Skillz Contest!

ATTN: All recipients
SUBJ: Skillz Contest

Hello! I'm just touching base with you for a contest! You better hurry because entries are due SOON!!

Instructions:
Create a fan sign to put up on my channel! It will look something, hopefully better, like this pic.









All signs need to be "hard copies". Basically something you create with either pen and paper, paint and canvas, needlework, whatever you think is most creative! No photoshopping! Just you and your work! All you have to do is take a picture, upload and email it!

The fan sign that is the most creative and most captures what I am will be featured on my banner and you'll be given a $15 Starbucks gift card! (I believe the new spring card was made to replicate the Twitter bird. I love it!)








There you go! Anyone can enter! One will win! Just email all your submissions to jane.ds.tv@gmail.com by March 31, 2009 11:59pm US CST! There's only a couple days so get them in!

Good luck!

From this Moment on (Barista Version) NOW WITH LYRICS!!

From this Moment On (Barista Version) Lyrics

Rottweiler Babay
Baybay
Baby

It's really hot in Texas
ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod

*Grunts*

[clothes change]

...See your sweet face
From this moment on

From this moment
I have been blessed
I live only
For your happiness
And to make espresso
When you want it
Mocha cappuccinos are my strength

I give you one espresso shot today
And I'll give you another one tomorrow if you pay for one
This green apron used to be real clean
Until I made
Mocha sauce
And got the mocha
All over the place

From this moment
I hope you come back
And buy another one
Within 3 to 5 hours
Cause you'll feel tired
Because you'll get a crash
From this moment on

Ahhh!

Have you tried our new chai infusions today?
Or maybe the new vanilla rooibos tea latte
that everybody is ravin' about?
(it doesnt have any caffeine)
Here's a hot chocolate for your child to carry
I steamed
It at 120
Because if your kid drinks anything at 180
Their stomach will explode!

From this moment
We'll be making frappuccinos until we close
Because about 10 thousand teenagers just walked in
With their boyfriends
Who like to act tough
And get 4 espresso shots
In their drinks
And then regret it when they get home
Because they cant sleep
And their girlfriend won't get off the phone

Ooohoohooohooohooooh

Come back again!

Okay,
I gotta go to work now.

Fiesta Movement

I created a video submission for Ford's Fiesta Movement. Check it out! Comment/Rate/Share it! I'd appreciate it!

NEW HACKER/SCAM ALERT!!

There's a hacker roaming around and I see there is a pattern. Please read for your own safety.

I was getting ready for work one morning last week. It was around 6am my time. I hear my Facebook IM pop up so I go to my computer, trying to see who was talking to me so early in the morning. It's an old coworker whom I haven't spoken to in about a year.

Molly: Hey you there?
Jane: Hey girl!
Molly: I need help. It's urgent.
Jane: Whats up?
Molly: I'm stuck in England. I got mugged last night. I need money.
Jane: Wow.
Molly: Can you send anything?
Jane: Molly, I don't have a lot of money, and really I have no way of sending it to England...
Molly: So you wouldn't help me out in this situation. Wow.
[Jane signs out]

This shocked me. I knew the situation wasn't true, but I figured either she was testing out her friends (a STUPID thing to do to anyone that early in the morning) or someone had hacked into her account. Later throughout the day, I contacted some old coworkers, John and Ruben, who still work with her just to find out she was sitting at her work desk that day. I just didn't know what to think so I just went ahead and deleted her off my friends list and tried to forget about it.

Just when I thought I'd forget the IM's, I get a text message from one of the coworkers I contacted, Ruben. He tells me this.

Ruben: "so yea my mom just told me that the dentist that she works for was hacked. someone hacked into her email and sent out all these emails. guess what the emails were saying"
Jane: "What?"
Ruben: "I'm in London, England...I need money.." !!!!
Jane: "No freaking way."
Ruben: "this hacker is everywhere apparently!!!!!!"
Jane: "Wow."
Ruben: "my mom says that the dentist believes it's cuz she gave her password out to who she thought was microsoft, so yea be careful who u give ur password to."

He then called me saying that the one of the patients or email contacts emailed whoever the person was back saying "I'm concerned" and whoever had access to the account replied back saying "Thank you for your concern" and gave information to where the money could be wired to.

I'm not sure who all has been affected, or how the hacker gets access to the Facebook accounts or email addresses but I know its happening to others as well. I'm guessing some phishing webpage.

So, please spread the word. This hacker hits you with the worst things to scam someone with in it's conversational-type scam: worry and guilt. Don't fall into the trap. Keep on the lookout and try and keep track of the email or IM conversation sent to you if you ever receive anything like this.

21st Birthday

Well, despite all the hard times I went through on the day before, my birthday turned out to be a blast. I woke up around 9:30am or so and took a shower, went into work for a couple minutes so they could use my bank account to exchange our tip change for bigger bills, and then went to Movie Tavern with my grandma to see Inkheart. I've never been to Movie Tavern so it was really cool. We paid for our movies, grabbed a menu, then went into our theatre. In front of us were buttons we could push to call a server when we were ready to order. I had a Spicy Buffalo Chicken wrap. It wasn't bad at all. The movie was not bad either.

After that, I went back up to work to pick up my tip money (which was low this week but I had the most hours out of everyone) and deposited it into my bank. Sweet action, let me tell you.

Then I went up to school for my business speech class. I actually enjoy that class. It's real interesting and the teacher is actually real laid back and will listen to our input.

Afterwards, I went to Genghis Grill, my favorite restaurant, to meet up with Jennifer. That was a blast. At first when I got there, she hadn't showed up yet so I was just waiting. The waiter came by a couple times, which I thought was odd but I think he was making sure I was okay because I kept staring off into space while I watched The Biggest Loser on the television. Finally Jennifer showed up, grabbed her bowl and said "Lets get in line. I'm freaking hungry." So, we built our bowls and handed them to the "Mongolian chefs" to prepare for us. While we waited, we got the waiter to bring us a couple Hurricanes and a Coors to start us off and chatted with him about what shots we should get. I ended up getting a 4 Horsemen and Jenn got a Royal F***. When he brought them I looked at mine and got a bit freaked out. That thing was DARK! I figured if I was going to get sick after drinking that, I should probably eat my meal first so I don't ruin my appetite. (I love food.)

Well, finally we finished up our food and drank our Hurricanes. Those were okay...

Then we took our shots and oh man... that was something else. It was so strong going down but had a minty aftertaste. It wasn't terrible but it was crazy! When I finished that, I literally went cross eyed, forgot that it was our waiter and not Jenn's boyfriend, and sang Happy Birthday to myself loudly because no one else would.

Afterwards, we drove to Arlington with Jennifer's friend, Emily, and her boyfriend to get something then went to the bowling alley. Emily had so much fun with my random words like "Where is the president?" and laughing at me when I randomly said "I don't know." Bowling was a blast. I literally screamed everytime someone bowled. I ended up winning the first game and didn't get to finish the second game because I had to head home. By that time, my alcohol finally was wearing off.

I got some nice gifts. I got about $50 from my grandma and aunt to go towards my GPS (that I finally bought yesterday!!), of course I got the movie and lunch from my grandma as well, some awesome viewers bought me a domain which was AWESOME, I got about $40 (okay, technically $41. 47...Dane sure is an odd fellow. Haha.) in Amazon gift cards, a Mario hat from Harvey, permanent markers and body scrub from people at work, a $6 Jamba Juice gift card, breakfast from the Assistant manager at my work, $30 to Aeropostale.com from Bobby, and a couple cards. It was so much more than I expected. I really appreciate everyone who made my 21st birthday as awesome as it became.

Short Update

Dad got laid off from his job of 17 years today. Not sure what's going to happen now. He did get severance pay but we're not sure how long that's going to hold. We're going to have to cut back on a lot.

Also, I just found out my great-grandma died about 45 minutes ago. She was put in the hospital for swelling, I believe. She got put on medicine and refused to eat. They were about to take her off the medicine because they said it would make her feel better. At least now she feels no pain.

Small but good news: My partners at work threw me a small birthday party. It made my day. I can't stress enough how much I love this job. I can't see myself working anywhere else.

Procrastination

I've finally come to a decision. I know, took me long enough. I've decided that I will try my HARDEST to stop putting things off until the last minute. I'm an extremely lazy person and get easily distracted. I'm going to make an effort to keep myself on track until I can finally graduate from college. It's going on 3 years since I graduated high school and I don't feel like I'm a lick closer to college graduation.

There might be a change in broadcasting times, which is why I'm informing you of this goal. I'll keep up broadcasting as much as I can but there might be times when I just need to turn the camera off and just focus on what I need to do. I'm taking 3 courses: Macroeconomics, US Government, and Business and Professional Communications.

Anyway, I hate to be a Debbie Downer when it comes to these serious blogs I write. Ironically, I'm putting off Macroeconomics homework that's due tomorrow by writing this blog.

I had my 1 year evaluation at Starbucks not too long ago. There's hope for me this summer to promote to shift supervisor. At the moment, we're not in need of a shift lead which is fine for me. I've got a lot on my plate as it is with school and 35+ hours of barista work a week. Plus, Children's Choir is starting up again today so I've got a shorter break on Sundays.

Well, I'm still doodling my Mario sketches in hopes of making a Mario blanket. It is my New Years Resolution so I have to start it soon!

Okay, time to start my homework.