lists

"never, never to be squandered: the miracle of another human being."  (from prelude to a kiss, which i watched today for the second time and loved for the second time.)

other movies that i saw for the first time in 2005 and really loved:
(i used my netflix order history for assistance here)

crash
shopgirl
elizabethtown
the wedding crashers
garden state
ghost world
the green mile
being john malkovich
chocolat
the station agent
finding neverland
spanglish
life as a house
the fugitive
you can count on me
a love song for bobby long
election
the magdalene sisters
in the bedroom
the mighty
the united states of leland
prozac nation

there are definitely more... before i even had netflix i got out craploads of videos from the video store and the library down the street from my apartment... from now on i will make lists of the movies i watch.

books i read and liked in 2005:
(this could actually just be "books i read in 2005" because i never finish books when i hate them):

the perks of being a wallflower
catcher in the rye
the lovely bones
the great gatsby
lucky
a girl named zippy
he's just not that into you
the fountainhead
anthem
shopgirl

artists i started listening to in 2005:

the fire theft
ben kweller
radiohead
aimee mann
ani difranco
damien jurado
keane
modest mouse
the shins
the smiths
the eels
the perishers
muse
laura veirs
regina spektor
rilo kiley
the decemberists
the dresden dolls
devotchka
leonard cohen

most of the good music i listen to these days, i learned of this year... so i consider it a productive year.