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With two weeks remaining of the holidays, the chances of me reaching the 100 movie goal appear to be getting slim... but I am determined to keep the dream alive (even if it encroaches on my work). That's just the kinda dedicated person I am.

Mind you, by "dedicated" I mean "have nothing better to do" and when I say "keep the dream alive" I really mean "I'll keep writing about it until I forget to write about it or find something better to write about."

Resembling my ability to remember which day it is - here is an out of order and possibly not complete list of additions to the mission.

# 33 Resident Evil (2002)

So, I've been spending a bit of time with some pretty nerdy people of late. You know, the kind of people who play computer games... understand the impending doom of dividing by zero... write blogs. Anyway, I was convinced that this was a must see. And, I must say, after some eye ball rolling and jokes about nerds, I did kinda enjoy it. The chick in it is pretty hot. There's a little bit of suspense, some gore, Zombies, guns - pretty much all a boy could ask for. But the best part for me? Pointing out all the scenes that looked exactly like the game. Yes. I admit it. Resident Evil was one of my favourite games after finally moving from platform to first person shooter.

#34 Resident Evil - Apocalypse (2004)

Yeah, well, you guessed it - I enjoyed the first one so much I just couldn't help myself. I mean, I said I wouldn't become addicted, but it turns out I like it nerdy.

#35 Resident Evil - Extinction (2007)

I really like it nerdy.

Unfortunately I've got to wait a week before I can get the rest of my nerd fix, unless I want to download it myself.

#36 Tower Heist (2011)

I'm counting this one because I was technically awake. This movie was an accidental movie in a movie free weekend. I went to Melbourne to catch some friends, avoid sitting around my crappy home town doing nothing, and more importantly to get drunk. Well I achieved all of those things. I saw my brother at a much needed time and we walked the length of St. Kilda (at least the important parts) drinking and catching up on lost time. I drank enough to try to pick up the bar chick, to think I won at pool (when I'm not even sure I played) and to stumble home in heels. By 4am I had fulfilled just about every drunken pleasure. Then I passed out. The next day I needed air. Do you know how little air there is in a motel? A few massive corridors and a very long and stomach lurching elevator ride later I was breathing real air and avoiding the expected ride on the porcelain bus. But that was not the end to my long, painful day of hangover. In my drunken state that morning I had forgotten to charge my phone. So I was in the city, trying to organise the rest of my weekend, keep down yesterday's KFC, and catch up on some sleep while standing.We found ourselves in Crown, not suitably attired to gamble, and found comfort in the cool, quiet confines of the cinema centre. With half an hour before the next movie, I propped myself up against a wall where I was lucky enough to find a power point to charge my phone. I got as far as sending a text to the effect of "you know that coffee we'd planned on drinking? I think I might throw up at just the thought" before feeling too queazy to even look at the screen. Finally the movie began, and armed with what turned out to be the world's best hangover cure (popcorn) I prepared myself for a 2 hour snooze. Instead, however, I felt better and better with each mouthful of popcorn and managed to stay awake for the whole movie. That's not to say it was an amazing movie. Entertaining, yes. Kinda funny, I suppose so. Believable, not in the slightest.

All in all, I may very well not ever remember what this movie was about. But I will always remember it as marking a pretty cool weekend.

# 37, 38, 39 SPARTACUS!!

Yes, you calculated correctly - despite having a whole weekend out of the movie watching vacuum I managed to watch 6 more hours of Spartacus, bringing season 1 to a close. While I have season 2 ready to go, I just can't imagine it will be the same. I mean, I heard the actual Spartacus guy died! Which is sad. I feel as though I know him so well. So, I'm giving myself a week to contemplate whether any more Spartacus action is in order.

#40 and 41 Dexter - Season 6 (4 episodes)

With Spartacus on hold for a week, I figure I'll go back to some of my own guilty pleasures. I watched the last 4 episodes of Dexter season 6. And, as usual was left reeling at the cliffhanger. I just can't believe it! It changes EVERYTHING! What will they possibly do in season 7??? And now I'm back to that horrible stage of yearning - a whole year before I can find out how things will be for Dexter after this interesting turn of events. And don't worry people - I'm not going to go giving away anything massive like the fact that his son dies, like I did when his wife died a few seasons ago...

#42 The Melbourne Comedy Festival 2011 Great Debate - It's the End of the World.

Just needed something funny to get me past this feeling of sadness at how boring my life has become. You know, something to snap me back to reality and stop me thinking I was actually Dexter. Or Spartacus. Ohhhh but to be with either of them... SNAP OUT OF IT!

Ok, this post has been light on the pictures... so, here is a picture of the area of England that I plan to tour over Easter.