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New York Rangers And New York Islanders Second Half Predictions

Half a season in the books and only a short few months and left in the 2017 NHL season, and in here in New York so far it’s been a head scratcher. Some things were predictable, others have left us fans stunned. We have seen some players stand out and some spectacular play here and there. We even have had a firing of a coach in the process and still have the back stretch of the season to go.

If I were to tell you back in September that Michael Grabner would be leading the New York Rangers in goals at the All-Star break AND that the boys in blue would be the second highest scoring offense in the league, you’d flat out laugh in my face. The Rangers are in front the Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, Tampa Lightning and the St. Louis Blues; something nobody could have predicted. It seems Alain Vigneault has got the right formula going with what he has to his disposal. Which is also probably why he has just earned himself a contract extension. AV is now under contract through the 2019/20 season and its well deserving. Since the start of the 2013-2014 season the Rangers rank third in the NHL in wins and are first in the East with 175.

Meanwhile in Brooklyn, the New York Islanders have been more on the unsteady side, as the find themselves on the outside looking in. The team is starting to really see the effects of letting certain players walk and trying to save money on cap room. Kyle Okposo and Frans Nielsen have gone and taken their scoring with them, the two former teammates got to catch up with John Tavares recently at the NHL All Star Game in Los Angeles. “It was great, just picked up where we left off, with our friendship,” said Tavares, the Islanders captain and perennial All-Star representative. “It was great to see them get here and be rewarded as great players. They’ve had great careers. It’s great to see them be All-Stars.” The Islanders have also relieved their head coach Jack Capuano of his job. With the team at 17-17-8 and in last place in Eastern Conference following a season in which it won a playoff series for the first time in 23 years, it was time for a change. Insert Doug Weight.

The Islanders seem to be finding their way since the Capuano firing. They beat the Bruins (under Jack Capuano), Dallas Stars, Los Angeles Kings, Columbus Blue Jackets, Montreal Canadiens and lost in OT to the Philadelphia Flyers. In all of these games they haven’t allowed more than two goals and have also committed to Thomas Greiss fully, offering him a three-year deal worth $10 million. Greiss has been one of the best goalies in the NHL since the calendar year flipped to 2017. Posting a 1.99 goals-against average and .936 save percentage over his last 11 starts. More importantly, the Isles have used the 30-year-old German’s play as a facilitator to get back into the playoff race in the Eastern Conference, as a 6-1-1 run has moved them within five points of the second wild card spot.

Rumors have been swirling all year, and even back to the offseason, about the Rangers possibly acquiring a top four defenseman. The Rangers have looked good on offense but besides Ryan McDonagh the team has looked satisfactory on the blue line. Guys like Nick Holden and Brady Skjei have played well with the minutes their logging. But as any true Rangers fan will tell you Girardi and Stall have looked lackluster. If the Rangers are going to try and make another serious run it may be time to pull the trigger and acquire some help.

Both of these teams like most, find themselves in a situation where they need to decide if they are pretenders or contenders for the cup. February 28th is the trade deadline and its approaching fast.

The Islanders seem to find themselves on a good run ever since Doug Weight has taken the reins. Greiss is playing very well and the team seems to be responding to the change. But how far can John Tavares carry his team? The East is no joke this year, all the teams floating on the outside looking in such as the Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Florida Panthers are teams that could go on a run. The Islanders are going to really need to keep this momentum going and maybe add a winger to help take some of the load of off their captain.

When it comes to the Rangers the scoring has been there. Mika Zibanejad is now back and healthy and the same goes for Pavel Buchnevich. These playmakers, who can put the puck in the net, will be a helpful jolt back into the offense. The defense is going to have to either get it together and help out the captain Ryan McDonagh, and ride the coat tails of the offense. Leaning on a shaky defense and Henrik Lundqvist isn’t going to be good enough.

Both of these teams are trying to plug up some major holes in their lineups and it’s going to be interesting to see what they do leading up to the trade deadline. I predict that the Rangers and Islanders have enough pieces to move and improve their lineups, it’s just a matter of are they willing to let key pieces go with their given situations. All that can be said right now is that the Rangers and Islanders are about to get started on the home stretch of the season.

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Coyotes Plan $400 Million Hockey Arena for Tempe

By Jeff Matcalfe and Craig Harris,
The Arizona Coyotes unveiled a plan to build a new home in Tempe, with the team proposing to pick up half the cost of a new $400 million hockey arena and taxpayers picking up the balance.

The proposed deal would make the Coyotes one of the first tenants in Arizona State University's Athletic Facilities District, but it would need approval from lawmakers when they convene in January.

The team said it does not yet have any lawmakers lined up to push needed legislation through the Republican-controlled Legislature. The National Hockey League franchise also would need concessions from ASU as part of a land lease.

At this point, it is unclear if there is state support for the plan. No ASU officials or lawmakers attended Monday's announcement, and Gov. Doug Ducey's office declined to comment on it.

Coyotes majority owner Andrew Barroway promised a "world-class facility" would be built near ASU to house a team that has migrated from Canada to downtown Phoenix and on to Glendale — looking each time for greener financial pastures.

The franchise, once in bankruptcy protection, has lost tens of millions of dollars annually. Barroway said the Coyotes finally might break even with a new Tempe arena.

The public's contribution to development costs would come from a portion of sales taxes generated by the arena, a proposed luxury hotel and a mixed-use commercial development at the site. The team floated a similar idea for a special taxing district earlier this year, but lawmakers told the Coyotes to hold off until 2017.

If successful, the building would open for the 2019-2020 season. Until then, the Coyotes would keep playing in Glendale.

“It’s good news. It’s early," said Coyotes coach Dave Tippett. "There’s a lot of us who have been through a lot of this before. Hopefully, everything turns out as wonderful as it sounds.”

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Monday, December 26, 2016

Christmas 2016

We made Christmas cookies, visited Santa, attempted to see Grapevine's downtown Christmas and stopped for hot chocolate after almost freezing, had school Christmas parties, put out reindeer food, Santa came to our house, traveled to Oklahoma, went to church with family, and celebrated at Mimi and Pappy's and Nams' houses!!!


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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Coming Home

We came home from a week-long vacation this afternoon to a completely different looking garden. Yes there were more weeds, but there was some really great other stuff too; like our potatoes that have finally sprouted and our peas that are climbing the fence to around 12 or 15 inches. We have new beet sprouts and our fruit tree blossoms have turned into tiny peaches and plums. Our kale has some 12 inch leaves on it. Our romaine is so big it could be sold in a grocery store, and our spinach has leaves bigger than my giant hand.

We're sad to have missed two "Harvest Monday" posts during vacation; but to make up for it, here's a couple pics of the harvest we came home too.

Just over 5 pounds of broccoli -some of it flowered a little while we were away, but it's still delicious. The scale was a gift from family we saw while on vacation in Kansas. Thanks, you're the best!

A delicious Asian rice dinner with the broccoli was such a great meal to come home too! Bel made it with whole grains rice, red and yellow peppers (They were snack left overs from the long drive.), onion, straw mushrooms, baby corn and our garden broccoli; with a blend of sesame seed oil, coconut milk and hot chili sauce for a kick. It was delicious! Thanks Bel.

A spinach leaf that's bigger than my hand. We'll save this one for harvest Monday next week!

  1. What a lovely harvest to return home to! I'm anxiously waiting for my broccoli to attain an edible size. I especially love using it in stir fry with rice or noodles.

  2. What a great gift to come home to! That's some big spinach. I didn't do too well in the spinach department this spring :(

  3. That scale is awesome! I can't believe you have broccoli already. The last of the snow just melted off our garden. We should be planting this weekend, but it is so wet we won't even be able to till the soil yet.

  4. Nice welcome back from the garden! Nice broccoli harvest. OUrs are just tiny wee seedlings.

  5. Hi Annie's Granny, It was really great. Bel took the rest of the broccoli and made cream-of-broccoli soup and froze it to be used as a side dish.

    Robin, It's really good to be home and even better to be at home with fresh veggies. We had other spinach in flower boxes that did not grow well at all. I guess it was the soil. We planted the good spinach in strait composted yard waste.

    Hi Carpe Diem, that scale is an oldie but a goodie. It weighs up to 60 pounds, perfect for our peach harvest when it comes.

    Hi Malay-kadazan, I remember when these were just tiny wee seedlings too. It won't be too long before you have it, especially with your green thumb.


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Results tagged “Olympic Games” from Mayor of London blog

The Labour Government has now published its

Statutory Instrument 2009 No. 1573 - The Olympic Route Network Designation Order 2009

Made: 23rd June 2009

Laid before Parliament: 30th June 2009

Coming into force: 22nd July 2009

This designates a huge number of London streets (with a few in Weymouth, Dorset, where some of the sailing events are to be held), for abuse by foreign Olympic Games officials and corporate sponsors.

If you are a regular vehicle user of these roads, then get to the back of the queue, because you will be snooped on with Automatic Number Plate Recognition CCTV cameras, helicopters, aerial robot drones etc. so that the Olympics apparatchiki can enjoy Communist style Zil lanes, from which ordinary Londoners and the rest of the British public will be banned.

This will cause travel chaos for ordinary London road users.

Even if you are pedestrian or bicyclist, you will be subjected to the evil Advertising Monopoly on behalf of the Official Corporate Sponsors. Woe betide you if are wearing the "wrong" tee-shirt, hat , sports shoes etc.or are drinking the "wrong" brand soft drink or alcohol - you will be harassed by the jobsworth Security enforcers, and probably be arrested as a "guerrilla marketer" or terrorist etc.

The extent of the disruption to many of the main roads affected by this Order is staggering, especially since the athletes and officials are supposedly confined to the Olympic Village, close by the main sports arena venues, so it will mostly be alleged"VIPs" and "celebrities" who use them.

Anyone who thought that it would only be a few roads in the immediate vicinity of the Olympic Games sites, is in for a big shock.

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Fun STEAM Projects for The Littles + BONUS Free Printable for Mother’s Day!

I received a Future Engineers kit for the purpose of this review. The  opinions expressed herein are 100% my own. This post may contain affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase an item, I will receive a small commission which I will use to run this blog.

#STEAM for early elementary #homeschool #engineering @Kithub

Do you want to incorporate STEAM into your homeschool but don’t know how?  Have you heard of KitHub?  It’s an amazing resource for homeschoolers who want to incorporate doable projects in their homeschool. There is a learning experience for everyone!

Future Engineer Kit for your Littlest STEAMists

STEAM projects for the littles @kithub

For my littlest homeschoolers, we got the Future Engineers Kit which contains 3 great projects that are geared towards children preschool-5th grade.  These projects are totally age appropriate!

In this kit, your children will explore the following concepts…

Simple and parallel circuits

Art integration

Movement with motors

Project 1 – Paper Circuits (Preschool-K)

For my preschool budding engineer we had a lot of fun making circuits!  We learned all about them and what makes them work.

Our first project was The Paper Circuits.  We followed easy instructions that guided Grayson in his journey to success!  It was so easy for me and so rewarding for him!

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Success! See, the LED light turns on when you connect the circuit!

Project 2 – Light-up Superhero Mask (Preschool – K)

Grayson had a lot of fun with this project.  He colored and made his own light up superhero mask, fit with a cape and superhero clothes!

He decided he wanted to be batman.  He decorated the mask himself, and together, we made the circuit.  We connected the copper tape to the LED and then to the battery!

Light up superhero mask from Future Engineers #kithub

Project 3 – Motorized Bot (Grades K+)

This was Ava’s robotics project.  She followed the instructions, decorated her robot with pipe cleaners and google eyes and had fun!

Motorized bot grades K+ #STEAM #kithub

She had fun experimenting with the motor.  The robot will move differently depending upon the placement of the motor.

All of these projects came with the pieces that they need.  The extras needed were scissors, crayons, and imagination!

The Future Engineers Kit comes with the following…

1 red toolbox

1 pair of safety glasses

1 DC hobby motor with alligator clip leads 1.5V-3V

Copper tape

Superhero mask

1 roll electrical tape

1 AA battery

4 lithium (coin) batteries CR2032 3V

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Instruction cards

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The Summit Ridge Farms Palatability Monitoring System

Our patent pending Palatability Monitoring System allows for true side-by-side, two bowl palatability testing of group housed cats. We have developed hardware and software that allows us to provide historical data, as per standard two bowl palatability testing, with the addition of timed-event-consumption data. The system provides continuous palatability recording in a community environment with data acquisition and analysis that allows us to present data in multiple formats.

Feeding Stations

The unique design of our feeding stations allow for independent meals that provide protection from competing cats and give us the capability of USB interfacing of up to 40 stations. Each station holds two bowls, two digital scales, two Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) scanners, and an optional "cat triggered" digital camera. All data is interfaced via a USB hub located within the station that allows minimal hard wiring for each station. Future plans include Blue Tooth transmission for wireless operation.

Food Consumption

Each feeding station contains a digital scale for diet A and a digital scale for diet B. Data transmission from each scale to the central station is automated and synchronized with RFID scanner data, A record of diets first approached is recorded, along with diets first eaten. Standard digital scale technology allows for easy calibration and validation of accuracy.

Central Palatability Station and Software

A central computer is used to setup test parameters, identify groups, and monitor up to 40 feeding stations simultaneously. Real time monitoring allows operators to view current station status along with study data. Summit Ridge Farms uses a customized database for data collection and monitoring and allows for data manipulation and reporting via a web interface. This feature allows us to externally monitor events, data collection, and data summaries. The software can be customized to match any standard formal, from spreadsheets to word processors to databases.


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Friday, May 30, 2014

Attention: IDBI Bank's demat clients

We had earlier posted the following cautionary information titled "IDBI Bank: Is it reliable as a DEPOSITORY PARTICIPANT?"

"Many customers who have their demat accounts (for shares) with IDBI Bank are in a state of shock. The December 2013 statements sent by the DP disclose lots of transactions which were not authorised by the customers.

When the matter was reported to IDBI Bank, the bank silently despatched another statement without calling it the corrected statement and without offering any apology or owning their mistake. It is now anybody's guess what went wrong where.

Those customers who have not verified their statements may do so early."

Since then there have been a few more occurrences which only aggravate clients' fears. For example, the bank has issued a Demat Statement of Account from 01-Apr-2014 to 30-Apr-2014 to a client who has not transacted any business during this month. Under the column "Securities in which no transactions took place", no security is mentioned. This obviously means either there is no security in the account or there have been transactions in all securities, both of which are wrong in the instant case.

When the matter was raised with the bank, the bank replied as follows:
".As there was no transaction for the month of April 2014,the details are showing as NIL under the heading "securities in which no transaction took place ". What a superb oxymoron!

Either the bank does not know what it is doing or there is a smart alec fraudster.

As if to confuse us further, the bank also adds, "As there was a technical fault on the part of printing vendor,the previous statement (December 2013) was showing the wrong values with incorrect heading and the same was rectified by the Bank."

Whereas the client was referring to the statement relating to the month of April, the bank refers to December 2013. It is difficult not to conclude that IDBI Bank's demat department is in a deep mess. It is hoped that RBI and SEBI will look into this and protect the bank's clients.

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Sunday, January 27, 2013

The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Sorry for the slow updates, I started a new semester of college and had to settle in to classwork again.

Last year I read Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. In this book the moon has been knocked out of its orbit and closer to Earth. This has devastating effects on Earth, everything from the tides to volcanoes.
This year I finally got around to the sequel, The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer. I had put it off for some unknown reason, but I am glad I finally read it. I am now on the hold list for the third book in the series.

The Dead and the Gone takes place during the same time frame as Life as We Knew It, but miles away.  The Dead and the Gone is the story of Alex Morales and is set in New York City. Alex Morales is a seventeen year old high school studen with two sisters and a brother. His sisters are Brianna and Julie, his brother Carlos. When the asteroid strikes his mother is stuck at work in a hospital, his father is at his grandmother's funeral in Puerto Rico, and his older brother is in California with the Marines. Alex is left alone to care for and protect his two sisters.

Alex does all he can to provide for Bri and Julie and when there is an opportunity to send Bri to the country he sends her to safety. With just Julie to watch after, they manage to survive in a world gone to hell.

How will they survive when the volcanoes erupt and the city is cast in to eternal grayness and winter?

I would rate this book a 3.75 out of 5. It was a good book but a bit repetitive at times. I do plan on reading the third and fourth books in the series as soon as I can get a hold of them.

Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer - This is the first book in the series and while it could be read as a stand alone book I would suggest reading them both. It all ties together for the third and fourth books.

Ashfall by Mike Mullin - This book lacks an asteroid but it is a post apocalyptic book about what would happen if the volcano in Yellowstone National Park were to erupt I was a big fan of this book, the first two books in the trilogy have already been published.

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Hand printed by Stag & Serpent

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Little Angel - Chocolatebox

Hi everybody,
my name is Andrea (Nickname: Emmi41) and I'm a new DT member at Stämpelkällan. I live with my husband and son in Germany. In addition to the card design I'm still working scrapbooking and jewelry from Swarovski pearls. This I give in further courses at several community colleges. Perhaps you know me well have heard of some other design teams, where I am? I am here to be working with wonderful designers.Today I have the sweet Digi-Stamp processed by San - in a chocolate box.There are still a match card - then you see the next challenge ...
Be very loving greetings and you all have a wonderful holiday season

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  1. What a beautiful chocolatebox you have made!!! Love all the details!

    Welcome to the DT-team =)

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Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Tomas the Wonder Dog!

Wowza! What a busy day, and I spent MOST of it in my bathrobe!

I was hard to convince David that his new birthday toys needed to be stored in his playroom. That is, after all, the reason one entire room in this house is dedicated to toys - so I don't have to step on legos and all manner of other sharp and painful toys in the dark, in the middle of the night! YIKES and OUCH!

Caught up on some stuff on line today. My "Love You" layout was chosen as Layout of the Day on Treasured Scrapbooking! Yay! I'm so tickled! It's actually been quite a while since I scrapped at all, not counting the two gift albums I helped Mom and Marcia put together for Christmas presents. I may even put another layout together tonight; but I'll have to stick to Stampin' Up! products if I'm ever going to get my contest entries together in time!

Tomorrow though, I'm back to cards again. I'll be headed back in to Stamper's Studio - cause guess who's now on a Design Team?! Yup! Me. I'm going in to play with Kristie's stamps and get some projects put together for submissions. So tonight (after scrapbooking of course) I need to get my gear packed and ready to go. Lets hope I don't get there and have my juices just jam up! Yikes!

So after working on the ‘puter some, and getting nothing done in my own little corner of the house, I got ready for girl scouts. Wouldn't you know that these girls are planning on using their cookie money for a trip to St. Louis?! They just about doubled my work load today in figuring out costs, fees and admission prices. I'm praying that we get some of that good 'ole hometown support happening for us cause my rough estimates put us at $1,230 which is roughly equivalent to 1923 boxes of cookies!

So OK, now on to the wonderdog portion of this post! Thomas was a maniac tonight! Of course he waited to get frisky until I was getting ready for our troop meeting. He was climbing all over David, jumping and nipping at my clothes, running in wild circles and barking, just generally having a grand old time and making a bother of himself. I did manage to get a few shots of him. In the first one he's sitting on David's lap! lol. Poor Davy! The second he's just about to bound around the room again, but its a nice "head shot" anyway!

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Get Ready for the 31st

Can you tell that sometimes Dream Team's "Fearless Leader", Pam Hornschu, has a hard time deciding on monthly challenges? Since the team will be taking turns all month with the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween, and we are doing a Christmas collaboration with Stampendous and Core'dinations the 13th - 17th (there will be prizes!!), the confusion should be understandable. Therefore...happy HallowThanksMas! As usual, we'd love for you to play along with the challenge and link your creations to the Inlinkz tool on the Dream It Up! blog. Just in case you are wondering...NO, YOU DO NOT NEED TO POST SOMETHING WITH ALL THREE HOLIDAYS ON IT! However, you get bonus points for actually using Dreamweaver stencils and product on your creations! And bonus points might actually earn you an extra stencil as our monthly winner...just sayin'!

Here's how my card was made.

1.  Stencil LJ816 Spider web on decorative paper with Lightning Black Brilliance ink.
2.  Paste emboss the LS63 Dangling spider on top of the web using DGKP Dreamweaver Stencils Glossy Black Embossing Paste, remove the stencil and sprinkle with Black Micro Glitter from Stampendous.  Set aside to dry.
3.  Sprinkle the edges of a black card with Aged Copper Embossing Enamel and heat from underneath so it doesn't blow off.
4.  Wrap ribbon from May Arts around the edge of the webbed paper and glue to the black card.
5.  Die cut a 3 and 1 from glitter paper, using the new DD005 Dual Alphabet Dies.  Glue to the ribbon.
6.  Stamp sentiment from Tricky Words from Stampendous on white paper with black ink, sponge edges with orange and cut into a tag shape.  Tie with ribbon and pop up.
7.  Apply Zip Dry Glue to the bottom edge of the web paper and in the upper corner.  Sprinkle with Spoonful of Midnight.
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Lea said...

Jamie, you rocked this card! Love the enameled edge and your creepy spider is great! Awesome Halloween card!

crafty creations said...

Brilliant !!! Love the web and the spider

Paper Therapy Ponderings said...

great card - love the embossing powder on the edge - thanks for playing along with us at Mixed Media Mojo

Barb Housner (DT)

BurningRubber said...

I love your spider. It looks awesome on the embossed web.

TangledBlueRose said...

This is such a fun project! Great texture and super creepy spider, awesome! Thanks for playing with us at Mixed Media Mojo!~kim

Pawsitively Creative said...

What an inspiring way to use texture! The fabric around the edge makes everything pop. So happy you played with us at Mixed Media Mojo! ~Niki (DT)

LynB said...

Okay you really captured that creepy thing for Smeared & Smudged! Love the textures too.


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Monday, October 3, 2011

HELLO again and a Crafters Companion Giveaway

Hi All!! I know it has been so long since I have posted. Alittle over a month to be exact. We had a few storms a little while back that left my crafting room with alittle more damage than I originally thought and it took me a bit to get things back in order but I am back now and will slowly start to post again on a regular basis but I wanted to bring you some super exciting news from Crafters Companion. While I was unable to stamp they came out with 3 awesome releases that I just know you are going to want to take a look at. Popcorn Birthday, Popcorn Pals and SWALK 4. Adorable cannot even describe these new stamps. They will just make your heart swoon. Go and check them out.

While over on the Crafters Companion blog you are also going to want to be part of our SWALK 4 Giveaway. Crafters Companion is sooooo generous they have decided to give away the entire SWALK 4 Collection to one lucky US Resident. For a chance to win all you have to do is become a follower at Crafters and leave a comment on this post at Crafters. For a second chance to win, post about the contest on YOUR blog or sidebar and leave another comment. Here is what the set looks like:

So good luck to all US Residents who enter!!! This is an amazing give away. Thanks for stopping by today. I will be back during the week.

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Carolina said...

Love the card, I want these stamps!!


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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Driving By

Hi everyone and Happy Tuesday! :) Hope you are all having a fabulous week so far. Mine is fine, but crazy as usual so I'll get right to my card for today.

I just love this cute little image from My Scrap Chick. I cut her out using my Silhouette, put everything together, and did some doodling with my white gel pen. The face is from Peachy Keen Stamps, Princess Face Assortment. The pretty shape of the pink DP was cut using my Elegant Edges cricut cartridge. My cardstock is from SU. I added some pearls, a bow, and a rose from Wild Orchid Crafts for some finishing touches. The sentiment is from SU. What do you think?

Well, that's it from me today. Thanks so much as always for stopping by. Have a wonderful day:)

Jovan said...

OMG...this is so super cute!

Crafty Starkie said...

This is so adorable! I am still learning how to use my Silhouette Cameo and I am anxious to start creating more projects! Thank you for the wonderful inspiration!

Omg!! I love all your stuff. The witch is so cute, The turtle is awesome and this one is sweet too... I'm your newest follower:)

Maria Matter said...

beautiful Christine...I love the little doodling you added, really finishes it off nicely!
hugs & blessings

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Dana Elaine Owens or known as Queen Latifah is a singer, rapper, actress, songwriter, model and comedian. Her contribution to music and movie has given her numerous awards, including a Golden Globe, a couple of Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards and a Grammy Award. All Hail the Queen. Her debut album was launched to the market in late 1980s. In the acting industry, she gained an international recognition after she portrayed Mama Morton in an Oscar-winning musical, Chicago. Queen Latifah net worth is estimated at $50 million.

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Queen Latifah was born in New Jersey. Her father, Lancelot Owens, worked at the police department while her mother, Rita Owens was a teacher in a local high school. When she was a kid, Latifah was a curious kid and she used to read books for hours. She found “Latifah” when reading a book of Islamic names. At the time, she was just 8 years old. In Arabian, Latifah means “very kind” and it can be alternatively interpreted as “delicate”. Her singing skill developed at the age of 7. The skill later boosted her net worth to tens of millions. She also starred numerous plays in high school, including The Wiz.

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Monday, December 31, 2012

Ambrosia and Nectar Recipie

For all you Percy Jackson fans, me and Kyogreman have successfuly made Ambrosia squares and Nectar.  In the book and natural Greek mythology, the gods feasted on ambrosia and nectar.  Demigods can eat the food but can't each too much or they'll explode.  On Youtube, Feast of Fiction made these as edible for humans.  We tried making some today and they were an absolute success.  We decided that we should share this video with you so that all you Percy Jackson fans may enjoy these fine treats.  For those of you who don't like coconut, we provided a perfect substitute; oatmeal; so that the mass remains the same, plus it's healthy.  An so we give to you, Feast of Fiction Ambrosia Squares and Nectar!

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Lord of the Rings Review

This is a movie review and a comparison to the books.  I chose to write this post, because I believed I needed to explain my opinion on J.R.R. Tolkien's work even further.
I for one love the movies, even though sometimes I was confused as to why certain things were happening one way and not the other way around.  I thought for a book adaption they were really spot on.  The truth?  I have never read a single Lord of the Rings book.
I know.  How could I say the movie was better when I haven't even read the book?  Simple.  If you look at how much paper and text there is in those books, their adaption was perfectly normal.  I couldn't even read the book at a young age.  I did read snipits of the book, mainly the Fellowship of the Ring because that's my favorite of the three.  By reading these snipits of the book I figured out that Tolkien lacked something very important to story.

1. If you think about it, in order to truly understand anything Tolkien says, you'd have to read the Similarion to understand anything he talks about.

2. The language he uses is very complex, confusing, and far more difficult to read than the Hobbit.

3. His story lacks one crucial element that is sort of my pet peeve: Character.  Characters in lord of the rings are plain flat.  Gandalf himself merely does exposition most of the time.  His characters have no emotional depth as far as I could see.  That's why I favor the movies.  Peter Jackson managed to give character to Tolkien's characters, and made the story make sense to the best of his ablities.

So, that's really all I have to say.  Keep reading my friends!

,Starvix Draxon

Big News in the new year

The Pokémon company has stated that the new year will bring new things that will evolve the Pokémon world as we know it. Check back on January 8th and I will post what it is.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

The Hobbit Movie Review

On Friday I went to see the Hobbit movie.  By this point I have read up to the events in Mirkwood so I knew I had read up to what the movie had covered.  So I will be comparing the movie to the book as I write this.
Question 1. Which was better?  Book or Movie?
Answer:  Movie!  Deffinately!
Question 2.  Was the movie accurate to the book?
Answer:  Yes, though there were some differences, but those differences were really good and added more depth to the story

Question 3.  What kind of differences?

Answer: The movie included more exposition about a war between orcs and the dwarves at Moria that happened a while back.  The group is actually chased by the orcs a couple of times.  Also the character is far more developed than in the book.

Something that is sort of my pet peeve is weak characters.  If a story is just exposition and more exposition, then I get bored quickly.  I love character.  To me, character is the most important aspect of the story.  Without it, you have nothing but exposition.  That's why I don't typically care for Tolkein's work, because 1, his language is difficult to understand, and 2, he includes so much exposition about the rings and other stuff that he loses the chance to develop characters.  I'm not saying he's a bad writer.  He's an exellent author, but not the best story teller for character.

Question 4.  Was the acting good?

Answer:  Yes!  Peter Jackson cast really good actors for The Hobbit.  I don't know anyone else who could have played Bilbo as well as Martin Freeman.  He really nailed the character down really well.

Question 5.  Was the ending solid?

Answer:  Yes.  Peter Jackson chose a perfect stopping point to end his film.  It ends on a good note and leaves one waiting for the next film.

Question 6.  What are you excited for?

Answer:  I'm excited to see Benedict Cumberbatch play Smaug.  He literally is doing body scan imaging like they did with Gollum, so I'm really excited to see how they're going to do that with a dragon.  I also can't wait to see the Necromancer in action.  I mean they have to do something to explain the third movie.  I also have to finish the book.  Hopefully I'll finish it soon.

Well, that's all.  I'm really excited for the next film.  I hope everyone gets a chance to see it.  Keep reading my friends.

,Starvix Draxon

Friday, December 14, 2012

Mark of Athena Review

Well, I don't have much to say about this story.  It was utterly awesome!  Rick Riordan has done his job once again.  It was very fun to read.  I loved the cliffhanger.  I'm dying to find out what happens next.  Riordan sure knows how to keep his reader's attention.  Well, that's really all I have to say.  Keep reading everyone!
,Starvix Draxon

Friday, December 7, 2012

Oz: The Great and Powerful Trailer 2

Here is the trailer for Oz the Great and Powerful trailer 2.  Hope you enjoy the trailer.

Jack The Giant Killer Trailer 2

Here is the second and latest trailer for Jack The Giant Slayer movie.  Hope you enjoy it, everyone.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Details on the new saga in the Japanese anime

New details are coming in for the team plasma saga of the Pokémon anime. The promotional picture shows N with Corless, Ghetis, and a computer screen showing genesect. But that's not the most exciting thing Ash's Charizard will be making its return!!!!!!!! Also team rocket is back.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Legend of Korra noodles.

Hey y'all check out this video. It includes a recipe for water tribe noodles as seen in Legend of Korra; Book One Chapter Five (The Spirit of Competition) when Bolin takes Korra out on a date to Narook's Seaweed Noodlery.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Intro and some beginning news from Kyogre's Avatar World

Ok I'm starting a new part. I will now, in addition to posting Pokémon news and various reviews, be keeping y'all up to date on everything to do with Avatar: the Last Airbender (ATLA) and The Legend of Korra (LOK)

The first bit of pretty exciting news is that in the upcoming season of LOK Grey DeLise (who voiced Princess Azula in ATLA) will be returning to voice a character who has not been talked about much.

Second Book two will be named "Spirits" and will be split between spending time in republic city and some time in the rest of the world when not in the spirit world.

Well that about does it for me this time I'll post more when I know more.

Big exciting news

Coming to the Pokémon anime in Japan it looks like team plasma and their mysterious leader N are going to be featured in upcoming episodes. Check out this Link to watch the teaser clip.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Wereworld: Nest of Serpents Release Date

I just now found out that Wereworld: Nest of Serpents, book four of the Wereworld series is scheduled to come out January 15th 2013.  I'm so excited!  I don't have to wait a whole like I did with Rage of the Lion.  Keep reading, my friends.
,Starvix Draxon

Pokémon speculation

Hey y'all follow this link to a speculative article on why the Pokémon company is rushing through this generation.

Monday, November 26, 2012

In my first non Pokémon post I will be talking about a British fantasy show that has delighted me over the last 5 years and is coming to a close early next year. That's right I'm talking about Merlin! So Merlin is a show centered on the great warlock Merlin (only he is about 20 and hasn't mastered magic yet) and his interactions with the king to be Arthur , Arthur's adopted "sister" Morgana, Morgana's maid servant the Lady Gwenevere, and Arthur's father king Uther. Some major events from the legends are covered over the course of the series including Excalibur in the lake and the stone, the formation of the knights of the round table, and establishment of Merlin as a council to Arthur.

The series provides a wonderful balance between comedy and drama as shown in this clip.

Overall this is a wonderful show and I highly recommend it.

Black 2

I just picked up Pokémon Black 2 for the Nintendo DS and will be playing through it over the next week. After I go through I will post a overview and review.

Kane Chronicles Review

As a fan of Rick Riordan, I love the fact that he wrote the Kane Chronicles.  Egyptian mythology is my absolute favorite mythology.  However, I do have a few things to say about it.
Overall, I love the series.  My favorite part is the Sadie and Anubis romance.  I thought that was very romantic.  Anubis, for shame, you're acting like a Greek god.  The romance between Carter and Zia was also romantic.  Overall the story covered the basics of Egyptian mythology, definitely incorporated the culture of Egypt.  However, there are a few criticisms I have for the series.
First criticism, I didn't like his interpretation of the Egyptian gods.  What I love about Egyptian mythology is the animal heads.  The gods who are human and animal to me represent man and nature as one.  So when Rick Riordan gives them human heads instead of their animal heads, that really ticked me off.  He should have kept the animal heads.  For example, Horus should have had a falcon head, Anubis should have shown of his jackal head, Set should have had his Set-animal head, and Ra should not have been a muscular grandpa.  If Rick Riordan truly wanted to produce the cycle of rebirth for Ra, he should have made him younger, and have his head the shape of a phoenix/falcon/dragon.  I say dragon because of a slight bias from the Yu-gi-oh card Winged Dragon of Ra.  But it would at least set the difference between Ra and Horus.
Another thing is that the book does not mention and include every Egyptian god or myth.  I can understand some of this partly because the mythology itself is old, scattered, and partially destroyed.  But still, he could have atleast added Aten, the solar disk that sits upon Ra's head.  He could have even added Wepawet, Anubis's brother, the wolf god of war.  Yes that is a real god, I did my research.  He's often mistaken for Anubis for some reason.  That would have been cool to add Wepawet to the story.  It might have added a lot of character development for Anubis.  And then he also forgot that Maa't was also a goddess of order.  I always wondered why he didn't include that. Also in the Egyptian guide book that was later published, it says that Anubis's father is actually Osiris rather than Set, based on the myth of Nephthys getting Osiris drunk and impregnating her and Set getting really angry at her.  In actuality, Rick Riordan is right about Set being Anubis's father.  There are actually three myths to the way Anubis was born.  One is the more popular Osiris myth, the other his Set, the third is actually that he is the son of Ra.  Personally I think that Set makes more sense than the other two.
The last thing I have to say about the Kane Chronicles is that the stories were good.  It could have been better.  I think Rick Riordan could have researched the mythology a bit more, search for the myths in Egypt and maybe work on his grammar.  Often times I felt that the story was rushed, and I also felt that the sentence wording could have been improved.  To me, Riordan clearly knows his Greek and Roman mythology better than Egyptian.  Like I said, the series was good.  It could have been better.  I still rate a four star because I really loved it, my criticisms were minor preferences, and I'm a sucker for Egyptian mythology.
That's all I have to say for right now.  I also want to make an announcement.  I am in the process of reading Mark of Athena.  I hope to be finished soon, but it might be awhile before I write a review on that book due to Finals in college.
I hope you all learned a little mythology from me.  All I have to say now is well...Keep reading my friends.
,Starvix Draxon

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Update

Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD, according to KH Insider, is 80-90% complete.  Yay.  The next question is when is it coming to America?  That's all I have for news.  Stay informed.
,Starvix Draxon

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Sherlock and The Hobbit

For all you Sherlock fans, here's something that might interest you.  Bilbo Baggins in the latest upcoming the Hobbit movie is played by Martin Freeman, who plays Dr. Watson in Sherlock.  Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes, will be voicing Smaug, and playing a roll called the Necromancer.  If you are a J.R.R.Tolkein fan, and you know exactly what this character is, please let me know.  All I know is that when I clicked on the Necromancer, on imdb, it took me to Sauron's page.  I've been reading The Hobbit, and so far I have not seen a character called the Necromancer.  Either way I find it interesting that those two actors are in the same movie.  Stay informed my friends.
,Starvix Draxon

Monday, November 19, 2012

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

Take a look at the Final Fantasy XIII website.  Here it shows four videos describing the new video game, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.

Kingdom Hearts: Cards vs Command Deck

Check out this neat article on Kingdom Hearts card and command deck system.  The article discusses the evolution of the game's battle system, from cards to commands.  It's short, but I found it interesting.

Wereworld: Shadow of the Hawk Review

Okay, I'm going to go ahead and give a quick critique of the book and the series as a hole.  I want to point out some good qualities about the series and qualities that the story lacks.  WARNING!  May contain spoilers!
In Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf, Drew discovers that he is a werewolf and rightful king of Lyssia in the seven realms.  The story has good character development, develops Hector as a kind young boar lord willing to aid Drew in anyway even it means using the forbiden art of necromancy.  We also meet Gretchen, the werefox, how she starts off as a selfish noble and ends with a changed personality, far more kind and friendly.  All in all, the first book was really great.
Then comes book two and three, Rage of the Lion, and Shadow of the Hawk.  Note that I have not finished book three, but I've read enough to where I have to give a review now.  In Rage of the Lion, Drew attempts to rescue Gretchen, while trying to escape his fate as king of Lyssia.  I will say when I read that, I thought at first cliche, but then I argued that it made sense that someone like Drew would not want to be king.  However, I felt it could have been better, made more convincing.  Near the end of Rage of the Lions, Drew accepts his fate as king after escaping his fate of being mauled by undead corpses, only to be boared onto a ship, enslaved by the weregoat Kesslar.  Why does Drew suddenly accept his fate as king.  I for one thought that resolution was rather rushed.  I needed a bit more story than a bunch of action scenes to be convinced that he grew to accept his fate as rightful king of Lyssia.  If I was in Drew's predicament, I would need more than the severing of my own paw to get me to accept my fate as king.  So far in Shadow of the Hawk, Drew has accepted his fate and seems more noble, but his character seems a little flat.  He talks and persuades people like his father would, but he does not seem to be in turmoil.  Perhaps Drew's determined to suceed in his quest to free the people of Lyssia from the vile catlords from Bast.  He might be a better character now in the third book, but I still need to be convinced.
Hector, on the other hand, is an example of a great character.  Curtis Jobling clearly put more effort into developing Hector's character.  As we know in Rise of the Wolf, Hector is a kind young boarlord.  Once we get into book two, Rage of the Lions, we see the effects of his necromancy take its toll on him.  He begins to see creatures called viles.  We see him slowly deteriorate.  Duke Bergan, the werebear, and the rest of the wolf council find out about his necromancy and strip his membership of the wolf council.  Then along comes his brother Vincent, who caused their father's death, as well as bankrupted their city.  Vincent proceeds to blackmail his brother's necromancy in exchange for the title of their city.  If Hector refuses, he will tell the people of his necromancy, that may as well cause the people to revolt against the wolf.  The conflict between the two brothers escalates, and Hector shoves his brother over a railing and falls to his death.  Vincent's soul becomes a vile and torments Hector.  Count Vega, the wereshark, helps conceal his brother's fate.  As the story continues, the Wolf Council is forced to flee the invading forces of the Catlords.  Hector by then has discovered the ability to control the vile and make it do his bidding by harming others.  By then I've already had an idea that Hector was going to turn evil.  My suspicions were confirmed in Shadow of the Hawk.
Hector further deteriorates, using his ability even more.  He also leads the members of the Wolf Council to an unknown spot of land, where he hears a voice calling to him, he finds a creature who says he can learn more about necromancy and Hector willingly let's the creature embrace him.  Count Vega rescues him as the group is attacked by dead bodies.  Hector later hallucinates, grabs Bethwyn, a lady in waiting for Queen Amelie, Drew's mother, and calls her "Gretchen" He talks to her as if she was Gretchen saying, "I dreamed it was you.  So caring and kind.  I was in such a dark place, Gretchen, so cold and alone.  And you were the warmth I could cling to.  It was your light that brought me back from the darkness.  It was your love,"  Now why he says that, I have no idea.  Could he be in a trance that has to do with Lucas, the young werelion who was in love with Gretchen, fated to have a dark fate?  What does that mean?  I have yet to figure out.  Eventually Vega threatens Hector or he'll spill the truth about Vincent's death.  At that point, Hector murders Vega and throws him overboard.  Hector is then tricked into leaving the ship, when the rest of the Wolf council finds out the truth about what he has done.  He resolves to betray his friends, believing they've betrayed him.  He goes to Slotha the werewalwrus and journeys back to Highcliff where the Lucas the werelion threatens to kill him, until Hector demonstrates his necromancy abilities by murdering Slotha.  Hector, believing Drew to be dead, and the wolf council having betayed him, he allies himself with the Catlords.  Little does he know that Drew is still alive.  The ratlords take him to the dead skull of Vankaskan where he robs the vile soul of its knowledge of necromancy.  Throughout the two books the black spot on Hector's hand, created in the first book, has consumed his entire hand by this point, withered and mumified.
Hector reminds me of Morgana.  If you have watched the British TV show, Merlin, then you know what I'm talking about.  Morgana starts off as one of the good guys.  In season two her alliances slowly shift.  By season three she has shifted alliances and tries to destroy camelot.
The next point I'd like to make about the story is Curtis Jobling's character abuse.  By character abuse I mean the constant introducing and disposing of characters throughout the series.  In Book two we meet Brogan, Duke Bergan's son.  He's in the book only for a short time, before he's killed, later zombified into an undead corpse by Vankaskan.  In Book three, we meet Drake, werecrocodile, who sides with Drew, however, he dies in the very first battle they fight together.  Jobling also kills, Bergan, Mikkel, Leopold,(by his own son.  Everyone seems to claim Bergan killed him.  Probably a cover-up story), and various other characters that I cannot think of, because I haven't finished reading Shadow of the Hawk.
So far, my opinion of the third book is unconfirmed, rather mixed.  My conclusions so far, is that Curtis Jobling lacks in character development and character usage.  However, through the bloody action scenes and his discription, Curtis Jobling does illustrate the medieval time period rather acurately.  Have I studied medieval history?  No.  Do I know a little bit about medieval history?  Yes.  I know that our society today is far more secure than it was back then.  I can tell, the Jobling did his research on the time period.  I think that's what his book really is, an illustration of the back stapping, slave selling, alliance forming, kingdoms waring, medieval ages.  I want to finish the book series.  I really do.  I want to find out how Drew's going to handle Hector's betrayal.  I wonder how Hector's going to handle the fact that Drew's alive.  I bet the British know already, and I'm sitting here wasting my time writing a critique, and questions that have probably already been answered in the United Kingdom, while desperately waiting for the fourth book to come out in America.  I am almost tempted to by the U.K copy.  But alas, I have to wait.  That's why hesitate reading the third book.  If Curtis Jobling ends with another painful cliffhanger, I'm going to scream and throw the book across the house.  He knows how to keep one interested, that's for sure.  He's a clever author.
Well, that's all I have to say for today.  Remember, you can find Shadow of the Hawk and the other two books in the children's section at your local Barnes and Noble book store.  Keep reading my friends.
,Starvix Draxon

Thursday, November 15, 2012

New Pokémon resource

Announced today in Japan an official Pokédex app for iOS devices. It looks like the same info from the Pokédex 3d which was recently released for the 3ds in America. The sprites in the app are the 3d ones used in the Pokédex 3d app previously mentioned.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Wings of Fire: The Lost Heir Release Date

Hey, everyone!  I've got news that I've been harboring for a while.  Wings of Fire: The Lost Heir comes out January 1st 2013!  Yay.  I was really excited when I finished the first book.  The book had one of those cliffhanger moments that leaves you wondering what will happen next.  I thouroughly enjoyed the first book, so I'm expecting an equally if not better well told story.  Here is a picture of the cover.

Friday, November 9, 2012

Fellow Fairy Tale fans, I'm pleased to announce that we have a new fairy tale film coming out March fourteenth 2014 called Malificent.  This story is told from the perspective of the evil witch, Malificent, who lays the sleeping curse upon Princess Aurora, a.k.a Sleeping Beauty.  Angelina Jolie stars as Malificent.  Elle Fanning plays as Princess Aurora.  Here is a promo picture.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

New Characters for Once Upon A Time

I've just looked at the Once Upon a time wiki and have a little update on characters we intend to see in further episodes.  It appears that one of the characters is, just as I thought, the little mermaid.  I had a feeling because of something Regina said in Skin Deep, something about a mermaid.  So we will find out sometime in season two just what Ariel is going to play a role in.
On the list is also Aladdin and Jafar, so we'll be seeing an Arabian Knights tail.  Sadly there is nothing said about them.
We also have a character called Barret who described by the wiki as, "A major recurring guest star role with an option for next season is being cast. A character named Barrett. He's in his 30s, kind and smart, but also has a very dark side and has beliefs and a way of life that he will fight fiercely to defend."
We also have a character called Gerhardt, who currently has no bio on him yet.  I'm not even sure if he's a fairy tale character.  He might be, but sadly I only know common fairy tales.  We will just have to wait and see.
I for one loved the Tallahassee episode.  I noticed that Princess Aurora had the same dream as Henry, but that the difference was that the mysterious figure in the dream was different.  In Aurora's dream it was male, but in Henry's dream, it was a female.  What could this mean?  Is it possibly a new villain maybe even worse than Cora?  We will have to wait and find out.  So that's all the announcements I have for Once Upon A Time.  Keep tuning in and we might have more updates.

Pokémon TCG news

Today the new English set in the Pokémon TCG was released in America.

Friday, November 2, 2012

Once Upon a Time Promo Pics

Here are some promo photos of the cast members from Once Upon ATime.  I found these somewhat amusing.  Hope you all enjoy.

The Hobbit: There and back with News

For all you Lord of the Rings fans, on December 14th 2012, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey comes out.  These are the following two trailers.
It also has been confirmed that there are right now three parts to The Hobbit tirilogy.  The first one that comes out this december is called An Unexpected Journey.  The second is called The Desolation of Smaug.  (That one's going to be painful to watch.)  And the last one is called There and Back again.  As a little trivia for those who aren't familiar with J.R.R. Tolkein, There and Back Again is actually another title name for The Hobbit.
I really am excited for this movie.  I love Peter Jackson's interpretations of these stories because I often think, and this is from watching the Bonus features on Lord of the rings, that Jackson often adds more character to the cast than in the original book.  So it will be interesting to see how this movie goes.  I'm currently reading the Hobbit so I can have fair comparison.  I can't wait for the movie.  Well, that's it for this post.  Keep staying excited Lord of the Rings fans.
,Starvix Draxon

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Spirited Away: A Hayao Miyazaki Masterpiece

Studioh Ghibli is one of the best animation studios in the world.  They have released and produced several outstanding films, including My Neighborhood Tottoro, Grave of the Fireflies, Castle in the Sky, and Ponyo.  But the best film studio Ghibli ever created is Spirited Away.  This animation film was made by none other than Hayao Miyazaki himself.  He is indeed a master storyteller and this amazing film proves it.  I hope to also show you the elements of the story and reveal what makes this a literary and storytelling masterpiece.
The movie is about a little girl named Chihiro who's moving to another town.  She starts as a whiny child setting the stage for the character growth.  Her father takes a wrong turn and they find themselves in front of an old dilapidated building.  They explore and find food Kiosks.  Chihiro looks around and finds a mysterious boy known as Haku, who tells her to leave.  When she finds her parents, they've been turned into pigs.  Chihiro begins to dissapear and Haku saves her by making her eat food from this world.  He promises to help her free her parents from the witch Yubaba.  In order to save her parents, she must get a job at Yubaba's bath house.  Chihro confronts Yubaba and continuously asks for a job.  Yubaba tries to turn her away, but Chihiro persists relentlessly.  Yubaba gives her a job and steals Chihiro's name, renaming her Sen.  If she forgets her name, she belongs to Yubaba forever.  Sen proceeds to work hard and actually helps a river spirit who gives her medicine.  Chihro soon saves Haku, who turns out to be a Japanese Eastern Dragon, from Zeniba.  Haku stole her golden seal and if she does not get it back, he will die.  The two escape from Zeniba and Sen gives Haku some of the medicine.  He spits out the seal and a black slug, Sen eventually stepping on it.  It turns out later that the slug was how Yubaba controled Haku, and that Zeniba's spell could only be broken by true love.  Sen also faces a demon called No-Face, who througout the movies continues to offer her more than what she needs.  When he offers her gold, she declines showing her innocence compared to the other bathhouse workers.  She then gives the remainder of the medicine to No-Face saving him from his disgusted self.  Sen goes to Zeniba to return the seal and apologize for Haku.  Haku appears and takes her back to Yubaba.  Sen then remembers Haku's real name as the Kohaku river.  Haku is now completely free and now can leave Yubaba.  Sen faces Yubaba with one final challenge and succeeds again.  Haku then tells her to go and hopefully someday they will meet again.  Her parents are alright and they head back to the car.  To their shock, the car is covered with leaves suggesting that all that happened really did happen.

I love this movie because the story has a great artistic design.  Every scene has exquisite detail in the scenery and in the action.  The music also is very lovely.  Each music piece fits the mood of the story perfectly.  I love the story most of all because of all the story elements that are found in fantasy and in children's literature.  Facing an evil witch, parents being turned into pigs, someone that looks around their age wants to help them, a child's innocence versus and adult's greed.  I love how Chihiro grows as a character, from a whiny girl to a mature girl who can handle moving on.  I especially love the dragon, Haku.  This is a unique romance in that no direct feelings of love are expressed.  It is the actions of the characters and the feelings they share that make their love unique.  I think that's what Hayao Miyazaki was after when he wrote this story.  Love comes in all forms.  As for me, this is one of the best love stories in the world.  It's suttle and heart warming.
This is my favorite Hayao Miyazaki movie.  I hope all of you get a chance to watch it.  I rate this movie a 100% and give it five stars.  I hope I have encouraged you to watch this masterpiece.
,Starvix Draxon

Monday, October 15, 2012

Night on Bald Mountain

It's Halloween when goblins, ghosts, and gouls prevail, where witches boil malevolent potions and werewolves howl to the bright full moon.  Sketletons dance clatter, clatter.  Demons, devils, and evil spirits whirl about dancing dark and seductive.  Halloween is coming up soon.  Be sure to dress up.  This is a tribute to our name sake, Fantasia.  The movie Fantasia had a special tribute at the end, something that fits the mood of Halloween.  We have here the musical piece of Night On Bald Mountain written by the Russian Composer Mussorgsky, followed by Frans Shubert's Ave Maria.  In the film Fantasia, the host tells the audience about the two contrasting pieces how one depicts Satan while the other shows the sacred nature of good.  In actuallity, the demon is not Satan but heathen slavic god, called Chernobog.  In slavic mythology, one set of the mythology believes in dualism between two gods, the white god, Byelobog, and the black god, Chernobog.  I find it very interesting how they use mythology for Mussorgsky's music.  It fits perfectly giving an appreciation of the culture.  It's the 15th of October, so I might as well share it now.  Ladies and gentlemen I give to you, Night On Bald Mountain!!!!!
 ,Starvix Draxon

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Once Upon A Time Returns

If you liked the T.V show, Once Upon A Time, well get ready everyone, because the show is coming back.  The show starts tomorrow on Sunday.  Hope all of you are as excited as I am.

,Starvix Draxon

Friday, September 28, 2012

New Pokémon game

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Magnagate and the Infinite Labyrinth is the next installment in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series to be released in Japan for the 3DS later this year.

Pokémon Black/White 2

Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2 come out on October 7. Also at this time you can pick up the Pokémon genesect over wifi connection starting October 7.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix

According to khinsider and the Kingdom Hearts Wiki, there is a new game, Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix that will feature Kingdom Hearts Remix and Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories and from what I gather and based on the trailer, never before seen cutscenes from 358/2 Days.  The game is said to be for the PS3.  Here is the trailer.
Exciterd?  I know I am!  Keep listening to the news.
,Starvix Draxon

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Mark Of Athena Release Date

For all you demigod fans, as we have known for some time now, Rick Riordan's latest book, "Mark of Athena" comes out October 2nd 2012.
Excited?  You bet.  The plot thickens right where Book 2, "The Son of Neptune" left off.  What will happen next?  Will Camp Halfblood and Camp Jupiter get along?  Or will there be internal struggle and conflict?  I'm looking forward to it.  Mark the release date on your calendars, everyone.
,Starvix Draxon

Monday, September 17, 2012

How to Train Your Dragon Review

When I saw the trailer for this movie, my first reaction was, Oh cool Dragons, oh wait, disgusting humor, never mind.  I never saw this movie in theaters for some stupid reason.  I guess I thought it was bad for some unknown reason.  But I eventually watched it, and I fell in love with the movie, How To Train Your Dragon.

The dragons in this movie are very exotic and diverse.  Although I do not care for some of the appearances, each dragon has a different kind of personality.  My favorite dragon is Toothless, the Nightfurry.  Why?  Answer: HE'S SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!  I swear those eyes he has makes you want to just stab your heart out!!!!  You want to cry so badly, he's that cute!  I apologize, I just had a geeky moment.  Here's some images of Toothless.  What's interesting about Toothless, is all the expressions he uses with his eyes and ears.  When the pupils are large, he is showing a kinder emotion.  When his pupils are slits, he is angry or very focused.  His ears also express many emotions from flat unhappiness, to curriosity, or playfulness.  I have never seen a dragon so full of expression.  This dragon has cat and dog features.  Such features include rolling in the grass (dog) and chasing the light (cat) and expresses unique features that show the audience that these dragons are misunderstood creatures.

The story starts off showing a conflict between the dragons and the vikings.  It's a typical conflict, but it works just fine.  We also meet Hiccup and we see that he and his father, Stoic the Vast, do not see eye to eye.  We see Hiccup attempt to kill dragons but always seems to get into a mess.  So there is a father son conflict and also a social conflict, because to be a viking is to be fierce, large, aggressive, everything Hiccup is not.
Hiccup then shoots down a Nightfurry, a dragon that has never been seen, and has been feared more than anything.  But when he attempts to kill it, he cannot, so he releases the Nightfurry.  At first it appears that the dragon is going to kill Hiccup but doesn't and just flies away.  Throughout the movie, Hiccup learns more about dragons, and discovers that they are not the creatures that the vikings think they are.  But his father refuses to see that.  Hiccup and the Nightfurry, Toothless, develop a great relationship and change the minds of all the other vikings and learn to work together with dragons.
I love this movie's music, it's detailed art, it's dragon design.  I loved the story's flow.  I loved everything about this movie.  For all you dragon lovers out there, I reccommend this movie.  I give this movie 5 stars and 100% approval.  I hope all of you see this movie.
,Starvix Draxon

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Final Fantasy XIII Game Review

Of all the Final Fantasy games that Square Enix has made, Final Fantasy XIII has by far impressed me the most.  At June 9th 2011, this game has sold over 6.5 million copies world wide.  And there's a reason why.  This game has astounded players in gameplay, artistic design, muisic, story, and world creation.

Let's start with artistic design.  One of Square Enix's prime objectives is to be really imaginative.  And by far they have done a grandiose job at it.  Compared to all the other games, Final Fantasy XIII has surpassed all other games in graphics.   The clarity and amount of detail in the cut scenes and gameplay has by far surpassed all other Final Fantasy games.  It is treated like a Blue Ray HD movie.  The detail I cannot describe with words only that the scenery in the game is by far the most beautiful, most stimulating, and most captivating art in the gaming industry.  The following images are promotional artwork.  I rate the artistic design in the game 5 stars.

Let's now talk about music.  Final Fantasy XIII's music strikes at the heart in various styles of music such as Rock, and classical.  I am amazed at the high quality of music Square Enix has put into their game.  Not many games have such grand orchestrated music.  Here are some examples of the music.

This music leaves me with images of all sorts, in my mind, especially the last two.  And that's just a few of them.  Massashi Hamazu composed Final Fantasy XIII music and he has earned my honorary respect for creating astounding pieces of music.  I rate the music 5 stars.

Let's now talk world creation and Story.  The world in which the game resides is actually apart of a group of video games in the Final Fantasy XIII saga.  The collection is called Fabula Nova Crystalis.  In a Youtube video it displays the core theme of the Fabula Nova Crystalis series.  They at one time had an English Dub of  the video, but it no longer exists for some strange reason.  We do however, have and English Sub.  So this is the video of the Fabula Nova Crystalis Mythology.

In Final Fantasy XIII we have divine god like machines with crystal hearts called Fal'cie.  It is actually a Latin  text to Famulus caelum, meaning sky servant or servant of the sky, which they are nothing like.  According to the Final Fantasy wiki, Pulse and Lindzei created more fal'cie.  Those created by Pulse became Pulse Fal'cie and those created by Lindzei are the Fal'cie that late build Cocoon.  In Final Fantasy XIII we have two worlds, Cocoon, the utopia in the sky, and Pulse, the lower world.  The cocoon fal'cie become known as Sanctum Fal'cie.  Here are some images of fal'cie

In this world Fal'cie have the power to create L'cie, humans that are branded by the fal'cie with a tattoo.  The tattoo is a focus.  The Focus is basically the quest or goal the fal'cie gives the human L'cie.  If they succeed and complete their Focus, they gain eternal a crystal.  If they fail, they turn into a mutilated monster called a cieth.  That is the main conflict of the game.  Here are the images of the Pulse and Sanctum L'cie brands.

Sanctum and Pulse fal'cie wage a war against Cocoon.  Pulse was determined to destroy Cocoon but failed.  After that war, several centuries of peace began, and fear of the unknown barbaric world of Pulse grew.  Where the game starts is during an active Purge, deporting humans who had been living unknowingly next to a Pulse Fal'cie, for fear of contamination of Pulse L'cie.  That is another conflict in the story.

In the story, we witness innocent victims of the purge lose loved ones and become Pulse L'cie.  As the story continues they struggle to move on when they know that death is inevitable since one either becomes a crystal or a cieth.  They also struggle to defy their fate from the curse they possess, ignoring their focus but coming to grips and believing that they were chosen to save Cocoon.  Another theme explored in the game is the idea of fear of the unknown and how it makes people to vile and immoral acts such as purging innocent victims for just being near something so feared, and waging a pointless war.  It shows how peace can also turn into violence through the act of fear.

Characters in the story I find are incredibly round.  Each character we see change and develop in the game as each character has their own grudges, desires, hopes, and back stories that shape who they are and what they do.  Each main character has a unique personality, including the villains.  We see them struggle, feel that all hope is lost, but get back on their feet to save the day.  I rate the Story and World Creation 5 stars.

Now comes the trickier and more harshly judged part of the review.  Unlike the other turnbased system games of the previous Final Fantasy games, Final Fantasy XIII has a unique turnbased system called the Command Synergy Battle system.  It is more real time but still turn based.  The single player has an ATB gauge where the player stocks up on commands and then selects the target it wishes to unleash all the commands on, allowing a faster pace of gameplay and allows a decent amount of time to kill an enemy.

The game also features a unique set of roles.  Commando, Ravager, Medic, Sentinel, Synergist, and Saboteur.
Commando = Attack Commands
Ravager = Magic Commands
Medic = HP recovery and removal of negative stats
Sentinel = High Defence and protector of players
Synergist = Status enhancements
Saboteur = negative stats on enemies

In gameplay, the player must strategize his paradigm - the arrangement of the Roles for three characters, in order to defeat certain enemies and bosses.

We also have the Crystarium, where characters level up their stats and gain commands and abilities along with HP, Strength, and Magic Points.  There are no Defense points in this game, making it more difficult to stay alive.

The negative aspect of the game play is its difficulty.  I would not recommend this game to first time gamers who are new to the RPG genre.  There is no Beginner's or Easy mode, nor is there a Hard mode.  It's just plain difficult.  Although it is a very fun game play, the game is in fact slow and annoying.  It is in the sense that it takes forever to defeat enemies.  The player has to struggle and spend more time gaining Crystogen points(EXP points), and even then it takes forever to kill the enemies, especially the bosses, making it rather difficult and extremely frustrating.  Since there is no Defense, the player has to worry about gaining more HP than anything else.  Some of the enemies are rediculously difficult to beat, with loads of HP and extremely lethal attacks, and some bosses have the Doom Counter making it even more annoying and worrisome to defeat a boss, especially when the player is almost close to defeating the enemy he has been fighting for 20 minutes.  If the player does not have the right amount of stamina strength and magic, the gameplay will be slow and boring, and soon the player will be so bored he'll put down the game and never finish it.  I haven't even beaten the whole game.

But despite these minor downsides(actually, I wouldn't call them minor), the gameplay is still fun filled with spectacular graphics, unique combos, and of course the famous summons.  Each character has their own summon, and can first fight along side it in order to charge the summon's gauge.  Then the player can enter Gestalt mode and perform unique moves to the summon.  There are also minigames, but those should be played after the player defeats the final boss.  I still have fun playing them.  But it can get rather boring doing the same ATB gauge system over and over and over again.  I rate the gameplay....3.5 stars.

Overall, the game has a unique game system, spectacular artwork and graphic design, mesmorizing music, and amazing world full of plot elements, story lines, characterization, and themes.  I rate this game 100% despite weaknesses in the gameplay.  It has impressed me through it's ability to stimulate my mind through the artistic beauty, passionate music, and an amazing complex story.  Square Enix is unlike any other game company in the world.  And so, I recommend this game to all game lovers who value a game for it's artistic beauty, storyline, and gampelay.  I hope this review statisfies any wonders about the game.  Thank you for listening.

,Starvix Draxon

Monday, September 3, 2012

Pokémon stuff

Hey y'all Kyogreman here, the event for the colt Pokémon and the fourth Musketeer Keldeo.
Keldeo is downloadable at Gamestop stores around America to your Pokémon Black and White Version games. When transfered to Black 2 and White 2 allows you to teach him his exclucive move Secret sword will change him into his other forme.

Sunday, September 2, 2012

New Final Fantasy XIII Game Announced

Hello, everyone!  According to , Square Enix has announced it's new sequal to Final Fantasy XIII-2, called, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.  This particular source says that it is possible that the game may contain some real time gameplay elements.  I sure hope so.  Turn base can get boring sometimes.  But either type is good.  This game will include a new world and new characters.  I posted the website so anyone can see the news for themselves.  I have decided however to post some images that I found in that article.
This place is called Novus Partus.  Lovely place.  Looks like an island.  This game company never ceases to amaze me.

This next one is called Luxerion.  This place looks rather twisted.
This is character design for what is called a red dragon.  I think its wings are deformed.  Definately a work of art though.
So there you have it.  There are some videos on that website that you can play if you'd like to look and learn.  Feel free.  I really like these drawings.  What are your opinions on them?
Latest News Report Out!!!!
,Starvix Draxon

Wereworld Shadow of the Hawk Release Date

Alright Wereworld Fans!!!!  We have a confirmed source of info on the release date of the one and only Book three of the Wereworld Series: Drumroll..........
Shadow of the Hawk

This book is to be released October 16th 2012!!!!  Hooray!!!  I don't have to wait a whole year for the next book to come out!!!!  Ding!!!!  Yes it took a whole year for book two to come out in America.  I waited entire year for book two.  The wait won't be much longer.  It is already September 2nd and the days keep going by.  Be prepared my furry friends.  The Story Continues!!!

,Starvix Draxon

Wereworld: Rage of the Lion Review

Alrgight.  Rage of Lions is Book 2 in the Wereworld series.  WARNING!!! PLOT SPOILERS MAY BE FOUND.  This story follows Drew's rescue mission to save the werefox, Gretchen from Prince Lucas, the werelion, while also running from his fate as rightful King of Lyssia.  Through the book we see Drew trying to run from his fate and in the end facing the truth that he is supposed to be King.  Typical, but the author's method of telling the story makes this typical cliche archetype work.  We also see Hector, boarloard of Lyssia go through a psychological disturbance from communing with the dead to often.  We see how he slowly deteriorates from sweet innocent to slightly dark.  We have yet to discover what will happen to him.  My suspicion is that he might turn villain.  I can't say for sure.  He seems to be heading in that dark direction.
Over all the written language is easily readible.  The cliche of being the lost prince and the trying to run away from his fate fantasy cliche is written well enough to where it actually works and makes a good story.  We also get good characterization in the story as well as its predecessor.  However, if you are a child or rather a very sensitive child to pain and several casualties(in other words, death), and you have issues with severed limbs and blood, I'd wait a few years before you read this book series.  After finishing this book, well...I felt rather depressed.  But that's good, because you bond with the characters.  You feel their pain.  You want to then know, who will survive and what happens next.  The story does end on what is considered a cliff hanger.  So be excited for the next sequal to Rage of the Lion.

,Starvix Draxon

Friday, August 24, 2012

Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy Review

Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy has me bursting with tremendous joy.  This story takes place in a magic world where dragons are like living civilians.  However there is a terrible war going on and only 5 dragonets can bring an end to this war.  Each dragonet is a different kind of dragon with a unique ability.  Each of the dragonets also has a unique personality for their dragon type.  I rate this book as a must read for any fantasy lover and anyone who loves a heart warming tale of friendship and bravery.
The language structure of the story is simple as to be expected from a Children's Book but is easy enough to follow and draws you in to the story to make you feel emotion.  Each character has a unique personality that gives them character.  The only thing I found extremely difficult was the size of the dragonets.  I could not tell at all how large they were compared to other dragons.  I couldn't tell if they were supposed to be small or large and if they were on the verge of puberty or what.  So the only downside is not being able to figure out how large and old they really are.  But if you ignore that you get a very heartwarming tale of friendship, discovery of chosing who you are, and finding your inner dragon.  This book is also a series.  Book two is scheduled to come out January 1st 2013.  I will definately be counting the days for its sequel to come out.  This is a great book.  I highly recommend it.  Do read it.

,Starvix Draxon

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Kingdom Hearts Gamespot Review

Kingdom Hearts is one of the greatest video games series around.  This is a review by Gamespot.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Brand new Pokémon event

Hey y'all the colt Pokémon keldeo will be availible for download to your Pokémon Black version and Pokémon White version games at gamestops starting August 27.

Welcome to the Arcade!

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the Arcade!
Here is where I make announcements on upcoming fantasy games and and mmo's!
Anyone here is free to post comments on upcoming games or expansions. Also feel free to review games that you have played and give user-friendly and honest reviews!

For safety-reasons we'll ask you to edit or delete any post that can be seen as flaming, contain spoilers, spam, or for vulgar language. No matter how bad it was, it couldn't have been THAT bad people!

As always, if there is a game or expansion you want me to do a cover on, then please leave a comment on the home page, and we'll see about getting around to it. : )

Happy Gaming,
Major. F. Cupcake

Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf

Wereworld: Rise of the wolf is an incredible book.  As a reader of fantasy, I read it and absolutely loved it.  This book takes place in a world that is ruled by wereanimals.  Not only are there werewolves, but there are also werebears, werestags, wereboars, and werelions and so one.  This aspect makes this book a superb work of fantasy in my eyes.  It deviates from the typical, overdone, supernatural werewolf that I really to not like.  It views werewolves not as monsters of the supernatural world, but as a living fantasy creature that has other wereanimals alike.  From a literary point of view, the language is simple, maybe a little too simple, but pleasant enough to be very enjoyable and entertaing.  The flow of the story feels natural.  Occasionally dialogue sounds a little odd but all in all it has a good flow.  It isn't often you come across books like these.

It is very rare a book this good comes across.  I have been dying to read its sequel, Rage of the Lions for some time now.  It recently came out.  I haven't read it yet, but I sure can't waitto read it.

This book series is actually a foreign set of books from Britain.  The author Curtis Jobling apparently was the maker of Bob the Builder tv show.  I find that quite bewildering.  Anyway since it's a foreign book that means it takes longer to get to America.  Joy.  I recommend this book series if you love fantasy, especially werewolves.

,Starvix Draxon

Dragon's Dogma

This is another game I also have started playing.  I recommend it if you are okay with having to heal yourself all the time.  It is a fun game full of diverse abilities and roles.  Bestiary wise, it's not tha diverse.  But it is a fun game.  I'll write a review on it later.  I hope you enjoy it.

,Starvix Draxon

This is a very good game.  I intend to write a review on it later.  If you have the PS3 and their PS wand motion controllers, then you will be able to play this game.  It is very fun.  So far I have enjoyed it.  The game is already released but I just want to put this on as a reminder to all you fantasy lovers.  Enjoy.

,Starvix Draxon

Wilkommen!  Welcome to Fantasia!  Welcome to the place where Fantasy gathers and dances in magical burts of Fireworks, where the dragons soar above the sky, where the werewolves howl to the bright silver moon, where griffons and behemoths gather, where magic glows strongest.  If you like Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Pokemon Fantasy in general, Dragons, Werewolves, Griffons and more, then you have come to the right spot.  This blog is a news update for the latest fantasy game info and movie info and book info with an occasional video that features fantasy elements.  We might even give game reviews and book reviews on the latest fantasy piece we've seen.  If you notice our blog name is Fantasia, you will also recognize that Fantasia is also a reference to the movie Fantasia made by Disney.  I honor that movie to the highest degree.  My favorite piece is Night on Bald Mountain, followed by the Toccata in Fuge in D Minor.  That is something else to think about is the magic of music.  Hence the creativity in the movie.  It is truely a movie of magic.  Anyway, I plan to post announements and maybe even some of my artwork.  I will also be adding two friends to the blog.  They too will post various information related to fantasy works.  There is really only one rule that is really important. Don't say rude comments.  I will not tolerate rudeness.  Other than that, come with me and dream fantasy.  I hope you enjoy this blog.  Thank you for your time.

,Starvix Draxon


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