The Social Network - Movie Review

Went to an advanced screening of The Social Network tonight. When I first saw the trailer, I thought it was stupid. People will make a movie out of ANYTHING nowadays. After watching the movie, I still think it's stupid. But interesting too, lol. The movie revolves around how Mark Zuckerberg started up the giant social networking site, Facebook (as if you don't hear enough about Facebook now). It was interesting to see the back story, but at the same time, I don't know how much of it is true. After all, it is a movie, made to entertain.

And in the first minute of the movie, I was already really annoyed with the actor playing Zuckerberg - is he like that in real life?! I found all the main actors had very distinctive voices that bordered on annoying. A decent movie all around and interesting to those who like to know how billionaires are made hahaha.

< rant >ALSO, there were these two ladies next to me that kept TALKING AND TALKING very loudly throughout the whole movie! They weren't even whispering but talking in normal voices. ARGH. < /endrant >

The Social Network comes out in theaters tomorrow, October 1st. For more information on the movie, click here.

Free LouLou Magazine October 2010 Issue @ Town Shoes

Town Shoes is offering another freebie (usually it is a perfume sample)! It is for an October issue of LouLou magazine. I used to subscribe, and it's interesting to flip through for fashion stuff.

To get your free copy, just print out the coupon and bring it to any Town Shoes. It is valid until October 7th, or while supplies last.

Free Songs on iTunes

Dose.ca is offering a mix of songs for you to download for free from iTunes. Songs include stuff by Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, Stars, Crystal Castles, and more.

Check it out here.

FREE Silver Hills Bread

Food freebie again - Silver Hills is offering a loaf of their bread free with coupon. Just fill in this quick survey and a coupon will be mailed to you for free bread! Mmm, bread. Mmm, free.

Sign up for your coupon here.

Hanson Concert Pictures

Here they are! Pictures from the Hanson concert at The Commodore Ballroom last Saturday.

Andrew Allen, opening up for the opening act lol. He is awesome, I wish he sang more (he was only on for 15 minutes for about 3 songs.)!! He sang Loving You Tonight, which is a song I love!

The lead singer of A Rocket to the Moon, opening for Hanson. Don't you think he look just like Justin Timberlake?!

Finally Hanson comes on at 11pm, a full TWO hours after Andrew Allen came on!

FREE Pro Plan Shredded Blend dog food sample

Purina is offering pet food samples again, for dogs this time! They are introducing a new shredded blend that mixes kibble with tender shredded pieces. Order your sample here or find out more information about it.

Thanks for Watching

I just wanted to send out a huge THANK YOU to all the people that watched my team's video entry for the Green Martian Mission for the Samsung Mob!ler competition. Team Vibrant Coast finished with a strong lead in video views, "likes" and comments! Now the judges have to take a look at the content of the video, but everything else will also be taken into consideration! We had views from all over the world, which is just AWESOME. They will announce who won this round this Friday, October 1st and I will keep you posted!

Remember to check back for when the next round will be and be sure to support me and my team then as well!

Train Concert Pictures

Finally, here are the pictures from the Train concert two Saturday's ago!

Sorry the are not the best pics - my sister took them all, and she is short! Also it is mostly pictures of Pat, and I was too lazy to look for pics of the others in the group lol.

Opening act, Ryan Star.

Pat talking about how Hey, Soul Sister was number one on some country music chart.

His shirt says Canada - Bring a coat!

Doing some crowd surfing! It didn't last long because he was afraid he was going to be dropped.

Yay, I love them!

FREE pack of Kleenex for your friend!

Kleenex Brand is offering a free pack of Kleenex for you to send to your friend! This is just like the Cottonelle offer (they are the same company), where you fill in the form and you get to send the free product to any one of your friends. I believe you receive one as well (for the Cottonelle at least, not sure about this one). Kleenex is my favorite brand of tissue, so if you don't know who to send it to, send it to ME! haha!

Check out this offer here.

FREE Healthy Choice Gourmet Steamer

Healthy Choice Canada is offering a coupon for a free Healthy Choice Gourmet Steamer via Facebook. They are healthy fast foods that you just pop in the microwave for 5 minutes and it's done.

I'm loving all these Facebook freebies lately! Social media sites are the way to go, such a great way to market products.

Go sign up for your free coupon here.

FREE 414mL Coca Cola Beverage @ Mac's

iCoke is offering a coupon for a free 414mL Coca Cola beverage with coupon (printable on iCoke.ca) that you can redeem at participating Mac's convenience stores! The offer is valid until October 14th.

Log in to the iCoke site to get your coupon here.

Samsung Mob!ler Green Martian Mission - Modroids

Here is my team's Green Martian video for easy viewing! Modroids, the world's first augmented reality video game for the Samsung Galaxy S!





Remember to "like", leave a comment and share with your friends!! You can "like" it and comment on Youtube or on our Facebook page here. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the video tab to see our video on Facebook and "like" that video.

I'm a Samsung Mob!ler! Help me and my team win a trip to Korea!

Last month, I applied to be one of Canada’s first Mob!ilers through the Samsung Mobile Canada Facebook page. I got short listed for a phone interview and then found out I was accepted a few days after!

They flew me out to Toronto at the end of August for an all expense paid trip for training. On training day, I got to meet the other 29 Mob!ilers (10 from Vancouver, 10 from Montreal and 10 from Toronto). We got put into our teams of 5 and were given an overview of Samsung and the Mob!lers program. Basically it’s people that use social medias (Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Youtube, etc) and can spread the word (lots of word of mouth marketing!). We were each given a brand-spankin’ new Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant, complete with unlimited talk/text/facetime etc paid for until the end of the year! (And if you have seen my current phone, you’ll know how much I needed a new phone).

Each team will have to go on “missions” and create content with our new phones and the team that wins gets $1500 to split. At the end of the competition, the team that has the best content with lots of “likes”, comments, viral videos, etc gets $5000 to split and an all expense paid trip to Korea to visit Samsung Headquarters!

Please “like” all my team’s content (Team Vibrant Coast), and remember to share our videos/pictures, like, leave comments etc like crazy and help us win the prize money and that trip to Korea!!!! The judging is partially based on how many videos views, comments and likes we receive. 

Follow along for the next few months as we create more content! I’ll be updating when there are new things to like/share/comment on! 

View our first mission video (Modroids) here. (Scroll down and lick the video tab - our video is at the bottome called MODROIDS, not green martian!!). You can leave the comment on Facebook or Youtube page)

You can also like me over here.

Hanson Concert @ The Commodore Ballroom

I was lucky enough to win a pair of tickets from Rogers to the Hanson concert at The Commodore Ballroom last night. I'm not a fan of Hanson so I'm not familiar with any of their songs (aside from MmmBop haha) and didn't know what to expect. My sister and I went with a group of friends so there were 8 of us in total.

The opening acts came on at 9pm, starting with Andrew Allen. He is awesome! He sang his hit, Loving You Tonight, and a few other ones. So good.

Next came A Rocket to the Moon, a group I've never heard of. Their songs were decent, but all the Hanson fangirls were extremely impatient for Hanson to come on and were becoming restless and a lot of them weren't even paying attention (my friends included LOL). The lead singer of the group totally looks like Justin Timberlake, but younger! And also their drummer looks like my boss from one of my summer jobs LOL.

After the opening acts, there was some setup for what seemed like forever (and actually, it WAS forever). Everyone started chanting Hanson and people were getting annoyed and angry. FINALLY, FINALLY at 11pm they came on stage. There songs are okay, but its not like I'm going to be rushing out to buy all their CDs anytime soon. I won't deny that they are a talented group, writing their own songs and playing instruments and everything. Not like those teeny-boppers like Justin Beiber (ugh). Hanson fan girls are CRAZY. So much screaming, and the jumping, oh the jumping! My sister was alarmed because the concert venue is upstairs and with so many girls jumping in unison, the floor/ceiling was totally bouncing up and down and she was afraid the floor might collapse! Apparently it has happened before at some other concert venue!

All in all, a good time with friends, a lot of energy and good songs. I'll be posting up pictures from the concert later on (and I promise I'll get those Train pictures up soon!).

3 Free Pens/Sharpies

Newell Rubbermaid Canada Office Products is offering you a "test drive" of any 3 of their products. Just select the ones you want to try out, fill in the form and they'll send them to you! There are several different pens to choose from, as well as a sharpie, whiteboard pen and correction tape!

Check it out here.

FREE Medium Coke beverage or Coffee @ McDonalds

Today's flyers come with a Monopoly game board from McDonalds, and inside is a coupon for a free medium Coca-Cola beverage or a medium coffee! Just clip out the coupon, it is good from October 5 to 18th.

Also there is a free Monopoly code on the back as well, but won't be valid until the game starts.

Free Tylenol Arthritis Pain Trial

Living Well has another trial offer, this time for Tylenol Arthritis Pain. Check out their website to order yours. It usually comes in a packet of 2 tablets, so order it for anyone you know who may need it (no one in my family anymore!).

Free 5 Track Sampler (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)

With The Social Network coming out in theatres soon, a 5 track sampler from the movie's soundtrack has been released for you to download for free. Tunes are by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Check out the website to download the music.

London Drugs 65th Anniversary Contest! (Sept 28 - Oct 3)

Wow, another anniversary celebration! London Drugs is celebrating their 65th anniversary in the coming week, and they are giving away lots of prizes, including 2 $6,500 and 10 $650 London Drugs gift cards. All you have to do is bring in your flyer that is delivered this week (Friday) and get it scanned. Sounds easy enough!

For more information on this contest, go here.

SPC National Shopping Days (Sept 25-26)

SPC is offering double the discounts for an entire weekend for the first time! Only select stores are participating so see list below. This is a good time to go shopping if you need to buy new clothes, since most of them are clothing stores.

...1850
20% off regular and sale prices.

aerie
20% off regular and sale priced merchandise.

Aéropostale
20% off regular & sale items. Excludes markdowns/fragrances*

Aldo
20% off regular and sale prices.

Aldo Accessories
20% off regular and sale prices when you buy 2 items or more.

Aldo Outlet
20% off regular and sale prices.

American Eagle Outfitters
20% off regular and sale priced merchandise.

Bedo
30% off regular price and 10% off sale price.

Bench
20% off regular and sale prices.

Bluenotes
20% off regular and sale prices.

Buffalo David Bitton
20% off regular and sale prices.

Champs Sports
30% off regular price and 10% off sale price.

Costa Blanca
20% off regular and sale prices. Excludes outlet stores.

Costa Blanca X
20% off regular and sale prices.

Esprit
30% off regular and sale prices.

Fixx
20% off regular and sale prices.

French Connection
20% off regular price.

Foot Locker
30% off regular price & 10% off sale price.

George Richards
20% off regular and reduced product.

Jean Machine
20% off regular and sale prices.

Joneve
20% off regular price & 10% off sale price.*

Levis
20% off regular and sale prices.e.

Lucky Brand Jeans
30% off regular price and 10% off sale price.

Mexx
30% off regular price and 10% off sale price.

Parasuco
30% off regular price.

Roberto
20% off regular and sale prices.

Shoe Warehouse
20% off regular price & 10% off sale price.*

Siblings
20% off regular and sale prices.

Sirens
20% off regular and sale prices.

Sterling
20% off regular price & 10% off sale price.*

Stitches
20% off regular and sale prices.

The Body Shop
$10.00 off $20.00 purchase.*

Tip Top Tailors
20% off regular and reduced product.

UR2B
20% off regular and sale prices.

Urban Behavior
20% off regular and sale prices.

Urban Planet
20% off regular and sale prices.

Warehouse One
20% off regular, sale and clearance merchandise.*

*Terms and conditions may apply. Offers only valid for SPC Card and BMO SPC MasterCard holders on September 25 & 26, 2010.