Lightning Logs: Day 1, Wednesday January 1st, 2014

So, it's that time of year again. That time when the slate is wiped clean and a fresh start can begin! I personally have a lot of high expectations and hopes for the year up ahead, and I
couldn't be more excited. For those who don't know who I am, allow me to introduce myself. For the past 4 years I have run a YouTube channel called TheLightningspirit78, now called
Lightning Plays, so most people call me Lightning. I am a girl, 20 years old. In 1993 I was born with a condition called Spina Bifida, and it is a handicap I've lived with for all my life.
I've experienced a lot of things in my life, some good, some bad. I've been through things some people wouldn't even be able to fathom but at the end of the day these experiences have made
me stronger as a person! Now for the past few years of my life, I have battled a lot of health issues and a lot of depression. Events that have really affected my life for the negative and
have caused me to have a negative outlook on life. This is where the new year comes in. I want to change my life for the better again. 20 years old is an exciting time to be alive, a time
where new and exciting things are on the horizon. I want to see what life has in store for me. I want to start making a change. So for the next year, I plan to make a sort of log on my experiences.
I plan to talk about just about anything that comes to mind. I feel that if I have something like this driving me to do something each day, it will give me more of a reason to continue to
reach higher goals as the months go on. I hope the journey is interesting and blessed with good health and fortune. And I hope you enjoy reading this as time goes on. Welcome, to the Lightning Logs.

So, what happened today? Well, I suppose this warrents a bit of explination. For those of you who have seen my videos, the name Christian Cosplayer would sound familiar (I'll refer to him as C.C most
of the time). My family and his family go WAY back. Both of our mothers grew up together as friends, and ever since we were both 2 years old, C.C and I have gotten together on New Year's Eve and
New Year's Day to ring in the year. It's one of the few traditions my family has and I look forward to it each year (sometimes more than Christmas). So, as you would expect, we spent the day
together today playing games like Pikmin 3 and Super Mario 3D World. It was a wonderful time! C.C is very into musicals and theater so we watched a show called Twisted which he showed me from YouTube.
It was the untold story of Jafar from Aladdin, and most of it was a massive parody on both the film and the events of Pixar and Disney's squabble from the early 2000's. You'd have to see it...

But they have now gone home and I hope to see him again soon. We usually only see each other each New Year with a few exceptions. I hope that is different this year but I know that college and work
get in the way of a lot of things and I can completely understand that. Regardless, the holidays are over now and I can get started with the new year. I have a lot of ideas that I want to work on for
videos and I really want my channel to grow and expand in ways I've never thought possible before. But only time will tell. Anyway, I'm starting to get tired and the clock is nearing midnight. I'll
be back here tomorrow! Before I leave, I would like to thank Josiah Clark for the idea. He sent me a message on Skype a few weeks back thinking that this would be good for me! Maybe someday soon, I'll
forgo the written way and just make videos but for now I'm content with this.