As you can see I’ve started the makeover process (once again) and have gone and BOUGHT myself a functional and customizable theme which I am very hopeful about! There will be a lot of tinkering and playing around with the settings but I hope to have it all fixed up and the way I like it by tomorrow.

I’ll fill you in on some of the details of the theme a bit later, but for now I’m going to get back to work on getting things set up.

Hi all I apologize for the long delay in activity. I promise that I have a good reason! I am not going to go into any details, however I’ll just let you know that there have been many ups and downs in the past few months and I am now happy to report that I have come through with flying colours and am ready to move forward with my life.

That being said, I’d like your help. I am looking to do some volunteer (or even paid!) work for anyone who is needing help with a suicide prevention organization. There were not 1, but 2 suicides in my area last week alone and I have been faced far too much with this issue to let it continue to go on without my time and effort in trying to bring awareness to the support that is available. These were vibrant young people who felt that there was nothing left and no where else to go. I strongly believe that there is always a reason to live. I have spent the past 5 years studying Psychology and while I enjoyed every moment, so far it has given me nothing. I am hoping that with the knowledge from my degree and my passion to help those who are desperate, that I will be able to contribute in some way.

If you know of any suicide prevention/awareness groups who would be able to use my help in any way, please let me know or have them contact me. Also, if you are feeling suicidal yourself, please know that you are not alone and that things CAN get better if you give it a chance. Everyone deserves a happy and fulfilling life, please give yourself that opportunity.

I’ve been a big fan of J!nx for a long time and have bought t-shirts both for myself and as gifts. When checking out their blog … errr “glog” recently, I was really impressed and felt like I had to share this and hope that it helps them out even just a little. See this shirt? Pretty cool right? Well the really cool thing about it is that every penny that comes from the sale of this shirt goes right to the San Diego Boys & Girls Clubs which help over 13,000 children!

J!nx recently held 3 sessions with 14 kids to come up with a really snazzy shirt design to help fund all the fun and beneficial activities and support that these kids really need and this is the design. Well done to both J!nx and the kids and I hope that more people can be inspired to find creative and thoughtful ways to give what they can, be it money or time, to help those who need it.

Please click the image to read the full article, I promise it’s worth it!

I’ve been having a bit of a rough time lately in my personal life and this is something that never fails to give me the giggles. I hope it does the same for you

Everyone knows what it’s like to be part of a small fundraiser right? Remember when you were a kid and you had to sell cookies for brownies, or chocolate bars. I remember bottle drives and raffles for my softball team and bingo games for the church youth group. Now these things are on a very small scale but for some small charities, they have the same goal of raising money and not much more starting funds than my softball team had.

Since small charities often don’t have alot of money to start up their fundraisers with, they need to think of something that will take what they do have and make it go a long way. They often don’t have the means to buy permits for large events or to pay for products to sell. Bingo has often been a way for the smaller charities to get the results their looking for and giving the community an easy way to support them. Bingo for charity doesn’t have to mean the paper and dabber kind. Online bingo was another popular way for small charities to get their fundraising efforts out there without having to foot a massive bill that would eat into the funds raised. Unfortunately there was recently a law passed banning this form of fundraising and it’s really having a detrimental effect on those small charities that don’t have alot of captial to start with. This is a bad thing for them and the causes that they’re trying to make money for

I’ve been counting down the days so as you might imagine, I was just a little bit excited for this release!

And I was SOOOO not disappointed! In a word, I LOVE it!! I was already a fan of the music so maybe that’s the kicker. It’s fun to be playing lead guitar and know all the words to so you really feel like you’re rocking out.  There’s a good amount of difficulty so it’s not just a cake walk which is something that’s important to me. Easy mode provides a good starting point for kids and new or casual gamers, where as hard is a friggin challenge for those who feel they can master it!

My favorite thing about this game is that the 2 remaining Beatles were a part of it’s development. By doing well in the game, you unlock special bits and pieces from the Beatles themselves. Seeing pictures, videos and more of them goofing off and being normal, fun, English boys is very endearing and entertaining. I’m not sure what you’re waiting for but I’d really recommend buying the game if you’re a Beatles fan or a gamer in general.

Now that’s the PS3 version. Here are links for the Xbox360
and Wii as well. There are a few package deals out for people without Rockband already so if you’re one of them have a look! And just a reminder, you don’t actually need all of the instruments to play! L33tz0r and I currently have 2 guitars (that we had from Guitar Hero which are compatible) and 2 microphones (from SingStar). Eventually we’ll purchase the drums but for now we’re happy with this. So don’t think you can’t play if you don’t have the whole thing!