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This website is not as popular as FaceBook and Twitter, but its hot like hell.  Make up your own avatar and chat with others across the globe.  Make new friends.  Create enemies.  Customize your own room.  The possibilites are awesome.

However, you need Coinz to do the totally hot stuff.  Play games and find ways to earn more Coinz (Secret Tip: Sign up for the Meez Newsletter and they send you a MeezCode to reddem even more Coinz!).  You can buy clothes to dress up your avatar in your own style.  You can even make them go naked, but their privates are censored of course!  Buy animations like Zombie Dance (Thriller Dance), Scorpion Bend, etc etc.  To edit your own Room you buy furniture and the fun part about the Roomz is that you can actually watch YouTube and Hulu videos! WOO!

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Meez Hills: Where all the celebs and rich people hang out.

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Uptown: The urban hotspot for all the urban people.  Savvy?

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"I just really wanted to embody the lifestyle that I live," [...] "We're all young and broke and it doesn't matter. We can find clothes on the side of the street and go out and look fantastic, and kill it. If we don't have a car that doesn't stop us, because we'll take the bus. If we can't afford drinks, we'll bring a bottle in our purse. It's just about not letting anything bring you down."  -Ke$ha on her hit Tik Tok, ripped directly from wikipedia

Ever since Ke$ha's (annoyingly?) catchy song, Tik Tok, hit the air waves in the US, the competition's been on.  The song is similar to Lady Gaga's Just Dance in that it's a party song about a woman having a good ol' drunken time, and everyone's noticed.  But Lady Gaga's far too artsy and weird to be called a skank.  Not so for Ke$ha, who still enjoys her jeans and shredded t-shirt.  There's the usual malarky about how the song's not classy, it's teaching young girls to be slutty, she's slutty, she's stupid, her songs are mindless drivel.  Whatever.  It's a party song, guys.  A mainstream party song because she wants to be famous and rich so she can party even more.  Who are we to criticize?  It's a fun song.  If a party song shouldn't talk about guys and drinks, what should it talk about?  Cookies and ponies?  I doubt.  And what's this obsession with being classy?  To be a woman you must successfully balance the line of being boring and sexy to produce classy.  How about just having fun?  How about letting your hair down at a party?  And any teenager who looks towards party songs for guidance has more issues than any pop star can fix.

However, the more avant-garde and underground may have noticed similarities between Tik Tok and Uffie's (annoyingly?) catchy song, Pop the Glock, released back in 2006.  Uffie supporters claim Ke$ha is a lesser version of Uffie.  Lacking the faux-charming British accent, I suppose?  I know, I'm a sucker for those, too.  The songs both feature over-processed singers...though Uffie doesn't sing so much as talk, and have some funky beat going on in the background.  Now, I know, they're in a similar vein.  Promiscuous party girls brashly singing/talking about their lifestyles over electro-funk beats.  And their titles rhyme.  But so what?  There are so many artists who abuse autotune and catchy beats.  Britney Spears, The Millionaires, Rihanna.  Personally, I think Ke$ha's song is more mainstream, calculated, and fun.  They're definitely aiming for different things.  Ke$ha wants to be on top, Uffie wants to be original.  Ke$ha sings, Uffie rap-talks.  And Ke$ha seems to have more of a sense of humor, just check out her video for Tik Tok.  Why would a corporate company want to make another Uffie?  She's honestly not that big on the billboards or airwaves.  And why in the world would it take them three years to find their new Uffie?  Anyone who can talk would do.

Ke$ha was actually discovered around 2005 by Dr. Luke, so she's not some half-wit they picked up off the street.  I believe this means she actually started working on her career before Uffie.  Her mom was a singer/songwriter herself, so Ke$ha's grown up around music all her life.  Just because her first single was an attention grabbing club hit (And what else could it have been by today's standards?) doesn't mean that's all she can do.  She's cowritten songs for The Veronicas, Miley Cyrus, and Rihanna and has done back up vocals for artists like Britney Spears and Flo Rida.

I know I'm coming off a little intense.  I don't even know how much I'll like Ke$ha's other songs.  And I truly do still enjoy Pop the Glock.  But I'm so tired of seeing the same drivel on youtube comments.  I know you guys need other artists to compare her too, but really?  Enjoy the song and move on.  Here's to hoping my post helped with the latter

Ke$ha's Tik Tok:

Uffie's Pop the Glock:

Lady Gaga's Just Dance:

I expected to watch a kickass kung-fu film when I went to see "Ninja Assassin" on the day it came out. Instead, what I saw was just...alright? I don't have the exact word for it, but it wasn't bad, but it wasn't all that exciting.

After watching it, I was wondering if Raizo was bland and had lacked personality because he was raised as a soulless murderer or if it's the actor who plays him that's really like that in real life? Then I had to take into account every other person in the film with a similar personality, whether they were a ninja or not. The plot of this film is very incomplete,  it is pretty much only used to justify the ninjas killing each other.

Of course, anyone who chooses to see this film will not care so much about the acting or its incomplete plot but instead want to see the bloody violence. If you want to see brutal action, then you better be prepared to wonder what the hell is going on in all the darkness and speedy motion. It took me about a minute before I realized there was a ninja fighting an assassin  who was trying to assassinate a woman in her room. It looked like the assassin was just twerling a chain around the room just to present the cool special effects the film had to offer.
If anyone has seen the original "Kill Bill", they will find the over-the-top blood spraying out of the bodies familiar, the only difference being that you will obviously know that the blood is CGI when watching this film.

The action scenes (when I could see them) are very quick and lift me feeling less exposed to the excitement that they were supposed to dispose on me. In the end, I felt like I was withheld of any type of feeling of happiness and instead disappointed with how the movie played out. This film isn't worth the time, wait for "Avatar" and maybe you will feel more inspired from watching that.

The premiere of New Moon came out Friday, November 20^th. This movie seemed to be the buzz in high school this week, especially Taylor Lautner. It seems as though all the girls in this school fell madly in love with him; there are debates over whose husband he is (LOL). You would even hear some actually saying “OMIGOD I wanna lick his abs!” Even some guys thought he was pretty cool.

So I interviewed my classmates about their thoughts.

Asking these questions, What did you think about the movie and which team are you on?, my fellow juniors answered:

Sienna: “It was amazing, better than Twilight”

“I’m on Team Jacob. If Bella stays with Edward, she’ll die either way. With Jacob, she’ll be safer and the treaty wouldn’t be broken.”

Ashley: “Really pleasing to the eye (if you know what I mean *wink*). I liked it and it probably wouldn’t have been good without Taylor and Robert.

“I’m neutral. Why do we have to pick sides?”

J.P.: “Terrible acting, but interesting to watch.”

“I’m on Team Jacob, he’s a likeable character.”

Bria: “It was very good, I loved it.”

“I’m on Team Edward because I read the books ”

Gennel: “I like it, it was pretty good.”

“I’m on Team Jacob because I don’t like Edward. I felt bad for Jacob…I always feel bad for the guy who doesn’t get the girl.”

Connie: “Taylor Lautner! It was really good and the whole Jacob transformation thing was pretty cool.”

“I’m on Team Jacob; he’s so awesome, way better than Edward.”

Matt: “Jacob was so sexy (no homo). If I were single, I’d totally bag that.”

“I’m on Team Volturi because they’re wicked sick.”

Shannon: “It was good. Taylor should keep his shirt off more often.”

“I’m on Team Jacob because he took his shirt off.”

Aliyah: “I loved it. Jacob was hot. I didn’t like the ending (it shouldn’t have ended like that). I can’t wait for the next movie.”

“I’m oh Team Jacob. He’s hotter and so sweet. I’d lose my virginity to him.”

Kerry: “It was better than I thought it would be. It was ‘teenage-girlish’ cute.”

“I’m on Team Jacob. Edward talks ‘boringly’. And I love Jacob’s abs; I’m a fan of his abs.

Erica: “It was great, the best movie ever. I’m going to go see it again.”

“I’m on Team Edward because he’s so gorgeous.”

Demetra: “It was definitely a step up from Twilight. I felt the connection between Bella and Edward, but Jacob had a better connection with her. Also, Kristen Stewart was a bad actress.”

“I’m on Team Jacob because he wouldn’t do anything to hurt Bella. He’s more loyal than Edward.”

Jeanine: “It was better and made more sense than Twilight. It had more action.”

“I’m on Team Jacob because he’s hotter and cares for Bella more.”

Terell: “It was OK.”

“…I’m a guy I don’t do that.”

Anonymous (this is a dude, by the way): “I thought it was pretty bad.”

“I don’t do that. I am not picking sides”

Unfortunately, the guys claimed that New Moon and Twilight are wack movies and they will never, ever, EVER go see it. Therefore, there aren’t many interviews with the guys, but according to the girls this is a must see movie, especially because Taylor Lautner has such a buff body. So, America! Give Taylor the Young Hottie Award!

feauturing BEYONCE!!