Blog Tour de Force, Get Loaded. *Sponsor*

I Smell Sheep is proud to sponsor author and friend Amber Scott in the premier tour of Blog Tour de Force-Get Loaded! You can check out all the exciting details of the book tour at:

http://www.blogtourdeforce.com/Blog_Tour_de_Force/Home.html

This is a fun tour that supports indie book authors, so lets make sure to show our support on this one. :) baaaaaaaaa!!!

Also, please be sure to sign up for the tours newsletter and you can be entered to win a Kindle, eBooks and gift baskets from the authors. How can you NOT love this tour?!

Good luck Amber we can't wait to hear all about the book tour! :)

Amber, Katie and Richard

"Because Woodchucks can't be trusted"

Season of the Witch

Season of the Witch directed by Dominic Sena stars Nicholas Cage and Ron Perlman. While the movie itself was so much more then the trailers lead you to believe, the overall was pretty decent in my opinion.

Storyline:

A 14th century Crusader returns to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands the two knights to transport an accused witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence. A priest, a grieving knight, a disgraced itinerant and a headstrong youth who can only dream of becoming a knight join a mission troubled by mythically hostile wilderness and fierce contention over the fate of the girl. When the embattled party arrives at the abbey, a horrific discovery jeopardises the knight's pledge to ensure the girl fair treatment, and pits them against an inexplicably powerful and destructive force.

As a fan of Nick Cage he can do no wrong in my eyes, you either love him or hate him. I love him. :) The script for this movie was a bit ho-hum, with a bunch of scenes kind of being mashed together. As tragedy strikes throughout the film you really don't feel much loss for the characters. Not a lot of time spent on forming the bonds of friendship with these side characters.

That being said, I did enjoy the sword fighting scenes, some excellent action sequences did bring the movie to life in spurts. Some humor throughout between our two main characters adds some much needed authenticity. Throw in some reused CGI Twilight wolves and you have yourself a decent fantasy/action film with some major religious tones

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I am giving this one a so-so rating and leaving it up to you. :)

KD

January Swagday

Mike Duran Contest Winner!

Happy New Year everyone!

We've got our first contest of 2011!

This time around, I was told by our virtual committee of 20 that they would only be available for a single vote. It would seem like Chuck the Woodchuck had convinced our voters that they were not being fairly compensated for their time... and are now refusing to do any more than a single vote per contest. Grrr! Dang Woodchucks!

To get around this, I had a series of orange ping pong balls with each contestant's name printed in a heat activated ink. I then asked one of the Marutachi (Midori) to mix the balls up and choose 4 of them using a claw machine.

When I stuck the balls under a heat lamp, we could see the names who'd be voted upon clearly...



The three names were put before the committee to vote and here is how that went:

Round 1

Shannon : 9
Nikiya : 6
Sharon S : 5
Nobody got a majority! The floor is open for debate!
Veronica champions Shannon calling upon Tenured voters to consider Shannon's mettle
Barbara champions Nikiya calling upon Female voters to consider Nikiya's greatness
Linda champions Sharon S calling upon MiddleAged voters to consider Sharon S's greatness


Round 2

Shannon : 11
Sharon S : 6
Nikiya : 3
The winner is: Shannon in 2 rounds!

Congratulations, Shannon!

Katie will be contacting you and you'll have one week to respond!

Fun pictures to share. :)

First up, we have this fabulous picture of some sheep hanging out in the snowy hillside of Lake County California. A family friend, Ron Keas, took this very cool photo of our beloved four legged buddies. :)

You can check out all the amazing pictures Ron has on his website http://www.3dviewmax.com/

thanks so much for sharing this with me Mom! xoxoxo

Next up, we have a picture from the Gini Koch contest we did last month. Author and friend Amber Scott is sporting a look in the Sheeped by an Alien T-Shirt Richard drew. And hello? Is that Australia in the background?!

WOW! We are making it across the globe. So cool! Looking good Amber *meow* thanks for sharing this with us. :)

2011 is looking great so far! :)

Much Sheep Love;

Amber, Katie and Richard

"because Woodchucks can't be trusted"