I've been quite the Spelunker this summer...

I promised alot of people that I would start a blog this semester seeing as I will be studying abroad in Florence, Italy. The current countdown is at 2 days and I'm stoked. The main way i pass the time now is playing Halo 3 with Dan Hwang until the wee hours of the morning. However, for the most part of this summer I have either watched movies or listened to music. My goal at the beginning of the summer was 75 movies and as of today I have seen 88. Below is the list of movies and the ones with the asterisk are those worth watching:
16 Blocks

88 Minutes

A Good Year*

Adventureland*

All About the Benjamins

Angels and Demons

Australia

Body of Lies

Casanova

Changeling*

Click

Be Kind Rewind

Dan in Real Life*

Death Race

District B13

Doubt*

Eagle Eye

Fighting

French Kiss

Frost/NIxon*

Funny People

Gangs of New York*

Ghosts of GIrlfriends Past

GI Joe The Rise of Cobra

Gran Torino*

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince*

He's Just Not That Into You

Hostage

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Interview with the Vampire

Julie & Julia

Kramer vs Kramer*

Kung Fu Panda

Lars and the Real GIrl*

Last Chance Harvey

Love in the Time of Cholera*

Marley and Me

Mamma Mia

Milk*

Mystic River

Nanjing, Nanjing (City of Life and Death)*

Never Back Down

Observe and Report

Pineapple Express

Primal Fear*

Ratatouille

Rachel Getting Married*

Revolutionary Road*

Righteous Kill

Road to Perdition*

Second Skin

Seven Pounds*

Sex and the City

Shooter

Slumdog Millionaire*

Star Trek

State of Play

Step Brothers

Sweeney Todd

The Hurt Locker*

The International

The Bank Job

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas*

The Breakup

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*

The Hangover*

The Marine

The Other Boleyn Girl

The Perfect Getaway

The Proposal

The Reader*

The Spirit

The Taking of Pelham 123

The Ugly Truth

The Wrestler*

There Will Be Blood*

Traitor

Transformers 2

Transsiberian*

Twilight

Up*

VIcky Cristina Barcelona

Watchmen

What A Girl Wants

White Chicks

You, Me, and Dupree

In addition to the movies, there have been many gems that I have stumbled across in the music world. I'd like to share with you the many artists that I have luckily met and some of my personal favorites in a playlist:


Better than Ezra - A Lifetime
The Bravery - Time Won't Let Me Go
Brendan James - Early April Morning
Carbon Leaf - Love Loss Hope Repeat
Carolina Liar - Show Me What I'm Looking For
Dave Barnes - Until You
David Gray - Disappearing World
Diane Birch - Nothing But a Miracle
Five for Fighting - I Just Love You
Gavin Degraw - Meaning
Graham Colton - Whatever Breaks My Heart
Hot Hot Heat - Middle of Nowhere
Jack Johnson - What You Thought You Need
James Morrison - You Make it Real
Jamie Cullum - All at Sea
Jason Mraz - Make it Mine
John Mayer- 3x5
Jon McLaughlin - Amelia's Missing
Josh Kelley - Masterpiece
Keane - The Frog Prince
The Kooks - Seaside
Lifehouse - Broken
Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You
Mat Kearney - City of Black & White
Matt Wertz - Carolina
Norah Jones - 5:19
OneRepublic - Say (All I Need)
Paolo Nutini - Candy
Pat Monahan - Her Eyes
Ray LaMontagne - You Are the Best Thing
Rooney - Calling the World
Sara Bareilles - City
The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved
Teddy Geiger - Gentlemen
Tristan Prettyman - Always Feel This Way
Tyler HIlton - Pink & Black
Tyrone Wells - Swink or Swim


That's all i can think of to put down for the first entry. It's not as exciting but in two days it should get more exciting. I promise.