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A Goodbye

Dear readers,


    It is time to say goodbye.  This blog was my life line for many years while I struggled to find my place in a post graduation life in a collage town.  This blog was my life in Chico.  And while I have kept it going sporadically over the past couple of years since we've left Chico it has never been the same.  My friend and blog buddy Steph from Hope sewing is Genetic made her last post in September of 2012 and I really should have followed suit.  I should have started something new for our adventures on the East Coast and our even newer life in the pacific north west.  But I am a nostalgic person and I love the name of this blog.  I might come back to it some day or I might start something new.  All I know right now is that for the time being I need to say goodbye to this space.
You'll still be able to find me on Instagram, Goodreads, and Pintrest. 



~Dianna

Musicals

1. I came across this list for how into musicals a person is, determined by how many of the shows on this list.  I think I need to improve my number!  I think one of my goals this year is to see some more of these films.  How many have you seen?
   1. Warner Bros.
      The Jazz Singer (1927)
   2. 2
      MGM
      The Broadway Melody (1929)
   1. 3
      Warner Bros.
      42nd Street (1933)
   2. 4
      Warner Bros.
      Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
   1. 5
      Turner Home Entertainment
      The Gay Divorcee (1934)
   2. 6
      Turner Home Entertainment
      Top Hat (1935)
   1. 7
      Turner Home Entertainment
      Swing Time (1936)
   2. 8
      Walt Disney Video
      ✓Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
   1. 9
      MGM
      Babes in Arms (1939)
   2. 10
      MGM
      ✓The Wizard of Oz (1939)
   1. 11
      MGM
      Strike Up the Band (1940)
   2. 12
      Warner Home Video
      Too Many Girls (1940)
   1. 13
      MGM
      For Me and My Gal (1942)
   2. 14
      Warner Bros.
      Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
   1. 15
      MGM
      Girl Crazy (1943)
   2. 16
      MGM
      Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
   1. 17
      MGM
      Anchors Aweigh (1945)
   2. 18
      20th Century Fox
      State Fair (1945)
   1. 19
      MGM
      Easter Parade (1948)
   2. 20
      MGM
      On the Town (1949)
   1. 21
      MGM
      Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
   2. 22
      MGM
      Summer Stock (1950)
   1. 23
      MGM
      Show Boat (1951)
   2. 24
      MGM
      An American in Paris (1951)
   1. 25
      MGM
      ✓Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
   2. 26
      MGM
      The Band Wagon (1953)
   1. 27
      20th Century Fox
      Call Me Madam (1953)
   2. 28
      MGM
      Kiss Me Kate (1953)
   1. 29
      20th Century Fox
      Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
   2. 30
      MGM
      Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
   1. 31
      Warner Bros.
      A Star is Born (1954)
   2. 32
      20th Century Fox
      There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954)
   1. 33
      Paramount Pictures
      ✓White Christmas (1954)
   2. 34
      MGM
      Brigadoon (1954)
   1. 35
      MGM
      Guys and Dolls (1955)
   2. 36
      20th Century Fox
      Oklahoma (1955)
   1. 37
      Paramount Pictures
      Anything Goes (1956)
   2. 38
      20th Century Fox
      Carousel (1956)
   1. 39
      MGM
      High Society (1956)
   2. 40
      20th Century Fox
      ✓The King and I (1956)
   1. 41
      Paramount Pictures
      Funny Face (1957)
   2. 42
      Columbia Pictures
      Pal Joey (1957)
   1. 43
      Warner Bros.
      The Pajama Game (1957)
   2. 44
      Warner Bros.
      Damn Yankees (1958)
   1. 45
      Warner Bros.
      Gigi (1958)
   2. 46
      20th Century Fox
      South Pacific (1958)
   1. 47
      20th Century Fox
      Can-Can (1960)
   2. 48
      MGM
      Bells Are Ringing (1960)
   1. 49
      United Artists
      West Side Story (1961)
   2. 50
      Universal Studios
      Flower Drum Song (1961)
   1. 51
      Warner Bros.
      The Music Man (1962)
   2. 52
      Warner Bros.
      Gypsy (1962)
   1. 53
      Columbia Pictures
      Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
   2. 54
      Buena Vista Distribution
      ✓Mary Poppins (1964)
   1. 55
      MGM
      The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
   2. 56
      Fox Lorber
      The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
   1. 57
      United Artists
      A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
   2. 58
      Paramount Pictures
      My Fair Lady (1964)
   1. 59
      20th Century Fox
      ✓The Sound of Music (1965)
   2. 60
      United Artists
      A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
   1. 61
      Warner Bros.
      Camelot (1967)
   2. 62
      20th Century Fox
      Doctor Dolittle (1967)
   1. 63
      Universal Pictures
      Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
   2. 64
      United Artists
      How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
   1. 65
      Columbia Pictures
      Oliver! (1968)
   2. 66
      Columbia Pictures
      Head (1968)
   1. 67
      United Artists
      ✓Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
   2. 68
      Columbia Pictures
      Funny Girl (1968)
   1. 69
      20th Century Fox
      Hello, Dolly! (1969)
   2. 70
      Universal Pictures
      Sweet Charity (1969)
   1. 71
      Paramount Pictures
      Paint Your Wagon (1969)
   2. 72
      Paramount Pictures
      On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
   1. 73
      United Artists
      Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
   2. 74
      Warner Bros.
      ✓Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
   1. 75
      Columbia Pictures
      1776 (1972)
   2. 76
      Allied Artists
      Cabaret (1972)
   1. 77
      United Artists
      Man of La Mancha (1972)
   2. 78
      Universal Studios
      Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
   1. 79
      Columbia Pictures
      Godspell (1973)
   2. 80
      Warner Bros.
      Mame (1974)
   1. 81
      20th Century Fox
      Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
   2. 82
      Paramout Pictures
      Nashville (1975)
   1. 83
      20th Century Fox
      ✓The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
   2. 84
      Columbia Pictures
      Tommy (1975)
   1. 85
      Warner Bros.
      A Star Is Born (1976)
   2. 86
      United Artists
      New York, New York (1977)
   1. 87
      Buena Vista Distribution
      Pete’s Dragon (1977)
   2. 88
      Henstooth Video
      A Little Night Music (1977)
   1. 89
      Paramount Pictures
      ✓Grease (1978)
   2. 90
      Universal Studios
      The Wiz (1978)
   1. 91
      20th Century Fox
      All That Jazz (1979)
   2. 92
      Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
      The Muppet Movie (1979)
   1. 93
      United Artists
      Hair (1979)
   2. 94
      Shout! Factory
      Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979)
   1. 95
      MGM
      The Apple (1980)
   2. 96
      United Artists
      Fame (1980)
   1. 97
      Universal Pictures
      Xanadu (1980)
   2. 98
      Paramount Pictures
      Popeye (1980)
   1. 99
      MGM
      Pennies From Heaven (1981)
   2. 100
      Universal Pictures
      ✓The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
   1. 101
      20th Century Fox
      Shock Treatment (1981)
   2. 102
      Columbia Pictures
      ✓Annie (1982)
   1. 103
      Universal Pictures
      The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
   2. 104
      MGM
      Victor Victoria (1982)
   1. 105
      Paramount Pictures
      ✓Grease 2 (1982)
   2. 106
      20th Century Fox
      The Pirate Movie (1982)
   1. 107
      Paramount Pictures
      Flashdance (1983)
   2. 108
      MGM
      Yentl (1983)
   1. 109
      Warner Bros.
      Purple Rain (1984)
   2. 110
      Tri-Star Pictures
      The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
   1. 111
      Columbia Pictures
      A Chorus Line (1985)
   2. 112
      Warner Bros.
      ✓Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
   1. 113
      Buena Vista Pictures
      ✓The Little Mermaid (1989)
   2. 114
      Universal Pictures
      Cry-Baby (1990)
   1. 115
      Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
      Dick Tracy (1990)
   2. 116
      Buena Vista Pictures
      ✓Beauty and the Beast (1991)
   1. 117
      Buena Vista Pictures
      Newsies (1992)
   2. 118
      Buena Vista Pictures
      ✓Aladdin (1992)
   1. 119
      Buena Vista Pictures
      ✓The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
   2. 120
      Miramax Films
      Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
   1. 121
      Hollywood Pictures
      Evita (1996)
   2. 122
      Paramount Pictures
      South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
   1. 123
      Fine Line Features
      Dancer in the Dark (2000)
   2. 124
      20th Century Fox
      ✓Moulin Rouge! (2001)
   1. 125
      Fine Line Features
      Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
   2. 126
      Miramax Films
      ✓Chicago (2002)
   1. 127
      Focus Features
      8 Women (2002)
   2. 128
      IFC Films
      Camp (2003)
   1. 129
      IFC Films
      The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
   2. 130
      Warner Bros.
      The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
   1. 131
      Universal Pictures
      The Producers (2005)
   2. 132
      Columbia Pictures
      Rent (2005)
   1. 133
      Boroturro
      Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
   2. 134
      DreamWorks Pictures
      Dreamgirls (2006)
   1. 135
      Disney Channel
      High School Musical (2006)
   2. 136
      Universal Pictures
      Idlewild (2006)
   1. 137
      Fox Searchlight
      Once (2007)
   2. 138
      Paramount Pictures
      ✓Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
   1. 139
      Bac Films
      Love Songs (2007)
   2. 140
      New Line Cinema
      Hairspray (2007)
   1. 141
      Columbia Pictures
      ✓Across the Universe (2007)
   2. 142
      Lionsgate
      Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
   1. 143
      Universal Pictures
      ✓Mamma Mia! (2008)
   2. 144
      Mutant Enemy Productions
      Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (2008)
   1. 145
      The Weinstein Company
      Nine (2009)
   2. 146
      Screen Gems
      Burlesque (2010)
   1. 147
      Warner Bros.
      Rock of Ages (2012)
   2. 148
      Universal Pictures
      Pitch Perfect (2012)
   1. 149
      Universal Pictures
      ✓Les Miserables (2012)
   2. 150
      Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
      ✓Frozen (2013)