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Daybreakers is perhaps the shuddering wake-up call to Twilight fans. It is now the year 2019, and a plague outbreak ten years ago has turned most of the population into vampires. However, as time goes on, the human population is threatening to go into extinction and, with that, the vampires' blood supply. The blood supply is already dwindling enough as it is and more and more vampires are becoming "subsiders", vampires that have mutated due to lack of blood. Hematologist Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) is racing to find a substitute blood supply. However, when he befriends a small band of humans, he might just have found something that is much better than a simple blood substitute: a cure. Of course, it'll only work if he can get the full cooperation of Mr. Bromley (Sam Neill), the vampire executive of the only company that's supplying blood. Whatever the case may be, Dalton must finalize the cure before the blood supply is gone and the human population becomes totally extinct.

This movie takes a middle stance between the traditional and contemporary vampire fight. While vampires like Edward Dalton still have some bit of humanity in them (refusing to use the human population like cattle and to drink their blood), there's a large majority of vampires that don't quite care about the survival of the human population. Instead, with their blood supply dwindling, it all comes down to their true natures as survival instincts are kicked in. There are several scenes of graphic violence as dozens of vampires leap onto one human and begin feeding like crazy, from ripped organs to decapitated heads. And these are still the sane ones.

While this movie certainly isn't deserving of an A-rating, it does have its perks. First the splendid acting by Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, and Willem DaFoe. Then there's also the cool technology all the cars in the movie now have, technology designed especially for vampires to drive during the day without exposing themselves to sunlight. Other than that, the entire movie is actually quite silly. There are quite a number of things left unexplained. The first method of curing is actually quite a ridiculous cure method, and the second method makes even less sense. Except for a few brief meetings between vampires and vampires or vampires and humans in the attempt to find a blood substitute or cure, there's really no plot to the movie. Instead, the movie is filled mainly with bloody feeding frenzies. Cut out those feeding scenes, and you've really got nothing else. The movie also ends in a cliffhanger, which I find to be a rather pathetic event. There's no widespread use of the cure or anything. Instead, you only find the three humans (two cured vampires and one human) driving/running away into the sunset with a voice-over that says that there's a cure and it's not too late to change.

Unfortunately, it's not that easy to spot the vampires in this movie. Their only distinguishing feature are their golden eyes, but those are rarely distinguishable. You don't see any fangs unless they're feeding. There's really nothing to tell that they are vampires if you place them next to a human, provided that the two can stand next to one another without the vampire going crazy and completely dismembering the human. Yikes. The subsiders, on the other hand, are extremely easy to tell that they're...well, a subsider, for they've degenerated into beings that are a cross between human and bat. All in all, I'm quite disappointed by this lack of distinguishing characteristics for vampires. This movie hasn't at all introduced a revolutionary characteristic of vampires.

Despite my criticism, the movie is still nevertheless a good movie to watch to pass the time. It's really just a stimulant to the senses. It's a nice chase thriller but it's lacking a good plot or catchy dialogue. Nor are there any memorable characters or settings. In the end, Daybreakers, at 98 minutes, is really just a horror/thriller movie for fun only.

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is the latest addition to The Legend of Zelda series and is also the long-awaited sequel to Phantom Hourglass. This time, it's a game for the DS. Yet another generation of the classic Link and Zelda pair has emerged. This time, instead of being a boat captain like in Phantom Hourglass, Link is now an engineer as he drives his train around various parts of the realm. After an encounter with the enemy, Zelda has lost her body and now follows Link in spirit form. Along the way, she'll take possession of metal knights known as Phantoms to help Link out on his travels. Together, they must travel from one realm to the next in order to restore the Spirit Tracks and the Tower of Spirits to defeat the evil demon that is threatening to escape, all the while battling various enemies and playing tunes on the Spirit Flute.

Spirit Tracks is certainly a must-have for DS gamers. It features hours after hours of exciting fun. If you've always wanted to be an engineer, try your hand out at the train and see how you fare. Even if you never wanted to become one, driving the Spirit Train around is always a fun task.

All the characters in the game are absolutely the cutest little sprites ever. Even the enemies, from the pudgy Moink to the round Spinut, are very cute. Sometimes it's almost heartbreaking to kill these cute little villains. The dialogue is also quite amusing to read, especially Zelda's sheltered life, and poor Link happens to be the victim of constant shaking.

The controls for Spirit Tracks have been introduced to a few new changes from Phantom Hourglass, though not much. You still control Link by using the stylus on the bottom touch-screen. His attack controls are still the same as Phantom Hourglass. Draw a circle to make Link do a spin attack or tap an enemy for Link to stab. However, you can now make Link roll around in the grass by simply tapping twice in the same place. This is much better than Phantom Hourglass, where players had to draw tiny circles near the bottom of the screen. The new improved control at least makes sure that Link will indeed roll instead of just running in that direction like it often did in Phantom Hourglass.

However, in dungeon mode, the player no longer controls only Link. Instead, Zelda can also now be controlled, as soon as she takes possession of a Phantom. To control Zelda, the player draws a path for Zelda to follow. Otherwise, she would just follow wherever Link goes. Zelda's role in the game is very useful as she will help Zelda solve obstacles. She can block fire or carry Link across lava pits. I personally find the controls for Zelda to move a little too fast. Often times I end up drawing inaccurate paths because of how fast the screen moves. However, when Zelda actually moves, she is ridiculously slow.

After each completion of a certain realm, Link will have to face a boss battle. The boss battle will span both screen so players must make sure to also check out the top screen in case the boss ever takes off and is preparing to strike. Players must use a variety of methods, such as combining the Whirlwind and Link's sword in order to defeat the first boss.

Instead of a boat, Link will no be driving a train through the Spirit Tracks. Players will find themselves constantly riding the train in order to go from one location to the next. Along the way, Link will find a bunch of obstacles, from Dark Trains to pesky animals hogging up the tracks. To chase away pesky animals, Link can pull on the train whistle to scare them off. For more annoying critters, there's always the well-aimed cannon to solve problems. Heheh. The train is rather slow, even at its top speed, but all is made up for the soothing music that plays during travel.

Speaking of which, the music is absolutely wonderful. It is very soothing to listen to and I often find myself prolonging a level just to listen to the awesome soundtrack.

A new feature to the game is the Whirlwind. After acquiring the item in the Forest Realm, the player can now use blow into the microphone to do a variety of tasks. When the player blows into the microphone in dungeon mode, a whirlwind is summoned to stun enemies, blow away piles of leaves or any other objects to solve puzzles (such as getting otherwise inaccessible keys or blowing away poisonous gas). You'll be using this quite a lot in the earlier portion of the game, so be ready to constantly puffing your cheeks to blow into the microphone. It might be a good idea not to play this game in public as this will certainly draw some unwanted attention as people try to figure out why exactly you're blowing at your DS.

There is also the new Spirit Flute, which also requires you to blow into the microphone in order to play tunes. The Spirit Flutes will be given to you by Zelda and you'll need it to play songs that will due a variety of tasks such as awakening statues or healing yourself. But, most importantly, you'll need the Flute to complete duets with the Lokomos (Guardians of the Tower of Spirits) in order to repair the Spirit Tracks and the broken Tower of Spirits. Players will need to tap the flute with their stylus and drag it from one pipe to another and blow with various degrees of length and speed to complete tunes. Playing the tunes can be somewhat difficult, as the player also has to move the flute at the same time.

For those that aren't so good at games or find themselves stuck in a certain puzzles, there is the Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Official Guide from Prima. The guide provides a thorough walkthrough of the game, from where items are located to how to defeat enemies. There's a dozen pictures with captions on every page, and there are also a ton of marked maps to help you find the desired object. There's also a legendary checklist at the end to help you make sure that you got everything, from heart containers to increase your life to various pieces of treasures. Even if you're not quite stuck, this guide is an excellent companion to the game. For one thing, the beautiful colors and graphics is every reason to buy it. The guide can be bought at various bookstores for $19.99. Thankfully, my local library had a copy so I was able to borrow it. With this guide, you'll no longer have to fear  getting stuck in the game again.

Overall, I am very pleased with this new game in the Legend of Zelda franchise. From soothing music to beautiful graphics, what more do you want? And, to top it all off, there's a perfect balance of suspense, danger, and humor to lighten things up a bit. This is a must-have addition for your DS game collection. It's perfect for people of all ages (though the rating says above ten). So, what are you waiting for? Go to your local game store and buy a copy of Spirit Tracks today!

UPDATE: It's been two months now since I last began playing Spirit Tracks and I'm now almost done with the game. I always find it amusing that whenever I pick up the game after a long time of inactivity, I always find the train to be going at a considerable fast pace. Afterward though the speed just slows down. I guess it's all just perspective now. One thing that I've noticed and has always bothered me is that if I ever save and turn off the game whilst in the middle of a dungeon, I am returned to the dungeon entrance when I turn on the game again. That means most of my progress (except for the items acquired and doors unlocked) is lost, and I have to redo everything. I find this to be extremely annoying and time-wasting. For example, if I had a lot of trouble getting past a certain puzzle and, after hours of failures, I finally got past it, I now need to work on spending  that amount of time again in order to advance. I wish the game-makers did not do that.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (美食从天而降) is a 2009 computer-animated family comedy film. It is based on the book of the same name by Judi and Ron Barrett, but it's a loose interpretation. It was directed by Phil Lord and produced by Pam Marsden. It has a running time of 90 minutes. The film follows the crazy inventions of inventor-wannabe Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader). Flint has always been known as the failed inventor in the make-believe town of Swallow Falls. After an economy downfall, the town found itself eating nothing but sardines and getting tired of it. As a result, Flint decides to create a machine that will convert water into any food he wants. After a malfunction, the machine ends up stuck in the sky. However, Flint can still control the machine and makes cheeseburgers rain on the town. Swallow Falls and Flint become an instant hit and every one is flooding Flint with food requests. But when the machine overloads and increases the size of the food, Flint realizes that everything has gone totally wrong. He must now fly into the sky with weather reporter Sam Sparks (Anna Faris) in order to input the kill code and destroy the machine before the food destroys the entire world.

The movie is absolutely hilarious. I love Flint's crazy and exaggerated expressions and his random failures. His monkey sidekick Steve only adds more to the humor as he most often fails to understand what Flint wants him to do. He also has an obsession with gummi bears and is constantly begging Flint to make it rain the sweet candy. Flint's father Tim's misinterpretations of computer terminology also lessens the suspense with humorous results. The graphics are beautiful and very clear. This is an excellent movie for young kids and the family. Just make sure that you don't watch this with an empty stomach. Otherwise, you'll most likely find yourself hugging the television screen in a desperate attempt to eat the food shown, even if its animated. And I also don't think Flint's spray-on shoes are coming off anytime soon.

There are various events in Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver. Some are competitions while others are lotteries. Different events occur at various frequencies throughout the week. Some will occur every day while others will only occur on a certain day of the week. 

Bug-Catching Contest The Bug-Catching Contest is held in the National Park every week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. You can only choose one Pokemon to go in with you, so it's a good idea to choose a low-level Pokemon that can withstand a few hits but won't faint your foe. I personally made the mistake of bringing in my Level 22 Noctowl and every Bug Pokemon I tried to weaken always fainted. You will be given 20 Competition Balls and the contest will end when you either run out of Poke Balls or the twenty-minute time limit has been reached. Various Pokemon will give you different scores. A Kakuna or Metapod will give you a poor score, whereas a Scyther, Pinsir, or Paras will give you an excellent score. However, these three Pokemon also happen to be the hardest to find in the Park. A Butterfree and Beedril will give you an average score. Also, the amount of HP left when captured will also influence your score. For example, capturing the same Pokemon with a full HP bar will give you a better score than with a HP bar in the red zone. Winning first place will grant you a SUN STONE before the National Pokedex. The first prize for Post-National Dex contestants will range from various evolution stones, including the long-sought after Dawn and Dusk Stones. Second prize will grant you an EVERSTONE while the third prize will grant you a Gold Berry (SITRUS BERRY for Post-National Dex). If you were unable to place, you will receive a SHED SHELL as a consolation prize.

Pokeathlon The Pokeathlon is a new feature of the HeartGold/SoulSilver games. Pokemon can participate in various courses. The courses available are Speed, Stamina, Jump, Skill, and Power. You can only participate in one course at a time, though many times these courses will also require the use of other stats. Each team consists of three Pokemon, and each course consists of three events. These events are mini games that will require the use of your touch-screen.You can use Apricorn Juice in order to raise your Pokemon's stats. Different colored Apricorns will raise different stats. You can make your own Apricorn Juice if you have the APRICORN BLENDER (received from the Apricorn Vender near the Pokeathlon Dome). You can also buy Apricorn Juice from the Apricorn Vender Stand.

Your points will accumulate, which you can later redeem for prizes at the Prize Counter. Different prizes will be available on different days. You can get Apricorns, Vitamins, Medicine, Rare Items, or Evolution Stones. This can be an alternative method to finding rare evolution stones, as opposed to the Bug-Catching Method.

Lottery Located on the sixth floor (top) of the Goldenrod Department Store is the Daily Drawing Corner. For $300, you can draw tickets to see if you were able to place. First place will grant you a TM. Second place will give you a Pokeball, and the third place will reward you with a random berry. This can be done as many times as you want (as long as you have the money). To see the prizes of the day, check with the first clerk at the counter.


Radio Tower Lottery Every day, you can go to the Goldenrod Radio Tower to draw a lottery ticket. Talk to the middle clerk in order to draw a ticket. If the ticket number matches with any of your Pokemon's ID number, then you will receive a prize. If the last digit matches, then you will receive an Ultra Ball. First place (matching all 5 digits) will give you a Master Ball.

Buena's Password Every day, if you tune your radio to Buena's channel, you will be able to get Buena's Password. You can then go to the second floor of the Goldenrod Radio Tower and tell Buena the password. If you get it right, you will receive one point on your Blue Card, which will give you gifts at a certain number of points. For example, for one point, you will receive a Poke Ball, and for three points you will receive a Full Revive.

Swarms If you have the Radio Card (given by correctly answering five questions from the last clerk in the Goldenrod Radio Tower), then you can listen to Professor Oaks' Pokemon Talk Show. He will tell you where there are swarms and what types of Pokemon are available. The type of Pokemon differs every day so it's a good idea to check every day. Many times, these Swarm Pokemon are rare Pokemon.

Lapras Every Friday, you will be able to find a Lapras in the basement of Union Cave. You will need Surf to reach it, which will require you first defeating Morty in Ecruteak City.

Clefairy Dance Every Monday night, if you go to the top of Mt. Moon, you will be able to find several Clefairy dancing. Upon approach, they will run away but one Clefairy will leave behind a Moon Stone.

This accessory kit came with my DS Lite free as part of a bundle offer. As a result, I really wasn't expecting much. However, I was rather amazed by the quality of the products when I finally received it. The kit comes with a soft carrying case, a pen-shaped stylus, a game card holder, two screen protectors, a cleaning cloth, a sticker set that allows room for personalization, and a sticker cover for the DS Lite.

First off, I really like the carrying case. The zippers are easy to open, for one thing, though the zippers themselves are rather large. The inside of the case has a soft styrofoam lining to protect your DS Lite. There's an elastic band in which you can use to secure your DS. There's also room for three game cards. Other than that, there's really not much room to put anything else in the case.

The pen-shaped stylus is a really nice inclusion. It's a clicky pen, so when you click it, the plastic stylus protrudes. It's much easier to hold than the small stylus that comes equipped with the DS Lite.

I was a little disappointed with the sticker set. Basically because I read on a review that the stickers would be raised, and they really weren't the case. Instead they were just regular flat stickers. There are two sets of alphabet stickers for you to personalize, along with a few simple symbols. The red sticker sheet you see above in the picture contains three stickers: a blue shell, a Bob-omb (which I think is the cutest), and a Goomba. The other black sheet you see there can be stuck to the cover of your DS Lite as a personalization method. Unlike the other stickers, this cover is raised and "squishy". It took me forever to get it out of its plastic bag that contained this cover because the top kept sticking to the plastic. I doubt that I will be using any of the stickers though, since I think they look kind of out of place on the cover, but that's just me. It'll certainly be fun for a younger person to decorate.

The game case has room for three games. It has a soft and flexible exterior and can be rolled and secured with the connected rubber band. I don't quite see the use for this unless you have more than three games you want to take with you, since you're able to place games in the case itself.

The screen protectors are really nice but it took me forever to separate the actual protector from the clear plastic sheets that protected the protectors themselves. There are two screen protectors, one for the top and one for the bottom, and both fit very nicely. However, I was an idiot and accidentally stuck the bottom screen protector on the top at first. As a result, it took a long time to pry it off again and stick it to the correct screen. However, this caused a lot of dust to stick onto the protector and now there are a lot of bubbles on the touch screen. I guess the good thing is that the dust isn't too noticeable while playing the game. Only when you turn it off does it become visible.

The screen cleaning cloth is really soft and perfect for the DS screen. There is a repeating pattern of stars so it's rather cute.

Overall, this is a great accessory kit. The best parts are the case, the pen-shaped stylus, the screen protectors (Boy, did I mess that one up!), and the cleaning cloth. The one I purchased features Shy Guy. There are also three more options for you to choose from: Yoshi, Mario, and Princess Peach. I believe that you can get this kit separately online for around $8, but don't quote me on that.

I recently volunteered at the library and will be working now until the end of the summer break (which is about two to three weeks). My job will be shelving all sorts of various books, from mysteries to fiction to nonfiction to teens to paperbacks. Not only that but I also am responsible for shelving DVDS, audiobooks, CDs, and foreign language tapes, plus also making sure that all the items are in alphabetical order by author or title depending. To be honest, I'm a little disappointed that the volunteer coordinator has not allowed me to do some computer work, despite the fact that I volunteered there last year. However, I guess this is normal since they're in need of volunteers to shelve books. Ever since the local bookstore closed, the library has grown to be a lot busier.

I work three days a week for three hours each, and it's quite a tiring job, especially since I'm the only volunteer working in the afternoon. The librarians who were once in charge of shelving have now pushed all their duties onto me while they themselves have run off to random coffee places to relax. Quite annoying. I'm only one person and they can't expect me to shelve at least a hundred books all by myself. So, as a result, I don't even care if I don't finish all the shelving. First off, I don't get paid and secondly, it's not fair for them to heave all the burden on me.

I personally like shelving DVDs the best since all I have to do is stick all the A's together and all the B's together...You get my meaning. There's no need to figure out alphabetical order by author's last name like I need to with all the other books. The audiobook section is a horror because most of the items are out of place. However, it's not too hard to figure out where to shelve an item but sometimes I do get paranoid because there are often large jumps in order. However, I'm mostly in charge of shelving fiction books. These are always a pain to do because 1) There's a lot (Often times I can fill an entire cart), and 2) Finding where to place the book can take forever because there are so many authors with common last names. Also shelving any author's last name that begins with Mc or Mac can be a pain too. Nonfiction books are ordered by call number, and while these aren't too difficult to shelve (Just find the letter and then number), they are rather tiring to do because you have to literally run all over the place for them.

However, the place I hate most is the Teens section. The entire place is even worse than the DVD or audiobook sections put together. So many teens have not a care about returning a book to its proper place after reading. Instead, they just simply throw the books all over the place and expect someone else to clean up after them. This is the same in the Children's section (Thank goodness I no longer need to shelve those) but at least it's expected of them. They're only toddlers; they don't know how to pick up after themselves yet so it's up to the adult to make sure. However, these are teens and they should know better. Every time I go to the Teens section my workload is at least doubled because I have to re-shelve everything. Most of the time, I just give up. The same thing applies to the manga and graphic novels section. They're so out of order that it's completely hopeless.

Also, it's sometimes really annoying when the teens in the area get mad at me because I'm doing my work. First off, if you want to read, either borrow the book or go find yourself a table. Don't sit right at the entrance of the aisle and block the road for everyone else. Second, don't just throw books on random shelves and knock down half the bookshelf when you leave. I just simply can't believe that they have so much disregard for the library. Just because this place isn't your home doesn't mean that you can trash it however you like. By all means, my job is tiring and difficult enough without you making it harder for me or rolling your eyes at me.

Overall, I like shelving things that require you only to shelve items with the same title together and not worry about alphabetical order (such as DVDs and foreign language tapes). It's the same for the graphic novels, but, as a I mentioned before, they're completely out of order. The work is rather tiring since I have to continuously bend up and down in order to find the right location for a book. Often times I'll need to bend up and down at least five times in order to shelve just one book. I also have to move books over to the previous or next shelf in order to accommodate room for one book. Quite frustrating at times. And since I'm short, I have to stand on my tiptoes to reach the top shelves and the lighting often creates a glare on the spines to make reading even harder. At least the good thing is that there is a break room which I can hang out for awhile if I ever get tired.

After my old MP3 player broke, I've been searching around for a new one. While I originally had my eyes set on Apple's iPod Touch, I was a little intimidated by its price. Also the fact that the iPod requires use of iTunes in order to transfer songs turned me off, particularly because iTunes doesn't work on my computer. Every time I try to use iTunes, it either freezes my computer, forcing me to restart, or says that I have no local Internet connection when I try to download items. So, after that, I took a look around the web and I have to say that I found myself quite a nice collection of possible MP3 players to choose from. However, it is also because of this that I'm having trouble deciding which one I want. Each model has its own pros and cons and I could never find a MP3 player that contained all of the features I wanted. Let's take a look at the different models I found:

Latte Espresso 8GB: The Latte Espresso 8GB MP3 player comes from the Korean company known as Latte Communications. I have to admit that every time I hear this name I want to go buy myself a coffee from Starbucks LOL. The device comes in two different colors: Gun Metal and Black, though the Black version is much more difficult to find online. In every sense, the Latte Espresso can be considered a knock-off of the iPod Touch. It has a 3" touch-screen, but it is smaller than the iPod Touch's 3.5" touch-screen. Reviewers have noted the touch-screen's good sensitivity and easy user interface and navigation. There is also a haptic sensor which causes the screen to vibrate when you touch it to let you know that you actually did press a button. The G-Sensor allows the screen to turn from horizontal to vertical when you rotate the Espresso and is true for the completel 360 degrees. The Espresso has quite a nice screen resolution (420 x 240) for video and photo playback. The device also includes an internal clock, a calendar, and a voice recorder. The Espresso also comes with four free games for your entertainment. Also available is a FM transmitter, which I could not care less if the device came with this feature or not. Reviewers have also noted the excellent sound quality and easy transfer of songs onto the device (a simple drag and drop). The battery life can go up to14 hours for audio playback and 4 hours for video. Not too bad for a player with touch-screen, though I wish that it could be longer.

Some cons seem to be that the device tends to freeze if you work too quickly through the menus, that the device turns on every 2 to 3 minutes to remind you that it's locked (which wastes battery time), and also that the touch-screen is too small for accurate touch-screen use. Also noted is the lack of a built-in speaker, which is rather disappointing. While quite a few like the player's sleek gun-metal finish, I'm not quite a fan of its design. To me, I think it looks more like a cheap alarm clock or that someone just randomly stuck a screen onto a kitchen counter. Other than that, the Latte Espresso 8GB seems to be the way to go.

Latte Ice 8GB: The Latte Ice also comes from Latte Communications. However, instead of touch-screen, the player focuses on regular tactile button use, a thing that I'm trying to get away from. However, the good thing is that there is a separate button for each task, which can be quite handy as compared to other players that assign ten or more tasks to a single button and relies on the pressure you give to the button to determine which task you want (often times unreliable). The Latte Ice has a smaller screen compared to the Espresso, with a screen size of 2.8" instead of 3". Other than the touch-screen, it comes with all the features of the Espresso, including a FM transmitter, a voice-recorder system, and a high resolution screen for video playback. There is even a built-in speaker, which is certainly a plus. I believe the battery life lasts somewhat longer than the Espresso, but I'll have to check on that later. Another bonus is that the player comes with a wall charger so that I won't have to rely on my computer to charge the device (like the Espresso). Ice also comes with the game Tetris, though I have to admit that I'm not too much of a crazy fan about Tetris. I rather like Ice's sleek and expensive-looking design. It really reminds me of a camera that my sister bought in Nanjing this year. So far, the Latte Ice is also a strong contender for possible purchase.

Sony Walkman NWZ-S545: Departing from Latte Communications comes Sony's Walkman 545 model. Like the Latte Ice, the Sony Walkman requies the use of tactile buttons. I'm not quite sure but judging by the picture on Best Buy, the button usage seems to be modeled after the iPod Nano, with a scroll wheel and a separate button for going back to the Home menu. It also has a smaller screen (2.4"). The Sony Walkman comes with a built-in speaker and also has one of the longest potential battery lives I've ever seen with audio playback reaching up to 42 hours. The Sony Walkman also comes with a detachable stand for use while watching movies. I personally am not quite interested in the Sony Walkman, despite its nice features, as I am currently leaning more toward the Latte lines. Also the 545 model of the Walkman happens to be the most expensive out of all my choices. If I were to buy this device, I would be looking at the Black model. One thing I find funny is that the Red model seems to be $40 cheaper than the Black model on one particular website I forget its name.

Archos 3 Vision 8GB: The Archos 3 Vision used to be at the top of my potential purchase list, that is before I found the Latte line. The Archos 3 Vision has a 3" touch-screen. It has most of the same features as any other MP3 player: FM transmitter, voice recorder, photo playback, etc. Unlike the Latte Espresso and Ice, it doesn't come with games but it is most certainly lighter than both of them. There is also no built-in speaker. However, it has the highest screen resolution out of the MP3 players I'm currently interrested in (420 x 320). That plus the fact that its sleek and minimalist design still remains to be my favorite. However, countless people have criticized the resistant touch-screen, which often requires two or more presses before a response is given, and the ineffective scroll wheel while navigating through songs, let alone the unfriendly user interface. The Archos 3 Vision comes in two different colors: Chocolate Brown and Red.

Infinity is the first book in the Chronicles of Nick series by Sherrilyn Kenyon. The novel, as obvious from the series title, follows the life of Nick Gautier, a 14-year-old teenager who lives a shabby life with his stripper mom. His father is in prison for multiple murders. Nick hates his high school life. Everyone hates him at school (including the principal) and he sees no hope of him ever landing a girl. When Nick is suspended from school one day, his suspension ends up being the catalyst to a whole series of events that ends up landing him a high-paying job with an eccentric billionaire and facing a near Zombie Apocalypse. Nick teams up with a few classmates at school, who he finds are actually demons in disguise, in order to stop the zombies from not only killing him but also his mom. Supposedly Nick is also the Malachai, a being of pure evil. His father, being the previous Malachai, and also Nick's girlfriend Nekoda is out to stop him.

The book's blurb promises a lot of things, but you will soon realize that none of the events mentioned in the blurb are even in the book. All except Nick facing zombies. The name Dark-Hunters are only mentioned and never explained. It shouldn't be assumed that the reader knows the information because they read a previous series (which I didn't). Nick never has to deal with hiding his chainsaw from his principal because it was only a crazy notion that he had. The whole zombie-hunting ordeal was over very quickly anyhow for this to be a problem. Nick doesn't discover who he is either, and we never see Archeron betraying Nick. Nick also doesn't realize his crush's true identity. Simi also isn't trying to eat Nick as she feels attracted to him. Also, the phrase on the back cover of the book (that Nick fears no one for he is the "baddest beast in the land") is only a simple sentence used by Nick to boost his willpower. In the end, the entire blurb and prologue is more of a summary of what will come AFTER the book. It is quite obvious that you'll have to read the previous related series in order to fully understand how everything is supposed to fit with one another.

Also I am quite annoyed by the swarms of new characters being introduced. Names are constantly being referenced but not formally introduced until several chapters later. All Nick's classmates, who weren't friendly with him before, suddenly all become his best friend with no explanation whatsoever. I'm also not quite pleased by the fact that almost everyone, except Nick's mother and her friends, are a supernatural beings.

If you were looking for some action in this book, shy away now because there's hardly any action in the book other than Nick constantly running away from the zombies. Those that actually do the fighting are other characters and their fight scenes are only elaborated in one or two sentences.

With the cons being said, let's move to the pros of this book. One thing I did like about this book though was that the writing style matched the immaturity of a young teenager, ultimately Nick, from the humor and snappy comebacks. I did have a few laughs along the way, but Nick thinking that everyone is a pervert can be rather annoying as it wastes precious moments of the plot, instead replacing what could be action with Nick questioning the other.