Superman/ West Edmonton Mall/ teen pregnancy

Jun. 4 Superman: Infographic: Alex Hillsburg sent me this infographic of Superman in the movies and comic books.  It shows the budget and how much the movies actually made in the box offices.  I only saw Superman Returns in 2006.  It was a good action and sci-fi movie. http://financesonline.com/the-man-of-steel-financial-success-of-superman/ Lois and Clark: Superman: I remember back in elementary school, my friends Heather and Leslie were talking about the show Lois and Clark: Superman.  It starred Dean Cain as Superman and Terri Hatcher as Lois.  I watched in gr. 3 and 4.  It was a light and fun show show.  I went to imdb.com and it looks like this show had 4 seasons. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106057/?ref_=fn_al_tt_5 Smallville: Of course there was Smallville.  It came out back in 2001, and as soon as I heard that it was about Clark Kent as a teenager, I wasn't interested.  Then I read my favorite Edmonton actor Eric Johnson was in it so I had to watch it.  It wasn't very good because it was repetitive with the "freak of the weeks" like somebody is infected with kryptonite and turns bad and Clark has to stop them. It was kind of like Buffy, with a superhero in a small town where weird things happen. This show was on for 10 yrs. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279600/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Jun. 9 West Edmonton Mall: Yesterday I actually had a little fun.  I did a 1hr and 15min of shopping.  I went to the following stores: 1. Eddie Bauer: It was quiet and expensive. 2. Simon's: It was busy and some things were well-priced. 3. Scotch and Soda sold expensive clothes.  There was some nice jazz music playing, and I tried one of their perfumes that they had. 4. Crocs: The store was kind of crowded.  I don't like the shoes, but I know they're comfortable.  It had lots of Hello Kitty and shoes aimed for kids. 5. Roots: There weren't any kid clothes.  Degrassi actors were on the posters on the store windows. 6. H&M: give a bag of clothes to recycle, and you can get a $5 off voucher off your $30 purchase.  That's a good green plan.  Big sale of clothes that are $7. 7. American Apparel:  It's expensive with bright colors. 8. Old Navy: Good affordable prices with neon clothes. 9. Tiffany's: I see that it's under construction.  I've read about it in the Edmonton Journal that it's coming to Edmonton.  The store is located by all the other clothing stores that sells expensive. 10. Armani Exhchange: Tiffany's was by this store.  The security guard was in a suit.  There was a dog tag necklace for male jewelry and it was $55.  Too overpriced. 11. Danier: It sold neon handbags on sale from $99 to $199. 12. Lacoste: Sold some backpacks. 13. Michael Kors: Also sold neon handbags on sale.  It even sold tennis racket bags. 14. Banana Republic: It sold some nice bags.  I saw this pencil case that was $55.  Seriously.  Way too expensive. 15. Little Burgundy: It sells shoes and neon handbags.  That's the trend. 16: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory: It used to be downstairs, but it's being renovated.  I tried a sample of dark chocolate upstairs.  It's okay. 17. Chinatown: I went to the Chinatown location.  The Vo's Nails is really busy.  I looked at Hoang Long Noodle House.  They sell gelato.  One scoop is $3, and 2 scoops for $5.  I see the green tea flavor is really popular because there's hardly any left.  The esthetic of the restaurant looks really good. 18. David's Tea: They have ice tea packets for one pitcher.  The packet would be $3.50 or 5 for $15.  That's too expensive.  You can go to Shoppers Drug Mart and buy a Nestle can of ice tea powder and make unlimited amounts of ice tea to drink. I'm sure all of you guys are thinking: "Tracy thinks a lot of things are expensive."  lol.  It's funny because it's true.  Well then again, I did go into all these high end stores where items are in the hundreds of dollars. Jun. 10 Boston Pizza: I tried the Baked Taco Beef Penne.  It tasted good.  You would like it too if you like taco beef or ground beef. Jun. 12 The Secret: It's raining and it's a weekday morning.  Daytime TV isn't really good.  I wanted to watch something I haven't seen before, so I watched the first 24min of The Secret.  I have written like 7 posts about it on my blog.  Well a few of them explains about how the Secret is about the law of attraction.  What you think becomes real like "thoughts become things." Here is first 24 min of the movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b1GKGWJbE8 Here is Oprah's episode about it where she has some people in the movie discuss it.  This episode is from 2007. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLMvtzJTKss I would have to say that The Secret movie was kind of boring (at least the first 24 min. of it).  I watched the whole Oprah episode on Youtube last yr and it was good.  Watch Oprah's ep than the movie.  Movie: The movie looked promising at the beginning where the author Rhonda Byrnes talks about her lowest point in her life.  Then she discovers the Secret and it's like The Davinci Code where it talks about the history of it in ancient times.  It's fast paced.  Then it's just people who applied it and are talking about it in front of a background of old yellowed paper (green screen). There are some reenactments, and kind of generic stock footage of things.  Ex. a guy is stuck in a traffic jam and thinking "I don't want to be late" and since he thinks of the word "late" he will be late.  If he thinks "I will be on time" and then he will arrive on time. Teen pregnancy: I was looking for a job and listening to music on Youtube.  It then lead me to a 2008 Tyra Banks ep called "Teenagers who are eager to get married."  I watched Part 1 to see if it's any good, and it was, so I watched the whole thing.  It was about 15 yr old girl Kaitlin who is dating an 18 yr old black guy named Ryan.  They got engaged and are both saying they're mature and are ready to have a baby. Tyra was asking questions that I'm sure the audience wanted to know, or at least me the viewer did. Tyra: So what's your job? Ryan: I deliver pizzas. The audience laughs.  Tyra: Pizza delivery is an honorable job.  How much money do you make a yr? Ryan: $1000. Me: You work very part-time during the summer? Kaitlin: He makes $8.10/hr. Tyra talks to Kaitlin's mom who lets Ryan live with them and sleep in Kaitlin's bed every night.  It's been like that over a yr.  Kaitlin also bought fertility drugs off the internet and her mom found them and took them away from her.  It turns out K's mom got pregnant at 15 yrs old and gave birth to K's older brother.  Then when she was 17, she had K.  There are 2 other younger kids that K takes care of. Tyra really helped them, by getting right to Kaitlin's issue.  Kaitlin mentions how she doesn't have a dad, and he told her he's glad he's not in her life.  It turns out he's been to jail.  She mentions how she has no friends.  She did before, but they got into drugs so she stays away from them.  Then the girls at school, all they do is talk about people behind their back.  Tyra advises that you can't say all the girls are bad.  You have to go out and actively look for good friends. K did a pregnancy test before the show, and then Tyra tells her the result: "You are not pregnant."  The audience applauds.  K and T hug. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq_YMzx3M10 My opinion: After watching this show I felt good.  I kind of felt like Tyra was like a therapist talking to them and helping them.  I didn't get angry or yell at the computer.  Though I could have because the 3 guests seem stupid with these choices.