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		<title>Matt Fraction continues his craptastic dialogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aimee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matt Fraction continues to slaughter Uncanny X-Men and Emma Frost's potentially awesome dialogue.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Forget about all the &#8216;nice&#8217; posts I&#8217;ve been writing on this blog. I just finished reading <a href="http://www.emmafrostfiles.com/2009/08/uncanny-x-men-514-preview/">Uncanny X-Men #514</a> and to much dismay (but not much of a surprise), Matt Fraction continues to slaughter Uncanny X-Men and Emma Frost&#8217;s potentially awesome dialogue.</p>
<p>Fraction indeed gives Emma original but ghastly dialogue, but he also snags lines from the wonderful Morrison&#8217;s New X-Men run.</p>
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<p>Remember when Emma Frost was awesome and spoke oh-so-elegantly?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aimeelaplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/nxm122-08.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-167" title="From New X-Men #122" src="http://www.aimeelaplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/nxm122-08-300x133.jpg" alt="From New X-Men #122" width="300" height="133" /></a></p>
<p>Not only does Matt Fraction write Hellion, Emma&#8217;s ex-student from a few years back, as using the <strong>same line</strong> in Uncanny X-Men #513 as shown here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aimeelaplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/uxm513-19.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-171" title="Uncanny X-Men #513" src="http://www.aimeelaplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/uxm513-19-300x80.jpg" alt="Uncanny X-Men #513" width="300" height="80" /></a></p>
<p>But he also gives the same line to Emma Frost in the current issue of Uncanny X-Men #514:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aimeelaplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/uxm514-08.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-172" title="From Uncanny X-Men #514" src="http://www.aimeelaplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/uxm514-08-300x184.jpg" alt="From Uncanny X-Men #514" width="300" height="184" /></a></p>
<p>No, no, I&#8217;m really not being too harsh. As a professional writer and someone who is writing Emma Frost, Matt Fraction should know better.</p>
<p><strong>Bonus:</strong> Emma Frost is suddenly a humanitarian who cares about a random crowd of homo sapiens!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aimeelaplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/uxm514-09.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-178" title="From Uncanny X-Men #514" src="http://www.aimeelaplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/uxm514-09-300x228.jpg" alt="From Uncanny X-Men #514" width="300" height="228" /></a></p>
<p>Yeah, you cry those emo tears, you White Queen.</p>
<p>Anyways, by all means, avoid spending $3.99 for repeat dialogue and horrible characterization.</p>
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		<title>EZPZ Hosting Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aimee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re looking for a hosting service, EZPZ Hosting is the way to go. With affordable prices, exceptional customer service, backups 4 times daily, and lightning fast hosting, EZPZ Hosting ranks among the best.
» Affordable Prices
EZPZ Hosting is a small company located in the United Kingdom that offers shared, dedicated, shoutcast, and resellers hosting.  They [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a hosting service, <a href="https://clients.ezpzhosting.co.uk/aff.php?aff=069">EZPZ Hosting</a> is the way to go. With affordable prices, exceptional customer service, backups 4 times daily, and lightning fast hosting, EZPZ Hosting ranks among the best.</p>
<h2>» Affordable Prices</h2>
<p>EZPZ Hosting is a small company located in the United Kingdom that offers shared, dedicated, shoutcast, and resellers hosting.  They have affordable and &#8220;realistic prices,&#8221; meaning you get what you pay for. In my case, I chose the Master Plan and receive about 100GB bandwidth a month, plus 30GB storage for roughly $10.99/year.</p>
<p>Better yet, they offer excellent specials for customers. In June, I was able to axe off 50% of my annual payment using the &#8216;50annual&#8217; code. You can also add credit to your account and with promotional offers, they&#8217;ll add 50% more to whatever you deposit.</p>
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<h2>» Excellent Customer Service</h2>
<p><a href="https://clients.ezpzhosting.co.uk/aff.php?aff=069"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-134" title="EZPZ Hosting" src="http://www.aimeelaplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ezpzhosting-300x224.jpg" alt="EZPZ Hosting" width="300" height="224" /></a>Exceptional customer service is futile to a hosting company.  With 24/7 support, Dan at EZPZ Hosting is always helpful and usually gets back to me within 3 hours of submitting a support ticket. He seamlessly transferred my entire site from LunarPages to EZPZ Hosting for free and was there to answer any questions I had during the propagation.</p>
<h2>» US and UK Based Servers &#8211; Fast!</h2>
<p>Worried about server speed if you&#8217;re a US customer? Don&#8217;t worry about that. I was, too, but they now have US based servers in Dallas, Texas, an excellent midpoint location. Initially, I had my site hosted on a server in the UK, but I asked Dan to transfer me to a US server. The process took about 30 minutes and the speed of my sites increased significantly.</p>
<h2>» Backups 4 times daily</h2>
<p>EZPZ Hosting also includes continuous backsup via R1Soft (for free!) in their plans. They backup my site about 4 times daily, and it provides a lot of security on my end.</p>
<p>And let me tell you &#8211; this saved my entire site once. One time, I was adding an extra FTP account but gave the permissions to the wrong folder. Instead of giving permission to public_html/emmafrostfiles/, I gave permission to the entire public_html folder. So, I deleted the FTP account as well as everything under the account&#8217;s folder! Alas, my entire site was gone, and I freaked out until I realized that EZPZ Hosting provides backups 4 times daily.</p>
<p>In less than 20 minutes, I was able to get my entire site up and running again.</p>
<h2>» Green Hosting &#8211; Carbon Negative</h2>
<p>EZPZ Hosting goes green by being &#8220;carbon negative,&#8221; meaning they remove carbon from the atmosphere with the help of their servers and IT equipment. Furthermore, they support projects such as the Window Power Project in India and Solar Panels for Schools in Phakama, South Africa.</p>
<p>So long you host your sites with EZPZ Hosting, you&#8217;ll know you&#8217;ll be doing a good deed for the world, too.</p>
<h2>» In Conclusion</h2>
<p>No bullcrap am I posting here. This is a review from an actual customer who has firsthand experience with EZPZ Hosting. They&#8217;re an excellent, reputable company with at least 99% uptime and amazing customer service.</p>
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		<title>Terminator Salvation Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aimee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Terminator Salvation" is on par with that of a video game plot. With mind numbing action and never ending fights, the movie plays exactly like a first-rate gaming cutscene.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.aimeelaplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/t4-poster-2.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.aimeelaplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/t4-poster-2.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-69" title="Terminator Salvation Poster" src="http://www.aimeelaplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/t4-poster-2-202x300.jpg" alt="Terminator Salvation Poster" width="202" height="300" /></a>&#8220;<span class="il">Terminator</span> Salvation&#8221; is on par with that of a video game plot. With mind numbing action and never ending fights, the movie plays exactly like a first-rate gaming cutscene.</p>
<p>After the nuclear holocaust that occurred in &#8220;<span class="il">Terminator</span> 3: Rise of the Machines,&#8221; very few survivors are left on Earth. Led by John Connor (Christian Bale), they struggle to survive and keep their hope alive, yet again. Skynet, the A.I. that rebelled against humanity many years ago, is determined to exterminate every human with the use of terminators.</p>
<p>Unlike the last three &#8220;<span class="il">Terminator</span>&#8221; movies, this movie introduces a robot-human hybrid named Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington). A couple decades ago, the murderer donated his life to a government experiment that would supposedly help humanity. He felt guilty of what he had done and believed he wasn&#8217;t worth anything.</p>
<p>Years later, Marcus wakes up and finds the world void of life, save for Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin), John&#8217;s father in the first &#8220;<span class="il">Terminator</span>&#8221; movie, and Star (Jadagrace), a child who happens to have every weapon available to this ragtag team. After a half hour of wondering where this movie is going, they hear a radio broadcast from John Connor. He requests help from anyone alive and ready to fight the machines for round four.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.aimeelaplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/new-terminator-salvation-photo1.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.aimeelaplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/new-terminator-salvation-photo1.jpg"><img class="alignleft" title="Worthington and Bale: Hot!" src="http://www.aimeelaplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/new-terminator-salvation-photo1-150x84.jpg" alt="Worthington and Bale: Hot!" width="150" height="84" /></a> Marcus may seem like the one who can save humanity, but John has a problem with him: he&#8217;s  made of the same material that killed the Connor family. Nevertheless, Marcus wants to prove that he&#8217;s not just a robot, which is odd considering that he felt like a nothing when he signed up for the robotic transformation. He sides with John and becomes his endearing lapdog by going into the center of Skynet.</p>
<p>Though it&#8217;s fun to watch humans come up with new ways to destroy the very things they created, the battles are often frustrating because the robots just won&#8217;t die.</p>
<p>Launch two grenades into their systems, they&#8217;ll reattach themselves. Light them up with gasoline and matches, they&#8217;ll cool themselves. Nuke them &#8212; well, maybe that will do something to them. But the movie isn&#8217;t entirely tedious. The special effects are definitely top of the line, and they help when scenes get boring.</p>
<p>Indeed, &#8220;<span class="il">Terminator</span> Salvation&#8221; does not fail to show that humans will split up and also unite in times of crisis, there is still no need to prove this bout the fourth time around while it juggles the savior title among three different characters.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aimeelaplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/terminator-salvation-still.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-72" title="Don't come back!" src="http://www.aimeelaplant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/terminator-salvation-still-99x150.jpg" alt="Don't come back!" width="99" height="150" /></a>Twenty years ago, the &#8220;<span class="il">Terminator</span>&#8221; movie was fun and an interesting concept with the computers versus humans. The low budget movie was received well by viewers and made a whopping $78 million. The producers should have let the legend live and ended the series with the second movie in 1991.</p>
<p>The same magic does not work again in 2009. Nobody really cares who the savior is anymore, especially when the future gets reset after each new movie.</p>
<p>&#8220;Terminator&#8221; may say &#8220;I&#8217;ll be back&#8221; in every movie &#8212; <em>oh, no. Please don&#8217;t come back.</em></p>
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