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The Top 9 Wintery, Snowy Movies

Apparently some people can get sick of Christmas movies (What kind of people, you ask? I don't know... jerks without souls? Criminals with no sense of joy? Mutants who hate hugs?) around this time of year. I understand that to an extent (I guess). So what should they watch instead? Winter movies, of course! Here are some favourites.

1. Batman Returns
   • Everything about this movie is great. It's become a little corny over time, but it's absolutely still a great movie. I promise you. It's not an overly wintery movie, but it does take place at Christmastime (with no real mention of Christmas itself) and the final scene is snowy as hell. 
2. Krampus
   • Nope, I will not shut up about this movie. It's too fun. Honestly, this is the movie that inspired this list in the first place. After I first saw it, I thought about it more and realized that one of my favourite things about the movie was the snow. It made you feel like you were in it. Literally a perfect winter movie. 
3. The Shining
   • Umm, do you remember the final scenes of this movie? So much snow! And fear. Snow and fear are kind of a neat combination, I think. All that silence? I don't know, man, I'm into it. 
4. Snow Day
   • Maybe this movie is too wholesome to be on this list. MAYBE. But I'm still very much a fan of it. I remember seeing it when it came out, so perhaps that's why I remember it fondly. However, it holds up over time.
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
   • I cannot and will not tell you the amount of times I've thought of the bed-on-the-snowy-beach scene. Won't do it. SO ROMANTIC. Sometimes I'll see a certain kind of snow falling and this movie will immediately come to mind.
6. A Simple Plan
   • You probably haven't seen this movie and it's really good. Bill Paxton is probably the sexiest, underrated actor of our generation. 
7. Alive
   • Super snowy movie, this one. And pretty depressing, really. But, like, in a good way. In a very nineties way.
8. Grumpy Old Men
   • I love these men and I love this movie. Personally, I prefer this one to Grumpier Old Men but to each his own. 
9. Edward Scissorhands
   • I'm putting this one on the list mainly for this scene right here. Good God, I love that scene.

Didn't think I could come up with nine, did you? Ha!

First of the Month Checklist

I love the first day of the month. There's just something about starting a new month that makes you feel like you can get tons and tons of stuff done. And whether that's true or not, the idea behind it makes me hopeful. Is it just me who feels that way?

The one thing I do every time this day comes around is check off my list of monthly things that need to get done. I really think that everyone should have one of these lists. How else are you supposed to stay on top of things? And if you're unsure of what types of things should be on this list, feel free to take a glance at mine.

My Monthly Checklist

1. Clear out any old food from the fridge and clean the shelves. 
2. Choose my next book to read.
3. Set a goal of how many times I expect myself to go to the gym (this varies depending on the season - I go less in the summertime since I'm outdoors more compared with the winter when I need to up my gym dosage since I spend so much time indoors, not moving as much).
4. Set a spending budget (which takes into consideration birthday gifts, holidays, etc.)
5. Clean out my car (this was, obviously, for the times when I had a car).
6. Check Barnes & Noble for any author events that I might want to go to.
7. Buy greeting cards if there are any family or friends' birthdays this month.
8. Wash the bed sheets (should I be doing this more than once a month? Hope not. That's a lot of work).
9. Clean and polish any shoes that are looking rough.
10. Go through emails and respond to anything that's ridiculously late.

That's it! Pretty good list, eh? I think so.

12 Things I'm Doing This Summer

Summer has officially begun, so I think it makes sense to have a summer must-do list. Is it obvious that I love lists? I have tons of different kinds of lists going - movies to watch, work stuff that needs to be done, etc. But here's what my summer list looks like this year. Keep in mind, a lot of it is food/fun-based (AS ALL SUMMER LISTS SHOULD BE). Also, make one of your own! Otherwise I promise you that this summer will just pass you by.

SUMMER 2015

1. Try the frozen hot chocolate at Astor Bake Shop (Queens)
2. Finally visit the rooftop across the street - there's a hotel across the street from me that has a rooftop bar that I've always wanted to go to but never have (Queens)
3. Finally eat a Nanaimo bar for the first time (Toronto)
4. Go to City Island (Bronx)
5. Go to Montauk (Montauk)
6. See this year's installation at the rooftop at The Met (Manhattan)
7. Successfully grow something in my backyard (Queens)
8. Check out the Jefferson Market Garden (Manhattan)
9. Get the burrata ice cream at Dominique Ansel (Manhattan)
10. See a movie at that gorgeous AMC on the UWS @ 84 street (Manhattan)
11. Try an egg cream in Forest Hills (Queens)
12. Visit the Edgar Allan Poe cottage (Bronx)

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The Best of YouTube

Or rather, the most popular on YouTube? Yeah, that fits better. Anyway, if you're interested in wasting a few hours away, you should go on over here to Greg Rutter's Definitive List of the 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced on the Internet. There's a sequel to that site now, too.

This will forever stand as one of my favourites: