights (1997)
17. Jerry Maguire (1996)**
18. Do the Right Thing (1989)
19. Casino Royale (2006)
20. The Lion King (1994)**
21. Schindler’s List (1993)**
22. Rushmore (1998)
23. Memento (2001)**
24. A Room With a View (1986)
25. Shrek (2001)**
26. Hoop Dreams (1994)
27. Aliens (1986)**
28. Wings of Desire (1988)
29. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)**
30. When Harry Met Sally… (1989)**
31. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
32. Fight Club (1999)
33. The Breakfast Club (1985)**
34. Fargo (1996)**
35. The Incredibles (2004)**
36. Spider-Man 2 (2004)**
37. Pretty Woman (1990)**
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)**
39. The Sixth Sense (1999)**
40. Speed (1994)**
41. Dazed and Confused (1993)
42. Clueless (1995)
43. Gladiator (2000)
44. The Player (1992)
45. Rain Man (1988)**
46. Children of Men (2006)
47. Men in Black (1997)**
48. Scarface (1983)
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
50. The Piano (1993)
51. There Will Be Blood (2007)
52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)**
53. The Truman Show (1998)**
54. Fatal Attraction (1987)
55. Risky Business (1983)**
56. The Lives of Others (2006)
57. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
58. Ghostbusters (1984)**
59. L.A. Confidential (1997)
60. Scream (1996)**
61. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)**
62. sex, lies and videotape (1989)**
63. Big (1988)**
64. No Country For Old Men (2007)
65. Dirty Dancing (1987)
66. Natural Born Killers (1994)
67. Donnie Brasco (1997)
68. Witness (1985)**
69. All About My Mother (1999)**
70. Broadcast News (1987)
71. Unforgiven (1992)**
72. Thelma & Louise (1991)**
73. Office Space (1999)**
74. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
75. Out of Africa (1985)
76. The Departed (2006)
77. Sid and Nancy (1986)
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)**
79. Waiting for Guffman (1996)**
80. Michael Clayton (2007)
81. Moonstruck (1987)**
82. Lost in Translation (2003)**
83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
84. Sideways (2004)**
85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)**
86. Y Tu Mamá También (2002)
87. Swingers (1996)**
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)**
89. Breaking the Waves (1996)
90. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)**
91. Back to the Future (1985)**
92. Menace II Society (1993)
93. Ed Wood (1994)
94. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
95. In the Mood for Love (2001)
96. Far From Heaven (2002)
97. Glory (1989)
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
99. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
100. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)

Interesting that “Aliens” is listed but not “Alien.” Oh wait, it’s a list of movies from the last 25 years. Never mind. Like Adam, I’m also surprised that “The Princess Bride” is left out of this list. And “The Shawshank Redemption.” Seriously? How can you leave out the “Redemption?”

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Don’t forget this afternoon is SecondHand Radio with my special guest, Jester of Jestertunes. 5pm Eastern, 2pm Pacific.

I’m feeling exhausted lately. I’m not sleeping well and I don’t appreciate yawning at 9:30 at night, either. Maybe I shouldn’t be watching the Women’s Entertainment network (WE). “Under the Tuscan Sun” is a decent flick, and Diane Lane is always hot. But this thing is putting me to sleep.

Yesterday afternoon I got something odd in the mail: lipstick. Apparently, it’s a sample from Zhen Beauty, though I certainly never ordered anything from them and don’t know how they got my address. The name of the shade of lipstick is Yin Yang. So thanks for the lipstick, whoever it is that sent it. I’ll put it to good use.

In other words, my mom is getting it.

And I’m going to bed. Early. On a Saturday night.

Oh, one other thing. Almost forgot. Today my friend Chase is getting married!

Go on over to Chase’s place and wish her and Jeremy a beautiful new life together.

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