Denzil

From Michael Weber's Law and Magic blog:
Michael Weber is a lawyer, and was magic advisor for The Prestige and The Illusionist. Picture of him and little Snapey is coming soon to a journal near you. He showed me how to dismantle a Faro shuffle - that'll be three years of practice for me!

The Law and Harry Potter

Edited by: Jeffrey E. Thomas, Franklin G. Snyder

Forthcoming January 2010 • paper • ISBN: 978-1-59460-645-8 • LCCN 2009041207

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This volume considers the depiction of law and legal institutions in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels. It contains more than twenty chapters by legal academics from the U.S. and abroad. The chapters are organized in five sections: Legal Traditions and Institutions, Crimes and Punishments, Harry Potter and Identity, the Wizard Economy, and Harry Potter as an Archetype. Some chapters analyze the way law and legal institutions are portrayed, and what these portrayals teach us about concepts such as morality, justice, and difference. Other chapters use examples from the narratives to illustrate or analyze legal issues, such as human rights, actual innocence, and legal pedagogy. The volume is suitable for undergraduate or law school courses, and will be of interest to those Harry Potter fans who also have an interest in law and the legal profession.

... from the Carolina Academic Press
Man, I can't wait to read it!

I have been making these icons for some time. Please take them to use if you wish. If you do, please credit "by <lj user="janus">." If you would let me know which you use in the comments, that would be wonderful as I am curious. They are all original, and I did the screen captures myself, though obviously not the photos, which are from google or captured from youtube. Thank you very kindly. If you have any questions about any of them, please ask.

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Meme stolen from several people.

1. Pick 10 of your favorite books or series.
2. Post the first sentence of each book. (If one sentence seems too short, post two or three!)
3. Let everyone try to guess the titles and authors of your books.

As they are guessed, I will strike them through and put the answers beside them. I have ignored prefaces for the most part, in favour of lyrical true first lines. The fourth is not lyrical, but it is one of my favourites and I cannot leave it out. The third says more than it seems to say about the book.


1. Imagine that you are reading a book about the Cosmos. You find it so interesting that you got out and buy a telescope. One fine clear moonless night you set up your telescope and focus it on the brightest star in the sky.

2. This is the first time I've worked without a net. I want to tell the truth. At the same time, I don't want to start a feeding frenzy. You stick your neck out and you know what happens. It's obvious.

3. Now that the dust has settled, we can begin to look at our situation. Now that the last red tile has been laid out on the roof of the New House, now that the marriage contract is four years old. The town smells of summer, not very pleasant, that is, but the same as last year, the same as the years that follow. The New House smells of resin and wax polish; it has the sulphurous odor of family quarrels brewing.

4. "The book must be dropped."
"No, Arthur!"
"Perhaps only for a time. But for the present, it must be dropped. I need time to think."
The three trustees in the big penthouse drawing-room were beginning to shout, which destroyed all atmosphere of a business meeting - not that such an atmosphere had ever been strong.

5. In January 1942 I was escorted to the war by my parents in case I couldn't find it or met with accident on the way. In one hand I clutched my railway warrant - the first prize I had ever won; in the other I held a carefully wrapped black-market chicken.

6. There was a white horse, on a quiet winter morning when the snow covered the streets gently and was not deep, and the sky was swept with stars, except in the east, where dawn was beginning to light in a blue flood. The air was motionless, but would soon start to move as the sun came upand winds from Canada came charging down the Hudson. Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin, guessed by glinda_w

7. Does such a thing as "the fatal flaw," that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs. The Secret History by Donna Tartt, guessed by castallia

8. The candleflame and the image of the candleflame caught in the pierglass twisted and righted when he entered the hall and again when he shut the door. He took off his hat and came slowly forward. The floorboards creaked under his boots. In his black suit he stood in the dark glass where the lilies leaned so palely from their waisted cutglass vase. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy, guessed by scytheandroses

9. I shall begin my story with an experience I had when I was ten and attended our town's small Latin school.

The sweetness of many things from that time still stirs and touches me with melancholy; dark and well-lighted alleys, houses and towers, chimes and faces, rooms rich and comfortable, warm and relaxed, rooms pregnant with secrets.

10. Some of the evil of my tale may have been inherent in our circumstances. For years we lived anyhow with one another in the naked desert, under the indifferent heaven. By day the hot sun fermented us; and we were dizzied by the beating wind. At night we were stained by dew, and shamed into pettiness by the innumerable silences of stars.

So, any guesses?

Greetings!
I've had a great deal of stress lately. My job changed suddenly. I've not been posting as much as I would have liked.
But tomorrow I am going on vacation! For a whole month! I saved up holidays for two years!
It is a magic convention on a ship, going down to LA and then I am staying with my dear Uncle and Aunt in Oceanside.
I will be offline until the 26th, or possibly the 27th or 28th, depending on internet availability in LA.

I'm working on some fests.
The Severus Big Bang Birthday Bash severusbigbang on insanejournal and livejournal. I've three projects there. One is going really well and makes me happy. The others I've not started.
Severus' Shorts severus_shorts on livejournal. I have a story of one of Severus' birthdays to write there.
HP Cross Gen Fest hp_cross_fest, which I have half-written - something totally different.
Snapely Holidays snapelyholidays on livejournal and insanejournal.

There are various things I have written in my head but that I have not typed up yet. Some for me, some for John, some for Sev. I hope to get a lot of work done.

And I will see my dear relations, and my dear friend also.

If you live near Oceanside, or San Diego, let me know and maybe we can work out some way to meet! I will be in LA also, but it is only a day or so.

I feel strange, and I still cannot believe I really get to go. Really? Me?

Best wishes and warm thoughts to you all. I should be back online in a few days.

I am here. Still reading everything. I'm having a tough time at work - my job changed suddenly.
I've not been writing so much.
Here are some eggs.
lil!sevvie for severusbigbang is progressing at least. A successful craft project. He's developing personality.
Going to the magic convention soon, and California.
I will write a lot there.
I'm performing a 15 minute magic set at the picnic this Sunday.

Ask me my fannish Top Five [Whatevers]. Any top fives. Doesn't matter what, really! And I will answer them all in a new post.

from obsessed1

Comment on this post saying you want a letter - I'll give you one, then post to your journal your five favorite songs that begin with that letter - along with downloads if you like. Or music videos... whatever works!

( cut for songs brought to you by the letter L and the number 7. what SEVEN? well, it looks like an L upside down. )

Severus was the big hit of the Magic Convention Cruise!
All the magicians were amazed and impressed with his levitation trick!

Watch it being drawn HERE!

I'm having computer problems with the heat, but Severus was counting on me to give him a proper holiday! How could I let him down? I'm giving him my holiday.

Come to mctabby's
The Sorting Cat's Birthday HP Drabblethon 5!

Despite my writer's block (no excuse for the paucity of writing, I know, alas, alack) I have signed up, excitedly, gleefully, joyously.

And so should YOU!

Hurrah!

(new icon. from the fair last weekend. red shirt day! note the enormous steam-punk goggles)

Testing. Via borrowed iPhone. Will I get an iPhone? Maybe. I'm hopeful. I've not had aphone for. Some time.

Sign-ups open until June 30!

There is half a month left for sign ups, time enough to spread the word and invite your friends.

Sign ups are open for writers, artists/artisans and betas/cheerleaders.
This isn't a traditional big bang, we are open to almost anything. We want for our birthday boy to have a resounding bang of your creativity as a gift, no matter which genre or ship you prefer.

So, please read the Rules and our steadily growing FAQ, and sign up.

The sign up posts can be found here:

For fic: Writer sign up page

For art and crafts: Artist and artisan sign up page

For betas and cheerleaders: Beta and cheerleader sign up page

Though you may not have time or inclination to sign up to write, do artwork, or make something special, we enthusiastically welcome betas and cheerleaders!

As seen on odogoddess's journal:

Don't take too long to think about it. List 15 books you've read that will always stick with you -- The first 15 you can recall in 15 minutes.

1. Lost in the Cosmos by Walker Percy
2. Panama by Thomas McGuane
3. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
4. What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies
5. Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss
6. Harris' Principles and Practices of Dentistry by Chapin Aaron Harris
7. Between Silk and Cyanide by Leo Marks
8. The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse
9. Log of a Sea Waif by Frank Thomas Bullen
10. The Wreckers of Pengarth by Michael Gibson
11. The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
12. My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
13. Also Sprach Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
14. The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
15. The Grey King by Susan Cooper

I went through these quickly, so they may not represent ultimate answers. I would say one of the Harry Potter books, but fan-fic was better than the books. Some taught me, some I tried to emulate, some influenced me greatly as a child. Some have ideas I considered deeply. Some illuminated. Some had characters with whom I felt sympathy, as if they might have understood me. Some formed example. One is a terrible book which I nonetheless love. You can guess if you want. Or, ask and I will tell you about them.

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But I like the pic. It's not entirely far-fetched.

Meme meme!
from kikibug13
Name a character that you know I write or have written, and I'll tell you:

a. What initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her.
b. One of his/her best traits.
c. One of his/her worst traits.
d. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character.
e. The story/thread/chapter/post/paragraph/tag/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character.
f. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future

Since there are new friends in this fine new world, here is a 'meme!'

created by bewarethesmirk

Very simply: ask me something! It can be about fandom, writing, real life, whatever.
I reserve the right to answer cryptically. ;^)

Yes, I am still excited.

My position was extended at work. I was nervous and am now relieved but my eye is still twitching.

Sometimes the clouds look like the ocean and I can pretend I am in California.

Bunny pictures were good this week.

I called my cousin for his birthday. He is excellent.

This is a photo my cousin Brenda took of my parents. They are in my uncle's house in Oceanside, which dien will recognise. It is the place in this world that I consider to be my home. The baby is Aaron, my cousin's wee son. Her two children are the only ones from my family descended from my great grandfather. There are no children in the new generation, from any of his seven children.

from shantih

Which Sad Mediævalist Archetype Do You Embody?

You are the Useless Antiquarian. When not puzzling over your pet interest-- perhaps the upper left panel on the third window on the north side of the choir in Amiens Cathedral, or the use of the genitive plural in the works of Pseudo Fredegar, or line 12 of "The Battle of Maldon," or the exact price of a loaf of bread in Naples in June, 1323-- you probably aren't doing anything, because you have no life. Your interest in your topic is a pure and beautiful thing. Unfortunately for you, no one else cares. At Kalamazoo or Leeds, chances are that the three people who came to your panel were either there to hear someone else or walked in by accident. You probably don't have a job or will shortly be unemployed, but at least you'll have your pet obsession to console you.

Alas, its on facebook. Do you have facebook?
Take the Test HERE!!!

*Today we had a magic club executive semi-meeting where we took many photographs. So here is finally one of me as a magician.
*In other news, I had a dream I think I want to write about. There is so much demanding to be written and so little opportunity to simply sit down and write.
*It is a very busy season at work. Did I mention I had gotten a small promotion for the January - May period? It is really good and my manager is wonderful.
*Kramien's Jamboree - 'magic camp' was cancelled this year. It is the high point of the year and I look forward to it more than Christmas. The economy was cited as the reason for the cancellation.
*I have a new 'muse.' Gellert Grindelwald magismagus. Actually, that was what prompted the dream (idyll/nightmare.) Magis is explained (below) from Wikipedia. Magus is obvious. It was shantih's idea. HERE is his application. It is all I have done with him yet, though I am considering charloft. I did make icons, at least.



Magis (pronounced "màh-gis") is a Jesuit phrase that means "the more." It is taken from Ad majorem Dei gloriam, a Latin phrase meaning "for the greater glory of God." Magis refers to the philosophy of doing more, for Christ, and therefore for others. It is an expression of an aspiration and inspiration. It relates to forming the ideal society centered around Jesus Christ. I.e. "For The Greater Good."

is going to the de-hibernation party tomorrow!
is anyone else going?

And should I wear:
a) my robes
b) a tux
c) cargo pants and a linkin park t-shirt

i.e.: with how much eccentricity can I get away?

it's a pity it is john who can make quizzes.

A book meme, courtesy of my friend castallia.

1. What was the last book you read? What did you think of it?

House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer. It had interesting ideas, but it was very long for what it was. The first part of the book was very good but too drawn out. The second part went much faster but had a rather clichéd political analogy. There was criticism that the end was unrealistic, but I thought it was thoroughly foreshadowed and I thought it absolutely appropriate. It is a good little book about different ways of being in the world that utilises futuristic issues of its own creation. They are not trite. I also read Tricks with your Head by Mac King. They are not really tricks in a context I would be likely to use myself, but I love Mac King and it was a fun little book.

2. What book are you reading right now? Are you enjoying it?

The Strange Story of False Teeth by John Woodforde. It is from 1967 and exactly what it purports to be to be. Fragile Things by Neil Gaimon. It is of course fantastic, but I can only read it in pieces because the writing is contagious. It is just beautiful. Of course. The White Rabbit by Bruce Marshall. I can't believe it is possible to make such a brilliant and interesting story so boring. Leo Marks only touched on it in Silk and Cyanide (an excellent book,) and I would really like to know more. I'm also going over Linking Ring Magazines.

3. What was the last book you bought? Why did you buy that particular book?

I too bought several books at once. I bought Death Note 3 and 4, with which I persist suspiciously. I finished these. I bought a children's magic book, Houdini's Box by Brian Selznick. It was fine. Nothing especially recommends or condemns it. The plot was almost (but not quite) possible, but implausible. I bought a role-playing book for the graphic novels Mouseguard by David Petersen on which a friend at work is very keen. He showed it to me and I was very impressed. It seems a solid system and the artwork is wonderful. If you are interested in role-playing games, I heartily recommend it.

4. Is there any book that you're really lusting after at the moment?

I am still waiting for the books about John. The second half of The Flood Manuscript by Wyatt Earp and John Flood and Wyatt's Woman - She married Wyatt Earp: the Life and Times of Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp by JSME. I really want Modern Chemical Magic by John Lippy Jr. and Edward L. Palder, which is also exactly what it says, again not surprisingly. It is super-cool with all kinds of excellent magical effects and tricks including pyrotechnics. I have also been looking a long time for Cards as Weapons by Ricky Jay. This last should really be reprinted. It is the art of card throwing and contains many other interesting things.

Any recommendations?

Despite the largely social strictures of the bizarre religion, I was given a surprising amount of freedom and trusted with a great deal of self-reliance. I remember quite a bit from when I was very young. From the time I was three to the time I was seven, I lived summers on a university campus in Washington State. My parents were attending it while they completed their Masters degrees, my mother in Art History and my father in Psychology.

We lived in a walled residence there and I was largely unsupervised, as long as I didn't leave the enclosure. Even then, I was allowed to go just outside if I wanted to climb on the trees outside to play pirates. There was a building with a sort of daycare where one could do arts and crafts, but I remember my scorn at the blunt-nosed scissors and I did not go there very often. I played up and down the cement stairs, went to visit other children, swung on the rails. Not far away from our apartment was a wading pool, one end of which was deep enough my feet did not touch the bottom. I was always trying to teach myself to swim there, and I remember explaining to an adult once that though I was not allowed to swim in the water because I had a cold that wading was not swimming.

When I was four and five I walked by myself to the bus stop and took the bus to 'nursery school' and home every day. Once I was ill with the flu and wanted to stay home, but my mother said I would have to go if I were not actively being ill, and my father said that if one could stand one could work. i still use this rule, perhaps foolishly. I also went to my uncle's house by myself at four. It was four blocks away across several streets. Once on my way home I was chased by a large dog and I ran away, but I dropped my toy and the dog stopped and ate it. I was not able to get a replacement toy until 1991.

From about ten on I used to slip out of the house at night when everyone was asleep and walk around the woods in the dark, or play on the gym equipment in the park, or run down hills and across the fields, or just walk along the streets, maybe sitting on the curb and thinking about night. It was very lovely - black, dark turquoise and silver - and I used to write poetry then (though it was bad.) I didn't need much sleep. Later, at thirteen or fourteen, I would skateboard in the dark, learning tricks on the hills by myself. I carried a knife, but there was no one about. I came back about two o'clock generally. No one ever questioned me about it. Or perhaps they never knew.

When I was a child I used to go to stay by myself with my grandmother - Oma - and my other grandparents as well. I remember train trips to see Oma. I went on a real airplane to Ontario by myself when I was twelve to stay with my uncle, and when I was fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, I was sent by my parents up to the Yukon to work. That was a bus trip, and the first year I very nearly ran away completely. It was light twenty four hours a day up there and I would again go out at night to do exciting things. That is another story.

I was in the Boy Scouts of America, because at fourteen I had no friends (none) and when they called to ask if I would join, my parents said 'yes' for a wonder, and for once ever. Again we had amazing reckless and endangering adventures. But I think that is another story as well.

I was the quiet child for whom everyone secretly hopes. I listened at the knees of all my relatives, respectful and appreciative to learn who they were. Thus I was told all the stories - my uncles in WWI, WWII, dentistry, U-boats, Stalingrad, bombers over Germany, malaria, mining with Blevins Boys, fighting Rommel in the Cauldron in the desert. I heard about settling the prairies, sod shanties, log cabins made by hand, the depression and the dustbowl, forest fires, clearing land, no other people for miles. My mother was born in a horse-drawn wagon on the way to the hospital. I heard about Germany before the war - art school and Nietzche in the Weimar republic, neo-paganism. My great grandfather with his ritually ribboned lute in the hills on the correct days, my aunt stealing milk from the trains during the war for my baby uncles. Robert and Herbert tiny twins evacuated to Denmark afterwards because they were from Schleswig-Holstein and as much Danish as German. I have a huge family and always was the one who listened. My cousin says I am in charge of remembering. So many stories.

I have pirates on both sides of my family. My father's ancestor was Henry Carter, The King of Prussia Cove and there are still wheel marks gouged in the rocks leading from the smuggling tunnels of the family manor. He was a proper pirate rather than privateer and wrote a book. Unfortunately it was written after he converted to Methodism and there is only a chapter or two of pirates before it devolves into prosthletising. My mother's great uncle told me stories of being a privateer in WWI with Count Felix von Luckner on the See Adler, a ship which could, to disguise itself, look like a steamship or older masted sailing ships. They took other ships in classic form and disguised themselves as Norwegians to run the British blockades. The crews and officers were treated as handsomely. Eventually they ran aground in the South Seas, also in classic form. Onkel Oskar loved ships and even when he was very old, he had tears in his eyes when he spoke of the German fleet being scuttled at Scappa Floe. He came to Canada after WWII in horror and refused to speak German ever again, though he didn't know English yet. Fortunately he knew Danish and Norwegian and was a whiz at languages.

I wonder what it says about me that, when I see in 'Recent Asylum posts' that rpvents is listed, my first though is:

Hm. How curious there is a whole group for people who want to roleplay ventriloquists - what an unusual branch of real person fiction.

Mun Friending Meme! for those interested or curious!
I am late in posting, but sometimes that is the way it goes.

MY ICONS.

default	oldest	newest
saddest	happiest	angriest
cutest	sexiest	funniest
fave ship	fave fandom	fave animated
best quote	best textless	best stolen idea
use the most	favourite	misc.

How many icons do you have? 73
Of how many icon spaces? 100
Would you buy space for more, were you able to do so? no, that is more than enough.
Do your icons make a statement? they make various statements, individually.
Of what fandom do you have the most icons? the ones I write: John and Sev.
and second most? look, I don't have a ton of fandom icons. Christopher Walken as Bran Davies?
Of what ship do you have the most icons? I don't have any, really. Christopher Walken and Willem Dafoe?
Are most of your icons made by others? No, only a couple.
Do you make icons? Yes, I make almost all.
Are they any good? I think so, but I am hopelessly prejudiced.
What do you think of animated icons? They are cool, but one can only use a few frames. This always disappointing.

DO THE MEME (should it please you to do so.)
Coding can be found here

Hurrah!
Now the whole world will be better!

This is a yearly celebration organised by the Public Dreams Society. I cannot find the attendance, but the Commercial Drive Festival had 50,000 people and this is much busier. It is dark and nearly everyone is dressed up! It is amazingly participatory. There are shrines around the park where one may acknowledge a variety of lost things, either by lighting candles or by writing messages to leave for any to read who would. These are small slips of paper clothes-pegged to ropes. Not only are the participants dressed in costume, the houses in the area are lit and decorated. Some of these are not merely beautiful or evocative but interactive. Here is Public Dreams' own description of the celebration:

Metamorphosis and the whimsical dark

The Parade of the Lost Souls is a lively commemoration of the cycle of life and death, and of facing fears in order to live life to its fullest. Costumed stilt walkers, jugglers, dancers, and musicians lead a walking procession through the neighbourhood.

Performers, artists and willing spirits come together to honour the dead, wake the living and celebrate the brilliant cycle of life. Skeletal Brides, blessed witches, ghastly ghouls, and prancing pixies mingle side by side.
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It is a special night - meaningful.

Your result for The Literary Character Test...

Captain Nemo

Captain Nemo is the man who rules the sea. His powerful submarine, the Nautilus, is a perfect vehicle to match his powerful intellect, and the matchup is easily understood why; it was designed by his mind, and so the enigmatic engine is as strange and fantastical as the unreadable mind that brought it forth. A castaway by choice, Nemo has sworn off contact with the human race he has come to mistrust and despise, and with good reason. Still, to those who he realizes have done no true wrong, he extends mercy and even protection, and still nurses the hope that one day man will overcome his own imperfections. The tortured Captain remains in wait for that day, at the bottom of the sea.
Take The Literary Character Test at HelloQuizzy

I have ridden on five metros! I ride one every single day! The view is still unbelieveable. On which metros have you ridden?


Update your journal with a Buffy:tvs, Firefly or Dr. Horrible quote!
Any dolt with half a brain
Can see that humankind has gone insane.
To the point where I don't know if I'll upset the status quo
If I throw poison in the water main.
From Dr. Horrible

My computer is in the shop. I will return soon, I hope.

pixelpuss, if you are going to the magic con, I will have a Snape shirt and striped bell-bottoms.

yellow beets
red beets
purple beets
accompanying beet tops
corn on the cob
shitake mushrooms
portobello mushrooms
cherry tomatoes
green zebra tomatoes
purple tomatoes
green tomatoes that grow within a type of leaf sheaf.
mixed cherry and grape 'heirloom' tomatoes in a variety of colours and shapes
nougat candy
an oatmeal cookie
1/2 cup ceramic bowl matching my earlier mug
small matching ceramic plate of the same diameter
vetiver/clay soap

This was supposed to be John. The eyes are too close together, the nose is too long, and the hair... Well he looks like he is acting in a 70s sci-fi flick.
( cut for crayoniness )

Another quiz. This one was pleasing in that it was more difficult than usual to manipulate as it was less obvious what they were intending. I like the resultant picture. I do not need structure or predictability, however. I am the one that wants to live on a train.

The Perception Personality Image Test.
( cut for meminess )

Recently, faced with a state wherein I stare at a nice piece of bristol board and cannot set my pencil to it and when, if I somehow manage that, the lines are hesitant and, well, lame, I purchased a large box of crayons.

This was the 50th anniversary box of 64 crayons with the crayon-sharpener in the back, which I had when I began school, in grade one. Very attractive.

So here, for your amusement, are my first crayon drawings. I used my unfavourite colours, hesitant to use the better ones on initial experiments.

'Member, they are not good, but the first one has the entire crayon box colour range. Whee!

( thingies, cut for your eyes )

I've revised the instructions as is my wont:
Bold the ones you've eaten.
Italicise the ones you especially like.
Underline the ones you want to eat.
Strike out the ones you really didn't like or never mean to eat.
( 100 foods )

I've revised the instructions as is my wont:
Bold the ones you've seen.
Italicise the ones you especially like.
*Asterisk the ones you want to see.
Underline the ones you own.
Strike out the ones you really didn't like or never mean to see.
Add one more to the list that you think should be on it.

( cut for a list of 105 films )
Now, all that being said, the only films I really love on this entire list (apart from Lawrence of Arabia which I added) are LA Confidential, Schindler's List and Brokeback Mountain. So these, to the best of my knowledge are my 20 favourite films that I have seen. I've purposely not included any movies about John (apart from Gone with the Wind), any Harry Potter movies, or the Prophecy movies. I am hopelessly prejudiced by this time.

My favourite missing movies are (alphabetically by title):

All the Pretty Horses (2000)	The Blues Brothers (1980)	The Boondock Saints (1999)	City Lights (1931)
The Deerhunter(1978)	Empire of the Sun (1987)	Gallipoli (1981)	Gettysburg (1993) (and Gods and Generals (2003))
Gone with the Wind (1939)	The Long Riders (1980)	Marat/Sade (1967)	Matewan (1987)
Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)	The Devil's Backbone (2001) (and Pan's Labyrinth (2006))	Pleasantville (1998)	The Tin Drum (1979)

I almost managed not to mention Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1998), but here it is anyway!

"The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed."

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them ;)
5) Kiki's additional edit, asterisk those you've partly read
6) My additional edit, strikeout the books you hated or deliberately intend never to read

This bit from mbernardi: However the 100 books listed are not the ones published buy the BBC here So I thought I'd use the original.
( cut for 100 books )

I have also never heard of The Big Read. And for the record: 'Read' like 'Gift' is a verb. *throws rather cheeky tantrum*

Your Type is
INTJ
Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging
Strength of the preferences %
22 88 62 56

You are:
* slightly expressed introvert
* very expressed intuitive personality
* distinctively expressed thinking personality
* moderately expressed judging personality
>Kiersey Description
Heiss and Butt Description

My 100 favourite songs - ranked and subject to change. This took a Long time to do. Ask me about any of them!
( from Children of Darkness to Idiot Wind )

Ethical Phhilosophy Selector

1. Ayn Rand (100%)
2. Nietzsche (78%)
3. Aristotle (77%)
4. David Hume (75%)
5. Jean-Paul Sartre (73%)
6. Kant (72%)
7. John Stuart Mill (70%)
8. Stoics (67%)
9. Epicureans (61%)
10. Thomas Hobbes (61%)
11. Aquinas (59%)
12. Prescriptivism (57%)
13. Plato (56%)
14. Cynics (51%)
15. Ockham (46%)
16. Jeremy Bentham (46%)
17. Spinoza (44%)
18. St. Augustine (34%)
19. Nel Noddings (29%)

Ayn Rand?! Some suprising, some as expected.
In other news, I got John a new toothbrush where toothpaste is dispensed from the handle of the brush right into the bristles by means of turning a little knob. A space-age travel toothbrush - he loves dental innovation. I got toothpaste in my eye.