Things to do instead of being an idiot...

movies:
sweet and sentimental:
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
FORREST GUMP
FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF
THE BREAKFAST CLUB (a little teen angst-y, but still mostly upbeat and positive)
MY GIRL (1991) (a slice of life movie, billed as a family film)
MANNEQUIN (1987) (A silly movie, but full of style, life and heart; a time capsule of the 1980's)
GHOSTBUSTERS (If you're afraid of ghosts or macabre subjects, this may be too "edgy" for u)
GHOSTBUSTERS II (See above)
GROUNDHOG DAY (I almost forgot!  How could you!  Here - please flog me!)
LIAR LIAR (Contains some VERY pg-13 stuff, but if that doesn't bother you and your kids can handle it or you don't have kids, then you can probably enjoy it for the laugh riot that I enjoyed it to be!)
MRS. DOUBTFIRE (Mostly a comedy, some melodrama toward the end)
E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (the title character is a little creepy looking, especially from the POV of a young child, but if said kid watches the film in its entirety, their fears should be quelled given the tone of the film, which as a young child was a bit too heavy for my liking, but I did sorta enjoy it.  I don't watch it hardly ever these days, I saw it repeatedly as a kid, so I have most of the film memorized, but I do respect the artistry that went into the film)
STAR WARS TRILOGY 1977-1983  (The best way to see this is on VHS.  The Blu ray editions are a jumbled mess given Lucasfilm LTD mixing live footage from 1977 with fake-as-all-get-out looking footage from 1997 and then dicking with it some more in 2004...I don't know if George Lucas, the face of Lucasfilm LTD, messed with it more since then...nor do I personally care anymore).
POLTERGEIST (1982) (I haven't seen the remake yet) - A horror film -- that means if you go to your local video store to rent it, you'll need to weed through box-covers upon box-covers, many containing rather nauseating images.  I'd just go to Amazon and search directly for it and click "rent".  Or buy, if you prefer...it's rated PG and unlike GREMLINS and THE INDIANA JONES TRILOGY, POLTERGEIST isn't in any need of  re-certification.  It is scary, but, ya know, it's a horror film...
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - (I much prefer the book, and WARNING: this film is in B&W (boo!))

there's others, but I'm getting tired of coming up with examples.

movies pt 2:
dark and tan
A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (2001) (I could write an entire novel-length review detailing the asinine comments this film has generated.  It's not light and fluffy, but I don't know if it deserves a PG-13 rating...)
BIG FISH (2003) A little boring n spots, not my favorite movie, but not a total waste of time either.
JURASSIC PARK - kind of a bloody/carnage-y film.  Basically sci-fi action, it's PG-13, nothing too traumatizing for older children (8-12), but, ya know, each kid is different...I don't agree 100% with the science, much of which is removed from the film, but aw heck, I still prefer the book over the film anyway...
INTERSTELLAR (2014) (not really a "dark" film, but doesn't really fit into the sweet category, even though it is lightly sentimental)
THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY (3 movies about the nature of justice as told through the journey of a man named Bruce Wayne)
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER (2008) A good love story, interesting presentation, kinda light and fluffy, but also a little sad in spots.  The highs and lows of a relationship that didn't last forever and ever.
ALL THE REAL GIRLS (2003) an interesting premise; a guy who has a habit of breaking hearts falls in love for real and finds himself feeling guilty and thus not qualified to take her virginity...so he parades his virgin girlfriend around as a self-esteem booster, but reality catches up eventually.
12 ANGRY MEN (1957) - One of the few b&w films I enjoyed.  A very intense presentation of a jury fighting for, and sometimes against, the rightful fate of a young man accused of murder.
FIGHT CLUB (a very grim movie, very philosophical, and I still don't know exactly what the point was)
TAXI DRIVR (1976) there's an Indian film from the '60's of the same name.  This movie is very slow and brooding, but intense in its own quiet way.
THE EXORCIST (1973) - Again, prefer the original theatrical version over what is now being referred to as "The Extended Director's Cut", FKA "The Version You've Never Seen"...the newer one isn't gawdawful, it just strikes me as being needless and in some cases downright silly (what's with the demonic faces appearing on the wall as Ms. McNeil walks into her house after meeting with the neurologist?  Ms. McNeil didn't even see them, so...ugh)
END OF DAYS (1999) - a very maligned but nonetheless eerie, explosive and appropriately sinister horror film with an Arnold Schwarzenegger action-hero slant)  My favorite popcorn film of 1999 - the turn of the millennium, also the happiest days of my life, when the rest of the planet was seemingly watching the skies...
THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK (1997--1st sequel to JURASSIC PARK///A great popcorn flick, a fun instance of Steven Speilberg showing off his sadistic side)

Music
Anything by prog-rock-turned-prog-pop band Genesis (1967-1998) is good.  I do prefer their last 3 CDs with Phil Collins as vocalist and drummer.
Oingo Boingo's 1st 2 CDs.
Various alternative rock CDs, most favored usually falling into the pop-punk/emo/metalcore genres.
CHVRCHES - The Bones Of What You Believe (damn, that's a good'un)
Michael W. Smith's SOVEREIGN
The Rocket Summer's LIFE WILL WRITE THE WORDS
AMERICAN FOOTBALL by American football (1999, Polyvinyl Record Co. release) (a killer album!)
Hidden In Plain View's farewell album 2007's RESOLUTION (Drive-Thru Records) (A high like no other)
THE REMOTE PART by Idlewild

---Ok, so I'm a little depressed.  Sue me!

I don't read a lot, but these are books that I almost finished before either losing my place or taking so long getting through that I eventually said "f*** it" and ditched:
A GOOD AND HAPPY CHILD by Justin Evans
MY SISTER'S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult
and...there's others, I'm sure of it, but I'm not sure they qualify...either that or they aren't coming to mind...
MYSTIC RIVER contains so many thoughts/comments pertaining to this grim-ness of life that it becomes almost a joke.
SALEM FALLS by Jodi Picoult I didn't find any fault with, being a guy who spends all his days in his room by himself, but knowing that Jodi Picoult basically pulled this story out of her ass (see the reviews on Amazon) just makes me glad I didn't finish it.  I actually returned it to the library b/c it was due and I couldn't renew it.

Books I ***DID*** finish are:
JURASSIC PARK by Dr. Michael Crichton
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL by John Berendt
UNHOLEY FIRE by Whitely Strieber
A bunch of Stephen King books, the ones that stand out most that I have gone back to and verified their richness are:
'SALEM'S LOT
THE DEAD ZONE
CUJO
PET SEMETARY
IT

As far as Snickers bars are concerned, there are good chocolate bars out there.  I usually don't buy them b/c my cravings for chocolate are that of a heroin addict.  My brain is wired to want it.  Taste takes a back seat to the mental stimulant of eating uber-junk food.  If I ever lose a good amount of weight (I'm at least 50 lbs overweight as I type this), then I can start buying quality fatness.  But as things are, I need to stay away from it and I sure as heck don't need to spend exorberent amounts of money on it when I shouldn't be eating it in the first place!!!  It's like spending money to watch porn.  Which sadly I've done in the past, but that was before I discovered the several dozen handfuls of "YouTube of porn"s.
Uh...ok...this post has taken a bit of a sour turn...
EK:/I have no other interests.  Politics?  It's like watching a real life chainsaw massacre.  Clothing?  Uh...fashion is only good if you can pay for it.  All I can afford are shirts that express a thought or feeling I have and stuff found in the bargain bins at Target.  There certainly isn't much to talk about when it comes to clothing.  It's for the eyes, not the eardrums or the mouths that pour into them.  And sports is just too arbitrary.  Here's a concept for a game where the rules are there for a reason and you are too:  Arrive at a specified location, completing a series of tasks that are requested of you and then at the 5 days of completing these tasks, you get $200 to spend on whatever you want to spend it on!