Random Thought #29 - Yum

The Meatball Marinara

Quick, to Subway!

Possibly the messiest sandwich ever concocted... but delicious with it! :)

Random Quote #46

Do, or do not. There is no try.

Yoda

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Random Thought #28 - Weather

I don't mind all sorts of weather. In fact I quite like walking in some of the more inclement types of weather as long as I'm prepared.

I don't mind sun. I don't mind rain (although drizzle annoys me sometimes). I don't mind snow. Even hail doesn't really bother me.

But what I hate weather wise is wind. I'm not talking about a slight breeze on a warm day. I'm talking about when there is a strong wind that is incessant. It batters you, tries to snatch things off you and blows your hair into your eyes and mouth.

I hate it when it is windy!

Random Quote #45

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!

Audrey Hepburn

Coming Soon To A Blog Near You...

It's the Worst Movies Ever Blogfest! As hosted by Alex J Cavanaugh.

It is taking place on 19th September 2011... bet you can't guess what you have to do?

Yes you've guessed it, post a list of 10 of the worst movies you have ever seen. Now I have to decide - do I include the films that I stopped watching 20 minutes in? For all I know it might have been brilliant after that (I don't stop watching films after 20 minutes very often - I like to give them a chance - but with some films it is just too painful).

Random Quote #44

Go ahead, make my day.

Harry Callahan - Sudden Impact (1983)

Random Quote #43

OK, last one to kill a bad guy buys the beer.

Major West - Lost In Space (1998)

The Novel Film Blogfest

The Novel Film Blogfest is here!!!! As hosted by Madeleine over at Scribble And Edit.

Here's what it's all about:

"There's a lot of novels, comics and plays that have been made into films and TV dramas,
BUT how many of them have you BOTH seen the film/TV drama and read the original book, play or comic story?"

When I first discovered this blogfest I could only think of about three off the top of my head. But now... well you'll find out. Due to the length of my list I have forgone descriptions and pictures... I'd be here forever.

So here is my list, in no specific order - the bits in brackets are when the title was changed for the film. And yes a couple of these are novelisations of films... slightly cheating but... who cares?

  

1. The Fellowship of the Ring - J R R Tolkien
2. The Two Towers - J R R Tolkien
3. The Return of the King - J R R Tolkien
4. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
5. Dracula - Bram Stoker
6. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
7. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
8. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
9. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
10. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
11. Emma - Jane Austen
12. Interview With the Vampire - Anne Rice
13. Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice
14. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
15. The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger
16. The Jane Austen Book Club - Karen Joy Fowler
17. The War of the Worlds - H G Wells
18. The Time Machine - H G Wells
19. The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux
20. The Shining - Stephen King
21. Salem's Lot - Stephen King
22. Matilda - Roald Dahl
23. The Witches - Roald Dahl
24. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
25. I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
26. Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane
27. Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone - J K Rowling
28. Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets - J K Rowling
29. Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban - J K Rowling
30. Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire - J K Rowling
31. Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix - J K Rowling
32. Charlie & the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
33. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
34. The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella [Confessions of a Shopaholic]
35. The Godfather - Mario Puzo
36. Atonement - Ian McEwan
37. Dr Dolittle - Hugh Lofting
38. Kiss the Girls - James Patterson
39. Along Came A Spider - James Patterson
40. PS I Love You - Cecelia Ahern
41. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
42. The Wizard of Oz - L Frank Baum
43. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
44. Murder On the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
45. Death On the Nile - Agatha Christie
46. The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie
47. James & the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl
48. The Client - John Grisham
49. Misery - Stephen King
50. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
51. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - Terry Brooks
52. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones - R A Salvatore
53. Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare
54. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
55. Angels & Demons - Dan Brown
56. Various Sherlock Holmes Stories - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
57. Various Buffy The Vampire Slayer/Angel Stories - Various

So just the odd one or two then!

Random Quote #42

The old wheel turns and the same spoke comes up. It's all been done before, and it will again.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle