Tale Five- Hot Hot Hot

Please tell me I'm not the only one who is looking forward to winter. I hate this hot weather. HATE IT HATE IT HATE. I know I'll be missing this hot stuff when it start freezing, but I don't care. October-January is my favorite time of year. Instead of sharing paragraph after paragraph about that, lets just stick with a straightforward list, shall we? So here's the list of reasons why I love October-January

- I love Fall weather
- I LOVE Winter clothes
- My birthday is in November, so that's always great :-)
- Halloween is always interesting
- Thanksgiving is always fun for me.
- The fallen leaves and snow later on make everything pretty outside
- Christmas!!! I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!! Decorations, traditions, parties, family time. It's all terrific.
- Ringing in a new year

TO SUMMARIZE: Things just feel different in the fall and winter. I love the feeling. In fact, if I lived somewhere that didn't get that kind of weather, I'd probably go somewhere cold, like Colorado for a vacay in the Winter. I know, I'm weird

Anywho, I guess that's enough for today's dose of my rambling. Hope you all enjoy it. Stay cool my lovelies.

"Jane"

Tale Four- Memories are Time Consuming

So the reason I didn't blog yesterday (if anyone out there cares) is that I was busy working on a project. I was putting together a DVD. Over the course the summer I photographed and filmed special moments: on vacation, spending time with friends, footage from the concert I went to in June. It was pretty great summer and I want to remember it. Hence, the DVD.

Anyways, I had various pictures and video footage, which thanks to me being OCD, we're neatly sorted into folders and files on my laptop, and I had the blank DVDs I needed (LightScribe compatible). So when I opened Movie Maker at around 5:30 last night, I thought it would just take me a few hours. For those of you who havn't used Movie Maker, it's a pretty straightforward process, and it wasn't my first time at the rodeo, I've used it to make several videos. I guess what they say about assuming is true.

To make a rather annoying long story short, by the time I had arranged all the videos and photos the way I wanted them in Movie Maker, including adding all the bells and whistles to make it interesting. It was ..... wait for it .... MIDNIGHT!!! Well, probably more like 11:30, but midnight sounds more dramatic. I then started the always lengthy process of burning the video to the blank DVD and took a shower. The disc didn't finish burning until at least 2, 2:15. But, in case you we'ren't paying attention, I'd also decided to LightsScribe my own custom design on the disc. Which all in all, didn't take more than 20 minutes, but still. Meanwhile, I also read a chapter in the Bible as part of a task I undertook over a year ago, but more about that later. To summarize, I finally curled up in my bed and went to sleep at a whopping hour of 3AM!!

That's my crazy day, so please accept my apologies for not blogging. Though, I'm still not sure anyone's reading this, lol. Needless to say, I'm looking forward to enjoying a night of nothing but TV and maybe some popcorn (Yum). Stay tuned.

-"Jane"

Tale Three- Simply Put: "Downsized"

Have you seen this show called "Downsized". If you havn't, let me tell you about it. It's a reality show (yes, another one) about this great family, the Bruces. The Bruces are a blended family who were hit really hard by the economy. I know, that initial summary sounds depressing. The thing is, it's actually really inspiring when you sit down and watch it, especially to me personally.

Here is a family who are going through an awful time, and yet, they're not just throwing in the towel. They're not giving up. They're still trying despite the fact that money's tight and they're trying to raise 7 kids (remember, blended family). This is something I whole-heartedly support, and I'm very moved by, because this is something I have to try and do in my life.

Don't worry, I'm not gonna go into some sob story about my life. That's not the point of my blog. But my point here is this: We all have to keep trying, no matter how bad things are. If something isn't working out how you want, figure out what you can do to change that, and do that. If that doesn't work out, try some other plan. The main thing is to keep trying until either it works out, or you reach the ultimate point of no return in that situation. Now who says reality TV can't teach us anything, lol. Stay strong Bruce family, and know that you all are headed for some great things. In fact, you're already there with the show, which, while I can't speak for anyone else, I know is helping this 19 year old girl move forward in her life, no matter what.

On that note peeps, I'm gonna get my Tuesday night reality show fix. TTYL

"Jane"

Tale Two- George Bush and Coffee Cake

Regardless of your opinion of our former President, George W. Bush, I hope you'll at least admit that he handled one of this nation's biggest tragedies better than a lot of men could have as President. I'm, of course, talking about September 11, 2001. Now, I'm not trying to get political here, I'm not that kinda blogger, but it's something that I wanted to mention because it was on my mind last night.

Why was George Bush on my mind? Well last night, I was enjoying some coffee cake with my parents (cause sadly, I still live with them), and we were watching a special on TV where the former President was talking about his 9/11 experience. Just one of the many specials airing right now as part of the hype for the 10th anniversary of the attacks, but it really was rather interesting. To make my point I'll just say this....

You can tell a person's character the best when they're dealing with some kind of crisis, or helping others deal with a crisis, whether it's a politician or someone you dealing with in your everday lives. Now, I know, that's not always a possibility, and who wants to think about someone going through a crisis. It's just something I was thinking about though. Especially since lately it seems like too many people I know are involved in some kind of problem or crisis. Including me. Gee, maybe I should reflect on how I'm dealing with that. Might help. In the meantime, I think I'll got eat another piece of that delicious coffee cake. Did I mention my Mom made some awesome coffee cake? Oh, I did? Great. On that note, til tomorrow my lovely bleaders (yes, I've read Julie and Julia)

Lata,
"Jane"

not my Mom's, but still looks good, right?

Tale One- Introduction

Welcome to my blog :-). Let me start off by addressing something crucial, my name isn't really Jane, as I'm sure many of you have guessed. I won't be posting my real name or where I live for safety reasons, as well as the fact that it's irrelavent to what I wanna say here. Other than those details and some other names and places I might have to disguise, I'll try my best to be completely real with you all in my blog. But remember, we live in a world where people use the internet for some pretty awful purposes. So humor me.

I started this blog for one reason, I'm a writer. I love taking the time to write down my feelings and thoughts on a whole variety of topics. But unfortunately, it's not exactly easy to have a career as a writer, especially in this economic climate. So I suppose sharing them for free on the internet will have to do for now. So sit back, relax, and enjoy stories from the life of a girl who wants nothing more than to live her dreams in the good ole U S of A.

Enjoy Your Sunday
"Jane"