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From Dan’s blog.

italicize the ones you saw, bold the ones you actually liked.

Titanic (1997) – $600,779,824 (although I never did see quite the whole movie)
Star Wars (1977) – $460,935,665
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) – $434,949,459
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) – $431,065,444
Spider-Man (2002) – $403,706,375
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) – $377,019,252
Passion of the Christ, The (2004) – $370,025,697
Jurassic Park (1993) – $356,784,000
Shrek 2 (2004) – $356,211,000
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) – $340,478,898
Finding Nemo (2003) – $339,714,367
Forrest Gump (1994) – $329,691,196
Lion King, The (1994) – $328,423,001
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) – $317,557,891
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) – $313,837,577
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) – $310,675,583
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) – $309,125,409
Independence Day (1996) – $306,124,059
Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) – $305,411,224
Sixth Sense, The (1999) – $293,501,675
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) – $290,158,751
Home Alone (1990) – $285,761,243
Matrix Reloaded, The (2003) – $281,492,479
Shrek (2001) – $267,652,016
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) – $261,970,615
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) – $260,031,035
Jaws (1975) – $260,000,000
Monsters, Inc. (2001) – $255,870,172
Batman (1989) – $251,188,924
Men in Black (1997) – $250,147,615
Toy Story 2 (1999) – $245,823,397
Bruce Almighty (2003) – $242,589,580
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) – $242,374,454
Twister (1996) – $241,700,000
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) – $241,437,427
Ghost Busters (1984) – $238,600,000
Beverly Hills Cop (1984) – $234,760,500
Cast Away (2000) – $233,630,478
Lost World: Jurassic Park, The (1997) – $229,074,524
Signs (2002) – $227,965,690
Rush Hour 2 (2001) – $226,138,454
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) – $219,200,000
Ghost (1990) – $217,631,306
Aladdin (1992) – $217,350,219
Saving Private Ryan (1998) – $216,119,491
Mission: Impossible II (2000) – $215,397,30
X2 (2003) – $214,948,780
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) – $213,079,163
Back to the Future (1985) – $210,609,762
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) – $205,399,422
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) – $204,843,350
Exorcist, The (1973) – $204,565,000
Mummy Returns, The (2001) – $202,007,640
Armageddon (1998) – $201,573,391
Gone with the Wind (1939) – $198,655,278
Pearl Harbor (2001) – $198,539,855
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) – $197,171,806
Toy Story (1995) – $191,800,000
Men in Black II (2002) – $190,418,803
Gladiator (2000) – $187,670,866
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) – $184,925,485
Dances with Wolves (1990) – $184,208,848
Batman Forever (1995) – $184,031,112
Fugitive, The (1993) – $183,875,760
Ocean’s Eleven (2001) – $183,405,771
What Women Want (2000) – $182,805,123
Perfect Storm, The (2000) – $182,618,434
Liar Liar (1997) – $181,395,380
Grease (1978) – $181,360,000
Jurassic Park III (2001) – $181,166,115
Mission: Impossible (1996) – $180,965,237
Planet of the Apes (2001) – $180,011,740
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) – $179,870,271
Pretty Woman (1990) – $178,406,268
Tootsie (1982) – $177,200,000
Top Gun (1986) – $176,781,728
There’s Something About Mary (1998) – $176,483,808
Ice Age (2002) – $176,387,405
Crocodile Dundee (1986) – $174,635,000
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) – $173,585,516
Elf (2003) – $173,381,405
Air Force One (1997) – $172,888,056
Rain Man (1988) – $172,825,435
Apollo 13 (1995) – $172,071,312
Matrix, The (1999) – $171,383,253
Beauty and the Beast (1991) – $171,301,428
Tarzan (1999) – $171,085,177
Beautiful Mind, A (2001) – $170,708,996
Chicago (2002) – $170,684,505
Three Men and a Baby (1987) – $167,780,960
Meet the Parents (2000) – $166,225,040
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) – $165,500,000
Hannibal (2001) – $165,091,464
Catch Me If You Can (2002) – $164,435,221
Big Daddy (1999) – $163,479,795
Sound of Music, The (1965) – $163,214,286
Batman Returns (1992) – $162,831,698
Bug’s Life, A (1998) – $162,792,677
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) – $161,963,000
Waterboy, The (1998) – $161,487,252

I think it’s kind of interesting comparing my list to Dan’s. I liked a much higher percentage of the movies I’ve seen than he did. I think this is because he’s much pickier than I am. Also, most of the movies on that list that I know I wouldn’t like I have managed to avoid seeing (Titanic being the obvious exception.) The only movie we’ve both seen that he liked and I didn’t was Forrest Gump. Also, there are a couple of movies on Dan’s list that I’m really wondering when he saw them. Either he somehow managed to see a couple of movies when I wasn’t around or he accidentally italicized them or something. I think most of the movies I’ve seen that he hasn’t are movies he’s just not interested in. Although he really should watch Pirates of the Carribean and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. I’m not entirely sure what he has against those movies.

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So… the last several years the people on the football season ticket waitlist have been offered ticket packages. This year, they didn’t offer us anything. I don’t know if this is because of their stupid new pay-for-your-seat plan or what. I figure they probably did offer stuff to people who gave them money or something. Anyway, so single game tickets go on sale today at 5. I go there, all prepared to buy my tickets when the clock hits five, so I can get all the games I want. But apparently you can’t get tickets to the Ohio State game or the Notre Dame game at all. So now I’m really annoyed. I don’t care that much if I can’t go to the Notre Dame game. That rivalry has just become blah to me, so, even though I’d rather go to the game, I’m not crushed that I can’t. But I really want to go to the OSU game. I might not give the stupid athletic department money, but I give them a lot of time and effort in the alumni pep band, so I think I at least deserve football tickets. Sigh.

Update: Well, at this rate we’re not going to get any tickets at all. The website is basically trashed from all the people trying to connect to it at once, so I can’t even get in. I will keep trying periodically, but I’m not really optimistic at this point.

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Last night, while coming up from the basement, I somehow managed to smash my elbow really hard on the railing. I am not entirely sure how I managed this. It left me with this little gash on my arm and I had to sit and hold ice on my elbow until it felt enough better that I could move my arm around without going, “Ow, ow ow.” Anyway, the icing helped a lot, although it was still a bit sore when I went to bed, so I tried to be careful how I slept so that it would get better. I apparently managed (although I didn’t manage the sleeping part very well) because this morning it felt fine, unless you actually went and touched it. Then, not too long ago, I was stepping over the baby gate, and I whacked my elbow on the wall… right in the same spot I hit it last night. So, now the whole night’s healing was pretty much for nothing, as it hurts again. I’m such a klutz.

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The Michigan softball team has become the first team east of the Mississippi to win the national championship. After losing to UCLA in the first game of the best-of-three, we won yesterday 5-2 and then today 4-1 in the 10th inning (a normal softball game only goes 7 innings.) Today’s game was amazing. We went down 0-1 early, but managed to tie it up in the 6th. In the ninth inning we faltered a bit defensively and let them get the bases loaded. But we managed to step up and play some great defense to keep the score tied. In the 10th, freshman Samantha Findlay hit a 3-run homer to take the lead. Then we just played some nice defense, led by pitcher Jennie Ritter, who played great throughout the tournament, despite the fact that she pitched nearly the whole time. Tomorrow I will go and greet the team with softball band. Congratulations to the Wolverines. They had an amazing season and really deserve to be the champs. Go Blue!

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I was worried I wouldn’t be as nerdy as Dan, but I was.

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Yes, that’s right. I am, or rather, we, the Softball Band, are, an “unfair advantage” for the Michigan softball team. After Michigan defeated Northwestern twice last week to win the Big Ten championship, the Northwestern coaches apparently filed a formal complaint saying that it was an unfair advantage to have a band playing the fight song and that the rules should be changed for the Big Ten tournament. First of all, the whole point of winning the regular season championship is that you get home field advantage during the tournament. Apparently, 10 out of 11 schools agreed that the band was an unfair advantage. That would be the 10 schools that don’t have a band. They were invited to bring their own bands, but of course, none of them did. They are also allowed to bring a CD so that when they score a run the pressbox will play their fight song. The “new rules” will only allow the fight song to be played after a run or at the end of the game. We were contemplating before the game last night how many songs we could come up with that weren’t “The Victors” but had some part of it in the song, like “Hoover Street Rag”, “Calyptors”, and even “Winter Tunes”, our arrangement of “Walking in a Winter Wonderland”, which can have “The Victors” inserted into it very easily. But it turned out it didn’t matter. A couple guys went and talked to the Big Ten officials, who said to do whatever we wanted and we said we’d follow the official NCAA rule (also put in place because of us.) It’s rule 13-9.4 or something like that. We had lots of fun at the game saying things like, “Cheering is an unfair advantage!” and “Hey, she’s too short! That’s an unfair advantage!” (There’s this one MSU player who is incredibly short. I don’t think she has a strike zone.) If we play Northwestern again (it would have to be in the final game on Saturday) we might have to follow their stupid rules, because they would probably complain. I’m sure we can find ways to make up for it, though. At any rate, I think it’s cool that people consider us an unfair advantage. Go Blue!

Also, Happy Friday the 13th, everyone.

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There is this website where you can create your own South Park character. Dan posted his on his blog, and I thought it was neat (even though I don’t really watch South Park), so I made them for me and Morgan, too. Here is me:

and here is Morgan:

Aren’t we cute? If you want to make your own South Park character, go here.

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As you can see, I now have a new theme. Yay, no more stupid ugly default theme! I am apparently very picky. I went through hundreds of themes and didn’t like very many of them. I also thought about using this theme, because it’s very cool looking. But it only lists the titles of each entry instead of the entry, so you have to click on it to read it. I thought people might not like that. So, anyway, right now you get this blue theme.

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This is my first blog from my cute new laptop. It’s a Dell 700m, which is a tiny widescreen laptop. There are a few things about the keyboard that I’m not used to yet, but I really like it. It’s much quieter and cooler than my last laptop and the usb and wireless are not iffy anymore. I do miss my scroll buttons, though. I’m having to learn to scroll using the touchpad. I can scroll down, but not up very well.
Also, as you can probably see, my blog has been upgraded like Dan’s. The themes don’t work yet, though, which is too bad. I don’t really like this default theme.

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Which Buffy The Vampire Slayer Character Are You Most Like!?
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You scored as Buffy Summers. You are a very strong individual. You do, however, have some trouble admitting how you truely feel. You’ve experienced a lot during your life, but you more than manage. Always willing to help, you’re a great friend. Buffy Summers 71% Rupert Giles 58% Anya 50% Willow Rosenberg 46% Tara Maclay 46% Dawn Summers 42% Xander Harris 42% Spike 33%

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