The All Consuming World of WORK...

Greetings dear readers.
   Amusingly, many of you may not have noticed my prolonged absence from the literary realm. "Why?" you may ask. Well, it seems that holding down a "real" job can be somewhat of a quandary for writers. Sure, paying bills and affording luxuries, like food and fuel are nice and all but when one is busy with work, literary endeavors usually get de-prioritized. Case in point. I am currently managing construction for a telecommunications company from Sweden, that is implementing 4G LTE for a major US wireless provider. I can't reveal which one. Let's just say it's not AT&T, T-Mobile or Sprint. At any rate, I have been busy with building the technological infrastructure of tomorrow. That, dear readers, is why I have written neither jack nor squat, in months.
   Like many authors, I find it difficult, if not impossible, to write under the mentally and physically demanding conditions of intense work. Amusingly, without adequate funds to live comfortably and not have to work, I can't write. Sadly, the choice to work and have enough money to live but not be able to write was a most difficult one. Sacrifices had to be made.
   Will I write again? You bet your sweet ass, I will! When? Who knows? I am making every effort to strike that seemingly impossible balance between work and writing. I hope and pray that someday, I find it.
So mote it be.

Movie Lists 1 & 2...

By now, one should have already enjoyed a majority of these films. If not, now is a good time to start. Keep in mind, these lists are in no way complete.
Enjoy.

MOVIE LISTS!!!!!!

1.     2 Jakes, The

2.     2001 A Space Odyssey

3.      A Clockwork Orange

4.      Akira

5.     An American In Paris

6.      Animal House

7.      Apocalypse Now

8.      Apollo 13

9.      Army of Darkness

10.  Austin Powers in Goldmember

11.  Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

12.  Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

13.  Bad Lieutenant

14.  Bananas

15. Barbarella

16.  Ben-Hur

17. Blade Runner

18. Blazing Saddles

19.  Blue Velvet

20. Boondock Saints

21.  Brazil

22.  Breakfast Club, The

23.  Bubba Ho-Tep

24.  Casablanca

25. China Town

26.  City of Lost Children ( Cité des enfants perdus, La )

27.  Count of Monte Cristo, The

28. Dark City

29.  Day The Earth Stood Still, The

30.  Deer Hunter, The

31.  Delicatessen

32.  Deliverance

33.  Diamonds Are Forever

34.  Diva

35.  Dr. No

36.  Dreams ( the one by Akira Kurosawa )

37. East of Eden (the original 1950’s version )

38.  Easy Rider

39.  Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask

40.  Fantastic Planet

41.  Fist Full of Dollars

42.  For a Few Dollars More

43.  Forbidden Planet

44. Full Metal Jacket

45.  Goldfinger

46.  Good, the Bad and the Ugly

47.  Happy Gilmore

48.  High Anxiety

49.  High Plaines Drifter

50.  Hollywood Knights, The

51. Hunger, The

52.  Joe Dirt

53. Kafka

54.  Kelly’s Heroes

55.  Legend of Hell House, The ( Original 1973 version )

56.  Live and Let Die

57.  Love and Death

58.  M.A.S.H. (the original movie and not the stupid, lame TV show)

59.  Mad Max

60.  Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

61.  Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

62.  Man With the Golden Gun

63.  Meet the Feebles

64.  Naked Lunch

65.  No Such Thing

66.  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

67. Outland

68.  Paint Your Wagon

69.  Pale Rider

70.  Pan's Labyrinth ( El Laberinto del fauno )

71.  Piano, The

72.  Platoon

73.  Pulp Fiction

74.  Rebel Without a Cause

75.  Repo Man

76.  Run Lola Run

77. Saving Private Ryan

78.  Shining, The

79.  Sleeper

80. Sound of Music, The

81. South Pacific

82. Soylent Green

83.  Strictly Ballroom

84.  Subway

85.  Suspect Zero

86.  Taxi Driver

87.  Tetsuo, The Iron Man

88.  They Live

89.  Thin Red Line, The

90.  Thunderball

91.  Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!  (¡Átame! )

92. Usual Suspects, The

93.  Vampire Hunter D

94.  Videodrome

95.  Waterboy, The

96.  What's Up, Tiger Lily?

97.  Wild At Heart

98.  You Only Live Twice

99.  Young Frankenstein

100.                Zentropa

Movie List Deux:

1. 1984
2.  American Beauty
3. Black Caesar
4.  Breaker Morant
5.  Chungking Express ( Chung Hing sam lam )
6. Coffy
7.  Crash ( the one directed by David Cronenberg )
8.  Das Boot
9.  Death Race 2000
10.  Desperate Living
11.  Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu )
12.  Enigma
13.  Fellini – Satyricon
14. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
15.  Fire
16.  Forbidden Zone
17. Foxy Brown
18.  Gallipoli
19.  Gandhi
20.  Guns of Navarone, The
21.  I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
22. Jacob’s Ladder
23.  Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
24.  Killer, The ( Dip huet seung hung )
25.  Kingdom of Heaven
26.  Komissar
27.  Last House On the Left
28.  Lawrence of Arabia
29.  Life of Brian
30. Liquid Sky
31.  Logan’s Run
32.  Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
33.  Meaning of Life, The
34.  Monsoon Wedding
35. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
36. Night of the Living Dead
37.  North by Northwest
38.  Orlando
39. Pillow Book, The
40.  Porky’s
41.  Psycho
42.  Quick and the Dead, The
43.  Robocop
44. Shaft
45.  Stiff Upper Lips
46.  The Guru
47.  THX 1138
48.  Total Recall
49. Trainspotting
50.  Unforgiven