Spiral Journal

MobileFun For Your iPhone Accessories

2009-09-23T14:34:00.004-05:00

Let’s face it, in today’s technological world, if you are planning to go mobile, the iPhone seems to be the way to go. It is almost like carrying around your own tiny personal computer. I personally don’t have one…yet. I say “yet” because I do plan to get one within the next six months to a year. And of course, when I do get one, I am going to need some iPhone accessories in order to enhance my mobile experience. I think it’s a good idea to start looking around for those accessories now.

Today, I was browsing around the web looking for an iPhone case and came across the coolest thing I’ve seen in years! Check it out! It’s an XtremeMac Sportswrap Armband Case! This kind of thing is perfect for me, because I ride a bike or walk wherever I go (since my poor car got wrecked - don’t feel sorry for me, I need the exercise). I would highly recommend this case to anyone who takes part in sports or someone who walks or jogs everyday to stay fit and healthy. Hey, that’s what being mobile is all about, right?

However, if you drive a car, you may want to invest in an iPhone car charger. Believe me, if I have a new car by the time I have an iPhone, I will definitely get one of these. When out and about, no one wants to have to search around for an electrical jack to plug in your phone if it the battery gets low, now do they? Of course not. That is why it is always good to have one of these around.

If you already have an iPhone, or you’re planning to buy one and you’re looking around for accessories, I recommend you check out MobileFun. Looks like they have everything you will need.

Watch "District 9" Online For Free!

2009-09-07T14:39:00.007-05:00

Awesome! I have been dying to see this movie! And this one is very good quality. Get over there and watch it really fast, before they take it down!

Clicky right here to watch District 9 Now!

ENJOY!

Visit the Official District 9 Site.

Here's the trailer:

CashPirate - My New Favorite GPT Site

2009-06-15T11:26:00.006-05:00

I know, it has been ages since I posted here, but to tell you the truth, I haven't had internet at home. Actually, I still don't, but I have moved my computer to my daughter's house, which is only a couple of blocks from my house, so I'm online quite often now. So, without further ado...

MY NEW FAVORITE GPT SITE!
I figured now would be a good time to mention my new favorite GPT (get-paid-to) site. Ever since SWATcash shut down, (and oh, how depressing that was), it has been difficult for me to find another place that even comes close to what that place was. But thanks to my friend, Geek Dad, I have found that place - and it is called
CashPirate!

At CashPirate, you can earn money by signing up for FREE offers and surveys. The biggest reason you should join this site is because once you reach $4.99, you can cashout via Paypal, and be paid INSTANTLY! This is no joke, folks. You do not have to wait for payments. As soon as you click the Cashout button, you are paid!

NOTE: Make sure you've rounded off your cashout to the nearest cent, (e.g. $5.32 and not $5.325 - get it?) OR, if Paypal happens to be doing maintenance at the time you try to cashout, then it probably won't go through and you'll need to try again after Paypal finishes maintenance.

Other payment options are eBay and Amazon gift cards. There are also offers you can complete that have a point value. You can save up those points and redeem them for a variety of prizes like gift cards, cash, and t-shirts.

I know for a fact that CashPirate is a legitimate, paying site. Here is proof of my last three payments, all of them paid instantly via Paypal.

Yes, I know it says gptCOMMISSION, but that is their business name in Paypal.

MORE!
Don't forget to check out CashPirate's cool treasure quest. Once you have completed certain tasks on the site, such as completing offers or referring new members, you will unlock a quest item, (i.e. compass, map, gun, etc.). Once you've unlocked all 10 items, you can then see the treasure you've won. I don't personally know anyone who has completed the quest yet. I, myself, am only halfway there. But I don't really want to know what it is until I get there.

Oh and one more thing: you can follow CashPirate on Twitter: @CashPirate. I suggest you follow them if you're a Twitter user, because they frequently give out promotional codes there.

Watch “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans” Online For Free!

2009-01-26T12:45:00.003-06:00

Hello! My apologies for not posting here for some time. I’ve been pretty busy working on some other projects, but I wanted to take time out to post this for you.

It’s not DVD quality by any means, but it’s watchable, and if, for some reason, you can’t get out to the cinema to see it, I’ve found it online in two parts.

Enjoy!

P.S. – Please let me know if the links stop working, and I will attempt to find it elsewhere.

Watch Online

Part One

Part Two

Watch the Trailer

Plot

Wikipedia

Spoiler Alert!

The film opens with a monologue by Sonja about the vampires and Lycans and how the vampires began enslaving the Lycans. It also shows Lucian's birth from a captive Lycan and how Viktor spared him (killing the lycan mother), making him the first Lycan able to take human form. Then it fast fowards to Lucian's teen years as he spars with a group of Death Dealers and defeats them all. Viktor, genuinely impressed, decides to make more Lycans for the benefit of the coven. Unknown to Viktor, his young daughter, Sonja, develops an attraction to the young Lycan, and Lucian becomes fond of Sonja as well.

After the title, a Death Dealer is shown riding through a small chasm while being trailed by wild Lycans that are unable to assume human form, unlike their civil brethren. When they make it to the field, more vampires begin shooting at the Lycans with crossbows. Lucian kills two Lycans just about to leap on the Dealer and kills one just as it enters the coven's walls. Viktor comes out and the Dealer is revealed to be Sonja. Viktor asks Lucian if he feels any remorse for his kind and Lucian replies with "they are mindless animals, no brethren of mine."

Lucian interferes as a slave master brutally beats a Lycan slave for transgressions. The racist slave master tells Lucian he will be there when Lucian falls. After the slaves leave, Lucian sneaks into a small tunnel to a cliff, where he meets with Sonja and they make love. Lucian asks Sonja if she would leave with him and she protests his leaving, but he is determined, and even shows her a key to his collar he made himself (the collar, due to its silver metal and deadly barbs, prevented him from transforming under Viktor's watch). He proceeds to leave and exits the tunnel, unaware that Tanis, Viktor's right-hand man, is observing him.

As human nobles come to meet with the vampire council for protection from the wild wolves in exchange for a tithe, Sonja goes out to guard them. Lucian hears the Lycans near Sonja and steals a horse and sword from a nearby Death Dealer. The Lycans attack and kill the noble and Lucian fights them. Raze is revealed to have been one of the noble's slaves. He begins to fight off Lycans and sees Lucian take off his collar and change into a Lycan. The wild Lycans back down to his howl and leave before he is shot down by Viktor's men. Sonja protests and claims he only changed to save her life. Viktor, feeling betrayed, locks Lucian away after whipping him 30 times with a three pronged chain-bladed whip.

Lucian becomes friends with Raze and speaks to Sonja about escape. He informs her that Tanis knows about their relationship and tells her to use him to get help out of the coven without her father's knowledge. Tanis agrees to assist them for Sonja's spot on the council, which would enable him to amass more political influence. He gives Lucian the key to his collar and the same night, Raze is turned into a Lycan. In the morning, Lucian escapes and kills the slave master and begins to free the other Lycans. The guards are alerted and the liberated Lycans begin to be slaughtered by the Death Dealers' large crossbolts. A majority of the Lycans are trapped and Lucian is forced to leave without them. He and Raze begin finding "conscripts" for his "army" and even travels to the lair of the wild Lycans in order to forge an alliance between the two "rival" factions of wolf.

Viktor asks Tanis for the key to Lucian's collar and almost kills him for his apparent betrayal, but Tanis leads Viktor to the armory, claiming he locked it in there. He reveals a regular key to Viktor, who believes it to be the real one. Viktor then confronts Sonja about her relationship with Lucian. He bites her and absorbs her memories, learning of her time with Lucian. Infuriated at her illegal relationship, he locks her in the room and waits for Lucian.

Lucian tells Raze to keep the men together while he goes to the coven to free Sonja. He frees her from her room but they get into a fight with Death Dealers along the way. He is then surrounded by Dealers and Sonja fights Viktor, who subsequently loses after at first evading her strikes. When Sonja tells her father that she is pregnant with Lucian's child, Viktor takes a knife to her throat and imprisons them again with newfound hatred. After being condemned for her crimes against the coven, Sonja is sentenced to death at a trial presided over by her father and the Council, with Lucian watching in chains. After she is burned alive by sunlight, Lucian escapes the chains and makes it to the stairs of the wall but is shot by Dealers. He is shot several more times and calls out to the Lycans before he weakly transforms back into his human form. All of the Lycans, of the first and second generations as well, amass and attack the coven, overwhelming it after a fierce battle.

Viktor orders Tanis to save the coffins of the Elders and goes out to fight the Lycans. The Vampire Elder is able to slay a great deal of them with ease, but Lucian confronts him, causing Viktor to flee into a tunnel that leads to the prison. They battle and the prison pit to the water opens, resulting in their downward descent. Lucian accidentally pulls one of the rocks out, revealing sunlight. Lucian then pulls enough out to have Viktor retreat to the side of the pit. Lucian comes down to him and Viktor tells him he should have killed him at birth. Lucian replies with "Yes, you should have, but you didn't", before stabbing Viktor in the mouth. Lucian tosses Viktor's body in the water, thinking that he has killed him, but Elders do not perish so easily.

Lucian comes out to Raze, who tells him it is done, but Lucian replies, "No, this is just the beginning", implying that the war will never end until all of the other Vampire Elders have been slain by the Lycans, as he blames their leadership for the hardships that led to the current state of events.

Viktor, now on a ship with Tanis, locks himself in his coffin to regenerate. The cycle of the Elders starts anew, whereby Amelia succeeds Viktor as the next reigning Elder.

The film ends with the opening scene of the first Underworld, with the audio from the scene where Kraven tells Selene that it was Viktor who murdered her family, rather than the Lycans. That Viktor spared her because she reminds him of Sonja, the daughter he condemned to death. The last word is played over the shot of her eyes: "Lies."

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Watch “21 Grams” (2003) Online For Free!

2009-01-10T23:19:00.001-06:00

Memorable quote: "They all say we lose 21 grams at the exact moment of our death....everyone"

This morning, I was really trying to go to sleep, (yes, at the moment, I’m in vampire mode), and I needed something to do that would relax me, so I headed over to Hulu.com to see if I could find a movie to watch that I hadn’t seen before. I looked around a bit and ran across “21 Grams” starring Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, and Naomi Watts. I really liked what I read about it, so I decided to watch it. You guys have just got to see this one!

I’m a huge fan of movies with interweaving plot lines and “21 Grams” is by far one of the best I’ve ever seen! At first, it was a bit confusing, because, according to Wikipedia, “the movie was shot in chronological order, but is edited in a non-linear arrangement where the lives of the characters are depicted before and after the accident, “ so it all comes together at the end. These kinds of movies are intriguing to me. Almost like having to solve a crime, you get clues along the way as you try to figure out the story.

Watch “21 Grams” now at Hulu.com!

Trailer

Plot

from Wikipedia WARNING, contains spoilers!

As previously mentioned, the film is edited in a non-linear manner. The following is a linear, chronological summary of the plot:

Jack Jordan (Benicio del Toro) is a former convict who is using his new-found religious faith to recover from drug addiction and alcoholism.

Paul Rivers (Sean Penn) is a mathematics professor with a fatal heart condition. Unless he receives a new heart from an organ donor, he will have less than one month to live. Paul's wife (Charlotte Gainsbourg) wants him to donate his sperm so she can have his baby, even if he dies. The two are civil to one another, yet distant.

Cristina Peck (Naomi Watts) is also a recovering drug addict, and now lives a normal suburban life with a supportive husband and two children. She is a loving mother and active swimmer who left her days of drugs and booze behind.

These three separate stories/characters become tied together one evening when Jack kills Cristina's husband and children in a hit-and-run accident. Her husband's heart is donated to Paul, who begins his recovery.

Cristina is devastated by the loss and returns to drugs (2CB and ketamine) and alcohol. Paul is eager to begin normal life again, but he hesitantly agrees to his wife's idea of surgery and artificial insemination as a last-ditch effort to get pregnant. During consultations with a doctor before the surgery, Paul learns that his wife had undergone an abortion after they had separated in the past. Angered, Paul ends the relationship. He becomes very inquisitive about whose heart he has. He learns from a source that the heart belonged to Cristina's husband, and begins to follow the widowed Cristina around town.

Jack is stricken with guilt following the accident. Despite his wife's protests to keep quiet and conceal his guilt, Jack tells her that his "duty is to God" and turns himself in. While incarcerated, he claims that God had betrayed him and, soon enough, loses his will to live. He tries unsuccessfully to commit suicide. He is released after Cristina declines to press charges, as she realizes that putting Jack in prison will not bring her family back. When Jack is released, he is unable to reincorporate himself into normal family life, and instead leaves home to live as a transient. He works a manual labor job and defaces his Christian tattoos with a knife.

Paul finds an opportunity to meet Cristina and eventually reveals how the two of them are connected. Desperately needing one another, they begin develop a relationship. Though Paul has a new heart, his body is rejecting the surgery, and his outlook is grim. As Cristina begins to dwell more on her changed life and the death of her girls, she continually focuses on a desire to exact revenge on Jack. She goads Paul into agreeing to murder him.

Paul meets with the person who originally found Cristina for him. Paul also purchases a gun from him and learns that Jack is living in a motel. Paul and Cristina check into the motel where Jack is also staying. When Jack is walking alone, Paul grabs him and leads him out into a clearing at gunpoint with the intention of killing him. Paul is unable to kill Jack, who himself is confused, shaking and pleading during the event. Paul tells Jack to "just disappear" then returns back to the motel, lying to Cristina about Jack's death. Later that night, while they are sleeping, Paul and Cristina are awakened by a noise outside their door. It's Jack, who, still consumed by guilt and inner torment, orders Paul to kill him and end his misery. There is a struggle, and Cristina blind-sides Jack and begins to beat him with a wooden lamp. Paul has a heart attack and shoots himself to avoid dying from asphyxia.

Jack and Cristina rush Paul to the hospital. Jack tells the police that he shot Paul, but he is released. The conflict between Cristina and Jack remains unresolved (they meet in the waiting room after Paul's death, but do not speak). Cristina learns in the hospital that she is pregnant. After Paul's death, Cristina is seen tentatively preparing for the new child and Jack is shown returning home to his family.

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Watch “The Professional” (“Léon”) (1994) Online For Free

2009-01-02T21:58:00.001-06:00

I know this is an older movie, but it is such a good one, and I highly recommend it. It is way up there on my favorites list.

This one is hosted at Hulu.com and is DVD quality. There will be 10 or 15 second commercials every so often, but they’re not particularly bothersome.

Click here to watch The Professional now!

Plot :

from IMDB

Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade.

Read more about this movie at Wikipedia.

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Check out My TV Options for your television needs

2009-01-02T21:20:00.002-06:00

My hubby and I have been discussing our television service, which at the moment is the local cable company. I have been pretty happy with it except for the fact that it’s terribly expensive. I suggested to him that we look into other options, and see what other companies had to offer. The problem is, we have never had anything other than local cable, so we weren’t exactly sure what our options were and if they’d even be suitable to our needs.

After a bit of looking around, I came across a site called My TV Options. At the home page of the site, I selected the features that we would like to have, such as DVR, movie channels and local channels. I then entered my zip code and was taken to a results page that gave me a rundown on each of the features I had chosen, and recommended that DirectTV was the best option for our television needs, and they even supplied the phone number for direct tv in my area.

So, I’ll be giving directtv a call and checking out their packages as soon as possible. If you’re not sure which television option is best for your family, I recommend letting My TV Options direct you to the right place.

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Watch “Batman: The Dark Knight” (2008) Online For Free

2008-12-14T16:58:00.001-06:00

You can thank my hubby for this one – he has been wanting to see this movie for a year, and found it quite easily this afternoon, and it’s only in one part, thank goodness. This link is up on Megavideo, so it doesn’t take forever to load, and it’s DVD quality. If you have a good broadband connection, you should have no problems at all.

Watch it now!

*If the link doesn’t work anymore, please leave a comment and I’ll try to find another one.

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Two Promotions Today Only At SquishyCash

2008-12-14T00:28:00.006-06:00

There are cool promotions and contests going on all the time at SquishyCash. If you haven't finished your holiday shopping, I urge you to sign up now. There's still time to make some easy money and cash out with a daily payout in time for Christmas.

Here are today's promotions:

1. Earn a Buck, Win a Buck Promotion!
December 14th only. Ends at 11:59pm EST.
Earn $1.00 in offer earnings and instantly get $1.00 added to your account balance!

2. The $1 Free Referral Promotion! Refer 3, Win a Buck!
December 14th only. Ends at 11:59pm EST.
Refer 3 new members and win $1.

It may not seem like much, but trust me, these little bonuses add up after a while. Once you get started, you will see what I mean!

Watch "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (2008) Online For Free

2008-12-13T23:49:00.004-06:00

This one is in two parts, but it loads very quickly and is surprisingly good quality. I will be watching here too.

*Please leave a comment if the links don't work anymore and I'll try to find it somewhere else.

Part ONE
Part TWO

Synopsis from IMDB Spoiler Alert!

Watch "Twilight" Online For Free

2008-12-13T23:36:00.007-06:00

I found a pretty good link to this one. The quality is not the best, but it's definitely watchable. There will be a few pop-up ads, but once you close them out, everything flows along just fine.

Watch Twilight Now!

*Please leave a comment if the link stops working and I will try to find another one. Thanks!

Summary from IMDB:

Bella Swan has always been a little bit different. Never one to run with the crowd, Bella never cared about fitting in with the trendy, plastic girls at her Phoenix, Arizona high school. When her mother remarried and Bella chooses to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she didn't expect much of anything to change. But things do change when she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen. For Edward is nothing like any boy she's ever met. He's nothing like anyone she's ever met, period. He's intelligent and witty, and he seems to see straight into her soul. In no time at all, they are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance - unorthodox because Edward really isn't like the other boys. He can run faster than a mountain lion. He can stop a moving car with his bare hands. Oh, and he hasn't aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he's immortal. That's right - vampire. But he doesn't have fangs - that's just in the movies. And he doesn't drink human blood, though Edward and his family are unique among vampires in that lifestyle choice. To Edward, Bella is that thing he has waited 90 years for - a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. Somehow or other, they will have to manage their unmanageable love. But when unexpected visitors come to town and realize that there is a human among them Edward must fight to save Bella? A modern, visual, and visceral Romeo and Juliet story of the ultimate forbidden love affair - between vampire and mortal.

Freebies for December 13, 2008

2008-12-13T14:44:00.001-06:00

Here are several freebies I ran across today. I hope some of you will be able to take advantage of them. Enjoy!

	GoodNites® Underpants offer trusted nighttime protection in a style that can be discreet underneath pajamas.
	TENA Overnight Pads have advanced absorption technology. They feature a larger size for the security of additional coverage, the comfort of cottony softness and Advanced Odor Protection — pH-balanced to fight odors.
	NéctavidaTM is a delicious liquid super supplement that can be taken by people of all ages, from children to seniors. It supplies vitamins and minerals at 100% of Daily Value levels, a variety antioxidants, plant-based nutrients, fiber and essential fatty and amino acids.
	Get a free coupon book with $10 worth of savings on Betty Crocker porducts.
	Get a free sample of Nicoderm CQ stop smoking nicotine patch as well as $7 off coupon should you decide to buy it.
	Free sample of Sarah Jessica Parker Covet fragrance
	The first 100 Quick & Simple readers to register below will receive a free 3.75 oz package of flavored, sliced almonds from Sunkist Almond Accents.

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SquishyCash’s 7-day Completions Contest Pays 25 Spots!

2008-12-12T16:25:00.001-06:00

Starting today, SquishyCash is having a 7-day completions contest. They will be paying 25 spots! The lucky person who completes the most offers will win $25. The other 24 spots win a variety of cash and chip prizes! All winnings will be added to accounts when the contest ends at 11:59pm EST on December 18th. If you’re not already a member, go sign up now and get in on this action!

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A Cinematic Reminder

2008-12-11T20:59:00.005-06:00

Not that anyone would forget, but I just wanted to remind you that tomorrow is the day - The Day the Earth Stood Still – ha! Seriously though, it’s the day the new version will be opening in theaters. I am so looking forward to seeing this film. I haven’t seen the original version yet, but I have found it online - (watch it here) – and I intend to watch it before I see the new one.

Summary of the 1951 version: An alien (Klaatu) with his mighty robot (Gort) land their spacecraft on Cold War-era Earth just after the end of World War II. They bring an important message to the planet that Klaatu wishes to tell to representatives of all nations. However, communication turns out to be difficult, so, after learning something about the natives, Klaatu decides on an alternative approach.

Jennifer Aniston Poses Naked For Cover Of January 2009 Issue of GQ

2008-12-11T19:36:00.000-06:00

…except for that strategically placed necktie, and she looks absolutely gorgeous!

CashCrate Offers Approving Like Mad!

2008-12-01T08:05:00.004-06:00

Just a short note to let you guys know that in just one evening of work - I think it was Friday - I earned $18.65 at CashCrate! And that was for about 3 hours of work. No lie! The offers there are approving like crazy! If you're not a member yet, I advise you to get on over there and sign up and get to making some extremely EASY MONEY!

December Contests and Promotions At SquishyCash

2008-12-01T07:35:00.004-06:00

As usual, SquishyCash has some very cool contests and promotions going on this month. Don't miss out on some easy cash! I can certainly vouch for this site. It is one of the very few GPT sites that I still work on, and my offers have been approving very well there lately. This could be a great way for you to pick up a few extra bucks for Christmas, as they have daily payouts! Here is my proof of payment from my last daily payout:

I've done very well with the contests at SquishyCash over the past year and a half, and I highly recommend joining and participating in their promotions. To date, they have given away $41,418.22 in contests and promotions alone! If you are not already a member, you are missing out on some easy money!

SquishyCash Contests and Promotions for December 2008

Still not a member? What are you waiting for? Sign up for SquishyCash today!

SWATcash Shut Down This Morning

2008-12-01T07:15:00.005-06:00

As of 5:45 am CST this morning, my favorite GPT site (and biggest money-maker) shut down due to frauding members and advertising networks not paying them. I am devastated over this. SWATcash was by far the best GPT site on the internet with 90,000+ members. They stated they will do their best to pay members what they have coming to them as soon as they are able to. However, they won't be paying any bonuses received. This kinda hurts me, because I had $110 in bonus earnings coming and I guess I can just write that off. But I won't complain, because that site has been very good to me over the last year-and-a-half that I have been a member. I have earned over $3000 in cash and prizes.

I know that some of my readers signed up under me and in case you missed it, here is what SWAT Brian posted at the forum yesterday:

Due to all of the recent events I am sad to say that SWATcash will be shutting down effective December 1st, 2008. We will strive to do all we can to get payments out in a timely manner. Unfortunately if all goes well we will only be able to pay out Offer Earnings, Referral Commission, Shopping Earnings, and Click Earnings. With shutting down we have to end our contracts with the company that runs our servers which is really putting the strain on the company's wallet and possibly charging us more than we will have coming in, in which case we will have to file for bankruptcy. We hope that they will be glad to work with us and get that number down so we can payout all of the members who have made payout through December 1st.

We know this sucks, you don't have to tell me twice. We are still waiting on checks that are now almost 2 months late to us. I have been told recently that a check was over-nighted Wednesday only to find out today that it still hasn't even been sent. That is just how it has been going lately for us. We are doing everything in our power to get what is owed to us so we can get what is owed to you. We realize that this is a terrible time for this to happen as Christmas is just around the corner, but believe me that this is hurting us just as much as it is hurting you. A lot of you may think that we have a mound of money in the company that we are sitting on but the truth of the matter is, is that it's just not true. With paying to keep the site up, paying our employees the money is going down just as fast as it is coming in because every lead is being scrutinized more closely than ever and it is taking a longer time for payments to be processed. Now days all a advertiser has to do is say "I think we have some fraud here" whether it be one lead or 100 and your full payment is held till it is figured out which can take months.

Like I've answered before, "Why don't you have an emergency fund?", we did but it got taken out when we paid out in August and we later received word of fraud from the month of July and August. That's just how it goes in this industry and for a long time we took small hits here and there but never one this big. We always put the members first throughout this whole 2 year run that the company has been around and don't intend on changing now.

We really appreciated working with all of the truthful members that stuck around on the site and forums from the very beginning. Without you guys we would have never made it anywhere. The forums were always active and fun to be around and it truly made my job a little bit easier with all the helpful members answering questions when a mod or admin wasn’t around to answer them. I want to thank all the mods for doing a great job around here keeping the forums clean and informative. I’d love to thank Jeremy and Will for doing an excellent job keep the site new with cool features and making the site as unique as it was. Thanks to Soylagringaloca who did a great job handling support and making sure it was done in a timely manner and keeping it as upbeat as possible. And also thanks to SWATAP for providing us with pictures for visual representation of topics and posts. He kept the forums lively and bursting with activity. I hope I didn’t miss anyone but thanks to everyone involved with SWATcash it was like one giant family even though sometimes it got a bit out of hand.

The site will go down sometime tonight or tomorrow morning. I apologize for how everything went down and how this ended up, but I give you my word that we will try to payout members what they deserve and rightfully earned.

Goodbye and thanks for everything SWATcash. You will be missed.

Holiday Shopping Is Made Easy With ShopWiki

2008-11-21T12:57:00.005-06:00

Well folks, it's about that time again. That wonderful time when we have to find just the right items for our loved ones. Anything that can make this time less stressful is always welcome to me. I remember the days of having to actually leave the house to do my holiday shopping. Thank goodness this isn't the case nowadays. I really hated fighting all the traffic and the crowds of people. So these days, I try to do all my shopping online.

Since the economy is so bad, and continuing to get worse, our family has decided to only buy presents for the kids this year. So, I'll mostly be shopping for toys and games. Since I don't have little ones anymore, (mine are all grown up now), I didn't have a clue where to begin shopping for my nieces and nephews! I really don't keep up with the latest kiddie toy trends, so I needed a little help. Some kind of "toy-buying guide" that would help me figure out what to buy.

Lucky for me, (and you), I came across ShopWiki, a wicked cool shopping search engine to help you find the best products at the best prices from all across the web, not just a few stores. I tell ya, this place is fantastic! I didn't even know where to start when it came to buying a gift for my niece, Kenzie. I do know that she's very creative and loves to draw and make crafts. So I checked out ShopWiki's Crafts Kits for Kids Buying Guide and it showed me appropriate craft kits to buy for children in her age group. That was extremely helpful, since I had no idea. Once I chose a gift, I was taken to a page of search results that showed me the best prices and links to the online stores where it was available.

There's no telling how long it would have taken me to find a gift for Kenzie without this helpful guide. I intend to use ShopWiki to buy all my holiday gifts. And I won't even have to leave the house to do it! Yay me!

Star Trek Movie Trailer

2008-11-18T13:17:00.007-06:00

Pssst! Guess what? Lucky us! Someone leaked the new Star Trek movie trailer and it's now up on YouTube, so I am embedding it here. Looks pretty darn good, too, if you ask me - but I'm a Trekkie through and through, so I'm a little biased. Be sure you watch it before "they" make YouTube take it down! Don't ask me who "they" are. Shh!

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EDIT: Seems the real trailers have now been released, and you can watch them in HD. AND THEY ARE SO AWESOME!! (Much better than the bootleg above).

CLICKY HERE!

SWATcash Fraud Delays Payments

2008-11-18T10:09:00.005-06:00

I've been a member of SWATcash for going on two years and I have mentioned many times that this is the best GPT (get-paid-to) site out there. They have always paid on time and I have been the winner of some really cool prizes, including a Playstation 3, an iPod Classic and a $1,000 cash prize.

However, over the last few months, the level of fraud activity at the site has been high, and advertising networks are delaying payment until they have weeded out the fraudsters. This has put quite a damper on things over there. No payments have been made since September. Any money earned in September would normally have been paid out on October 15th, but members are still awaiting October payout. We were informed at the forum that for the next few months, we would be paid on a net-45 basis, meaning earnings would be paid on the 15th of the second month after the month they were earned. This means we should have received our September earnings on November 15th.

It is now the 18th of November and we are still awaiting our September earnings. We were again informed at the forum that the advertising network still has not paid, and they really have no idea when they will, so our earnings have been put on hold until the advertisers come through.

I have never had a problem recieving payment from SWATcash, but I am beginning to wonder if they will ever be able to pay us. I have been a very loyal member, promoting the site far and wide, and I'm doing my best to trust that they will come through this mess and pay us. If they do, I will continue to promote it.

But, I can't help but wonder if the present economic crisis is affecting the GPT industry, and whether or not SWATcash will survive after this. Many members are threatening to leave. Most have stopped completing offers altogether, because most of them just do not approve anymore. I am one of those people. I can't see wasting my time on offers that don't approve. I mean why should we? It doesn't benefit anyone. And even if they did approve, would the advertisers actually pay for the leads?

I truly hope SWATcash pulls through this mess and returns to the greatness it used to be. I know I am missing that money I used to make there. It has put a hurt on my pocket-book for sure. I try very hard not to depend on money I make online, but sometimes it's what gets the rent or utilities paid for us.

Could There Be Another X-Files Movie?

2008-11-18T06:40:00.005-06:00

Looks like writer/producer Frank Spotnitz is mulling over the idea of a third X-Files movie. Being a huge X-Files fan, I certainly hope this happens.

Spotnitz says that even though he is working on some very hush-hush TV projects right now, that he would welcome a third big screen X-Files movie. However 20th Century Fox hasn’t gotten back to them on that score yet. The producer is the first one to be upfront about the “disappointing” box office of this summer’s X-Files: I Want to Believe. “We opened a week after The Dark Knight and got mowed down by it,” he says. “No one knew what a huge historical event it would be.”

Read more about the exclusive interview with Frank Spotnitz at The Sci-Fi Movie Page.

Jason's Back | Watch the Friday the 13th (2009) Trailer

2008-11-16T09:39:00.006-06:00

Yes folks, our favorite horror movie villain, Jason Voorhees returns to the big screen on Friday, February 13th, 2009. This is good news to us horror movie fans. In this one, Whitney (Amanda Righetti), Clay (Jared Padalecki), Mike (Nick Mennell), Jenna (Danielle Panabaker), Trent (Travis VanWinkle) and other young adults end up exploring the old Camp Crystal Lake (made famous by the original 1980 film). Soon enough however their seemingly fun weekend turns into a nightmare when each one finds themselves hunted down by a machete wielding maniac known as Jason Voorhees (Derek Mears). -- IMDB

Official movie trailer:

Twilight Comes To Theaters November 21st | Trailer

2008-11-15T10:22:00.007-06:00

Twilight will be showing in theaters next week, and I am so excited. It's been a long time since we had a good vampire movie to go see. This one looks just delicious too! If you're into vampires, get out and see this one! Check out the Twilight IMDB page or the Official Twilight Movie Website for more information.

Official Twilight Trailer:

Full synopsis from IMDB:

Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a bit different, never caring about or fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix, Arizona high school. When her mother Renee (Sarah Clarke) remarries and decides to move with her new husband to Florida, and Bella decides to go live with her father, Charlie (Billy Burke), in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn't expect anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she's ever met. Intelligent and witty, his piercing eyes see straight into her soul. Soon, Bella and Edward are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance. Edward can run faster than any cheetah, he can stop a moving car with his bare hands, and he hasn't aged since 1918. Most importantly, he's a vampire. Like all vampires, he's immortal. He doesn't drink human blood (they're vampire "vegetarians"), which is rare among the vampire population. Instead, they go on regular "hiking" trips, where they feed on prey such as grizzly bears and mountain lions. For Edward, Bella is the thing he has waited ninety years for - a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. And what will they do when James (Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi), and Victoria (Rachel Lefevre) come into town and James sets his sights on Bella? Will true love prevail when Edward is forced to save her life and conquer his thirst? The true question is, When you can live forever, what do you live for?

Activists Throw Flour On Lindsay Lohan

2008-11-15T09:56:00.004-06:00

Lindsey Lohan is in the news again. It seems she was pelted with a flour bomb on arrival at a Paris nightclub wearing a fur stole.

Animal rights activists showered the 22-year-old actress with flour when she went to the VIP Room Theater in the early hours of Saturday with her friend, disc jockey Samantha Ronson.

The owner of the nightclub helped Lohan dust off her blue sequined dress and black stole before she posed on the red carpet. Ronson went on to spin tracks for a crowd that included reggae rapper Shaggy and "I Kissed a Girl" singer Katy Perry.

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