Rick, I have to say, nobody’s life is perfect. There are always going to be obstacles you’ll need to overcome along the way. I can understand that you would be afraid of failing, because in the long run, who WANTS to fail?! And yes you have to put all the effort you feel needs to go into a project or dream in order to succeed, but sometimes that isn’t even enough. Sometimes I feel it isn’t fair for those who work work work and end up not getting to where they want to be in life. But you know, people have to realize that that’s life and I guess you just sort of have to take what you have, work with what you got and go from there. Just stay positive….it’s the least you can do. Don’t get me wrong…you ARE talented, especially in this field/industry. And yeah, you are right, things won’t just fall into your lap and life won’t seem like the fantasy people often perceive it to be, but again you just need to take what you have, work with it and hope that someone along the way will recognize what you have been blessed with. You can only hope and never lose faith in yourself, because if you don’t have faith and believe in yourself, then nobody else will. At least that’s my stance….

Anyway, I apologize for not being as faithful to this project as I promised. It really is a lot harder than i thought to juggle multiple things in life that really matter to you. Personally, I find time management to be a pain in the butt for myself. Sometimes, i want to be able to do everything, all at once….and just hope that things roll smoothly. But then i realized, it could never happen. Inside, you want to be able to do well in everything you do or aspire to do, but really, it can never really turn out that way….or else you would live a perfect life in a perfect world….and what’s the point of living a perfect life?! Things would become mundane….boring. There would be no challenges, which I feel is what’s great and needed in life. Without challenges, how do we learn? Without challenges, how do we grow? And I realized with this project, it is going to take a lot more effort and dedicated time to actually get something out of it. No i am not giving up, because to be quite honest, I feel this project truly has potential to capture a lot more readers interests…it really is just a matter of how much I’m willing to put into it. I know Rick has been doing a lot of work and has even started his own website, which I am supporting 100% and will hopefully draw more readers in the long run. However I know we have a certain amount of followers for 500DTF who are checking back every now and then and it is our duty to keep you entertained.

Now that I have completed my exams for the spring semester. I have about 2 weeks and a half before summer school begins and within that time, I will definitely make the effort to meet with Rick and discuss future plans for this project. If the weather allows, hopefully we will have some “fun in the sun” video blogs to let you guys know what we are up to. Can i just remind readers that although we created this site to help further our skills as tv personalities/hosts, we have also created this site to please you…to entertain YOU…to make you feel you need to come back. So if there are any things in particular you’d like to see us do and we feel are quite feasible, then we’ll lay it out on the table and go from there. We are only 100 days into the project, so there is still plenty of time  to carry out and experiment with what the entertainment industry has to offer. =)

On that note, have yourselves a lovely day and hopefully because things have been a little slow, we haven’t lost many of you. But thanks to those who have kept following us and are continuing to support us through this project.

Much Love,
Marica

PS - I’d just like to extend my condolences to those who suffered and are suffering through the incredibly unfortunate incident that occurred at Virginia Tech University this week. Perhaps this can spark an idea for a future video blog on campus safety….