Rachel's Great Song List

These are some of the songs that I wish everyone could take to heart. Not that it's a bad thing if you're just not into music like this, however. It's just that...well, songs like these speak to me like nothing else, and I feel sometimes as though the lyrics and chords of a few of them have even helped me to live my life in a more positive fashion, and do the things I do best, such as writing and painting. This list of songs inspire me.

1.) "Heart of Gold", by Neil Young
2.) "Broken", by Seether featuring Amy Lee
3.) "Freak on a Leash", by Korn featuring Amy Lee
4.) "Crystal", by Stevie Nicks
5.) "Sunny Came Home", by Shawn Colvin
6.) "Building a Mystery", by Sarah McLachlan
7.) "Kylä Vuotti Uutta Kuuta", by Värttinä
8.) "Glycerine", by Bush
9.) "A Long December", by Counting Crows
10.) "Prison Trilogy", by Joan Baez
11.) "Diamonds and Rust", by Joan Baez
12.) "California Dreamin'", by The Mamas and the Papas
13.) "O Christ, King of Glory", by the Tallari Ensemble
14.) "Hunting the Devil's Ell", by Heikki Laitinen
15.) "Samson", by Regina Spektor
16.) "Apres Moi", by Regina Spektor
17.) "Lady", by Regina Spektor
18.) "Half Acre", by Hem
19.) "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", by His Infernal Majesty (HIM)
20.) "Fade to Black", by Metallica
21.) "Ghost of Corporate Future", by Regina Spektor
22.) "On the Radio", by Regina Spektor
23.) "Poor Little Rich Boy", by Regina Spektor
24.) "Us", by Regina Spektor
25.) "My Immortal", by Amy Lee
26.) "Angels", by Within Temptation
27.) "Nemo", by Nightwish
28.) "Coffee Song", by the Tallari Emsemble
29.) "The Forsaken Young", by the Tallari Ensemble
30.) "I Need Some Sleep", by Eels
31.) "Girlfriend", by Avril Lavigne
32.) "Bitch", by Meredith Brooks
33.) "I Need", by Meredith Brooks
34.) "Ironic", by Alanis Morissette
35.) "Standing Still", by Jewel
36.) "Umbrella", by Rhianna
37.) "Almost Lover", by A Fine Frenzy
38.) "Chop Suey", by System of a Down
39.) "Susan's House", by Eels
40.) "The Times, They Are A-changin'", by A Whisper in the Noise

More songs to be added soon!

Amazingly Good Instrumental Pieces:

1.) The soundtrack for M. Night Shyamalan's The Village
2.) The soundtrack for M. Night Shyamalan's Lady in the Water
3.) The instrumental "Fade to Black", by Apocolyptica
4.) The soundtrack for Terry Gilliam's Tideland

Rachel's Movie List

Here is a list of different flims that I absolutely adore. A few synopsises may come a bit later, when I have the time to actually write synopsises that really do some of these movies justice.

1.) The Dark Crystal, directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz
2.) Labyrinth, directed by Jim Henson
3.) The Crow, directed by Alex Proyas and Brandon Lee
4.) The Village, directed by M. Night Shyamalan
5.) Lady in the Water, directed by M. Night Shyamalan
6.) The Cuckoo, directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin
7.) Jerusalem, directed by Billie August
8.) I Am Dina, directed by Ole Bornedal
9.) The Secret of Roan Inish, directed by John Sayles
10.) Silent Hill, directed by Christophe Gans
11.) The Education of Little Tree, directed by Richard Friedenberg
12.) Dreamkeeper, directed by Steve Barron
13.) Hero, directed by Zhang Yimou
14.) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, directed by Ang Lee
15.) Apocalypto, directed by Mel Gibson
16.) Brush With Fate, directed by Brent Shields
17.) 28 Days Later, directed by Danny Boyle
18.) Princess Mononoke, directed by Hayao Miyazaki
19.) Spirited Away, directed by Hayao Miyazaki
20.) Kiki's Delivery Service, directed by Hayao Miyazaki
21.) Shrek 2, directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon
22.) Gone With the Wind, directed by Victor Fleming
23.) Practical Magic, directed by Griffin Dunne
24.) Tideland, directed by Terry Gilliam
25.) Mortal Kombat, directed by Paul Anderson
26.) Ever After, directed by Andy Tennant
27.) A Knight's Tale, directed by Brian Helgeland
28.) Dragonheart, directed by Rob Cohen
29.) Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Frank Oz
30.) The Rocky Horror Picture Show, directed by Jim Sharman
31.) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, directed by Stanley Donen
32.) One Million Years B.C., directed by don Chaffey
33.) O Brother, Where Art Thou?, directed by Joel Cohen

Children's Movies:

1.) The Sandlot, directed by David Mickey Evans
2.) So Dear to my Heart, directed by Harold Schuster
3.) The Halloween Tree, directed by Mario Piluso
4.) Pete's Dragon, directed by Don Chaffey
5.) The Nightmare Before Christmas, directed by Henry Selick
6.) The Corpse Bride, directed by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson
7.) The Three Lives of Thomasina, directed by Don Chaffey
8.) The Hunchback of Notre Dame, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
9.) Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson
10.) The Princess and the Goblin, directed by Jozsef Gemes
11.) The Prince of Egypt, directed by Brenda Chapman, Stave Hickner and Simon Wells
12.) Oliver!, directed by Carol Reed
13.) Fairy Tale: A True Story, directed by Charles Sturridge
14.) Hocus Pocus, directed by Kenny Ortega
15.) The Secret Garden, directed by Agnieszka Holland
16.) Pinocchio, directed by Steve Barron
17.) An American Tale: Feivel Goes West, directed by Steven Spielberg
18.) The Wizard of Oz, directed by Victor Fleming
19.) 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, directed by George Pal
20.) A Little Princess, directed by Alfonso Cuaron

Mm-hm, and there are several additional movies, children's movies, and television series that I could also put to the list, though I for some reason can't seem to think of any more of them right now. Wow, I really did list a lot of filming projects, up there! That means that I need to think of a few more books to add to my book list, since I really do read a lot more than I watch television.

Rachel's Book List

Hm! I just realized that I've never actually made a real list of the kind of books I usually read, many of which I would definitely recommend to anyone else who loves good literature. I need to make such a list right now, I think, even though it's 11:39 at night, and I'm very tired from jogging two miles with my mom on the Oakley Elementary race track a bit earlier this evening. The books in this list of mine are marked in no particular order. I recommend every single one of these stories for great reads, and I really don't think that any one of them is any better or worse than the last.

1.) The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant
2.) The House With the Blind Glass Windows, by Herbjorg Wassmo
3.) Dina's Book, by Herbjorg Wassmo
4.) The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
5.) The Kin, by Peter Dickinson and Ian Andrew
6.) The Clan of the Cave Bear, by Jean M. Auel
7.) The Kalevala: Or Poems of the Kaleva District, by Elias Lonnrot and Jr. Francis Peabody Magoun
8.) Faeries, by Brian Froud and Alan Lee
9.) Spirit Fox, by Mickey Zucker Reichert and Jennifer Wingert
10.) Gathering Blue, by Lois Lowry
11.) The Giver, by Lois Lowry
12.) The Moorchild, by Eloise McGraw
13.) This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn, by Aidan Chambers
14.) Fudoki, by Kij Johnson
15.) The Alchemist, by Paul Coelho
16.) White Oleander, by Janet Fitch
17.) Tideland, by Mitch Cullin
18.) Bones of the Moon, by Jonathan Carroll
19.) A Northern Light, by Jennifer Donnelly
20.) Shiva's Fire, by Suzanne Fisher Staples
21.) The Rice Mother, by Rani Manicka
22.) Born Confused, by Tanuja Desai Hidier
23.) Homeless Bird, by Gloria Whelan
24.) The His Dark Materials Trilogy, by Philip Pullman
25.) Witch Child, by Celia Rees
26.) Guardian of the Balance, by Irene Radford
27.) Matilda Bone, by Karen Cushman
28.) Widdershins, by Charles de Lint
29.) Waifs and Strays, by Charles de Lint
30.) Moonlight and Vines, by Charles de Lint
31.) Spirits in the Wires, by Charles de Lint
32.) The Blue Girl, by Charles de Lint
33.) Greenmantle, by Charles de Lint
34.) Dreams Underfoot: A Newford Collection, by Charles de Lint
35.) The Onion Girl, by Charles de Lint
36.) A Taxonomy of Barnacles, by Galt Niederhoffer
37.) Jerusalem, by Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlof
38.) The Thin Place, by Kathryn Davis
39.) The Midwife's Apprentice, by Karen Cushman
40.) Troll: A Love Story, by Johanna Sinisalo
41.) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
42.) Mister God, This is Anna, by "Fynn", Rowan Williams and "Papas"
43.) The Frozen Waterfall, by Gaye Hicyilmaz
44.) The Song of Hiawatha, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
45.) The Wind on Fire Trilogy, by William Nicholson
46.) Coraline, by Neil Gaiman

Children's Books:

1.) Witch Watch, by Gillian McLure
2.) One Wintry Night, by Ruth Bell Graham
3.) The Rag Coat, by Lauren A. Mills
4.) The Surprise in the Wardrobe, by Val Willis and John Shelley
5.) Pumpkin Moonshine, by Tasha Tudor
6.) Astrid Lindgren Books
7.) Elsa Beskow Books
8.) The Story of the Root-Children, by Sibylle von Olfers
9.) Zen Shorts, by Jon J. Muth
10.) C.S. Lewis Books
11.) Under the Snowball Tree, by Ellie Kirby
12.) Seven Wild Sisters, by Charles de Lint and Charles Vess
13.) A Circle of Cats, by Charles de Lint and Charles Vess
14.) Madeleine L'Engle Books
15.) Zen ABC, by Amy Zerner and Jessie Spicer Zerner
16.) Clockwork, by Philip Pullman
17.) Green Angel, by Alice Hoffman

Interesting Religous Texts, Not in Italics:

1.) The Bhagavad Gita
2.) The Torah ("Genesis" - "Minor Prophets")
3.) The New Testament ("Matthew" - "Revelation")
4.) Book of Mormon
5.) The Vedas ("Rig Veda", "Sama Veda", "Yajur Veda" and "Atharva Veda")
6.) The Upavedas: The Post-Vedic Texts ("Aryurveda" - "Sthapatyaveda")
7.) Bardo Thodol: The Tibetan Book of the Dead
8.) The Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Main Scripture of the Bahá'í Faith)
9.) The Gnostic Gospels

That's all the books, for children and adults alike, that I can possibly think of right now! I plan to keep on adding books to this list as I come to think of them. But for now I'm going to make a list of my favorite movies and their directors.