Super 8 Review

Let me just say that films like Super 8 are the reason I love movies so much. This movie was absolutely great. The film takes places in the late 1970’s and focuses on a group of kids trying to make a horror movie, however little do they know a real life horror movie is unfolding around them. They witness a train crash while shooting a scene and things go straight to hell from there.

The movie does a good job of keeping you in suspense, wondering what’s coming next, what’s really going on in this small Ohio town. It keeps you waiting in anticipation until the end. I really loved how the camera work was done; giving you small glimpses of the creature but it’s never truly revealed until the end. You may say, well that’s been done before. Yes it has, but this movie did it right in my opinion.

Another aspect of this film that I enjoyed was that the main starring roles were given to kids. You really don’t see that very often. I think the kids in this movie all gave terrific acting performances, some of the best I’ve seen. All of them were well casted for their roles. Watching them trying to make their movie as the action unfolds around them was quite entertaining.

Super 8 really draws you into the story of these kids and their film. A lot of movies made today have a lot of action but lack in their story. This movie limits the action only to when it’s appropriate. Overall it’s just really well done and I hope to see more movies like this in the near future. I highly recommend this movie to everyone.

My score for Super 8 is 5 out of 5.

- Shane

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Review

I just got back from seeing the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie “On Stranger Tides”. I went in knowing it probably would not be as good as its predecessors and unfortunately I was right. This film goes in quite a different direction than the last three. The original trilogy relied heavily on CGI effects to create memorable characters like Davy Jones. On the contrary, Blackbeard in this movie is very forgettable.  

The movie didn’t use too many spectacular special effects at all really. The main focus being on the “mermaids” however don’t let that title fool you, the creatures in this movie are not actually mermaids. They’re more like vampire/piranhas which have the ability to take down entire ships! Unlike any mermaid I’ve ever heard of.

The plot of this movie focuses on finding the fountain of youth. Of course everyone knows a fountain of youth is no good unless you’ve got some mermaid tears to go with it, oh and the tears must be fresh to work. I’d like to know who thought that one up. The whole plot is rather silly and seems rather pointless to me.

The dialogue and soundtrack for this movie both seemed to be lacking. As for dialogue, Jack Sparrow did not have nearly the same amount of witty lines or comebacks that he did in the previous films. Johnny Depp’s performance seemed to be on cruise control throughout the movie. The music in the movie wasn’t really bad; it’s just that there was nothing new. It seemed like the same soundtrack as in the previous movies just re-mixed.

I know they’re planning to yet make two more of these movies in the coming years, I can only hope they look back at their previous more successful works for their future ventures. I personally really loved the very first Pirates movie. I thought it was innovative and a fun ride in general. The second one wasn’t bad either really; I still enjoyed it quite a lot. The third was decent but the plot had some holes. Now the fourth is just rather disappointing to me.

For my score I’ll give this movie 3 out of 5.

Harold Camping, the relentless fool

So Harold Camping was originally wrong in 1994 when he first predicted the end of the world…and nothing happened. Then he thought to himself, being wrong once wasn’t enough I’ll make a fool out of myself for a second time. Let’s go with 2011 this time. So May 21, 2011 came and went and of course not a single thing happened. Camping claimed a “silent rapture” occurred. Give me a break. There was one volcanic eruption but that doesn’t count.

So now what does Harold Camping do next? The civil thing to do would be to simply apologize and say something along the lines of “sorry for misleading you and taking all your money”. If he was really nice he might even give some money back to the poor people that he tricked. But no, instead he has decided to keep playing the end of the world game, now saying the end of the world will come on October 21, 2011.

Come on Harold! How many times do you think you can get away with this deception anyway? How dumb do you think we are? If anyone is actually still following this man they have to be the biggest idiot on the planet.

I’ll be honest, when I first started following Camping at the beginning of May I was quite interested in the topic, but it’s really getting old now. This will most likely be my last post on the topic. I just felt like voicing my opinion on this never ending stupidity. 

- Shane

Judgement Day? Or gullible idiot day?

Well here it is, May 21, 2011. Judgement Day! At least it was supposed to be Judgement Day. However as I predicted all along, not a single thing has happened. Harold Camping you lunatic, you really had us all going there didn’t ya? Just because he has hosted Open Forum for 50 years so many people were ready to believe whatever he told them, despite the fact that he already screwed up his first prediction.

This guy has been preaching on his show for years that the world was going to come to a harsh end on this very day. As a result, he received millions in donations from his loyal followers. Some people even quit their jobs and gave up their life savings to support Harold Camping’s cause of advertising the end of the world. I wonder where these poor jobless people are now?

Religious fanatics in general tend to annoy me. Harold Camping in particular kept my interest because he was so sure of himself and was so adamant about getting the word out. I am still not entirely sure why he did this, was it really just all about the money? How many lives do you have to ruin just to give yourself a nice retirement fund?

Well it’s over now; I can only hope people come away from this being wiser and less likely to believe nut jobs like Camping in the future. The fact is, there is no way the end of the world can be predicted by the bible. The world will end in billions of years when our sun becomes a red giant. Odds are humans won’t make it that long anyway.  

As for 2012, don’t expect the end of the world then either, especially not a biblical end of the world. Sure, a natural disaster cannot be ruled out. However that really goes for any year, 2012 is not really special in any way, just as today was not special. Use logic my friends, do not fall for deception. 

- Shane

Is the world ending this Saturday?

Harold Camping, a Christian radio broadcaster and president of Family Radio claims that the world will be coming to an abrupt end this coming Saturday, May 21, 2011. He also predicted that the world would end in September of 1994, however, surprise surprise,  that prediction did not come to pass. He blamed his previous failure on a mathematical error. Yeah right.

He’s basing his second end of the world prophecy on several mathematical calculations which you can read about further here. If you ask me these are just numbers with no real significance of their own. Anyone can manipulate numbers to work in their favor if they play around with them long enough.

Camping also has his own Youtube channel that he’s been using to countdown to Judgement day. In his latest video he talked about how the acceptance of homosexuality was a sign of the end. Really Harold? The acceptance of others for who they are is a sign of the end of the world? I think not. It’s a sign of a more civilized world, a sign that people are finally breaking free of religious intolerance, but certainly not a sign of the end.

Camping claims that this Saturday at 6:00 PM there will be a catastrophic earthquake in every city around the world. I am not sure why 6:00 PM exactly, apparently God wants to interrupt our last dinner. It also makes absolutely no sense for earthquakes to happen in an organized manner. Earthquakes happen randomly and without warning.

The Family Radio network has been receiving loads of donations due to Camping’s claim. I have to ask myself why would anyone donate to them if the world is ending in a few days? None of it makes any sense. It’s a good money making scheme. Tell your followers that the world is about to end and they’ll send you money. Then when it doesn’t happen, run, hide, and hope they don’t find you!

Camping says “I know it’s absolutely true, because the Bible is always absolutely true”. However the bible is not absolutely true, the majority of it is fiction. I’m hoping on May 22, more people will understand this. You can’t just go around telling everyone the world is going to end because you have a hunch. Some people are ignorant enough to believe it.

In truth, there are many ways that the world could actually come to an end. I’m not going to start listing them here, but I can assure you, when it does happen it will not be because the bible said so. Everything has a beginning and an end, that’s how everything in the universe works. That’s just science. 

- Shane

New posts coming soon!

I know I have been seriously behind in keeping up with this blog. However I am now getting re-focused, I plan to start making new blog posts as often as possible and making some new Youtube videos as well. I would love to hear some suggestions for videos or for topics to write about. You can post comments here or you can also contact me at ShaneD3488@gmail.com.

- Shane

Halloween is weird

I love Halloween, it's always been one of my favorite holiday's. You get to pretend to be a scary creature, then you go knock on people's doors and you get free candy, it doesn't get any better than that right? Still though, when you think about it, Halloween really is just downright weird! 

Originally people started dressing up as frightening creatures because they believed on this day, the spirits of the dead came into our world or something like that. Our way of fooling these spirits was dressing up like them so they would leave us alone. However nowadays it seems that people dress up as pretty much anything! I'm really not sure how dressing up like celebrities or famous people is supposed to be scary. Unless it's a dead celebrity...then maybe...an undead Jim Varney would scare the hell out of me. Or you can dress up as Spongebob...but maybe have a meat cleaver in his head.

Another thing about Halloween that's strange is for this one day out of the year, begging for food from complete strangers is completely acceptable. Imagine on any other day of the year if you tried putting on a hockey mask and went knocking on someone's door at night begging for stuff. You'd probably get whacked upside the head.

As I said though I really do enjoy this holiday no matter how strange it may be. I love getting scared and it's so much fun to scare others...plus ya'know, free candy, you just can't beat free candy. Happy Halloween ya'll.

Are people becoming more inattentive?

As you may or may not already know, I work in a grocery store. I am around hundreds of people every single day. Lately I have been noticing a trend of people becoming more and more inattentive. Of course everyone gets distracted from time to time, but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about someone bringing up a gallon of milk, paying for it, then just walking off and leaving it on the register when it's the only item they purchased! I'm really not kidding about this, I've seen it happen.

Another thing happened today that I just had to comment about. I was running on an express checkout lane and these two guys come up and put their stuff all together so I just assume the stuff is all one order...so I ring it up like normal...the first guy watches as though nothing is wrong. After I finish scanning all these items he proceeds to then pay for them. While paying you have to confirm that the price is correct, which he did. Then after the whole process is complete, he says, "wait, did I just pay for all that?" It turns out only the first item in the order was actually his. The second person who the stuff belonged to didn't say a word about it either.

Are we really getting this inattentive about things people? I just needed to make a post about this. Tell me what you think, and the next time you're at a grocery store checkout, please use the divider. Thanks. :-)

Ustream, Youtube, and Reviews Update

I haven't made a blog post in a while. This is just an update of what's going on with me. I was planning to do some video game walkthroughs for Youtube, however that hasn't worked out as I'd hoped. I have not been able to find a way to record audio from both the video game and record my voice at the same time. I will still stream games from time to time on my new Ustream channel Shane's Gaming & Tech Show. I am also now doing a life stream on Ustream. Shane's Life Stream I am currently doing it fairly randomly, but once I get a bigger audience I would like to do a regular scheduled show. If there is anything you want me to do on my show just request it.

 I have decided to focus on vlogging with my new Youtube channel. I have uploaded several new videos already. http://www.youtube.com/shaned3488 I know it's not that impressive yet, just give me time. If you have any video suggestions for me I'd love to hear them. You can always contact me on AIM. My screen name is ShaneD3488. You can also contact me at ShaneD3488@gmail.com.

As for my reviews, the next one I plan to do is Mass Effect 2. I am currently playing through the first Mass Effect again. I am a big fan of that game and I can't wait to play the next game in the trilogy. I can only hope it lives up to the standards that were set by the first game. But since it's Bioware I'm not too worried. Bioware is by far my favorite game developer in existence.

- Shane

Launch of my new show on Ustream/Youtube

I'm starting a brand new show on Ustream.tv and Youtube.com which will be all about gaming and technology. Right now I'm just focusing on the gaming part. I am going to try doing some video game playthroughs starting with the Grand Theft Auto series because it is my personal favorite. I am currently planning to officially kick things off this Friday, Christmas day.

I consider myself to be a master of the GTA series, I know every detail about those games. If you're a fan of the series like I am you'll definitely want to check it out! I will be starting off with a playthrough of Grand Theft Auto III, I want to see how long it takes me to get through it and how well everything works then I'll go from there.

If you have any suggestions for the new show I would very much like to hear them, you can e-mail me at ShaneD3488@gmail.com

Motorola Droid Review

I purchased my Motorola Droid a couple weeks ago and it has not left my side since. I declare it to be one of the single greatest purchases I have ever made. I now have access to the world wide web right in my pocket all the time. It’s such a great feeling to know that I am always connected everywhere I go.


Let me start off by talking about the Droid’s web browser. This phone is great for people who don't like to wait! Websites are rendered extremely fast and I have never had to wait more than a few seconds for something to load. The internet really blazes along. The only fault is that Flash is not yet available on the Droid but it will be at the start of next year. The browser works either vertically or horizontally depending on how you are holding the phone. To zoom in on a page you just simply tap twice on the screen where you want to zoom.

A very important asset to the Droid is the voice-search technology powered by Google along with Google maps. Personally I hate having to type everything one key at a time on that tiny keyboard. The Droid eliminates this problem. You can easily tell the droid what you’re looking for and it will do a search for you. I have found the voice recognition to be extremely accurate and extremely easy to use. You can also use the voice functionality within Google Maps. Say you're driving somewhere, you glance down at the gas gauge and, oh no! Your're on empty!  Simply say “Map of gas stations”. It will then automatically show you all the closest gas stations for that area. What if you suddenly get a hankerin' for a big mac on the go? You could say “navigate to McDonald’s” then it would find the nearest location for you and can give you turn by turn voice directions all the way there. You can even see a satellite view of your route or a street view in case the plain old maps aren't enough for ya.

The 5.0 megapixel camera on the Droid is another asset that does not dissapoint. The images are high quality with very little, if any, blurring. You can also use the camera for various apps such as Google Goggles which allows you to take a photo of an item then it will do a Google search based on the item in the photo rather than based on text. This also works by taking a picture of businesses. Another app allows the camera to be used as a barcode scanner enabling you to find instant information on any product.

As far as apps go there are plenty of neat ones already available and the app library is growing at a rapid pace (there is already over 10,000). One of my favorites is the Ustream broadcaster which once again uses the camera to allow you to broadcast from any location that you desire. There is really an app for just about anything you can imagine. It certainly already has all the essential apps that you desire. The Droid is also great at multi-tasking, allowing you to run many apps at the same time without slowing down the phone’s performance.

As for the keyboard on the phone it comes with both an onscreen keyboard that can be used vertically or horizontally and a pull out keyboard. Personally I prefer the onscreen keyboard. With the pull out keyboard, I find myself making many more typos and hitting the wrong keys. The onscreen keyboard has bigger keys and is just easier to type with in my opinion. If I had to pick a flaw on the Droid I would say it would be the pull out keyboard. I think it could’ve been designed a little bit better. Especially for people who have large man fingers like myself.

The Android operating system as whole performs nearly flawlessly, everything is extremely smooth and so easy to use. I can’t stress enough how user-friendly Android is. I have yet to experience anything complicated about using this phone. Basically you just tell it what you want and your every wish is the Droid’s command. For this reason I believe the Droid to be the best PDA/smart phone on the market today. I don’t believe any other can really even begin to compete. I highly suggest you go out and get yourself one!

Avatar Review

Avatar was one of those rare movies where I went in with expectations high as could be. I had been hearing a lot of talk about how Avatar is the next Star Wars or possibly could even be better than Star Wars. Let me say first off that you shouldn’t try to compare one single movie to a 6 movie saga because there is no way you can match that in the given time. However in the 2 hours and 45 minutes it lasted, the movie was astonishing on many levels.

The story follows Jake Sully an ex-marine who had been paralyzed from the waist down in combat. His twin brother who had been trained to participate in the Avatar program was killed in combat. Since they were twins Jake was then selected for the program even though he had no prior training. The Avatars are artificially grown bodies of the Na’vi, a humanoid alien race living on the planet Pandora. The humans get into tubes and let their minds be transferred to their Avatar. When their Avatar sleeps, the human re-awakes. Jake’s mission is to infiltrate the tribe of Na’vi and gain their trust in an attempt to make them re-locate, as their home is sitting on top of a valuable metal that the humans want to harvest for money.

I don’t believe I have ever before seen such life-like CGI in a movie as there is in Avatar. Everything in the movie seems incredibly real, at times I found myself forgetting I was watching a computer animated world. Everything has so much detail and all of the people and native creatures are so unique.

One of my very favorite characters in the movie was Colonel Miles Quaritch played by Stephen Lang. He is always confident in everything that he does and never thinks twice about a decision. He is a super tough marine who won’t stop until things are going his way no matter what the odds are. He is just one of the most badass characters I’ve seen in a really long time.

As peaceful negotiations don’t work in the allotted time the Colonel issues the order to launch his “shock and awe” campaign. The movie really turns into a classic war between primitives and advanced technology. It was very reminiscent of Star Wars Episode VI when the Ewoks of Endor took on the mighty Sith Empire. However Avatar brings the war to a whole new scale as the entire planet fights back against the invaders as it tries to save itself from destruction.

Avatar mixes live action and CGI like never before, it makes the transition from one to the other seem nearly seamless. All of the Na’vi’s emotions are incredibly realistic and believable. Everything in the world reacts to the things around it. Night time on Pandora is one of the most spectacular things I have ever seen, as everything in the forest has a unique color and glow.

It’s really hard for me to describe just how amazing the animation in this movie is. You really have to see it for yourself. I do also highly recommend seeing it in IMAX 3D for the fullest experience. It really makes you feel like you’re right there on Pandora living the action as it unfolds.

Back to the question of if it’s better than Star Wars. I would have to say the animation is better in some respects than the Star Wars films yes. However on a story level it can’t really match up. And although Pandora has a good number of species shown in the movie, it’s still only one planet and can’t begin to match the Star Wars universe, although I definitely expect the Avatar universe to grow over time.

To wrap this up I have to say everyone really needs to see this movie. Do yourself a favor and don’t miss a spectacle in movie making.

2012 Review

As many of you may already know the ancient Mayan civilazation's calender comes to an end on the date 12/21/2012. Why did the Mayans choose this date to end their calendar? Did they get tired one day and just stop and go home? Did they run out of stuff to write on? Or did they actually foresee something happening at this time? I have looked into potential catastrophes that could occur on this date myself, the most likely being a solar flare event. In this case that's exactly the primary focus of the movie.

The beginning of the movie is used to setup the whole idea of what's going on, the idea of a peaking solar storm turning our planet into one big microwave, cooking it from the inside out. Now personally I couldn't see something on that large of a scale actually occuring. But then we wouldn't have much of a movie if there wasn't a major catastrophe now would we?

For the most part the plot focuses around one man named Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) who is trying to find a way to save his family from the ensuing chaos occuring all around him. That is one thing this movie has no shortage of, it's absolutely loaded with action and destruction to the highest degree. You've never seen destruction on this kind of a scale before. Many scenes in this movie are nearly completely computer generated, but nearly all of them look very realistic and believable. That being said, there are a few wacky moments in the movie as well, such as when an aircraft carrier gets taken in on a tidal wave and takes out the white house. It's cool to watch, but not very high on the believable scale.

The movie focuses around several major events occuring on the planet at the same time, however the west coast of the U.S. is where the shit hits the fan first. It starts off with a few earthquakes and things rapidly go downhill from there until eventually entire tectonic plates below the surface of the Earth begin shifting positions causing California to sink right into the ocean, that's not where I'd want to be when this all started to go down that's for sure. Makes me glad I live in the midwest.

The acting in this film was very good, it had plenty of stars in the cast including Danny Glover as the president of the United States and Woody Harrelson as a zany, pickle loving, conspiracist who did a radio broadcast about all kinds of conspiracy theories. There are a few jokes tossed around here and there, but overall the movie keeps a fairly serious tone. I also couldn't help but think some of the emotional scenes were a little overdone. I understand they wanted to get the reaction from the audience but to me it just seemed liked they should've been more focused on the action than on teary phone calls.

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie though because 2012 is a subject that I have long been interested in since I first heard about the prophecy when I was around 12 years old. I do recommend seeing it for the breathtaking CGI scenes as well as an action-packed story that will keep you gripping your arm rests for the duration of the ride. Whether or not anything in this movie will actually come to pass is yet to be seen. Will 2012 actually be the end of the world? I doubt it. Will anything happen at all? Possibly. But afterall it's Hollywood's job to spice up what they have to work with and they certainly did a good job doing so with this movie.

I recently went to see the Michael Jackson movie This Is It. It gives us a glimpse into the rehearsals and production of M.J.'s latest planned 50 show London tour which had already been sold out. The footage shown in this movie was never originally planned to be shown to the public. It was only due to Michael's untimely death that it was released. It really would have been a shame not to show all the work that was involved in the making of this massive show.

The movie almost felt like you were getting your own personal concert from Michael. It shows him performing all of his most famous and legendary songs on stage, only you're seeing the rehearsal versions of the songs. Between the songs you really get to see how devoted Michael was to his music and how he really wanted every single detail of his show to be flawless. I was continuously impressed throughout the movie at his amazing dance skills, he seemed just as talented as he ever was when he was younger.

The thing you really see in this movie is just how much work was being put into the production of this show. They even recorded several new videos for his songs. The new Thriller video inparticular was very cool, it was even filmed in 3D which is actually how Michael wanted the original music video to be filmed. The new Smooth Criminal video was also rather unique being in black & white and using classic movie clips.

I think in the end Michael made some mistakes in his life, but he really was an extremely smart and talented person. The messages he was trying to get across were peace, love, an end to racism, and saving our planet. These are all the right messages that I believe in myself. This is part of the reason why I have always been such a big fan of his music.

But truly, there has never been anyone quite like Michael Jackson in the past and I really don't think there will be anyone like him in the future, he was one of the greatest talents of our time, sadly he left us early. But if you have any interest in pop music at all then this is definitely a great movie to see, if nothing else just for the amazing music. After all Michael Jackson is the one and only king of pop!

Evansville Fall Festival 2009

One thing is for sure about the West Side Nut Club Fall Festival and that is...it's impossible to leave hunrgy! It's the 2nd largest street festival in this great nation of ours, second only to the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans. The Fall Festival contains food and fun for the entire family, there is something for everyone. From the extremely odd (chocolate crickets & scorpion pops) to the ordinary (hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza etc.).

There were lots of rides this year at the Fall Festival including TWO Freak Outs and a new ride called the Yo-Yo (pictured right). There is also a huge midway featuring lots of interactive games. I used to love that stuff when I was younger, now I more or less just go for the food.

There is plenty of food to choose from at Fall Fest with 126 food booths, nearly all of them offering something different. My personal favorite out of everything is the brain sandwich! It's a legendary Evansville food item and as you saw in my Hilltop Inn post, I love them.

Pictured below we have the original brain sandwich booth, brains are all that they serve here. They don't even have anything else on the menu. They're just that good! I only waited in line for about 10 minutes to get mine but as the evening went on the brain line steadily grew.

One of my other favorites that I tried other than the brain sandwich was the brat burger from booth 11. I love bratwurst, so why not a brat burger?

For dessert I went over to booth 126 which offers both deep fried oreos & deep fried twinkies, both very unique and good but I went with the deep fried oreos this time, it comes served with honey to dip them in.

If you want to try something a little more unusual you can head over to booth 72 which serves up chocolate covered crickets, icky lickies (suckers with a bug in the middle), scorpion pops, alligator jerky, and "quackwurst".

These are just a select few of the many many food choices you have at Fall Fest. There are also nightly concerts and an amateur talent show. I didn't stick around for those myself because of the huge crowds. I had a lot of fun there though, I go every year without exception, I may even go again this week before it's over! If you are ever in the Evansville area in the beginning of October or if you live anywhere near Evansville, attending the Fall Festival is an absolute must. It does not dissapoint!

Star Trek Review

I went into this movie completely as a Star Trek noob. I had never seen anything related to Star Trek before in my life. Going in with high expectations I found the movie to be pretty good in its entirety, the only problem I had with it was that the information was being thrown at me so fast there wasn't much time to absorb everything. Since I was completely new to Star Trek I had no idea who anyone was or how they related to the rest of the series.

As far as story goes I thought they did a good job providing a compelling plot with a couple twists along the way. To put it simply there is an evil bad guy wanting to destroy planets and the good guys have to stop him. But then that's a pretty common plot for all movies of this type. Take Star Wars, same thing except with a Death Star and different reasons for planetary destruction, but you get the idea.

The movie contains plenty of action scenes and space battles so if that's the kind of thing you're into then you'll probably really like this movie. I felt that it focused more on action than anything else, while there were some dramatic scenes in the movie, none of them were overly lengthy. The action shots were also very fast paced and close up, which to me made it difficult to know what was always going on in a fight. There was occasional comedic relief however especially with the character Scotty played by Simon Pegg, I found him to be quite amusing.

Overall I'm just going to say if you're a Star Trek fan I'm sure you've already seen this movie, but if you're like me and going in with no experience I would say it's still worth seeing but it doesn't contain the same kind of thrill it would to a fan of the series. The movie seems devoted to the trekkies out there. So, to the trekkies I say live long and prosper...and may the force be with you!

I couldn't resist throwing that last part in there!

Remembering 9/11/01

Eight years ago today one of the worst tragedies in our nations history occured. I remember everything that happened that day, being at school watching the news coverage in every class, not knowing what might happen next. It seems to me there is not much in terms of 9/11/01 remembrance, it's important that we never forget what happened on that day. If we forget then a similair tragedy could happen again. I wanted to make a post on the subject to show that I for one have not forgotten.

2 years at Buy Low

As of tomorrow I will have worked at Buy Low for exactly two years. When I originally applied for that job I had no intention of working there more than a few months, but a few things changed along the way and I'm still there now. I have seen so many people come and go at that job, not many people have been there as long as I have. Probably because the pay isn't very good at all. At this point I feel as though I could do my job in my sleep, I know it so well.

The main thing I've been waiting for all this time is for my house to sell, it's been on the market for a couple years now. As soon as my house sells my life will be taking a completely new direction. I will be starting in school as soon as I possibly can and I will at last have extra money once again. Until that days comes, I will probably be maintaining my current job. It could be worse, I could be working at McDonald's! Ha!

Hilltop Inn

I ate at the Hilltop Inn restaurant today located on Evansville's west side, it was recently voted as "The Manliest Restaurant in America". I rarely ever eat on the west side but that place really is worth the travel time. I got the jumbo brain sandwich, which is basically what they're famous for. It was really good I have to say. A lot of people seem to get grossed out just from the thought of eating a brain, but as I always say, don't diss it till you try it! If you've never tried a brain sandwich before get to the Hilltop Inn A.S.A.P.! It also is making me greatly anticipate the West Side Nut Club Fall Festival, only 25 days to go!

What this blog is about.

Hey ya'll, I'm brand spankin' new to this blogging business. Some of my friends wanted me to start my own so here we go. I'm not sure how frequently I will make posts but I would estimate once a week at the minimum. I also have Twitter, which you can follow me at here.

For the first post I'll give a lil info about myself, I'm 21 years old, I live in Evansville, Indiana and I'm currently employed at Buehler's Buy Low owned by Houchen's Industries. That's just a temporary thing however, my ultimate goal is to really get involved with my passion for science. One of my current hobbies is storm chasing, you may be familiar with the show Storm Chasers on the Discovery Channel. I do basically the same thing they do minus the T.I.V. and the expensive equipment. My goal is filming severe weather, analyzing it, and eventually posting anything interesting online.

I will of course make weather related posts here, but I want this blog to be more than just that. I want to be able to post anything of interest here. Whether it be news related, technology related, science related, whatever it is, this blog will be the melting pot of everything in my life.