Six Lists of Six Things

Since I started this blog I've been trying to figure out how to do a... Well, an introductory post. The thing is, I sort of hate talking about myself. But I do like to talk about shit I like. Plus, I always thought you could tell a good bit about a person about things they like and how they talk about them. So, here's the deal: I'm going to give six of my favorite Movies, Musicians, TV Shows, Books, Video Games, YouTube Channels and animes. Do a bit of ramblings (as I do). And... Well, that's all.

Oh yeah. Don't come at me cause I didn't mention  something. I just went with the first six things that popped into my head.

 

Movies

 Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Hush. It's my favorite. I like the Ewoks. And I like happy endings. Maybe that's why I'm not a huge fan of the sequel movies. I like happy endings and they took away a bit of my happy ending.

Robin Hood: Men in Tights - I once drunkenly re-enacted this entire movie by myself. Okay, not the entire movie, but a good bit of it.

Shaun of the Dead - This is my favorite zombie movie. Ever.

Kong: Skull Island - I love all the Godzilla movies (that I have seen...) but this one is my favorite. I mean, come on, big monkey, Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson.

Clue - A murder mystery movie based on a board game. That is perfect in almost every way. There is one line that is said during one of the endings that I find a bit questionable, but other than that. Perfection. Tim Curry is fantastic as the butler. The rest of the cast is also perfect. Just so much greatness in one movie.

Jurassic Park - Pretty sure my friend Ryan would start throwing bricks at me if I left Jurassic Park off this list. But yeah, this movie is still fantastic.

 

Musicians

 The Amazing Devil - I can blame The Witcher fan-fiction for this one. Not even joking. A few fics I read mentioned Joey Batey's band so I figured I should check it out. Fell in love. Joey and Madeleine have such beautiful voices. Perfection.

Darren Hayes - I really liked Savage Garden back in the day and got way into Darren's stuff when I learned he released solo stuff.

Korn - Being a Korn fan was about 40% of my personality in middle school and high school. I still love their music.

 Green Day - Green Day is a band that I forget how much I love them and then suddenly remember and that's all I want to think about for a few days.

Stray Kids - This is Ryan's fault. I would have barely listened to any K-Pop if it wasn't for him. And before anyone asks me questions about Stray Kids, don't. Not being mean, but I know almost nothing about them aside from the fact that I am super into a few of their songs right now. And Hyunjin is too pretty to be real.

Dixon Dallas - I will not feel shame over how much I love this dude's songs. Nor will I feel shame when I giggle every time I see an F-150 because of the song.

 

 

TV Shows

 Elementary - This is my favorite Sherlock Holmes adaptation. I just love it so much.

Daria - Daria is such a quality show. Daria is a character that believes she is smarter than most of her classmates (and possibly the teachers at their high school) but she doesn't bully anyone. She is oddly kind to Brittany and Kevin for the most part. I still pull out the DVD and watch this show. It's just really good.

 The Addams Family - The old 60s show. Oh my gods, I love this show. I love anything Addams Family really, but this show is my favorite.

MASH - When I was younger I remember my mom watching MASH, and I kind of made of the show. Then I watched it. Then I watched all 11 seasons. Then I bought all 11 seasons on DVD. Actually, I haven't watched the show in awhile. It is time for a rewatch.

Doctor Who - Doctor Who is such a fun show that goes serious. Or a serious show that goes fun. Both. Great show. I love it. And I need to catch up. I'm a season or so behind.

Wings - I remember my mom watching this show when I was a kid. Then I think I streamed it somewhere and was like "Oh, I still enjoy this." Then I bought the entire series on DVD. Some of the jokes don't hold up anymore. But overall it's a fun sitcom.

Video Games

The Sims - I have been playing The Sims since the first one came out. The Sims 3 has gotten the most gameplay from me. Few years back I would just start a town that was just Sims versions of my friends and family. I did another town with Sims based on my original characters I use in my writing. Last time I played I just made a bunch of randomized characters.

Mass Effect - Took me awhile to decide which Mass Effect game to put on this list. Finally decided to go with the first one. The first game did a great job teasing a bigger plot that would continue throughout the series. The gameplay is pretty good. And I refuse to hear a bad word about the MAKO. Yes, it sucked, but it was my baby. I ran over so many enemies in that thing.

 Batman: Arkham Asylum - This is such a great game. I loved all the Riddles about various Batman villains that didn't show up in the game. And I loved the villains that did show up. Exploring Arkham was super fun. Great game.

Mortal Kombat: Deception - I loved the Konquest mode in this game. It was just so fucking great. I need more Mortal Kombat games like that.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - This game got me back into gaming. I played games as a kid but kind of drifted away for awhile. And then there was this game. This was so many of the things I didn't know I wanted in a video game. Only complaint was that I couldn't kiss Carth's stupid face...

Dragon Age: Origins - Had the same issue that I had with Mass Effect. Couldn't decide which Dragon Age game would make this list. Once again decided to go with the first one. I love how many different ways you can play this game. The first time I played, I almost had the game beat as an elf rogue that was romancing Alistair. Then I learned if I was a human lady, I could become queen. So... I started the whole game over just so I could be queen.

Books

 The Witch and Wombat by Carolyn Cushman - You can read more of my ramblings about this one here. I just love this book so much.

Star Wars: The Courtship of Princess Leia by Dave Wolverton - this was probably my favorite Star Wars book growing up (still might be...). I read it so much as a kid and a young adult. And I just realized it is a romance novel Star Wars style. The main plot is Han and Leia getting together. 

 The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan - The beginning to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. And the beginning to all the other mythology based books Rick Riordan wrote. Which are fucking great. Me and my kid get excited every time a new book is announced. Which is another great thing about these books, I can share my love of them with my kiddo. And The Lightning Thief started it all.

The Shining by Stephen King - You can read more of my ramblings about this one here. I'm not sure if this is my favorite Stephen King book, but I know it is pretty high on the list. I love spooky horror shit and this is damn spooky.

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston - I picked this book up on a whim and godsdamn was it good. Like, so fucking good. It is wonderfully written. Characters are fantastic. Just... Five stars.

Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi - This is one of the few true crime books that I will re-read at this point. I used to be really into true crime, but the interest kind of faded. But, this book still interests me. It focuses a lot on how they caught the Manson Family and the trial. Which I find interesting.

YouTube Channels

CJUGames - CJU plays a lot (mostly) horror games. Which, a lot of which I enjoy the plots of, but I am a big baby and don't wanna play scary games. So it's nice to be able to watch what happens. He also reads, like, everything so I get to learn all the lore and shit. He's also funny as hell. So yeah, love watching his stuff.

Miniminuteman - Dude (Milo, his name is Milo) makes videos about history and shit like that. My kiddo actually recommended the channel to me. Great channel. Milo is a great host. And the videos are super interesting.

Pushing Up Roses - Roses does a lot of Murder She Wrote and Goosebumps related videos. And I love them. She is super funny. And I had to start watching Murder, She Wrote because of the videos.

Outside Xbox/Xtra - Counting these as one for reasons. Outside Xbox consists of Jane, Andy and Mike and they talk about Xbox games. Outside Xtra is Luke and Ellen and they cover other games. My favorite is their list videos. But I do recommend checking out the Hitman 3 Ways to Play on Outside Xbox. Luke did some great Animal Crossing videos on Outside Xtra. Never really watched a bad video from them.

Some More News - Just some news. I dunno. Dude makes the news more entertaining.

Drawfee - Another kiddo recommended channel. Nathan, Jacob, Julia and Karina are artists that take ideas from their viewers or themselves and then draw some weird ass shit. They are all hilarious and their art is fucking superb.

 

That's it for this one

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 Also, I fucking love doing lists like this, so if you got any ideas for more specific one you'd like me to do, let me know. I do want to do a list for some of my favorite Star Wars books.  And I was gonna do a list of animes, but I liked the six lists of six things.