May 24th, 2009...I have turned 30 years old. In my 30 years, I have put together a number of lists of favorites. Since it is (or was) my 30th birthday this past Sunday, I will list some here:
Movies:
1. Out of Sight
2. Finding Neverland
3. American Beauty
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
5. Chicago
TV:
1. Mystery Science Theater 3000 (FIRST AND LAST SHOW THAT ACTUALLY GOT MY ENTIRE FAMILY TOGETHER TO DO SOMETHING...BEFORE THEY DIVORCED IN 1996)
2. ER
3. Big Bang Theory
4. Grey's Anatomy
5. Perfect Strangers
Music:
1. Dave Matthews Band
2. Hootie and the Blowfish
3. Blues Traveler
4. Genesis
5. Rusted Root
(GREEN DAY and BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY, runner up)
Songs:
1. In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel
2. Lose Yourself by Eminem
3. Use Me by Bill Withers
4. The Mountains Win Again by Blues Traveler
5. Land of Confusion by Genesis
Wrestlers:
1. 90s Shawn Michaels
2. Mr. Kennedy
3. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
4. Rick "The Model" Martel
5. Triple H
Actors:
1. Johnny Depp
2. Tommy Lee Jones
3. George Clooney
4. Jim Carrey
5. Kevin Spacey
Actresses:
1. Kate Winslet
2. Catherine Zeta-Jones
3. Scarlett Johanssen
4. Kate Walsh (TV- Private Practice)
5. Colbie Smulders (TV- how I met your mother)
Books:
1. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
2. The Rainmaker by John Grisham
3. The Watson's Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
4. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
5. Loser by Jerry Spinelli
(THE LAST THREE I TEACH IN THE CLASSROOM)
Sports:
Football - New Orleans Saints
Baseball - Akron Aeros (AA Affiliate of the Indians)
Basketball - Cleveland Cavaliers
Hockey - Detroit Red Wings
College Football - Ohio State Buckeyes
College Basketball - Michigan State Spartans
Moments:
1. Tie - both daughters being born
2. Wedding 7/4/04
3. Brother being born 2/24/1988
4. Space Academy summer of 1992
5. First teaching job in Fall of 2002
Well in the first 30 years, that seems to be the major favs of my life. I hope the remaining years are filled with more success and wonderful memories where I can add to, delete or rearrange the lists above.
Take care Universe...
Parker.