Grim Chapter 5 Harold Simmons

Grim is a serial story that is updated every week on Mondays sometime before midnight. The story follows a grim-reaper who has lived in this role for longer than any other in history. His name in life was Thomas Bjorn. The angel Remiel and demon Ornias enter into a wager over which side the reaper will choose. The unsuspecting reaper becomes a pawn in a game. Caught between Heaven and Hell the reaper does his best to do what he thinks is right. Which side will he choose? Will he find out about the wager? Will the demon Ornias find a way to cheat the process, and force Thomas to choose to become evil?

Catch the story from the beginning: http://www.wattpad.com/47729575-grim

Chapter 5 Harold Simmons - The reaper's next assignment is an older golfer who is bound for hell, but something strange happens that makes the reaper question what he is doing. Read this chapter here: http://www.wattpad.com/57164584-grim-chapter-5-harold-simmons

Guns on Your Tumblr Cuz Jay-Z Said So

This week I want to explore the wonders of tumblr. I've been told several times that I should check it out. Now I want to put my PEZ Gun on tumblr cuz Jay-Z said so. What? Don't look at me like that!

Before I get started I want to reiterate that a $20 Amazon gift card will be given away to a random person who has signed up for my monthly newsletter.
 
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Signing Up!

The simplicity of setting up a new account is easy. After you sign up, you just have to confirm your email address. You can set up a profile picture and cover photo. So far the setup and look seems to scream Facebook or Google+. During my setup tons of popup messages keep assaulting me telling me that I NEED to do something. OK pushy setup popup I will click on you. Once you have everything set the way you want, it's time to post! That was easy wasn't it?

First Post

I have my account set up, my profile photo, and my cover photo. So how do I get my PEZ gun on my tumblr? Jay-Z demands it! There are several buttons at the top for the different options for the type of posts you can make. In this case I click on picture, upload the file, and declare Bingo! This is too easy. There are many options where we can go to next. Music, video, blocks of text, etc.. I think I'll post a song. Maybe the first song on my music list in my previous blog post. Oh nice! Tumblr links up to Spotify.

The App

Oh how I love mobile apps for stuff like this. Facebook, twitter, wattpad, etc.. If the app is as easy to use as the site then I can understand why tumblr is so popular. Downloading it now...

Check it out - http://ninjadueces.tumblr.com/

Writer's Playlist - June 28 Edition

In this new feature I'm going to post a music playlist with links to the videos of each song on Youtube, so you can all listen to some of the songs I'm currently enjoying. Fifteen songs will be featured which will make a playlist of a little less than an hour estimating an average song length of 4 minutes. If you have any suggestions for the list please leave a comment!

The List

1. Ginuwine - Pony: http://youtu.be/i7P6ut6HPR8
2. Zhane - Hey Mr Dj.: http://youtu.be/sUEQsBmIeIs
3. Jhené Aiko - The Worst (Explicit): http://youtu.be/oEm3lY3trRU
4. Adele - Skyfall: http://youtu.be/q-gLRp5bSpw
5. KT Tunstall - Other Side Of The World: http://youtu.be/YUpbO-mpi74
6. Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My Name: http://youtu.be/_ST6ZRbhGiA
7. 
   Baby Bash - Suga Suga ft. Frankie J: http://youtu.be/6rgStv12dwA
8. J. Cole - Crooked Smile ft. TLC: http://youtu.be/fzzMOMkjm8A
9. D'Angelo - Cruisin': http://youtu.be/JAfuUZRou7g
10. Aaliyah - One In A Million: http://youtu.be/_B0_RW5oSI4
11. Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough: http://youtu.be/yURRmWtbTbo
12. No Doubt - Hella Good: http://youtu.be/QtTj4cramPM
13. Justin Timberlake - Good Foot - feat. Timbaland: http://youtu.be/qcG5mFgzMBo
14. R. Kelly - Heart of a Woman: http://youtu.be/4rdeZI7TA1E
15. Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion: http://youtu.be/82cJgPXU-ik

Ninja News - June 27 Edition

Ninja News is going to be a new weakly feature on my blog where I share some of the strange or interesting or interestingly strange news that I have come across over the past week. If you want to share a news article to share in this feature then please don't hesitate to message me on facebook, twitter, or in the comments.

People trying to Ninja

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/what-occurred-here-unacceptable - This is what happens when politicians try to be ninjas. This article needs a "you're doing it wrong" picture to meme.

Look at this crazy stuff

http://blog.syracuse.com/sports/2012/01/utah_high_school_cougars_offensive_team_name.html - Imagine a high school team with the mascot name being "The Cougars", but with a picture of an older attractive woman on the helmet.
http://www.iflscience.com/technology/automatic-sperm-extractor-introduced-chinese-hospital - Not sure what to say here.

Writerly stuff

http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/real-story-war-young-adult-novels/ - The war over YA seems a bit silly to me, but this is an interesting take on it.

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Rated PG-13 / 2 hr 45 min / Action - Adventure - SciFi

What is it about?

A down on his luck inventor played by Mark Wahlberg buys a broken down truck to strip it and sell the parts. He begins to fix it to see if he can, and finds out that it's a transformer. Optimus Prime to be exact. The last battle that destroyed Chicago left a lot of fatalities and damage, so the government began hunting down all Transformers. The Autobots went into hiding. Government agents come to collect Optimus Prime who then comes out of hiding to protect the humans that helped repair him. There is another transformer hiding that is working with the humans to hunt and kill the other transformers.

You will like it if...

If you like Michael Bay movies or the previous three of his Transformer movies. The movie starts out much better than expected. The backstory is interesting and the actors are able to mute the terrible dialogue. As the movie progresses Bay tries to mash another three movies into this one. There are plot holes large enough to fit solar systems by the time the end comes. The dialogue throughout is terrible. It's as if they found a George Lucas clone who was raised to have English as their second language just to write the dialogue for this movie. It's especially horrid whenever one of the Transformers that isn't Optimus Prime tries to chime in. It's like they are trying to be charming, but end up being annoying. The timing on the bot's dialogue seems off as well. It never feels like a natural conversation. The second half of the movie they don't even try to make any sense. Bay tries to use explosions and action to mask the mangled storyline. Too often he uses the extreme close up with a shaky camera to make it impossible to tell what is going on. When he doesn't do this, he has the actors reacting to CGI animations that are happening behind them. For example, one character says "Oh my God!" like he sees something coming in front of him. Then you see a large explosion behind him. It's as if the character has eyes in the back of his head. Even with all of the issues this movie has, the acting is quite stellar. The sad thing is that this movie is one of the better Michael Bay directed Transformer movies. None of them come close to touching the original animated Transformers movie.