2 Posts....One day ; ) Hungry for The Hunger Games

Wow my second post of the day, how very awesome for me and I hope awesome for everyone else out there. But I just couldn't pass up an opportunity to talk about something that has got my mind very interested! As you know, (if you read my about me) I'm very into books, and I am always looking for a interesting, edge of your seat, page turning book to read. Seeing as I just finished the last book that I was reading ( The Help by Kathryn Stockett which I will later post about.) I needed to find another and fast, before my brain went into melt-down! While browsing on a nameless quirky and blunt blogger (Herez Pilton ; ) @ http://perezhilton.com ) I came across a book called The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, which is being made into a movie in the not to far off future. Now I'm not completely living under a rock, I have heard of the book before and have harbored the idea of reading it. But with it being so popular and "in" with the younger crowd I headed the opposite way remembering a certain book about a sparkly vampire and an emo werewolf that went viral and became an annoyance years after I first read it. But looking into the reviews on Amazon.com today I'm seriously considering going out and picking up The Hunger Games as soon as I get off work! 

For those of you who are in the same boat as me and have yet to read the first book of the trilogy it focuses around 16 year old Katniss Everdeen who lives in Panem, A post-apocalyptic country that was once known as North America. Panem is run by a power hungry government called the Capitol that regulates everything that its citizens do. The Hunger Games is an annual televised event where the Capitol picks a boy and girl from districts to participate in a fight to the death. From what I got from the reviews its a very graphic novel, with romance adventure and suspense all wrapped in one. I for one like all of thee above! Big bonus is its a trilogy so if I do love it I basically have a super long book to read!

So what do you think? For those of you who haven't read it are you going to do the same as me and get your hands on a copy as soon as you can? And for those who have read it, was it as awesome as it sounds?

PSN users saddened by 9 days of shutout from Playstation Network

If your a gamer then I'm sure you are aware of the current annoyance that PSN users have recently had to endure. The Playstation Network is coming up on its 10th day of it's recent shutdown due to a breach in its networking because of a hack from an unknown source. After discovering the breach Sony shutdown the network completely cutting off online interactions to all PSN users, stating that the system had been hacked and users' data could have been stolen. Over 77 million users are currently registered to the PSN and because of the breach could have had their names, address' and possibly credit information stolen.

"Gamers are angry that Sony's CEO hasn't come out to explain the situation and investors are disappointed over the company's corporate governance," said Michael Wang, manager of overseas funds at Prudential Financials in Taipei, which owns shares in Sony.

Sony brings in an estimated $500 million annually in just the Playstation Network alone (including the fact that it doesn't charge for online access, unlike its competitor Microsoft Xbox Live), which includes access to movies, online gaming and music. Many users are outraged that their personal information could have been accessed by hackers, stating that the network should have had better security measures for situations like theses. The PSN being down means that many games are unable to access the online multi-player feature for which many games such as the Call Of Duty and Halo franchises are popular for. As of right now there is no word when PSN will be back up and running.

What will you do until then? Thanks to www.betanews.com here are ten things you can do until PSN is back up!

1. Read War and Peace. Hopefully Sony will have PSN back up by the time you finish. C`mon, after 8 days down, do you really believe the promise of partial PSN restoration by next Tuesday?

2. Watch the Royal Wedding. Who else is up at that hour of the night?

3. Dig out dad's "Dungeons and Dragons" game. Hey, analog role playing is better than nothing.

4. Go to a 3D movie. While you've been playing non-stop for the last 3 years, there have been some amazing tech advances. Oh, yeah, ask your friends to explain what an iPhone is.

5. Become a day trader. The highs and lows can be as exciting as interactive game playing, except you make (or, gulp, lose) real money rather than spend it on virtual goods

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6. Check your email. Sony would like to explain how it lost all your personal information, including precious gamertag ID, password, birth date, security questions and much more. Ah, best check credit card activity, too.

7. Update your Match.com profile -- remove MAG, SOCOM 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops.

8. Visit your mom. Her door is on the other side of the bathroom.

9. Change your passwords from "password" -- or "123456789." Hackers have it now.

 

10. Take a shower. You need it.

Or if you are smart you wont have to worry about when PSN will be back up and you can stop reading this now and go boot up your XBOX, go kick some butt online in COD Black Ops and laugh at all the PSN users who are wishing they had gone with Xbox Live.  ; )

Water For Elephants

The movie adaption of the book Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen came out last weekend (April 22nd) and I still have yet to see it, but this basically is my own fault. As great as the movie looks I was hesitant to go see it opening weekend because of one reason, Rob Pattinson. I know everyone thinks hes hot stuff and I have been to see those twilight movies and from those movies I have learned how annoying screaming girls at a movie can be. So as cute as Rob Pattinson is, I did not want to pay $10 to hear a bunch of screaming girls, but it does look like a good movie

    Basically what happens is the story revolves around Jacob, a veterinary student who drops out of school  and decides to join the circus where he falls in love with Marlena (played by Reese Witherspoon), the star performer of a circus set in the 1930's. Amidst all the excitement of the circus life and Marlena's over bearing and dangerous husband a lifelong love is formed. VERY EXCITING! Plus it has a cast of great actors including Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Bastards), Reese Witherspoon(Walk The Line), and Hal Holbrook(Into The Wild).

( Courtesy of 20th Century Fox )
Well what do you think, Will you see Water for Elephants?

Stranger Things have happened.

   Well world here I am, starting a new blog for all to read, if anyone reads it. If you do happen to look it over or stumble onto by chance Thanks for reading! This is probably the 6th blog that I have started, all of which have ended with me losing interest and forgetting about them. But I  intend to do the opposite with this one and actually keep it going.We will see how that goes. Basically this blog will be about anything and everything that I'm interested in ( see insert = ] ) So sit back and enjoy. Leave a comment if you find something funny, or if you don't like what I said about something!