1. Oklahoma has plenty of wide open space to roam.

2. Though some might say it’s boring, Oklahoma is a great place to relax and escape from the stress of the real world.

3. It’s an inexpensive place to live.

4. Home to celebrities such as: Chuck Norris, Brad Pitt, Will Rogers, Ron Howard, Kristin Chenoweth, Bill Hader, Dr.Phil, etc…

5. Home to bands and musical artists such as: Hanson, The All-American Rejects, The Flaming Lips, Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, Toby Keith, Woody Guthrie, etc…

6. Oral sex is illegal in Oklahoma and is punishable by up to 1 year in jail and a $2,500 fine.

7. It is also illegal to wear your boots to bed.

8. Films such as: “The Outsiders” and “Tex” were filmed in Tulsa, OK. Both films were based on novels written by Tulsa native, S.E. Hinton.

9. “Oklahoma” The Musical was rated #3 out of the top 10 Broadway musicals of the 20th Century.

10. The very first QuikTrip opened in Tulsa, OK in 1958. QuikTrip has never laid off a single employee in the last 52 years of being in business.

p.s. there’s always a perfect view of the stars :)

So…I haven’t been sleeping very well lately due to some wild dreams I’ve been having. I wake up about every hour and fall back asleep into some insane scenario that I can barely remember a few hours later. I wake up feeling like I’ve slammed into a brick wall and had both my eyes punched a few times. I started turning my phone on silent which I thought would help me sleep better, but I still wake up just as often to check missed texts and e-mails.

My friends say it’s caused by stress, but I’m really not as stressed as have been the last few weeks. I have a lot on my task sheet, but I’m actually starting feel like I’m getting shit done. It doesn’t make sense.

I wish I had an ON/OFF switch that was triggered by an alarm. I think they call that ambien. My mom takes it and usually doesn’t remember anything we talked about the night before. Maybe that would be a good excuse for me to take back some of my excessive late night rambling. “What? shut up I didn’t say that…did I?” or maybe that’s a really bad idea. Probably.

I have the day off tomorrow so I plan on kickin it with my OK/AZ/CA homie Cayla Croft. We’re going on a kind of sort of date. As much as I love sitting at home on facebook every Saturday night, I feel it will be a nice change. #shinfo

Okay. So I’ve been getting some complaints lately via formspring that I’m not stoked about. I recently got a comment saying that I’ve become somewhat “cocky” since my band made it’s first public appearance. Let me tell you something, I have no reason to ever be cocky. I’m 22 years old, I live at home, I work part time at a liquor store in Pryor, OK and I spend the rest of my time playing music. My life is no more glamorous than any of yours. I have no reason to think that I’m better than anyone or that I am some sort of rockstar by ANY means. Am I proud of the music my friends and I have made? Of course I am. This is the first time in 4 years that I’ve started from scratch and created something that was my own instead of just joining another preestablished band. This band is the only thing I have so of course I’m going to push it as hard as I can. I can assure anyone who has doubted me that my attitude hasn’t changed one bit. I have never taken for granted the people who have supported throughout my musical endeavors, so why would I start now? Those are the people I need most right now. If you have ever met me you would know that I am one of the friendliest people in this music scene. I would sit and talk to you about your grandparents dog if I knew it would make your day. I just can’t stand the thought of someone getting the wrong impression about me. I may say things like “My Every Move is your new favorite band” blah blah blah. I just do it for a laugh. It’s not to be taken literally. Unless of course we do become your favorite band… in which case I was right! jk :)

The point is: DON’T take things so seriously!! and don’t judge people. It’s not nice.

The other thing…. I’ve been getting some complaints about my inconsistent responding habits on certain social networking sites. Someone even went as far as to say “it’s not like you even get that many comments…” OUCH!! jk that doesn’t bother me… The truth is “mystery person”, I keep up with about 12 different networking sites a day, both my own and for the band. Like I said my life isn’t very glamorous, but I do manage to keep myself VERY busy. So if I don’t respond to a wall post or an @reply, please don’t take it personally. it’s not that I’m ignoring you or that I don’t care what you have to say, I just get distracted very easily and I’m up to my eyeballs in things to get done each day. I also tend to look at notifications on my phone and forget about them by the time I reach a computer. I will definitely try harder to start getting back with people, but in the meantime bear with me folks.. I’m doing the best I can.

The point? Don’t take things so personally! I love everyone equally, my A.D.D. just gets in the way sometimes.

p.s. I didn’t revise this. Sorry for any typos!

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We did a fun little photo shoot today. Here are a couple.

Well last night the band found out that we’ll be moving into a new practice space/studio soon. As much as my mom hates to see us move out of her garage, we are SO stoked to finally have a place of our own. I think it will be a much more comfortable environment for the band to rehearse and work on new material. 

I’d like to thank everyone who has shown our band such strong support this last week. To our friends, fans, girlfriends, family members, we could not do this without you. Over these next few weeks we will be working very hard to get new material out to you guys. We have TONS of new songs in the works along with a few previously recorded tracks that have yet to be released! 

We’ve got lots of cool things coming up this week so keep in touch.

P.S. I’m kinda new to this whole tumblr thing. Kinda feels like xanga part 2.

I’ve always considered myself to be an optimist, but sometimes it’s better to look at things more realistically. Lately I’ve come to the conclusion that nothing really happens for a reason. Things just happen and we adapt. It’s called “cause and effect”. Sometimes the timing is right, and sometimes it’s just not. It doesn’t mean that something better was “meant” to come along. You just have to take what you’ve been given and adapt. I believe that people are in much more control of their own lives than they realize.

I’ve always been very ambitious. If I see something and I want it bad enough, I will go and get it, but another thing I’ve realized lately is that we don’t always know what we want. Sometimes we just want things because we can’t have them. Sometimes we actually get what we want, and realize the grass is greener on the other side. I truly don’t know what I want specifically… just something real. Something concrete. Something I can rely on.

Always searching.

Sometimes find.

Lately…

It’s Now Or Never.

Your support is greatly appreciated :)

My aunt knit me this scarf