Dear Jane Band Blog

After the Storm.... Sunshine !

2005-09-25T05:13:00.000-05:00

Wow, we are still in shock that Rita missed us! The ENTIRE time the eye is heading right at us and within less than 24 hours ( I think it was about 12 hours) it turns far enough East that all we get is wind and the wind was hardly anything.
My parents did get some pretty nasty stuff from it though. They are in Baton Rouge as most of you already know. They had winds at 75mph and higher. They have been without electricity for almost 24 hours now but they have a generator which is good. So at least they had that.
It's kinda crazy because it's like a ghost town around here. Not a single store in this town is open. No one here. I would say at least 75 - 80 % of the town evacuated.
Strange but it's almost peaceful here. No loud cars, no traffic, no noise and not a lot of activity. I am enjoying it while I can. I just hope everything is back up and running on Monday, I cant imagine why it wouldnt be.
I feel bad for all the people that evacuated. They had it worse. 11 hours to go just 30 miles and thats no exaggeration! How crazy is that??
We were contacted about doing a big Benefit for the Hurricane Victims for both Katrina and Rita. I am not sure on the specifics of it right now though.
Tomorrow I am going to update all of you on the GOOD stuff that has been going on. It's about 5:30am right now so I just dont have the engery or brain strength to do it now.
We are going to be closing down this blog and starting a new one REAL soon. Maybe even tomorrow. This one will still be left up of course but we wont be updating this one.
I will post the new Blog when it is up and running.
The big suprise is why we are changing it!
I hope everyone is doing well. We miss you all so much. Can't wait to get caught up on everything that is going on in your lives.
Talk to you all tomorrow night (well I guess that would be tonight being its after 5am! lol )
Im delirious
Good Night
Gina
Oh and there are some new pictures of everyone up on myspace. You can see our new Lead Guitarist, Kym
New Pictures on Myspace

Here we go again

2005-09-22T02:44:00.001-05:00

Ok we are leaving early in the morning. We have some stuff packed up but there is no way we are going to be able to get all of our band equipment!
All the gas stations are sold out. Luckily we filled up last night!
We had the hardest time finding a place to go. We found a hotel some where out in BFE, that has no internet connection. So I think we might do the updates by the voice blog.
We are taking all the animals with us. No way we can leave them behind. I wouldnt be able to live with myself.
Gina has been crying non stop because we have to leave all our band stuff. I just keep trying to remind myself that we can HOPEFULLY replace everything in time if everything gets ruined.
I pray it does not come to that.
All these hurricanes have really put us in the hole. Its so pathetic. I guess we can all thank Global Warming huh!
There is so much we want to tell you guys but there just isnt time.
Hopefully all this will pass and we will be okay, hopefully our house will be here when we get back.
You all have been so great. Sorry for the lack of updating, we have just been going through SO much crap here lately, its like it is never ending.
Alright its almost 3am and we need sleep. So much to do before we leave.
Take care everyone, we miss you all so much. Cant wait to talk with you all again!
Love Much
Misty and Gina

Another Hurricane

2005-09-21T03:49:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone
We just got home from Louisiana. We got caught in the hurricane there only to come home to have to run from this new one! "Rita"
Rita is supposed to be worse than Katrina and we all saw what that did.
We are only 30 mins from the Coast and from what it looks like we are going to get the eye of it.
We spent the day packing up the things that we could. Tomorrow we will "try" to get all of the band equipment that we can. We have insurance on our house but not "contents" insurance. So we HAVE to get what we can.
Wouldnt it be nice if we could post some Good News! lol
We are watching this Hurricane very close. If it continues on it's path like it is then we are leaving Thursday morning.
I pray that it takes a turn to the East. I don't want this storm to hit anyone though. I wish it would just disapear out in the Gulf!
I seriously doubt we will be able to stay here. They are talking about it possibly becoming a catagory 5 hurricane by the time it reaches us!
I hope to God that when we come back our house will be standing and exactly how we left it.
So PLEASE send out those Prayers!
We are near Matagorda county so be watching on the news for that area.
I Hope that everyone is well. We are taking the laptop with us so we will be updating you guys as soon as we can. Hope you are still out there checking this blog. There is a lot of new stuff going on with the band that I will write about when we get through this crazy storm.
Take care everyone!
Lots of Love
Misty and Gina

A New Lead Guitarist?????

2005-08-09T01:35:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone....
Things have been moving right along lately. Tomorrow we have a girl coming in from Dallas that is audtioning to be our Lead Guitarist! We are stoked about it!
We have been talking a lot on the phone with her, pretty much everyday just getting to know each other. We all click so far but you can never really know until you meet in person. She is a really kick ass guitarist and she really seems to understand our music and what we are going for. Plus she is REALLY excited about coming in and playing with us. If it works out, which we really believe that it will she said that she is more than willing to relocate here which is awesome!
She will be staying with us until Sunday. But I am sure by the first night we will know if we all gel together. I think that we will. For a long time we had basically given up on finding the perfect lead guitarist. Funny how things work out sometimes though. Poor Dillon will be the only guy in the band...lol
When she comes in we are all going to play together, see if she works out and then if she does we will start making plans for her to move here. Another cool thing about Kim is that she is also a lesbian, which rocks. She basically wants everything that we want.
As of right now it seems perfect...so now it just needs to actually fit together. (Crossing Fingers) We will update you ( the ones that still actually read this ) lol
On another note... I know that we dont get to update the blog like we used to and we are both really sorry about that. Sometimes real life stuff takes over.
We are going to record everything when she comes in so be sure to check back for some rehearsal recordings!!!
Take care everyone....and....keep in touch!
Misty & Gina

My First Ebay Purchase!!!

2005-07-20T21:33:00.000-05:00

Well I finally did it! I joined the whole ebay revolution! LOL
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7336068863
Check it out! I am way stoked about this painting.
Everything is going well these days. I wish that we could blog more but it's hard finding the time to do so.
All in all it feels really good for things to start going right again!
In a previous post I told you all what happened to my Uncle, well I am thrilled to say that they caught everyone that was involved and they are currently in jail!
It wont bring him back but I am happy that they did not get away with anything.
I guess you have to take what you can get in these situations. Eye for an Eye is just not in my soul nor would I wish this on these men that did this.
I would rather them rot in prison for the rest of their lives.
Changing Subject *
I started playing poker again! It's going REALLY well too! Over $1,500 in one night. Not bad for a couple hours worth.
I hope that everyone is well. Keep in touch
Misty

200% Math ~G~

2005-07-09T19:47:00.000-05:00

I'm glad Misty has been keeping you guys up to date on what's going on. We haven't even had time to really get online, much less keep up with the blog. I really hope everyone is doing well. I CAN'T WAIT to get started in the studio again. There's been so much drama around here lately and I'm so looking forward to pouring myself into some music. We were going to start today with the recording but Dillon had to work. Hopefully we can get it started tomorrow or Monday. I feel like we've improved so much even since the semi recording we put up on myspace.com. My voice feels better and everyone seems a bit more comfortable with their parts.

I'm always thinking about the grey areas surrounding being a "good person". It's really difficult to classify if you ask me. Here's my thoughts...

Angst is the gun we have pointed at our own heads
Forgiveness, the safety lock
But what's the difference between the sinner and the saint
Can you pick them out one by one on your block
The druggie saved a puppy
A priest molested a son
The lion saved it's young by killing
A mother killed her kid for fun
I am made up of all that is good
I am made up of all that is bad
I am alive and so I am living
I live this life with my 200% math

Okay so it's not Tennison and it's totally on the fly but I think you get my point. Anyway, I do hope you all are well. Have a good one!

-G

Happy 4th!!!!

2005-07-04T00:35:00.000-05:00

Happy 4th everyone! Things are going better here. Thanks so much you guys, you are all so wonderful! I truly mean that!
Tomorrow we are going to the river house to pop Fireworks and have some good food. YAY!!
We got two new puppies, don't ask me why...lol Spur of the moment thing. We arent going to keep both of them though. TOO much trouble! lol The are so hyper! There are some new pictures on Flickr. I think we are going to keep Cooper. He is the one that is a little more laid back. Carly is so small but she thinks she is MIGHTY! We have two other dogs. Jasmine who is half Rottwieller, half Lab. She is about 125lbs. And then we have Deuce that is probably about 50lbs. Well, Carly thinks she can beat them up! It's HILARIOUS!!! You should she them right now. They are attacking Gina as I am writing this. I am staying out of the war zone for now... It won't last long.
Deuce is always playing with them and Jas basically just wants to be left alone.
I love animals. As crazy as it sounds.. I feel like I can relate to them a little better than humans! lol
These pups are a handfull... (understatment)
We watched "Cursed" last night. We both REALLY liked it! If you havent seen it, you should watch it, but if you dont like it dont be mad...lol Tonight we are going to watch "Hostage". It got good reviews so I am sure we will like it.
Other than that I have been painting like crazy. I can't seem to stop. Which isnt a bad thing. It is keeping my mind off other things and it's also a really good release. If you have never picked up a paintbrush and a canvas..you really should one of these days. Even if you think you dont know how to paint, dont worry because it doesnt matter. Something wonderful can come out. It's really relaxing too. I got Amy to start painting and she has really been getting into it. She has never painted and she is creating some amazing stuff.
Anyway, Happy 4th to you all. I hope that you are having fun! Take care.
Talk to you soon.
Misty

When it Rains it Pours.......~M~

2005-07-02T02:13:00.000-05:00

Everytime I say that we are going to start blogging more something horrible happens so I am not saying it anymore.
Last week my Uncle died but it gets worse because he was murdered. Still hard to believe. The Funeral was yesterday. My Uncle and I were really close.
So much has been going on lately and I feel that I am at my breaking point. Can't handle much more.
We are going to start back up with rehearsals once again. I hope that we can actually start get this going again. There have been so many set backs. Dillon is finally back here and is just walking distance away yet we are still having set backs.
I think things are about to settle down now though. Once we get some rehearsals in we are going to start with the CD.
I have been keeping myself busy with stuff around the house and painting at night before sleep. Caught up on some much needed sleep today. About 10 hours worth!
Both of us.
So anyway we are getting ready to watch a movie "Cursed". Hope it's good. We rented "Hostage" with Bruce Willis and "Cursed" with Cristina Ricci.
I hope everyone is doing well.
Take care and lots of love.
Misty

Hey everyone ~M~

2005-06-23T18:43:00.000-05:00

Hey guys,
I know we havent been keeping up with the blog as much lately but after this weekend we will be able to a lot more. After 3 days of sleep that is!! lol
At this point I feel like we need it!
Things are going really well right now. Still rehearsing pretty much every night. Gina's Amp went out last night though which REALLY sucks! We are going to have to take it in and get it fixed. Hopefully it will be something cheap! We have been fixing up the house and will put some pictures up soon.
We also have some other pictures we are going to put up from Gina's familys visit.
They are leaving in the morning. We are just going to hang out tonight and watch a movie or something.
We are getting ready to go out to dinner right now. So I am just sitting here waiting on everyone else to get ready. That's a change, most of the time everyone is waiting on me. :)
Alright well I just wanted to check in and tell you all that we are doing well. Hope you all are too!
Take care
Misty

Bring On The Manual Labor ~G~

2005-06-16T22:13:00.000-05:00

Well my mom and my brother, whom I haven't seen in over 2 years, are coming to stay with us for a week starting Monday. I have both really good and really nervous feelings about it. I'm definately excited to see them, however, both of them are practically non-sleepers (and never sleep past 9am even when "sleeping in") while M and I LOVE to sleep (usually into the afternoon) and both of them are extremely allergic to cats while we have a shit load of cats here.

So, we are frantically trying to get the house in order, deallergenizing (is that a word?) EVERYTHING from carpets to furnature (basically anything with fabric). We are also cleaning out our garage, which is incredibally crammed with 200 lb. speakers, a couch and chase, an extra washing machine that doesn't work, a pool table that we obviously can't use right now, and a king size bed that we don't use anymore. I think we are going to need a boy, unfortunately, to help us get all that crap out of there. I know Dillon will do anything for a few bucks. lol The whole purpose is to be able to put the cats in the garage during the day so they don't bother my mom.

Now, we smoke in the house here and my mom smokes, but the silly woman will not smoke indoors for anything. So we spent the majority of the day today setting up a really nice area on the back patio for her to have her cigs. M even went out and got some beautiful potted plants to put around the canope that covers the table and chairs we had been storing in the garage (yes, there is and was even more shit in the garage). Even though there are some really nice trees out back, the canope is a MUST in this 100+ degree heat.

Now that I'm really achy and sweaty and full of dirt and spider webs I'm just thinking about how the next 3-4 days are going to be just as fun. We still have SO much to do before they get here. We had to cancell rehearsals until Monday because of all the work ahead. I wish I could take comfort in the idea that once they get here we can finally relax, but I just don't see that happening. I'm hoping that they will just be so exhausted from all the travel that they will just want to crash for a couple days. I'm going to need a day or two to recoup. Sigh. I'm tired.

-G

Hey Everyone ~m

2005-06-14T01:43:00.000-05:00

Thank you So much to all of you that have been so concerned and caring about Skyler. Sorry it has been a while since we posted, we have been extremely busy with Rehearsal and getting ready to record the new CD.
We will be back blogging tomorrow night. Thanks again everyone, you guys are Great!
Much Love,
Misty & Gina

Bad News

2005-06-08T21:23:00.000-05:00

I am really dreading writing this. I would rather just get it over with now though. Tomorrow at 8am we have to go up to the vet and put Skyler to sleep. He just isnt getting better so it's time to do it. The damage to his kidneys is just too bad for him to ever fully recover. We kinda knew it was going to come to this as the vet as been giving us updates for the past 2 days.
For all of you who were wishing him well, Thank you so much. It means more than you know. I really don't know what else to say.
Be well everyone
Much Love
Misty & Gina

I Dreamed About Alanis!! ~G~

2005-06-07T13:25:00.000-05:00

Well we've had some good news and semi-bad news. The good news is that Dillon has decided to move back to town (he was living an hour away and never had gas money to get to rehearsals). Or, wait, is that good news? hmm. Actually he's living less than a block away now and can walk here if need be. So we can finally get everything started up again very shortly.

The semi-bad news is that Skyler has had a bit of a relapse but the vet did some tests and feels like she can help him. However, if we find that he has kidney damage we will have to put him to sleep. We're keeping our fingers crossed. It could be up to a couple of weeks before we know. Yesterday, Misty went up to the vet's office and said she could barely look at him because he looked so pitiful, but he sat up and purred when she walked in. He finally drank some water by himself, but he's still not eating. We're hoping to see a change in that soon. It looks like he may be there a while longer.

I had a dream last night that I hung out with Alanis Morissette. In my dream she was exactly like I remember seeing her in interviews, or on the VH1 special "Music in High Places", or on MTV's "Cribs"... very spiritual, happy and sweet. She drove me around in her car. It was really weird, but really cool. lol Then we drove off the highway into some woods and parked at a really beautiful pond. There I was supposed to get out and play some songs with her, and some for her, but I woke up when I stepped out of the car. I was a little mad when I woke up because I've always wondered what it would be like to jam with her. And I JUST missed my chance. lmao. Oh well, I'm prone to having reoccuring dreams that progress the more I have them... maybe this will be one like that. I sure as hell hope so.

The strangest thing about this dream is that I pretty much NEVER have dreams about celebrities. I might have had one about Angelina Jolie (who hasn't??) about a year or so ago (we won't discuss the details...lol), but other than that I really don't remember ever dreaming about a celebrity. Not to mention the fact that I haven't even really thought about Alanis here lately. I mean, yeah, I'm a huge fan. But my mind has been on other things. Very strange....but I loved it.

Oh I did have this dream one time about Lizzy McGuire - not even Hilary Duff. I fell asleep one night watching the Lizzy McGuire movie and ended up dreaming about being one of the stupid back up dancers at the end in the awards show. I had to rechoreograph their entire routine because I thought it sucked. Does that count as a dream about a celebrity? lol I don't think so. I think it has more to do with growing up in the dance world - competive dance (my mom was a dance teacher and choreographer until recently). I competed from the time I was VERY young until, like, 1999 or so. That's a whole other post and whole other life. Anyway, what a strange post this has become. lol I'm out.

-G

Book Tag

2005-06-05T18:07:00.000-05:00

We were tagged by Elizabeth a couple of days ago and are finally doing it! lol

1. Estimate the total number of books you've owned in your life.
Gina: I'd say maybe about 700. Something like that.
Misty: Probably, like, 500.
2. What's the last book you bought?
Gina: "The BIG Astrology Book"... I'm not sure of the author
Misty: "Super Systems 2" by Doyl Brunson
3. What's the last book you read?
Gina: David Sklansky's "Texas Hold'em for the Advanced Player"
Misty:Melissa Etheridge's "The Truth Is...My Life in Love and Music"
4. List 5 books that mean a lot to you.
Gina: 1"The Power of Myth..an Interview with Joseph Campbell"
2"Anne of Green Gables" well, the whole collection really
3"Little Plastic Castles" - an Ani Difranco songbook
4"Who Are You" - it's a sort of workbook that goes through mental, physical, emotional and spiritual exercises to help you find out... well, essentially.... who you are.
5"Closer to Fine", "Nomads Indians and Saints", "Rites of Passage","Swamp Ophelia"..etc - all of the Indigo Girls songbooks that I own which is basically ALL of them.
Misty:1 "Model Patient: My Life as an Incurable Wise Ass" by Karen Duffy
2 "Find Me" by Rosie O'Donnell
3 "The Truth Is.. My Life in Love and Music" by Melissa Etheridge
4 n/a
5 n/a
"I don't have 5 books that mean a lot to me. lol" - M

Ok time to tag a few people.... Amy and Jess, Jackie and Kelly!!! Hope you guys like books. lol
-Gina and Misty

Pimp Name Generator

2005-06-04T08:24:00.000-05:00

Ok you gotta try this out because....According to the site...
"One of the things most hype about being an elevated player is having a name that mothafuckas respect. It's that one thing that punks who don't have your money always remember to yell while you're beating them down."
Our names according to the Pimp Name Generator (we did two each)
Gina: Reverend Doctor Gina Glide OR Silver Tongue Gina Wicked
Misty: Pimp Daddy M. Silk OR Sugartastic M. Beautiful
We just CAN'T Decide! aghhhhhh

Get your Pimp Name HERE
Come back and let us know your "Pimp" name!
And we are taking a poll on which names we should keep. You Pick!
VOTE HERE for Misty's New Name
VOTE HERE for Gina's New Name

Peace Out!
Don't Playa Hate, Playa Appreciate~!

Be Sure you check out all Three of our posts today. Scroll Down, dont be afraid!!! Be-otch!

How about a little laughter now!

2005-06-04T08:09:00.000-05:00

Ok, so much crap has been going on lately and I am Sick of it. SO, it's time for a little fun! Enjoy!
Hey ladies, how would you like to have this Bad Boy!??

Posted by yours truly
~M~

If the picture doesnt show up right away you might need to exit out and come back in. It's a gif. file and was giving me a little trouble so let me know if you cant see it! It's worth seeing for sure!

update

2005-06-04T07:50:00.000-05:00

Well, the problem with our little Skyler was pretty serious. The vet kept him over night and is going to try a procedure first before going through with the surgery. Hopefully, all will work out fine with this though. The vet called around 4pm and said that he was coming to and that he was doing better.
Basically what happened was his bladder got stopped up and it closed everything off and then proceeded to fill up with blood. She said she didnt know what caused it. But he has had a couple of UTI's (urinary track infection) before. We got him there just in time. He wouldnt have lasted through the day. We will know more later today but I am sure he will be there the entire weekend.
Thanks to everyone who expressed their concerns.
Misty and Gina

Waiting

2005-06-03T09:12:00.000-05:00

I'm sitting here waiting on M to get back from the Vet. Last night we noticed that one of our beloved cats is very sick. Out of all the cat's we have he's probably the one to be voted most likely to model for some cat catalogue or star in his own kitty comercial. Skyler (as we lovingly call him) is mostly white with a little bit of orange mixed in on his ears and face and he has the most crystal blue eyes ever. He's so beautiful. We have some really beautiful cats (I'll have to get some pics up for you guys) but people always notice him above the others. I'm really scared though because he threw up some green stuff last night and he pretty much won't do anything but lay around. He won't eat, drink or potty and thinking back we believe he may have been like this for at least the past 2 days. I really hope it isn't too serious. I mean we've been talking about getting rid of a couple of the cats, but not this way - and not him. I'm just going to try not to think about it right now.

But speaking of being sick....I, however, am feeling much better. Thank you, everyone, for wishing me well. You guys are all great!

As far as the whole Dillon saga... we pretty much have decided to use him for at least the rest of the recording. I know I too said I wouldn't talk about it anymore and that we were completely done with it and that I would record the damn drums, BUT we have had absolutely NO sucess in finding a replacement and he begged us for one more shot and says he's going to get his shit together..yada yada yada. So we will do the recording. By that time if he's not (at least) making some visable progress then we will have to do what we have to do. And life goes on...

I wrote a song semi-recently that I just feel like recapping right now. Goes something like this:

Monster
I'm a monster but I wasn't always this way
I could tell you of a time when I was beautiful
I'm a monster and yet secretly now I pray
For time to fix the harm I know that I have done to you
And I feel for you
I've betrayed myself and everyone I've ever loved
So what is love?
Keep me locked up, tied up, broken up
When is enough?
And I can smell the stentch of my own guilt
It fills the air
With every breath I taste it
But I guess it's only fair
And I feel for you
And I feel for you
I will always be burdened, I will never be free
I will never forget you or the way you last looked at me
I will always be burdened, I will never be free
Maybe somewhere on the other side
Forgiveness lies for me
I'm a monster but I wasn't always this way
I could tell you of a time when I was beautiful
I'm a monster and yet secretly now I pray
That I could take back what I did to you
And I feel for you

copyright 2005 ...etc.

I'm sorry, Elizabeth, that we haven't been able to relay the tag yet. M and I both wanted to do it together and we just haven't had a chance yet. Hopefully we will get it up sometime today.
I'm sorry, everyone, that I'm such a bummer right now. I just don't know what else to do with my time waiting for M. Hopefully by the end of this weekend I'll be in better spirits. When it rains it pours.

The Many Faces of Love

2005-06-01T19:29:00.000-05:00

I've been feeling a little sick the past couple of days. I don't know if it was a bug or what. Misty has been really sweet about taking care of me and even rented The Incredibles and a few more movies for us to just watch and relax tonight. I'm glad I'm getting over it because we are supposed to have Amy and Jess back over here this weekend. I'm really looking forward to fishing, pictionary, texas hold'em, music, food, and just plain old fashioned hanging out.

It's so good to have finally met such a great couple that both M and I get along so well with. It's hard to find other couples that have a great deal in common with you and your partner, and allow an openess or vast comfortability level between all four parties. M and I have never really had that before. It's a wonderful feeling. Life is so much better when you have real friends close at hand (or ear or eye, lol). Sharing the best of friends with the one you love is even better.

I'm not knocking my single or committed friends of which I don't know their respective others. I think all friendships are very different and each one has it's own unique personality and purpose. My friend Christina and I have known each other since high school. We ended up at the same college and still talk to this day. Boy have we been through some shit together! lol She's been there through some of the worst, awkward, depressing times of my life. We may talk only a few times a year, but each time we do it's like no time has passed at all. I think friends like that are a necessity also.

One of the best lessons ever to learn in my opinion is the one "If you love something set it free. If it comes back to you it's yours. If it doesn't it wasn't meant to be." With friendships and love relationships I've found this to be true. When you are young, you tend to hold people as tight and as close to you as possible. As you grow, you learn how much of a two way street relationships are. I feel so lucky to have found true balance in so many of my relationships. I know I am loved, just as I know I love. The real friends, the real loves, stay. The real ones know and love you for who you are. Thank you M for loving me for me. Thank you Amy and Jess, and all my friends, for always coming back. It matters.

Crumble Lyrics

2005-05-31T03:53:00.000-05:00

It used to be
that I would feel like I could walk on water
now what I see
is that I drink till I fall down
And I find that it just keeps on
getting harder and harder
to breathe here in this town.
And you say
I am the glue that holds your pieces together
And I'm the rock upon which you lay
Well aint it funny, honey how
Even the strongest among us
can fall, crumble and break
The tides like to turn and
send the needy to the front lines if needed
But everyone here burns
if there's no one who can stand
In my mind I yearn
for that passion,
it was once so deep seeded
until I learned
it can slip right though your hands
And you say I am the glue
that holds your pieces together
and Im the rock upon
which you lay
Aint it funny, honey how
even the strongest among us
can fall, crumble and break
They can fall
crumble
and break
We can fall
crumble
and break

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DO have copyrights.

Do not copy without permission!

I can't See and G's gotta Pee ! ! ~ M ~

2005-05-29T06:56:00.000-05:00

We are sitting here in the dark because the Electricity is out all around town which is really kinda funny because it was storming earlier and now it’s not even raining at all. It clears up and THEN everything goes out. Good thing that last Christmas Gina’s parents got us one of those handy roadside Flashlight/Radio/Blinking Lights! Also a good thing we didn’t keep it in the car where it belongs. I guess I should mention that its almost 6am.

So here we are sitting here with our handy flashlight listening to some jams.
As it started to get hot in here, (we are in Texas ya know) we decided to eat some Handy Snacks Pudding! Something cold right? We ended up using them as cooling packs. One on the back of the neck and one on the stomach. Ahhhhh, feel the coolness.

Gina then begins to tell me how bad she needs to pee. I say “Well, go pee then.” So she stands up and turns to go to the bathroom and then says, “Wait, I can’t use the toilet because the electricity is out though, right?” I just shook my head and nodded yes, Of course you can still use the bathroom... unless our toliet runs on some electric frequency that I just don't know about yet....sigh

It’s been almost an hour already and I just don’t get it. I called the electric company and supposedly all the surrounding areas are out. The longer its out the hotter its getting in here. Makes you think about back in the day when people didn’t have electricity. No Air conditioning, no tv, no play stations and no Internet! I wouldn’t make it. Most of us wouldn’t. I know youre thinking, its 6:30am why don’t you just go to sleep? Well, I cant sleep with it being so freakin hot.

Oh Yay, its back on! Alright, that wasnt too fun but I did get a few good laughs outta G. So it was worth it I suppose. She now knows that you can pee even with the Electricity out! That was almost as bad as her thinking that if I reformatted the computer that we would lose the blog. lol sigh. See what I have to deal with people? I never have a day without laughing thats for sure!

I think it runs in her family though. I once told her cousin that I had a toilet in my car and she spent a good 15 mins looking for it until I said I was just fucking with her! Sometimes I am even amazed these people still believe a word that comes outta my mouth! Her mom is scared of the movie "Predator". Now who is affraid of this movie? Now granted I find the Arnold a little frightening but that movie I can not be afraid of. That was back when he had the big gap inbetween his two front teeth wasnt it?

Alrighty, it's all cooled off in the house now and I dont have to worry about all our groceries being ruined by our little blackout.
I know I said I wouldnt post anything else about Dillon. I think I lied to you....but I wont do it right now. We dont have everything figured out as of yet and he is coming over here today sometime. So I will probably be posting on that later tonight. Drama, isnt it FUN!
Until next time.....
~M~

Love and Hate ~G~

2005-05-28T23:55:00.000-05:00

I've decided to write an entry about things that I love and hate. These are two immensely heavy words and I'll try to keep everything within the rhelms of these extremes. Some things may be on the line between love and like or hate and dislike, or even in the like or dislike catagories, but they will all be things I feel strongly about. Here it goes..

Things I Hate (or dislike)

1. Misconceptions ... having them, being victims of them, or even having to be subjected to hearing them. They suck.
2. Kareoke..... bars, machines, or the people attached to either. I can't handle it. It makes me completely insane.
3. Mushrooms.......Why do people feel the need to put fungi in their mouths??? I will never understand that.
4. Self Loathing.....There's nothing that annoys me more than someone constantly saying how stupid or ugly they are. If you really feel that way, DO something about it!!!! If you don't really feel that way and just want me to say otherwise (for the 500th time) I quit!
5. Flaunting of Armpit Hair.... Why do boys feel the need to take pictures with their arms above their heads showing off their armpit hair?? Why do hairy men think they can wear sleeveless shirts? Maybe it's just because I'm a lesbian and can't handle a lot of body hair but this totally makes me gag.

I'm sure there's a lot more, but I'll just leave it at 5 for now. On to the next topic:

Things I Love (or like - no, I love all of these things lol)

1. Misty.... has made my life complete. Everythings much more fun,interesting, challenging, and suprising now. The past 6 years have been incredible. Don't know what I'd do without her.
2. My Family..... They are always there for me. My parents live for their kids (too much so sometimes). My brother is one of the best people I know.
3. Cucumbers.... I don't think I could live without cucumbers. That healthy, crunchy, juicy veggie never fails to make my day.
4. Seafood....... I'm from Louisiana. Need I say more. lol
5. Music.... writing, playing, performing, listening. I'd probably whither away without it.
6. Spirituality....I'm not talking about religiousness. I'm talking about the quality you see in a person when they are in tune with themselves, the earth and the spiritual rhelms around us. The peacefullness one seems to project on others they meet. The wisdom this quality brings.
7. Animals... cats (mostly) of all type, dogs, horses, monkeys. I identify most with cats. And I try to live up to their trademark.. Cat's always land on their feet!
8. Comedy....addressed in an earlier post. Laughter is the best thing anyone can experience. Stand up comedy, funny movies and blogs (like Dawn's) kick a whole bunch of ass in my book.
9. Road Trips... There's nothing like a good long drive to make you feel free!

I might keep adding to these lists later. I don't want to go on and on right now. I could write a novel about this. lol *Night everyone!

New Blog Colors ~M~

2005-05-28T06:42:00.000-05:00

Well we spent a good part of the night working on this and we still are not
completely finshed yet.To those of you who I put up links to your blog.. They will be back on here sometime tomorrow.
I simply couldnt go any longer. Almost 7am. I am exhausted.
Nothing new to post right now.
Soon.
Here is something to make you laugh at a little though......

There was this little girl that kept asking her mom "How old are you?" The mom would say "Shh, you dont ask older women their age, its not polite." The little girl says "Well how much do you weigh?" The mom shocked that the little girl was asking said "These are not questions you should ask me" The little girl said "Well, why did you and daddy get a divorce?" Mom said. "These are not things a little girl needs to know, now go outside and play" So the little girl goes next door and told her little friend that her mom wouldnt tell her anything she wanted to know about her. The little boy said "Well all you have to do is look on her drivers licence, it will tell you everything you want to know" So the little girl talks to her mom the next day and says
"Mom you are 32 years old and you weight 130lbs" The mom said OMG how did you know that, who told you?" Then the little girl said "And I know why you and Daddy got a divorce." The mom said "Why do you think we got a divorce?" And the little girl said "Because it was right there on your drivers license, You got an " F " in Sex.

Santa Fe ~G~

2005-05-27T04:42:00.000-05:00

Lately I've really been missing the desert. I went to college for a year in Santa Fe, NM. I have to say that it was one of the best times in my life. It was when I saw my first Melissa Etheridge concert, 3rd Indigo Girl concert, had my first girl kiss, learned how to play chess and got my first paying gig! And that was just off campus stuff. The college, CSF, is basically an arts college with an incredible Contemporary Music program. Everyone there was wonderfully interesting and free. One day we didn't have school because there was a U2 concert. All of the music teachers and many of the students got into their cars and on their motorcycles and left the campus around 10am. All I could think was "Wow, what a cool f*ing school!"

Santa Fe itself is such an amazing city. The art, jewelry, music and atmosphere are unlike anywhere on earth. I swear magic happens there.

I spent a lot of my time up in the mountains just outside of the city. There's an opera house way up on a mountain that has a spectacular view from its parking lot. We used to sneak into the parking lot and watch the sun set or rise. I can still see it in my head sometimes. The sky is so different there. Durring the day it is so blue that it almost doesn't look real. At night the stars seem so close that you could touch them if you just jumped up a little.

I miss the colors of the sand, dirt and rock. It's funny that I never missed the green grass and trees of Louisiana. I seem to be soothed more so by the tans, browns and purples in the desert states. I feel connected in the desert. I feel peaceful. I feel at home. I want to go back. I want that feeling back. One day.

The Confrontation ~M~

2005-05-27T03:18:00.000-05:00

The Confrontation

Something that I worked on tonight. A lot of times I will make something in Photoshop and then paint it on Canvas. So, sometime this weekend I will be working on this as an actual painting. We'll see how it comes out. lol
~M~

New Adventure!! ~M~

2005-05-26T04:42:00.000-05:00

I woke up today feeling so much better about the whole Dillon thing. For some reason I just know it's going to be okay. We have some awesome friends that are helping us find a new drummer too. Thanks Amy and Jess, you guys Rock!
I too will not be talking about all this drama with Dillon after this post, like G stated in her post just below this. Time to move on.
We have decided to go ahead and record the CD. It's going to be very interesting to see how it comes out. lol Gina is going to play the drums on the cd. She thought I was nuts when I first mentioned it to her just now but she has honestly gotten good enough to do it.
Being that we record track by track I know she can do it.
Plus it's not like there is no more band. We are just short a drummer. We will still be promoting the music just the same but we will also be continuing our search too.
We are going to be some exhausted little girls! I like staying busy though.
I am actually REALLY excited about this new venture now. I'm ready to tackle it head on with full force.
Sorry, that the lasts few posts were EXTREMELY long but we had to vent and that's what this is here for. I guess if you dont want to read it, you wont. lol But we do enjoy the comments.
If you havent read the story about my great Aunt please scroll down and do so, it will give you a good laugh.
I am off to sleep, it's 10 till 5am right now! Eeekkk. I hate staying up like this. Tomorrow starts a whole new life. No more staying up til dawn. lol It will be work work work from now on out. Please keep commenting because it really helps us keep going. It means more than you know.
Take care everyone

~M~

No Conspiracy ~G~

2005-05-26T03:20:00.000-05:00

We are really excited about the buzz we are getting on the Dear Jane myspace group that our friend Jess set up for us. A BIG thanks to Jess, Amy and their friend Netty for getting so many people interested in the band literally overnight! And to those who have popped over here from the Dear Jane group we just want to say Hi! If any of you blogger friends out there have myspace accounts let us know or click on the "Dear Jane Live Rehearsal Recordings" link on the sidebar and add us as a friend.

I know I haven't been my usual issue tackling or story telling self. I promise in the next few days I'll get back to normal. We found out that Dillon's dad really IS in the hospital. We called up there today. So there was no conspiracy. lol This, however, doesn't change our minds about replacing him. And I've decided that everything really does happen for a reason - not that I didn't know that already. Over the past months I've been really brushing up on the drums myself. There's no way I could be the drummer in the band - I'm already playing guitar and singing. But at least I've pretty much got the gest of Dillon's part down on quite a few songs and can easily show them to whomever we get in. There are some songs, though, that we don't have recorded and I can't for the life of me remember exactly what he does. I just know it sounds really fucking good and is exactly what I want. I've also decided that this is the last time I'll be writing about any of this. Time to move on. I'll be back with something interesting in a day or two. Until then!

-G

My Take

2005-05-25T03:11:00.000-05:00

As you scroll down you are going to see Misty's last post about everything going on. Contrary to what she thought, she didn't upset me with the post. I'm glad she is telling all of you what is going on. For the record, I'm just as mad and upset as she is. I'm so thrown right now that I don't even really know what to say. Dillon has held us back for so long now that I too am at the point of no return. We need a stable and dependable drummer, like, Yesterday. I really really hate it because I've been through so many drummers, even before Misty joined the band. Dillon's style fits so well with the band and we are not your typical rock or country or jazz or metal band. It takes a drummer versed in so many different areas to even halfway sound good. It takes real talent to have the vision and feel we need in a drummer - funk, jazz, rock and just about every other style out there. I'm freaking out to tell you the truth. I don't want to move. I don't want to start over again. I don't want a lot of things. But we are delt the hand we got and now have to work with it. I'm not prepared to bluff. I want the real deal. I'm so mad at Dillon I could scream! Anyway, that's my take on it. Read M's post. It'll explain everything.

-G

Enough is Enough ~M~

2005-05-25T01:56:00.000-05:00

WARNING: LONG POST. I must warn you right off that this post is going to be full of venting.
I am actually going to probably really piss Gina off with this one... sigh
But ya know, there is only so much I can take.
Tonight was the last straw with our Drummer.
I am so sick of all this shit with him that I really feel like I am on the
verge of a nervous breakdown. (Literally) and the thing is, I know Gina is too
But she seems to take a lot more but I have to say there is no more that I can take.
It's obvious that our drummer has no intentions of giving this his all, which is
nothing new.
I guess I should break it down to you before I go on ranting about everything
just so you get an idea of everything we have put up with.
We met Dillon over a year ago through our old drummer and when she didnt work out
we picked him up fast and started str8 in with rehearsals and recording. But before he was on drums he was playing lead guitar for us and at the time he was how can I say.... "fucking up" He was into drugs really bad and basically just had a fucked up life going on. (Which should have been a good indecation at the time that we shouldnt have anything to do with him, but he was so amazing on drums that we REALLY wanted to work with him and help him get through everything, so we did) He was doing really well and then all of a sudden he started fucking up again. We worked with him once again. In the meantime before this, he had already started missing rehearsals and we put up with it. I wont go into too much detail about everything that has happened because it wouldnt be right. So anyway, he ended up telling us he had a problem and needed help. We did what we could for him and we waiting about 2 months for him to get his shit together and he did. Of course it wouldnt last though.
So here we are again in the exact same situation that has been going on for well over a year and I cant put up with it. We have not rehearsed in almost 2 weeks now. He told us that his dad was sick and in the hospital, so we completely understood that he couldnt come to rehearsal. One thing, He has told SO many lies in the past and we pretty much catch him in all because he slips up. We would just let it go. So he is out of town right now dealing with his dad. ( I guess ) Who really knows. The story that he told me 2 weeks ago keeps poping in my head. He called us and I knew that at the time he was supposed to be at work. So I of course asked why he wasnt at work and he told me that he had his wife call up to his work the day before while he was there and had her tell his manager that his dad was sick and dying and that he needed to leave. She of course let him off work. Bad Karma? I don't know. I would never say that someone I loved was sick and dying to get out of going to work. What's sad is that I can't say for sure that his dad is even in the hospital! I dont know what to believe anymore. Part of me feels horrible for thinking that way but you just dont understand the lies we have heard from him. I lost my dad about 5 years ago so I take stuff like that very serious. So anyway, he has been gone 2 weeks. He doesnt call and let us know whats going on and when we get a hold of him its always a different story. I forgot to mention that before all this happened him and his then girlfriend (wife now) decided to move out of this town to another place an hour away. I kinda knew then that it was all going to hell. He said that he couldnt be in this town and had to get away from all the people that were dragging him down. But if he had kept busy with the band that would have Kept him out of trouble. I know a lot about drugs and being in a fucked up place. Just getting away from people isnt enough. YOU have to want to change and you have to have a drive in life. Well, he moves and starts hanging out with basically the same kind of people. So nothing changed. Niether one of them can keep a job and they have an apt with $700 rent plus the money that it takes to pay bills, eat and put gas in your car. That was another thing. He NEVER had gas money to get here and back. They had a house here in town that was PAID for! Why move?? It doesnt make sense. I know all of this is real jumbled together, bare with me here because there is just a lot of shit and it's coming to me real fast.
We continued to work with him on everything. So after he is gone to be with his dad I find out that they were being evicted from their apt. So I cant help but to wonder if he is gone because they lost their place. I mean can everthing really be THAT much of a coincedence??? I just dont know anymore. I cant figure it out and I cant try to anymore. I talked to him a couple of nights ago and told him that since he was losing his place then he should really think about moving back here so he could rehearse and we could get the CD finished. Its about 50% done right now. We have basically put ourselves in dept with this band. He said that he really didnt want to move back here because of all the people here. But I told him that he wouldnt have TIME to do anything other than music. We would keep him busy day in and day out. So he says...(and this just really gets me) "Well yeah I move there and we can rehearse everyday and we can get the CD done but after its done I am going to have too much time on my hands, then I am just going to be stuck there."
Well What The FUCK. AFTER we get all of this done we start back with the TOUR! You are not going to just be sitting around. That's when all the hard stuff starts. So he says to give him a couple of days to think about it. So I called him tonight like he said to. I call and he answers and I say "Hey what's up?" He responds back really rude, "Hey let me call you RIGHT back!" I say ok. I wait and wait. Two hours pass and nothing. So I start calling back after that and he wont answer the phone. I just keep calling and calling. Well the last time I called he or someone picks up the phone and then hangs it up. So I call right back and then the phone just keeps going to voice mail. He has now turned his phone off. Gina of course says well maybe something bad happened. Well I dont buy it. There was laughter going on in the back ground the first time I talked to him. Plus if something bad happened. Like with his dad WHY not just tell us that? Picking up the phone and then hanging it up sounds to me like that's not the case and then turning off the phone. I just really really dont buy it. I think its just him being an Ass. So if we do even talk to him again I cant wait to hear the story this time. BUT no matter what the story is, that's it. I dont care anymore. I am done with it. Fuck this! Someone else is going to come along. Someone that has ALL the qualities that we need. Over a year has been wasted and I should have NEVER let it go this long. I feel stupid.
Like I said before I know this sounds like just craziness but i am having a hard time finding what to write without telling everyone out there everything that he has done. I am trying not to evade ALL his privacy ya know. Part of me wants to say fuck it and just spill everything.
In the time that we have wasted on him we could have already found another drummer.
It was a complete waste of time. What pisses me off the most is that he was PERFECT for the sound. He is just a fuck up. Another thing that pisses me off is that we cared so much about this guy. We sometimes gave our last dollar to him just to get him to rehearsal or so they could have something to eat. I considered him a brother, part of our family. We have talked to him over and over. Layed everything out. We cant "talk" anymore. Talking time is over. Putting up with shit is over.
I am so beyond pissed off right now. I wish that this would have made a lot more sense, I really do but there is only so much I can say. On top of it, if I had written everything out this would probably take up the whole front page of the blog.
So anyway, we have already started putting out ads and talking to friends of friends about a new drummer. I HOPE we can find someone new ASAP. I truly believe that everything will work out. We have a good thing, Gina and I. I believe in her so much. Her songs, her voice continue to amaze me even still.
If you read this far, sorry it was so long. lol Be glad it wasnt longer! lol
I hope you could at least follow some of it. We will still continue to write in the blog and update everyone on whats going on with us and the band. Thank you to everyone for your support! Best wishes everyone!
~M~

Been a while

2005-05-24T04:11:00.000-05:00

Ok, so now I am the one that hasn't been keeping up with the blog. I was getting onto Gina about it and now she is a blogging fiend. The truth is, I haven't had much to say. I don't want to just ramble on about nothing. Plus I have been real stressed about a lot of things and I felt that I would have done nothing but complain. Why complain to a blog when I can just bitch to G!
I do have a funny story to tell ya though.
My great Aunt is 94 years old and you would never know it. I think she has more energy than I do sometimes! She is a feisty FEISTY woman and she wont think twice about telling you what she thinks.
Well this past weekend we were all out to dinner and the food was pretty bad. Out of the Blue Aunt Gert ( yep Aunt Gert ) motions for the waitress to come over. We didn't know what she wanted.
Here is what was said:
Waitress: Yes mam Can I get you something?
A G : No, but do you have a dog outside?
Waitress: A Dog? No mam, we don't have a dog out back, why do you ask?
A G : So I could go out there and lick his ass to get this nasty taste out of my mouth!"
The poor waitress just busted out laughing. We all did. The waitress said she would have to remember that one before almost peeing on herself from laughing so hard.
You gotta imagine a little tiny 94 year old woman saying that! Maybe it was one of those, you had to be there kinda moments, I dunno. But it was funny as hell.
Hopefully I will be starting back on our new website soon. That is, if we are not out a drummer. Dillon has some "issues" right now that I can't exactly go into. It wouldn't be right of me to do so anyway. But I will say there is a serious lack of focus going on along with some other things that are out of his control. I really hope the band can survive this. If not G and I might be moving back to Louisiana which is something that neither one of us want to do at ALL. We love our house here. We would have to change a lot of things around if we had to move back. So we will see what happens. In a matter of days we should know for sure.
Hmmm, what else....... Wow I have nothing to really talk about. My mind is a bit jumbled with craziness right now. I think once we get all this settled I will be up for writing a lot more. In the meantime G is doing a pretty excellent job of writing. So I will let her take over for a bit. Hope everyone is still reading and enjoying the blog. We love the feed back that we have gotten and are excited about all the new wonderful people we have met on Blogger.
We have also added a new song on myspace. So click on over there from the link on the sidebar and feel free to give it a listen and let us know what you think. Even if you don't like it! lol Comments are welcome.
Hope everyone is well and happy.
Until next time..........
~M~

A Wish for Wit

2005-05-22T22:43:00.000-05:00

Note: Those of you who haven't yet really should click on the link on our sidebar that says "Dear Jane Live Rehearsal Recordings" and give a listen. It's ok if you have dial up because you can download the songs from MySpace if they stall or don't play automatically when the page loads. A few of you have asked about hearing something and I want to make sure you know that it's there. = )

I don't really feel like writing anything of substance tonight. I'm tired of thinking. I do wish I were a funnier person. So many of you guys' blogs are funny. You all have such great senses of humor. I've never really been the wittiest person. I'm not the type that can come back at ya with any type of snide remark. I don't even know any "yo mama" or "dumb blonde" jokes. I'm always the one watching and laughing at other people telling them. People say I laugh easily. I love to laugh. Stand up comedy is one of my absolute favorite artforms to witness. And it truly is an artform if you ask me. I have so much respect for comedians. They are brilliant observers of life. It amazes me.

Just because I'm not really witty, however, doesn't mean that I'm overly serious. I love to have fun. I find that I'm just more of a physical comediane. I'm always bumping my head, tripping over myself or hitting my fingers and toes on something. It's weird how some of the most coordinated people on earth can be the most clumsy. I grew up as a dancer, was in every sport and still work out but I've always managed to be a bit goofy at times. I think it runs in my family to tell you the truth.

M says I lack common sense. Unfortunately I think she's right. lol I'm not a completely naive person, but there are times when I wonder what the hell I was thinking. If you ask me about something that can be learned in a book I'm good. But when it comes to everyday "street smarts" I'm a little off. That's where M comes in. We help each other out like that. ;) I tell her word meanings and she tells me people's intentions. It's a beautiful thing.

Time to sleep. G'night all.

-G

Who's Afraid?

2005-05-20T00:35:00.000-05:00

I talked to my mom today (I love you, mom) and told her about some of the subjects I've been discussing here in the blog. She seemed to be a bit unsettled by my talking about religious and political issues. M and I have actually talked about not writing about those types of things being that this is the "band" blog. But the way I see it, if I'm going to put myself out there in song and talk about my innermost feelings on love, relationships, and myself, then I'll continue to do so with everything else I feel strongly about. I'm not going to hide anymore. I think I'm old enough to have a voice of my own, an opinion of my own, and if you agree with me, well great. If you don't, that's great too. Maybe it's been so hard for me to find the right image of the band for so long because I've hidden the most essential parts of my life from everyone out of fear that someone may not like my music because of who I am.

For years it's been, don't say this... don't say that. Don't turn off an entire audience by coming out. Don't say "she" in your songs. Just say M is your roommate, or bandmate, or friend. Don't talk about politics. Don't talk about religion. Don't make people mad. Keep your songs clean enough to be heard by the kids... they love you, Gina. Keep your songs clean enough to be heard by your grandparents. You'll give them a heartattack. Be you.... just don't tell them anything. Let the music speak for its' self. Just let them hear the music. That's all it's about.

Is it really? Why do people love the artists they love? Is it just the music? Doesn't what they speak about in those songs and in their lives make a difference? Isn't who they really are the thing that draws you to them? I mean, yeah, the music is the main thing. Crappy music equals no interest. But playing it safe and being as vague as possible CAN'T be the way to go. I would think that playing it safe would keep people from truly relating to the music. Not everyone would relate if we are honest, but that's the point.

This blog has been so great because I now know who our audience is. It's YOU! It's all of you who come here and read and listen and aren't offended by us being exactly who we are. It's all the lovely lesbian couples, singles, gay boys, and wonderfully positive and open straight people that either accept or support our points of view. So, well, ok, ... five year old kids, closed minded republicans, and Holy Roller Born Agains won't be at our shows....... GREAT!!! I have no problems with that. We won't be at your school functions, rallies, or church groups. That's just the way it'll be. And we'll all be happy.

-G

The Power of Myth

2005-05-18T00:31:00.000-05:00

I'm finding that the older I get, the more I start to dwell on political, social and religious issues. I suppose when I was younger I didn't really know how to put my thoughts together in a coherent way. But lately I've been seeing more and more things that are, in one respect, bothering me, and in another respect, helping me to understand the anger and feelings I have been keeping pent up inside. From the huge scary wave of right wing Christian Republican power to websites of people thinking they can change or convert gay people and the huge lack of support for gay marriages, I feel like the world is closing in on me so much so that before I know it this blog will be shut down by the government in fear that some kid out there will read it and be voodoo vibed into becoming gay.

I grew up in a Roman Catholic family, the kind that goes to church every sunday and isn't overly religious, but the Church always played a part in our lives. I went to a public elementary and middle school, but decided to go to a Catholic High School in order to get a better "book learned" education. There's lots I could go into about my horrible years in High School, but I really want to stick to the subject. At one point in my life I even thought about becoming a nun. Yes, a nun. I think there are all kinds of strange reasons that six months of my life were devoted to research and pondering over doing that, but ultimately I think I wanted to know the Truth about life and was on the verge of realizing that I am gay. It didn't seem like such a difficult thing to me to not get married, or ever have a boyfriend. I just didn't know that gay was possible. Needless to say, once I realized that it is, the whole "nun" thing was history. Not to mention that because it was possible, and absolutely was true for me, I couldn't see myself devoting my life to a religion that thought I was evil. So, alas, I was religionless.

Then, my brother gave me a book that changed my life. It's called, "The Power of Myth. An Interview With Joseph Campbell". In it Campbell talked about the studying he's done of every religion in the world and how the only Truth we really have is that we can NEVER know the truth. The truth is bigger than anything a human can comprehend. He also talked of (and this is my favorite part) a triangle of prominent values within world religions. A trinity so to speak.

Eastern (Taoism, Buddhism, Zen etc.).... All Is One (God is everywhere)

Western (Jewish, Christian)................... Do Unto Others As You Would Have Done To You

Native American/Tribal ......................... Follow Your Bliss (follow your heart)

This spoke to me more than anything I've ever heard or read in my life. Finally I realize that I don't have to have one religion. I can learn from ALL of them. Take from them what is the most important teaching and live life accordingly.

Now don't think that this book is some kind of cult worship manual, Joseph Campbell is still a Catholic. He's just studied all world religions. Some people have read this book and become even more attached to their own religion. Some have converted to another. And some, like me, don't want to completely commit to any one religion. I find my truth to be broader than one way of looking at things.

This doesn't make me religionless or anti-religion. On the contrary, I believe they all have something right. The thing I do have a problem with, however, is the way people take the Mythology of these religions (i.e. the stories of the Bible) and turn them into all encompasing absolute historical truths. Some people may seriously jump me after this comment, but I think Jesus was horribly misunderstood in his lifetime... and STILL IS. He told parables, like Aesops Fables. The way some people talk you would think Little Boy Blue was a true story if Jesus told it. Not to mention that we DON"T KNOW if he even told half the stories in the Bible because it was written YEARS and YEARS and YEARS after he died. I have quite a few quahms with Christianity today and could go on for days about it, but the one thing I do agree with is their main teaching.... Treat others as you would have them treat you. That matters to me. Water to Wine. Virgin Births. God's only Son who is God. These create controversy and take away from what truly matters. Campbell said that when he went to a convention that included the religious eqivalents to monks from many religions around the world they had no problems agreeing and communicating with one another. But when he went to one that included the religious equivalents of priests from religions of the world they argued the whole time.

I wish everyone could look at the main core values associated with spirituality and throw away what doesn't matter. I think that would be our only chance for things like world peace, a fair democracy, and personal happiness for all. And you know, I just wish this country was the land it was supposed to be. A land where religious beliefs don't effect the democracy. A land where "right" isn't a term used to describe viscious, hatebaring, "religious" persecutors. A land where we truly are equals under law.

-G

A whole lot of nothing..... ~M~

2005-05-17T02:28:00.000-05:00

Wow, so I havent posted in a few days. I didnt really have anything to say and as I am sitting here writing this I still dont think I have much to say. lol It's been one of those weeks I guess.
Truth is, nothing has really been going on. We are still doing the usual thing. Rehearsal Rehearsal Rehearsal.
We have gotten some really good feedback on the music we put up. Even though it was a low quality rehearsal recording people seem to like it. Soon we will have the real deal up though.
We have put up some various pictures on Flickr. The link is on the sidebar. There are band
pictures, paintings and photography. Feel free to have a look, that's what they are there for.
A few nights ago we watched the movie "Open Water". Now I gotta say that I really didnt think that we would like it, mainly because everyone we talked to said it sucked. But after you get through the first 20 or so minutes it gets pretty interesting. Plus you have to like Independant Films because basically that's what it is. I think that had Lions Gate Films actually promoted the movie as a low budget film it would have been liked more. People would have known what to expect. When we saw the previews we thought it was a high budget movie. Not the case.
Of course we were called crazy by Amy and Jess for liking it. But as far as Amy goes.... If its not Finding Nemo its not a good movie. LOL love ya Amy!
I have been hooked on the new Splinter Cell game on Playstation 2. Kick Ass game! I am a video game junky!
For not having anything to say I sure am saying a lot. A lot of nothing that is. ha!
So I will spare you if you have even gotten this far.
Until next time!

~M~

2005-05-16T23:25:00.000-05:00

Misty

Breaking Out the Gloves

2005-05-14T00:12:00.000-05:00

Quick note: I'm sure everyone's noticed how ever changing our template has been lately. We found one that we really liked but something about it wouldn't allow phone message clips and the comments didn't come with all of your lovely pictures allong side. So I believe we will settle on this one, at least for a while. lol Sorry, rose (scrappy), but the cloud pic had to go with the last template.

Now to the real reason for this post. Somehow I've managed to find some piece of my inner strength again. I don't know what happened. Let me regress for a minute.. For the past few years I've kind of been uncharacteristically unable to sternly make a declarative sentence. The sort of tone where someone just KNOWS that you mean business seemed to dissapear from my personality practically all together. Even when I would try to be harsh with someone it would just come out whimpy. I would be angry on the inside but I couldn't get anything to come out of my mouth that sounded anything but mousey. This of course didn't sit well with M being an Aries and loving a good fight. lol Honestly, it didn't sit well with me either. I mean, I would like my voice heard from time to time.

Well, a couple nights ago M, Dillon and I were rehearsing and I actually said, in a rather harsh tone if I say so myself, " Misty, get your ass over here right now!!!". (I know that may not sound like a very stern statement but the tone made it so.) Everyone in the room was so shocked that everything got quiet, except for a lone "OHHH" from a friend of Dillon's that was here. I vaguely felt a surge of power that I haven't felt in a long time. Oh and by the way, M didn't get her feelings hurt or anything. I think she was proud of me. So I've decided to take that surge of power and use it from now on.

I read a post 4 or 5 days ago on a different blog about taking back things that you say, feel and mean in order to keep a loved one from pain. I have to admit that I too am a taker back. I'm always the first to apologize, beg, grovel, and give up on my side of a story in order to either keep the peace or keep someone from being hurt. Those of us out there, we know who we are, probably really resent the fact that we do this. Of course, there are times when the right thing to do is to gracefully resign yourself from a fight. However, if something that you feel really needs to be heard and understood, and whomever you are talking to isn't taking the time to listen and understand, then you just save it, bottle it up, and eventually either explode or implode physically, mentally and emotionally. It's not healthy. I still haven't figured out how to deal with this when up against someone who is particularly adament and fired up about their side or feelings.

It's especially hard to fight with M because she is so aggresively persistant (the few times we do fight). I never want to hurt her or see her cry. I can't stand it. I love her way too much. Sometimes it's like a juggling act trying to say what I feel while not causing too much of a riff. But I have to admit sometimes I really want to just cause the riff and let it be at that. I never do it. With so many other people I've known I would just walk away, let them cool down and talk about it again at a later date. I can't do that with M. I can't just let her be angry with me. What is that about??

So I suppose this surge of power from a couple days ago is a step. Maybe I'll start learning to stand up for myself. Maybe I'll make my voice heard, even when I'm not performing. Maybe I'll become the strong, fair, independent woman I know I can be. Maybe I'll use whatever the allignment of the stars and planets gave me to keep growing in this respect. I hope so. We'll see.
-G

Now you can hear some music

2005-05-13T21:43:00.000-05:00

Alright everyone,
We have some music online for you. Recorded Rehearsal Click Here!
Please keep in mind that this is NOT a high quality recording.
We are in the studio recording and the good stuff will be up soon, along
with the new website.
Let us know what you think. Even if you dont like it...lol
Take care
~M~

Having fun and being stupid!

2005-05-13T18:14:00.003-05:00

Ok this is us just joking around at rehearsal last night.
I found a place to put some music up. Keep in mind though
that what you hear is nothing more than a rehearsal recording.
The quality is not great by far. But at least you can get an idea of
what we sound like.

Hey Everyone

2005-05-12T18:32:00.000-05:00

Hey, Thanks everyone for all the comments, we really enjoy reading them.

Ok on another note: As far as the band name goes, I really think we are going
to just stick with the old band name. which is "Dear Jane" comments on the
name are welcome.

Rehearsal is in an hour so I have to get ready. I will post again later on tonight.
Take care guys!

~M~

Pictures

2005-05-12T02:37:00.000-05:00

Here are some pictures from tonights rehearsal.
I of course took the pictures therefore Im not in them.
Next time though.
I am still trying to figure out how to put a recording of
last nights rehearsal on here. So maybe some of you
web designers can help me figure that out.

2005-05-12T02:36:00.000-05:00

Gina

2005-05-12T02:35:00.000-05:00

Dillon

2005-05-12T02:34:00.000-05:00

a few more

2005-05-12T02:32:00.000-05:00

Gina and Dillon

The Music Room

2005-05-10T22:34:00.000-05:00

Alright people we have the room set up for the live music.
You will have to have yahoo messenger to listen. You will get an invite.
All you have to do is add mistyngina317 to your YAHOO messenger.
AIM will not work, sorry all you AIM users.

So just add mistyngina317 and we will do the rest for you.
We do need to plan out a time for this though. So any suggestions
would be great.
It will be tomorrow night after 8pm Central time.
Hope you are all well. Keep Blogging!

Late night rant ~M~

2005-05-10T05:19:00.000-05:00

For the record... I dont think its really "weird" to watch HGTV. I mean there are times when I watch it too. But there is just so much I can take of that channel.

As far as the music goes.. Come on people I know ya want to hear us.
I'm pretty sure we are going to do the band name contest too so start sending some names this way. send them to msproductionz@sbcglobal.net you know you want to.
You get to be mentioned in the new CD, what more could a person want??
And no Amy, we don't want to use the name The Ass Ticklers and thats final...

Rosie still has the comments turned off. Damn people leaving stupid ass comments ruin it for the ones that really like her. Grrrrrr

Has anyone seen Blade Trinty? I never liked Jessica Biel but wow she looks really hot in that movie. That alone is worth seeing it.
Ok so other than that...pretty much the same ol thing going on.
Playing music, Recording and thinking up lies to tell Amy.. thats about it.
Alright now I'm going to sleep. It's about dawn so I should be going to sleep now, as usual. One of these days I am going to get back on a regular sleeping pattern.

and once again. Put us on your yahoo messenger and listen to some music! You wont be dissapointed.... at least I hope not.

HGTV Isn't Helping Much

2005-05-10T01:08:00.000-05:00

Am I the only twenty-something on earth that is totally addicted to HGTV??? Well, it's not completely just HGTV because I also like the Designer Guys (and Design Rivals) and a few other shows on Discovery Home. M thinks I'm crazy. Let me rephrase, she thinks it's very annoying that I watch these shows so much.

Honestly I think the only reason I'm so into interior design right now is because I so desperately want to fix up our house. I'm tired of looking at white walls all day, every day, 24/7. The problem is, besides the lack of extra money, we have a LOT of animals. Between our two dogs and too many cats there are only so many design elements that can be utilized to their fullest. Nice curtains... no way. Flimsy blinds... gotta go. Basically anything that can be scratched up, torn down, knocked over or easily stained is out. So I find myself watching all of these shows trying to find tips or products that would actually survive in our household, and look good as well. I have to say, it doesn't look promising. If anyone knows an interior designer that may be able to help... PLEASE let me know.

The other problem is that our rehearsal space is in open view between the kitchen and living room and the room it's in is long and semi narrow and for sound purposes can only be set up certain ways. This area is giving me a fit trying to make it functional and aesthetically pleasing at the same time. No one ever does a show about actual rehearsal spaces that involve all the amps, speakers, guitars, drums, chords, mic stands, etc. This is probably because it's just HARD to make it all look cool for an everyday living space. Especially when it just can't be set up like it would be set up on stage.

All I know is that right now my Kokopelli collection and the few cool pieces of artwork and sculpture that we have aren't cutting it for me. There's so much potential to have a warm, soothing environment around here and it's just not happening. Not that this house isn't really great. There could just be more. Somewhere that I can feel good about writing in, playing in, meditating in, working out in.... just living in without anxiety and with a sense of peace would be incredible. I think M would appreciate it too... if I could ever figure out what to do. lol

-G

Blog Friends

2005-05-09T19:09:00.000-05:00

~M~ here
We have had so many great comments. I stop by Rosie's blog a lot and that's how I came to find most of our new friends on here. I really appreciate what Rosie is doing and I think its some kind of therapy for her but I think it's also helped a lot of us folks too. I have been to blog after blog, everyone meeting each other from Rosies blog. Its turned into quite the community of friends and just all out great people. So I thank her for her Blog because I probably would not have met most of you. I hope she realizes the door she has opened up to people. The gates are open now and there is much more to come. It's a shame her comments are off again but totally understandable too. I think they will be back in a short time though.
I have a lot to do but we will both be posting tonight. If any of you out there have yahoo messenger add us! mistyNgina317 If you didnt know yahoo has a cool voice talk feature and we are always playing music to our friends online. Love for you to come hear sometime!!!
Until Later.......

Little Bro

2005-05-08T18:10:00.000-05:00

I know I don't write as much as M does, but I hope to start making up for that these days.

Lately I've been thinking a lot about my brother whom I haven't seen in a little over 2 years. He lives in NYC right now, but since we were in high school it's been me in one state and him in another. Joe is an incredibly talented singer in the opera and musical theater rhelms. He's always in about 5 shows at a time while attending school, working 2-3 jobs, working out 2 hours a day and engaging in the most active social life of anyone I've ever known. He makes friends with practically everyone he meets....especially the rich and powerful types. Everything he does seems to turn to gold. For instance, he works at the French Connection selling clothes to upscale people mostly, and is probably their highest seller. It's not unusual for him to sell over 6 grand worth of clothes a day. He's done opera's in Rome, has been the lead in an off Broadway production, is in the gay men's choir in New York, and has done a billion other shows of different sorts all over the country. I really look up to him in a lot of ways. And he's two years younger than me.
What I think is great though is the fact that we have a really good relationship. Every time we talk it's like I'm talking to my best friend. I joke around with him all the time... especially since he's come out and started working out and looks like a supermodel now. He hates Queer as Folk but I always tell him that he's living like he's one of the cast. He's got a ton of gay friends, with most of them having important jobs, and they all go out almost every night. What's a little scary though is that sometimes he reminds me of Justin (from QAF) in the way he's a little head strong about making mistakes and doing crazy things.

Just to make a slight detour here for a second, I HAVE to make a point real quick. Lately, since I've started blogging, I've been reading other blogs and came across one that I thought (at first) was really funny. This guy was telling a really great story and then completely lost all credibility with me when he said. "it was so gay". Ok. WHAT'S UP WHITH THIS EXPRESSION!!!! I don't get it. Number one.... it makes NO sense whatsoever. Why do kids (mostly) these days use this term like this. It makes me cringe. Number two.... if you are not gay DO NOT say this! Gay people can use words like fag, faggot, dyke, gay and it's ok. It's kind of like if you are African American there are words you can use that Caucasions simply CAN'T. I think the reason for this is because people within a group know how to use these words so that they are endearing and almost comforting. But when it comes from outside the group and it's used as a completely irrelivant or derrogatory term it becomes a mockery of someone's life and is so disrespectful that it sickens me. Now it doesn't bother me when the phrase "it was so gay" is said by a straight person to actually refer to something that had to do with gay people, like a gay men's float in the pride parade or something. But come on, what does gay have to do with the way your grandmother killed your goldfish??? Sigh. Sometimes it seems like our culture is going backwards.

Anyway, my brother and my mom are comming next month to stay with us for a week. I'm so pumped. I miss Joe so much. I lived in NYC for a while and let me tell you I couldn't WAIT to see grass and trees after a while. Anything green would have made me smile. Actually, if I remember correctly, my first wish was to go to AstroWorld. I wanted to ride a rollercoaster. lol So my parents drove me 5 hours just to do that. Now I live MUCH closer to it and never go. Strange how life works. Since it is Mother's Day I should also say that I really do miss my mom a lot too. I miss my family in general. I should go to see them more often. We've always been really close. I find myself scared sometimes that I'm not going to get my grandmother's recipe's for gumbo or smothered chicken, or my uncle's recipe for boiled crawfish. Living in Texas now is so different in the food area. I'm used to seafood, not so much red meat. I miss my cajun background as far as that goes. My mom makes a killer shrimp lousianne. Luckily she's gonna come and make it for me here soon. I'd also like to learn my grandfather's woodworking techniques and my other grandmother's sewing skills. My parents know a good bit of these crafts from their parents but I'd like to hear it from the source too. Okay this has been an extremely long post so I'm gonna go now. Time to relax and watch tv. The L Word should be great tonight.

-G

Band Name Contest?

2005-05-08T01:26:00.000-05:00

Ever since we got a new drummer we have been thinking of changing the band name.
I just don't think that it would be right to keep using the old name being that we have
someone new, ya know?
We have been going back and forth on band names. It's to the point of just pure aggravation
now. So then I was thinking about having a contest on a new Band Name. If we decide to do
this the winner of the name change will get a special note in the liner of the CD and get one of
the very first copies before anyone else. Before we do the contest though (IF we decide to do
the contest I guess I should say) we are going to have the live rehearsal that way you can get
an idea of who we are and what we sound like. It would be hard to give a name to a band and
not even know what they sound like! lol
I will put up a post by monday night saying if we will have the contest.
Until then...........

New Song

2005-05-06T22:54:00.000-05:00

*THIS HAS COPYRIGHTS*

You put my hand on your thigh
and ran it up real real high
I brush your hair to one side of your face
to see the look of thirst in your eye
Lay you down real slow
as I hold the back of your neck you tell me where just to go
and I'm a kitten at play
I'm a moist humid day
I'm the food on your tray

There's a love inside this body
that'll make it go hard and naughty
or keep it slow keep it wet let it flow
over and under the cover
There's a love inside this heart
I can feel when I'm in your arms
Turn you over Let it slide Gonna ride
tonight I will make you mine

Watch the sweat start to drip
and find the softest spot on your lip
then you show me a smile
and run your nails down my back
you know it drives me wild
I can hardly breathe
as I lift up your shirt you arch your back
and wrap your legs around me
I am all that you need
I'm the bird to your seed
If you come I will lead

There's a love inside this body
That'll make it go hard and naughty
or keep it slow keep it wet let it flow
over and under the cover
There's a love inside this heart
I can feel when I'm in your arms
turn you over let it slide gonna ride
tonight I will make you mine
**********
*

This is the newest song.
Written by G copyright2005
If you would like to hear this song
Add Music4life317 to your yahoo messenger
Send an Im and you will get a response back
on when to listen!

Live rehearsal

2005-05-06T19:01:00.000-05:00

So far the sound has been good when we tested for the live rehearsal feed. I'm really excited about this. Hopefully the video feed will go well now.

Live Band Rehearsal!!!!!!

2005-05-03T23:27:00.000-05:00

Just incase you did not read the end of the last post I am making another one about the live rehearsal.
Within the next week we will be airing our rehearsal live on the net. You will need a password to get in though.
Email for your password at msproductionz@sbcglobal.net put Attention:Live Rehearsal
so it will go to the right person.
Not sure if it will be just an audio feed yet. Working on an audio and video feed.

Poker

2005-04-26T20:26:00.000-05:00

Today was a pretty good day on $10/$20 on Poker Stars. Can't believe it. That site is so damn hard to win on sometimes. I went to Party Poker and I really like that site. I hate the graphics and the slow software but I do really well there. I don't know why I decided to go back to Stars but it worked out well. I didnt have a long time to play so I only made $500. Not bad for an hours work! We fired the drummer the night before last and some how he was rehearsing with us last night. Go Figure! Honestly, I would be happy if he just quit. If we could find another drummer I would get rid of him so fast, I dont care how good he is, Im sick of him. Sick of his lies, sick of him being late and just dont have time to waste like that. G wrote a bad ass new song. Sounds a little Melissa Ferrick/Paula Cole. Very Sexy song.
It's only 8:30pm and I am ready to go to sleep! That hasnt happened in a long time. Maybe I will actually get a good nights sleep tonight.

~M~ Poker time

2005-04-16T04:50:00.000-05:00

Alright, being this is my first entry
it should be interesting and exciting
right?
Thing is.. Im not sure I have anything
interesting to write about this time.
What I did today-
nothing. I slept all damn day because
I was up until 7am playing poker. lol
Ah, what fun. At least it was a good night.
Started off good-then went bad-then went
better.
I play online mostly. 3 different sites
But right now mostly at PartyPoker.com
So I spent about 8 hours playing
$10/$20.... Started out playing $5/$10
but couldnt really get anything going
because of all the morons. So I had to go to
10/20 to make any profit..
Don't you just hate it when you are playing at
a table and decide to leave...only to see the
next person sit at your seat and win $1700
in 45 mins?
It happened... twice last night.
I decided not to play at all today/tonight
I needed a break. The hours are kicking
my ass anyway. Sleeping all day and
playing all night until dawn. Its crazy...
BUT I find that those are the hours that
I win more for some reason. maybe its
because of all the people that have been
on for hours and hours and now a little tilty
at this time having lost a lot and trying
to win back at least some of it.
No one likes going to bed with a loss.
Tomorrow night we are supposed to be
rehearsing. Hopefully we will be able to.
So many distractions lately.
The drummer moving into a new place.
An hour away.
so everything has been put on hold to a
certain extent. not by choice.
G wrote a new song a couple of weeks ago
Hell of a song
One of my favs to date. I love the song
But trying to find a damn bass line to
this song has been hell for me
the way she writes is so challanging
which is good of course
but hard
but if its easy ALL the time
what fun is that right?
I saw that there is some sort of
audio stuff you can now put up
on blogger. very cool.
Perhaps we can get a clip of the new
song up on here soon.
Our website is down right now
because we just got a new drummer
and a new band name.
so the other site had to go obviously
now the fun comes in putting up a new
site!
It is now a little after 4am. perhaps
i will be asleep before the sun comes up
this time......
Lots to do tomorrow
rehearse, play poker, clean house (my fav... cough*)
store, take back blockbuster movies from a
month ago...sigh
and hopefully a better entry on here
I read on Rosies blog that she is doing celebrity poker
right on Rosie, cant wait to see that

~M~

The Joy of Writing with a Healthy Dose of Sarcasm

2005-04-16T01:58:00.000-05:00

Lately I've been in a huge stuper when it comes to trying to write (lyrics to music that is). It always seems to happen that way. I'll be on a roll with cool riffs, killer chordal rhythms and fantastic melody lines and have nothing to put it to. I find myself writing whole songs with la, oh, hey, and a bunch of scat sounds that don't make sense and really sound strange with the rock (mostly)/jazz/folk/blues sound we've got goin on. Then it happens vice versa and words flow ten times easier than music. What's great about writing these "non"songs is that I only have half of the components put togheter so if M says it sucks I just don't even stress about the other half and throw it away. She's usually a good judge about stuff like that. There have been a couple occasions, however, where if I like it enough I don't care what she says and just go with my gut. Inveriably it turns out quite well and then she thinks it's the best thing I've ever written. But I'm not one to say "I told ya so."
I'd hate for this post to make me look like a bumbling amateur. So let me just say that I've been a working musician for the last 7 years going from a solo artist to band name in the last 2. I've played all over the country, LA the city, NYC, TX, LA the state, TN, FL, MA, NM, and a few more that I can't really remember. I'm not famous but I'm definately out of the garage, coffee house, open mic, stage. And I absolutely HATE kareoke with a passion so you will NEVER catch me at one of those places.
Now that that's out of the way I'll talk about the second brain meltdown I'm having. Recording. It's time to start.... again. I've got fairly new material (obviously not extremely new due to my lack of lyrical prolificness right now) and a fresh new sound with a new drummer. I've yet to figure out the best way to record our music though. We have our own studio equipt with the pro tools digi 002 board, Mac G5, and everything we need (pretty much) but I end up staying awake at night trying to unravel the complexities that are involved in recording the voice. It's obviously the make or break point in an album and is so important in my head that I think my life is going to fall apart if I don't nail every semi-syllable when I put the damn headphones on. I've really got to find a way to be as comfortable when the "record" button is clicked as I am on stage. One of these days I will get the same sound on a cd that I have on stage, or hell, even in rehearsal. I'd be happy with that. Now I know I'm going digital and some people might say "why not try analog" but I have. I think it's totally in my head. It's a feel. A mood. Just something I can't capture quite right when I know I'm being recorded.
Ah well, time for bed.

~G~

Introduction

2005-04-16T01:56:00.000-05:00

This blog was created by two people who are completely opposite, yet live, love and work together extremely well. We've been together six years (after barely getting past the first six months). The majority of our time is dedicated to our band. One of us has a passion for poker and well, gambling in general. Good thing she's good at it. Otherwise we'd be completely broke. Hopefully soon it won't matter how much is lost or won at the table and music will be the main income.

M, who is the poker fanatic, plays the bass in the band. She's a fiesty, witty, no nonsence aries always willing to give up her last bite of food or sip of sprite.
~G~

G, is the singer/songwriter and guitarist for the band. The most patient person I know, has to be to put up with my crap. She is an amazing writer, singer and she's even funny on occasion. She likes greenbeans which completely grosses me out. She has the biggest heart of anyone I know. She loves without boundaries and has basically saved me from myself.
~M~

We will both be posting on this blog, journaling our life. Comments are welcome. Enjoy.