Elijah's Blog Journal

     Spider-Man 2 Cover      Not a lot of games genuinely get me hyped up to play like the new spiderman 2 that just released about a week ago. I remember the first time I saw the trailer reveal. It showed an even more immersive and engaging Spider-Man than the first two Spider-Man games. From the amazing web swinging experience to the to the beautifully rendered New York skyline that Insomniac made even bigger than the first two games. They pretty much doubled the map size.  Venom     I've always been a Spider-Man fan from the classic comic books to the the multiple movie adaptations. I've played pretty much every Spider-Man game released when I was a kid on my old Wii and Xbox 360. The previous Spider-Man game had set high expectations with its smooth gameplay perfect fidelity and amazing character development. Knowing that Spider-Man 2 promised all that and more, I couldn't wait.  Peter and Miles      When...

     Tailgating        This clever car insurance ad uses a character named mayhem that personifies chaos and unexpected events that could happen to anybody. This serves two purposes it creates a humorous environment that grabs the audience attention effectively, but it also sends a serious message about how unpredictable life can be and how dangerous the road is. By having mayhem tailgate another car on the way to his tailgate party, the advertisement combines the lighthearted events of football activities with the very real dangers of aggressive driving.       Allstate also effectively creates a relatable connection to its viewers because almost everyone has been tailgated before or witnessed aggressive driving. By showing how distracted the driver is which causes him to crash into the car in front of him because of mayhem behind him. The commercial reaches into the viewers emotions and fears of the unpredictable events of driving....

     Yesterday, I went to my grandmother's house to participate in our annual craft day, which we hold for every holiday of the year. My grandmother and my godmother have been organizing these craft days for about 17 years, ever since my cousin and I were born. It's still fun to attend, even though I'm 18 years old. I would feel guilty if I stopped attending, especially considering the effort they put into coming up with ideas for craft day. Besides, it's always a fun visiting my grandparents and catching up with my cousins. This time, we crafted a spooky canvas using various items like cotton for clouds, a wooden spooky house template, and many other things to glue onto the canvas after painting it.        After crafting, we played bingo, and it turned out to be surprisingly competitive. The players included me, my two younger brothers (aged 13 and 7), and my two cousins. I won three out of the five games, which was pretty funny because my younges...

     On my birthday, my family and I gathered at Olive Garden for an Italian feast. The air was full of scents like, garlic, basil, and tomato sauce, the remnants of a huge feast that left us all feeling like balloons about to pop. Everyone was laughing sharing stories and enjoying the food. As our dinner started to end and everyone was starting to leave their was one more thing left that in my opinion was the best part of eating at Olive Garden.      There were these chocolate mints that were half mint and half chocolate that melted in your mouth. As I reached for that mint, I noticed its cool silver wrapper tightly wrapped around the mint. Unwrapping it and placing the mint on my tongue, the coolness swept over my taste my taste buds, and the chocolate instantly started to melt on my tongue. A gentle breeze cutting through the pungent flavors of italian cuisine. It was like a brief, minty cool oasis that left my mouth feeling as if it was on the top of mo...

       One of my favorite things in the world is cars. On a trip to California with some friends we decided to go to a Cars and Coffee in San Clemente. It was a super cool experience filled with some laughs and supercars. This event was a pretty popular event for car enthusiasts all over California. There were so many cars. If I think about it there was probably 20 rows or more of all types of different cars that spanned different decades and styles.     As we strolled through the rows of cars I could see how big this event was. It attracted all types of different car enthusiasts. There was vintage classics, muscle cars, exotic supercars and a lot of well kept jdm cars. I talked to a lot of owners who were pretty cool and shared a lot of cool stories. My favorite car I saw though was definitely this VeilSide RX-7. I talked to the owner and he shared some pretty cool information. I knew the VeilSide body kit was expensive but he said that it costed him ...

    Of all my hobbies that I enjoy like going hiking/camping with my family, watching sports, playing video games, and tweaking with RC cars my favorite is PC building. I've built three computers so far one being my friends. My first build cost me $700 dollars and it was pretty decent but lacked in performance so I just recently upgraded it costing  me around $1200 dollars. I spent six months slowly saving and buying the parts one by one. I guess its kind of a nerdy hobby but to me its the most satisfying thing. Each step of building a computer is so fascinating and enjoyable, from buying the parts to finally powering your newly built computer on. Building your own computer is like putting together an extremely complicated puzzle.       Each component serves its own purpose and is no important than the other, so when you finally complete it I think its the most rewarding experience. When building your own computer you can customize and purchase p...