Hey guys! Today we're talking about ThinkGeek. It's an AWESOME site! ThinkGeek is an online retailer that caters to computer enthusiasts and other geeky social groups. Their merchandise includes clothes, electronic and scientific gadgets, unusual computer accessories, office toys, pet toys, child toys, and caffeinated drinks and candy. ThinkGeek was founded in 1999 and is based in Virginia. A majority of the products sold on ThinkGeek are heavily related to Internet culture. Some t-shirt designs include a ROFLCOPTER (an ASCII drawing of a helicopter made of internet slang), the Intel Pentium Processor logo with Geek instead of Intel, and a pixelated 1Up Mushroom from the Super Mario Bros. game series. ThinkGeek runs a points-for-reward system called Geek Points, in which customers can earn rewards for buying products. On April 1st every year, the company puts on a fake homepage with fake products. For example, in 2007 it advertised "Surge Stix", cigarette-like high potency caffeine delivery systems that, when snapped like a glowstick, supposedly deliver as much caffeine as five cans of Coke. Some of the April Fools Day merchandise has been so popular with customers that they've been made into real products, such as the 8-Bit Tie, the Personal Soundtrack t-shirt, the Tauntaun sleeping bag and the iCade. Think Geek items are usually based on other franchises, such as Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Doctor Who, The Big Bang Theory, bacon, Minecraft, zombies, LEGO, iPhone, iPad, Portal, etc. Think Geek also has a mascot in the form of a monkey, named Timmy.
Check it out right here! : http://www.thinkgeek.com/
Happy weekend!
Maria.
In this short post, I offer my condolences to the families of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. This is a horrible event that should never happen again ever. I hope that the suspects get caught as quickly as possible so this problem gets solved fast. R.I.P to the ones who were killed in the bombings.
Happy weekend!
Maria.
Hey! Today we're discussing "Because of Winn-Dixie". Because of Winn-Dixie is a children's novel by Kate DiCamillo published in 2000 and winner of a Newbery Honor distinction the following year. It also won the 2000 Josette Frank Award and 2003 Mark Twain Award. It has been adapted as a 2005 family film, directed by Wayne Wang, produced by Walden Media and Twentieth Century Fox. Here's the plot:
India Opal Buloni is a 10-year-old girl who has just moved to a trailer park in the small town of Naomi, Florida, with her itinerant preacher father. While in the Winn-Dixie supermarket, she encounters a scruffy dog wreaking havoc. She claims the dog is hers to save it from going to the pound and names it Winn-Dixie. Winn-Dixie's first act of inspiration on Opal is for her to challenge her father to name ten things about her mother, who abandoned them years before when she became an alcoholic. Opal also befriends the very wealthy librarian Miss Franny Block, who shares great stories about her past, including a tale about her great-grandfather, whose family members died while he fought for the South in the Civil War. Grief-stricken after his return from battle, he decided he wanted to live the remainder of his life filled with sweetness. Thus, he invented Littmus Lozenge candies that tasted like a combination of rootbeer and strawberry with a secret ingredient mixed in—sorrow. In Because of Winn-Dixie, these candies symbolize that even though life sometimes deals people a bit of sadness, there is always so much to appreciate. She also encounters Gloria Dump, a woman whom children think is a witch. She also meets a man named Otis. Otis is the pet shop manager in the town of Naomi. He is shy and upset because he was in jail for playing his guitar on the street, so now he plays for the pet shop animals and a parrot named Gertrude who is Otis' favorite.
I made this post about "Because of Winn-Dixie" because that's what we're reading right now in English class. I recommend the book for ages 7+ because nearing the end of the book, it gets a little bit sad. It's a REALLY good book.... It's AWESOME!
Happy weekend!
Maria.
Hey! Today, we're talking about The Croods. I saw it last Thursday and it was AWESOME!!!!! The Croods is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It features the voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, and Cloris Leachman. The film is set in a prehistoric era know as The Croodaceous, A period which contains fantastical creatures, when a man's position as a "Leader of the Hunt" is threatened by the arrival of a prehistoric genius who comes up with revolutionary new inventions, like fire, as they trek through a dangerous but exotic land in search of a new home.
This is the cast:
Nicolas Cage as Grug Crood, a caveman who is the well-meaning, overprotective but old-fashioned patriarch of the Croods family.
Emma Stone as Eep Crood, a cavegirl who is Grug and Ugga's oldest daughter and is filled with curiosity and a desire for adventure. She has a crush on Guy.
Ryan Reynolds as Guy, a nomadic caveboy who is not as strong as the Croods, but prefers using his brain and comes up with various ideas and inventions. He is accompanied by a sloth named Belt and is Eep's love interest.
Catherine Keener as Ugga Crood, a cavewoman who is Grug's wife. She is more open-minded than Grug, but also finds it difficult to keep her family safe.
Clark Duke as Thunk Crood, a caveboy who is Grug and Ugga's son. Thunk is the 6-foot-9, 320 pound, 9-year-old middle child, who is not very bright and has bad coordination but has a good heart. He gets a crocopup named Douglas for a pet.
Cloris Leachman as Gran, a very old and ferocious cavewoman who is the mother-in-law of Grug and the mother of Ugga.
Chris Sanders as Belt, Guy's pet sloth.
Randy Thom as Sandy Crood, Grug and Ugga's ferocious baby daughter who still bites and growls instead of speaking. Thom created her voice with creature noises.
There is also a videogame based on "The Croods" called The Croods: Prehistoric Party! for the Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U and Nintendo DS. Overall, I totally recommend the movie.... It is, again, A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!!
Happy weekend!!!
Maria.
Hey guys! Today we're talking about ThinkGeek. It's an AWESOME site! ThinkGeek is an online retailer that caters to computer enthusiasts and other geeky social groups. Their merchandise includes clothes, electronic and scientific gadgets, unusual computer accessories, office toys, pet toys, child toys, and caffeinated drinks and candy. ThinkGeek was founded in 1999 and is based in Virginia. A majority of the products sold on ThinkGeek are heavily related to Internet culture. Some t-shirt designs include a ROFLCOPTER (an ASCII drawing of a helicopter made of internet slang), the Intel Pentium Processor logo with Geek instead of Intel, and a pixelated 1Up Mushroom from the Super Mario Bros. game series. ThinkGeek runs a points-for-reward system called Geek Points, in which customers can earn rewards for buying products. On April 1st every year, the company puts on a fake homepage with fake products. For example, in 2007 it advertised "Surge Stix", cigarette-like high potency caffeine delivery systems that, when snapped like a glowstick, supposedly deliver as much caffeine as five cans of Coke. Some of the April Fools Day merchandise has been so popular with customers that they've been made into real products, such as the 8-Bit Tie, the Personal Soundtrack t-shirt, the Tauntaun sleeping bag and the iCade. Think Geek items are usually based on other franchises, such as Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Doctor Who, The Big Bang Theory, bacon, Minecraft, zombies, LEGO, iPhone, iPad, Portal, etc. Think Geek also has a mascot in the form of a monkey, named Timmy.