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My online journal of my amazingly boring life. Don't expect anything juicy. I write those in my real journal at home safe away from prying eyes. Except for maybe my sister.
So I started contesting after my sister started winning a whole bunch of things and she got me hooked. My prize list isn't as impressive as hers but it is quite a list. My winnings total up to approximately $3446! No trip or home theatre system yet but I did manage to win an XBox and who can forget my EPIC win: floor tickets to Lady Gaga concert! Here's to another year of wins. My goal is to win a Kinect.
I didn't keep track of any wins prior to April but there probably wasn't a lot of wins anyways since I didn't really start seriously contesting.
Flip Mino from ScotiaBank: $199
$50 iTunes Gift Card
$100 Outdoor Gift Card
Zaggfolio ($69)
Canucks Poster (never received)
Lady Gaga floor tickets for Aug23 show from Samsung Mobile (2x $99 + service charge)
Double Screening Pass to Going The Distance from VIA
Double movie pass to see THE LAST EXCORCISM from Georgia Straight
$10 code for Threadless.com
2 tickets to PNE and 2 tickets to Playland from London Drugs
InvisibleShield from ZaggDaily ($39.99)
Longchamp bag from AirFrance $60
Pack of Duracell batteries (x2)
Pair of Vancouver Trolley Passes
$100 Best Buy Gift Card (+ additional $100)
Real Player Travel Mug ($5)
Panasonic ZrO2 Couture Earbuds $59.99 (was supposed to be the $69.99 pair but was stolen)
Killers Blu-Ray
$5 Blenz Coffee Gift Card
$50 PetroCanada Gift Card
2 tickets to Train at the Commodore Ballroom on Sept 18th : $40.00 x 2
Double movie pass to see Buried
2 Double movie passes to see LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE
2 tickets to see Artemis Rocks! show
two VIFF tickets to see The Woodmans or Waste Land (includes 2 VIFF membership $2 each)
2 tickets to Hanson at the Commodore Ballroom on Sept 25th MSP: $36.50 x 2
double pass to the advance screening of Never Let Me Go
advanced screening for two to NOWHERE BOY
advanced screening for two to The Social Network
advanced screening for two to Secretariat
3x free bread coupon from Nature's Own
Elixar by Hilary Duff ($17.99)
advanced screening for two to Hereafter
How to Make Peace in the Middle East ($28.99)
2 double advanced screening passes for Conviction
XBox 360 Slim 250GB ($299.99)
Halo Reach ($59.99)
Grey Kobo eReader from Chapters/Indigo ($149)
Alan Wake (never received), got Halo Reach instead
Exclusive Faber Drive Concert by Samsung Mobile Canada
Blu-ray/DVD combo of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Blu-ray/DVD combo The Girl who Played with Fire
Next Three Days advanced screening pass for two
I Wear Your Shirt T-shirt, sticky notes, bottle holder and stickers
2 "lights on or lights out" stickers
30 music downloads
LG Pop mobile phone from Rogers ($174.99 w/ no contract)
Tangled advanced screening pass for two
Rubber Duckie
Dead Space: Ignition code for XBox $5
BlackBerry Curve 3G + 6 months of $65 Unlimited Plan + 10$ unlimited data
127 Hours Prize Pack: screening pass, water bottle, t-shirt
Tangled advanced screening pass for 4
Born to Bark book
House Brawl t-shirt and $10 code from Threadless
Pink BlackBerry Curve 3G
The Fighter Advance Screening for two
2 tix for deadmau5 in Toronto (no transportation provided unfortunately)
Shapercise
Room by Emma Donoghue
If you haven't already heard, Apple Canada is offering 12 days of free downloads for the holidays starting fom December 23 (tomorrow) through January 3! The download could be either free music, TV episodes, movies, apps, or books from iTunes and each will be available for 24 hours only. Check out the details on their site: http://www.apple.com/ca/itunes/12days/
Other companies offering an avent calendar type promotion include Gameloft. You are going to have to follow Gameloft on Twitter though to find out what the daily offer is. Sometimes they offer free downloads of their games on different platforms. Other times it is just a trailer or trial version or desktop wallpaper.
Turns out you don't need to watch the original at all to enjoy this movie. It did a very good job of providing backstory and stands very well on its own. Garrett Hedlund stars as Sam, Kevin Flynn's son (the protagonist from the previous film). Jeff Bridges reprises his role as Kevin Flynn and also plays Clu.
Kevin Flynn is a genius programmer and the CEO of Encom. A sudden and mysterious disappearance of Kevin Flynn leaves his young son Sam orphaned. Years later, Sam recieves a message from his dad's friend Alan Bradley regarding a page he received originating from the office of the abandoned Flynn's Arcade. Sam investigates and discover's his dad's secret office and is somehow whisked away into the Grid - a digital world of his dad's creation. There he meets Clu, a program his father create years ago to handle things in the Grid but apparently he has turned bad and gained control of all the Grid. Sam manages to escape from Clu with the help of Quorra (Olivia Wilde from House), a fearless and mysterious program of the Grid who knows where his father is. Together they must race against time to make it out of the Grid alive.
The movie had awesome special effects - did I mention cool glowing costumes and set? An amazing musical score by Daft Punk carried the atmosphere of the movie very well. The actors did an amazing job but the only thing I didn't like was how fake the younger Kevin Flynn seemed. Disney had to digitalize Jeff Bridges' face to turn back the clock but everytime younger Kevin or Clu spoke it was rather uncanny. But that is a small detail. This move is full of eye candy and you will love it. I would recommend the movie to everyone whether or not you are a Tron fan! But if you are a Tron fan, I am told that there are many references to the original movie. It is not likely to disappoint. However if you can watch in non-3D choose that option. The movie had practically no 3D effects!
Tron: Legacy is in theatres today! Go see it! I highly recommend it. I want to go back and watch the original Tron now. And I hope they will make another one!
It was fairly quiet at the Cambie location. They also hosted a costume contest again. This time two winners got an HP AMD Quad Core and Triple Core respectively. I heard that downtown Futureshop also hosted their own contest. There were a lot of good costumes. In my mind I thought that the person who paints themselves blue would win. And I was right. A girl showed up late with her boyfriend. They both had awesome costumes and but she was all blue. She won the quad core laptop and a guy that dressed up like some kind of mage won second. There were also incentives to line up early. The first 50 people at the Cambie store would get a Steelseries Original WoW MMO mouse! More than 50 people were sitting outside by 9pm already waiting in anticipation.
In addition to the costume contest, there was a draw for the WoW:Cataclysm Collector's Edition...And guess who won it! Blue girl's boyfriend! They are so lucky! What are the odds?! They left shortly after receiving their prizes. A lucky person also won a large vinyl WoW poster.
It was also the midnight launch of Inception and Shrek 4...not that anybody cared.
In other news, I am currently in a contest that BestBuy is hosting on Facebook. It's the Unboxing Day contest and I'm currently in the top 2 and need a lot of help to stay there. I need people to vote for me and you can vote every day until Dec 31. Everytime you vote, you get entered into a weekly draw for a $150 BestBuy giftcard! So the more you vote, the better the chance you will have! Please vote for Jenny Lee. Thank you very much! http://apps.facebook.com/unboxingday/gallery.php?sort=2
Hi all,
I really need some help with a contest I am in. This is a daily vote and I need all the votes I can get. If you can, please take the time to vote for Jenny Lee.
You will need facebook to vote. But if you do you get entered into a draw for a weekly $150 BestBuy giftcard! Each vote is an entry ballot so vote for me daily!
http://apps.facebook.com/unboxingday/gallery.php?sort=2
Thanks in advance!
The developer of Angry Birds confirmed on Twitter that they are updating the Angry Birds Halloween edition - free for currently owners! This update will probably happen sometime in December. I think the Halloween edition is $1.99 in the Apple App store. And is you don't already know yet, if you own an Android phone, the regular version of the full game is completely free for download, albiet with ads. But it is a small price to pay for one of the most addictive games out there!
Angry Birds is also approaching their one year anniversary and apparently Saturday, December 11th is Angry Birds Day! There are meetups every around the world! It'll be like a flash mob type thing. You can either join a group or create your own. I think the closest one to Vancouver is in Delta right now. Not sure if I'm addicted enough to attend though. lol
I've also discovered that Rovio made Angry Birds plush toys! So cute! I want them all to throw at people. Hahaha! If only they weren't $14.99 plus shipping and handling! =/ http://shop.angrybirds.com/
This movie is actually pretty good! For someone who knows absolutely nothing about boxing, this movie was very entertaining. It was about family and rising up to meet all the challenges life throws at you. It was humourous, heartwarming and will have you cheering for Micky until the end. This inspirational movie is about never giving up and how important family is - just when you think someone is going to lose, they come back and surprise you.
The Fighter opens in theatres Dec 17, 2010.
Bareilles and her openers liked to close their eyes when they sing so most of the pictures I took are with closed eyes. LOL
Virgin Radio was on site at some of the stores promoting the grand opening. Guess who was at the Kingsway location! KIAH! He's so cool. Got a picture with him too! Eeee! Too bad Tara Jean wasn't there. Kiah said Evil Kiah gave her a nervous breakdown so she had to leave early. LOL I hope I can meet them together one day. =)