Run-On Sentences & Swimming Cars

Yahoo.com recently posted The Smurfs Movie Teaser Trailer.  The movie releases next Summer.  I don’t know if you watched the cartoon or not, but I sure did.  That was my big brother’s and my cartoon.  The Gummi Bears were mine and my little brother’s bonding time before school.  Either way, I will most certainly be going to see The Smurfs in 3D.  Talk about epic!

Did anyone forget where they put their car? My friend woke up to a car in their pool.  Didn’t know if any of you had misplaced one.

I got some great news the other day.  I was at a cookout with a few friends.  Which, by the way, my friend Tim is all about cooking out.  He loves it.  Tim’s also an amazing cook, which some of it is attributed to his “secret grilling sauce” his grandfather prepares for him.  We were all sitting out back, waiting for our pizza.  Right, pizza.  This night, Tim didn’t want to cook out, so we ordered Papa John’s.  I get a call from my manager Jody, asking for my mailing address to mail me a plaque of some sort.  Come to find out, Indiecharts.com  ranked me as the #1 Independent Ambient/Pop artist in the nation.  On top of that, “Broken But Breathing” was the longest running #1 single on their site, spending over 29 weeks at the top spot.  Talk about exciting.  I was thrilled.  I still am thrilled…and thankful.  I can work as hard as I’d like, but it’s seriously you guys supporting me that makes things like this happen.  So, a huge ‘Thank You’ is in order.  You’re loved very much.  I hope I continue to create music that inspires and encourages you.

My August will probably be the busiest month for me this year.  I’ll elaborate with an extremely awesome run-on sentence! –  ”First, I have my single “A Minute More” releasing August 17th on iTunes and Amazon and until that day arrives, there will be a lot of things to do with press and business stuff, then we have a Listening Party on the 20th, where we will be streaming the event live , alongside my team at Red Rover (details to come soon) and then the 20th and 21st we will be shooting a music video for the song “A Minute More” which we’re looking at 2, 17+ hour days, which is exhausting and then we have a short break before I have a meeting on August 24th.”  Sheesh.  I’m going to read that back as fast as I can now.

I will be performing at an Orphan Walk Fundraiser  for All Blessings International, an adoption agency, July 23rd at 8:00pm at Apollo High School in Owensboro, KY.  If you’d love to come and walk for a bit, donate a few dollars for a wonderful cause and hear some music, do come out.  Here’s the link for the directions. http://ow.ly/2d3R9

A lot of stew is a brewin’. – Insert your favorite metaphorical stew here to get excited. –  I’ll be revealing some neat stuff here in the coming weeks. I’ll leave you with a quote that hit me the other day.  Know you’re loved and appreciated.

“Happiness resides not in posessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.” -Democritus

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Memoirs, Monotony and Mundane Things

I have a pretty unique routine.  The fact that I don’t have much of one is what makes it unique.  There are only a few things that I do in the same or a similar order each day.  I like to be random and spontaneous.  Aside from the daily showers and multiple teeth brushings, I like switching things up a bit.  I’ve always been that way.  There are a few things that I incorporate in my life on the daily that I thoroughly enjoy, even if I switch it up a bit.

  I’m on my phone a lot and in my car a lot too.  Because I’m on my phone, it tends to die often.  Thank goodness for these.  When it’s colder out, the charger doesn’t stretch very far, making it harder to put the phone to my ear.  Beggars can’t be choosers, right?

Aside from conducting business on my phone daily, I love swapping photos with my close friends via text.  This tends to be a daily occurrence as well.  Enjoy some recently swapped photos below.  If you do this too, maybe you can join.

I’m a huge shoe buff as of late.  I like wearing a lot of the same colors of jeans, shirts and things like that, but always try to change up the shoes.  Thanks for shoes like these.  I’m on a big purple kick too, like the “Biebs,” Justin Bieber.

There’s a super popular blog  where the author makes fun of stuff white people like. (www.stuffwhitepeoplelike.com)  I hate that these are on the list, but they serve a good purpose and I like them.  I have a unique face and it’s hard to find shades that do it for me.  These do.  And so they’re usually on my face every day.

I am addicted to the following.  It’s rubbed a wear in my pockets of a few pairs of jeans, but so be it.  It’s such sweet, daily relief.  Thanks, Blistex.

Thanks to my good friend Dodiet, pronounced “Dot-it” , I have a new G-Shock watch.  It’s solar powered.   It’ll outlive me.  It’s a good conversation starter too at places like Wendy’s drive-thrus.  “Hey dude, dat a G-Shock!?” “Sure is!” “Sweet.”

People ask me how I get my hair to look the way it does.  I tell them it just takes a good 10-12 seconds to do and I’m good to go.  This is a product that I love using, and have for a few years. 

Other than the physical things I use, I’m always tweeting on Twitter, using the TweetDeck app.  Other apps that are getting a lot of use from me right now are the Pandora  and Southwest Airlines apps.  They’re quite useful for people like me, who don’t want to pay for these services. 

There you have it.  You just fast forwarded through a normal day with me.  Some days, add a loaded up, beat up, red suitcase and Nature Valley bars and you have a normal travel day.  I am blessed to have these things to make my life that much more comfortable.  A lot of people go without. 

Until next time.

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