Jude’s Eclectic Resources

I have changed the name of this blog because I don’t like being boxed in and that is how I was starting to feel because online marketing is not the only thing I want to type about. Online marketing is such an over saturated niche that I started choking on finding something of interest that I cared enough to type about. I like being able to talk about other things going on in my life and in my business world without feeling like I wasn’t staying on topic.

The only problem I see is changing my title in forums and other places, but I actually don’t think I am going to bother because I’m lazy. I like being able to do what I feel like doing without being obligated to anyone and actually I’m not so therefore I am free to do as I please and so is everyone else. Such a liberating feeling. If anyone has a suggestion or would like information about anything and if I can help please feel free to leave a comment and ask….Thanks

It’s been years since I have actually been around teenagers and seeing and listening to the gossip on television makes me realize how hard it is for teenagers today not to mention their poor parents. Compared to my younger years it’s a much faster pace and they are pressured to keep up and join in. It seems like fashion is also one of the biggest things that is literally shoved down their throat and if you want to fit in you have to be rich now a days.

There is a new series on television that is becoming a hit with teenagers and it’s called “Gossip Girl”. It’s about the life’s of several young socialites and the fast pace way of life that they live and for me it’s an eye opener. I think it’s cowardly to have a blog that spreads gossip about the peers she knows and cause turmoil around her and not own up to some of the mischief that is created. I’m sure eventually the mystery blogger will trip themselves up and be unmasked. Now you know it has to be someone trusted by all to get all of this inside knowledge and I’ll be curious to see the consequences.

I can’t say that I love to gossip now, but I like to know everything that is going on and I’m guilty of listening, but I don’t believe everything I hear. When I was younger of course I did indulge in gossiping with all my friends and about 9 years ago when I first started on the internet I was lonely and joined a chat group. That was my virtual world and to show my virtual friends who I was I started a blog well it was actually called a journal then. Now we all know people on the net aren’t always truthful so my friends would come by and we would “discuss” or gossip about all the people in the chat room.

Eventually I met a lot of those people and that made my blog more real and more and more people started joining my community to get the low down on the others, but after some of the more unsavory joined in my blog and left ugly gossip about people I knew, I decided it was time to shut it down so people couldn’t see that stuff and spread it. I stopped going to the chat room as well and got a real life.

Check the video below for a preview about the Gossip Girl on The CW ’s new series.

Tomorrow night is bike night in York and we always go downtown and wander around. They close the center of town for this event. They always have vendors set up and the economy gets a big money boost. All of the stores are open and actually this is the only time I have ever seen the city of York and surrounding areas so full and busy.

They have a big bike parade starting from the fair grounds and it’s really cool to see all the bikes come through. People line up and cheer and it’s just a fun night for everyone. They have bands outside in the square and food everywhere.

Bikers come from all over to participate in this event. Bill usually takes Friday off, but has to work till 10:30 tomorrow he likes to check all the vendors that are set up in specific spots which started Thursday and I think till Saturday. Bikers are everywhere during this event and it’s great for our economy. People complain about the loud pipes, but I love them.

Today we will be making blogging history, bloggers everywhere are joining today to post about abuse. There are so many forms of abuse that it’s really hard to choose just one, but since I personally was abused as a child and the victim of spousal abuse that is what I will speak about.

I don’t know what the statistics are, but I’m sure they change frequently, someone some where is being abused every second, so many reports never even get filed that it would be hard to have an accurate account.

When I was 7 my Mother died and my father died 6 months later, my brother Jack was newly married with a baby and he moved in with us, but it proved too much for him to take care of his family and 3 sisters so we were sent to live with my uncle and aunt. That was my first experience of being physically abused. My aunt drank and was a self proclaimed witch. We were beat on a daily bases with ironing cords, brooms, heavy switches with thorns whatever was handy the woman would use.

My sister and I lived there for 3 years and as far as I know no one knew we were being abused until the nurse at school saw that we were wearing long pants and sleeves to school all the time even in spring and we had to take off our clothes in the nurses office. She was horrified to see all the scars and bruising. That was the best day of my young life when they removed us from that evil woman. I don’t like to dwell on that part of my life because it took me a long time to forgive that woman.

We were moved to an orphanage and I lived there for 4 years, anywhere was better than living with my uncles wife. I was always looking for love or someone to love me. My other brother Cecil moved to Pa and decided he would like to have his family around and I wanted to belong to a family and be loved, so he moved my oldest sister and her new husband up here, then my other sister and I was last and that was in 68. Needless to say that whole situation was a fiasco also and I ran away.

I was pregnant at 16 and the father didn’t want us so I married an older man that I knew nothing about. He seemed nice and my baby needed a Father. We make dumb mistakes when we are young and this is another 10 years of my life that I do not dwell on because it was a nightmare of physical and mental abuse, but not just for myself, for my son also.

I was at the point that I just didn’t care if I died because one way or the other I would be free so I took my chance when he was away and grabbed my 10 year old son and ran back to Pa where my brother was and he helped me. It took me years to get over the abuse and realize that Tommy couldn’t hurt me any more.

I’ve had a few other disastrous relationships because I always felt I wasn’t worthy of love, but I finally worked everything out and when I was 50 years old I found that Love that I had always sought and never thought I would find and the last 4 years have been the happiest of my life.

I have always wanted to learn how to play the stock market and even watched the stock market channel and tried to read some of those publications to try and figure it out, but it just didn’t make sense to me because I was on my own and I knew I was in over my head, what do I know about the dow being up or down and when to buy or when to sell and how about those T bills and caps and all that alien stuff. Well I’m tired of feeling stupid and I want to learn how to invest money and make a profit, but I need help.

MyWallSt.net is a place where I can finally learn and have the social networking with people that know how to invest. I signed up for free, but felt silly filling out the profile because of some of the questions they asked about which types of stocks I was interested in because I wasn’t sure I clicked them all. Some I just left blank for now till I figure everything out and learn some more so I can join the rookie challenge.

Now if you actually have some inkling at all about the stock market you can join the rookie challenge game where you can buy and sell stocks with virtual money in a simulated environment and compete against other players and actually win real money. I don’t trust my hunches enough to even try and compete at this stage, but you might be interested to try your luck.

At this point I am simply happy to find this social network so I will have more experienced people to learn from. I will be visiting the forum next so I can get started so I’ll type at you soon.