Well folks, it's about that time again. That wonderful time when we have to find just the right items for our loved ones. Anything that can make this time less stressful is always welcome to me. I remember the days of having to actually leave the house to do my holiday shopping. Thank goodness this isn't the case nowadays. I really hated fighting all the traffic and the crowds of people. So these days, I try to do all my shopping online.
Since the economy is so bad, and continuing to get worse, our family has decided to only buy presents for the kids this year. So, I'll mostly be shopping for toys and games. Since I don't have little ones anymore, (mine are all grown up now), I didn't have a clue where to begin shopping for my nieces and nephews! I really don't keep up with the latest kiddie toy trends, so I needed a little help. Some kind of "toy-buying guide" that would help me figure out what to buy.
Lucky for me, (and you), I came across ShopWiki, a wicked cool shopping search engine to help you find the best products at the best prices from all across the web, not just a few stores. I tell ya, this place is fantastic! I didn't even know where to start when it came to buying a gift for my niece, Kenzie. I do know that she's very creative and loves to draw and make crafts. So I checked out ShopWiki's Crafts Kits for Kids Buying Guide and it showed me appropriate craft kits to buy for children in her age group. That was extremely helpful, since I had no idea. Once I chose a gift, I was taken to a page of search results that showed me the best prices and links to the online stores where it was available.
There's no telling how long it would have taken me to find a gift for Kenzie without this helpful guide. I intend to use ShopWiki to buy all my holiday gifts. And I won't even have to leave the house to do it! Yay me!
Holiday Shopping Is Made Easy With ShopWiki
Star Trek Movie Trailer
Pssst! Guess what? Lucky us! Someone leaked the new Star Trek movie trailer and it's now up on YouTube, so I am embedding it here. Looks pretty darn good, too, if you ask me - but I'm a Trekkie through and through, so I'm a little biased. Be sure you watch it before "they" make YouTube take it down! Don't ask me who "they" are. Shh!
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EDIT: Seems the real trailers have now been released, and you can watch them in HD. AND THEY ARE SO AWESOME!! (Much better than the bootleg above).
CLICKY HERE!
SWATcash Fraud Delays Payments
I've been a member of SWATcash for going on two years and I have mentioned many times that this is the best GPT (get-paid-to) site out there. They have always paid on time and I have been the winner of some really cool prizes, including a Playstation 3, an iPod Classic and a $1,000 cash prize.
However, over the last few months, the level of fraud activity at the site has been high, and advertising networks are delaying payment until they have weeded out the fraudsters. This has put quite a damper on things over there. No payments have been made since September. Any money earned in September would normally have been paid out on October 15th, but members are still awaiting October payout. We were informed at the forum that for the next few months, we would be paid on a net-45 basis, meaning earnings would be paid on the 15th of the second month after the month they were earned. This means we should have received our September earnings on November 15th.
It is now the 18th of November and we are still awaiting our September earnings. We were again informed at the forum that the advertising network still has not paid, and they really have no idea when they will, so our earnings have been put on hold until the advertisers come through.
I have never had a problem recieving payment from SWATcash, but I am beginning to wonder if they will ever be able to pay us. I have been a very loyal member, promoting the site far and wide, and I'm doing my best to trust that they will come through this mess and pay us. If they do, I will continue to promote it.
But, I can't help but wonder if the present economic crisis is affecting the GPT industry, and whether or not SWATcash will survive after this. Many members are threatening to leave. Most have stopped completing offers altogether, because most of them just do not approve anymore. I am one of those people. I can't see wasting my time on offers that don't approve. I mean why should we? It doesn't benefit anyone. And even if they did approve, would the advertisers actually pay for the leads?
I truly hope SWATcash pulls through this mess and returns to the greatness it used to be. I know I am missing that money I used to make there. It has put a hurt on my pocket-book for sure. I try very hard not to depend on money I make online, but sometimes it's what gets the rent or utilities paid for us.
Could There Be Another X-Files Movie?
Looks like writer/producer Frank Spotnitz is mulling over the idea of a third X-Files movie. Being a huge X-Files fan, I certainly hope this happens.
Spotnitz says that even though he is working on some very hush-hush TV projects right now, that he would welcome a third big screen X-Files movie. However 20th Century Fox hasn’t gotten back to them on that score yet. The producer is the first one to be upfront about the “disappointing” box office of this summer’s X-Files: I Want to Believe. “We opened a week after The Dark Knight and got mowed down by it,” he says. “No one knew what a huge historical event it would be.”Read more about the exclusive interview with Frank Spotnitz at The Sci-Fi Movie Page. Readmore »»
Jason's Back | Watch the Friday the 13th (2009) Trailer
Yes folks, our favorite horror movie villain, Jason Voorhees returns to the big screen on Friday, February 13th, 2009. This is good news to us horror movie fans. In this one, Whitney (Amanda Righetti), Clay (Jared Padalecki), Mike (Nick Mennell), Jenna (Danielle Panabaker), Trent (Travis VanWinkle) and other young adults end up exploring the old Camp Crystal Lake (made famous by the original 1980 film). Soon enough however their seemingly fun weekend turns into a nightmare when each one finds themselves hunted down by a machete wielding maniac known as Jason Voorhees (Derek Mears). -- IMDB
Official movie trailer:
Twilight Comes To Theaters November 21st | Trailer
Twilight will be showing in theaters next week, and I am so excited. It's been a long time since we had a good vampire movie to go see. This one looks just delicious too! If you're into vampires, get out and see this one! Check out the Twilight IMDB page or the Official Twilight Movie Website for more information.
Official Twilight Trailer:
Full synopsis from IMDB:
Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a bit different, never caring about or fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix, Arizona high school. When her mother Renee (Sarah Clarke) remarries and decides to move with her new husband to Florida, and Bella decides to go live with her father, Charlie (Billy Burke), in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn't expect anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she's ever met. Intelligent and witty, his piercing eyes see straight into her soul. Soon, Bella and Edward are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance. Edward can run faster than any cheetah, he can stop a moving car with his bare hands, and he hasn't aged since 1918. Most importantly, he's a vampire. Like all vampires, he's immortal. He doesn't drink human blood (they're vampire "vegetarians"), which is rare among the vampire population. Instead, they go on regular "hiking" trips, where they feed on prey such as grizzly bears and mountain lions. For Edward, Bella is the thing he has waited ninety years for - a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. And what will they do when James (Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi), and Victoria (Rachel Lefevre) come into town and James sets his sights on Bella? Will true love prevail when Edward is forced to save her life and conquer his thirst? The true question is, When you can live forever, what do you live for? Readmore »»
Activists Throw Flour On Lindsay Lohan
Lindsey Lohan is in the news again. It seems she was pelted with a flour bomb on arrival at a Paris nightclub wearing a fur stole.
Animal rights activists showered the 22-year-old actress with flour when she went to the VIP Room Theater in the early hours of Saturday with her friend, disc jockey Samantha Ronson.
The owner of the nightclub helped Lohan dust off her blue sequined dress and black stole before she posed on the red carpet. Ronson went on to spin tracks for a crowd that included reggae rapper Shaggy and "I Kissed a Girl" singer Katy Perry.
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What Is Led Zeppelin Without Robert Plant?
According to Rolling Stone, the members of Led Zeppelin are in search of a new lead singer, as Robert Plant has decided it's just not his thing to reunite with the band.
Plant: "The whole idea of being on a cavalcade of merciless repetition is not what it's all about."
No decisions have been made, but they have been holding rehearsals with such singers as Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge. Jimmy Page has admitted that it will not be a Zeppelin project without Robert Plant.
John Paul Jones: "There's no point in just finding another Robert. You could get that out of a tribute band, but we don't want to be our own tribute band. There would be a record and a tour, but we've got to have everybody on board. . . . What we've done so far sounds absolutely fantastic."
It's still unclear how popular this project will be, or what the commercial aspects are without the names "Led Zeppelin" or "Robert Plant." Personally, I'm excited about it, especially if Kennedy gets the job. I have always thought he had a great voice, and it's different enough from that of Robert Plant that maybe they won't fall into that dreaded "tribute band" pit.
Quantum of Solace Opens In Theaters Tomorrow 11/14/08
All you James Bond fans listen up! Bond is back in Quantum of Solace which opens in theaters tomorrow, Friday, November 14, 2008.
In this one, Bond infiltrates a drug ring that is flooding Britain with heroin.
Stars Daniel Craig.
Rated PG-13.
Today's Celebrity Birthdays - November 13, 2008
The following stars were born on Nov. 13:
Actress Madeleine Sherwood (The Flying Nun ) is 86.
Producer-director-actor Garry Marshall is 74.
Country singer-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard is 62.
Actor Joe Mantegna is 61.
Actress Sheila Frazier (Superfly ) is 60.
Actress Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under ) is 55.
Actor Chris Noth (Law and Order: Criminal Intent,Sex and the City ) is 54.
Actress Whoopi Goldberg is 53.
Actor Rex Linn (CSI: Miami ) is 52.
Actor Neil Flynn (Scrubs ) is 48.
Trumpeter Walter Kibby of Fishbone is 44.
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel is 41.
Actor Steve Zahn (Happy, Texas, That Thing You Do! ) is 41.
Bassist Nikolai Fraiture of The Strokes is 30.
Actress Monique Coleman (High School Musical ) is 28.
Getting Back To Blogging
Hello readers! I know it's been a while since I posted here, but I've had some personal issues to face, (i.e. the death of my grandmother), and I haven't been in much of a blogging mood since she became ill in late September. It has been almost two months and I am slowly getting back to normal activities. So stay tuned to Spiral Journal. There's much more to come!
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