My how time flies!!  Happy hoidays everyone!!  Big announcement- this page is being discontinued- and we will from now on keep the news of Jamie's Way coming via our NEWS BLOG.  Why?  Well it seems that Blogs are really popular these days.  Besides that- it's a lot easier for me, and brings in those few extra hits that Blogs attract.  I know this is already like a blog.  But I can't instantly update it the way I can with the blogger.com system.  I'm also writing Jamie's Blog- The Joy of Being Jamie. 

       It's so wonderful because it's like writing a novel!  And I think once we really get it going, that our audience will be attracted to the site as much for Jamie's Blog as the actual episodes.    
 

      Wow!  The 4th episode is almost complete!  It will be premiering on Sunday, November 4th.  Though there is a link to our rough draft floating around in our CLUBS.  I am so proud of it!  And I've got to THANK our musical artists, Connor O'Brien, Jeni Love, and Christina Bulatao for allowing us to use their AWESOME music!!   This episode obviously works so well because of the MUSIC!! 
 
 

    I also wanted to THANK our new musical artists!!  Thank you to JeniLove, (and Digi Boy!), and also to Connor O'Brien for use of their music in this upcoming episode!   We hear Jeni's song "Angel Baby" in our actual preview- out now on our episode page!!  And we will also hear Connor's song, "Inside Out" in our episode. These songs made such an impact with our cast that THEY requested we playthem over and over again on the set!  You can hear both songs anytimeat Jamie'sWay Radio, or on their individual MP3.comwebsites, or personal sites.  For all this information- please see our music section
I 'm still editing, so I may use more artists :)

       Wewill soon be a regular feature on the Teen Village websites at:

Please check usout there as well!!  As well as all the other articles, pictures,and other features that the Teen Village has to offer!
       Thank you so much to Marc, and his crew!   The pages look wonderful- and it's so great seeing pictures and info about our cast next to articles, and pictures of all the top "Teen" Hollywood celebrities!!!
 
 

       Wow!  The summer is almost here!  Well we've had a few birthdays this spring!  Matthew McClain turned 16 years old on April 25th!  Happy Birthday Matt!   And Danielle will be 14 years old on May 24th!  (It's coming up!)  Happy early Birthday Danielle!! 
       Speaking about Danielle!  Danielle has her picture in the new DreamStreet magazine which just came out yesterday!  Her picture is onpage 76!  The magazine is part of a package with the new Dream Streetsingle " It Happens Every Time ".  Danielle is also seen in that musicvideo- she plays Greg's girlfriend!!  For more information on DreamStreet, check out their official website: http://www.dreamstreet.com  And Greg's official website:  http://www.gregraposo.com

       YesterdayI participated in a panel discussion for WomenIn Film and Video.  It was great!  I was a bit nervous sittingon such a distinguished panel, and very impressed!  Everyone was sonice!  And I think the discussion went really well!  But unfortunatelythe overall tone of the discussion was how people are not interested inbeing entertained by the web, but more interested in being informed. And so having shorter, flashier video footage is better than having theartistic shots that you see on TV.  Also, the discussion seemed togo against the Internet replacing TV.  Hmmm... 
       I do realize that the technology is still far from perfect.  And itwill probably take a few more years for the web to truly start to be equalto or  start to replace TV.  I truly hope that it doesn't. But I could see both technologies being blended together such as WebTV,Tivo, and AOL-TV.   That could make for some great entertainmentonce all the bugs are worked out.  Because I spend more time in frontof my computer nowadays, and less at the TV.   And if I had bothtogether- I could watch my "Ally McBeal" and still work on Jamie's Way:) 
       I do think that in a few years there will be tons of websites like ours-Jamie's Way.  But only if the techology improves.  I'm sure allthe big networks will have their own "internet shows" someday.  Ithink this will start to happen in about 2003 or so.  That's my prediction!  When Jamie's Way is six years old!!  (my cast will be so old by then!)
       Speaking about favorite Television shows- do see our documentaries! Our first is out now, and features our cast chatting about TV!  Italso features the song, "Truth" by Lysa Nalin-our "Artist of the Month"!
       This June we will film our 4th episode.  I can't talk about it right now.  But our webcam will be on alot in late June.  We will also schedule another chat, which willhopefully include our cheerleaders, and musical artists!  In Junewe will also introduce to you our new characters, Lonnie Porter, and KristieLords.   We are still searching for Eddie,so please tell all those cute teenage boys to start sending in pics! Our address, and character information can be seen on our AuditionsPage .

       Well the Jamie's Way weekend was a success!!  We had a writers meeting on Saturday, March 24th, and a photo shoot on March 25th.  Both were great!  At the writers meeting we worked on some plots, and character backgrounds.  And no- I'm not going to give any details.  Thefuture plots of Jamie's Way will remain a secret until they are filmed:)  But we have a lot of great plots ready to be written and filmed! So keep an eye on us!  And also- keep an eye on Jamie'sdiary!  So it will be "Interactive"!! 
       The photo shoot was great!  Gindy did the make-up, and did such awonderful job!!!  And Nina was sooo nice to let us use her house allweekend!  Thank you so much Nina!!!  Did you notice some of thenew pics on the front page?  Kristin wasn't quite herself that day- but she still  managed to be so photogenic! I really love the pics with her and Danielle! They both are so beautiful! 
       The kids did some really fun stuff that day.  They played a game called "Freeze" where two people start a scene (a conversation/ improvisation),and then someone freezes them, and takes one of their places, and continuesthe conversation changing it to a different theme!   It was alot of fun!  They also all had a really intense conversation aboutTV shows, movies, etc.  I caught it all on film.  I will be makinga Jamie's Way documentary from the various pieces of video I have of thecast throughout the past three years.  I can't believe it has beenthree years now.  I'm totally amazed that Jamie's Way has come thisfar- though I feel it has miles to go still.  I just hope our world-wideaudience is enjoying the ride!  We sure are!!!!!

UPDATES:
I created two new picture galleries- Gallery18, and Gallery 19. I also added the bio page of Allyssa,and the Yearbook committee.  Allyssa and her friends are someof our newer characters.  They will be recording the history of theGreenfield School!  Check it all out!

THE FORUM: http://pub21.ezboard.com/bjamiesway
By the way- I would love to see people chatting more in our forums!  They seem solonely.  :(  So please leave messages for our cast and let themknow you were here!    We have contests listed in our Forum. A few people have already won the first few contests!  This is whatJarah from Canada wrote after she received her package:
 
 

Thank you so muchJarah!  And thank you so much for writing in our forum!   I want to see more people write in the forum!  :) 

       HappyBirthday MOM!!!  Wow- so how is everyone?  So we had our party!  It was great- over 80 people came- I think!  And a whole group ofpeople we really didn't know- so it was a lot of fun!  We will behaving a big Premier soon- open to the public (for a cost) with lots ofbands!  But it's still in the works.
       On March 21st- we are having auditions once again.  This time I hope we'll actually get some people to audition!  If you look at one ofthe first entries of this list- you'll see we once had auditions whereone three people showed up. :(  We waited all day.  This timeit's at Bohagers barand Grill.  So I know there will be people there anyway.  Also- there are a few other agencies involved, and there's a huge ad inthe Baltimore City paper this week- so I know we'll get a few people!!     Check out our AUDITIONSPAGE for more details. 

       By the way- we really are in search of "Uncle Asher Daniels" now- the lead singer in a rock band- and Jamie's cool uncle.  So if you know anyguys that might fit the part- send them over to Bohagers with a music sampleand there GORGEOUS LOOKS!!    And a big warning to ya- who ever plays "Asher Daniels" will really be promoted- and could easilybecome a "teen Idol".  I'm thinking of a "Rob Thomas" type- with aband similar to MatchBox  20.    Good luck Rock Stars!!!

       Speaking about the Baltimore City Paper!  Last week, March 7th-13th, there was an article about us written by JoabJackson in his column called "CyberPunk"!   Thank you Joab, it was a wonderful article!  To read his article, and any other articles written by Joab Jackson, please click HEREor any of the other links in this paragraph :) 

       The webcam willbe on ALL WEEKEND on March 24th-25th.  We are having a photo shoot,possible rehearsal, and writers meeting that weekend so you'll be ableto watch us in action!   It will also be on March 21st from 5pm-midnight at the Auditionsat Bohagers!!
 

PS:  Newupdates on the bio pages of Jamie,Samanthaand Elena.
 

      Happy New Years!!!  Happy Holidays to everyone!!  Well, whereshould I begin?  A few weeks ago I went to California for the firsttime in my life!!   It was so beautiful!  Though we werein two earthquakes, and it rained two out of the seven days we were there. (They say it only rains one week out of the whole year in Los Angeles!)
       The fourth episode, "Mosh Pit" is now in the works!  We hope to film it in April or May of 2001.  We will be introducing a few new characters, including LUNA MORRACCO, played by LysaNalin (who sings the song in our 3rd episode, "If It Were My World"!    We are still in search of Asher, Asher's assistant Leah, and Aunt Victoria so please check out our auditions page for more details on how to audition!
       On February 3rd, we will be having our first party.   You willbe able to watch us on our webcam. So please log in on Saturday, February 3rd, from 6pm-11pm (EST) and watchus wave to our webcam!We'reexpecting a lot of people at this party!  I will be putting videofootage of the party on the site shortly, as well as all the newest picturesof everyone.  I hear both Kristinand Matt are blonder thanever!

       One more thing:  I am from Baltimore, and the show is filmed in Baltimore so I've got to be a little political here.... BALTIMORERAVENS WE LOVE, LOVE , LOVE YOU!!!!!  CONGRATULATIONS for WINNINGthe SUPER BOWL!!!!    Keep up the AWESOME "foot work", youguys are always THE BEST!!!  LOVE YA, ELENA

       Thank you to the rest of my audience- I just had to get my "shout-outs"in there!  We have so much pride in our Ravensrightnow!  And we are all so happy, amazed, and proud that they won the35th Super Bowl!!  I'll be back in a few weeks to talk about our party! Until then- take care!   xxxooo  Elena

       WOW!  I have not written to you in a long time!  A lot is happening!  Ok, so where should I begin?

       We have finally completed filming on our third episode, Tyler's Way.  And actually, we are almost finished editing!  Infact, for those who are really curious, the rough draft is here on the web.  It's on our first secret page- for those who know about it.  And for those whodon't- I'll give you a hint:  there is a link to that secret pageon this one!  Just look around!

       I would like to THANK the bands for allowing us to use their music in the show: Jengurl, Jamie'sBrother, and Lysa Nalin! You all are such talented and wonderful performers, and your music helpsto bring our "story" to life!  Thank you so much, and welcome to theJamiesWay.com family!  Also, I still love you, LucindaBright, and the Dipsomaniacs -you're still part of our family!
       We are in the process of creating our music section- finally.  Itshould be ready by December 11th.

       Tyler'sWay will be premiering on December 11th.  Though hopefully we'll have another rough draft on before that. 

       On December 19th our cast will be guests in the chat room of theteen website, AGirlsWorld.com   The chat will be at 7:30pm (EST) 4:30 (pacific)  To be part of thatchat, go to AGirlsWorld.comandsign up as a "Gold Member" and they will give you instructions from there! If you miss it, we'll be having another chat session here on the site realsoon. 
 

       An event that many missed, but many new veiwers caught:  I was onthe Morning Edition of the WJZ-TV news Show.  Actually, the segment is called "Coffee With Don and Marty" and it's with DonScott and MartyBass, from Channel 13 here in Baltimore.  They sent a cameraman to our set, and interviewed me thru a TV monitor.  It was great, because I wasn't as nervious- I was in my own setting.   The segmentwas over 6 minutes long!  Thank you, Don and Marty!  Let's doit again sometime, and I'll bring my cast!

HINT FROM THECREATOR:

       JamiesWay.com is not only a production with digitally filmed episodes,it is an adventure into somebody else's world- Jamie's World.  Sothe web site represents her world, her life...  As many of you mightalready know, we have been on the web for over two years now.  Butin actuality, we are only just beginning.  The design of the siteisconstantly growing, and changing.  To really appreciate the site asa whole, you must look around.  Move your mouse along the variouspages looking for secret links, secret captions in the pictures, secretpages.  There will be more and more of that as we progress! Why?  Because you can never know everything about a person just bylooking at them.  If you look deeper into them, and read between thelines, you may learn a little more! 

       Yesterday Kristin, her friend Rachel, and I took pictures at a lake inthe county.  The pictures turned out beautiful!  They are for Jamie'sCloset, our fashion section.  We have been updating Jamie's Closetall month, and will continue to do so on a regular basis.  Kristinhad outgrown most of the old outfits so they were all completely removed. I think she's reached a plateau in her growth for now, so hopefully we'llbe able to keep most of these fashions in the closet for while.  Butyou know how growing teenagers can be!  Check out all the new pics, and vote on your favorite fashions!

       Now you can readJamie's diary.  There will be a new entry each week.  Simply go to her BIOPAGE and search for the hidden link.  There's no way we are going to make this easy for you- after all journals are supposed to be private!!  So go look!  Have fun!
       Also there will soon be diaries for Tyler,April,and Samantha. Read what all the characters are saying about each other between episodes! 

       What a success!  Half of our third episode, "Tyler's Way", writtenby 15 year old Matthew McClain has been filmed!  It looks so wonderful!  I can not stress how proud I am of this next episode, how proud I am ofMatt for writing and directing it, and my wonderful crewfor filming it!  We have added some new members to our crew for thisepisode: Wayne Arnold, as my director of photography, Clai Lashley as mydirector of lighting, Amanda Johnson as my make-up and hair stylist, JenniferEvans as my art director, and John and Jeff Miller as our production assistants,and grips.  We also have a few regular crew members, Rob Shire doingmy sound, and Jason Hubert as my gaffer, and Jay-Jay, Ron, Mom, Dad, andPaul Jr (my entourage!)      Thank you all somuch!! 
       We will be finishing the last half of the episode in mid September (wehad scheduling problems in August).  The web cam will once again beon, and we will have a scheduled chat with the actors then.  We will also have the web cam on during our wrap party (around the sametime as the filming). 
       I must thank Emily Rife and her dance team for participating as extras!  They have been broughton as members of "Samantha's" cheerleading team on our show, and will bedoing publicity for us as well.  We will be introducing some of thegirls in this episode.  They will also have their very own bio pageby September. 

       I also want to thank the rest of the kids for being extras- you were allwonderful, and will be used often by us (LIKE IN SEPTEMBER!)  Youall helped to make us believe even more so in Jamie's "Way"...
       I want to thank Nina Costa for her moral support, and lodgings!  Mycast and crew come from all over the mid-atlantic area.  So it wassuch a treat for them to have a place to stay while filming.  It reallyadded to the experience of filming this episode.  Thank you so muchNina, (and your wonderful family!) 

       DanielleFaurot will be seen in a music video on M-TV sometime in AUgust/September.  She was picked to play the girlfriend of the lead singer of the up-and-coming boy band, Dream Street!  She and her mother went to New York for two days to film it in July.  The first day they filmed at Time Square.  The second day they filmed on a boat in the harbour.  Keep an eyeopen for the Dream Street video on M-TV!  Way to go,Danielle!!!

       Wow!  Time has flown by so fast!  We've been on hiatus sinceMay 1st.  Most of our crew has been working on the new WB TV show, YoungAmericans. It's been a total blast!    The cast was WONDERFUL!  Everyone worked so well together.  And they all LOVED Kristinshebecame the "little sister" to everyone! 
 
 
 

          I miss you, Ish!!  And Handel!  Greg D, Craig, and Miles, andall the grip and electric guys!  PERRY!!!  Hey there,LocationGALS!!  And Greg J, that wonderful dancing teamster!  How's Bandit? Liz and Jim, hope you have a wonderful wedding!!  And a huge "Hello"to the greatest CAST on TV!! (besides the Jamie's Way Cast, which is noton TV but on the Internet)
                I certainly hope they keep the show in Baltimore...  :)

       Now that we are going back to Jamie's Way, I suppose I'll have to makeExpresso for Mark and Jason every day.  They had it made on the YAset.  A huge electric truck with their own craft services!  We'lltake care of you guys.  I promise!!
       I miss Jamie's Way.  So now I'm ready to make it better than ever!  First of all- we are filming 4 days in a row next week, and completingas much of the 3rd episode as we can.  We are also getting our ownserver for the site, and totally revamping the site by adding more footage,more pictures, and keeping the web cam on 24 hours a day.  We willhave more live chats.  Have some celebrity guest stars, and will berevamping the fashion gallery.  It's going to be AWESOME!!  Pleasestay logged on!! 

Next webcam session:

       Thursday,  July 27th- Sunday, July 30th:  the filming of "Tyler's Way"  This episode was written by, and will be directed by MatthewMcClain, with wardrobe designed by KristinKeswick.We will show Behind-the-scenes footage of our actors at workbehind the scenes by mid August.  So stay tuned!  And log in this weekend  to watch the web cam, and join in our various chat sessions.  (Chat sessions will be scheduled soon).

       Kristin and I met with Carol Brooks, and TonyPagnotti, host of "The Dot Com Show", and taped our interviews for the show.  "TheDot Com Show" airs on WMAR-TVinBaltimore every Sunday, at 9:30am.  We will be on this Sunday, May7th.  We will also be listed on their web site as well!  Krisand I were both nervous.  It was the first official interview for both of us about "Jamie's Way", though Kris has a lot more practice being in front of the camera then I do- I'm usually behind the camera...

       Today I had a photo session with Kristin,Matthew, Ezra,Jessica, Danielle,and Shepherd at a localplayground in Baltimore.  The pictures turned out great!  Youcan see them in our Gallerysections.  Clai, Shepherd's father helped us out by taking videocoverage, while I snapped the photos.  You'll be able to see the videocoverage soon (in the backstagearea).  Jennifer Evans, assisted me, and also took some videocoverage.  Steve Michalek did the make-up and hair, while David Westassisted him. Leslie Guilford ,Mary Klipa-Wajbel, Alexis Wajbel, and Heather Klipa gave their moral support, and also helped out with lunch!
       It started to sprinkle.  The kids kept saying "There's a storm coming, there's a storm coming!"  But Clai and I kept taking pictures!  After all, some people traveled great distances to get here today. I knew had to get some pictures taken.  But luckily the storm missedus, and we were able to take over 6 rolls of film!
       After lunch, we read Matthew McClain's script, "Tyler's Way", the fourth episode of Jamie's Way.    It was a great reading!  Jennifer Evans took video coverage (soonto be put on the web), and Clai read all the stage directions!  Jessica'sGrandparents listened, and gave their moral support!  (Jessica's Grandfatherplayed Mr. Watts!)  It was a very successful reading!  We willbe filming this episode in late April and in May.