Soda

Posted on February 23, 2015 by dkbadmin under Everyday Life

So Yummy!

This year for my New Year’s Resolution I decided to give up soda. If you are from Wisconsin then pop or soda pop. Even though I am from Wisconsin I say soda.

This is hard for me because I love soda. I love Coke, Cherry Pepsi, AW Root Beer and Cream Soda. These sodas are my favorite. Also Sprechers Soda which is made in Wisconsin and it comes in a bottle. Sprechers cream soda is my favorite then Sprechers root beer.

Giving up soda is so hard because if I go to someone house they offer soda. Go to a party guess what they have to drink…soda! During Holiday’s, birthdays we drink soda, fast food and soda. Got to have pizza and soda.

Also some vending machines you can get soda for fifty cents to seventy five cents. Cheap for a can of soda even if it is an off brand. Talking about off brand soda. When I was growing up there was this off brand soda called Jolly Good. This soda made me fall in love with cream soda. That rich vanilla flavor soda so yummy. Going to the store you can mix and match the Jolly Good for really cheap and get twelve cans. Unfortunately Jolly Good is not around anymore.

I love the taste of soda. The bubbles and the sugar is so yummy. The reason why I chose to give up soda is for a couple reasons. One to lose some more weight. Two soda upsets my stomach especially Dr. Pepper and Coke. I love the taste of soda hates how it makes me feel even the next day. Soda makes me feel very tired as well.

I am proud of myself going fifty days without soda because it’s hard for me. Also doesn’t help when my husband loves soda and drinks it in front of me. So hard not to want a can too. But I am determine to go the rest of the year without soda.

Metro Last Light

Posted on February 16, 2015 by dkbadmin under Video Games

I accidently came across this game on the internet. I think it was on YouTube. Sometimes I look around the internet to find video games to play. This game looked interesting to me and it’s a sci-fi game.

First of I didn’t know this game was based on book. It’s based on Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky. Secondly I didn’t know this was the sequel to the game Metro 2033. Metro 2033 is not available for the PS3.

The graphics are really well done. Bonus! I got it for a really good price $11.00 on amazon. Now this game was on sale when I got it. Regularly $16.00. Still a good deal for a really good game. I have a rule if I want to play game that I have no idea how it’s going to be. Twenty dollars or less is a perfect price to try out a game. And if I do not like it then it feels like I didn’t waste a whole lot of money on it. I also like to read reviews and look up videos of gameplay on the game. Yes I like to do a little research on a game before buying. I like to see what people say about the game and sometimes I can be swayed not to buy or to buy. But what I have noticed that I usually like the game that a lot people do not like. This game had mixed reviews. So I had to try it and I am glad I got it. It’s really great game except one thing. I do have a feeling that the replay value is going to be low because there isn’t really any choices you make and no side missions.

Metro Last Light the characters are well done and I love their accents. This game is based in Moscow Russia. So the characters are Russian even the all-around the Metro has Russian words and Russians signs. You can pick what language you want in the beginning. To be ethnic you can pick Russian of course I chose English. The voice actors are great and I love their Russian accents.

I study the Russian language for about a year. It’s neat to be able to cypher the letters and understand some of the words on the signs or the back of the characters uniforms without looking them up. Of course some of the signs are easy to understand what they say because of how they look without trying to cypher what they mean. Also when the characters swear in Russian I do understand what they say. They like to say bitch a lot in Russian. Funny!

Also the AI’s in this are awesome! When hiding and waiting for them to come by or when trying to find where they are they say things like I will find you or that guy was good guy after you killed a guy. It’s funny and it’s easy to find them in the room your place you are in.

The feel of the game I like and I like you get options of either being stealthy or go guns a blazin’. I hate stealth missions and games solely based on stealth. I am the player who likes to go guns a blazin’. I do not mind if there are some missions I have to be stealthy because their usually missions like that in any game and this game has them.

I like this game so far. Like any game there are some frustrating parts but all in all it’s good. The atmosphere of the game is great! The characters are not outrageous and can be related too. It’s a good first person game and I like the story. Another reason I like this game there no pressure to play online.

Awkward Buying

Posted on February 13, 2015 by dkbadmin under Everyday Life

There are only a few things that are awkward for me to buy in the store. Underwear and beds. Both are guesting games if I am going to like them or not.

Recently we had to buy a bed. It’s so awkward buying a bed because you have to lay down on them in the store with strangers. Well you don’t have to lie down with strangers they are in the store plus the sale person. (Silly!) Anyways it’s awkward because you have try out the bed to see if you like it and beds can be expensive.

I hate lying down in the store to try them out. It’s just very strange lying down in the store with lights on and the sales person asking if you like that one. Sometimes depending on the store they will lower the lights. Still you know they are watching you. Creepy! Plus depends on how you sleep is how you should try the bed. Good thing I am a side sleeper but my husband is a stomach sleeper. That is a bit weird to try out in the store. Also those pillows they have for you lie on are not really great pillows. Also how many people laid there head there?

Can’t really gauge how the bed is going to be when you get it home as well. Because in the store you don’t have your blanket, you are not in your pj’s. It’s just an awkward situation to buy a bed.

3 Resident Evil Characters

Posted on February 9, 2015 by dkbadmin under Video Games

In Order

In my own opinion.

Albert Wesker

Yes I understand that he is the bad guy but he is so cool. He has come so far in the series too. Wesker give us the bad guy to hate or in my case hate/love. He is so evil and wants to the ultimate bad guy he is intelligence and very cunning. How he tricks everyone in the first Resident Evil pretending to be the good guy working for RPD (Raccoon Police Department) and leader of S.T.A.R.S. Also he is very recognizable with his sunglasses and his slick blonde hair. I hate that they killed him in Resident Evil 5.

Chris Redfield

The original player that you could have chosen in Resident Evil he had a knife. I have seen that a lot of people wish that Resident Evil would just kill him. Disagree so much! I think without Chris the series would fall apart. He is a huge big part of Resident Evil even though I dislike his storyline in Resident Evil 6. How he lost his memory is stupid. Other than that I love Chris he is the other side of Umbrella Corporation. He is the captain of BSAA (Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance) (I know nerd!) Anyways Chris is the solider for good.

Jill Valentine

The other original player that you could have chosen in Resident Evil and she had gun. S.T.A.R.S, S.T.A.R.S! If you are a resident evil fan Nemesis says that a lot. S.T.A.R.S. (Special Tactics and Rescue Squad) (You don’t need to say it.) Anyways I love her because she a strong female character and she got a whole game to herself Nemesis. Great scary game but not scary like ghost. Scary like the Nemesis chases Jill throughout the game and she has to escape him. Never know where he is going to be. Heart pumping action. She is a bad ass and that outfit. I don’t need to say anything about that outfit she has on during the Nemesis. Chris and Jill are often partners and they make good partners too.

They never say but in my opinion I have two scenarios on how Chris and Jill are. First Chris and Jill got together at one point. Second Christ and Jill never got together because Chris and Jill are more like brother and sister relationship. But I am thinking of the first one being more realistic.

Silent Hill Movies

Posted on February 5, 2015 by dkbadmin under Movies

Mixed feelings.

When I heard that they were going to turn Silent Hill into a movie I had my doubts. We all know what happened to the Resident Evil movies. (If you don’t you are not missing anything.) I actually went and saw the first Silent Hill movie in theater which is rare. I rarely go to the movies so that means I really wanted to see it.

I was surprised because the first movie is great! It followed the story line of Silent Hill well. I like the two worlds. They really made the other world so creepy. It was amazing. Love the monsters. I liked it so much I saw it at least three times when it came out to DVD.

I was excited when they announced the second one. This one I didn’t get a chance to see it in theaters and I am glad I didn’t waste my money. It was horrible! Once again Hollywood screwed up a great franchise. What was the connection to Heather and other actor? It was dumb! The whole movie didn’t make any sense. It’s Resident Evil movies all over again. How disappointing.

If they do come out with a third movie. I will probably watch it maybe it will better. One can only hope.

Silent Hill

Posted on February 2, 2015 by dkbadmin under Video Games

Scary Weird or Scary Good?

I would say both scary weird and good. Silent Hill has two worlds normal to crazy scary!

I played the original Silent Hill on Playstation. At first I didn’t know what to think but after while it got weird. I like the storyline and I like the psychological aspect of Silent Hill. I thought the school was the scariest part of the first game and that’s what I remember the most from it.

My favorite Silent Hill was and still is Silent Hill 2. Silent Hill 2 has nothing to do with the story line of Silent Hill. I am taking control of James Sunderland while he is searching for his dead wife. (His dead wife?) This game takes the creepy award. This is where the fog comes alive literally.

In Silent Hill 2 I met the mannequins and then mannequin spiders! (Who comes up with this?) Then the famous nurses you meet them in this game but they don’t look like the nurses in any of the new games. They aren’t overly sexualized like they are now.

Of course can’t forget Pyramid Head makes his first appearance in Silent Hill 2. He scared me when I first saw him.

Silent Hill 2 is awesome and so far no other Silent Hill game has top it. Sure I have played the other Silent games but Silent Hill 2 will always be my favorite.

And now they made Silent Hill HD which is Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 for the Playstation 3, I have to get this someday.

Silent Hill 3 goes back to the storyline but now Heather is older. (Still a good game!)

Every time I want to be scared, I will play Silent Hill.

Slang & Idioms

Posted on January 29, 2015 by dkbadmin under Slang

Slang

7. Right-means in agreement. I use this one a lot.

Can you believe new Sherlock episodes only come on every two years? Right!

That movie was great! Right!

8. Pumped-is a feeling of total excitement.

I am really pumped to go to the party.

Are you pumped to go shopping?

9. Yo-used instead of hi or hello. I used this in the 90’s but I rarely use this term now.

Yo how’s it going?

Yo how are you?

Idioms

7. Sicker than a dog-means you are really sick. This idiom came to be because dogs rarely get sick and when they do it’s really bad.

I can’t go to work today because I am sicker than a dog.

How are you? I am sicker than a dog.

8. Bend over backwards-To do a lot of things for a person or group. You can use it as a negative or a positive. However a lot of people use it as a negative.

I bend over backwards for him and he doesn’t say thanks.

I bend over backwards for the reading group but it’s worth it.

9. For the record-means to state facts and to remember later.

For the record this is not chicken this is turkey.

For the record I did not break your window.

My Dad turns 60

Posted on January 26, 2015 by dkbadmin under Everyday Life

When did that happen?

My dad turned 60 on Jan. 24. Wow all ready? I remembered when my dad turned 50 and I was sad because that means he was getting older. I do not like that.

When I was younger my dad and I didn’t have the greatest relationship. My dad was a classic workaholic. He always chose work over family time. Also he traveled a lot for his job. That meant missing birthday’s and anything extra that I was in.

I am not a sports person but to please my dad I signed up for all kinds of sports when I was young, softball, basketball, tennis and soccer. I wasn’t good at any of those. I also played piano and was in ballet. My dad missed a lot of my games, recitals and shows because of work. And I became bitter about it.

Also that meant missing birthdays. My dad couldn’t ever remember my birthday even though it’s the easiest birthday to remember. I was born on Saint Patrick’s Day that is not hard to forget. When I was younger I thought my dad got me the coolest gifts not knowing that my mom would buy the present and slap a tag on saying it was from dad. The coolest gift I got was a lava lamp and I thought it was from him. Till one day my and I had to go get a bulb for it and she said I picked out a good color. It was red. I was like you picked it out? I thought it was from dad? I remember feeling disappointed. Every present after that that said it was from dad I knew it was from mom.

Now that I am older and so is he. Are relationship is a lot better. We have a lot in common and talk about those subjects a lot. It’s fun to hear the stories of when he was growing up and technology is always a funny subject to talk about. And he never forgets my birthday now even though he still can’t remember how old I am. I think that is funny. I love talking with him or just hanging out.

I wish my dad was not getting older but I am glad he is still here. Jeff and I got him this Packer hat for his birthday.

Mobster Movies

Posted on January 23, 2015 by dkbadmin under Movies

My three favorite in order

I love learning about mobster from the 1920’s and beyond. Something about mobsters intrigues me. I love old school mobster though. When men wore suites and hats, women wore dresses. I have watched plenty of mobster movies but I have three favorites that I probably have seen hundred times. In order they are:

Mobsters (1991)

The first time I saw this movie was in a history class in college. I was blown away how much I liked it. Starts out with the coolest mobsters in my own opinion, it’s about the four mobsters Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Busy Segal and Frank Costello. This movie is how they got their names like how Lucky became “lucky”. How these friends raised to became the baddest mobsters and starting Murder Inc.

Casino (1995)

I never saw this movie till I met Jeff. It’s one of his favorite movies and now it’s in my number two slot for the greatest mob movies. Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone do an amazing job! And there plenty of actors you recognize from other mob movies. It’s about a casino in Las Vegas back in the early 70’s before what Las Vegas is today but it’s so much more than that. It has everything I want in a mob movie.

The Godfather (1972)

This movie is a classic in my opinion. I have read the book and it’s just as good as the movie. Of course the book has more details in it. This is my favorite out of the trilogy. I can never get through the third movie but the first is amazing! There are so many lines that people still quote today from this movie. My favorite is: “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” This movie is worth the three hours to watch it.

The reasoning for the order is that the first two movies I can just watch. If I saw them on TV no matter where they are in the movie I could sit there and watch them. However with the Godfather I have to be in the mood to watch.

Video Games

Posted on January 20, 2015 by dkbadmin under Video Games

I love video games!

I have been playing video games since I was a kid. I remember getting Nintendo for Christmas one year and ever since then I have been hooked. If mom would let me, I would sit there for hours playing. I even liked to play more than my brothers.

The first game we had was Super Mario Bros. And it was addicting trying to find the princess, fighting Bowser. But my favorite Super Mario Bros will always be Super Mario Bros 3 because Mario could fly.

Then came Balloon Fight this game was also just as addicting! If I could I liked playing with my younger brother with this one. It’s definitely more fun to play two players for this game.

I don’t know if it’s weird or not but I remember a lot of the games we had. Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, Double Dragon, Mega Man, Paperboy, Rampage, Teenage Mutant Turtles

Skate or Die this game gave me blisters on my hands trying to get that guy to skate. I remember this game was my older’s brother favorite game. Let’s just say fights would break out who was going to play next. Good times!

Dunk Hunt the game with the big orange gun!

Excitebike I thought this game was unique for its time because you could create your own tracks. So many hours creating and playing.

Power Pad and World Class Track Meet this game combo was fun because we all cheated at this game. (You know you did!) We would get on the floor and use our hands pounding the pad. By doing this would make so much noise maybe that’s why our Nintendo was in the basement. (Just maybe!)

Of course owning a Nintendo lead to another system, so my younger brother and I saved money together, sold all our Nintendo games and system and bought a (drum roll please) Playstation. And that’s why I will always play Playstation and not Xbox. It’s all about the memories made with Playstation. The first game we got was Mortal Kombat. So gory, so fun!

Video Games for me is a great escape. I like using my brain to figure our puzzles or not using my brain and kill things (like zombies).

It’s weird for me because my husband doesn’t play video games but he is pretty good playing the two players game with me. (If I can ever find any.)

There is only one thing I don’t do when playing games. I don’t play online. Have I tried it? Yes and every time I play online I get the kids who are mean. Seriously I really don’t want to play with these people (kids). Sure I get mad when I am horrible at playing missions but I really don’t want a kid telling me how horrible I am and calling me names. I know online play is a big part of playing games these days but I just don’t care. I rather play single player.

Since Nintendo, I have had N64 which I loved the games (can we say GoldenEye 007!). N64 to the Cube to Wii which now I don’t own an Nintendo. But it spawned Playstation, PS2 to PS3. Now I only own a PS3. Can’t wait to own a PS4 but that will be a someday (maybe a couple of years) away system.

I will never stop playing Video Games. It’s one of my favorite hobbies that I have had for a long time.

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