I’m one of those odd people who love to take tests. All through school I did well on tests, quizzes and exams. Even when I didn’t pay attention in high school or spent more time skipping class than attending, I managed to pass my classes by whizzing through tests. Did I know the material or did I simply do a good job at guessing? I’d like to believe that I was just intelligent beyond anyone’s realization but the truth is, much of my success was a matter of being able to guess the right answer most of the time.

Naturally, when I found a site that rewards participants for guessing correctly, my heart skipped a beat. I’ve been clicking around at GuessNow and honestly, I’m so giddy that I’m having to really slow down and focus. This site is addicting! And fun!

Okay, here’s how it works. Just sign up, invite your friends and find questions that you’d like to answer. Take a guess at the right answer and wait to see if you’ve guessed right or not. You can earn points for your own right guesses, for your friends’ right guesses or for submitting your own questions. The current topics are sports, politics, entertainment and finance so there’s a topic for everyone!

Signing up is free and playing is free, too. It’s more than just a game, though. There’s an informative blog and a active discussion forum for getting to know all the other Guessers. This is an entire community filled with fun, not to mention there’s a cash pool awarded every month. Wow!

After you’ve signed up and played a little, let me know how you like it. If you get points for guessing correctly, stop back here and tell me that, too. Anyone up for a little friendly competition?

Sometimes I’m a walking contradiction. An example would be my love of musical artists Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath and White Zombie and my fear of scary movies. It doesn’t make much sense, does it? And yet, I’ve learned to come to terms with my personal, inner contradictions and feel comfortable with them. Except now, I’ll have to overcome my fear in order to enjoy one of my passions.

Rob Zombie, formerly of White Zombie, is the writer and director of Halloween the movie, to be released on August 31. No matter how much I’m tempted to hide under a blanket during horror movies, I know I’m going to have to force myself to watch this one.

Now, don’t laugh at me. I know this is going to seem really pathetic to all you hard-core horror movie fans. Just keep in mind that I’m old. In fact, I’m old enough to have seen Black Sabbath long before there was an Ozzfest. So it should come as no surprise to any of you that my first experience with any horror movie was Night Of The Living Dead. Yes, the black and white, filmed in and around Pittsburgh, campy horror flick. And it scared me. It was the late 60s, we didn’t have cable and the spookiest show I’d ever watched was the Twilight Zone.

I know that Halloween the movie, written and directed by Rob Zombie, is going to be way beyond that first horror flick I watched. In fact, I’m pretty sure it’s going to far surpass one of my favorites, Nightmare On Elm Street. And I’m absolutely certain I’m going to have to take my son to this one because there is no horror film that he hasn’t seen. Just as my own mother couldn’t talk me out of seeing Night Of The Living Dead, Boomer will insist on seeing this one.

Here’s the thing, though. Because Zombie is doing this film, I have to see it, too. I just know he’s going to twist this, make it different, leave an impact. Yeah, I love his music and that is influencing me. I just don’t want my kid coming home to tell me what happened – I want to see it myself.

I’ve seen two previous Halloween movies. We have them all around here somewhere. Often, I make the kids wait till the film is released on DVD but I know this won’t be one of those times. This time, we’ll be at the theater on the 31st, ready for whatever Rob Zombie has planned for us.

If anyone can take us back to show us how Michale Myers came to be evil, it’s Rob Zombie. Are you ready for this?

Just check out this trailer. Yeah, the kids are going to love it!

There is only one way to spend a rainy, dreary Sunday: watching a Law & Order Marathon! Yes, I’m a fan and I can never get enough. This marathon is Law & Order SVU but that’s good, too. I love Olivia and Elliot and Munch and Fin and the Captain. I can watch them all day and that’s exactly what I’ve been doing.

Now, I won’t admit this to anyone else but I’ve actually seen a few episodes today that I’d never seen before. I thought I’d see them all. And there were a few actors that I didn’t realize had been on th show. One actor played a New York car accident lawyer but I couldn’t remember where I’d seen him before. I hate when that happens. I know the face, sometimes I recognize the name, but I can’t remember where I’d see them before.

Heh. I guess the point of this marathon is just to enjoy, not think. Okay, back to enjoying.

Husband and son are preparing to return home from beautiful Hawaii. I enjoyed my visit there but I’m disappointed I didnt’ get to go back once more. There are just so many things I want to do there.

I’d hoped to go horseback riding but just didn’t seem to be able to fit it in. I looked into Crewed Yacht Charters but I was more excited about that than Brian and the kids. I even mentioned ziplining, which really scares me, but no one wanted to join me.

I’d decided that if I went back, I’d do all that stuff alone if I had to. Now I’m not going at all. Should I schedule my own vacation to Hawaii, without telling anyone?

I love how the internet makes the world smaller. I love how the internet opens up communication between people who otherwise would never meet. That’s why I love wwiTV.

Just scroll through the list on the left to select the country that interests you. You’ll find links to websites with video or direct links to the video that will open in Windows Media Player.

I’ve watched stations in Croatia and Italy as well as a few in Hawaii. I especially enjoy keeping up with the news there since my husband and two sons are still on Kauai.

I’m not sure if I’ll ever get to a point where I can cancel our cable service without missing it but it sure seems like that’s getting to be more and more likely!

I was in high school when Star Wars first came out. Yes, I’m that old. It was the most amazing movie I’d ever seen. I loved it. In fact, I loved it so much that I watched it about a dozen times. I even saw it once by myself because I couldn’t find anyone else to see it yet again.

I’m not really a fanatic, though. I don’t have any Star Wars toys or lunchboxes or anything. There are loads of others who are truly devoted to the series. The webmaster of Star Wars Asciimation, for instance, would fall into that category. Truly, this site is a labor of love.

From what I can tell, this site is updated semi-regularly. By that I mean once a year or so. It was started in 1997 and the last update was April, 2006. I suppose that could be the end of it or we could be treated to a new episode soon. Stay tuned!