I'm Off to see the Wizard..

Oh my beautiful girls.. I have to say this is the hardest post to write.
I'm going with the fam to the beach house for 16 days. Is really far away from the city, in the middle of nowhere -plain forest- with a little privated beach.
Is quite lovely.. probably because of the memories that holds... I went for the first time when i was 10 months old and have gone every year since. Is our lil tradition to spend there new years and is the excuse to have ALL of the Fauners together at least once a year. And oh boy, we're a whole lot! Which makes it so much fun!
Is where I learnt to walk, drive, ride a bike and my 1st beautiful horse Windy (yeah, cause of the wind on my face..ha so creative!) got drunk for the first time and smoke my first cigarette -and last one cause i wasn't much into it, i never did..a non smoker-.

Anyway, i'm really excited to see the whoooole fam and i also must admit i could use a time off. To think, relax.. catch up on some reading and work on my tan.

2009 was an important year to me.. so many things happened -offcourse meeting jason! i'll never forget it-. But i'm very ready for 2010. I have so many things to do and though 2009 was a good year i'm done with it. I'm eager to MOVE ON. To see what life has planned for me.

I have a lil tradition of my own on new years. I write a list of things I'd like to keep from last year to the new one. And on the other side of the paper I write what i dont want to have anymore, what i won't do again or stand.
I go to the beach by myself, read it out loud and burn it. Then I throwaway a stone or sth with certain weight to represent the bad and negative things/thoughts being released.
I'm not sure if it is a good exercise or not, but it works for me.

The reason why i'm telling you guys this is because one of the things in that list this year, one i'm happy to have and i REALLY wanna keep is Y O U.
I wanna keep coming to this blog and find your amazing posts.. the rare j vids -to me sometimes-, your random comments or i-need-to-get-this-out-of-my-chest posts.. your AMAZING life stories. Everything in here makes me feel part of something. I know i might be a freak but i really feel a connection with all of you. Maybe stronger with ones than others but bonds in the end. And i couldn't be happier. I mean this from the bottom of my heart.

I'll be gone for 16 days with NO access to internet so that will be 16 days of not knowing of your beautiful souls. And it might sound lame but I'LL MISS YOU A LOT.
Seriously this blog drew a smile on my face more than once and that is something i need.

So yeah.. I just wanted to let you know what i feel for you and for this amazing blog that unites our souls.
I wish you gals nothing but happiness love and joy for this new year that comes. Is never too late to do what you wanted to or to say what you didn't. End this 2009 the way you wanna start 2010. I'll be thinking of you for sure when i raise my glass and smile.
ENJOY and BE LOVE.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

I wonder how many times I have to say "Don't let your mind stop you from having a good time" before I actually listen.

Really. No matter how many times I say it to myself.... I'm still standing back and letting the world pass me by and feeling sorry for myself and everyone else has a great time.

I wish I was like the rest of you girls. Instead of the giant ball of worry I continue to be.

I guess I just need encouragement. And giant hugs.

Because I really let my mind stop me from having a good time.

so its not christmas anymore but i just found this vid today, and its beautiful, just wanted to share<3

New Years

I know its not New Years yet but tonight I started thinking about what i want to do in 2010 here are some of the things I came up with: I want to create a healthier lifestyle for myself, I want to become more organized, and I would like to take more risks in life, put myself out there more. Now I wanna know what you ladies have planned for the new year
Love Always Marissa<3

Today im sad. I got a call from my grandmother saying that my great grandmother(mom-mom) might not make it through the weekend. this news was particularly hard to deal with because it is the the holidays,but mostly because she is a great women and the person i look up to the most. she has been really sick for awhile and i know its better for her to go, but i will miss her so much. I guess i just want to tell you guys that even though we havent met im very grateful to have made such wondeful friends, that i can share this with. Merry Christmas <3
Love Always, Marissa

Lotsa holiday lovin' from THE Mraz Gal. :)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!

I love you guys!

After an Afternoon with HIM.

Hey beautiful girls! I decided my second longass (new word thnx to Jam haha) post was going to be something worth reading.. -sorry about that last one with the Katy Perry vid. The emo in me emerged haha-

Is kinda funny, I have THE WORST memory ever. But there are things I remember as if they where yesterday. November 19th is one of those..

Lets start from the beginning. I think it was around august that my cousin called me to say she heard Jason was coming to Buenos Aires, Argentina (SouthAmerica.. where I live). I didn't believe her. Searched EVERYWHERE for an official statement from him but noone confirmed his trip here. I didn't want to build up expectations and then get crushed from disappointment you know? It would be just. too. hard.

It was first days of October I saw on jasonmraz.com, at Tour dates: November 18th Buenos Aires. My heart stopped. I yelled (like a tween infront of a Jonas Brother).

I love music. Pretty much all types, so I went to A LOT of shows. I mean A REAL WHOLE LOT. It's probably because I leave far away that I get excited when a band comes you know?.. How can I miss a U2 show? and Oasis.. and Keane.. and Muse.. Radiohead, Coldplay, Depeche Mode, The Killers, The Kooks.. and the list keeps on going. So I had to make sure my dad understood THIS WAS IMPORTANT. Not like U2 was life-death situation. This was THE REAL DEAL.

Offcourse he didn't. Like every single time. -sometimes I feel like an alien talking to my dad. even after 20 years he still doesn't get me at all-

So the tix was expensive. But I knew no money would ever pay the most amazing experience of your life so my savings where worth spending. The problem was finding someone willing to spend the money with me so I was not by myself. Hard task.

It was finally October 9th I bought the ticket that made me cry. Yes, I cried. I was so excited.
And so the downs started. Since I bought them "late" -3 days after they went on sale- I wasn't able to get a seat front row. Ok. 2nd? No. 10th!!! I was mad. But c'mon Luce! Is Jason and you're going so stop whining! After that a 2nd date was announced. Yay for J!! oh no for me. It was on the 17th.. I WANTED FIRST DATE!! ok.. again, you're lucky to be going.

November 16th came not that fast. Jason landed on Buenos Aires. Monday, I was working. Got a text from my sister: "JOY JUST LANDED IN OUR TOWN BABE"

Oh boy was she right.. Joy arrived to my heart that day and stayed for a freakin week. Tricia tweeted: Buenos Aires, Argentina. I was stoked.

I tried to find where he was staying but couldn't. Nobody knew. Weird right? I mean.. he was here FOR A WEEK. And no fan-site, blog said a thing.

Wednesday 18th came fast. I really didn't know what to expect, this was my first J show.

9:30 PM the show started. He came out in the most pacific way, sang weird calming sounds and You and I was the first song -how suitable-. Right away I cried. My best friend -she thought it was important to me so she came and pay the tix as my bday gift :)- was crying too. "Are you ok?" I said. "Yeah, is just..his entrance.. so powerful" aww. It was.

Long story short: I cried, jumped, danced my ass off, stayed quiet in awe, and melted. A REAL LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. And I've been to some shows. But man, I never felt this way. You could honestly touch the Love floating on that theatre.

So I stayed outside but he never came out. I was so frustrated..

Thursday 19th. THE DAY.

A friend of mine from Mexico was in town. We met after work and I showed her around.. We covered some tipical spots, meanwhile I was talking-non-stop about last night. Funny fact: I went to the show I always wanted, felt like never before..still all I could say was "I can't find where he's staying. I went to 3 hotels and nothing. I have to meet him. And he threw polaroids of the band members and the one he shot himself landed on my foot and a girl took it from me. I'm so frustrated.. Everything is just so wrong."

We were in a famous cementary that has all this old goth sculptures. I was soo bored, I've been there many times and wasn't in the mood.. I couldn't take Jason off my mind.

She was looking around, I was sitting wating. There comes this guy walking by himself, deep in thought, with flip flops and nothing but a pocket book under his arm. "Hey look. He's hot isn't he?" I said. My friend replied "Yeah, love the hat!". Hat. JASON. No, couldn't be. Yes He Was.

I stood up as fast as I could and tried to explain to my friend but she didn't know who I was talking about.

I didn't want to bother but IT WAS HIM. ALL ALONE. I JUST HAD TO..

- JASON!

- Si? (Yes in spanish)

- Oh my god it's really you!

- (Smiles) I am me. Who are you?

- (Smiled like never before) I am Lucy. Hi.

- Hola amiga! (Hello my friend)

- wow I can't believe this.. what are you doing here?

- Had the day off.. I was wondering around. thinking.. (his tone guys.. it was like almost whispering. soo relaxed, calmed. soft as cotton.) What are you doing?

- I'm here with my friend, she's visiting. (comes my friend and says hi.)

I went to the show last night.

- oh yeah? did you enjoy it?

- It was seriously the most amazing thing ever happend to me. I cried, laughed and danced my ass off.. (he smiles) I mean the energy, people were dancing and singing like I havent seen before.

- You guys were loud! It was amazing

- I have to say you have the gift of connecting with people. I felt you. The love, you know?

(HE GRABS MY HAND-my heart stopped for real. I blushed)

- Thank you. I felt it too. You guys were good

- You know I've been reading your blog for a long time.. I'm a devoted reader. Got me thru alot.. monday's post.. mann those chicks rope jumping..RAD!

- THEY ARE SICK RIGHT? THEY DO CRAZY SHIT! (laughs)

- (I laugh) I know!! .... ok I don't wanna waste anymore of your time.. Thank you. You know, for everything. Your music.. words. They keep me sane.

- What was your name again?.. Im sorry! (he said that with the cutest smile, who 'd get mad?)

- Lucy

- Come here Lucy! (HUGS ME-- IM BLUSHING AGAIN + SHAKING) Thank You my friend!

(hugs my friend) Bye Ladies it was a pleasure to meet you!

- the pleasure was all ours! enjoy your stay! See ya! (i dont know why i said that since im not..haha but was so nervious)

- (smiles) SIEMPRE AMIGA! ("always my friend" in spanish) and walks away.

I was stiff as a rock. My friend started freaking out and said "If you could see your face.. the way you were looking at him. I thought he was an ex or something. Girl you're in love."

I stood quiet for a while.."I just said Thank You to my Hero."

I really couldn't believe what happened. Lets start from the fact that he was BY HIMSELF walking like you or me.. and NOBODY recognized him. Flip flops, hat, sunglasses. Just another normal guy. Then he came to say hi and talked to us like no big deal.. ON HIS DAY OFF. And stayed like 15 minutes aprox.. He never said HEY I GOTTA GO or looked like bothered.

He was SO nice. Is just the kinda guy he is. Down to Earth, nice, sweet. He is the same you see on stage. The same Jason, a bit smaller :) haha.

So there's my story. My afternoon with Jason Mraz. The man that took me out of misery. The ray of Sunshine in my dark sky. The source of my healing. The boy that made me melt everytime sound slipped through his mouth.

It was the most unexpected encounter. I thought I'd never get to say HI. And there I was, infront of him.. and he was saying Thank You to ME.

Like I said to Sasha.. When you want something really bad, the Universe conspires for you to get it. You just have to wish it with all your being and never give up. It might take a while, but when you have your moment.. Boy it is worth the wait.

I am grateful I couldn't find his hotel. If I had I might have been there while he was at the cementary and this would be a fantasy.

I wish you all get to feel what I felt.. Him.

Cause I haven't been the same ever since. I am Love now.

Lucy

Ps. I'm sorry this got sooo long!! but you know.. I had to put every detail! haha

Love you girls. I really do.

Having one of this moments..

I'm sorry is not Mraz-related. Just felt the lyrics, thought you'd too.

I dont know about you guys but ive been having some trouble getting into the holiday spirit, so i decided to post some jason christmas songs to get us all in the holiday spirit<3





And my personal fave



Happy Holidays Mraz Girls <3333

It's not easy being a person who's almost always falling in love.

If there was something my closest family and friends know about me, it's the fact that I am an emotion explosion waiting to happen—I wear my heart on my sleeve and openly share with anyone what I can, sometimes unaware that I am exposing myself to loads of hurt. I am an eternal optimist who thinks all people are essentially good, and it is an (unhealthy) expectation of mine that in the end, all people will always choose to do the right thing, if not for themselves, for the people around them. Anyway, that was a short backgrounder on the Mraz Gal (much more will unfold the more I post here).

One important fact: It is very easy for me to fall in love.

As someone who sees the bright side in all things, and in all people, that really isn't a surprise anymore. Small gestures tug at my heartstrings, what more the grander, bigger efforts, right? I do have high standards, but in the end, if you are a decent human being, if you are an okay guy, chances are, I may fall in love with you. As far as I can remember, I always have someone I hold in a special and high regard, may it be a friend, a professor, someone I met at a party, or even someone I met online.

I'd like to think of myself as liberal and game for anything that is remotely connected to love and the act of falling in love. This year, a year after I broke up with a boyfriend of almost four years (three of which were spent long distance), I opened my doors to the wonders of Online Dating. I've made a few connections with really cool guys, some of them I've opened up to quite freely, some of them I've put in the back of my head for now, since most of the men I've connected with are Americans and I have plans to move to the States in the future. I've always been Serious Relationship Girl, but given my bad luck with men (they always leave, I always give them multiple chances to come back), I tried being Casual Dating Gal. Since I've started online dating, I've made two strong connections with two different guys (who, ironically, share the same name): a guy who's in the US and a guy who's here right now but will be going back to the US soon. I won't go into detail about who these two men are (since they might chance upon this blog), but I will summarize them in short descriptions:

N1: Someone I have a lot in common with, but needs for me to be where he is to actually take me seriously. Someone I haven't talked to in a while since we're in different time zones and we keep chancing upon each other online at the worst possible times.

N2: Open Relationship Guy who's here for a while but will be going back to the US soon to resume his...open relationship. I am currently dating him on the premise that I am liberal enough to be okay with the idea that while he may fall for me (which I think he has), he loves someone else, too.

Both guys, I have strong feelings for. Both guys have helped me realize what I want in a romantic relationship. Both guys are "there for me"....but are not there for me in a way that I would like a guy to be—someone who would give me the kind of love that I deserve. N1 has made a stronger connection with someone else and has just told me that he would like to keep me as just a friend—never mind that I didn't even get a chance to really get to know him and date him for real when I get to the States and never mind that the girl whom he thinks is Possibly The One is also someone he met online. N2 says he loves me, but he loves his ex, too—never mind that my family seems to like him and that something has happened between us already and that he is leaving soon.

Right now I am confused. I know I can only feel strong emotions for someone to a certain level, given the way I met them and the amount of time I spent/am spending getting to know them. They say positive energy attracts positive energy, but based on what is happening to me now, I am attracting all sorts of energies that are far from positive. Am I wrong for pinning too much hope on the opposite sex? Am I stupid and naive for believing that by showing someone how much I can love, I can inspire the same love out of them as well? I absolutely have no idea. I have always thought of myself as a lover of love, life and everything and everyone in between that I keep getting entangled in situations with high drama. My romantic problems are never easy—they are mini-problems on steroids that always blow up into something catastrophic. I always fall in love and get abandoned. I always give chances while mine get taken away. I almost always get my heart broken, with each person taking a piece of it with them, leaving me with my own emotional scrap yard.

It's exhausting, waiting for That One Big Moment. My own love story that will put all fairy tales to shame. It's not easy being a person who's almost always falling in love.

Nonetheless, I am still hopeful that I will meet a great guy I deserve and who deserves me back. Someone who will RISE in love. With me. And I, with him. And even If It Kills Me, I will do what it takes to keep that hope alive, no matter how hard it becomes.

But the heart wants what it wants. And it is my cross to bear that mine wants you.

Hey Santa, This is what I Want.

I figured out that we all could use a bit of laughter (and why not, melt a little with hotness) since this life wont give us any truce.
Here's my Xmas gift to you lovely warm-hearted ladies -a bit early, so we can start feeling the spirit-

You probably 've already seen this.. is one of the Webisodes from J's Myspace.

So fast foward to 1:11 and enjoy :) or laugh really hard.. eitherone works!

Merry -hot- MrXmaz!

Webisode 11 - Cameraman vs. Tour

Jason Mraz Videos musicales de MySpace

Heeey Santa! Want a green smoothie dude?

Today was especially hard to handle in so many ways...

...so this is me, providing A-Mraz-ing inspiration for everyone, myself included.

We are all free to be. We are free to forget. We are free to dream. We are free to scream. So celebrate something in your own way today, this week, and the rest of the year. Light that dormant fuse in your ass and sparkle once in a while. Help me hear the boom from way out here.

— Mraz, July 4, 2008

And yeah, I think I need something to watch to keep the bad vibes away.

Tribute to Lucy

Lucy,
I apologize if this is getting a bit repetitive, but I would like to thank you again on our MrazWomen blog for what you told me. For those of you who are confused, she said, "I believe that when you want something really bad, you get it. Because you put energy to it and energy attracts more energy. Just never stop wishing. You'll get it, I'm sure of it! Just like I did when I thought it was impossible. I still asked for it badly." By the way, our conversation was about her meeting Jason, and me expressing how much I would love to personally meet him to express my gratitude I have for Him. I truly wish I knew him a long time ago, because he has honestly done nothing but good for me. Among the many things I've learned, some of the biggies are: 1) Live high, live mighty, live righteously. 2) Be love. 3) Don't ever let your mind stop you from having a good time! 4) Don't take yourself so seriously all the time. Laugh a little more and be yourself. 5) I won't worry my life away! (This comes in handy when it comes to my schoolwork...I tend to overstress to the max!) And to meet the man who has done all this and countless more things to me would be a dream come true. That is why Lucy's words touched me so much. They give me hope, ya know?

So thank you a thousand more times,
This one is going on my Mraz wall,
Sasha

After an Afternoon Life Is Wonderful

Hey Gals! can't sleep.. (got already my Wilde play for bed! ha.. The Ideal Husband it is.)
So I leave you guys with these two vids.. since we're in the Youtube mood.. haha

Life Is Wonderful - to me the best version. Amazing horns by J and Toca


After An Afternoon - the sweetest song with the sweetest gesture.


In Joy,
Lucy.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow, I'm Yours

StumbleUpon-ed this in my daily procrastination before bed ..

I'm Yours/Somewhere Over the Rainbow Collaboration, a la one amazing a capella group. I never realized how well the two songs matched up. I would love to see some kind of duet between Israel Kamakawiwo'ole and Jason! It would be so beautiful, my heart would burst, I think.

- May (you remember the love).

(my most popular nickname at work is Mayday, hence the tag ;D)

Gypsy MC- J on Live Chat

Now that we all seem to be in the video sharing mood, I thought I'd share this video of J singing Gypsy MC on the live chat he did recently. I love this video! :)

I Am You In a Different Situation

I'm a girl. A girl who once liked a boy (pretty much actually), tried to have a relationship and didn't work. One day this boy said "hey listen to this, is like this dude wrote it for us". You and I Both was the song, and lets say the boy thought that'd clean up the mess but not even such sweet lyrics could help him. I liked the song though... And that's when I first heard of Jason Mraz.
Like every single teenager -lil masochists- I heard the song at least three times a day.. So it wasn't unexpected I became a Mraz-addict.

Fall 2005 my life changed. My mom died. I was a mess -a real one- for almost too long. Couldn't find a ray of light in all the darkness. After wallowing in my grief I was numbed by the pain and trying to live again.
You know when you loose someone you inmediatly start asking questions. Why? Why her? Why not me? Why now? Where's God? Is it all worth it? Why try if it will end?
So no religion or way of thinking was able to answer them.
After a time of uncertainty.. Looking for Mraz tunes to keep me busy -the one thing I can thank my ex for..- I happened to come across Jason's Myspace. He wrote this blogs (by now everyone reading is well aware of them right? haha) himself and this is what I read.. -before let me tell you something. For a while I wasn't able to sleep.. so I read plays in candlelight to make it through the night and try to feel sleepy. Oscar Wilde was my choice.. You'll see why I bring this up.-
Thursday, November 29th, 2007. First blog I read. "I am you in a different situation".


He really was. I saw this as a sign. Ever since I've read e v e r y single blog.
That's how he became the source of my healing. He used to be a mess and chose to look on the bright side. He chose to feel grateful. So I tried, in the end.. He was me in a dif situation so If he could I should too.


I won't say I'm grateful my mom is no longer with me, cause I'm not. But I am I felt all that pain. I am grateful I saw the darkest sky. Because every next one was brighter than the previous one.


That's the story behind my devoted love to Mr. Mraz. He taught me to believe in me and create good thoughts so good things would happen. He taught me that I am what I want to be. Others see what I want them to see. My soul was able to heal because I wanted to heal.

Happiness is contagious. So laugh more. Be kind so people are nicer..BE LOVE.

You know.. ANYTHING YOU WANT CAN BE YOURS AT ANY TIME.
Just DON'T EVER LET YOUR MIND STOP YOU FROM HAVING A GOOD TIME. :)

I'll tell you all about how I met J next time.
Until then..
may every situation be summed up in a smile. - J
Love, Lucy.

Here's some Inspiration. This song makes me smile in the hardest day. (I love how he starts)

Ps. Thanks Jam! This is a beautiful way to connect with each other. Again you amazing being.. Thank you!

just thought i'd share the video that started my mraz maddness =]

Savoring the victory / Conquering the pain.

This is the real story. They were laughing in the tricycle with a lady and two girls (6 passengers) because of Omi's jokes when a motorbike with a drunken driver speedily encroached unto their right of way in front of them. The bike swerved to avoid a head on collision but hit the side where Omi was seated. The tricyle whirled around as the drunken driver flew into the air without a helmet, but landed uninjured. Omi's head slumped forward into the chest of Adolfo. His face would have been crashed if Adolfo wasnt there. He must have had a concussion because there was a darkened spot on his right head and nape. Omi said "my leg" and they noticed a big cut on the back of his leg and blood oozed like a faucet. They made a tourniquet to stop the blood but a metal cut through a major artery and the tightness of the knot did not press into the vein that was in the middle of his big leg. Omi was conscious and was not in pain (maybe numbed by shock or by the loss of blood) and he was asking to secure his Cartier watch, ring and bag. He was told that they were in their keeping. He was brought to a clinic that had no equipment. Adolfo, being a nurse, was the one who injected him with IV and instructed the staff how to press the wound to stop the blood while he rushed out to get medicines. Omi opened his eyes to ask "where are my friends". When they replied that "they are here", he closed his eyes and was gone.

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I was busy on the day of the death of Tito Omi, my godfather, one of my most favorite people on earth. I was busy (pre)celebrating the success of the exhibit I held with classmates to mark the nearing end of my stay in college (which, by the way, was named Unencumbered Words: A Multimedia Exhibit, after one of Mraz's songs). I was busy having fun that my mom decided not to tell me about the terrible news right away. When I told her I would come home late because I was out drinking with friends, her reply was vague: "I am happy that you are happy." I did not see that message as a clue that a loved one has passed on and was taken away from us so suddenly.

The next day, I awoke to two text messages sent by my mom to close family and friends that reported this heartbreaking loss. At first I did not understand..."What do you mean, last chance to see Tito Omi? Isn't he spending Christmas with us? Aren't we supposed to go to the beach in January? Why is he leaving for the US so soon?" When I got to the second message, I could not believe it. I ran downstairs, stared at my dad with wide eyes, and with a single nod from him, I knew...Tito Omi was gone. Dad held me as I sobbed on his shoulder.

The emotional floodgates have been pretty much open since then. Whenever I was left alone with my thoughts with no one to talk to, I would sob. Whenever I wasn't trying to crack jokes and make other people laugh, I would get sharp pains in my chest. Whenever anyone in the family said anything that remotely reminded me of Tito Omi—Christmas plans, funny experiences, his favorite expression, "I mean, you know!"—I would tear up again.

It's hard to celebrate success and it's painful to be faced by such a loss. He may have had all the fun experiences life has to offer him and some may say it was his time to go, but I still cannot fully accept this as truth. The world needs more people like Tito Omi—a person full of life and full of love. A person who knows what he wants and does everything to get them, no doubt, no fear, all positivity. A person who believes that there is always hope, no matter how depressing situations are (in fact, I don't think depression was ever in his vocabulary to begin with). A person so genuine and so generous. A person who perfectly and incandescently epitomizes what it means to suck the marrow out of life by living it extraordinarily.

It's hard to be glad it's over and it's painful to always be reminded that he is really gone. It's going to be a while before the crying stops, that I am sure of. But I won't be sad for long—I am happy that he has touched the lives of so many people. I am glad that his life is remembered fondly by everyone, even by those people who've only known him briefly.

I am grateful for you always, Ninong. Thank you for living your life the way you did, inspiring us to do the same. The world was your playground. Now, I am happy that heaven is, too.

"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal." I love you, Tito Omi. Goodbye. For now.

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Update: It's been five days since my exhibit ended. It's been four days since Tito Omi's death, and I have Jason Mraz to thank for keeping me sane through this emotional roller coaster ride that is ironically both one of the most fulfilling and the most heartbreaking ordeals of my 2009. Mraz's gospel reminds me to never worry, because even though the sun seems to be nowhere in sight, sooner or later it will come out again, even brighter than the last time we saw it. I have no worries anymore.

"Everything is fine. Not finAL." - Jason Mraz, October 2, 2008

Tito, this song is for you.

This is Mraz Gal, inviting everyone to be love!

Hello everyone! I am Jam Regis from Manila, Philippines, 25 years old, and I have been a Jason Mraz devotee since 2001. There is no musician I admire more than him—his words, his love for life, his love for Mother Earth, his beautiful soul are only some of the many things I love about him, and I am sure these are also things you admire in him, am I right?

Thanks to Twitter, I have had the pleasure to meet a lot of you, and this wonderful event has inspired me to come up with this blog project to serve as a medium for us Mraz Women to communicate, share our life stories and get to know one another on a deeper level. Please feel free to post ANYTHING: it can be Mraz-related (from pictures, music, videos, and links); it can be personal (something that happened to you that you feel you'd like to share to the Universe); it can be serious or silly or lovely or sad or inspiring.

Anyway, that's it for now. Happy posting, everyone!

Excited,
Jam/MrazGal (formerly thejamachine on Twitter)