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Monday, 26 October 2009
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Extreme Home Makeover
Mortgages, Scholarships, completely new homes! These are just some of the things that Extreme Home Makeover does for families.
It's amazing the amount of money that you have to spend in today's society in order to just, live! No wonder people are so stressed out. Money is everything to support a family and to give them a comfortable living, and I'm not even talking about "keeping up with the Joneses" but just living and raising kids.
How can this change? How can it work so that parents are home more with their kids than stressing over deadline? So that young unmarried and single people can enjoy their youth and still make a living?
How can our society change so that the hard working folks are rewarded for their hard work instead of not seeing most of their money after everything else is taken out? How can society change so that it's more a community of workers instead of a selfish and sometimes parasitical society?
Sunday, 25 October 2009
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A taste of heaven
We always say that something is a "little piece of heaven" when we experience some kind of euphoria, which was stimulated through some situation.
For me, rocking-chairs can sometimes do the trick. Sure, you're only rocking back and forth and going nowhere, but the gentle rock lulls you and brings about a sense of calm that makes you want to say, "Ahhhh ...".
Saturday, 24 October 2009
Monday, 19 October 2009
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2009 Teens' Top Ten
The Young Adult Library Service Association's 2009 Teens' Top Ten- Paper Towns by John Green (Penguin/Dutton
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
- City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry)
- Identical by Ellen Hopkins (Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry)
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)
- Wake by Lisa McMann (Simon & Schuster/Simon Pulse)
- Untamed by P.C. and Kristin Cast (St. Martin's Griffin)
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (Disney-Hyperion)
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore (Harcourt/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
I've read six books on this list, I was planning on reading two more on this list, I suppose I'll add the other two to the list as well =) -
Movies to see in 2009
January 23rd InkheartMovie: DVDableJanuary 30th Taken
Comment: Read the bookMovie: See in theaterFebruary 6th Coraline
Comment: Intense actionMovie: See in 3DFebruary 6th He's Just Not That Into You
Comment: A little on the long side, but so cute in 3D :)Movie: DVDableFebruary 6th Push
Comment: Very exaggerated, but interesting pointsMovie: See in theatersFebruary 13th Confessions of a Shopaholic
Comments: D. Fanning did a good job.Movie: DVDableFebruary 27th Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Comment: Some funny. Will not take guys to sit thru this oneMovie: Wait for TV
Comment: The acting is so bad you have to laugh
March 6th WatchmenMovie: See in TheaterMarch 20th Knowing
Comment: Tons of story telling but the movie is pretty to watch.
Movie: See in theaters
Comment: Contains end of world theme with a great twist.
March 27th Monsters vs. Aliens
Movie: See in 3D
Comment: Cute, enjoyable, funny.
April 10th Hannah Montana
Movie: Wait for TV
Comment: Cute, but predictable. Don't judge me.
April 22nd Earth
Movie: See in theaters
Comment: If you love outdoors or animals you must see this.
April 24th The Soloist
Movie: DVDable
Comments: Loved it. Have a good speaker system to watch.
May 1st X-Men Origin: Wolverine
Movie: See in theaters
Comment: I laughed, I covered my eyes. Exceeds expectations.
May 1st Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Movie: DVDable
Comment: While I did enjoy it, I could have waited for the DVD.
May 8th Star Trek
Movie: See in theaters
Comment: Never saw an episode before but loved the movie.
May 21st Terminator Salvation
Movie: DVDable
Comment: Not a bad action flick, can wait for DVD.
May 22nd Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Movie: See in theaters
Comment: Hilarious! The ending will have you in stitches!
May 29th Up
Movie: See in 3D
Comment: Cute and emotional flick. Deals with real issues.
June 5th My Life In Ruins
Movie: Wait for TV
Comments: Very cliche like most chick flicks these days
June 19th The Proposal
Movie: See in Theaters
Comment: Laughed so hard I cried.
June 26th Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Movie: See in Theaters
Comment: A bit on the long side, but worth watching
June 26th My Sister's Keeper
Movie: See in Theaters
Comment: Touching, bring tissues.
July 17th Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Movie: See in Theaters
Comments: Seeing with a buncha 10 year olds adds to the humour.
July 14th The Ugly Truth
Movie: DVDable
Comments: wow, so many awkward moments. Some humour.
July 31st Funny People
Movie: DVDable
Comments: Funny, but slightly depressing. Just like life.
August 7th G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra
Movie: See in Theaters
Comments: Action best seen on the big screen. Eye candy.
August 7th Julie & Julia
Movie: See in Theaters
Comments: Cute and quaint with pockets of humour.
August 14th District 9
Movie: See in Theaters
Comments: Loved the way it was portrayed. Food for thought.
August 21st Inglourious Basterds
Movie: See in Theaters
Comments: Wit splattered throughout, amongst other things.
September 9th 9
Movie: See in Theaters
Comments: Loved the animation
October 2nd Zombieland
Movie: DVDable
Comments: Gory but with a humourous dialogue.
October 16th Where the Wild Things Are
Movie: DVDable
Comments: A nice movie, a lot of real emotions.
October 16th Law Abiding Citizen
Movie: See in Theaters
Comments: Probably one of my faves this year! A lovely twist.
October 23rd Vampire Assistant
November 20th New Moon
November 25th Old Dogs
December 25th Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel
December 25th Holmes
Movies I missed seeing in theaters and am waiting for DVD:
March 6th Phoebe in Wonderland
Comments: Saw on iTunes, pretty good movie.
March 13th Race to Witch Mountain
March 27th Adventureland
April 17th 17 Again
Comments: Saw on DVD, glad I did.
May 15th Angels and Demons
June 19th Year One
July 1st Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
July 10th I Love You Beth Cooper
July 12th Imagine That
September 25th Surrogate
September 25th Fame
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