Top 10 Movies of the Decade (2000 – 2009)
by Carol on Jan.01, 2010, under General
There were quite a few great movies out this past decade. To come up with the top 10 was difficult.
Here it goes:
1. Avatar
2. Return of the King
3. Fellowship of the Ring
4. Star Trek
5. Return of the Sith
6. Wall-E
7. 40 Year-old Virgin
8. Anchorman
9. The Dark Knight
10. King Kong
There were many more movies that I loved, here are some others that I couldn’t get into the top 10.
Brokeback Mountain
Moulin Rouge
Sin City
Shaun of the Dead
The Pianist
Kill Bill Volume 1 & 2
The Prestige
Update @ Jan 1st, 2010 @ 4:28pm
High Fidelity
Hotel Rwanda
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Top 10 Songs of Last Decade
by Carol on Dec.31, 2009, under Entertainment
Since everybody else seems to be doing this, I will write some of my Top 10 of the last decade.
Let’s start with music. In no particular order:
Street Sleeper – Grand Theft Bus
I Love New York – Madonna
American Idiot – Green Day
Call On Me – Eric Prydz
Empire State of Mind Part II – Alicia Keys
White & Nerdy – Weird Al Yankovic
I don’t feel like dancing – Scissor Sisters
Candyman – Christina Aguilera
My Life Would Suck Without You – Kelly Clarkson
A Little Less Conversation – Elvis Presley vs. JXL
Update January 1st, 2010 @ 6:50pm:
Totally forgot about The Crystal Method’s Starting Over.
New Exercises this week!
by Carol on Nov.23, 2009, under Personal, Sports
I start a new exercise program this week since it has been 6 weeks since I started the last one.
Day 1 & 3
Chest – Dumbbell Fly
Quads – Dumbbell Lunge
Chest – Hammer Grip Incline Dumbbell Press
Deltoid (Front) – Barbell Military Press
Calves – Seated Calf Raise
Triceps – Dumbbell Tricep Extension
Day 2 & 4
Back (Lats) – Assisted Pull-up
Hamstrings – Seated Leg Curl
Back (General) – Dumbbell Bent Over Row
Deltoid (Side) – Dumbbell Lateral Raise
Biceps – Cable Curl
Abdominals – Jack-Knife Sit-up
Obliques – Medicine Ball Twists
I’m also starting my 3rd week of training for the Waterloo Half-Marathon in April 2010.
Waterloo Half-Marathon
by Carol on Nov.15, 2009, under Personal, Sports
I signed up last weekend for the Waterloo Half-Marathon. It raises money for the St. John Ambulance. The race will be on Sunday April 25th, 2010.
I also started officially training for the half-marathon this week. I am using a training schedule I found on the Toronto Women’s Half-Marathon website:
Half-Marathon training schedule
I’m aiming for a time between 2 hours & 2 hours 15 minutes. I think it is feasible. Since my time on my 1st half was 2 hours 15 minutes & 58 seconds.
I’m still doing weights (see workout below) but I’m in my last week of that program and will be starting a new one in a week.
Back to Exercising!
by Carol on Oct.17, 2009, under Personal, Sports
I have started up my gym membership again. This summer I did lots of running outside, but the cooler weather and short days have prompted me to go back indoors.
This week I went back to the gym. I am doing a 2 day split work out:
Day #1 & 3
lever pec deck fly
dumbbell squat
dumbbell incline bench press
lever seated hip adduction
dumbbell shoulder press
lever standing calf raise
cable triceps pushdown
Day #2 & 4
lat pulldown
machine leg curl
cable seated low row
lever seated hip abduction
bar upright row
dumbbell biceps curl
ab crunch on a ball
This is a push/pull workout that I got from www.exrx.net.
I am still going to run 4 times a week, plus 1 day I will crosstrain (either a spin class or crosstrainer). I will only run 3 to 5 miles per session. I am going to train for a half-marathon in April, but full training won’t start until November/December. I’m trying to find some good training programs online as I need to work on my intervals and speed training.
ScotiaBank Toronto Waterfront Half-Marathon
by Carol on Oct.03, 2009, under Personal
I ran my 1st half-marathon on Sunday, September 27th, 2009.
It was amazing. I had such a great time. I’m doing it again next year!
Twitter & Facebook
by Carol on Aug.06, 2009, under Computers and the Internets
Twitter is down & Facebook is having issues.
TechCrunch – Serious Twitter Outage Ongoing, Denial Of Service Attack (Updated)
It’s driving me crazy!!
Dancing
by Carol on Jul.19, 2009, under Personal
I am dancing again. I usually do 30 minutes a couple of nights a week. It feels great. I’m definitely out of practice, but it feels good to get moving again.
Here are the songs I danced to tonight:
MJ Megamax – Michael Jackson
Blinded by the light – Michael Mind
Call it what you want – (The C&C Music Factory mix) – New Kids on the Block
Faster Kill Pussycat – Oakenfold featuring Brittany Murphy
Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
Infatuation – Rod Stewart
Oh Carolina – Shaggy
A good list, going to keep mixing it up. I know… no Madonna in this list. She’ll be in the next one. 
Michael Jackson Dies
by Carol on Jun.25, 2009, under Entertainment
It is with sadness that I tell you that Michael Jackson has passed away. One of my role models as a child. I had the Off The Wall & Thriller albums and I danced to both of them. His music and dancing inspired me. I will miss him.
Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament
by Carol on Jun.07, 2009, under Entertainment, Personal
I was at the 3rd Annual Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament in Brantford, ON on Saturday June 6th, 2009. Director Kevin Smith was there with his posse.
It was quite fun and I got a lot of pictures of Puck U. You can find my pics over on flickr.
Later that evening we saw Kevin perform a live Smodcast with Scott Mosier at the Sanderson Theatre in downtown Brantford, ON. It was hilarious (as always).
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About Carol Levesque
I am a Web Developer from Ontario, Canada.
