can't believe it's already that time of year:) i love halloween, even if this year zack and i are sitting at home reading and grading and basically everything school:) the lower school had a costume parade and oh my goodness, they were so stinking cute!!! the craziest part is realizing we are three weeks down the road from thanksgiving which is my favorite:) i love everything about it with the exception of note being with my entire family when it comes. that's what christmas is for:) i hope you all have a wonderful night. safety first and always, friends!
can't believe it's already that time of year:) i love halloween, even if this year zack and i are sitting at home reading and grading and basically everything school:) the lower school had a costume parade and oh my goodness, they were so stinking cute!!! the craziest part is realizing we are three weeks down the road from thanksgiving which is my favorite:) i love everything about it with the exception of note being with my entire family when it comes. that's what christmas is for:) i hope you all have a wonderful night. safety first and always, friends!
last weekend, zack and i took a very short trip home home:) where the families are, california. my little brother, who is not so little anymore, tied the knot and it was such an honor to be able to be a part of something so special. he married a gal who is perfect for him, i think we were all kinda hoping joe would make her our sister, and last saturday he finally did! laura is such a special girl and the way she loves my little brother makes all of us so happy and we know God is the reason for all of that:)
even though our trip was so short and we were not able to see so many special people, we were able to spend time with our families and that was so important for both of us. i remember just before leaving for california i told zack the thing i was most excited about was hugging my mom...i really needed a mom hug and i got one:) spending time with my entire family and zack getting to see his mom and spend time with her was so needed and such perfection and i am so grateful for the short weekend we were able to have together.
i know a lot of people say they have the best family. but i am so sure i do:)
now for some photo madness:
zack and i, love him:) had to sneak this one in because they just celebrated 33 years of marriage! my amazing sisters- and oh so gorgeous! the happy couple and my sweet folks:) the original six- love, love, love them:) love:) the gals and their mama:) married! our new sister:)
last weekend, zack and i took a very short trip home home:) where the families are, california. my little brother, who is not so little anymore, tied the knot and it was such an honor to be able to be a part of something so special. he married a gal who is perfect for him, i think we were all kinda hoping joe would make her our sister, and last saturday he finally did! laura is such a special girl and the way she loves my little brother makes all of us so happy and we know God is the reason for all of that:)
even though our trip was so short and we were not able to see so many special people, we were able to spend time with our families and that was so important for both of us. i remember just before leaving for california i told zack the thing i was most excited about was hugging my mom...i really needed a mom hug and i got one:) spending time with my entire family and zack getting to see his mom and spend time with her was so needed and such perfection and i am so grateful for the short weekend we were able to have together.
i know a lot of people say they have the best family. but i am so sure i do:)
now for some photo madness:
zack and i, love him:) had to sneak this one in because they just celebrated 33 years of marriage! my amazing sisters- and oh so gorgeous! the happy couple and my sweet folks:) the original six- love, love, love them:) love:) the gals and their mama:) married! our new sister:)
Funtages don't come along very often, and they desperately do. However, it's easy for funtages to flop through poor execution, and this montage is... definitely not an example of this. I don't really have any sort of backstory for this montage, so let's jump right in.
Gameplay: In my opinion, this funtage, like other great funtages such as the Dead Serious Tage and Jaroozabongler, has its fair share of borderline if not straight-up sub-par clips. However, this makes complete sense and I'm perfectly fine with it, because these videos tend to come from your average Joes rather than your big stars. And, while the montage does have its share of "meh" clips, it has its share of awesome ones as well, like the 2v2 overkill extermination at the end, and the overall caliber of the traditional gameplay is still above average. Moving aside from the traditional gameplay, the bloopers are what make this video great. I laughed at a lot of the clips, like the guy killing himself with the trip mine in the beginning and especially at the scene with the epic music when he's sneaking up on the 5 guys hiding in the Snowbound catacombs. Lastly, the clips have a ton of variety, even the multikills. There aren't many multikills from overdone "montage-kid" spots, and the rest of the gameplay has everything else besides your multikills, chokes, betrayals, WTF moments, etc.
Editing: If one were to evaluate this montage's editing by your conventional standards, it wouldn't score very high. Some of the angles are just atrocious, the text is plain, and the syncing is there, but nowhere near perfect. However, this isn't your conventional montage, so let's just throw that all away.
The crappy white text plastering the gametype name in the bottom right with "MLG" is fucking hilarious. I've always been pissed off with people who whine at literally every single video that isn't completely dominated by MLG footage, and this one line of text was a simple, funny, and very effective way of parodying of this mentality. Thank you Red Bull Sniper. While we're on the subject of parodies, I absolutely loved all of the references to famous montages such as Apex, Dualtality, and Neighbor and Hysteria's dualtage. The majority of the humor in this montage is incredibly simple and isn't much more than a couple lines of text (intro, MLG label, quote from Carl Sagan), but the incredibly simplistic style gave the montage a great self-mockery type of humor while being very funny. Overall, the editing of this montage fit the feel it was trying to go for very well, and since I don't really have a section for this, the soundtrack's fantastic as well. It's diverse and it also fit the montage's theme very well.
Flaws: - The quality. Similar to the gameplay and editing, it does add to the self-mockery style of humor this montage goes for, but it still irked me because it looked like it was captured in HD and then rendered incorrectly.
Serious Business is an incredibly funny Halo 3 montage, which differs from the norm and has soul behind it. For me, a lot of montages seem to be the same thing over and over again, because they're not personal at all. The gameplay isn't captured by whose montage it is, the editing isn't either, and the clips, for the most part, follow your conventional montage multikill standards so they almost never leave an impression. This, on the other hand, has someone getting gameplay, editing it himself, and injecting his own humor and creativity into it in order to make the experience original and more personal. Yes, some of gameplay isn't so great and the angles are pretty iffy, but for me, this lack of a professional touch made the montage work better with the feel that it was going for. At 35,000 views, this montage certainly isn't unknown, but I still feel that it's very underviewed given how entertaining it is relative to the majority of videos out there. Also, here's the trailer for this montage if you're interested. It's not as funny as the actual montage in my opinion, but it does have good humor and is a very enjoyable watch.
Funtages don't come along very often, and they desperately do. However, it's easy for funtages to flop through poor execution, and this montage is... definitely not an example of this. I don't really have any sort of backstory for this montage, so let's jump right in.
Gameplay: In my opinion, this funtage, like other great funtages such as the Dead Serious Tage and Jaroozabongler, has its fair share of borderline if not straight-up sub-par clips. However, this makes complete sense and I'm perfectly fine with it, because these videos tend to come from your average Joes rather than your big stars. And, while the montage does have its share of "meh" clips, it has its share of awesome ones as well, like the 2v2 overkill extermination at the end, and the overall caliber of the traditional gameplay is still above average. Moving aside from the traditional gameplay, the bloopers are what make this video great. I laughed at a lot of the clips, like the guy killing himself with the trip mine in the beginning and especially at the scene with the epic music when he's sneaking up on the 5 guys hiding in the Snowbound catacombs. Lastly, the clips have a ton of variety, even the multikills. There aren't many multikills from overdone "montage-kid" spots, and the rest of the gameplay has everything else besides your multikills, chokes, betrayals, WTF moments, etc.
Editing: If one were to evaluate this montage's editing by your conventional standards, it wouldn't score very high. Some of the angles are just atrocious, the text is plain, and the syncing is there, but nowhere near perfect. However, this isn't your conventional montage, so let's just throw that all away.
The crappy white text plastering the gametype name in the bottom right with "MLG" is fucking hilarious. I've always been pissed off with people who whine at literally every single video that isn't completely dominated by MLG footage, and this one line of text was a simple, funny, and very effective way of parodying of this mentality. Thank you Red Bull Sniper. While we're on the subject of parodies, I absolutely loved all of the references to famous montages such as Apex, Dualtality, and Neighbor and Hysteria's dualtage. The majority of the humor in this montage is incredibly simple and isn't much more than a couple lines of text (intro, MLG label, quote from Carl Sagan), but the incredibly simplistic style gave the montage a great self-mockery type of humor while being very funny. Overall, the editing of this montage fit the feel it was trying to go for very well, and since I don't really have a section for this, the soundtrack's fantastic as well. It's diverse and it also fit the montage's theme very well.
Flaws: - The quality. Similar to the gameplay and editing, it does add to the self-mockery style of humor this montage goes for, but it still irked me because it looked like it was captured in HD and then rendered incorrectly.
Serious Business is an incredibly funny Halo 3 montage, which differs from the norm and has soul behind it. For me, a lot of montages seem to be the same thing over and over again, because they're not personal at all. The gameplay isn't captured by whose montage it is, the editing isn't either, and the clips, for the most part, follow your conventional montage multikill standards so they almost never leave an impression. This, on the other hand, has someone getting gameplay, editing it himself, and injecting his own humor and creativity into it in order to make the experience original and more personal. Yes, some of gameplay isn't so great and the angles are pretty iffy, but for me, this lack of a professional touch made the montage work better with the feel that it was going for. At 35,000 views, this montage certainly isn't unknown, but I still feel that it's very underviewed given how entertaining it is relative to the majority of videos out there. Also, here's the trailer for this montage if you're interested. It's not as funny as the actual montage in my opinion, but it does have good humor and is a very enjoyable watch.
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter 2 cups white sugar 4 eggs 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3/4 cup dark rum
Golden Rum Glaze:
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup dark rum
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 or 10-inch Bundt pan.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, combine milk, vanilla, and rum. Beat flour mixture and milk mixture into butter in three alternating additions. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Bake 1 hour, or until golden brown.
For the glaze: Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in the sugar and 1/4 cup water and bring to a boil; cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in rum.
Place cake on a serving platter. Slowly pour glaze over top and sides until completely absorbed. Dust with confectioners' sugar.
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter 2 cups white sugar 4 eggs 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3/4 cup dark rum
Golden Rum Glaze:
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup dark rum
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 or 10-inch Bundt pan.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, combine milk, vanilla, and rum. Beat flour mixture and milk mixture into butter in three alternating additions. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Bake 1 hour, or until golden brown.
For the glaze: Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in the sugar and 1/4 cup water and bring to a boil; cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in rum.
Place cake on a serving platter. Slowly pour glaze over top and sides until completely absorbed. Dust with confectioners' sugar.
A panel of world health experts recently reviewed the scientific evidence and concluded that a high sugar intake is not related to the development of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure or cancer. Sugar was also not connected to behavioural problems like hyperactivity in children. As well as this, the panel did emphasise the beneficial role that carbohydrates like sugars play in health.
Here are some kids eating sugar. See for yourself. It's a drug.
ABSTINENCE.
That is the only answer, but the sugar corporations would prefer that idea NOT to be promulgated.......
A panel of world health experts recently reviewed the scientific evidence and concluded that a high sugar intake is not related to the development of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure or cancer. Sugar was also not connected to behavioural problems like hyperactivity in children. As well as this, the panel did emphasise the beneficial role that carbohydrates like sugars play in health.
Here are some kids eating sugar. See for yourself. It's a drug.
ABSTINENCE.
That is the only answer, but the sugar corporations would prefer that idea NOT to be promulgated.......