Hi Everyone!

As you know we have been running our latest Visitor Poll “What is Your All-Time Favorite Movie”  for the last couple of weeks. I would like to announce the final results.

We had a total of 159 visitor votes. The winner of the voting was Kung Fu Panda with a total of 32 votes. Coming in second and third was Monster, Inc. with 23 votes and Mulan (Mulan I and II) with 22 votes. Bringing up the rest of the line was Lion King fourth with 19 votes, Shrek with 17 votes, Beauty and the Beast with 14 votes, Toy Story with 13 votes, Many Adventures of Winnie -The - Pooh with 8 votes and The Incredibles with 7 votes. Finishing last was the category Other Movies Not Mentioned with 4 votes.

I believe that the strong voting for Kung Fu Panda was caused by the fact that it is the newest movie release. My, personal, all time favorite is Monster, Inc. and it showed a strong placing by coming in 2nd place.

Please look at our newest poll with the question: “What Is Your Favorite Subject In School?”

Please take the time to vote during your visit. Have a great and safe weekend!

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Hi Everyone!

Yesterday, my Dada spent the day setting up a new addition to DJ’s World.

You may have noticed a new tab at the top of the posting area and a little “widget” box on the right hand side of the site called “K-8 Store.” This is our new store. No, it is not the DJ’s Store that we will be opening in September. The K-8 Store is in association with Amazon.com, Incorporation the largest on-line merchandising company in the world. Dada told me that Amazon.com has, over the years, built a reputation that is one of the finest. Amazon.com has not only built themselves into the largest seller of books but they can, also, supply anything one can think of in most areas of merchandise.

The store is set up like a school supply store. It offers different items that would interest students and their parents from Kindergarten through 8th Grade. It, also, offers an array of clothing, sports, and music education items. Take some time to browse the entire store and you will surely find something of value to purchase.

Dada signed DJ’s World as an associate of Amazon.com. We will being earning a very small percentage on every sale that is made through DJ’s World. Although this is such a small amount of money, it will allow me to support, in a small way, the charities that I support and display on my DJ’s World. Mama has taught me that it is “better to give than receive” in this life and I believe in that principle. So by making your purchases at Amazon.com through DJ’s World, you will have the knowledge that you are helping better the lives of people less fortunate.

Please take a few minutes and visit the store. I know that after your first visit, you will visit often.

As always, thank you for your visit.

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Hi Everyone!

Today, I am going to review the Monster, Inc. video game.

The Monster, Inc. video game comes in a PC (Personal Computer) version, a Play Station 2 version, and a Game Boy version.

I was surprised to see that this game is just like the movie! You play as Sulley, the big blue monster who is searching for the lost Boo and you have to get her to safety. You can explore 20 different levels in search of door pieces scattered about which help you find Boo. When Sulley is faced against an evil monster, he can use his loud, powerful roar or his effective Laugh Launcher. After beating certain levels and accomplishing special tasks you can play in bonus mini-games and fun puzzles.

 Monsters, Inc. follows the story of Mike and Sully, two monsters who have unwittingly allowed a human child called Boo into Monstropolis. As the big, blue-furred Sully, it’s up to you, with a little help from your one-eyed sidekick, Mike, to get Boo home.

Though it doesn’t take very long to complete, it accurately captures the fun and feel of the movie that fans of all ages are sure to enjoy.The gameplay consists of standard action/adventure fare. Sulley is to find a number of particular items scattered across different areas, including pieces of Boo’s door, laugh cannisters, Boo’s teddy bear, etc. There is nothing really difficult here, as it isn’t a chore to play as it controls extremely well and the levels are laid out very well.

The graphics and animation are top-notch, as Sulley and just about every other character in the game are animated very clearly and smoothly.

DJ’s Review

If you enjoyed the movie, there is an excellent chance you will enjoy this game - especially younger kids like me. Actually, I have it on my Game Boy. I play it before I take my afternoon nap. I give Monster, Inc. video games  a three binkee award. 

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Hi everyone!

Today, I am going to do my first movie review.

I will be reviewing Monsters, Inc.. This is one of my favorite movies. Our review will, first, tell the story of the movie. We do that so parents and children can decide if it is a movie that is good for the family. Sometimes, there are “things” in movies, even children’s movies, that may not be right for a particular family situation. After giving the story line, I will tell you how I feel about the movie. So lets get started.

MONSTERS, INC.

The story begins in Monstropolis, a city inhabited by monsters, and centers around Monsters, Inc., the city’s power company. Monsters, Inc. sends its employees to children’s bedrooms, around the world, to scare the children, through teleportation doors set up on the work floor. The screams of children, which is bottled in metal cans, are then generated as electric power for the city. The chairman and chief executive officer of Monsters, Inc. is a crab-like monster called Henry J. Waternoose. The top scarer at Monsters, Inc. is James P. “Sulley” Sullivan, a furry, blue - green, giant who is partnered with the short, green, one-eyed Mike Wazowski.

The two of them are best friends and roommates. Sulley is a gentle and easy-going creature, while Mike is obsessed with his car and with marrying his girlfriend, the snakey-haired Celia Mae. Sulley’s main rival as a scarer is the chameleon-like Randall Boggs, who has the ability to change the color of his skin to match his surroundings, and is second only to Sulley in the scarer ranks.

As Sulley and Mike are going to work one day, they talk about the city suffering a power shortage because children are not as scared anymore because of over-exposure to television, making screams harder to get from the kids. Just before they are about to leave after a long day, the company secretary,Roz, asks Mike to hand in his paperwork. Mike had forgotten about it, and leaves it to Sulley to fill up his papers and hand them in, since Mike is in a hurry to leave on a date to celebrate Celia’s birthday. As Sulley reaches the work floor to find Mike’s papers, he finds a open door on the work floor. He knows that this is not allowed.

 After inspecting the door, Sulley discovers a little human girl behind it. Because Sulley lacks the access card required to open the door, he cannot return her home. Frightened, Sulley tries his best to hide the girl from coworkers, as it is believed that humans are toxic to monsters. After several misadventures, Sulley finally takes the girl to Mike, who is enjoying a romantic dinner with his girlfriend at a sushi restaurant. The girl escapes from Sulley’s attention at the restaurant, creating havoc amongst the monsters, and triggering the CDA (Child Detection Agency) troops to take action; Mike and Sulley grab the girl and hurry home, trying to avoid the CDA’s attention.

The girl stays overnight at Mike and Sulley’s apartment and is soon named Boo, for her habit of saying “Boo!” to surprise Sulley. The two come to know she is not dangerous as they thought, but still plan to return her to her world the next day to avoid trouble from the CDA. They disguise her as a monster and sneak her inside Monsters, Inc., where they lose and regain track of her two or three times. Eventually, Mike is caught by Randall, who offers to return Boo’s door to the work floor. When Sulley mistrusts Randall, Mike enters the door himself to prove its safe and is mistaken for Boo by Randall, who places him in a box and takes him to a room hidden in the basement of the scream factory. There, Mike is shown a large vacuum-based device designed to drain energy from children, called a Scream Extractor. Sulley and Boo, who have followed Randall, distract him and free Mike from the machine, leaving Randall’s assistant in his place.

Later on, Sulley turns up at the simulation room to teach new scare recruits what a good, loud roar is. Boo, who escapes from where Mike is hiding her, runs out in front of Sulley, giggling. Sulley pleads not to have to scare the simulation child but Mr.Waternoose forces him. As he roars, he inadvertently frightens Boo and causes her to burst into tears. After running away screaming, she trips; the hood of her costume reveals that she is the escaped human child. Sulley, guilty, looks up at the images of the scare in action, revealing Boo’s crying face. Sulley understands how children really feel when scared.

Mike quickly reports Randall’s scheming to Mr.Waternoose before he can seize Boo. But it turns out that Mr.Waternoose is in favor of Randall’s plan. Because of the decline in productivity, he fears for the company’s future, and sees Randall’s machine as the only way of ensuring Monsters Inc’s survival.Mr. Waternoose betrays Sulley and Mike, and sends the two into the Himalaya mountains through a one-way teleportation door.

The two stay with the Abominable Snowman at a cave until the Snowman tells Sulley of a village far below the mountain. After an argument with Mike, Sulley sneaks back to the monsters’ world through a closet door in a child’s bedroom in the village; Mike soon follows. The two confront Randall and attempt to rescue Boo from his grasp. Boo, no longer afraid of Randall, attacks him. Then Mike and Sulley push Randall through a teleportation door that sends him to a remote motorhome in a Louisiana swamp, where he is beaten with a shovel by the family living inside, who mistake him for an alligator. Mike and Sulley destroy the door Randall went through, thus ensuring that he doesn’t return soon.

Mike and Sulley then use Boo to lure Mr. Waternoose onto the company’s scare rehearsal stage. On the stage, Sulley angers Mr.Waternoose to the point that Mr.Waternoose yells out his wicked plan in anger: “I’ll kidnap a thousand children before I let this company die!”. Mr. Waternoose’s statement is caught on tape, and he is taken into custody by the CDA. It is also revealed that the secretary, Roz, was in fact the leader of the CDA and had been doing undercover work for the agency. Boo is soon sent home and her door is put through a wood chipper.

During his time with Boo, Sulley has learned that children’s laughter is much better than screams at generating power. Using this brand new approach, Sulley is made the new Chairman and CEO of Monsters, Inc. and the company is redesigned. Now the monsters enter through the teleportation doors and make kids laugh; in this way, ample power is created for Monstropolis, thus ending the power shortages in the city. Meanwhile, Mike has secretly reassembled Boo’s splintered door, and the only part missing from it is the wood chip that Sulley had salvaged as a memory of Boo. Mike shows this to Sulley, and Sulley puts the wood chip in place and the door becomes functional. Then, Sulley enters through the door to take one more peek inside.

Boo is heard but not seen, and the movie ends with a surprised and pleased smile on Sulley’s face.

DJ’s Review

Monster, Inc., a joint production of Disney and Pixar Studios was released just before Christmas 2001. The first time I watch Monsters,Inc., my mama and I watched it together. I have to admit that there was a few scary scenes but they were funny at the same time. Mama said the lesson to learn from this movie is “Not to judge people but try and understand them. Know that there is goodness in everyone even if they are different than us.” “It is better to bring joy and happiness than to bring fear and pain to people. Never take advantage of a person’s weakness and fear of things.”

I have watched this movie many, many times and I always enjoy it like it was the first viewing. I think that it is a great movie for children and even adults. I give this movie a four golden binkee award.

I hope that you enjoyed our review of the movie Monsters,Inc. See you tomorrow! 

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Hi! I am DJ (my full name is David-John) and I will be 4 years old tomorrow. I am so happy that you have decided to visit my new website. I hope to make many new Internet friends from all around the world. Mama and Dada will be helping me but I will be doing the talking to you. Dada showed me how to use voice recognition software ( that is a computer program that lets you speak into a microphone and it types words on the computer) on my computer. I hope that you will come visit everyday! Here is how my day was…

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