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My Top Ten… TV Characters

I noticed the other day that I often refer to something as “one of my favorite xxx ever.” At a certain point, I realized I must have 100 favorite movies and even more favorite songs. So, I challenged myself to make definitive lists of my top tens as an exercise in creative thinking.

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Tonight we welcome back “Walking Dead” after a TOO LONG mid-season break. Yeah… I cannot be the only woman out here who things any separation greater than a week from zombie-killer Daryl Dixon is cruel punishment…

Bit of advice to Carol: Grab him and kiss him.  We need someone to live vicariously through.

With a nod to Daryl [who hasn’t quite made the list yet], I offer you… My Top 10 TV Characters:

1. The Doctor – Doctor Who
   I have my favorite incarnation; Ravynn has hers. You cannot be a fan without having strong ideas about this.  At the same time,I  kinda love them all.
   
2. Hawkeye Pierce – M*A*S*H
   The anti-hero. I suspect this is where it started.  If you haven’t seen M*A*S*H, you really should.
   
3. Piper – Charmed
   Functioned as the oldest of three sisters [after we lost Pru]. Super powerful witch. Got the white lighter… What’s not to love?
   
4. Leonard Hofstadter – Big Bang Theory
   Leonard is amazing. I won’t pretend much of that is due to his role in his BBT group, but… cute, cool and nerdy.  Squee.
   
5. Eric Northman – True Blood
   Yes, I wept a little when he cut his hair.
   
6. Gregory House – House, MD
   More anti-hero… And, you know, he needs to be fixed.
   
7. Dylan McKay – 90210
   I will always be a 19-year old girl.
   
8. McMurphy – China Beach
   Bad ass army nurse with a squishy little heart inside.
   
9. John Winchester – Supernatural
   The man is pretty.  And broken. And responsible for Sam & Dean.
   
10. Shane – The L Word
    She’s the character that got me hooked on the show. Broken. Anti-hero… you see the theme, right??
    

No. These are not in any real order.

Yes. They change almost daily.

My Top 10… Movies

I noticed the other day that I often refer to something as “one of my favorite xxx ever.” At a certain point, I realized I must have 100 favorite movies and even more favorite songs. So, I challenged myself to make definitive lists of my top tens as an exercise in creative thinking.

Today, I offer you My Top Ten Movies.

1. Reservoir Dogs
   What’s not to love? Tarantino. Keitel. Either one of those is enough, but both together… Awesome! Best. Movie. Ever.
   
2. Full Metal Jacket
   The movie most people remember from my senior year in high school is Top Gun, which was a fine movie, but this one… I’ve seen it so many times and it just keeps getting better.
   
3. Natural Born Killers
   A true chick flick.  Mickey Knox, I think I love you.
   
4. Apocalypse Now
   Craaaaaaaaaaazy Marlon Brando.  The man is genius.
   
5. Moulin Rouge
   So. I hate musicals.  Hate them. Can’t make it through the first song – with rare exception.  This is an exception.
   
6. Practical Magic
   I want this life.
   
7. Romance
   I love everything from Catherine Breillat. Everything.  But I love this most.
   
8. Picnic
   I saw this movie the first time with my Daddy. I think he was more than a little concerned about my fascination with the anti-hero…  He should have been.
   
9. Peter Pan
   Love the book. Love the story. Love this adaptation.
   
10. ?? [A movie I don’t know the name of]
    Yeah… So also with my father, I watched a movie about a civil war unit.  At least part of it focussed on the drummer boys who were following the soldiers. I watched it as a child, so pre-1983 probably.
    

No. These are not in any real order.

Yes. They change almost daily.

My Top 10… Songs

I noticed the other day that I often refer to something as “one of my favorite xxx ever.”  At a certain point, I realized I must have 100 favorite movies and even more favorite songs.  So, I challenged myself to make definitive lists of my top tens as an exercise in creative thinking.

Today, I offer you My Top Ten Songs.

1. Horses – Patti Smith
   I love this song because of the scene from Millenium seen in this video. The song speaks power to me.
2. And She Was – Talking Heads
   The line, “And she was walking through the back yard,” gets to me. The fact that I hear it in David Byrne’s voice is an incredible bonus.
3. Me and Bobby McGee – Janis Joplin
   I think I fell a little in love with Bobby McGee the first time I heard this song.
4. Tin Man – Schaffer the Darklord
   What’s not to love?
5. Captain Jack – Billy Joel
   This isn’t a song I should like, really, but it captures so much emotion.
6. To Sir with Love – LuLu
   My sister considered this song for the father/daughter dance at her wedding. I’m not sure any of us have gotten through it yet without crying.
7. What’s Your Mama’s Name – Tanya Tucker
   Ditto, this song. I love my children above all else so this song tears me apart a little.
8. Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
   This first time I heard this song, it captured my heart. It was played at my father’s funeral, so I don’t listen to it much anymore, but I feel every note of it.
9. They Don’t Know – Tracy Ullman
   Paul McCartney!! Such a sweet love song.
10. Joey – Concrete Blonde
    Haunting. That is all.

No. These are not in any real order.

Yes. They change almost daily.