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My 20 Favourite Books!

Hey! Isn't summer just great? I think my fever is gone because I'm all happy now and the sun is shining, although I should hold a little remorse because Ben's gone but it's not like he's not coming back :) But the sun is out and I'm eating ice cream with those little sprinkles, listening to Snow Patrol. And the very good news is that the third and final book in the MI Trilogy is out on Monday 22nd of June instead of 6th July! So that's good. Speaking of books, I said this blog would be of my twenty favourite books. Ranging from kiddies ones that will never leave my imagination and ones that are a breathrough in literacy. Wow that sounds funny :D

Anyway here goes.. All twenty are my favourite so they're not in any particular order!Btw no major spoilers as such!

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TWILIGHT:

Yes I can admit that I fell into the little 'phase' the world had over The Twilight Saga. Not sure if it's actually over yet but in my eyes it is for me, not even sure if Stephenie Meyer is an athour I can really praise but nonetheless I instantly fell into this book. Most likely the first romance book I have ever read and reccomended by Dr. Phil over here last year! I can say I really liked Meyer's different take on vampires and with the extra 'abilities' they seem better than the clasical vampires. For the reason that this was such a succesful book, engaging characters, nice twist at the end and my first romance I can say it is one of favourtiest books so far but this could all possibly change :L!

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HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS:

Undoubtedly my most loved book in the entire universe of books! I remember when receiving this I marched around the bookstore shouting, JK IS GOD! JK IS GOD! JK IS GOD! And after tminutes I got a couple more followers :L Truly this book was the best in the series I thought. She wrapped the characters up so well, gave a hint of the future which everyone was itching to hear about and made me cringe when Ron and Harry were having their 'rough patches'. I do believe JK is God still and always will because if not for her, I would be talking about this right now because my 20 most favorite books wouldnt exist because it was JK in the beggining who got me reading. Alot of people have said her world of HP has brought people in to readingand I can say I'm one of them.So praise for JK for being the wonderfulest author ever! Did anyone else who read the last book think it was the best? I havent really heard anyone elses opinion on it?

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ERAGON:

I got this book as a christmas present and was a little reluctant to read it because I was never into Dragons and Elves and whatever else but when I finally did open and read the first page, I believed the writer drew me in more with his writing than the actual plot. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed the concept of Dragon Riders and all of that but Paolini's writing is so strong and when I think about it really; the way he wrote it when he was just fourteen or fifteen it really shows how great he is at writing. Throughout this book, it had me on the edge wondering what was going to happen every minute! I did think the piece with Murtagh and Eragon was very predictable. Every scene they had together I thought of their outcome and I was right :L I won't spoil just in case! I have read the second book but my approach to the third one will be tentativley!

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY:

I can say I loved this book the first time I read it and read it over and over and over again when there were little school trips to the library- back when education didnt matter in Primary School!- I remember one of the teachers telling me to pick out a book and this was the first one beside me on the shelff. Roah Dale was always a good choice when you were a kid because he really related to children with his stories. Charlie and the chocolate factory is brilliant, everything about it i magical for a child to read. I'm thinking now if I should re-read it for the hundreth time but then again it's a kids book. I wonder if it would still deliver what it has done so well to deliver over the years as it would now than then. I dunno but all in all, one of my favourites!

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HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE:

Loved this book so much, second to HP7. The whole plot was really well layed out, the death came as a surprise and Harry's struggled again with Voldemort was even better than the last! I still dont understand to this day why I dont own this book! I really need to get a copy and not from the library this time!

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Image HostingTO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: I first saw the movie in English ****on film study section and I regret watching it because it made me want to read the book, but then again I knew the story from the movie so it didnt expect the book to be as surprising but it was! Harper Lee is amazing and I really liked the book. It's one of those novels that has a true meaning behind them. The novel has itshumour but then deals with the serious and more pressing issues of rape and the case with the Tom. The relationship between Atticus and his children is really something to notice and of all the books I have read has to be the most curious and insightful.
14. Image Hosting THE GRAVEYARD BOOK: I love Neil Gaiman ever since I have read Anansi Boys. Nobody Owen's is suc a brave character. I love how Neil can tap into his character so well and realise their fears and weaknessess. This book was of interest to me because of my own writing of the paranormal. The effects in which Ghosts have and their abilities in this book are really intriguing and something to think about! The sympathy I had for Bod was throughout the book! Definetly a book to look into guys!
13. Image Hosting CITY OF BONES:Well this book was a serious page turner. Cassandra Clare makes her own world in downtown New York where Vampires, Werewovles and mysterious Shadowhunters prowl the streets. Clary Fray gets tangled into it all when she 'see's them, she isn't supposed to. No mundanes can 'see' the Shadow World. Now the question is how can she? Perfect book to read, easily done in two days. The prose aren't too difficult but the plot is at the end a tiny bit misleading somehow but otherwise a great book! 12. Image Hosting CATCHER IN THE RYE:J.D gives such an easily imagined character. One who most boys want to be, but really havent got the balls to! Holden is one of those rebellious teens that have constant defiance in their life! Love the dialogue Holden has too and his use of the word, 'phony' is soo American and enlightening :D They say this was the first YA novel to have bee, and I agree because you cant outbeat Catcher In The Rye. The characters, the writing and the story seem to just eat you in! 11.

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I picked this book because of the reason of most other ones- because of the popularity on the internet!. As I have said before I really like apocalyptic kinda things and this book is about a post-apocalytic world not too distant from present day, where as the book says, "Strategy is everything!" Because it is. Basically the book is about young Peeta and her struggle in the Arena where the annual Hunger Games are set- this being a televised game where contestants who are chosen battle against others for the chance of having their own life. Survival is basically everything in the games. I liked this book expect for the narrative but it really was somthing sorta different and I enjoyed it alot. And then heard this was a trilogy which is ten times better!

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Image Hosting THE SHINING: Undoubtedly the best author of Horror, Stephen King creates yet again a tempting novel to scare the day lights out of everyone! And this is his best novel, meaning scariest he has ever written. I loved the whole set up and the way everything just fell into place.Although I really didnt like Danny, he just seemed very boring but his abilities were cool. Psycho chef scared every piece outta me. This book in my opinion is Stephen Kings best maybe with the exception of IT.

And this my friends, is where there is a twist :L:L:L

But I havent done it on purpose, I swear. Instead of this being 20 its 10 today because friends have just called and are waiting for me! So I gotta go and my eyes are all bleary from the 40 minute blog!!! Too much! But I will blog the next 10 soon.

Anyway, how do you like those books? Any there that you hate, love, keep under your pillow? :L

Have a good day!

Shane

Part Two Of Prologue Of Book + Goodbye Benjalimin

Hey!

Oh such a terribly sad day :( Ben my friend, well best friend has left for Spain and is leaving me behind for 8weeks!!! It's so long and Summer is gunna be a whole load of bull now because he is like extremely funny and brightens everyone up with his swedish blonde hair and little dimples lol! Jeesh sounds like he's my only friend there! I have plenty more but there's only one Benjalimin, that tends to be his name lately haha. So... So long Ben. But it mayn't be long because he's going to be in my neck of the woods in Spain and we're most likely going to see each other so it'll be ok! Hopefully we can go beach there and stuff, and have a laugh.

In other stuff, WHY THE HELL AM I WATCHING REALITY TV!!! I HATE REALITY TV WITH A PASSION! Yeah very strange! Getting sucked into Big Brother. Watched it till like half eleven tonight, part of the reason though is because theres an Irish girl in it and she seems pretty cool. It's nice to see the Irish doing something every once in a while lol. But I dont think she made a good impression, well she actually just showed the stereotypical Irish person when offering to show her b00bs in exchange for a can of beer lol, but how and ever I really think it's funny and think HalfWit is the most randomest person I have ever seen and heard, so worth the watch to see complete **** embarras themselves!

Well I did say there was going to be the second part of the prologue in this blog and here it is. I'm sorry if there are typos, (I really couldnt be bothered going oover it and checking for spelling mistakes, I dont think there will be many anyway!) This may be the tricky part to understand for people but for people who regularly read about and watch the supernatural act of possession, your more likely to understand. Yes I just said possession-- demonic that is :O

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PROLOGUE:

Jason explained what they were doing. He set the board on the table. Its surface was decorated with gothic prints of words and letters, 'yes' and 'no' were at the top corners. Jason directed Anthony to place his hand on the pointer and said, "Spirits we don't wish to ridicule only to communicate…" Jason turned, disturbed and said, "Speak what your wife's name is."

"Michelle."

"Michelle please come forth. Evil Spirits, Poltergeist's or other evil beings we don't wish to contact you. Leave if you are surrounding or listening to us"

"Evil beings?" Anthony inclined his head. A pit in his stomach filled with acid at the sound of evil beings. He knew this was a bad idea but it was the only hope he had. "Yes, they're called Vipers. Demons from centuries ago died out but Vipers are still among us. Very like Demons but much less powerful, but powerful enough to cause harm so therefore we don't want them around us." Anthony looked at Jason with a questionable expression spread on his lean and masculine face. "if your wondering how they are around us or why they would want to interrupt, well don't wonder furthermore. Too complicated. We're here to contact spirits not for lessons on the supernatural. I only do lessons on Tuesdays by the way. Fifty dollars." Anthony rolled his eyes up to heaven, which now seemed to be a realistic place if Demons and Vipers lived.

Minutes later they had no reading from the board then suddenly the ornaments and pictures on the wall began to lightly shake. Jason glanced around, stirred. "We're not through to your wife. She's not replying. It's them, Vipers. There's one here!" Jason stood upright in an ecstasy of fumbling. The quick shocks of the quake stopped and he calmed. Anthony was a little on edge, scared he would have admitted. Then suddenly when all was calm and when all was least expected a dark fog or smoke or mist--an inexplicable gas—rose from the board's pointer. It materialised from nowhere and floundered in the air, as if it had no idea where it was going to intrude. Whose body it would intrude upon.

Anthony and Jason were standing in awe, looking at it. They were both frightened but that sense of interest, that human curiosity struck them and they stood, amazed. The smoke--as black as the inner ocean at midnight-- knew where it was going. It knew its destination almost immediately because this certain type of evil had a sense of attraction, it felt the extreme aurora of anxiousness, and fear sticking off of one being of the two in the room.

The dark vapour flitted toward Anthony's eyes, gliding in the air. Anthony stood still, nervous and frightened. He gulped. The fear and worry in his body were almost incandescent to the smoke and oh so attracting. Anthony was a target for the smoke, his vulnerability was radiating, exposing itself to the evil smoke that couldn't resist.

The smoke was gone in less than a second. It lunged itself into the open-mouth of Anthony. The pain for Anthony was excruciating. The smoke filtered through his mouth and wandered through his organs, attacking them with its implacable force that no human or very little could fight against. When the smoke settled inside the body of Anthony Burwell— who was now almost lost only his desires penetrated through the demonic smoke—his eyes were closed and his hands were hidden in his pockets.

A rising fear spluttered inside Jason. He knew what he had seen wasn't a hallucination, it was a Viper it was how they worked or entered bodies. That curiosity was long gone from Jason's mind, the only thing that held him like glue in his position was the gravitation pull the Viper had on him. Anthony's eye-lids opened to reveal dark eyes. Everything in them was black, no white, no pupil, no iris, nothing but the unpleasant and strikingly painful colour of black infiltrated Anthony's eyes now. Never more would he be Anthony. Anthony was only a fraction of a millionth inside his own body now, the only tie he had to his body's control was that little voice to the Viper who was controlling him. That voice that could be powerful and control the Viper but it was very unlikely. The Viper turned to Jason. Trying to flee but he couldn't, tears streamed down Jason's cheeks. "I know you're a Viper. I've studied you! And I know Anthony is in there somewhere, so let him out and let ME GO!" pleaded Jason but the smirk that crossed the Vipers newface was a negative reaction.

"Oh you humans! Implying that I am half-breed scum? You don't know the half to it!" Anthonys possessor pulled a hand in the air, directly at Jason Smith. Jason flinched. Anthony's hand was now inhumane just like the eyes of the evil inside him. The metacarpals of his hand were stained with a black colour. The black rose half-way up each finger, looking distinct. It was almost as if someone poured dark ink over his hand and stained them permanently.

"Goodbye, but before you go I would like to say thanks for releasing me from that Pit from where I came It's been thousands of years. And never mistake me for scum like a Viper ever again. I am the purest of evil, I can tell you and you've just helped me out. You should never mess with The Board. All you humans curiosity will run amuck sometime, and result in death, or maybe this has just occurred now and death is among your race," he said his voice full of a nonchalant type. He crossed the room, his hand still lying in the air.

Rapidly, through the palm of Anthony's hand a surge of black energy flew in the air in a linear stretch. It crossed the air and inevitably surged through the body of Jason Smith. A thick hole punctured his chest. Burning flesh intoxicated the air but the evil thing held no remorse. The pictures of the mythical creatures were now spluttered with the wine-like colour of Jason's blood. The black energy which burned through Jason's body like acid only scorched the wall behind where his body stood moments ago, alive. A sudden voice stirred in the things head. You want to get involved in the supernatural. You want to kill every ghost and Viper you come across. It was Anthony. The thing tried to resist. This never happened too him. To an almighty figure like him, it was most strange. The human left in the infiltrated body had the possibility to gain some control over the thing but it took time and practice, most humans succumbed to that never ending pain that the evil being inflicted upon them naturally. The thing inside Anthony guessed the revenge and fear was so profound in this body that it made Anthony take control over him.

"I won't let you drive your requests into my mind. I'm stronger than you. I see your fears, Anthony." the things voice was strained as he clutched his head and a grim crossed his face. A sadistic grin. The very desire of Anthony was to kill every spirit, Demon, Viper or whatever other supernatural creatures known to man. That very desire, that part of him, held inside was strong and to it, succumbed the thing. Trying very hard to resist the one demanding desire was strangely very hard for the thing, but in the end he couldn't banish that one voice of desire.

Soon it became the thing's mission to kill every Viper he knew and every Spirit he could find, he didn't even realise after a while that this desire was of the human he had taken over. By now this desire made an influence on his views and the thing guessed that if he carried out these petty tasks, Anthony would relinquish into nothingness and all ties to his own body would be lost. He would be lost, leaving only the evil corruption in his body. This, basically new Anthony who had now taken the human name, Jack proceeded down the hall out into the open fresh air and jumped into Anthony Burwell's 1969 Camaro. A rubber scented pine tree was hanging behind the mirror. The thing ripped it off and threw it out the window. The remaining smell was gone and you could only notice the distinct smell of flesh rif on his clothing. Jack chucked the keys in the engine and it roared to life, purring like a giant cat as it sped down the road. His eyes werent black now. He had to look human unfortunately for him.

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Well any better, any good. Too informative, not informative enough? Boring? Heard it before? Stupid? All critisicm is welcome please :D

Next blog will be top twenty books, I think.

Have a good weekend!

Shane

Part One Of Prologue Of My Book!:

Ok so I guessd it was time to show off somethings of the book I have been working on. I'll blog the prologue here now as the first part-- it's quite long. You can read it if you want, but I'd love for you all to read it and see what you think and most importantly can you understand it!!! I'll post the second part soon, just about the same length as this one is.

PROLOGUE:

It was the first day of the first month; Anthony Burwell was driving aimlessly, escaping the house in Wisconsin to his reluctance. Unbeknownst to him he was going to arrive at a motel three hours later, there he would find his wife of two years and in that little town of Massachusetts, he would buy a house with his wife and forget the ordeal he had endured helplessly in the beautiful house he would have called home. A home where he would have started a family, with a wife, two kids and a dog. But his plans were cut, when a formidable foe stood in his way, but that was all in the past now to Anthony until a horrible accident had forced him to remember the events in Wisconsin.

Standing over the white, glistening marble coffin was tough for him to deal with, although he pulled through with the help of his family and friends. Michelle was cold, her face not completely covered by the embalmers make-up. Her bruises were still fixed behind her jaws. Anthony flinched when he saw the discoloured purple.

Hours after the beautiful ceremony the pastor had held, Anthony turned to whisky by the roaring fire. The hot and spicy liquor soothed his mind but burned his throat. He sat alone, without the children he and Michelle had planned to conceive a little while after their marriage and the dog his children would have begged to be allowed to have.

Anthony convulsed with pain, aching in his side. He thought of the horrible and sick moments of his wife's death. The way the man with the black stained wrist had gripped her, and tightened her neck into a brace, like a vice. Bile arose from Anthony's throat as he heard the crushing of her neck again. Anthony wasn't a shy man or a loud man. He got involved in something only if he had to. Getting involved in the supernatural was a path he was ready to take. The internet was a main resource, telling Anthony everything he needed to know about because he knew that his wife's death wasn't just caused by a murderous man, and also with his small experience of the supernatural in Wisconsin he was gripped into believing a ghost or some type had killed Michelle. He hadn't known why, but had the horrible memories to prove how.

At the moment he searched 'The Supernatural' into a search engine on the internet. A series of names and addresses on websites popped up. Anthony wrote vigorously on a piece of scrap. "Jason Smith, 8 Harkway Drive, Maine. Wonderful," He announced, relishing the impending comments Mr Smith had on Anthony's so-thought unreal occurrences.

Anthony hadn't realised that his life was going to change. He hadn't realised what he was getting into, and he hadn't realised where his life would take him from now on, as he stepped into his car and commenced his drive to Maine.

Jason Smith sat on his couch flickering through the channels on his olden TV. Around him on his walls, clung unusual designs from Africa, Greece and Romania. All these tapestries were woven images of mythical creatures from the different world cultures. Greek gods and goddesses, African warriors and the ****cal Romanian vampires. Even though these still and haunting pictures felt like second nature to Jason, they were unlikely to be realistic to the rest of his normal neighbourhood who hadn't messed around with either voodoo or practised seeing the future like he claimed he had every once in a while- he called them epiphanies, and claimed he only received them along with life altering changes.

There were three raping knocks on his door. The knocks were loud, determined and ravenous; just the knocks that a certain Anthony Burwell would create. The incessant knocks ended quickly when Jason opened the door. Before his green eyes stood Anthony, looking brutal, upset with everything and intent on some purpose that he needed to attempt. His eyes widened as he asked, "Jason Smith?" Jason nodded. "Could I come in?"Jason seemed perturbed by the fact that this lunatic was coming close to knocking his door down with the vehement rapes. Jason breathed with resentment and gave Anthony a face to match his breathing. He jerked the door closed but the words that came to him on the other side made him hesitate, open the door and ask, "What did you say?" his eyebrows lifted. "Supernatural. I need your help on the supernatural," he muttered quick, hopeful for some reply, anything at all. "I found your website"-- he pulled a scrunched piece of paper out of his pocket and fluttered it in Jason's eyes. Jason pulled his long, greasy and tattered hair behind his tons of ear piercings and said, "Come on in." Anthony stepped in. The vibrant red colours on the walls made his back shudder and the books of ancient creatures and demons made his knees wobble. He didn't understand everything he was putting himself into but he knew he had to… for Michelle.

He sat down on the mouldy looking couch- a spring popped up his thigh. "Now, what is it you need help with? I charge fifteen dollars an hour. Its standard, don't complain," snapped Jason seating himself throwing his rainbow coloured over himself, switching the TV off. "That's fine-"he threw two twenties on the coffee table which was laden with mugs and bowls with remaining stale cereal in them. "—I need you to help me. My wife was killed and I think it was a demon- or something to that effect. I have met ghosts in the past and they have proven to be a hassle also so I think her death wasn't just by an ordinary man because I saw them—the black marks on his wrists. I did some research but guessed this wasn't your ordinary supernatural until I found your site, it said you knew anything and everything about demons. You described his hands and eyes exactly like what I saw," said Anthony, his muscles jittering at the thought of the horrible… creature. The rude supernatural-dude passed Anthony without saying a word. He crossed over his murky carpet floor to a bookshelf. Returning, he grasped a green leather book which said: MODERNISED DEMONS: VIPERS. Anthony noticed that it was written by; JASON SMITH. "This book with explain everything."

Anthony became thrilled at Jason's knowledge and relished the thoughts of the revenge he would blast at the creature that killed his wife with slow suffering. Jason stifled a hand up, stopping his burst of ecstasy and said, "Although, I think we should get in touch with your wife." Antony's heart stopped. All blood drained away from his face, it became pallid and sullen. Get in touch with my wife? He thought. Anger started to augment through his system, all organs starting again from the shock of what Jason admitted. That anger was thwarted at Jason. Anthony felt it was atrocious to even wake the dead by the patter of feet by their graveside how awful was it to talk to them? He never deemed it true that you could communicate with the dead but after recent ordeals he considered it a good possibility. "I don't agree with this, but if it's what needs to be done, I'll do it." he straightened up in his chair. "How do we get started?"

Jason curled forward in his chair and drew a long box from the shelf that was abundance with everything from books to boxes and other ornaments that looked incredibly strange. The box he lifted and dropped on the coffee table was old and torn at the sides. On the front it said: OUIJA BORD. "This stuff works?" Anthony's voice was curious but full of eagerness to press on. He hadn't cared if it didn't work or not, he needed some reassurance as to getting started.

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Please tell me what you think, if you thought at all :L!

Next blog after second part of this... I think I'll do will have something to do with books... I love books :D Maybe my favourites, I dunno but hang around soon for it anyway if you're interested!

MOST-LOOKING-FORWARD-TO-UPCOMING-MOVIES :D + True Blood + Summer Holiday Fever!

Hey! How's everyones summer going? Mine is going very slowly which I dont really know is a good thing or a bad because I hate to say it and I usually do say it in a point in time of summer holidays but.... I miss school. It's like woah, not seeing many friends as usual and I havent got this routine that I usually have when I'm in school but I'm not saying I wanna go back to scremaing teachers and homework and all that!!! I just miss the whole routine of getting up early goin bed early and stuff. Summer is no good when everything there is to do is either out of bounds for people, like going places or too expensive-- which to me is a problem :o. Let's just hope the summer gets better somehow!

Right now I could be rammbling on a random rant about how my life has been, like how annoying it is to see people change and friends growing apart but I dont want to depress you all but maybe you get what I mean when I tell you about "friends growing apart"

Watched True Blood's S02 premiere and thought it was really good and really pleased Lafayette isn't dead and extra surprised by the storyline!!! I think its possibly better than the first season... maybe? I really like Jessica as well and her relationship with Bill is hilarious. I think Bill Crompton is growing on me as my favourite character. I think he's just really funny with Jessica now :D

Since, I love my movies very much, thought I'd do a little "Most-Looking-Forward-To-Upcoming-Movie" Thing :L! Don't yeh just love making a sentence with those little > - :D

So here goes!:

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In the action-thriller Public Enemies, acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, and Marion Cotillard in the incredible and true story of legendary Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger (Depp), the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover's fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Bale), and a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public. No one could stop Dillinger. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone, from his girlfriend Billie Frechette (Cotillard), to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang (later including the sociopathic Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham)) thrilled many, Hoover (Billy Crudup) hit on the idea of exploiting the outlaw's capture as a way to elevate his Bureau of Investigation into the national police force that became the FBI. He made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number One and sent in Purvis, the dashing "Clark Gable of the FBI". However, Dillinger and his gang outwitted and outgunned Purvis' men in wild chases and shootouts. Only after importing a crew of Western ex-lawmen (newly baptized as agents), who were real gunfighters, and orchestrating epic betrayals, from the infamous "Lady in Red" to the Chicago crime boss Frank Nitti, were Purvis and the FBI able to close in on Dillinger.

I cant wait to see this movie because any movie set in the 1930's is a must see for me because I just love that era I suppose and everything about it is cool! With the time set and the great actors and an exploding plot, I think this will be a brilliant movie.

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Directed by Roland Emmerich, and starring John Cusack and Amanda Peet, 2012 takes the "natural disasters foretold by ancient calendar" angle. Sun storms are affecting Earth, culminating in tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanoes. The story itself appears to be standard for disaster movies - short on science, long on stories of numerous individuals, and high on amazing special effects, with a small dose of conspiracy.

I love apocalyptic movies because they really get you thinking about the fate of the world (Wow that sounded extremely nerdy :L) Anyway, because of the whole speculation about the 2012 doomsday predition that the world will end on 2012, I'd be curious to see how the movie peoples interpreted the whole story of the how and stuff, besides all that there is some killer SFX in it too!

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The battle for Earth has ended but the battle for the universe has just begun. After returning to Cybertron, Starscream assumes command of the Decepticons, and has decided to return to Earth with force. The Autobots believing that peace was possible finds out that Megatron's dead body has been stolen from the US Military by Skorpinox and revives him using his own spark. Now Megatron is back seeking revenge and with Starscream and more Decepticon reinforcements on the way, the Autobots with reinforcements of their own, may have more to deal with then meets the eye.

I really liked the first Transformers and think the second looks just as funny, dark and genius! Shia Lebeouf is an amazing actor and I remember him so well from Boy Meets World, which he was hilarious in but the big screen suits him much better. Along with the se*y Megan Fox the movie has clearly got a good fanbase! Not just me :L

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When a geeky high-school valedictorian (Paul Rust) throws caution to the wind by expressing his love for a popular cheerleader (Hayden Panettiere) during his graduation speech, life finally starts to get interesting in this coming-of-age comedy adapted from the book by journalist/author/screenwriter Larry Doyle.

I'm really looking forward to this movie because well it stars Hayden Panettiere, who is like extremely hot and is in HEROES so that gives me two big reasons why I NEED to watch this movies :L Yeah it looks really funny and I really hope Hayden does well with it, afterall I really do like her as an actress and hope she goes far on the big screen but DONT want her to leave HEROES for it :(

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PLOT:

Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts turns out to be quite the exciting year. First off is the arrival of a new teacher at Hogwarts, Horace Slughorn, who is a bit more useful to Harry than he realizes. Next, Harry obtains a Potions book which used to be belong to the very mysterious Half-Blood Prince. Harry finds that the Half-Blood Prince's ancient scribbles are written along the margins of almost every page, giving Harry advice on how to improve greatly on his Potions work, and also teaching him a few helpful (and dangerous) spells along the way. Amidst this, Harry is starting private lessons with Professor Dumbledore, during which Harry learns the dark secrets of Voldemort's past, hoping that they could use these secrets to find a way to defeat him. Harry's year gets even more stressful with the suspicious actions of Draco Malfoy, who has been sneaking around the school doing, so Harry assumes, Voldemort's bidding. Harry quickly becomes determined, and slightly obsessed, to find out exactly what Malfoy has been up to and putting and end to it. Yet, during this time, Harry and his friends go through daily life, busy with school work, Quidditch, (in which Harry has been made captain of the team) and of course, romance. Ron has found a new girlfriend, Lavender Brown, a perky (if not obnoxious) Gryffindor student, and Hermione is not happy about it. Ron and Hermione's friendship takes a toll throughout the school year and Harry, as usual, is stuck in the middle. Harry, meanwhile, is facing a romantic dilemma of his own: he realizes he is falling for his best friend's sister, Ginny Weasley, who is unfortunately dating Harry's ****ate, Dean Thomas. Harry's pining for Ginny and Ron's hilarious relationship with Lavender give this story a large dose of reality. Throughout all the school drama, however, the obvious darkness of Voldemort's impending rise to power is always apparent. The incredible action-packed climax is sure to leave the audience stunned and, inevitably, prove that you shouldn't trust everybody who you think is good and also prove that not everyone can manage to survive.

Ok I think everyone can say that they are so excited for this movie, especially because of the big delay!!! I dont think I have been this hyped for a Harry Potter movie EVER because this was my third most enjoyed book and because of the amazing trailers they're realising, it looks really good and I heard they did a spectacular job with the SFX and taking the book into the script PROPERLY. I have actually been saving money for this movie so it makes a better day out. Me and Steven have planned to go since like November and I hope to have lots of money so I can do a bit of shopping and make the day even better by sitting down and watching HP6!

Well, what do you think of my "Most-Looking-Forward-To-Upcoming Movies" thing? :L Loving those hyphens (dunno spelling :D) I hope you think I'm right in saying those movies are the BEST upcoming movies :D

Ok so, I think the time is approching that my fifthiet blog is coming up!!!! AHH CELEBRATIONS. I'm actually surprised to see I only have less than fifty. Wow some people here have WAAY more but I hope to blog lots and lots to keep you all in touch and update with me and my life :D

Have a great weekend!

Shane

Bloody Mary. Bloody Mary. Bloody Mary.

Right now I have no time for a blog! And have no time for checking out all your blogs either but.... I have to make time of course for my amazinfg Tv.com friends! So the ending Deceased can wait for about ten minutes or however long this will take! I will undoubtedly be heading to bed at the usual summer time of maybe 3-4am! Its late but my clock inside is all fu*ked up! I need to see a Sandman or something!

Anyway the simple reasons why I'm blogging righ now is that I have recently heard the most amazing news.....Wait for it........Wait..........

SUPERNATURAL IS COMING BACK FOR A SIXTH SEASON!!!

Yes, its brilliant for all the Superdupernatural fans (Tend to call it that lately :P)Anway since my town is very boring and all there is to do is hang out of shops and the park... me, Skins1102 and Ste have been watching Supernatural from the start. Ben has watched some eps but Ste hasnt until like the otherday. We stayed up extremely late together--like five I think and watched Supernatural S01 constantly! Ha it was so funny... Skins had the ALMIGHTY PROTECTION PILLOW snuggled up in his arms, right under his face in case he got too scared! (Sorry Ben, had to be said :)) It was so funny because Bloody Mary came on the screen and he COULDNT repeat COULDNT stop being so scared and was freaked out even more when I hoped up into the mirror and muttered: BLOODY MARY, BLOODY MARY, then I hesitated, thinking the myth could possibly be true and got the heeby jeebies :L So then I gave it up and then said, "BEN ITS OK... I ONLY SAID IT ONCE! SOMEONE WILL JUST HAVE TO SAY BLOODY MARY AGAIN FOR..." And thats when I said it the third time! Its the funniest thing watching Ben watch Superdupernatural. Shuda got it on cam :)

Meanwhile since watching, I have been reminded of the first season and did two little collages to show which ones I liked. There is two done so far and everytime I blog, I'll update with more.

PILOT: Episode One

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(And no... left hand corner is not a demon or ugly spirit. Just a rather sh*t covered Dean :L)

BLOODY MARY: Episode Five

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(For those not familiar with Bloody Mary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_(folklore)

I'm going try over the summer, review every episode of Supernatural because I dont think I have done a single one! Its my duty as as Supernatural fan I suppose... so :)

Meanwhile, I have finished the twelve-episode first season of TRUE BLOOD and thought it was brillaint! I loved how the killer was Rene, but I sorta guessed that on the third last episode before he was revealed to be him! Cant wait for the next season which I think is July 14th in America, so I will be the first to hop onto Surf The Channel and watch it! :( Lafayette Died! But who was it? Cant wait for that! Might even consider reading the books but I promised myself I wouldnt touch another Romance book after Twilight no matter how brilliant the subsequent plot of cool things are..!

Yuum... Just received a plate of chips from my brother from the chipper :)

Btw are any of you on Bebo or Facebook or LJ? I have recently signed up for LJ, had an account with Facebook for ages but never used it and sorta feel like a know Bebo alot.

Now, I shall be off to write a couple more pages of Deceased, and devour these chippies :)

Shane

STARBUCKS ARE TERRIBLE :(_ Results Are In_Summer So Far_

Well it hs been a week since the summer holidays started and they have been pretty eventful alright! ex: Camping, endless days playing soccer with friends (whose goal it is to make me WAAAY better at soccer) Possible love interest :D, Endless late nights and loads of time for me to write and write and succeed till I write something worthwhile! So all in all its the first week and everything is going... if i do say so myself swell :L Isnt that like a 60's American word? Well for now its a 2009 charmed1102 trademark :L

Wednesday seemed like one of the less sunnier days we have been having so a trip to town was planned. Plans to see Drag Me To Hell were cancelled and pushed into action was walking aimlessly around the shopping centre looking at all the great things to buy.... without many euros :( But I bought a book called "The Birthing House" seems nice and spooky for me but I also spent like a fiver on a Fraupochino I(Dont know spelling) that tasted so disgusting I almost got sick. Thing was it looked so nice on the advertisements but horrible when tasted. And then Ben and Steven rubbed it in with how wonderful their Caramel hot chocolates were! Ha I can actually say i was very sad that my hopes for a Fraup were high.... :(

BE AWARE OF THIS DEVIL OF A DRINK!!!!

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Starbucks should be ashamed of themselves for putting such crap on a menu and for making Shane nearly get sick :(:(:(

After that rant (sorry if people actually like Fraups :L My mistake) I have received all of my results for Summer exams!:

MATHS: 58% (Had trouble finding the percentage button there lol)

ENGLISH: 70%

IRISH: 52%

FRENCH:51%

SCIENCE:90%

METALWORK:58%

HISTORY:73%

GEOGRAPHY:65%

CSPE: 85%

BUSINESS: 62%

RELIGION: 81%

In all I did pretty terrible but managed to do OK ENOUGH for Maths, Englsih. When I say OK ENOUGH, Ill be able to get into the higher level cla$$ with that grade. Meanwhile, I got my copy of THE DEMONS LEXICON by SARAH REES BRENAN, which you should all read because its amazing and Sarah is the best writer I have came across for YA in a long time! I finished the book really quick, thats how good it was: kept me glued!

After Johns post on his favourite Charmed characters it has re-enlightened me to make some pictures involving the two brother and has really made me wanting a spin-off of the brother more and more. Maybe CW might consider it if Supernatural are getting their last season this year (:() But I doubt they would consider bringing it back but who knows? Anyway here are the pretty shabby pics I did:

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Meanwhile my life has put me in the direction of a new drink after the disastrous Fraup :L BURN is the best drink ever and has soo much cafein it makes me feel so happy :L

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Recently I have been finishing "the book" and as I draw closer to the end I feel sad to see all the characters go and have decided to outline two more books and the ideas are flowing much better than before! Its strange cause I have yet to experience this writers block they all speak off! But I will press on with the ending and hope to god have it finished by the end of the month and maybe launch into the second also: Btw its going to be called IMMORTALITY, obvious much :L

I shall be off to have another can of Burn since I have been blogging for ages and need to get an episode of True Blood in. I need CAFFEINE!!!

Talk Soon,

Shane

Summers Here And Exams Are Done! Useless Facts! What Do You Perfer?

Hey everyone!

Summer:

Wohooo schools out and Summers in for three whole months! Finished the summer exams and I thought I got on OK but then I got French and Irish result back and I got D's in both! I was really annoyed cuz I thought I did better than that! :(

Well to start the summer off on a good note me, Steven, Glenn and Ben (skins1102) went camping just in Stevens back garden but it was really fun. It took us ages and to get the tent up because some dummy (me) put the tent upside down and thats why we werent having any luck with it!!! It was really good because we had a load of waterbaloons (yeah its childish but childishness is sooo fun!) and we played this game where we throw the waterbaloons to eachother and whoever doesnt catch it or it breaks in their hands gets wet! And then they get soaked again by another one :L It was so pointless but really funny. I was freezing though :L

We stayed up pretty late and at round 3am we got outta the tent and went to the park. We were just at the swings and then... the police pulled up at the top of the park. I got scared and said "lets run" LOL and we did, we ran like hell and they never caught us. Then we continued our little adventure to Kennys Lane (this really spooky lane thats haunted because there was a massacre there and stuff) and then Steven came out with this really scary ghost story! I was absoloutely shi*tingit :L And we all felt like we were being watched so we left and went back to the tent. To get back to the tent we had to jump over a big wall and being the klutz I am I was like, "Ha what are the chances the guards will get us the minute we hop over the wall." Can you guess the rest? We got over the wall just in time and then three of us were in the tent... thats three! There were four! The three of us were like, "THEY HAVE BEN :(:(:(" But no they didnt cuz apparently this time it wasnt the police! :L:L:L Funny anyway and all in all good night :D

Random Preference Section :D:

What do you perfer....?

Green or purple grapes?(Green but purple are growin on me :D)

Fiction or Non-Fiction? (Fiction)

Comedy or Drama? (Both mixed in but if I had to choose... Drama)

Rock or Pop or HipHop?(Bit of each)

Summer or Winter? (Summer)

Coke or Pepsi? (Coke)

Harry Potter or Twilight?(HP.HP.HP TEN TIMES OVER!)

Black hair or blonde hair or brunette? (Black but I may be a little prejudice :P)

Open your mouth when you smile or close? (I dunno why Im asking that it just came to mind :?)

Snow or Sun? (Snow!)

Did You Know?:

Your ribs move about 5million times ayear, everytime you breathe!

A sneeze travels out of your mouth at over 100 m.p.h

More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones ... (I got blue, you? :D)

Slugs have four noses

(This ones for John and Ivy) The average Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year. Is it true Ivy/John :D

The average person laughs 13 times a day !

Well they were just boring useless but weird and funny facts!

I think its time to sleep now considering I got barely any lastnight!!! But I am so tempted to watch some season2 Supernatural and True Blood.... Oh I give in :L

Cya all soon and have a great weekend!

Shane

_My Top Five Youtube Videos_Book Signings_Toastie :(

Well it has been an uneventful weekend... just taken up with studying for exams and hanging out! It was like REALLY sunny yesterday and Wow the last time I saw sun was probably..... Last Summer? Ha anyway I was with my mates playing soccer and I was burning alive! Im burnt on my arm and its really sore :( I guess I shoulda worn suncream :L

I found out on Friday that Cassandra Clare (author of Mortal Instruments Trilogy) is coming to Dublin for a signing for her new book City Of Glass! I cant wait to see her and get my books signed! It's going to be amazing! Heres the cover:

City of Glass Pictures, Images and Photos

Alongside her will be Sarah Rees Brennan who happens to be Irish and a well known fan-fic writer. Her book Demons Lexicon is coming out on June2nd and Id reccomend it to anyone who likes Supernatural - Because its a bout two brothers hunting but they soon become hunted. Its not a rip off or anything to Supernatural but it looks amazing!

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Meanwhile I've been working on my writing and have nearly finished my "Book" Ive been playing around with covers for fun and made a third one here: (Tell me what you think)

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**Sorry if the images are blurry and the quality is bad- i dont know whats up with Photobucket-Anyone know? All my pictures are extra small?**

MY TOP FIVE YOUTUBE VIDEOS:

These are my favourite videos from Youtube- funny,pointless and then just somethings that I think are great!

#5 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81NeQJWGYJY&feature=PlayList&p=889139AF17B8289B&index=0

#4-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg

#3-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM&feature=related

#2- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-swIlKWfejs

#1- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBV6XyKIOzE

MUSE+MOCKING

My mate Ben has just signed up for this! And he's serious! His name is Skins1102-- Mocking me with Charmed1102! I made it ages ago when I had an OBSESSION with Charmed. Right Now I want it to be SYLARFAN :L I never realised how much I f*ckn thought Zack Quinto is the biggest legend that has lived! And I saw Star Trek and it was pretty good....! Are you able to change your username? Cuz id love to :L Right now Im listening to Muse-Time Is Running Out and Its my favourite song this week!

Well Im off to study now! I'll hopefully be blogin next when Summer Exams are over which will be Friday then Schoolis finished for another three months! Wohooo :L Se you all soon....

Shane

Summer '09 In Spain!!! Supernatural Finale!!! Star Trek??

Hi!

Wohoo two weeks in spain for the summer! Cant wait to go. All of my family are going including aunties, uncle, cousins, EVERYONE! I think there will be around 30 of us altoegether. Im so glad because I love all of my family we're really close and stuff. We are staying in my villa and the rest of the family have rented out houses around the place, so we'll be in close distacne to each other! This is a pic of my villa (which Im counting down the days to go to) I havent been there in a bout a year and I need some hot weather. Ireland rains too much! :evil:

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And here is the swimming pool I will proabably spend the whole holiday in:

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Wohooo cant wait!!!

Im so annoyed lately because all the time I ahve has to go on studying for summer exams coming up next week. I havent opened a book but i soon will!!! I think I'll do ok in some subkects but other... meh!

SUPERNATURAL:

Supernatural finale was amazing! Glad Ruby is dead but the whole thing about Sam was so shocking! Lucifer was behind the whole blood-drippin-into-his-mouth-when-he-was-a-babay thing? I realised that the writers have planned this whole series out greatly. The whole time Ruby was lieing and there wasnt even nay plot holes. Clap clap for Kripke and all the rest!

Recently I've been playing around with book covers for my own 'book' which i insist not to call but cant understand what else it can be called. Playing around and made this cover art. The guy in the cover is Emile Hirsh. He was in the girl next door and Alpha Dog or something too!

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Currently working on the fifteenth chapter- things have been really slow lately!

STAR TREK:

Ok well I've never watched an episode of Star Trek in my life and dont intend to but Zachary Quinto is in the new one as a main character and as a devout fan LOL I think I gotta go and see it. Has any seen it or heard the story is actually good?

Well thats it!

See you all soon!

Happy Saturday

Shane

Top 10 WORST Movies Of '08... True Blood... Supernatural

Hey!

I thought I'd do a countdown or something of the Worst Movies Of '08. I was surprised to see what was in the countdown which I found on some ste. So heres num 100 (starting from the worst of the worst to the best of the worst ... if that makes sense :L)

TOP 10 WORST MOVIES:

10. -- Meet Dave:

Eddie Murphy plays the leader of a crew of miniature humanoid aliens who board a human-looking spacecraft (also played by Murphy -- shocker!) and head to Earth in the hopes of saving their dying world. Yes, it is as bad as it sounds. And if Murphy didn't have nightmare flashbacks to his notorious cinematic debacle 'The Adventures of Pluto Nash' while filming 'Dave,' you bet he has since the flick debuted to horrific reviews and a box office even more miniature than the film's alien stars.

09. -- The Hottie And The Nottie:

It didn't take long to figure out which one was the hottie -- no, not because Paris Hilton is, like, the prettiest person ever. Because they made poor Christine Lakin (Al from 'Step by Step'!) so ... not. But the pounds of makeup, prosthetic mole and yellowing fake teeth couldn't hide the movie's shallow plot and insipid lesson. Oh wait, it's about inner beauty? Nah, still hated it.

08. -- 88 Minutes:

Oh, Al Pacino, what happened? Once you were one of our most acclaimed thespians; now you star in swill like this "thriller," whose implausible storyline and ridiculous characters pale next to a performance in which you seem to be either half-asleep or yelling. And the worst part? The movie's 108 -- not 88 -- painful minutes long, which makes it both literally and figuratively the longest '88 Minutes' of our lives.

07.-- Fools Gold:

Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson must've depleted their supply of chemistry with 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.' We only say that because, well, there's zero sizzle in this loser rom-com, even with the sexy pair in skimpy scuba gear. And, as if that's not bad enough, there are enough offensive stereotypes -- ultra-effeminate gay men, criminally stereotyped rapper -- to keep everyone away. 'Fool's,' yes, but 'Gold'? No way.

06. -- Saw V:

Grinding out five films in as many years has taken a toll on the blood-and-guts franchise. With villain Jigsaw pretty much out of the picture, the fifth-generation flick tries too hard to one-up itself with plot twists. Sure, there are still some cringe-worthy moments. But even if you're just looking for gore, it's a bit of a bore. The most torturous thing of all? 'Saw VI' is already in the works.

05. -- Jumper:

We expected more from director Doug Liman, who has helmed action gems like 'The Bourne Identity' and 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith.' But with its erratically incoherent storyline, mediocre special effects and laughable line readings by Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson, 'Jumper' landed with a resounding thud. Too fast for its own good, it made us want to jump right out of a window

04. -- 10,00 BC:

If there's non-fiction, fiction and science-fiction, than Roland Emmerich's awful wannabe blockbuster deserves a distinction all its own: We'll call it garbage-fiction. Like a Disney-fied version of 'Apocalypto' (the plots are ridiculously similar), the film follows a prehistoric tribe on an epic quest as they encounter one historical inaccuracy and impossibility after another. And worst of all, it's boring as hell.

03. -- Disaster Movie:

From Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the makers of 'Date Movie,' 'Epic Movie' and 'Meet the Spartans' comes ... something even worse! The spoof "masters" hit an all-time low (if that's possible) with this rubbish, which doesn't even lampoon disaster films, it lampoons scenes from memorable (if completely random) movie trailers ('Juno,' 'Enchanted,' 'Hancock'). Apparently they're too busy collecting paychecks to watch full movies for ideas.

02. -- The Love Guru:

Saying funny words like "Mariska Hargitay" with an exaggerated foreign accent -- hilarious right? Hardly. Mike Myers' new spiritual leader character left audiences subjected to blatant discrimination -- against various cultures, physical attributes and, worst of all, people who like laughing. Because even with a laundry list of (what-were-they-thinking) co-stars, the one thing Guru Pitka couldn't find was comedy enlightenment

01. -- The Happening:

Some jumped off the M. Night Shyamalan bandwagon as early as 'Signs,' while others waited for the divisive 'Village' or the roundly despised 'Lady in the Water.' With 'The Happening,' a laughable eco-horror movie with B-movie "shocks," C-grade acting and F-marks writing, that wagon seems headed straight toward the junkyard. The director's latest is a disaster movie in every way.

Personally, I thought "The Love Guru" was pretty funny and the only thing that there was wrong with "The Happening" was the dreadful acting and stupid wind blowing!!! What do you think of those?

TRUE BLOOD:

Ok so this True Blood show which I have only heard about recently has the potential to be my new favourite. Since I have nothing to watch over the sun since th ebad TV and all I will hopefully watch the whole season. It seems really good- only three episodes in but they've been brilliant! I cant understand why its so alike to Twilight. Its alike but wayy better. First of all the human girl can read minds- Edward can read minds. Theres a bitta romance going on- Thats Twilight. Its like the table was turned with Edward and Bella. Anyway... great show and I hope it does really well.

SUPERATURAL:

WOW! Instead of watching the episodes on Tv, I've caught up with them on the net becauseI can t wait!!! The season closing is deadly and I'm so excited aboutt the finale and worried because of the promos of Sam being evil and stuff. PLEASE DONT GO TO THE DARKSIDE SAM! And I've only noticed that I havent reviewed any Supernatural episodes, EVER! So I really should start and with them I also hope to start reviewing everything again! I've been at level 17 for a verry long time and dont intend to stay that way.