• self-study and practice Japanese (three times a week)
• self-study and practice French (three times a week)
• start writing in blog
• watch more classic movies on TCM
• seek out more movies of substance
• play through videogame and computer game library
• begin reading through personal library (three times a week, an hour before bed)
• practice driving (three times a week)
• start writing poetry again
• conceptualize and fl...

• laser eye surgery (when contacts run out, end of the year tops!)
• braces (after laser eye surgery)
• eye cream (as soon as possible)
• dermatologist (regular sessions)
• get rid of pimple scars, find a way to make face dewy
• sunscreen (begin using)
• moisturizer (use more often)
• eyebrows (clean up and shape a little)
• lotion (use more often)
• sleep more
• get rid of backne
• lose cheek fat, find a way to emphasize cheekbone...

• Ai no kusabi
• Black Magic M-66
• Blood+
• Boku no chikyuu wo mamotte (Please Save My Earth)
• Boys Be...
• Bubblegum Crash
• Bubblegum Crisis
• Chibi Maruko-chan
• Cowboy Bebop
• Ghost Sweeper Mikami
• Great Teacher Onizuka
• Gunnm (Battle Angel)
• Inu Yasha
• Keroro Gunsou
• Kidou keisatsu Patlabor (Patlabor)
• Kimagure Orange Road
• Koukaku kidoutai Stand Alone Complex (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex)
• Koukaku kidoutai S.A.C. 2nd Gig ...

• Antichrist
• Confessions of a Shopaholic
• I Come with the Rain
• The Princess and the Frog
• Public Enemies
• Red Sonja
• Star Trek

• Hyperballad by Bjork (video and audio)
• Maksim Mrvica's interpretation of Franz Liszt's Totentanz (audio and live performance at the PICC Plenary Hall, December 16, 2005)
• Wait & See ~Risk~ by Utada Hikaru (video and audio)
• Yasashii kimochi by Chara (video and audio)

Looking back at my 2008 Reading List, I realize it was a very lean time for literature, so I have resolved during the New Year to better my reading habits, pronto!

• Sexy by Joyce Carol Oates

January hasn't even ended and I've already read something new! Hooray! Okay, it's a young adult novel, but still, it's Joyce Carol Oates! This is a decent read, a well-executed exploration of teenage male sexuali...

• A Fei zheng chuan (Days of Being Wild) by Wong Kar Wai
• L'amant (The Lover) by Jean-Jacques Annaud
• Angel Dust by Ishii Sogo
• La cité des enfants perdus (The City of Lost Children) by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• Cockfighter by Monte Hellman
• Daisy Kenyon by Otto Preminger
• Edogawa Rampo taizen: Zenshuu kikei ningen (Horrors of Malformed Men) by Ishii Teruo
• Elvira's Haunted Hills by Sam Irvin
• Haikara-san ...

• Emmanuelle Beart in Mission: Impossible
• Faye Dunaway in The Thomas Crown Affair
• Greta Garbo in Camille
• Eva Green in Casino Royale
• Takeshi Kaneshiro in House of Flying Daggers
• Nicole Kidman in The Invasion
• Ewan McGregor in Down with Love
• Michelle Pfeiffer in Hairspray
• Sharon Stone in Casino
• Billy Zane in Dead Calm

A list of artists, theorists, and philosophers whose work I would like to be more familiar with. Some of them I've had a taste of, while others I've only read about or heard of. This is at heart a dossier of nearly all my interests. Recommendations are more than welcome!

ART

• Francis Bacon
• M.C. Escher
• Hiroshige
• Frida Kahlo
• Noguchi Isamu
• Eugenio Recuenco
• Uesugi Tadahiro
• Yamaguchi Akira

FICTION

• J.G. Ballard
• Jorg...

My constantly evolving list of favorite films, in no particular order:

• Aje aje bara aje (Come, Come, Come Upwards) by Im Kwon-taek

This Buddhist classic, starring Kang Su Yeon and Jin Yong Mi, follows the divergent paths of two young nuns. Both leave the temple and weather the challenges of an earthly world that tests their faith. When the two women finally return to the temple, their fates could no...

Books that I have read, reread, or am in the process of reading. I've always wished I read more, so hopefully this list helps me out as it keeps track of my progress.

• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I don't know how many times I've gone through this book, but every time feels like a new and different experience. Strangely enough, I've never read it from cover to cover. More t...

• 2046 by Wong Kar Wai
• 28 Days Later… by Danny Boyle
• A.I. by Steven Spielberg
• The Addams Family by Barry Sonnenfeld
• Addams Family Values by Barry Sonnenfeld
• The Age of Innocence by Martin Scorsese
• Agnes of God by Norman Jewison
• Aje aje bara aje (Come, Come, Come Upwards) by Im Kwon-taek
• Akarui mirai (Bright Future) by Kurosawa Kiyoshi
• Akira by Ootomo Katsuhiro
• Alice in Wonderland by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred ...

• January 25 (Sunday)

The Night of the Iguana (1964) by John Huston with Richard Burton, Ava Gardner

Time: 3:25 AM

Synopsis: A tour group in Mexico is left stranded at a crumbling hotel by their untrustworthy guide.

• February 2 (Monday)

A Star is Born (1954) by George Cukor with Judy Garland, James Mason

Time: 1:30 AM

Synopsis: A falling star marries the newcomer he's helping reach the top.

• February 3 (Tuesd...