Movie review: Chernobyl Diaries

Guess i should have checked it out before spending my money to see this movie. Maybe expected it to be more like a documentary....so in i went despite seeing the warnings of horror and terror; hell, i can do a little of that but it failed miserably on all accounts except loudness, but then that's par for the course at all movies now-a-days.
I arrived a little early to ensure getting a seat in the back row as i know from experience of being alone in a scary movie i'll always hear spooky noises behind me and that does freak me out a little. The back row also has extra leg room and as it turned out only a handful of people came and half of them left after a while.
The actors were unknown to me; their characters shallow and their acting lousy but the setting was unmistakable once this bunch arrived in the city where most of the employees of the reactor plant had lived. Most of these characters apparently didn't know anything about what happened there but here they were on a cheap extreme tour of the place in a dilapitated old van with a strange tour guide. I know there's legit tours there now, but who would want to go if you knew that the radiation is so heavy it'll last 400 years and it's been only 26 years since the disaster happened. Not only that but what about consideration and respect for all the people who died there. It's a very interesting premise but documentary style would have been better on all accounts.
There's bloopers galore like when one of the girls fell in the river she was completely soaked but  moments later she was dry again but who can count bloopers when the activities on screen are so loud and stupid; the "scary"ending is especially extra silly and totally unbelievable.  The atmosphere of the place did look authentic to me so my rating is a 3 out of 10.  I enjoy reading of Elenas travels and seeing her pictures better at  http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chapter1.html

Snow moose

Albino moose photographed near Marenisco, MI

The odds of seeing an albino moose are astronomical and to see two of them together is almost impossible.

The Presidents trophy

is ours once AGAIN!

The Vancouver Canucks had a 3-0 victory over the Oilers Saturday night and the result is we get home advantage for the 2012 playoffs. This is a huge bonus and very difficult to win.

Congratulations to Roberto Luongo on his 5th shutout of the season and the 60th of his career!

We are once again gearing up for the playoffs!

Go Canucks!

The City of Ely, a Liberty ship

In 1940 Great Britain stood alone fighting the axis powers and after nine months of war had already lost one million tons of shipping that had been sent to the bottom of the Atlantic by German U boats. The U boats were sinking ships faster than the British yards could build them.

In September 1940 a British Merchant Ship building mission headed by a representative of J.L. Thompson & Sons of Sunderland was sent to the U.S.A. with the sole purpose of ordering ships to be built. To speed up the possible production they brought with them the Thompson designed Dorrington Court plans, and so it was, with slight modifications that the Liberty ships came to be built by the Joshua Henry Ironworks Co. of Sunnyvale, California

A total of 2,700 ships were constructed and whilst “built by the mile and chopped off by the yard” they are credited with not only saving Great Britain but in the Allied cause, they saved the whole world from disaster. They were built to make just one trip with supplies but many years later some were still sailing the seas.
My husband Bob worked as a longshoreman on many of these ships in the 60’s. He enjoyed the work and now enjoys building all sorts of ship models and this one was completed March 14th, 2012

The City of Ely represents the civilian version of these famous ships. The model shown is of a standard armed cargo ship serving with the United States Navy.

This model is 1.384 m in length

185mm beam

Scale 1/96

16kgs.

Home sweet home

Snatched this from http://canucks.com  It was written by Derek Jory

The Vancouver Canucks are enjoying a much deserved day off Wednesday after a grueling road trip that had them play six games in 11 nights. There were some highs, some lows and a lot of hilarity between teammates, who are really coming together this season. Vancouver's spot atop the NHL standings proves that.
To help put their recent expedition in context, here’s a look at the raw numbers of the Canucks' ninth road trip of the year:


6 – Cities visited during the 11-day trip.

10,775 – Approximate kilometres flown by the Canucks on board their Air Canada charter, aka Air Canucks (6,695 miles).

2,830 – Kilometres from Edmonton to Nashville, the longest trek of the trip.

5 – Games in seven days, including hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs at home, to start the trip.

7 – Canucks mad at me for not introducing them to Miss USA, Alyssa Campanella, and Miss Teen USA, Danielle Doty, post-game in New Jersey. You snooze, you lose.

1 – Duck quote from Aaron Rome, in response to looking calm when he scored in New Jersey: “I may have looked that way, but I'm like a duck on water. Calm on top but spinning underneath."

60-70 – Family members and friends in Detroit to take in David Booth’s NHL debut in his hometown.

15.4 – Seconds left in regulation before Daniel Sedin scored in Detroit to help the Canucks end the long home winning streak in NHL history.

1 – Canucks player caught singing "All We Do Is Win," a remix of DJ Khaled's "All I Do is Win," post-game in Detroit. He will remain anonymous, but actually has a pretty decent voice.

300 – Career points for Sami Salo, milestone hit in Edmonton to begin the trip.

500 – Career games played for Alex Burrows, milestone hit in Nashville in the second game of the trip.

385 – Meals served during seven flights on Air Canucks.

8,159 – Combined room numbers of my six hotel rooms.
3:47 – Length of time, in minutes and seconds, those who watched the movie Contagion from Nashville to Detroit washed their hands for once we arrived at the hotel.

18,010 – Coupons for beef tacos given out because of the third period goal scored by the Dallas Stars in the fifth game of the road trip.

9 – Fans appetized by the picture of the beef tacos shown on the jumbotron.

6 – Feet of Subway veggie delight subs consumed by yours truly on the trip.
14 – Half peanut butter & jelly sandwiches eaten onboard Air Canucks (that's only seven sandwiches, gimme a break!).

4 – Pounds gained during the 11-day trip. I am now eligible to fight as a middleweight.

1 – Trip to the gym. It didn't have a vending machine, so I left.
35 – Minute drive from the hotel to the Prudential Center in New Jersey.

35 – Minutes spent nervous as a vegetarian in a steakhouse riding along to the Prudential Center in a cop car with trooper Jay Harrison.


3 – New players acquired by the Canucks at the trade deadline who joined the team in Phoenix: Zack Kassian, Marc-Andre Gragnani and Samuel Pahlsson.

20 – Current Canucks who welcomed the newbies with open arms.

90 – Minutes delayed, in the plane, on the runway, waiting to take off from Detroit, because of a mammoth snowstorm.

2 – Passengers confident (the pilots) we could take off in the mammoth snowstorm.

110 – White knuckles from the remaining passengers during takeoff.

21-15 – Score Dan Hamhuis beat Alex Edler during a game of 21 in Phoenix.

6 – Press passes, out of six arenas, that had JORY spelled correctly. Last trip I was Derek Joy in two arenas.

1 – Broken down bus that had to be pushed out of the way so the Canucks could be on their way. That's all the details I'm allowed to provide. It was hilarious.

8 – Points collected out of a possible 12, in winning three of six games, losing two in shootouts and only dropping one outright.

1 – Where the Canucks sit in the NHL standings with 18 games remaining before playoffs.

My mom with unknown little girl

Willy strike!

http://whereswilly.com

I am the second "user" which really means "finder" of this $20. bill

Americans go to http://wheresgeorge.com  to register or report if you find a bill marked as George.

Where's Willy? Bill Tracking Report

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Twenty Dollar Bill, Serial# EYZ62---17 Series: 2004
This bill has travelled 7,967 KM in 2 Yrs, 217 Days, 19 Hrs, 4 Mins at an average of 8.4 KM per day. It is now 675 KM from its starting location.
This list is in reverse-chronological order
Entry Time (Local Time of Zip)	Location, State/Province (Green=USA, Blue=Canada, Purple=International)	Travel Time (from previous entry)	Distance (KM)*	Average Speed (KM Per Day)	Send Anon email	View User Profile
26-Dec-2011 12:38 AM	London, ON	96 Days, 5 Hrs, 12 Mins	392	4.1
User's Note	Change from a forgotten night!
20-Sep-2011 08:26 PM	Fort Wayne, IN	326 Days, 17 Hrs, 42 Mins	559	1.7
Bill Entry Changes:	Zip Code has been changed
User's Note	Help me track where willy has been!
29-Oct-2010 02:44 AM	Toronto, ON	82 Days, 21 Hrs, 35 Mins	3,344	40
User's Note	Bill came through the office at my work downtown Toronto right near the CN Tower. The last hit on this bill was on my birthday. :p
07-Aug-2010 02:08 AM	Delta, BC	1 Yr, 76 Days, 22 Hrs, 35 Mins	3,672	8.3
User's Note	I won at the Boulevard Casino in Coquitlam, B.C. The machine paid me with a ticket which i then stuck into a ticket breaking machine and out came this twenty.
22-May-2009 06:33 AM	Montreal, QC	Initial Entry	n/a	n/a
User's Note	3781, atm Mt-Royal, Jacqueline 2, hit 1156, 1188, 1296, 1310
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