I want my OWN show, and Oprah can help me do that! You can help me...Go to
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and VOTE 100 times a day, it will take less than 5 minutes. Then email the link to your friends, and have them do the same and have them send it to their friends and do the same. If everyone hits VOTE 100 times a day, we can win this contest. The 5 people with the most votes automatically move onto the next round! and YOU can help me do just that!
So, hit VOTE, back button, VOTE, back button for just 5 minutes, and I'll have the needed votes to win! Start right now and don't forget to email to all your friends.
You can also go to OPRAH.COM/AUDITION and search JESSICA RECTOR...Thank you for your help!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Oprah Looking For Talk Show Host
Okay, everyone out there, I need your help! I'm in the Oprah search for the next talk show show. I'm the perfect person for the job. I have worked several years on getting my talk show on television. I've done over 50 episodes, and I recently filmed three live studio audience shows, which was absolutely amazing! I loved every minute of it!
The jessICAREctor Show encourages, empowers, and educates by people sharing their stories in order to make a difference and change the world..one story at a time. Think of a story you have heard, whether it's Susan G. Komen or someone you personally know and how it's impacted your life. By people sharing their stories, we have the possibility of helping so many others.
Oprah is looking for someone to have his/her own talk show on OWN. The 5 people with the most votes automatically move onto the next round! I want to guarantee my spot there, so I need your votes! You can votes a million times a day each day if you want. There are people who already have a million votes, so I'm the dark horse coming from behind. But every vote counts, so get your family and friends involved...and start VOTING NOW!
Go to
http://myown.oprah.com/audition/index.html?request=video_details&response_id=6426&promo_id=1
Write your television and radio stations or call your local newspaper! Spread the word about my show, because together, we can make a difference and change the world...one story at a time. Thank you for your help and support!
The jessICAREctor Show encourages, empowers, and educates by people sharing their stories in order to make a difference and change the world..one story at a time. Think of a story you have heard, whether it's Susan G. Komen or someone you personally know and how it's impacted your life. By people sharing their stories, we have the possibility of helping so many others.
Oprah is looking for someone to have his/her own talk show on OWN. The 5 people with the most votes automatically move onto the next round! I want to guarantee my spot there, so I need your votes! You can votes a million times a day each day if you want. There are people who already have a million votes, so I'm the dark horse coming from behind. But every vote counts, so get your family and friends involved...and start VOTING NOW!
Go to
http://myown.oprah.com/audition/index.html?request=video_details&response_id=6426&promo_id=1
Write your television and radio stations or call your local newspaper! Spread the word about my show, because together, we can make a difference and change the world...one story at a time. Thank you for your help and support!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Giving Back, Help and Hope to Haiti
Today, I was in deep thought. There were a few people yesterday that were kind of mockingly asking me, "Jessica, are you going to Haiti to help?" They were asking in this manner, because they knew I went to Africa last year to volunteer.
I replied to each of them when they asked me, "If I could I would." So, today, I was in deep thought.
Each thought was distinctive yet jumbled, "Gosh, I wish I could help them. I feel so helpless. I can help them. How can I help them? Who can I contact to know where to stay there. My Governor, Major, who else? Okay, so it might cost me a few thousands of dollars, but I think it would be worth it to go help those people. How can I make this happen? I know I have the convention next week, so I'll go after that. I have to be back for work by Feb 12, so I can at least go for two weeks. Will they need people then? Of course, they will, they will need help for years."
My thoughts came at me like a pro pitching fast balls. There were too many but never enough. I had to make this happen. I was going to make this happen.
Several years ago, I realized that my calling in life is to help people...help people in whatever capacity that I can. So, when these people mockingly asked me if I was going to go help...my thought was how selfish of you to not even consider helping in some way.
So today when I briefly broke from my deep thought, I could overhear parts of conversations. Here they are talking about stories, movies, sports...while people are fighting to stay alive in Haiti. I mean we go on with our lives, what else do we have to do? We can't NOT go on with our lives. But how dare you mock me, because I'm willing and wanting to help others.
The burning desire to help those in Haiti eats at me. I start thinking how I wanted to help with Katrina or the devastating Tsunami and wasn't able to do so. Why does it take this third disaster for me to actually look up flight information to go help?
After I look up how I can personally go help. I'm left feeling down and disappointed. You can only help if you are a medical personnel, which I am not, or have disaster relief training, which I don't. I just thought they would need all kinds of help.
Looking at the video footage of the destruction in Haiti, I think, "Where do you even begin? There is so much to be done...but I guess you just have to start somewhere."
I decided to contact the American Red Cross and get trained in disaster relief. When something like this happens again, I will be prepared to go...I say "When" not "If," because unfortunately something like this is likely to happen again in my lifetime.
This desire to help Haiti has stirred up something else in me...I told my friend Marc, "I have to marry a rich guy, because I want to be able to just leave and help when something like this happens. I have to be able to afford to go help. I can't think about how much it's going to cost, because I need to help them."
Marc laughed at my reasoning and said, "Yes you do."
I talked with my friend Leslie today about Haiti. Leslie and I have known each other for about 16 years. I told her that I'm going to get trained in disaster relief, so I can help in the future. So, maybe, I don't go help Haiti now. Since they will need help for a long time, I will be able to go in a few months.
Leslie exclaimed, "I can't believe that! Just recently I realized that life is really all about helping people. I, too, wanted to help in Haiti. I contacted the Red Cross, and they said you have to be disaster relief trained to go. I asked when their classes were, and I signed up. I can't believe we both thought of that!"
I replied, "What! That's amazing! First of all, I'm so happy you realized that life is really about helping people. That makes me happy."
Leslie knows that I realized this for myself years ago, and I'm really thrilled that she realized it too. She says, "You are happy about that."
I respond, "Of course I am..thrilled, really. And maybe we don't go right away, and that's okay. It would be great if we went in a couple of months, and we got to go together. That would be even better."
Two great minds really do think alike!
You might not be able to go to Haiti. You may not have a desire to get disaster relief training, but there are still many ways for you to help. The biggest way is through donations. Like I previously said, they are going to need help for years to come. Your money can allow them to start their lives over. Imagine your whole world falling apart, being destroyed, but something out of your control, wouldn't you want someone to help you?
The most important thing for us to do for the Haitians is to instill hope. Going through and surviving this, life may seem bleak or daunting. There is really so much possibility for life, and it's our job to help them see there is so much hope for themselves and the future. We can help them rebuild their city more beautiful then ever. We can also help them to see that there is still so much life left in each of them. There is a reason why they went through this...and a reason why they survived. It is up to them to live their life to its full potential, but it's up to us to help them.
Find what's in your heart...and how you are moved to help. We are all more alike than we are different, and we all want and need help at some time in our lives. So, please find a way...any way, to help the Haitians. And when you give yourself, you motivate others to give and are also inspiring the Haitians and giving them the much needed HOPE!
I replied to each of them when they asked me, "If I could I would." So, today, I was in deep thought.
Each thought was distinctive yet jumbled, "Gosh, I wish I could help them. I feel so helpless. I can help them. How can I help them? Who can I contact to know where to stay there. My Governor, Major, who else? Okay, so it might cost me a few thousands of dollars, but I think it would be worth it to go help those people. How can I make this happen? I know I have the convention next week, so I'll go after that. I have to be back for work by Feb 12, so I can at least go for two weeks. Will they need people then? Of course, they will, they will need help for years."
My thoughts came at me like a pro pitching fast balls. There were too many but never enough. I had to make this happen. I was going to make this happen.
Several years ago, I realized that my calling in life is to help people...help people in whatever capacity that I can. So, when these people mockingly asked me if I was going to go help...my thought was how selfish of you to not even consider helping in some way.
So today when I briefly broke from my deep thought, I could overhear parts of conversations. Here they are talking about stories, movies, sports...while people are fighting to stay alive in Haiti. I mean we go on with our lives, what else do we have to do? We can't NOT go on with our lives. But how dare you mock me, because I'm willing and wanting to help others.
The burning desire to help those in Haiti eats at me. I start thinking how I wanted to help with Katrina or the devastating Tsunami and wasn't able to do so. Why does it take this third disaster for me to actually look up flight information to go help?
After I look up how I can personally go help. I'm left feeling down and disappointed. You can only help if you are a medical personnel, which I am not, or have disaster relief training, which I don't. I just thought they would need all kinds of help.
Looking at the video footage of the destruction in Haiti, I think, "Where do you even begin? There is so much to be done...but I guess you just have to start somewhere."
I decided to contact the American Red Cross and get trained in disaster relief. When something like this happens again, I will be prepared to go...I say "When" not "If," because unfortunately something like this is likely to happen again in my lifetime.
This desire to help Haiti has stirred up something else in me...I told my friend Marc, "I have to marry a rich guy, because I want to be able to just leave and help when something like this happens. I have to be able to afford to go help. I can't think about how much it's going to cost, because I need to help them."
Marc laughed at my reasoning and said, "Yes you do."
I talked with my friend Leslie today about Haiti. Leslie and I have known each other for about 16 years. I told her that I'm going to get trained in disaster relief, so I can help in the future. So, maybe, I don't go help Haiti now. Since they will need help for a long time, I will be able to go in a few months.
Leslie exclaimed, "I can't believe that! Just recently I realized that life is really all about helping people. I, too, wanted to help in Haiti. I contacted the Red Cross, and they said you have to be disaster relief trained to go. I asked when their classes were, and I signed up. I can't believe we both thought of that!"
I replied, "What! That's amazing! First of all, I'm so happy you realized that life is really about helping people. That makes me happy."
Leslie knows that I realized this for myself years ago, and I'm really thrilled that she realized it too. She says, "You are happy about that."
I respond, "Of course I am..thrilled, really. And maybe we don't go right away, and that's okay. It would be great if we went in a couple of months, and we got to go together. That would be even better."
Two great minds really do think alike!
You might not be able to go to Haiti. You may not have a desire to get disaster relief training, but there are still many ways for you to help. The biggest way is through donations. Like I previously said, they are going to need help for years to come. Your money can allow them to start their lives over. Imagine your whole world falling apart, being destroyed, but something out of your control, wouldn't you want someone to help you?
The most important thing for us to do for the Haitians is to instill hope. Going through and surviving this, life may seem bleak or daunting. There is really so much possibility for life, and it's our job to help them see there is so much hope for themselves and the future. We can help them rebuild their city more beautiful then ever. We can also help them to see that there is still so much life left in each of them. There is a reason why they went through this...and a reason why they survived. It is up to them to live their life to its full potential, but it's up to us to help them.
Find what's in your heart...and how you are moved to help. We are all more alike than we are different, and we all want and need help at some time in our lives. So, please find a way...any way, to help the Haitians. And when you give yourself, you motivate others to give and are also inspiring the Haitians and giving them the much needed HOPE!
Friday, January 8, 2010
Would We Know Each Other?
I walked into Wal-Mart the other day with a friend, we were busy talking as we shopped. Well, we really were only there to get a few things. We were talking, while my friend pushed the cart. We went from the office supplies aisle to the hardware section. We walked over to picture frames and back to hardware. Did I see you, and I was too busy talking to notice? We didn't find what we needed, but should I have looked in a different section, and then I would have seen you?
What if I drive the same route to work every day, and you're driving right behind me? Or you drive by me, we make eye contact, yet keep driving in different directions?
Maybe I'm out to eat with my sister, and you're sitting at another table with a woman. I notice you, and want so desperately to find the chance to talk with you...but you're with a "girlfriend." But I just made the mistake of your sister being your girlfriend.
It's unusual that I stop at a coffee shop. One day I do, but I'm in a bit of a hurry. So, I hurry and order, while just watching the time fade away, waiting for my coffee drink to be made. I don't take the time to look around...and you don't approach me, because you think I look annoyed...and really who wants to approach an annoyed woman. I quickly rush out the door, start my car, and never look back at you.
Would I know you, if I saw you? Would you recognize me, if you saw me? Would our eyes meet, and it just clicks? Would our hearts beat ever so quickly at the first sight of each other? Would you accidentally bump into me, and then "OH" we take notice? Do we drive by each other, then you turn around to follow me...just so when I get out, you can say, "Hi," introduce yourself, and get my number? Or do we grab for the same thing, our hands glide across each other's, and we feel it?
Do we meet at a sporting event, a fundraiser, or work? Do we meet on our own, through a friend or colleague? Is it love at first sight (whatever that means?) Or are we friends first before it turns to more? Or when we meet, do we "just know?" Do we meet once a week for a month or so? Or once we meet, you can't separate us?
If in a crowded room, could I pick YOU out? Could I just sense that you were there..somewhere? And when I saw you, would I say, "THERE!"? Would I know I would meet you that night before I even got there? Or was I just going about my day, doing whatever it was I was doing, and BOOM, there you were?
I may not know how, when or where I'm going to meet you, but you already occupy so many of my thoughts. The love I have for you already exists...and I don't even know who you are, yet I do. You possess certain qualities that I desire, for I would not be with you otherwise. You and I both know how much more we will become together. I know somewhere you are thinking and feeling the same thing. I know you want to find me as badly as I want to find you. I know you will know me...as I will know you. You will see and feel it, as much as I will. You will not be "perfect," as I am not, yet we will be perfect for each other.
It may be days, months or years (hopefully not years). Or it could be tomorrow. Tomorrow my life could change all because I meet you, my love! So, as I go about each and every day, I will look forward to tomorrow, for that is one day closer to meeting and being with you. You will change my life, as I will yours. Our longing to find one another will be over, and we can begin to enjoy the rest of our lives together. So, I fall asleep knowing tomorrow might be the day I meet you. There can be nothing that makes me happier...that is until you're in my life. Until we FINALLY meet....
What if I drive the same route to work every day, and you're driving right behind me? Or you drive by me, we make eye contact, yet keep driving in different directions?
Maybe I'm out to eat with my sister, and you're sitting at another table with a woman. I notice you, and want so desperately to find the chance to talk with you...but you're with a "girlfriend." But I just made the mistake of your sister being your girlfriend.
It's unusual that I stop at a coffee shop. One day I do, but I'm in a bit of a hurry. So, I hurry and order, while just watching the time fade away, waiting for my coffee drink to be made. I don't take the time to look around...and you don't approach me, because you think I look annoyed...and really who wants to approach an annoyed woman. I quickly rush out the door, start my car, and never look back at you.
Would I know you, if I saw you? Would you recognize me, if you saw me? Would our eyes meet, and it just clicks? Would our hearts beat ever so quickly at the first sight of each other? Would you accidentally bump into me, and then "OH" we take notice? Do we drive by each other, then you turn around to follow me...just so when I get out, you can say, "Hi," introduce yourself, and get my number? Or do we grab for the same thing, our hands glide across each other's, and we feel it?
Do we meet at a sporting event, a fundraiser, or work? Do we meet on our own, through a friend or colleague? Is it love at first sight (whatever that means?) Or are we friends first before it turns to more? Or when we meet, do we "just know?" Do we meet once a week for a month or so? Or once we meet, you can't separate us?
If in a crowded room, could I pick YOU out? Could I just sense that you were there..somewhere? And when I saw you, would I say, "THERE!"? Would I know I would meet you that night before I even got there? Or was I just going about my day, doing whatever it was I was doing, and BOOM, there you were?
I may not know how, when or where I'm going to meet you, but you already occupy so many of my thoughts. The love I have for you already exists...and I don't even know who you are, yet I do. You possess certain qualities that I desire, for I would not be with you otherwise. You and I both know how much more we will become together. I know somewhere you are thinking and feeling the same thing. I know you want to find me as badly as I want to find you. I know you will know me...as I will know you. You will see and feel it, as much as I will. You will not be "perfect," as I am not, yet we will be perfect for each other.
It may be days, months or years (hopefully not years). Or it could be tomorrow. Tomorrow my life could change all because I meet you, my love! So, as I go about each and every day, I will look forward to tomorrow, for that is one day closer to meeting and being with you. You will change my life, as I will yours. Our longing to find one another will be over, and we can begin to enjoy the rest of our lives together. So, I fall asleep knowing tomorrow might be the day I meet you. There can be nothing that makes me happier...that is until you're in my life. Until we FINALLY meet....
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