Disappointing forays

This post is about my media disappointments this week. As you all know, I am the most novice of our group--at least when it comes to electronic media interactions. This week I have tried to do a couple of new (to me) things and they were not all successful.

I am going to start backward--just a few minutes ago I posted about my Sunday morning viewing. I wanted to add a photo about the Quick Draw segment I told you about. I searched and searched to no avail. I decided that I really needed an image in the post, so I decided that Gertie the Dinosaur would do. It was very easy to find an image of her and I attempted to insert her into the text. I tried two different methods: my usual cut-n-paste and, when that didn't work, I tried working with the blogger site, reading instructions, inserting a URL where they asked for it. There is still no image on the post.

#2 Last week my niece had twin girls. One of them was given my mom's middle name as her middle name--in fact she is the fourth child in the family to be given the same middle name as my mom, who passed away nearly sixteen years ago. As soon as I realized this I thought of Sally Field's classic "you like me, you really like me" Oscar acceptance speech (1984/5, Places in the Heart). I could visualize my mom, looking down from the spirit world, saying that. It made me smile and I decided to send an email out to my family, retelling my "vision" and add a clip of Sally Field from that Academy Awards show. But, I search as I may, I have been unable to find this clip. I did find that it had been on YouTube, but was removed for copyright issues. I went to oscar.org, the official Academy site, hoping they would show it, but no luck there either. This was really disappointing because it was a new foray for me, to send an email with clip, and I spent a couple hours trying to find it--I figure is out there somewhere, but where? I still haven't sent the email . . . it just won't be the same w/o the clip. BTW, I did find out that it is the most lampooned Oscar speech ever and I remember the clip the way most people do--however we aren't remembering it correctly. Here is the actual quote: "I haven't had an orthodox career. And I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it. But this time I feel it. And I can't deny the fact that you like me... right now... you like me. Thank you." If you can see a picture of Sally Field on this post, then you will know that Erika helped me solve that dilemma.

#3 Okaaayy--guess that didn't work either. I am finding that when I click on the "add image" icon for the first time, nice little instructions about how to do so come up. But, if I close it and try to return, I can't get back to the instructions. Does anyone know what I am talking about and know how to help me?

Enough about my disappointments. I hope my blog signature was well chosen--I want to be the Learner, not "she who threw in the towel."