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Yeah, Yeah.

I have been hinting at doing this for awhile now but haven't gotten serious about it until recently.

As the media tide changes and things go so quickly that by the time an idea hits--you can pretty much count on the fact that someone else has squeezed out your creative juices and posted your pulp on You Tube, Twitter, Facebook,Digg,etc... It is becoming exhausting to try and keep up with everything and have an idea that is so original it justifies having a person take even 5 minutes out of their week to look around to see if they haven't already seen it somewhere in Web Land.

I took up blogging because it seemed to be a way for me to convey my thoughts and experiences but, with You Tube gaining in popularity and people watching Web TV on their PCs anywhere they want thanks to WiFi, the Internet seems to be the place to go if I want a future in broadcasting. Well I am headed there but first I want to be up front about who I REALLY am.

Unlike many people, I really do care what you (the audience) thinks about my work. Every single comment is important to me because it means that someone took the time out of their valuable day to watch my work, hear my work, read my work...and back to where I started---watch my work....again.

You like my work, I am on a roll. You don't like my work, I go into hibernation and try and figure out what I can do to improve. The hard part now is that opinions come in the form of comments that can be authentic or made up depending on whether the (viewer) gives a real name and e-mail address or a phony name and non-verified address.

Moderators are human and can't spend 24/7 doing fact checks on individual comments. Ever had a jealous ex of any kind? I have.

Over the years as I paid my dues in radio and TV it was easy to know what worked and didn't work because you had an actual hand written letter: Dear Melinda: "I was wondering what color your hair is because you sound like a blond."

Dear Station Mgmt: "Tell that Melinda girl her shirts are to tight."

Next came voice mail: "Hey Melinda I went to .......and it was great so thanks for recommending the place."

"Melinda why are you promoting ......you must be really superficial."

Ok so I wasn't always thrilled with the feedback that I received but at least I knew there was a real person behind it. Now with 20 years of ups and downs, short hair/hair extensions/real medium length--voluptuous/skinny/healthy--preppy/flashy/classic--it's all making sense to me on how to best move forward with my dream and venture.

I am going to just throw the real Melinda ("Melly")--the nickname that I have had most of my life from my good friends in the Figure Skating world, Orono High School world, California College world and the Media world that has given me the experience to have a show that, at the end of the day, will do one thing that took me years to do in my own life both personally and professionally. Be the REAL Me.

FYI--Comments will be respected and considered only if they are given by a REAL person.