Survey Savvy: I like it.

I first explored Survey Savvy from Myspace. I was leery of signing up, because we all have a friend of a friend who signed up for it and then started getting death threats from the Taliban. Well fortunately for me, this was legitimate. And thus far, being profitable. Have I become a millionaire? Hardly. Will I be able to quit my day job, no way. But just for taking a couple of surveys every now and then I've made about 23 bucks. SHOCK THE WORLD, I know right? Well actually $23 is quite a bit of money, for spending just a few moments taking surveys that impact market decisions for others. And the $23 I have earned goes to a savings account for my daughter for college. I need all the help I can get silo-ing money for her, so this helps.

The way it works is brilliant. You sign up, hopefully through a referral like through your friends Blog (you know the guy who is putting his earnings towards his daughters college education) and you answer questions on a profile. These are not paid... but they determine what kind of surveys are offered to you. Since my occupation; outside of being an associate movie producer, screenplay writer, phone technician, graphic designer, photographer, is being an Office Manager, I get surveys based on office technology, business related travel, and office supplies. In general the surveys you take reward you with $2. Sometimes you get one that has a larger incentive. And the person who refired you makes $1-2 of the surveys you complete and another $1 of the surveys you refer. It's kind of a win win all the way around and you help to shape market decisions.

So I definitely like it and I hope some of y'all give it a shot. Because not only do we both benefit, but it really is an easy way to collect some extra coin. Well good luck.

License to Wed

John Kransinski plays the lovable Jim Halpert on NBC's the Office. Mandy Moore is one of the few pop princesses who successfully transcended the fad of teenie bop music to an actually acting career. Mandy Moore was adorable on her stint on Scrubs and was actually entertaining on Season 2 of Entourage.
So how can you make a movie with two talented actors who I enjoy make a movie that I don't enjoy... I don't know. Maybe add a lethal dose of Robin Williams and a shot of an annoying little fat kid. What makes it worse is that the creepy relationship between Rev. Frank and the "Choir Boy" are too familiar of the recent litigation filed in Southern California about people being abussed by their priests. Multiple scenes included the "Choir Boy," which they couldn't even bother to give him an actual name, is seen with the Reverend at all hours of the days. But this is only the half of it.
This show movie is filled with half-hearted attempts at comedy. And I could only imagine that if this was a TV show, I would have gladly changed the channel. I understand the idea of the movie. But it just seems that maybe if BJ Novak of the Office would have written this, it might have been leaps and bounds better then what it was. Which was a waste of 2 hours of my life that I won't be getting back.

Please stay away from License To Wed.