Hey!
I'm attempting to put together a future post about Top 5 Lists.* Many of you are hounding me for the promised post, but I'm having some difficulty limiting my lists to 100 or less.
For those of my vast readership unaware of this topic, here's the deal:
Ever been asked what your favorite movie, book, food, song, whatever, is? I can't answer that. Can you?
Very few people can. I've found out, through diligent research, that hardly anyone can limit it to 10! So I'm proposing to throw out the old concept of the Top 10 list which limits you to something like, say, 10 entries. Whoa! This causes you to have to make all of these phony classifications, like Top 10 Marty Robbins Songs that Refer to Gunshot Wounds. Or, Top 10 Favorite Desserts that can be Licked off Short Hair. (Of course, maybe you really want to know?)
But in general, let's simplify this! Let's Keep It Real! Let's just say your Top 10 lists can have 100 or fewer entries! That makes room for all of the variables that enter the equation. You know, like what mood you're in, 'n stuff. Let's take it down another notch, and call them Top 5's! Why Not?
Anyway, keep your eyes peeled for the Top 5 List Post that may or may not be coming your way.
*Be sure to see the film, "High Fidelity" for a treatise on the subtleties of list making. It's in my Top 5 Best Movies list.
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I really think you should do one on your Mediterranean Breakdown "'Nam Style" (though there are some people out there who just wouldn't appreciate it like I do)."
Just wanted you to know that there are readers up in Marin. I never expected you to be such a fluid, clear-voiced writer. (Which is not to say I expected less . . .)
The book "High Fidelity" is much better than the movie, though I enjoyed both.
I don't think I could pick a top 5, 10. It changes all the time.
Not in my top 10, but probably the next movie I'm going to watch is "Shaun of the Dead."
Witness this exchange: "I got 'Shaun of the Dead' from the library. It was a little embarrassing - the librarian who checked me out often looks at my selections and comments. In the past, it's been things like comments about the composer John Adams (who it turned out was a friend of hers) and discussing seeing 'Before Sunrise' out of order from 'Before Sunset,' and comments on Raymond Carver and Wallace Stegner ('Wow - now there are some old pros,' she says). This time she picks up the DVD case and says, 'Hmm. Now here's one I've never heard of . . .' I can't exactly recommend the movie to everyone, though if you like this sort of thing, it's an terrific movie."
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See? I have other astute, literate, and discerning readers! So NOW!
Thanks for your astute, literate, and discerning comments, Marin Reader.
I also think "Shaun of the Dead" was hella kew. It might not make my Top 5 list either, but was, as you say, a terrific movie. I particularly like the scene where they're trying to decide which of Shaun's vinyl records should not be frisbeed at the zombies.
Anyway, feel free to make comments and to suggest other Top 5 material. Happy Groundhog Day!
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