ASMR | This is b a n a n a s

I just learned about autonomous sensory meridian response and this is HUGE on you tube and thanks to my well informed husband I found this video. It's called The ASMR Whispering Banana.

Basically these videos are recordings of people speaking in a very soft voice so that it makes you feel tingles in your head and it relaxes you. Some videos have people speaking in low voices with foreign accents and there are even videos with people crumbling paper...all to make you feel better.

I have to admit when I saw this banana video for the first time I got the giggles big time. I didn't even pay attention to what was being whispered because I was so amused by the banana face. The production value is good. Someone took the time and chroma keyed a face into this banana. This comment left on YT by BrombyDingus was my favorite "Annoying orange's more sensible and relaxed cousin. Well done banana."  Roll it:

And if you have any ideas on what the next inanimate object should be you can leave a comment on this person's you tube page. I think I'm going to request either a Japanese eggplant or some wheat grass.

Please let me know if Mr. Banana relaxes you. He's pretty easy going and wants to give you some peace and relaxation. So plug in your head phones and chill.

For more information about ASMR check out the following links:
ASMR
Reddit
Or just go to You Tube and search for "ASMR" and you will find a lot of videos.

Pirate101 game credit...that's me!

I'm happy to announce that I was added to the credits for our new game Pirate101. I'm listed under additional production (Rena Archer):

rena archer game credit

I assisted in supporting the producer and associate producer with various tasks since I started working at KingsIsle over a year ago. The Pirate team worked very hard and with long hours to get this game made. It has taken over two years to make this and we hope that our fans will enjoy it! If you have ever play Wizard101 I think you will enjoy Pirate101.

If you are interested in playing our game you can download it here: Pirate101.com

See you at Skull Island Pirate!

Waiting For Superman

Please take a moment and check out this trailer and make a pledge to see Waiting For Superman when it comes out.

I think it's time for a movement to improve our education system. Lots of kids in America are falling behind compared to other countries. I know we can do something to help. Let's start today by making a pledge to see this film when it is released this fall.



Thanks for your time :)

What Happened to The Last Airbender?

Why did this movie have to suck? I didn't watch it in 3D because I knew it wasn't shot in 3D in the first place. I think releasing a version in 3D was an after thought and a dumb idea. Just because there is 3D doesn't mean all movies have to be in 3D.

The over all fight scenes were slow and lacked excitement. I was SO let down by this and some of the acting was a bit weak. And why was the movie written by M. Night Shyamalan? Why didn't the original creators, Michael Dante Dimartino and Bryan Konietzko, help with the screenplay? I guess maybe they had some say but I think the director wasn't a good match for this franchise.

For goodness sake I hope the next two movies have a different director attached to the films. Hey studio people get your act together and learn from your mistakes on this film. Maybe you can do a better job next time around.

Here is the movie trailer in case you haven't seen it.





The animated version is much better. In fact you should see these before you go see the live-action version. Nickelodeon's website has some episodes of Avatar that you can watch.

Twilight Powers Activate | Eclipse Advance Screening

Thanks to Amber for giving me her pass to see an advance screening of Eclipse yesterday! It was at the Angelika in Dallas at Mockingbird Station.

I thought it was going to be super crowded and heard that I should get there early. The screening started at 9pm. I was there at 5pm! Good thing there were ample retail stores and a Starbucks nearby.

After a couple of hours I went back to the Angelika and finally things were set up and people were hanging out and excited. Vitamin Water was the main sponsor of the Twilight party and the free screening. They had a lot of activities and Pinkberry was there handing out free frozen yogurt.

There were makeup artist there ready to make you look like Bella or some sparkly looking vampire.

But I did get my nails painted and got a dumb ass stamp on my hand. I think the stamp came out bad due to my dry skin.

There were three stamps you could choose from depending on which team you liked. Team Jacob or Team Edward. And there was a stamp for the Bella freaks.

 This guy stamped his neck.

For some entertainment there were these guys called PK O.U.T. They were jumping in the air and flipping around just like vampires.

All in all I had a nice time and got to see Eclipse for free. I still like the books better than the movies. The women in the audience sure did have the hots for Jacob who had his t-shirt off for most of the film.  And I thought it was funny to hear the audience clapping and cheering in certain parts of the movie. Audience participation was high that's for sure.

If you are a fan of the Twilight Saga I'm sure you will agree that the books are way better. Roger Ebert only gave Eclipse 2 stars and I bet he hasn't read the books, but go and check it out and see what you think.


Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog :)

OWN Casting call in Plano

The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) had a casting call here in Plano, Texas and I gathered up the courage to go and pitch my show idea. My show idea was about happiness.

I showed up at 5:45am and when I got there I saw a ton of people already in line. This is a pic I took when I got in line. I heard that people got there super early (3am) to get in line! The casting directors didn't start seeing anyone until 7am.

I was excited about the whole thing and was comforted to know that a friend would be there to pitch her idea so at least I had someone there I could text. She was in a different group but I did see her after the pitch.

The system they had in place was pretty organized and the fact that the weather was decent helped a lot. It was overcast and windy and it looked like it would rain but didn't thank goodness. Once I got in line I waited a while then got to a crew member who talked to us. He told us that we will be getting a wristband that has a number. So after that you got to get into a second line. I think there were 4 or 5 lines you could pick from. I got in line A.

 Here is another pic and all those people under the tent got there super early. When I took this picture I was way way back in line.

Once you made it to the tent it meant you are that much closer to the casting directors. They saw us in groups of about 10 to 12 people at a time. Once your group was called they had us sit around a table and each tent had a casting director and a production assistant. Our guy was polite and I could tell that he was working hard to make us feel relaxed. He gave us a rundown of how the audition works and we each got about a minute to pitch our ideas. If anyone started to ramble he would cut us off (in a nice way). I was the last person to pitch, but that didn't bother me. I was happy to hear everyone's ideas. There were mostly women in my group except for a couple of guys.

As each person stood up to pitch we handed our long ass application to the casting director. While we pitched he was looking through the application to make sure we filled everything out and signed it. When I pitched I felt a little nervous but as I got into it I became comfortable because I felt my idea was unique (I'm sure everyone else felt the same way).

Once we were all done he explained to us what the next steps were. If your pitch was successful you would get a call to comeback for an on camera pitch. If you didn't get a call don't feel bad. I didn't get a call and I didn't feel bad. I'm just glad that I showed up for this opportunity!

This is the tent I was in and I had a blast! Thanks to Oprah's team for coming out to Plano, Texas. Oh and thanks to KOHL'S for having this whole thing in their parking lot.

2010 FIFA World Cup Noise

A few weeks ago there was a lot of Tweeting going on about the world cup so I decided to tune in to see how the game was going. When I was watching the game I heard some strange noises. At first I thought it was the audio signal gone bad but it never stopped. The sound kept going and going. Like a crap load of killer bees coming at you.  I did mute the sound but I wanted to hear the sport announcers since I don't understand football. But I had to change the channel because the noise was so annoying.

Yesterday my husband told me about vuvuzelas. I said what the heck is that? Apparently these are instruments (a horn) that people at the world cup were using to make that noise in the stadium. I went to You Tube to see what videos I could find and saw this one.




Now I know what a vuvuzela is and if you get enough of them together it sounds like killer bees...cool.