Tonight, I finally made it through a DVD I’ve had from Netflix since November of last year. (Yes, about 6 months… I know…)

With that DVD completed, I’ve now got one film left until I’ve seen all of the films Woody Allen wrote or directed, with the exception of the titles mentioned below. If you’ve got copies of any of the missing works in DVD, VHS, mp4, or any other format, I’d love the chance to see them. Otherwise, I’m considering this one complete after the final film has been seen.

The final film, ordered on VHS from Amazon, is the 1969 feature “Don’t Drink the Water.” It should arrive within the next week, and then I’ll post my top 5 W.A. films list.

Here’s what I’m missing:

Shorts:

• “Count Mercury Goes to the Suburbs” (1997-Short)
• “Somebody or the Rise and Fall of Philosophy” (1989-Short)

Films:

• “Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You” (1970-Film)**
• “The Laughmaker” (1962-TV or Film?)

TV:

• “Sounds From a Town I Love” (2001-TV)
• “Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story” (1971-TV)
• “The Kraft Music Hall: Woody Allen Special” (1969-TV)
• “The Sid Caesar Show” (1963-TV)
• “Candid Camera” (1960-TV)
• “The Garry Moore Show” (1958-TV)
• “Stanley” (1956-TV)
• “Caesar’s Hour” (1954-TV)
• “The Colgate Comedy Hour” (1950-TV)

** By the way, if you’ve got a copy of “Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You,” please don’t tell me. It’s the sequel to a film I hated, and I’ve heard it’s even worse. I’m allowed to skip one film, right?

Lone Train

Originally uploaded by nightpost.

This past Sunday, Scott and I joined a group of LA enthusiasts in a walk of the city’s downtown bridges, organized by Shannon of Sha in LA. A good time was had by all. My pix are up on Flickr.

Playing the fiddle some more at home in Second Life

Originally uploaded by nightpost.

Well, maybe it doesn’t count for “Take a violin lesson.” My avatar’s learning to play in Second Life, though. Good thing it doesn’t actually make any sounds. The neighbors would have me banned.

I’m still wading through my redesign of Daily Guilt, and one of the things I’ve been working on building is a “lifestream,” a feed of all of the content I’ve posted online. The chronological list would show new Flickr photos, Twitters, BlogHUD posts from Second Life, and so on.

A while back, I signed up for Jaiku, which looked to be a Twitter-like service that also aggregates the user’s content. I wasn’t impressed at the time, but after reading some blog posts from other “lifestreamers,” I’m getting more and more excited about the possibilities. Even better, one of the co-founders of the company, Petteri Koponen, just answered one of my questions minutes after I posted it in my Jaiku feed. Wow!

I’ll be playing around with Jaiku more in the next week or so, and look for it to be added to my newly-redesigned site, um, someday.

I threw my first dinner party! (And it only took me a week and a half to blog it…)

On the second night of Passover, Scott and I hosted our very first seder. Thank goodness I’m not working on a show right now, because it took all day to shop, cook, and prepare for the party. Scott did the cleaning - of the house AND the chicken - and I cooked.

I think a good time was had by all. The wine flowed, the chicken was edible, and the matzah brittle was gone quickly. Yum.

(Thanks to Scott for the picture)

I’ve got a ton of little things I’ve been meaning to blog for a while, so I’m throwing them all into one big post…

• Waaaayyyy back in February, I got the chance to build a website for my mom’s store. The Vintage Quaker Books website uses WordPress and gives her the ability to keep her customers informed about new book finds and upcoming sales. It was fun for me, since it was the first WP template I’d built from scratch. Turns out it’s not as difficult as it looks. (And Mom, this is your push to write another blog post!)
• This week, I received a request from a new friend for contributions to his fundraising for an MS Walk, a very worthy cause. He’s only got about a week to raise a ton of cash, so I’m hoping to help spread the word.
• Although Passover has come and gone, I’m still working on cleaning out the spiritual chametz (in this case, organizing my digital life). I’ve just started using a great Mac donationware program called Journler to keep track of the PDFs, websites, notes, and clippings I accumulate each day. While I get adjusted to my new workflow, I’m wondering if anyone else out there is using the program (and how they’re doing it). Anyone?
• And in other “late to the game” news, I’ve just joined LinkedIn, since it seems like everyone I know who’s NOT in the entertainment industry relies on it for networking. Since I’m trying to branch out into other career paths, it seems like a good resource. Thoughts?

I’m making some changes to the list:

• For a long time, I’ve been interested in learning to write in a different handwriting style, namely that swoopy French style of writing I see on bistro menus and old letters from my French pen pal, so #28. Freebie –> Find French handwriting guide and use it.
• It’s time to finally organize my photos (digital and analog), so #85. Freebie –> Organize my photos.
• I’ve decided not to continue working on my emergency preparedness guide (because of a few similar guides on the market). Instead, I’m gearing up now for my next big challenge… #83. Pitch and sell a TV show. It’s a big one, but I’ve signed up for a MediaBistro class, so I guess I’ve taken the first step.

Also, I should have updates soon on a few of the 101 items I’ve been working on.

My last few days have been very productive, so I decided to take some time off tonight (after I get just a few more things done…). I stopped by Hollywood Video on my way home from running an errand, picked up a couple movies and an Xbox game, and was absolutely stunned when the guy at the counter asked if I’d like to pay 25 cents to “protect the game.”

“Protect it from what?” I asked.

“Well, you know, in case it gets damaged,” he said, with a completely straight face.

“You’re suggesting I buy insurance in case I damage a *rental* video game by PLAYING IT?”

“Yeah.”

“No.”

“It’s only 25 cents.”

Is this seriously Hollywood Video’s policy? What happened to the days when you could return a rental *because* it wasn’t working properly and get a refund or exchange? For that matter, what has happened to video games that they’re so fragile they can’t be played for a week without the risk of damage?

So, my question to you is: Have any of you ever heard of this policy, or is it some kind of scam - like rental car insurance - that they tack on to send PMS-ing women over the edge?

Well, I guess the site redesign didn’t happen. It’s still in the works, but I put it on hold for a little bit so I could build another site…

I’m happy to introduce CupcakeFinder.com!

Over the last few days, I’ve been building this site to track the flood of bakeshops and “cupcakeries” in LA and NY. The NY site is pretty empty right now, but I hope to add to both sites in the next day or so.

If you’re a cupcake fan, swing by and check it out.

I’m finally rebuilding Daily Guilt… starting from scratch (no more template!), which is how I should have done it to begin with. So, if you happen by the site in the next week or so and it looks funny, works funny, or just plain disappears, don’t panic about your browser settings or make fun of my weak coding skills. I promise it’ll be pretty soon.