We Want You For The Imagi-Nation

Do you have a love for words? Do you write just for the heck of it and/or you dream to become a bestselling author? Do you love to read so much your closes friends are fictional characters? Than Imagi-Nation is the place for you!

Okay, that's my dramatic intro to it. But really, come learn more about Imagi-Nation and become a part of the awesomeness.

Imagi-Nation is something that I'm putting together with a couple friends of mine (Breanna and Liz). We are just beginning, so we don't have much yet. Our goal is to create a network of readers and writers alike where they can come together, get feedback, have fun, and even participate in contests. You have the opportunity to win free books! How can you pass that up?

Right now we only have a youtube channel on which Breanna, Liz, and I will make weekly vlogs according to theme or questions we receive. This week, we are doing introduction videos. To see our channel, go to www.youtube.com/user/teamimaginnation. We will be getting our website up soon so you can participate more in the festivities! We want to make you a part of this! Come take a look. I'll post Breanna's explination of the Imagi-Nation here for you to look at. Right now, only her intro video is up. She will post every Monday, I will post every Wednesday, and Liz will post every Friday. Without further ado, here's Breanna.

This is a picture at mount diablo state park from yesterday. That be my dad. I don't think he even knew i took the picture. It was a long, windy, narrow road up there with nothing to keep us from going right over the edge but my dad's expert driving skills. We didn't actually go into the state park as you had to pay to go in. Dad made a u-turn right in front of the booth. I'm pretty sure the driver in the car behind us was laughing at us. We got a great view nonetheless. Today, we stopped by japanese garden not far from stuart's house on the way home from church. It was nice to walk around and look at all the fish and turtles. So it's been a nice day thus far. Tomorrow we leave for oregon to stay with my grandparents for a bit. Then it's back home and back to work! I've got my old job at janpsport all lined up. Now all i have to do is pee in a cup! The adventures never cease! Well,
enjoy your sunday. Until next time!

Well, our adventures in disneyland are over now. We met and with my brother, stuart, and we're chilling with him for a bit. We just visited the jelly belly factory, which was awesome. Plus we got free samples! My mom was kind enough to buy me some of my favorite, juicy pear. I know some of you are now disgusted with me. Oh well. You probably were already. Ha ha. While i was browsing the shop, i found some chocolate dinosaurs! I was very excited. It's probably a good thing i didn't buy them though. I would have had way too much fun with them. Anyway, we are now continuing our adventure by stopping by diablo something or other. Perhaps i should be concerned.... Well, until next time, friends. Happy adventures!

Today is our first day at disneyland! We cre in line for the indiana jones ride for the second time today! Later tonight we are going to watch fireworks and then chillax before going to bed and then coming back to disneyland tomorrow! Life is good :) As always, good luck on all your adventures!

Megan and i are heading to graduation! Wish up luck!

How to Offend Women in Five Syllables or Less

So I’ve been giving some thought to guys and gals and relationships. I don’t always consider myself that experienced when it comes to dating and all that jazz, but I have learned some things that I thought should be shared. Some of these things I thought were common sense, and maybe you will too, but people make mistakes. So while you may think some of these rules or concepts are obvious, there’s a reason why I’m including them. I’d like to hear what you would add to the list as well, so if you have anything to add, leave a comment, and we will make an edited list. Mostly, this is a list to help those poor men out there trying to understand what women are thinking. I’m giving you an opportunity of a lifetime! Here are some of my suggestions based on my own experience or observation. I hope they are helpful!

· Walk her to the door. If you walked somewhere instead of drove or if she walked to your apartment, walk her back home.

· Open doors for her. All kinds of doors!

· If you pay her a compliment or tell her that you love her, don’t do it because you feel it’s what’s expected of you. Be sincere. We like compliments, sure, but we don’t want empty compliments.

· Speaking of empty compliments, don’t give empty promises either.

· Don’t bail out on her all the time. Sometimes things come up and so you have to rearrange plans, but if you make rearranging plans a habit, she may start to lost faith in you. Plus, if she’s really into you that’s like a constant building up of hope and crushing them when you continuously tell her at the last minute that things aren’t going to work out after all.

· If she says your relationship is done, it’s done. You can give it one more go after a few days. You know, tell her “you want to talk.” But if she still says the answer is no, it’s time to move on. You aren’t doing either of you a favor by becoming her personal stalker.

· Don’t kiss a girl for the first time one day then not even talk to her the next day. If you feel nothing’s going to come from it, at least confess that to her. Girl’s have a tendency to overanalyze and jump to conclusions, more often than not the wrong conclusions. Most of the time, even if it will hurt, they’d rather know the truth than sit around wondering what is going through your head. Like compliments and saying I love you, don’t kiss unless you mean it.

· If you’re on a date, offer to pay for her. Some girls prefer to pay for themselves, but they’ll appreciate the gesture. If you want to go Dutch, make sure she knows that’s the plan.

· Treat her family with respect. I didn’t say you have to like them, but at least treat them with respect.

· Clean up after yourself or offer to help around the house (help with dishes, offer to take out the garbage, etc.).

· Watch your tone.

· Even after marriage, continue to treat her with respect. If you can treat her well while you are in public, you are perfectly capable of treating her well at home.

· Don’t have serious conversations via text message or facebook. No technological romance. If you are going to break up with her or propose or something, don’t do it electronically. That’s a cop out, my friend, and it’s just lame.

· Don’t spend your entire date texting. This goes for you too girls. When you’re on a date, you’re meant to spend time with each other, not with your texting buddies. It’s best to not even take out that phone. Trust me, you can live without your phone for a couple hours.

· If you have a problem or don’t understand why she’s upset, talk to her about it. Don’t talk to everyone besides her.

· If you’ve made a commitment to each other, don’t go after other girls. And girls, don’t go after other guys.

A lot of these things are about respect, and you don’t have to be “in a relationship” with a girl to do some of them. I love it when my guy friends walk me to the door, for example, and we’re nothing more than friends. Girls like to feel special or respected, and it doesn’t take a whole lot to do that. You don’t have to shower us with gifts and compliments all the time. No girl wants to feel like she’s second best, but that doesn’t mean you have to work your butt off all the time to make us happy. If you have to try too hard, then there’s a good possibility that she’s not the one for you. You do have to make an effort. Relationships aren’t easy. But you don’t need to break the bank or think of elaborate things for us all the time.

Now it’s your turn. What are some things you wish or like guys to do for you? Also, for all you guys out there, feel free to contribute to a list of things you wish or like girls to do. Because, let’s face it, a lot of the time we wonder what’s going through your head just as much as you wonder what’s going through ours.

In the meantime, ladies, if you would like some tips right now, taking a look at Bringing Lady Back. The blog, managed by Bethany Simmons, gives some great advice.