The last couple days have been interesting. Yesterday I went to Gramma's house and she made some gross keish thing. Needless to say I did not like it. Mom and I basically sat around with her and my aunt and talked smack about my uncle's bitch of a first wife. It was great fun. Before Gram's mom and I went shopping. She bought me one thing: a candle. I didn't really want anything, so shopping isnt fun when you don't buy stuff.
Today I made Snickerdoodles. They are a type of sugar cookie that's rolled in cinnamon and sugar. They are amazing. Drew specifically requested them so I have some to bring back to school on Sunday. I finally finished my Java homework today. I still need to work on that business plan, but I dunno if that will happen tonight. On a random note, I spoke to Carla today. She is cool. I think I missed Ben, it's late in London now. I'll catch him tomorrow.
Let me just say long distance relationships are lonely. Especially when you get one phone call a day at 10pm when you are already tired and he is tired because he doesn't relax over break. I swear the Explorer he has been fixing up is more trouble than it's worth. I'd be willing to bet he's dropped at least $700 into that thing in the last week. I'm concerned about it because something is wrong with the clutch (do not ask me what, I don't understand cars) and I want to be sure that thing will make it to school okay with him in one piece. I really can't wait for Sunday. I've been pretty strong through this cause it's been weird not seeing him at all for over a week. We haven't made any official plans for Sunday but he needs to decide what time he is leaving so I know when he should be at school. Aside from Drew's car problems, we've had a pretty okay break. Tara (his ex-girlfriend) has only called once that I know of and it was to bitch about me. I found it hilarious that she is like, spying on him still and trying to get dirt about me. I'm going to tell him just to start feeding her bullshit lines to piss her off.
Oh Carla and I are planning more of the podcast. We really need to get a three-way chat with Ben one of these days. This is gonna be such a crazy adventure. I love that I am friends with a bunch of podcasting people, so if I ever need help, I know exactaly where to go. If anyone has any podcasting advice for me, write me a comment!
Friday, March 21, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Ohh it's what you do to me
I should write here more often. Since my Talkshoe rant is over, I figured I should actually write about what I have been up to lately. Well, okay, so I told Ben that I would write here more. Speaking of Ben, we are announcing plans for a podcast with his partner from Letters From Across The Pond, Carla. The discussion about bringing aboard Carla just started today, so we will see where it goes from there.
So now I'll get to the title of this post. There is a new guy in my life. His name is Andrew and he is slightly more than amazing. He is majoring in Automotive at school, is from MA and is 19 years old. Aside from being the sweetest guy on campus, he sings. Now I sing like it's my job: in choir, in plays, in the shower and in the car. I did not know he could sing until he told me one day and decided to sing for me. The first song he sang was I'm Already There by Lonestar. Youtube is now our best friend because he will look up a video and sing the song to me. He also has sung: I'll Be by Edwin McCain, Your Song by Elton John and Angel by Sarah McLachlan. My favorite thing is when we sing together. Incase you have been living under a rock, the lyrics in the title are from Hey There Delilah by the Plain White Ts. It was one of the first songs we sang together and it's sort of become our song. It was a strange song to choose because Delilah was written about the 'other woman' but whatever. We like it especially because of the bridge:
Since he lives in MA and I live in NY, we are about 300 miles apart during this break from school. Summer is going to be hard on us, but if it's meant to be then we will survive. Anyway we've been dating since March 4th and so far everything is going well.
I have to run now, Mom is home and she needs me to help her make dinner.
So now I'll get to the title of this post. There is a new guy in my life. His name is Andrew and he is slightly more than amazing. He is majoring in Automotive at school, is from MA and is 19 years old. Aside from being the sweetest guy on campus, he sings. Now I sing like it's my job: in choir, in plays, in the shower and in the car. I did not know he could sing until he told me one day and decided to sing for me. The first song he sang was I'm Already There by Lonestar. Youtube is now our best friend because he will look up a video and sing the song to me. He also has sung: I'll Be by Edwin McCain, Your Song by Elton John and Angel by Sarah McLachlan. My favorite thing is when we sing together. Incase you have been living under a rock, the lyrics in the title are from Hey There Delilah by the Plain White Ts. It was one of the first songs we sang together and it's sort of become our song. It was a strange song to choose because Delilah was written about the 'other woman' but whatever. We like it especially because of the bridge:
A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they've got planes and trains and cars
I'd walk to you if I had no other way.
Since he lives in MA and I live in NY, we are about 300 miles apart during this break from school. Summer is going to be hard on us, but if it's meant to be then we will survive. Anyway we've been dating since March 4th and so far everything is going well.
I have to run now, Mom is home and she needs me to help her make dinner.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
A little goes a long way
It was confirmed today that Talkshoe decided to make a donation to Jay and Jack's collection for Autisim. They thanked Jay and Jack for using their service to hold the event, and donated 100 dollars. Hopefully this whole ordeal is settled now and everyone is happy. I think everyone who wrote in or made a blog made a difference.
Monday, March 17, 2008
A podcast for charity
Over the weekend I participated in a huge event for the Jay and Jack community. A 25 hour podcast occurred from 3:41pm Saturday March 15th until about 3:00pm Sunday March 16. I said 25 hours and that was just under 24, do you see a problem? Let's talk about the good news first. The guys were doing this show to raise money for a charity called Autism Speaks. In the time the podcast occurred over 2,500 dollars was raised. More money is being sent by snail mail and the online account is still accepting donations through paypal. The guys had a spew of guest hosts from Dale of the Married Man Podcast, Clif from the Jamcast and Lost Podcast Vidcast, Ryan and Jen from The Transmission, Ralph from The Dharmalars and several other podcasters that I can't remember because the event was just so big.
One of the guests that brought the most attention was Jorge Garcia, also known by his character name Hurley on ABC's show LOST. Jorge stayed with the guys for over three hours and answered fan questions (mine included!). It was probably one of the coolest experiences of my life to speak with someone who I have watched on television for the last four years. The guys were also planning to have Daniel Day Kim, or Jin from LOST on the show at 4pm Sunday. This did not occur. Unfortunately at around 3pm on Sunday Talkshoe, the client that had supported the show for over 23 hours, decided to crash and burn.
Basically the concept of Talkshoe is a piece of software that will hold a conference call with many users and it has it's own chat room. This was a perfect fit for the podcast since the admin can allow different guests to speak, many people can listen, and non-speakers can interact with each other and the hosts via the chat room. Jay attempted extensive testing by hosting a few Ramblecasts and a special live edition of The Lost Podcast on Talkshoe. It was a little sketchy for each edition of the show, but it held up quite well. We all knew going in that it was gonna be rough with talkshoe. It was realized that we could not hold a show recording for more than 3 hours because the chat client would freeze and users would start losing audio. This caused a lot of stress for Jay and Jack. They just wanted the show to run smoothly. Everytime we had to make a switch Jay had to set up a new show and all the listeners had to move. While this resolved the solution for a while, the process was still repeated at least 5 or 6 times for the entire marathon.
So the last couple hours of the marathon roll around and all of a sudden the phone number, shoephone and audio stop working. Talkshoe reported a 'coding issue' to Jay and that it would be fixed in 30-60 minutes. Well about 120 minutes go by and no fix was found. The guys then decided to call it quits cutting the segment with John and Colleen of Metrobuzz and eliminating the chance for fans to speak with Daniel Day Kim. While everyone was pleased with the 2500 dollars in donations we all know that Daniel would have brought more listeners and the opportunity for more people to donate. Also I was highly looking forward to the Metrobuzz segment and many fans were let down when it had to be cut because of 'coding issues'.
Here is our proposal. Anyone who particiapated in Jay and Jack's live marathon podcast or is a suporter of Autism Speaks needs to help us do the following. We are starting a campaign to get Talkshoe to fix their mistake by donating money to Autism Speaks. We feel that this will make up for the lost time and donations that resulted by the crash of their software. So go write in your blogs, send an email to Talkshoe at support@talkshoe.com. Every effort we can make to get Talkshoe to hear us will count. They really let us down when the show had been going so well. So get out your keyboard and write to them; urge them to make a donation to help the charity.
If you'd like to make a donation to Autism Speaks, you can do it through PayPal, by sending it to LPDonate@gmail.com OR you can send checks made out to Autism Speaks to the following address:
P.O. Box 40716
Raleigh NC. 27629
Thank you so much for reading, please go out there and make an effort by writing your post or making a donation. Every little bit helps.
One of the guests that brought the most attention was Jorge Garcia, also known by his character name Hurley on ABC's show LOST. Jorge stayed with the guys for over three hours and answered fan questions (mine included!). It was probably one of the coolest experiences of my life to speak with someone who I have watched on television for the last four years. The guys were also planning to have Daniel Day Kim, or Jin from LOST on the show at 4pm Sunday. This did not occur. Unfortunately at around 3pm on Sunday Talkshoe, the client that had supported the show for over 23 hours, decided to crash and burn.
Basically the concept of Talkshoe is a piece of software that will hold a conference call with many users and it has it's own chat room. This was a perfect fit for the podcast since the admin can allow different guests to speak, many people can listen, and non-speakers can interact with each other and the hosts via the chat room. Jay attempted extensive testing by hosting a few Ramblecasts and a special live edition of The Lost Podcast on Talkshoe. It was a little sketchy for each edition of the show, but it held up quite well. We all knew going in that it was gonna be rough with talkshoe. It was realized that we could not hold a show recording for more than 3 hours because the chat client would freeze and users would start losing audio. This caused a lot of stress for Jay and Jack. They just wanted the show to run smoothly. Everytime we had to make a switch Jay had to set up a new show and all the listeners had to move. While this resolved the solution for a while, the process was still repeated at least 5 or 6 times for the entire marathon.
So the last couple hours of the marathon roll around and all of a sudden the phone number, shoephone and audio stop working. Talkshoe reported a 'coding issue' to Jay and that it would be fixed in 30-60 minutes. Well about 120 minutes go by and no fix was found. The guys then decided to call it quits cutting the segment with John and Colleen of Metrobuzz and eliminating the chance for fans to speak with Daniel Day Kim. While everyone was pleased with the 2500 dollars in donations we all know that Daniel would have brought more listeners and the opportunity for more people to donate. Also I was highly looking forward to the Metrobuzz segment and many fans were let down when it had to be cut because of 'coding issues'.
Here is our proposal. Anyone who particiapated in Jay and Jack's live marathon podcast or is a suporter of Autism Speaks needs to help us do the following. We are starting a campaign to get Talkshoe to fix their mistake by donating money to Autism Speaks. We feel that this will make up for the lost time and donations that resulted by the crash of their software. So go write in your blogs, send an email to Talkshoe at support@talkshoe.com. Every effort we can make to get Talkshoe to hear us will count. They really let us down when the show had been going so well. So get out your keyboard and write to them; urge them to make a donation to help the charity.
If you'd like to make a donation to Autism Speaks, you can do it through PayPal, by sending it to LPDonate@gmail.com OR you can send checks made out to Autism Speaks to the following address:
P.O. Box 40716
Raleigh NC. 27629
Thank you so much for reading, please go out there and make an effort by writing your post or making a donation. Every little bit helps.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Good bye 2007...Hello 2008
What a crazy year! I changed so much over the last year, it's crazy. So many people entered my life this year, and a lot of them left too. You come to realize that people are supposed to enter your life for a reason, they influence you, and sometimes they leave before you really want them to (or not soon enough!) but you just move on because down the road, you are going to meet someone else. Even through the tears I shed, 2007 was a pretty awesome year.
January
Turned 19 - My roommate Kesley and her boyfriend Zach came up here and had dinner with me for my birthday. It was a fun time, especially since we hadn't seen each other in three weeks.
Little Shop- I auditioned for and received the role of Mrs. Luce in the play. Greatest times during that show. I really look forward to musicals because I enjoy singing. I met a lot of talented girls and guys during the show, but unfortunately once it was over, most of us stopped talking.
February
Four letters, M-a-r-k - My relationship with Mark is something I will probably always remember and sometimes would probably like to forget all the mistakes we made together. We had our good times and our bad, but all in all, I look back on it as a growing experience. It's over, it's done, the hurt is gone.
LOST returned - Best season like, ever.
March
Aladdin Jr - My brother had the supporting role of Iago. I attended the show three or four times because it was that good.
CITA 210 - I received a 105 on the midterm and had the highest average in the class at that point. Whoever thought girls couldn't be in the computer field was WRONG
April
Performances- Finished up little shop and tore the set down on Easter Sunday.
May
MSC Graduation 2007 - Sang with the choir and said goodbye to Mark, probably forever.
Joined the Jay and Jack Community - Registered for the boards through jayandjack.com. One of the best communities I've joined.
June
AmeriCorps - I received a scholarship and a summer job totaling $3,000. I worked at the public library and organized a Summer Reading Program for Elementary children. It taught me a lot about being organized and patience with the children. I hope to do it again for Summer 08.
Metrobuzz - The Metrobuzz podcast was shown to me this month through the Jay and Jack community. I quickly fell in love with the hosts John and Colleen and since then I have made a call for nearly every show I have been able too.
Best Friends Forever - Met and became best friends with Kara. Words can't describe how awesome she is of a friend.
July
Jay and Colleen, Podcasting Power Couple - The karma switch heard round the boards. Jay and Coll have become very good friends to me although we have never met. I was having some troubles during the fall semester and they were both there for me. We began talking after the elusive Karma Switch, and I was probably one of the earliest people to figure the whole thing out and become a Jolleen supporter.
August
MoVegas - It was time to head back and start my third semester of college. While there, we had our 10,000 karma party for Colleen.
September
Macbeth - I got a lameeeeeeeeee part in the play. I had a pretty shitty time. Glad its over. If I choose to do it again, I would have talked less shit about people, but they deserved it
Andrew - We met because he was failing physics and I tried to help him. Apparently it was too late and he was beyond help because he dropped the class in November. We became really close friends until I met Billington and we stopped talking. We plan to chill again Spring 08 semester.
October
Halloween- I was a princess. I went out with Kes, Zach and Andrew. It was a kick ass time and I spent the entire month counting down to it.
November
Rome Adventure- I went to Andrews house for a weekend. We saw a movie with his friends, had a hugeee sleepover (at which I feel asleep wayyy to early), went to his gramma's house, and had an overall great time. It made me define our friendship and figure a few things out. Unfortunately we stopped talking because of someone I met after we spent the weekend together.
Billington - Where do I even start? He was two years older and lived off campus. Those were our two biggest problems. I spent a weekend with him and everything was fine. A week later I was dumped over AIM. And I was called immature...It still annoys me that I didnt really get like, a solid reason, but I look at it the same was as Mark. I learned and grew, its over stop caring.
December
Erika's Xmas Party - Was so fun. We watched Pirates 3 and ate lots of food including pizza, cookies and candy canes. There was also this strand of cRaZiNeSs that resulted from the party. Can't wait for her next party.
Christmas - I spent it with my family. I got a new camera, phone from kara, jacket and so many other awesome things.
January
Turned 19 - My roommate Kesley and her boyfriend Zach came up here and had dinner with me for my birthday. It was a fun time, especially since we hadn't seen each other in three weeks.
Little Shop- I auditioned for and received the role of Mrs. Luce in the play. Greatest times during that show. I really look forward to musicals because I enjoy singing. I met a lot of talented girls and guys during the show, but unfortunately once it was over, most of us stopped talking.
February
Four letters, M-a-r-k - My relationship with Mark is something I will probably always remember and sometimes would probably like to forget all the mistakes we made together. We had our good times and our bad, but all in all, I look back on it as a growing experience. It's over, it's done, the hurt is gone.
LOST returned - Best season like, ever.
March
Aladdin Jr - My brother had the supporting role of Iago. I attended the show three or four times because it was that good.
CITA 210 - I received a 105 on the midterm and had the highest average in the class at that point. Whoever thought girls couldn't be in the computer field was WRONG
April
Performances- Finished up little shop and tore the set down on Easter Sunday.
May
MSC Graduation 2007 - Sang with the choir and said goodbye to Mark, probably forever.
Joined the Jay and Jack Community - Registered for the boards through jayandjack.com. One of the best communities I've joined.
June
AmeriCorps - I received a scholarship and a summer job totaling $3,000. I worked at the public library and organized a Summer Reading Program for Elementary children. It taught me a lot about being organized and patience with the children. I hope to do it again for Summer 08.
Metrobuzz - The Metrobuzz podcast was shown to me this month through the Jay and Jack community. I quickly fell in love with the hosts John and Colleen and since then I have made a call for nearly every show I have been able too.
Best Friends Forever - Met and became best friends with Kara. Words can't describe how awesome she is of a friend.
July
Jay and Colleen, Podcasting Power Couple - The karma switch heard round the boards. Jay and Coll have become very good friends to me although we have never met. I was having some troubles during the fall semester and they were both there for me. We began talking after the elusive Karma Switch, and I was probably one of the earliest people to figure the whole thing out and become a Jolleen supporter.
August
MoVegas - It was time to head back and start my third semester of college. While there, we had our 10,000 karma party for Colleen.
September
Macbeth - I got a lameeeeeeeeee part in the play. I had a pretty shitty time. Glad its over. If I choose to do it again, I would have talked less shit about people, but they deserved it
Andrew - We met because he was failing physics and I tried to help him. Apparently it was too late and he was beyond help because he dropped the class in November. We became really close friends until I met Billington and we stopped talking. We plan to chill again Spring 08 semester.
October
Halloween- I was a princess. I went out with Kes, Zach and Andrew. It was a kick ass time and I spent the entire month counting down to it.
November
Rome Adventure- I went to Andrews house for a weekend. We saw a movie with his friends, had a hugeee sleepover (at which I feel asleep wayyy to early), went to his gramma's house, and had an overall great time. It made me define our friendship and figure a few things out. Unfortunately we stopped talking because of someone I met after we spent the weekend together.
Billington - Where do I even start? He was two years older and lived off campus. Those were our two biggest problems. I spent a weekend with him and everything was fine. A week later I was dumped over AIM. And I was called immature...It still annoys me that I didnt really get like, a solid reason, but I look at it the same was as Mark. I learned and grew, its over stop caring.
December
Erika's Xmas Party - Was so fun. We watched Pirates 3 and ate lots of food including pizza, cookies and candy canes. There was also this strand of cRaZiNeSs that resulted from the party. Can't wait for her next party.
Christmas - I spent it with my family. I got a new camera, phone from kara, jacket and so many other awesome things.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Thanks for the memories
I guess I spoke too soon: Mike broke up with me today on AIM. What the fuck is up with that? What kind of dude breaks up with a girl in IM? Apparently one who isn't worth my time, energy or feelings anymore. Here's the full story of how we met, got together and broke up.
Mike and I met in the lobby of the building where they hold all the computer classes. We are both Computer Information Technology majors in different fields. That was an awesome thing to have in common. Anyway, we exchanged screen names and talked on AIM for a week. He got my number when I had him proof-read my resume. We officially started our relationship the day after thanksgiving, only a week after we had started talking a lot. He is (was? not sure how I feel anymore) really sweet to me. We talked a lot about school, our previous relationships, friends, movies, video games, and music. He was so great to talk to, and he came back into my life at just the right time: right after I got back from Rome.
The problem at the beginning was that I was concerned about our age difference (two years) and the distance. Since he was two years older than me, I knew he was more experienced in alot of things (IT knowledge, drinking and sex among other things) than I was. The distance became hard during this second week of the relationship.
I spent the weekend at his apartment last weekend and I thought everything was great. He made dinner, we decorated a tree and shared our first kiss. It was cute. Everything we were both hoping for.
Like Tuesday started the beginning of the end. He called my me a bit immature, told me some worries about our relationship and Wednesday he deleted the little snippet about me from his AIM profile. Today he sent me an instant message and say "We need to talk". He was in class mind you, so he couldn't call me. He then proceeds with "this isn't going to work...the age and distance are going to be too hard on us...I'd rather just end it now than lead you on...i know its wrong to say it like this, but I need to get it off my chest...I'm sorry". I know it sounds pretty light just looking on the outside, but there is a little more to it than just that. It's really personal and I'm not going to get into that, but I'm pretty hurt.
Basically when we started this relationship, I told him about the guy I had seen last semester. My emotions and feelings were played with heavily and I told Mike three weeks ago that the one thing I'm so afraid of is making the same mistake I did last year. I sort of feel like I did that. I trusted both of these guys, and they took my trust, played with it and then threw it back at me when they dumped me shortly after.
The semester ends in two weeks and I am looking forward to staying at my house for four weeks. I think I just need time to figure myself out and what I want. Plus I need to be with my family and friends at home for the Christmas season. December 20th, I'll be there.
Mike and I met in the lobby of the building where they hold all the computer classes. We are both Computer Information Technology majors in different fields. That was an awesome thing to have in common. Anyway, we exchanged screen names and talked on AIM for a week. He got my number when I had him proof-read my resume. We officially started our relationship the day after thanksgiving, only a week after we had started talking a lot. He is (was? not sure how I feel anymore) really sweet to me. We talked a lot about school, our previous relationships, friends, movies, video games, and music. He was so great to talk to, and he came back into my life at just the right time: right after I got back from Rome.
The problem at the beginning was that I was concerned about our age difference (two years) and the distance. Since he was two years older than me, I knew he was more experienced in alot of things (IT knowledge, drinking and sex among other things) than I was. The distance became hard during this second week of the relationship.
I spent the weekend at his apartment last weekend and I thought everything was great. He made dinner, we decorated a tree and shared our first kiss. It was cute. Everything we were both hoping for.
Like Tuesday started the beginning of the end. He called my me a bit immature, told me some worries about our relationship and Wednesday he deleted the little snippet about me from his AIM profile. Today he sent me an instant message and say "We need to talk". He was in class mind you, so he couldn't call me. He then proceeds with "this isn't going to work...the age and distance are going to be too hard on us...I'd rather just end it now than lead you on...i know its wrong to say it like this, but I need to get it off my chest...I'm sorry". I know it sounds pretty light just looking on the outside, but there is a little more to it than just that. It's really personal and I'm not going to get into that, but I'm pretty hurt.
Basically when we started this relationship, I told him about the guy I had seen last semester. My emotions and feelings were played with heavily and I told Mike three weeks ago that the one thing I'm so afraid of is making the same mistake I did last year. I sort of feel like I did that. I trusted both of these guys, and they took my trust, played with it and then threw it back at me when they dumped me shortly after.
The semester ends in two weeks and I am looking forward to staying at my house for four weeks. I think I just need time to figure myself out and what I want. Plus I need to be with my family and friends at home for the Christmas season. December 20th, I'll be there.
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