Weather

SO the weather is crazy! We were planning to help out at a community project. It was a graffiti clean up project with Santa Rosa Police Department...and its been raining. Today was going to be the day to determine and its been kind of a nice day. A little rain here and there but as i'm typing sun shine outside. But we still had to cancel because of previous rain and "possible" rain. There is an 80% chance of rain tomorrow...thats huge but if it doesn't rain then we just missed out on helping the community! oh well what are you going to do...blame it on the rain?

Assassins Creed

Well I just got done playing Assassins Creed. It’s a game for the XBOX 360 that came out late last year. When I saw it I knew I wanted to play it because it looked amazing. So I bought it with my Christmas money. So I’m going to give a little review of the game. I’ll break down a few elements and then give it a final rating out of 10.

Story
So the story was pretty good. You are an Assassin in the present time and you have been abducted by a company that wants to know some secrets. They believe that people hold the memories to their ancestors. So they are looking for something lost in the Holy Land. Ok so great premise of the story. So most of the game play is in the past. The story progress well in the game play but the story in the present is slow and almost pointless. You go through scenes in the present that are you walking around and reading e-mails. So that part was very dull. When you beat the game…well you’re left wondering. The story is sort of resolved in the game play, but the story in the present has no ending. OXM rates this end as the worst of the year…and I’d have to agree. You don’t even realize that it ends. It may setup a sequel game but still there could have been some resolution. 8/10 for game play 3/10 for present

Gameplay
So the gameplay is fun. The tutorial was long, but a little needed. The controls are a little hard but once you get them its fun. Exploring is fun and fight is fun, but gets repetitive as you go through the game. You save citizens, pickpocket, kill people…Its fun but don’t try to do it all at one time. Spread it out so you don’t feel like your doing the same stuff. The flags are a little crazy too. They are spread out all over the land and hard to find. I suggest using a website or map to find them all. 8/10

Graphics.
Simply amazing. The graphics were stunning. You climb to the highest heights and take a leap of faith off. Visual this game will satisfy. You play the game from the 3rd person over the shoulder action view…you’d know this if you do…anyways the visuals are amazing. The landscape is beautiful and the scenery is outstanding. This would be a good enough reason to play this game. 10/10

So over all I game this game an 8/10 It could have been lower because of the ending, but all the other elements are great and were able to keep this game a solid game. So anyways hope you appreciate this review. And hope it helps you in deciding on this game.

It is well with my soul

Today at church Kevin was preaching on joy. He was preaching out of Ecclesiastes 11. I was leading worship with Alison and we try to do songs about joy…mainly hymns because I wanted to do them but stuff like I Stand Amazed and You Are My King (Amazing Love). The last song I did was It Is Well With My Soul. Today during the service one of our members found out his father died. He was 90 and had a full life, but to lose a loved one is hard no matter what. So I was thinking of him as we went up to sing this song. I had looked up the history to this song and the author because I knew he had a crazy story. His son died at 4, he was a lawyer and had real estate that was all wiped out during the Chicago fires. After trying to help people out he wanted to take a vacation. He sent his family ahead and all four of his daughters drowned when the boat hit another boat. Only his wife lived. After all that and traveling to meet his wife he was moved, as they were passing the area where the boat sank, to pen the word to this song. I told that story before we sang, not to make people feel bad, but to see the joy that is found in the Lord. I wanted everyone to think of the words and the man who wrote them and what he was going through, and how he would say it is well with my soul Lord. I hope this song helped our church member deal with his father death. I actually was getting choked up thinking of my dads death, and how his death was able to bring me to the Lord. I wasn’t a believer before then, but afterwards I was searching for answers and the Lord drew me to Him. He showed me He was enough. It was through His sons death I would be able to say these words…It is well, with my soul.

Lakers

I wanted to wait a little while before i gave my opinion on the Lakers and there trade. I wanted to let it play out, see how things happened. I can say that i was very excited when i heard it. I hated Kwamee Brown since the begining. Even when he played like 2 good games i knew he was a bust. I always like Pau Gasol. I alway felt he was a strong player and need to be in a good system. Now we got rid of Kwamee which is great. He was just horible. One of the biggest disapointments ever to play the game. We traded up big time for Pau who is a legit all star. He has struggled at times and can hardly play defence...but he still got a solid game, and his D is still solid. With Him at the Power, Lamar at Small, Bynum at Center, Kobe and Shooting and D-Fish at Point we have a solid starting lineup that can man up with anyone in the league. And the bench is solid as well. Famar WILL be a solid point for years to come. Ronny is pure hustle and no one can deny his heart and his style of play...kinda like AC Green...Mihm will be a good backup center...Sasha is a spark and a solid shooter...nopt the best but good. And you have many other back ups that'll help the Lakers. So i think this year...West Confrence Finals VS the Spurs and losing in 6. Next year the Championship with Bynum leading the way(never thought i'd say that)

Flyleaf

Theres a game called Rock Band...its super cool if you haven't played it...anyways theres a group called Flyleaf whose song "I'm So Sick" is on the game...the first time i heard it i knew i loved it...so i checked them and they are awesome. They have a female vocalist who has a cool voice. She has some great power behind it. The band rocks too. The music is Hard Rock i guess...some would say metal...whatever it is check them out. If you like Chevelle...they kind of have a sound like that with a female vocalist. Rock 'n' Roll!

Superbowl

Ok so i'd like to give some little known facts on the superbowl.

1. Eli Manning, Junior Seau, Rodney Harrison, Wes Welkers - All former Chargers. Why does this matter. It doesn't but I'm a chargers fan and this was interesting to me. Eli was actually drafted and then traded to the Giants for Philip Rivers and two drafts that would become Nate Kading and Shawn Merriman so yeah...

2. The Patriots ended offically at 18-1. They are the third team to do that...so winning 18 wasn't a first, but winning 18 in a row was. They also are the first team to finish 18-1 and NOT win the Superbowl. The other teams were the 1984 49ers and the 1985 Bears. Both won the superbowl.

3. This is the second straight superbowl a Manning won. Big brother Peyton won it last year (beat the pats in the AFC Championship) and little brother Eli won it this year.

4. The Giant are the first team to start the season 0-2 and win the superbowl. Usually teams start 0-2 and don't make the playoffs.

5. Jeff Feagles of the Giants is the oldest player to every play the Superbowl. (41 years old)

6. This was Junior Seau 2nd superbowl. His first was with the chargers at Superbowl XXIX where they were blown out by the 49ers. His second was this one where his team lost again. He is 38years old.

7. Michael Strahann played in his second Superbowl winning this one. His first was Superbowl XXXV where they lost to the Ravens.

8. The Combination of Bill Belichick and Tom Brady had never lost a Superbowl game (3-0) before this one (3-1)

9. Plaxico Burress guarantied a Win in this game with a score of 23-17. The Final score was 17-14.

10. The Giants lost there first two games...Lost Tiki Barber, their star running back who retired early...Michael Strahann nearly retired at the begining of the season...Eli Manning's leadership was being questions left and right...Tom Cofflin, there coach had to practically beg for his job...and they go on to beat the previously unbeaten partiots and win the Superbowl.

11. The Giants played the Patriots 3 times this year: 1st a loss 27-20 at the end of the pre-season. 2nd a loss 38-35 at the end of the regular season. 3rd a win, 17-14 at the end of the post season...the Superbowl. The only game that really mattered.

12. The Chargers will come back next year and win the superbowl! They will go 13-3 and come into the playoff hot winning the superbowl....not a fact but a predictions.

Untracable Review

So on Saturday we went and saw Untracable. We were trying to see I Am Legend, but thats been out for a while and is harder to find. Anyways we saw this movie and I liked it. Its not like i'd see it again but it was a good movie. Some people would say this was a horror but it wasn't that scary, just more distrubing because of how real it seemed. There are sickos out there that would do stuff like this. Anyways on a scale of 1-10 i'd give it a 6.5. It was a good movie and I didn't regret seeing it. It had actions and a good story that kept me involved. But it was just ok. I wouldn't see it again. The end was dramatic and pretty good, but it seemed just like...ok so thats it. I think the thing I thought was interesting was what it was saying about society and the sickness we have with things like death and murder and the gruesome things. So maybe a rent when its on video and hold off from theaters.

Lost...season 4 opens *Possible Spoilers* but not really

Ok so i used to do a review thing on lost on another website for fun and i decided i would try that here on my blog. Just know that i'm not going to reveal alot of stuff...but this maybe a spoiler for some. Well the night started with a clip recap episode. It was a good thing to start with since the last episode was so long ago. It was acutually in May...but yeah anyways we are given that recap episode. Then it starts...well Lost has done something a little differnt and i really liked it. They are doing Flash Fowards instead of Flash Backs...what happened to them after the call...after they got off the island...or what could potentially happen. Now we are at a crossroads with the show. We once were trying to figure out the past...how they got there, what they have done...who they have conections with. Now we are looking ahead. We got that at the end of last season and i believe that is going to make the show fresh. So we are basically seeing what happened from right where we were left last season. In typical Lost fashion they answer a questions or two just to have about a hundred more pop up. Anyways we are left with a good cliff hanger for next week. Like i said i won't be going in too deep i don't want to spoil everything. Let me know if you have an opinion on the Flash Fowards though.