and so it begins...

I'm afraid some overzealous college students might mistake the begs under my eyes for beanbags that would be great for their apartment.

Yes, I'm tired... but I love it. I must be a bit of a glutton for punishment, but I am excited to see what will happen from all of this.

In the last two weeks my daughter and I have subleased out our house, sold or given away most of what we own, and are gearing up for an ambitious cross-country adventure. During this time I've been in school full time summer quarter and have been working an internship for Governor Chris Gregoire. (Thus the lack of sleep) We will be filming a documentary on the current state of our environment and the American political and social landscape. We hope this will be informational, inspirational and entertaining all at the same time (even when we are covering difficult topics).

Over the last few days I've been learning how to use my new Canon Vixia HF100 and my new Final Cut software on my MacBook. This whole project is very DIY (Do it Yourself) and it's felt like going to a driver's ed class with a Ferrari. I hope that our finished product is not only good, but beneficial to those who watch and who were a part of making it.

Here's the promo (to watch in HD click on the "HD off" logo for link):

Jessica and Olivia Documentary Promo from Jessica and Olivia Lewis on Vimeo.

There will be many short video updates and blog entries, so subscribe to our YouTube, Vimeo and or Blogger to take this trip with us. We welcome letters, video responses, comments, emails and the like and would love to start a dialog about where we really are as a country and where we should go from here.

It's going to be quite the ride.