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Editor’s Note: This is the 1,000th post on FuzzyCouch.com.

Its been pretty busy. We had a great break back in Lincoln celebrating Christmas and New Years, spent a lot of time playing games like Agricola and N+ with the family. We are back in very snowy Minneapolis now. It is pretty, though.

I helped David with a project over the break. I helped him with a “clean sweep” of his office. We started at 7 a.m. the Friday after New Year’s and cleaned and organized until 11 that night. Put a bunch of stuff in a sale pile, cleaned everything, and setup a new desk … it looks awesome now!

Jantina’s ongoing project has been on converting our DVD collection to computer hard drive. Once that is done we’ll be able to select any movie and stream it to any TV over the network. It works out really well (except for subtitles on foreign movies like “Hero.” Haven’t figured that out yet).

CES and Macworld were last week. The only thing I’m really looking forward to are the new OLED displays, though it will be some time before they are affordable in larger sizes.

Electronic Gaming Monthly is closing. I’ve subscribed for nearly 20 years and they are closing the magazine and the editors are dispersing. I’ve been adding them all to my Twitter following list so I can see where they land.

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This is a list of the movies that Guido — and usually Julie — have been watching, for the first time, in 2009.

ORDER — TITLE (YEAR RELEASED) — FORMAT — DATE COMPLETED

1. “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” (2007) – Online – 01/01
2. “Burn Notice” season one (2007) – DVR – 01/03
3. “To Kill A Mockingbird” (1962) – TV – 01/09
4. “The Wire” season five (2008) – DVD – 01/14
5. “Ghost Town” (2008) – DVD – 01/15
6. “The House Bunny” (2008) – DVD – 01/17
7. “Frost/Nixon” (2008) – Theater – 01/25
8. “Secret Diary of a Call Girl” (2007) – DVD – 01/26
9. “Doctor Strange” (2007) – DVD – 01/27
10. “Wanted” (2008) – DVD – 02/01
11. “The Incredible Hulk” (2008) – DVD – 02/03
12. “Run, Fatboy, Run” (2007) – DVD – 02/10
13. “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” (2008) – DVD – 02/10
14. “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” (2008) – DVD – 02/22
15. “The Visitor” (2008) – DVD – 02/23
16. “Journey to the Center of the Earth” (2008) – DVD – 02/26
17. “Coraline 3-D” (2009) – Theater – 03/02
18. “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008) – Theater – 03/02
19. “Watchmen” (2009) – Theater – 03/08
20. “State of Play” (2003) – DVD – 03/09
21. “Hamlet 2″ (2008) – DVD – 03/10
22. “Flash of Genius” (2008) – DVD – 03/15
23. “Local Hero” (1983) – DVD – 03/16
24. “Zack and Miri Make A Porno” (2008) – DVD – 03/22
25. “Vicky Christina Barcelona” (2008) – DVD – 03/25
26. “Låt den Rätte Komma In” aka “Let the Right One In” (2008) – DVD – 03/30
27. “Enchanted” (2007) – Online – 04/06
28. “Hot Rod” (2007) – TV – 04/10
29. “Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter” (2009) – DVD – 04/14
30. “Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit …” (2006) – TV – 04/16
31. “Knowing” (2009) – Theater – 04/18
32. “Mosters vs. Aliens” (2009) – Theater – 04/19
33. “Ghost Rider” (2007) – TV – 04/21
34. “3:10 to Yuma” (2007) – TV – 04/28
35. “No Country for Old Men” (2007) – TV – 05/05
36. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” (2009) – Theater – 05/10
37. “Torchwood” season 1 (2006) – DVD – 05/10
38. “Star Trek” (2009) – Theater – 05/11
39. “The Hoax” (2006) – TV- 05/17
40. “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” (2008) – TV – 05/17
41. “Rachel Getting Married” (2008) – DVD- 05/18
42. “Pineapple Express” (2008) – DVD – 05/19
43. “Taken” (2008) – DVD – 05/24
44. “Valkyrie” (2008) – DVD – 05/24
45. “Eagle vs Shark” (2007) – TV – 05/29
46. “Weeds” season 3 (2007) – DVD – 05/30
47. “Serpico” (1973) – DVD – 05/31
48. “Up” (2009) – Theater – 06/01
49. “Across the Universe” (2007) – TV – 06/02
50. “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan” (2008) – TV – 06/04
51. “Taxi Driver” (1976) – TV – 06/07
52. “Nina’s Heavenly Delights” (2006) – TV – 06/08
53. “Drag Me To Hell” (2009) – Theater – 06/08
54. “Mary and Max” (2009) – Theater – 06/28 (Edinburgh Film Festival)
55. “Race to Witch Mountain” (2009) – Airplane – 07/01
56. “He’s Just Not That Into You” (2009) – Airplane – 07/01
57. “The Hangover” (2009) – Theater – 07/06
58. “Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince” (2009) – Theater – 07/15
59. “Weeds” season 4 (2008) – DVD – 07/18
60. “Beowolf” (2007) – TV – 07/20
61. “The IT Crowd” season 1 (2006) – Online – 07/20
62. “Il y a longtemps que je t’aime” (2008) – DVD – 07/26
63. “Schenecdoche, New York” (2008) – DVD – 07/26
64. “Dexter” season 1 (2006) – Online – 07/26
65. “Last Chance Harvey” (2008) – DVD – 08/03
66. “Dexter” season 2 (2007) – Online – 08/10
67. “Step Brothers” (2008) – DVD – 08/23
68. “The Haunting in Connecticut” (2009) – DVD – 08/23
69. “District 9″ (2009) – Theater – 08/24
70. “(500) Days of Summer” (2009) – Theater – 08/31
71. “Into The Wild” (2007) – TV – 09/01
72. “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” (2009) – Theater – 09/01
73. “21″ (2008) – TV – 09/02
74. “Greek” season 1 (2007) – DVD – 09/06
75. “Quarantine” (2008) – TV – 09/07
76. “Flight of the Conchords” season 2 (2009) – DVD – 09/13
77. “I Love You, Man” (2009) – DVD – 09/14
78. “Adventureland” (2009) – DVD – 09/17
79. “Cloverfield” (2008) – DVD – 09/20
80. “Five Days” (2007) – DVD – 10/02
81. “9″ (2009) – Theater – 10/03
82. “The Informant!” (2009) – Theater – 10/04
83. “Dexter” season 3 (2008) – DVD – 10/04
84. “Breaking Bad” season 1 (2009) – DVD – 10/04
85. “Zombieland” (2009) – Theater – 10/12
86. “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” (2009) – DVD – 10/14
87. “Away We Go” (2009) – DVD – 10/15
88. “Bolt” (2008) – TV – 10/18
89. “Sunshine Cleaning” (2008) – DVD – 10/18
90. “Land of the Lost” (2009) – DVD – 10/25
91. “Paranormal Activity” (2009) – Theater – 10/27
92. “Yes Man” (2008) – DVD – 11/2
93. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (2008) – DVD – 11/5
94. “Charlotte Gray” (2001) – DVD – 11/6
95. “Transsiberian” (2008) – DVD – 11/8
96. “Year One” (2009) – DVD – 11/12
97. “Charlie Wilson’s War” (2007) – DVD – 11/18
98. “My Name Is Bruce” (2007) – Online – 11/22
99. “Fanboys” (2008) – DVD – 11/23
100. “The Man Who Knew Too Much” (1956) – TV – 11/28
101. “Australia” (2008) – DVD – 11/29
102. “Whatever Works” (2009) – DVD – 12/01
103. “Balls of Fury” (2007) – DVD – 12/03
104. “The Bank Job” (2008) – TV – 12/07
105. “The IT Crowd” season 2 (2007) – Online – 12/07
106. “Assasination of a High School President” (2008) – DVD – 12/08
107. “Who’s Your Caddy?” (2007) – TV – 12/11
108. “The Valley of Elah” (2007) – DVD – 12/13
109. “The Kite Runner” (2007) – TV – 12/14
110. “Avatar” 3-D (2009) – Theater – 12/21
111. “Dexter” season 4 (2007) – TV – 12/23
112. “Sherlock Holmes” (2009) – Theater – 12/26
113. “True Blood” season 1 (2008) – DVD – 12/29

1. “Torchwood” season 2 (2008) – Online – 12/xx
2. “There Will Be Blood” (200x) – TV – 12/xx

* Movies on TV count if unedited.
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In 2003: 28 films (estimated)
In 2004: 73 films
In 2005: 62 films
In 2006: 72 films
In 2007: 65 films
In 2008: 66 films
In 2009: 113 films

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This is the post I’ll use to track my movie watching and video game playing for 2009.

Movies ’09

1. Kung Fu Panda (DVD)
2. The House Bunny (Blu-Ray)
3. Traitor (DVD)
4. Expelled (Netflix Instant)
5. New in Town
6. Maxed Out (Netflix Instant)
7. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (Netflix Instant)
8. Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price (Netflix Instant)
9. Disaster Movie (DVD)
10. Confessions of a Superhero (Netflix Instant)
11. Scratch (Netflix Instant)
12. Voices of a Distant Star (DVD)
13. Helvetica (Netflix Instant)
14. The Weather Underground (Netflix Instant)
15. The Atom Smashers (Netflix Instant)
16. Star Trek
17. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
18. Valkyrie (DVD)
19. Slumdog Millionaire (DVD)
20. Bottle Shock (Netflix Instant)
21. A Mighty Heart (DVD)
22. Bride Wars (DVD)
23. UP
24. Taken (DVD)
25. Defiance (DVD)
26. Hancock (Netflix Instant)
27. Transporter 3 (DVD)
28. The Proposal
29. Confessions of a Shopaholic (DVD)
30. Fanboys (DVD)
31. Yes Man (DVD)
32. Step Up 2: The Streets (Netflix Instant)
33. Bolt (DVD)
34. Coraline (DVD)
35. Gran Torino (DVD)
36. American History X (DVD)
37. Waitress (DVD)
38. Wild Hogs (DVD)
39. Flags of Our Fathers (DVD)
40. Transformers 2 (DVD)
41. Raising Victor Vargas (Netflix Instant)
42. Seven Pounds (DVD)
43. GI Joe (DVD)
44. Monsters vs. Aliens (DVD)
45. Fracture (DVD)
46. Welcome to Macintosh (Netflix Instant)
47. The Spy Factory (Netflix Instant)
48. Food Inc. (DVD)
49. The Jerk (DVD)
50. The Ugly Truth (DVD)
51. Eagle Eye (DVD)
52. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (DVD)
53. Avatar (in 3D!)
54. District 9 (DVD)

Video Games:

1. Supreme Commander (Xbox 360)
2. Call of Duty: World at War (Rented)
3. Resistance 2 (Rented)
4. Motorstorm Pacific Rift (Rented)
5. flOw
6. Lost Cities
7. Metal Gear Solid 4 (Rented)
8. flOwer
9. Soul Caliber IV
10. Tomb Raider Underworld
11. Lego Indiana Jones
12. Red Alert 3
13. Peggle
14. Pinball FX
15. Space Invaders Extreme
16. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
17. Red Faction: Guerrilla
18. Guitar Hero World Tour
19. Fat Princess
20. Ikaruga
21. Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
22. Shadow Complex
23. LittleBigBlanet GOTYE
24. Batman: Arkham Asylum
25. Halo 3: ODST
26. EVE Online
27. Halo Wars (rented)
28. Street Fighter IV (rented)
29. Boom Blox Bash Party (rented)
30. Left 4 Dead 2 (rented)
31. PunchOut!!! (rented)
32. BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (rented)
33. Valkyria Chronicles (rented)
34. Borderlands (rented)
35. Worms 2: Armageddon
36. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
37. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
38. Phantasy Star 0

Current Video Game Collection

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