Welcome to The Best Blog Ever!

A new Mraz blog (ad)venture by MrazGal

2011-12-19T21:48:00.001-08:00

It’s been 2 years since I started this community, and it has come to my attention that I have not even shared how my Mraz fandom came to existence! Unacceptable, right?

I know I still owe a recap of my recently concluded Mraz Pilgrimage in San Diego, but before that, let me share with you the birth of yet another blog project:

Words of the Carbon-Atom Girl: The Gospel According to MrazGal

Here I plan to regularly blog my thoughts about Mraz, his music, his fans, his musician friends, and anything related to those four. I have begun my new journey in the form of a blog entry series recapping my history as a fan of Mraz. So far, I have two:

History of MrazGal – This talks about the first time I heard a Mraz song and my first few times seeing him in concert.

History of MrazGal, Part 2 – Here I share my Twitter/Blogger moments with @jason_mraz.

I hope readers and authors of this Mraz fan blog will also honor my new one.

…and yes, the pilgrimage recap is coming soon. I promise!

Be radical love,

Jam a.k.a MrazGal

My Mraz Adventure!

2011-12-14T11:34:00.000-08:00

My first year of college, five years ago, my best friend Erin introduced me to the wonderful music of Jason Mraz. It did not take long before I became completely and utterly obsessed, not just with his music, but with Mr. AZ himself. Jason Mraz is an inspiration to me as a person. Everything he stands for is incredible and his music never ceases to put me in a good mood. Some artists fade in and out of peoples lives and others seem to really "stick". I have never gone through a period where Jason Mraz has faded. And at the rate I'm going, it probably never will.

In 2009, when I heard that tickets for Jason Mraz were going on sale for a show at Jones Beach, (THE place to see a concert on Long Island), I was thrilled. I got up early and landed Erin and I some awesome seats. Floor level, center stage. I gave Erin her ticket for her birthday and the Mraz countdown began. About a week after I purchased the tickets I realized that with all of my excitement, I didn't notice that August 7th, the date of the concert, was also the date of my boyfriend's, at the time, sister's wedding. Let me just say, I had to do the right thing. His sister was like a sister to me and even though missing the concert was going to be devastating, I handed over my ticket to Erin's little sister Kim. Well, obviously they enjoyed the concert. They got me a t-shirt and from then on I got to hear stories about how amazing it was. They tried not to rub it in but it was a bit of a sore subject. I was pretty jealous.

My Jason obsession never lessened. After that concert I was determined that the next time he came even somewhat close to New York I would be there.

In 2010 my boyfriend and I broke up. This hit me hard. We had been together for a while and I didn't see it coming. (I tried to refrain from telling him that I wish it had happened a year earlier so that I didn't miss that concert.) And, as cheesy as it sounds (well, maybe not to you gals) It seemed as though no matter what my mood was, whether I was at a high point or a low point, there was a Jason song to get me through that moment. His blog always provided inspiration to move forward and even though he will probably never know, Jason Mraz helped me more than he could have imagined.

Erin's sister Kim called me one day at the end of July 2011 when she saw that Jason and Toca would be doing 3 shows at Carnegie Hall. One show on November 23rd and two shows on November 25th, the day before and the day after Thanksgiving. Tickets for all three shows had sold out in less than a day but I was not going to let this concert pass me by. Erin wouldn't go. Kim didn't have the money. I tried and tried but I couldn't get Erin to come. So, I did what any other crazy Mraz Woman would have done. I bought two crazy expensive tickets off of stubhub for mediocre seats for the Wednesday night show and gave one to Kim for her birthday. She was happy. I was beyond happy. The countdown began. I bought the tickets on August 27th and the three month countdown seemed to take forever.

As the time grew near, I was becoming more and more excited. When we finally boarded the train for the city it felt surreal. And I was determined to think like Jason and find him in the city at some point. Kim was excited too, but she must have called me nuts twenty times throughout the day. I didn't argue though, she was right, and I was okay with that. We spent a good amount of time walking around near central park, we grabbed some lunch and walked around some more. By 6:00 we were exhausted and cold from walking in the rain since 11 am. We made our way over to Carnegie Hall and waited for the doors to open. We made our way to our seats which were in the second row on the left side of the balcony and when I saw the stage I didn't know what to do. I was finally here, soon to be in the same room as Jason Mraz. And Toca Rivera. This was going to be incredible.

The concert was beyond incredible. When Jason and Toca first came out, I nearly lost my mind. The fact that they played all types of songs, especially the Jason Mraz classics made the concert so special. I mean 0% Interest and RKOP!? That's unheard of! I sat on the edge of my seat the whole time and even though I didn't think it was possible, when I left my seat, I loved Jason Mraz even more than I had when I walked in. Before I left, I checked the ticket counter for tickets to the Friday show. It was sold out, but I was again determined.

We waited by the stage door for about 45 minutes for Jason to come out after the show. The whole time someone had a Ukelele and the whole crowd sang along to Jason's songs. It was a great way to end the night. Unfortunately, we had to catch a train home and left before Jason came out. When I got home, I texted Erin to see if she would come to the Friday show if I could get tickets because Kim had her fill of the city for a while. After some persuasion, Erin agreed to come to the Friday show IF I got tickets. I spent a good portion of the next day, Thanksgiving, searching high and low to tickets to either of the Friday shows. I found one pair of tickets and leaped on the opportunity immediately. It was for the 3:00 matinee show where The Fresh Beat Band would perform with him. Yes! I was making my way back to the city to see Jason Mraz again, this time with my best friend!

Only, at 10:00 Thanksgiving night, the night before the concert, Erin bailed. I was left with two tickets and I was NOT going to give up going again. I picked up the phone and called my aunt, who is a music lover but not particularly familiar with Jason Mraz. Because she's the best EVER, she agreed to come in and see the show with me. Little did she know what she was getting herself into.

We drove into the city this time, and I introduced her to Jason's music beyond "I'm Yours." She was excited, I was elated, it was going to be a great day. When we got to Carnegie Hall, it was flooded with small children. The woman next to me was complaining, "I don't know who this Jason Mraz is but my kids came here to see the Fresh Beat Band and he better not take up too much time or bore my kids. These tickets were expensive." I screamed a little inside. SERIOUSLY!? YOU SHOULD HAVE LET A REAL MRAZ FAN HAVE THAT TICKET!

Our seats for this show were awesome. Tier 1 in a box. AMAZING. Much to my surprise, the Fresh Beat Band didn't open for Mraz, they actually played most of the show with him. It was great, obviously because all of Jason's work is, but not exactly what I had hyped the show up to my Aunt as. He sang his usual hits, plus "Merry Holidays," "Outdoors (from sesame street)" and "Rainbow Connection." He also sang about the number five and the song he sang with Bushwalla a few times, "Spiders Doing Push-Ups On a Mirror." It was a great show, only an hour and fifteen minutes, but not at all like the night before, which lasted almost three hours.

Afterwards, I led my poor Aunt to the stage door with me. Hundreds of small screaming children were chanting "F-B-B" for the Fresh Beat Band to come out. About twenty minutes of "FBB" chanting in, Toca walked out the door and made his way through the crowd. Nobody acknowledged him so I yelled "Hey TOCA!" and he turned around and goes "Oh my goodness! A REAL fan who actually knows who I am!" When he came back, he took a picture with me and thanked me for coming to the show. Once all of the kids cleared he actually came out again and hung out with us for a little while. He was so awesome to talk to and was very down to earth. It was like he was happy to sign my ticket. By the time he went back in it was just me, my aunt and another Jason fan still waiting by the door. The head of security came down and told us that Jason was meditating and that he wouldn't be coming down before his next show. I was disappointed, but then he told us that after the Wednesday night show it was so packed by the stage door that they couldn't bring him out and had to sneak him out the front. He also said that he MIGHT have to do the same thing tonight, around11:45 ,"if you know what I mean." Too bad I didn't have tickets for that show.

Too bad I'm an obsessive nut who was NOT going to miss the last show. I turned to my Aunt and asked her if we could go check for tickets for the later show. Now, don't be fooled, I just graduated college and have a ton to pay for, including loans and a horse. The last thing I NEEDED was to spend more money on tickets to another Jason Mraz concert. Yet, I was in such a zone at this point, I would have probably dipped into my life savings if it meant spending another few hours being in the presence of Mr. AZ. And I was yet again determined, this time I was going to show my Aunt what Jason Mraz really is. We headed back into Carnegie Hall and checked for tickets, so far none had been returned but we started a cancellation line. As people came in with extra tickets, the usher would walk them to us to be sold at face value. It was packed though and there really were no tickets to be found. The show started at 8:00 and buy 7:30 all we had was one balcony seat. We were willing to split up, but not one of us goes to the show and the other doesn't. That wasn't going to fly. Just as we got ready to sell back the single ticket, three young guys walked in looking quite confused. The told the usher that they had an extra ticket and didn't know what to. The usher and I were buddies at this point and upon looking at the ticket walked quickly over to me. "Look at this ticket. Take it. Front row, seat 12." FACE VALUE! AHHHHHH!

So I did it! I accomplished all three Jason Mraz shows, the last one I sat in the front row. Talk about dreams coming true. My Aunt didn't mind sitting up in the balcony, she was happy I wound up in the front row. According to her, my feet didn't touch the ground all day. This was by far the BEST of the three concerts and I honestly could have died each time I made eye-contact with Jason. I met back up with my Aunt after the show and she already knew the next move. We would wait. By the front, because that's what we were advised to do earlier. We grabbed hot chocolate quick and then stood our post and waited. And waited. And waited. Toca came out and we thanked him for being awesome. He remembered us from before. Even more awesome. After Toca walked away, I told my Aunt that when Jason came out, I was going to ask him what it means to have a road unencumbered by cats. Because seriously, I know he's all about the wordplay, but that line has been making me nuts for five years now. And who better to explain it than Mraz himself.

At this point, it was me, my Aunt and the Ukelele kid from Wednesday night waiting by the front. And then, BAM! A secret door opened and out came the security guard, who winked at us upon seeing us, and then JASON MRAZ. I should his name and he came right over and greeted us. The kid with the Ukelele spoke to him first as I just stood there completely star-stuck. Then it was my turn. My heart pounded and I muttered "Hi Jason, Uh I'm a HUGE fan." Then he asked me my name and asked if I made it to any of the shows. I told him I made all three and he looked at me thanked me quite sincerely, pressed his hands together and bowed to me calling me a "most loyal fan." He took a picture with me and I could have died. At that very moment. He thanked me again and walked away. Best Day Ever. With the Best Aunt Ever. And the Greatest Man Ever. And The Coolest Toca Ever.

I was convinced that I was going to be hit by a bus or something while we walked to the car. There was just no way that my week could go that good without it being the end. (That sounds morbid but you know what I mean.) I couldn't even form complete thoughts. Jason Mraz is Love.

My mother called me a stalker, so did Erin. But when it comes down to it, I look at myself as someone with passion. Jason Mraz is an inspiration to put my heart into everything that I do. And seeing him in person and then actually meeting him proved everything that I thought about him as true. So, no, I'm not a stalker. I prefer the term Dedicated Super-Fan. And now, even better, a Mraz Woman. <3

And guys, if you are with me the next time I meet Mr. Mraz. Please remind me to ask him about the roads being unencumbered by cats. Please, I've gotta hear it from him. :)

You are Loved,
Jen
The Dedicated Super-Fan

Best Mraz Pilgrimage EVER!!!

2011-12-02T12:48:00.000-08:00

Well it looks as though my San Diego trip deserves a story....so here we go!

July 18th I recieved a notice that Jason Mraz tickets were going on sale for a Special Acoustic Evening with just him and Toca in San Diego! I thought, OMG San Diego! Where it all started 10 years ago. This has gotta be the concert of all concerts to go to! So after confirming with my AWESOME hubby I planned my stalking of presale tickets. 10:00am on the dot and I score 4TH ROW!!!! I only bought one ticket, just me going by myself and I didn't care! Come to find out Jam and Dawn, our very own MrazWomen were going too! I'd be sitting by myself but I'd have my girls to hang out with!

So then I waited....a very long 4 months! The week before the show my Twitter and FB started blowing up! I was on a mission to finally meet and talk to Jason! I mean, what better place to do that than in his hometown, in a very small intimate venue with easy access right? So all these messages were coming in saying "Say Hi to Jason for me! Can't wait to hear about your trip, etc etc"

So Monday was finally here! 8:30am flight and I had no trouble waking up at 5:15 to get ready to go! I was so excited. I was traveling solo but all my online buddies kept me company with their funny messages and I had fun sharing random pics of my travels. I arrive in San Diego to the beautiful 80 degrees and sunny weather!! I was finally here! Caught the bus to my hotel which just so happened to be attached to Spreckels (the venue) so I was super excited! The bus dropped me off and the first thing I see is the Spreckels marquee that says "Jason Mraz - You Are Loved" SQUUUEEEEE!!! Of course I took a picture and headed to my hotel to get cleaned up. It was only 1:00pm and I had 6 hours of stalking to do! On my way to the hotel I passed the OPEN stage door with all of the stage guys working! AAAAHHH Must hurry and get ready so I can get back out there!

So after checking in and cleaning up I headed out on my mission. Luckily I found a great little cafe attached to Spreckels with an outdoor seating area so I could watch the lighting guys work and talk with the security guard. I'm coming to find out the head security guard is a VERY GOOD person to know! ;-) I had asked when sound check was and if I would be able to go in and listen. No luck. The security guard then said, "Well, just try to get on camera" I say, "camera? What do you mean?" Then he tells me that the show is being recorded for a DVD!!!!! SCORE!!! This secret apparently had been keep for awhile so I was super pumped to be finding this out!
So after I hung out ther for about an hour, I decided to walk around the block to see if anything was going on at the other stage door. Nothing. However on my way back around to the 'happening' stage door I see Toca! I'm saying to myself... OMG that's Toca! Holy Crap that's Toca as I walk towards him and he walks towards me. So I stop him and say "You're Toca right?" Toca:Yes, Hi! Me: Hi,(I shake his hand) I'm Jen. I'm going to the show tonight, it's so great to meet you Toca: Awesome, are you from San Diego? Me: No, I came from Indiana just to see you guys! Toca: Oh WOW Thank you so much! We are so grateful! I gotta head to sound check now, but it was great meeting you. Me: You too!!

So off I go to the front of Spreckels completely bummed that I didn't get my camera out. So then I turn around and head back to the stage door and see Toca still standing there! Then I also see my girls Dawn and Jam!!
Yay! So I walk up to all three of them an say Hi to Dawn and Jam then we talk to Toca and get all of our pictures taken with him. He really is the nicest most laid back person I've ever met!! Then we keep talking with Toca (apparently he wasn't all that late) and Toca says "Well, if you guys are wanting to meet Jason, this is the place to be. He's gotta come in this door" We say, "Oh really?! Awesome" Then Toca says......wait for it......this is the BEST PART OF THE WHOLE STORY.....

"Speaking of...." We all turn around and guess who is walking up RIGHT BEHIND ME!!! I turn around and say "Hey Jason!" and start to walk towards him to give him a hug. Honestly I was quite surprised I was able to talk or move at all! Then Jason says " Hey guys, how's it goin" Then him and Toca and Tricia walk in for sound check. We were all so stunned, nothing else came out of our mouths. I could have said "Hey Jason, how about a Hi 5 or can we get a quick picture" Something! Anything! Ugh!!! Depspite the lack of picture or hug, I did get to talk to Jason so I say mission accomplished!

Hell by this point it was only 3:30 and I had seen both Toca and Jason and had another 4 hours to visit! So after I stopped shaking (lol) us girls preceeded to talk with the security guard and do some wondering. As we walk back to the front I see Michael and Nancy Natter. Most of you may not know who that is, so I'll just say they are close friends with Jason and Michael has even written songs with Jason. So I walk up to say Hi and strangly had to introduce myself with my twitter name but she knew who I was so that was cool! They were the sweetest people ever! Michael told us some amazing stories about how some of our favorite Mraz songs came to be. It was really great meeting them.

So we decided to go inside and see what's going on in the lobby. Bought an awesome tour shirt and had the DVD crew come in and film us! But then the one GINORMOUS mistake I made was seeing the Meet and greet group of people leave the lobby and NOT FOLLOWING THEM! I thought about it for a split second but come to find out they go in the same stage door I had been talking to security all day. If I would have just followed them there was a REALLY good possibility he would have let me in to the meet n greet. Oh well, I got my 'Hi' and I'm gonna be happy about it!

So then I see Philly (RKOP) and had to go up and say Hi. Again I had to introduce myself by my twitter name, but again she knew who I was. She is seriously the nicest person! She treats everyone as though she has known them forever! You immediately feel like her friend. Loved it! Dawn, Jam and I got our picture with her too.

At this point the opened the doors so I was ready for the show! Go into Spreckels and let me tell you that venue is absolutely amazing!! Only about 1400 seats and really beautiful! Little did I know this was going to be unlike any other concert I had ever been to. We all sat down and out walks Jason and Toca and they just start talking. Kinda like "hey guys welcome to my house, have a seat, I'm gonna play a few songs for ya" It literally felt like our own personal living room concert! We sat the whole time (other than a standing ovation for 'Mr. Curiosity') Amazing amazing amazing! I would pick this quite acoustic show over one of his huge band shows any day!

There was an intermission where we had time to talk to friends and I swear it was a freaking Jason Mraz friends reunion in there! All of his close friends were there! I got to meet a lot of them, and never did I feel uncomfortable so it was really wild! The 2nd half was also amazing! Overall a great show. He talked so much more than any other concert I've been to. And let me tell you, that dude is funny! I cannot WAIT to see the DVD! Maybe I'll be on there even.

After the show, I headed to my favorite stage door (lessoned learned, don't go to the door with the security guard and Toca, Jason will leave out of the OTHER door) DUH! But anyway, I snagged a setlist and got Toca to sign that. I went up to Toca and said "Hey Toca" Toca: Hey Jen! (He remebered me!) Me: I've already had a picture, but can I have a hug and would you sign my setlist? Toca: Sure no problem! So got my signed souvinier for this trip! After a LONG while of standing around I headed back to the hotel and saw Toca AGAIN and joked "Nice hotel Toca" and he says "Thanks Jen!" I said "Goodnight" :-)

Overall, I'd have to say, if Jason is playing in San Diego again and I have the cash I would go again! BEST PLACE EVER to watch him! Over course it would be really nice to see him in MY hometown too! lol Thanks for reading and I'll have pictures up soon. :-)

MrazGal Update: In the US and loving it!

2011-11-11T15:55:00.000-08:00

The Recent Past:

Jason (the boyfriend, not the singer) just started a job at an awesome company nearby, while I am enjoying just being by myself at home. When I am not catching up on my gazillion shows on my laptop, I am taking a walk on a nice trail (that pretty much connects to anything and everything essential to surviving, like groceries, restaurants, cinemas and the like), reading fantasy novels, or baking. Yes, I have discovered recently how much I enjoy making desserts (even more than eating them!). It's just the perfect hobby to get into, too. Since I'm trying to rebuild my knee strength by taking brisk walks regularly, I am able to burn ze calories as well! Soon, I'll be back into running shape!

One of the things I appreciate about being in the U.S. is how friendly everybody is. I know my home country boasts of its special brand of hospitality and the welcoming nature of the people, but I've never experienced being said hello to on the street by a complete stranger. In Manila, people don't really do that often and when they do, it's often perceived as creepy or even dangerous, but here, a lot of people have smiles and heys to offer. When you're lost, someone's bound to offer you reliable directions, and sometimes even a lift to your desired destination. And it's not scary at all (edit: depending on the person. If a creepy old guy wants you to get into his van, you know what to do). I guess it's partly because the neighborhood isn't surrounded by slums. I'm not quite sure yet.

There was a shooting right outside our apartment building almost a month ago, and that still freaks me out whenever I think about it. Back in Manila, I've always lived in an executive village with a guarded gate, a setup that allowed me to sleep soundly at night without having to worry about stray bullets accidentally hitting my window or me. Being this near to an altercation that even ended up in the news made me think about how unprepared I am for any sort of emergency. What if I get held up, get kidnapped? What if Jason meets an accident on his way to work or back? Who do I call for help?

In the Philippines, we don't have a 911 hotline. If we did, I don't know what it is and I'm sure a lot of Filipinos don't know, either. That scares me. The leaked video I recently saw of two teenagers (in Manila, Philippines) slowly dying from bullet wounds in the middle of a mall with passers-by doing absolutely nothing about it (they were even taking photos of the victims, not calling for help) scares me. That sort of thing may happen in the Philippines for fear of getting involved by helping and being wrongfully blamed in the end, but it's the complete opposite in the States. Concerned people who witness crimes never hesitate to report it to the police. In fact, people who witness crimes or accidents and don't report it may even get into trouble themselves. So yeah, even if my environment here in the U.S. is more prone to all sorts of danger, I at least know that people won't just stand around, doing nothing.

The Now:

Right now it is 56°F and super windy outside, definitely colder than the coldest weather in my homeland. Although I have been growing more accustomed to the cold US weather as weeks go by, the thought of going to a place with below-zero-degrees weather scares me. Okay, maybe it excites me as well. I have never actually seen snow bigger than a 100-meter patch. Jason can't wait to bundle me up in layers and get me my first skiing lesson. I hope I don't freeze to death or do something dumb like fall on my ass (though it might be kind of cute and funny if I did).

The Near Future:

I am pretty stoked for this upcoming weekend. We're taking a road trip to Yosemite for one-on-one time with nature (Jason the boyfriend is a huge nature freak). This will be my first time to visit a national park, so of course I am excited. I am also SUPER EXCITED because on the way home, I get to meet up with TJ, who will officially become my first MrazWoman meetup on this trip. :-) YAYYYY!

By the end of November, I am also embarking on a journey to San Diego to catch a Mraz show with Dawn and Jen. This will be my first time to go on a trip to a different part of the country by myself...I am both super excited and super scared! I am hopeful I don't get on the wrong train, or I'm not late for my flight, or that someone from Dawn's hotel will come get me at the SD airport. I hope this trip will live up to the hype, it being THE MOST AWESOME MRAZWOMAN MEETUP OF 2011! :D I wish all of you can be there. Maybe next time! :)

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I guess that's it for now. If you haven't gone over to http://jasonmraz.com/community to create your profile, DO IT NOW and be sure to join the MrazWomen group. :)

Lots of love and light and awesomeness,
Jam
MrazGal

MrazWomen Update: This blog might not be as active as before, but our online friendship is as strong as ever!

2011-11-11T15:36:00.000-08:00

I know, I know...some of you might not see the point of posting entries on this blog since we all already chat on Twitter and on Facebook (you have to message me to be added to the private group), but I can't help but feel a bit emotional (weepy even) when I realize that this is where it all started.

This blog brought us together in the first place.

For those of you active in the FB group and those of you who are not on FB but are on Twitter, I hope that you don't completely disregard the positive effects our blog posts have on MrazWomen such as ourselves, just because we have other portals in place. We have so many experiences to share--both good and bad--to other people and this is one of many ways to reach out to other like-minded folks. For some, this is a fantastic and truly inspiring thing...imagine having a collection of friends you can talk to about anything and not being afraid of being yourself! Only through the internet.

To encourage and inspire current members to post more and to encourage and inspire new gals to join our little online family of wonderful women, I shall post more on this blog.

I miss hearing from all of you!

Be love,
Jam

Jason Mraz on Spicks and Specks!

2011-09-11T15:19:00.000-07:00

I love it!!

Game answer:

2011-07-28T13:26:00.000-07:00

You girls are awesome...

And the song was.... from Ana Diegues on Vimeo.

Now i invite you to join me ... it's your turn!!
With peace and magical love...
Ana D.

Let's play a game!

2011-07-25T17:29:00.000-07:00

Hope you girls like it... and I'm sorry for my annoying voice, it's not always like this.. dunno what happened! uahuahhuaha

Love,
Ana D.

Amy's top 5 (non mraz) favorite songs right now at this moment.

2011-07-25T13:30:00.000-07:00

1. Andy Grammer "Lunitic"

This guy has a really awesome sound. I love listening to this song in the car.. .I sing along to it and just about every single song on this album makes me just happy.

My favorite line of the song is

"You can do this, you can do this
You are not a lunatic
Crazy would be changing your mind"

2. Matt Nathanson "At the end of the world"

I love love love love love love love Matt Nathanson. He is seriously right up there with Mraz. I have never seen him live but I would give anything to do so! I am obsessed with youtuve vidoes of him. His shows look like so much fun and he is freakin hilarious. Anyway.. his new album Modern Love.. is just perfect in every way. This song is awesome. It was hard to pick just one for a current favorite..

"if the sun don't light
and the night won't turn
we'll get a room at the end of the world
and we'll rewrite all the wrongs we've learned
safe in our room at the end of the world"
Oh my goodness.. I just love him!

3. The Weepies "Gotta have you"

This is seriously one of my favorite songs of all time. Its so beautiful. They know how to write a song. I am so happy they are playing local next month and I am going to try so hard to see them. I need to post the lyrics to the whole song because I love it so much.

"Gotta Have You"

Gray, quiet and tired and mean
Picking at a worried seam
I try to make you mad at me over the phone.
Red eyes and fire and signs
I'm taken by a nursery rhyme
I want to make a ray of sunshine and never leave home

No amount of coffee, no amount of crying
No amount of whiskey, no amount of wine
No, no, no, no, no,
nothing else will do
I've gotta have you, I've gotta have you.

The road gets cold, there's no spring in the meadow this year
I'm the new chicken clucking open hearts and ears
Oh, such a prima donna, sorry for myself
But green, it is also summer
And I won't be warm 'til I'm lying in your arms

No amount of coffee, no amount of crying
No amount of whiskey, no amount of wine
No, no, no, no, no
Nothing else will do
I've gotta have you, I've gotta have you

I see it all through a telescope: guitar, suitcase, and a warm coat
Lying in the back of the blue boat, humming a tune...hmmmmmmm

No amount of coffee, no amount of crying
No amount of whiskey, no wine
No, no, no, no, no
Nothing else will do
I've gotta have you, I've gotta have

No amount of coffee, no amount of crying
No amount of whiskey, no amount of wine
No, no, no, no, no
Nothing else will do
I've gotta have you, I've gotta have you.

I've gotta have you, gotta have you
I've gotta have you

4. Plain White T's- Map of the world.

I was never a big fan of this band.. but decided to get this album anyway.. it is really good. This song has some really good lyrics and I love singing along to it.

The wind comes through singing the blues
but where do I fit in
The autumn trees dance with the breeze
but where do I fit in

Am I a dot on the map of the world
Just a spot on the map of the world
When I imagine the whole universe
Oh, where do I fit in

Wish I made it, wish I might
find some answers here tonight
Tell me, is there something out there

5. Matt Nathanson "Faster"

I really wish this song was written about me. Just listen.. you will know why.

"You're so delicious
you're so soft
sweet on the tip of my tongue
you taste like sunlight
and strawberry bubble gum

you bite my lip
you spike my blood
you make my heart beat faster"

What are your top 5 current favorite songs!?

This blog has been a ghost town lately...

2011-07-03T15:47:00.000-07:00

We need to change that.

I'm fixing to post a series of blogs, reviewing this band that I have come to love, called

Me & Mr. Cassidy.

If you're a superfan of Jason and the Makepeace Brothers, and all of them, then you probably know who I'm talking about.

I was asked by Hope Leigh Rollins, the "Me" in said band to review their new album, and gladly I said yes.

So, I'd appreciate the feedback on the blogs.

Thanks girls. <3

This is what I look like today...

2011-05-22T15:04:00.000-07:00

and I'm trying not to pull out my hair.

My name is Courtney, I live in Commack, NY. I have 15 years upon this earth and I love Jason Mraz. My twitter is Castaway23.

So, I got the invite to join this actually a few months ago but it is just now that I learned how to do so. Yeah, I'm technologically un-inclined. I presume that i shall tell you a bit about myself, here goes it:

I am a girl.

I play bass guitar.

I play regular guitar.

I love to skateboard.

I love to play football.

I love Jason Mraz.

I love Green Day.

I am an English nerd.

I love life.

I am very religious.

I love making new friends.

I am a very deep thinker.

Richie Betanzos is someone I care about very much, he is like a big brother to me.

If you want to get to know me, I am an open book. :D

I first encountered the wonderful music stylings of Jason Mraz in 2008 with I'm Yours. It was right before my brothers wedding and it brings back amazing memories. i remained stagnant in his music for quite awhile. Last December I started following him on twitter and ran into FreshnessFactorFivethousand.blogspot.com It changed my life, the posts 23 Skidoo and Now's Here Resolutions. After realizing how amazing of a person he is, I delved into his music head first and am so happy to have his music in my life. His wordplay is what I appreciate most. My favorite songs by him are Mr. Curiosity and Gypsy MC.

Jason Mraz has changed my life for the better.

Nice to meet you guys,

Courtney =)

Gratitude book list

2011-04-04T12:20:00.001-07:00

Here is the list.. in order of recipiant. TJ has it right now. If anything needs updated... address changes or anything like that. Let me know and I will update my list that goes in the book.

Also, let me know if I am missing anyone. ... I had to redue my list because of a computer issue so please please please let me know if you are suposed to be on this list and I have lost you some how.

TJ Harrewyn

Christina Dickerson

Elise Eldridge

Stephanie Hardy

Ellen Jannol

Dana Baker

Molly Kasakowski

Marrisa Martin

May Multari

Jena Redwansk

Sasha Brigante

Whitney Howard

Brandie Benson

Jam Regis

Baille Feliz Simplicio

Charlotte Yamat

Caisa Tornberg

Patricia Zavala

Paula Aubert

Then back to me.

<3<3<3

Almost speechless.

2011-03-31T17:27:00.000-07:00

I'm in awe at this TED talk.

I can't believe how wonderful this poetry is! You listen and are completely engulfed and can not help but want to try it out yourself.. yet doubt you can.

I wonder if I could ever write poetry like this. It gave me chills and made me tear.

For me, TED talks teach me and inspire me .. and I'm so speechless as to how grateful I really am for discovering the talks.

Now, I know we all are sitting and waiting for Jason's performance for TED :) but in the mean time.. go to TED.com and discover so much. It's like these videos were made for me.. I swear.

"I feel like gratitude is always what gets us to the next level."

With gratitude,
Steph

Mindblown

2011-03-26T19:36:00.000-07:00

So May and I just met through the facebook group and realized we not only live both in NY...both on Long Island...both in Suffolk County...both on the South Shore.... but OFF OF THE SAME STREET, WENT TO THE SAME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WENT TO THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL.

I am in love with life and all of its connections right now....

Wow :)

With A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF Gratitude,

Steph

I am so grateful!!!!

2011-03-25T09:44:00.000-07:00

and excited to be added to this wonderful community and project of Mraz Women!

Hello everyone. :) My name is Stephanie Hardy. I am 19 years old and a freshman at Boston University studying Hispanic Language & Literature and (hoping when admitted to the program) Public Health with a concentration in Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights. Sigh, that is a mouthful. I'm from Long Island, New York and loveeeeee me some Mraz.

I don't even know where to begin. Well, the beginning of my love for Jason Mraz is not a definite time or place. I don't have a day in particular where I remember falling in love with his music. I remember being very young and hearing The Remedy on the radio etc. I started to really become a fan with his We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things album however, I did my research and now, and rightfully so, know every song he has.. or almost. :) I'm not one of those "Oh my gosh...Jason Mraz is so good! I love that song he has with Colbie Caillat! Lucky!?" No. Oh no no no. I have a great and complete appreciation for the man, the music and the message although I have somewhat of a late start I'd say.

I saw Jason in concert first in NYC in October 2008 at Radio City! It was awesome, the gospel choir, the energy, the diversity of people. Next, I saw him at Jones Beach on Long Island August 2009, my home. Jones Beach is by far the greatest location for a summer concert. A Beautiful Mess: Live on Earth album is my favorite and that concert was of that tour, with the same arrangement more of less. The trumpets, the energy! THE ENERGY! His energy, the crowds energy and my floor seats were all perfection. I was in my glory that night.

December 2009 I got my first (I say that because I contemplate others) Jason themed tattoo.

When Jason played "The Remedy" at the Jones Beach concert, it was such a moving rendition of the song and it touched me. I cannot describe the feeling that I had inside. It's a very simple motto for life that can make all the difference.

I saw Jason for my 3rd time at the Life is Good festival in Canton, Mass September 2010. I was browsing his website, knowing it wasn't on any tours and found the festival would be 3 weeks AFTER I arrived in Boston for college. I was ecstatic!!! It was met to be. I was close to the front, soaked it all in. This is the first day that I was introduced to Brett Dennen as an artist and he has become another love of mine who I will see for the 2nd time in May in NYC!

I yearn to meet Jason, travel to San Diego area and see his favorite spots, visit Cafe Gratitude and all of these things. Many more concerts to come for me :) Of course!

Some other memorable moments for me were when his fiance TP tweeted me! I had commented a picture of her and who I thought was Jason, laying in the grass. It was really old and I was the only one to comment saying something along the lines of "This is beautiful! I can't believe no one has commented this, I love you two together!" She replied me saying.. "Ha! That photo you commented on was the guy I was dating last year" hahah awkward! Must have been G. Love..... My twitter is twitter.com/DJstephyh <- The name has changed as a joke ... don't judge lol I have like 6 DJ's following me randomly.. hah

Also, Tricia the joyologist is a big inspiration of mine as well! She tweeted me and answered me on tumblr about a question I had! Hardyhar.tumblr.com if you want to follow me on Tumblr!

Hm what else, what else. I am a HUGE fan and believer of gratitude and appreciate Jason's message of giving love, being love and being thankful for what we have in our lives. I cannot stress enough how uplifted I feel because of his blog posts and his music and the way he shines his light onto all of his fans and anyone willing to listen to his piece of mind. I know you all feel the same and that is why this blog is such a blessing! I'm not crazy, I am appreciated by all you fellow fans hah

Some of my favorites of his are.. The Remedy (from Live on Earth album), Curbside Prophet (Tonight Not Again), his covers of Rocket Man and Good Old Fashioned Loverboy (B-sides), Little You and I (Java Joe's), Older Lover (From the Cutting Room Floor), After An Afternoon (Java Joe's), No Doubling Back (Tonight Not Again) and on and on and on. Certain versions are just PERFECTION, so I had to distinguish. ;)

P.S. If you wanna.. facebook.com/HardySteph

With gratitude and excitement,

Steph

"We're taking the higher route, we're taking the ceiling out, We're going up!"

Hi :)

2011-03-19T15:20:00.000-07:00

Hello Mraz Women!
I’m so pleased to be part of this wonderful blog. It’s such an amazing idea to join together and spread stories of gratitude, hope, peace, love, and what’s going on in our lives to other women across the world, all connected by our love for Jason. I’m new here, so I’m going to introduce myself.

My name is Emily, and I live in Sheffield in England, (which is the greenest city in Europe, I’ve heard.) I’m 16, and I’m currently studying History, English Literature, Psychology and Music for my A Levels. I play the Piano and take singing lessons, but would LOVE to learn acoustic guitar too! I am also a huge Harry Potter fan, and have become obsessed with Glee (I got into it because of Darren Criss- Blaine- whose theatre company Starkid is another of my great loves in life.) I enjoy reading, playing music, hanging out with my friends, History (especially American), writing stories, walking, and listening to music (some of my favourite artists, aside from Jason, are Freelance Whales, Darren Criss, Blue October, Elton John, Muse, Mumford & Sons, Yann Tiersen, Matt Nathanson, Amy McDonald, Counting Crows, Simon & Garfunkel…. I’m also a big fan of Folk, Classical, World music and Wizard Rock.)

I’ve started using Twitter a lot more recently- follow me? I’d love to meet you all on there. :) I’m @moonshoesemily.

Something that I would love to do in life is some sort of roadtrip across America, the place I most want to visit in the world (because they have Jason Mraz, practically the whole Harry Potter franchise, Redvines, Jason, California, NICE WEATHER, groovy accents, and Jason, to name just a few things.) Basically, I’d love to do something like the video of I’m Yours, and just travel through all the small towns and meet people- I’m not particularly interested in the big cities like New York. Although I wouldn’t say no if someone offered to take me! My mum has a fear of flying, and so the farthest I’ve travelled from the UK is Austria, but this roadtrip WILL happen one day! Oh, and I will also visit Jason’s Avocado farm while in California, of course! ;)

I discovered Jason Mraz about 4 years ago through my friend, whose parents are a fan. She sent me a link of Sleeping To Dream and told me to listen. I liked it, but I wasn’t in love. On the related videos list, I decided I liked the look of the thumbnail for Bella Luna, which was a photo of a sunset, so I clicked on that, and I was absolutely blown away by the power and beauty of the song. I spent the rest of the day going through the Mr A-Z album on youtube, listening and favouriting all the songs, and then I bought the 2 studio albums he had then produced. My friend emailed and said “’I’m Yours’ is in the charts! We listen to popular music!” (I have never been a ‘Top 40’ kind of person, so it was funny to us when everyone suddenly knew about him- and only for one song, sadly.) Anyway, we’ve both had a lifetime’s ambition of seeing him live, and catching his hat together. There is still a lot of arguing between us about who would keep it though…!

Jason is inspiring me in many ways– some of my favourite lyrics by him are “Go make your life, not a living…” Because I feel like often we can be so caught up in the trivial of everyday life, that we forget what it is to just ‘live’ and to step back see the bigger picture. Everyone on this blog will understand what I mean, and I am grateful to Jason and others who inspire me, and show me there is more to life than the material side.

So far it’s been a pretty good year. I started at a new school and made new friends, I saw Freelance Whales when they came to England which was exciting, I am generally eating healthier (still need to start some regular exercise though, that doesn’t just consist of walking up to school from the tram stop everyday…) I have had no migraines for 3 months *touchwood*due to my improved attitude towards school that doesn’t accept ‘Oh my god I’m going to fail my homework/exam/life and now need to run around like a headless chicken’ (I used to get them pretty regular, and they’d put me in bed for a few days) and also, I dyed my hair red, which is a radical change for me as I'd never really done anything different with it, and it helped me to feel like a new, more exciting person!

Today I performed Piano for the first time in about a year in the lunchtime concert at Music Academy where I go every Saturday, and it went quite well, a big step for me because I HATE performing! Whenever I felt terrified leading up to it, I kept singing “The remedy is the experience…” in my head, and it seemed to work. In a strange way, I actually enjoyed the performance, even though my legs were shaking! I was facing one of my biggest fears, which always feels good afterwards, and I felt like I was giving the joy of music to people, even for just 5 minutes, and while I was playing, I began to think “This is actually one of the best times I’ve played it!” I have a great issue about putting myself out there with my music, I prefer to shy away in the background, watch others, and just play it for myself. But I’m slowly realising that it’s a wasted opportunity if I never perform, and it could even be depriving my friends and peers of the enjoyment and peace of Listening, so I signed up to do it today.
Just wanted to share that with you! I’m quite proud of myself, because a few months ago, I said I wouldn’t perform again after a bad experience where a performance went quite badly. I played ‘Le Onde’ by Ludovico Einaudi, if any of you are interested.

Ok, that’s enough about me; that was longer than I intended so thanks for reading... I look forward to meeting all of you through Twitter/Facebook :D It's pretty late in the UK, I should go to bed. :)

Peace, and hoping you are all well and happy too,
Em x

Post A Photo of Your Hair Day: A Documentation.

2011-03-13T18:30:00.000-07:00

It all started when TJ posted a photo of her new haircut on Facebook. Check out the awesome bangs!

Then I did. I know, it's a mess of curls, but I've had short hair for years and this is the first time in a long time I've decided to grow it out. Besides, my boyfriend Jason already told my stylist not to touch my hair. (Yeah, he likes long hair.)

Then Christina uploaded hers. Awesome shirt!

Soon everybody else followed!

Whitney and her awesome white headband

Babe-alicious Dawn

Stephanie's CD album cover

Dahlia's crazybeautiful red locks

Marissa and her killer blue highlights, how I envy you!

Amy, hypnotizing you with her eyes

Sarah and her adorable glasses

May and her mustache. Another fellow hair grower due to boyfriend's demands. :P

So far, those are the people who were bored enough to follow the fad. Haha, maybe next time we should do a weekly post-a-pic theme! That should be fun.

I owe you a better blog post next time.

Lotsa love,

MrazGal

March 8.

2011-03-08T01:10:00.000-08:00

My fellow Mraz Women!

Today is an International Celebration.
Cheering for all those amazing achievements women have accomplished through the years.
And because of it I want to congratulate all of you amazing people.

Because of the great accomplishments you've had through your lives, the struggles, the sad moments, the happy moments, those little moments that make you smile, everything that makes you proud, everything that makes you fear and yet you have faced it bravely.

Congratulations, we're still here, on course in earth enjoy every bit of it. All of us brought up together by an amazing guy, but now acknowledging the awesomeness of each and everyone of us.

I love you all,
Enjoy your day..

Patty Zc.

Be Love..

For You, From Me

2011-03-02T15:50:00.000-08:00

Did this a few days ago, and I wanted to share it with you :) It's my new screensaver.
I took the photo in Brazil and then quoted Mr. A-Z. I cannot take out that song from my mind!!! ADDICTIVE!

Go make your next choice, Be your best choice.
And Be Love

The Lonley Whale - heartbreaking story

2011-03-01T00:14:00.000-08:00

Once upon a time, there was a whale called June. Or maybe her name is Margaret. Or Kate. We don't really know. A few nitrogen-hearted scientists call her 52 Hertz just because she sings at a 51.75Hz frequency, but I will call her Alice.

Alice isn't like any other baleen whale. Unlike all whales, Alice doesn't have friends. She doesn't have a family. She doesn't belong to any tribe, pack or gang. She doesn't have a lover. She never had one.

In the immense solitude of the ocean, Alice is completely alone.

The only thing Alice does is sing. Like other whales, she has been singing for a very long time. The first time we heard her song was in 1989, when the hydrophone network of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recorded her voice for the first time. The researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have been tracking her using these hydrophones for the last two decades.

Her voice is unlike any other baleen whale. It is unique—while the rest of her kind communicate between 12 and 25Hz, Alice sings at 51.75Hz. You see, my dear humans, that's precisely Alice's problem. No other whales can hear her. Every one of her desperate calls to communicate remains unanswered. Each cry ignored. And with every lonely song, Alice becomes sadder and more frustrated, her notes going deeper in despair as the years go by.

Nobody knows why this is happening. Nobody knows why Alice is going through the wrong paths instead of following the usual baleen whale's migratory channels. Some think that she might be a weird hybrid, one of a kind...

Source.

I am grateful for singing in the same frequency that my Mraz Women..
Be Love..

Being Love..

2011-02-27T13:41:00.000-08:00

Guys, you're always on my mind..

Be Love!!

besos!

ps. the hardest part of this pictures is the weird looks the people give to a random girl taking a pic of her smelly foot..

holy toledo, batman. It's been forever!

2011-02-19T19:21:00.000-08:00

I started a blogpost FOREVER ago, and was really depressed, but about halfway through, I realized, wow. i didn't want to keep any of it. ewh. it was annoying.

I am in San Antonio right now. In comparison to everywhere Patty goes, it seems like nowhere.

But it's really got me thinking.

Just me and my grandma took this roadtrip alone.

And I thought I would be bored out of my mind.

Last night, we went out to eat, then randomly, she decided, "we have no reason to stick around here (Houston), let's leave tonight!" And so we embarked on a four and a half hour roadtrip, to somewhere she refused to tell me until the end.

We've spent some good quality time together. Which has been good for both of us.

I've been waaay too caught up in my social life lately, and needed an excuse to get the hell away from my phone for awhile. :)

She told me all these stories I had never known about her before.

All these love stories.

I didn't even know my grandma was capable of romantic love (her being the "Player type". She was basically a one woman army her whole life. she's tough).

We talked. I told her about things I had never felt comfortable telling her before.

Like the affair I had with someone. She knew him, and his wife.

She didn't judge me, like I thought she would.

This weekend has been amazing. :) I saw the Alamo.

And the Riverwalk. I never imagined it'd be that beautiful.

Oh, and I think I'm beginning to remember myself.

The part of me I'd tucked away.

The part accepting of falling in like. Or even love. Who knows?

It could be Love.

I have a feeling, it's going to be amazing, either way.

I love you girls.

Thank you for putting up with me enough to finish reading.

Hi, I'm here again.

2011-02-15T22:45:00.000-08:00

I was encouraged to post something, so it isn't much, but here it is anyways.
I'll do something along the lines of what Dahlia did :)

Random stuff that's happening in my life!

1. Still working, going to school, living at home. Living a rather mundane life right now, but doing what I can to fix it!

2. In May, my dad and I will be going to Holland from the 4th to the 19th. My dad was born there, and hasn't been back since he was fourteen so he's dying to head back to his homeland. As for me, I've been wanting to travel abroad for 48456411484 years, so this is my chance. I've never even been on an airplane before, so my first trip will be a nonstop flight from San Francisco to Amsterdam, 14 hours, oh joy!

3. Uhhhhmmmmmm.....

Oh boy, it seems that those two things are all I can think of at the moment.
Also rather excited for news of a new Mraz album, can't forget that! Expect many fangirl posts from me all over the interwebs when that happens :D

Hope all of you ladies are doing wonderfully!

Being love,

Kindness

2011-02-15T20:01:00.000-08:00

I am a checker at a grocery store. .and I have to deal with a lot of crap from people. But every now and then something happens that totally brings a smile to my face.

On Sunday,... about an hour before my shift was to be over. I had a young lady in my lane usine a couple WIC checks (WIC stands for Women and Children... assistance for pregnant women and children under 5 with low income) and we chatted while I was ringing her up.. and when she went to buy her two extra items not covered by WIC she pulled out a bunch of change and was counting it out and she was saying "I hope someday I don't have to struggle" when she turned to put the remainder 1.00 on her debit card, the women behind her placed a 20 on her wallet... I saw this and smiled at her. When the young lady turned back around she looked at me and said "did you?" and I pointed to the women behind her and it was a nice moment. They hugged while the young lady started to tear up.

When she left.... the child of the customer that gave her 20 dollars asked her "why did you do that?" and the lady said "Because we can afford to get all this food, and some people can't. If you can help people, you should"

It took all my willpower to not cry right there in my checkstand. Made me want to go out and do something nice for someone.

So Ladies.. What have you done to spread a little love and kindness around? And if you havent lately.. what have you got to lose?

mrazgirls!

2011-02-14T14:56:00.000-08:00

I love my MrazWomen.
They tell their stories, they hear mine and we truly understand each other.
We support each other.
But above all they can always cheer me up, no matter what.

I am grateful for finding them, and I am sure that someday I will meet each and everyone of you.
Have an awesome day, as for me I am about to sleep, this time change really makes me shitty.

Greetings from Antibes, fr.

Oh, btw.. I didn't tell you guys.. I went skiing in les Alpes.. omg.. I never imagined I would be so good.. (sure!) haha I had bruises all over my body :(
I share with u a pic of me doing great!

Well, I tried... Good news are that at the end I made it :D
besos
Patty Zc

Be Love..

Enamorada..

2011-01-28T10:24:00.000-08:00

oh my,
This man really blows my mind. The more I see him I am more convinced that I am inloved with him.
Take some minutes, watch this video and think about nothing else, just enjoy the magic of this man we all share a love for.

Love you all girls..
Patty Zc.

besos!

WOOOW! HI THERE!

2011-01-27T21:58:00.000-08:00

HEY MRAZZY CRAZY LOVERS

Well ladies, i'm a new Mrazwoman!!! yeeeyy, so happy!

Read some posts just to get an idea of what to write and realized that I wanted to share so much stuff with you!!!

First of all, gonna introduce myself: my name is Paula, people just call me Pau, Pauline, Puli. I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I practice yoga, did dance lessons for many years, Im addicted to my camera, I like photography very much and write sometimes poems or verses when Im inspired (for myself). Im 20, starting Graphic Design at Buenos Aires University and beginning to explore life, what I want to do, and those sort of things.

And this is where jason enters into my life. Apart from his extra-talented voice, uplifting melodies and catchy and sometimes funny wordplay, I love his perspective of the world and the way he puts in practice all that he wants to do. I don't need to explain it anymore, Im sure you all know what Im talking about - gratitude, be love, the power of now, what he posts on his blog, etc… If you haven't heard yet his speech at Leaders Causing Leaders, I super-hiper-highly recommend it (from youtube) ;)

I knew Jason not so long ago, I must confess. I think I became his fan in 2008, when I fall in love with Geek In The Pink, Details In The Fabric and Butterfly. Later, I started to hear more and more songs, and even today I find new songs (the older ones) and many versions of the same songs that are really awesome. Its never-ending, fortunately, there is always something new to hear or see.

Now in February Im going on holidays to Brazil, its pretty close to Argentina, and as you all know Jason will be playing some shows in different cities there and Im trying to convince my parents to go to one of them in Salvador. Hope we'll goo!!! Ive never gone to any of his shows YET. He came only once to Buenos Aires and I couldn't go! I wanted to kill myself! So Im very excited about this possibility.

Apart from J, I hear Jack Johnson, Tristan Pretttyman, Ben Harper, Christina Perri, Colbie Caillat, Coldplay, The Fray, Corrine Rae Bailey, The Makepeace Bros.,The Kooks, Oasis, The Script, James Blunt, Jamie Culum, John Mayer, Keane, music from my country, also Brazilian music etc, etc.

And this year 2011 I've decided to have a greener & healthier life: turning off lights when they are not being used, dividing the trash for plastic, paper, etc, saving more water, eat healthier, do more exercise, & so on. Also trying to tell my family and friends to do the same.

I would also like to begin with portuguese and singing lessons, perhaps someday in the future I will dedicate and post for all of you some Mraz song ;) Don't expect it too soon haha.

And why not finding a prince charming this year? <>that came into my mind right now =)

Im @pauaubert at twitter and many of you are following me. At first I didn´t tweet anything and retwitted everything that I liked or find interesting. Now Im trying to write more things and find difficult to stop retweeting everything, haha but I'm trying to.

I don't know how I wll be able to survive three weeks without you guys and twitter and mraz's videos!! But hopefully I will be seeing him in Brazil ;)

Moving on, Im so happy for J and the pretty TP for their engagement, they really make me happy and they were made for each other. Some time ago I read on twitter that Tristan had joined MrazWomen. Is it true or I had just misunderstood everything?

Once for New Year I wrote something to TP in her twitter and she retwitted me that, I couldn't believe it, I was sooo blissful.

And last but not least, Im really thankful for finding this blog and being part of it, not only I get to know more info and videos from Jason =), but also I love being part of this "community" (if you agree) that is cozy and welcoming, where all of us share our life experiences, thoughts, likes, problems, projects, etc. So thanks for being there, wherever you are in this globe and hope we will get to know each other more :) That really comes from my heart. <3

Wish me luck in Brazil 8) !!! I will be there from this saturday until the 21st of February. Brazilian garotinhas, any of you will go to the Festival de Verao at Salvador the 5th?

Lucy from Argentina, quiero contactarme con vos! Te hable por twitter pero debes estar de vacaciones. Going to keep writing in English so that everybody understands ;) I have just read your post about your meeting with Jason!!!! I cant believe it!! It makes me shiveeeeerr, now you know with whom you can go on first row on the next show!=D

Can't wait to receive the book! =)

Can´t wait to hear his new album!

Can't wait to see Jason on his next tour!

Be Love,

With Love,

Pau

Sorry if i have spell or grammar mistakes!, its been long i don't write in english =S

Amy's Favorite Music List.

2011-01-11T12:23:00.000-08:00

I was listening to music and I decided that I want to list my favorites. In no particular order.... after the top 4. The Top 4 are my absolute favorites!

-Jason Mraz
-Eric Hutchinson
-Matchbox Twenty
-The Killers

-Matt Nathanson
-Matt Hires
-Mat Kearny (wow, I have a lot of Matt's)
-Franz Ferdinand
-Lady Gaga
-Sara Bareilles
-Ingid Michaelson
-Red Hot Chili Peppers (my best friend is obsessed with them... been listening to them a lot lately. After I read Scar Tissue.... I have much more respect for the music and how it was written. Anthony Kedis has lived a very interesting life.I recommend the book to anyone who is a fan of music in general.)
-Josh Kelly
-James Morrison
-Joshua Radin
-Howie Day
-The Frames
-Bruno Mars
-Ce Lo Green

I just downloaded Alpha Rev.. good music :)

and that is all I can think of off the top of my head right now. Post yours.. I love music suggestions.

An entry I posted on my blog and wanted to share.

2011-01-08T08:58:00.000-08:00

http://amrazing.blogspot.com/2011/01/paris.html

Have an awesome day!
xx

Patty

My 90 seconds list..

2011-01-08T07:34:00.000-08:00

Life
Love
Music
My family
My boyfriend
My friends
Cookies
Sex
Purple
Milk
Water
The ocean
Movies
Laughter
Parties
Socks
Jackets
My dog
Time
Disney
My brother
My sister
The ability to meet new people
Mraz gals
Nail polish
Make up
Shoes
Internet
Hugs
Kisses
Chocolate
Hope
Desire
Christmass
Ice cream
Jason mraz
Being Love
Facebook
Passion
Having 90 seconds just to write a list..

--
BeLove♥ .

Happy Now Year!

2011-01-06T12:26:00.000-08:00

Well, I am not entirely sure what to write.
I just wanted to wish you all a lovely new year and I also wanted to thank all of you lovely ladies for being there for me in 2010.
I have the greatest respect for all of you and know one knows how grateful I am that the Mraz man has connected us. I love you guys.

In joy,
Dahlia

Up, Flyin' Away!

2011-01-04T11:42:00.000-08:00

Today I finished writing 6 full pages. Pages filled with thoughts, emotions and details of this past year. It had the good, the bad, the ugly, the silly, the sad, the happy…. all of it! Last year, I went through about every emotion a person could go through, so I guess it took 6 full pages to get it all out. After I finished it, you know what I did? I pressed DELETE! Yep, on purpose!

The past is the past for a reason. It’s only purpose is to hold space for memories and lessons. It is not there to be dwelled on, or filled with regret, or used as a comparison for today. When you start comparing how you live your life today to the past you put a limit on yourself. You are limiting your possibilities. When you live in the present, live in the now, and experience life from that vantage point, you’re “taking the ceiling off”. The possibilities are limitless!

I was inspired this year by Jason’s “Happy Now Year” blog. I’m focusing on spontaneity and living without fear this year. If there is one thing I learned last year, it was that life is too short for regrets and fear! So I challenge all of my Mrazzy friends to remember this is what your life looks like! Love it and live it!

Happy New Year, friends!

2011-01-03T20:10:00.000-08:00

Haven't posted here in awhile and just put this up on my Gratitude Log, but feel like it has some relevance here, so enjoy! And thanks for taking the time to read this through. :)

Here are my Now Year resolutions!

I will focus even more on my music and hopefully learn most of what I need to know about guitar by the end of this year to really start playing more advanced songs. I'm really excited to see how my homemade CD will turn out and I'm even more excited for the outcome...which I know will soon be true. I'm being patient with this whole process and not trying to find shortcuts out...as we all know, good things come to those who wait. My goal is to have it done by the end of this year or the beginning (first half?) of next year (2012). I've waited patiently and worked hard for it...I deserve this.

I will also work even harder for the guy I've had my eye on for a long while now (I mean over a year). I'm going to stop telling myself I'm not good enough and that I don't deserve that special kind of love that I want so much, and just GO FOR IT.

I will, on top of all this, eat healthier...not going to commit to becoming vegan or invest all my time in a fully organic diet (mad props to those who do!), but just pay a little more attention to the food that goes in me. You are what you eat, and I'm striving to be more conscious of that. Baby steps.

Man, I hope it's a great year, I really do. Correction: this will be a fucking awesome year and I'm completely open and fired up for all the possibilities. I want to learn and grow and experience all that life has to offer for a sixteen, almost seventeen, year old girl. I want to completely change, while also staying true to myself throughout the whole journey.

One last resolution that I just thought of: to not be so jealous of other girls all the time. I'll admit that I have that problem at school. I'm always comparing myself to other people, finding all the wonderful qualities they have and convincing myself that they're any better than me because of that. Letting go of all that negativity will bring out the best side of me! I'm allowing things to take their natural course...and in the end of the day, I can honestly say that I have a bigger heart than any of the snobs I give the evil eye to. I'm PERFECTLY ME and it's stupid to try and be someone else. Gotta start embracing my flaws a bit more, I must say, and begin "leaning into the discomfort." I'm going to get comfortable in that zone that's still strangely new to me and start L I V I N G.

Hope 2011's ready for all my big plans!

I'm excited to make all this a reality.

Mad love for all of you,
Sasha

P.S. I'll post one of my songs up here soon! <3

First official picture of me in 2011. I think it's fitting since I'm ready to try new things this year, and 01-01-11 was my first time riding The Hulk roller coaster. (I'm in the middle.)

Grateful for MrazWomen

2011-01-03T18:39:00.000-08:00

Hello my fellow Mrazzy ladies and MrazWomen! I'm new here so I thought I'd take some time to say hello and introduce myself! I reside in beautiful Indiana, USA where it's possible to have snow and a thunderstorm in the same day! :-)

I was first introduced to Jason Mraz when Geek in the Pink came out! Loved it! I was into hip hop music at the time so this was awesome. Mr. A-Z was my first Mraz album. Being into hip hop at first I didn't like much of the album. After awhile the CD found it's way to the back of my CD case. Then November 2009 I heard of this new Live album "Beautiful Mess - Live On Earth". It sounded awesome so I really wanted to get it. Nevermind that I totally missed WSWDWST!! I kept putting it off of my "to buy" list for awhile and then in Feburary something happened....(I promise this is going somewhere) :-)

My Mom at the age of 56 suffered a severe hemoratic stroke. After 11 days in ICU we moved to hospice to make her comfortable for her final days. It was the most difficult 2 weeks of my life. After my mom's passing, I felt cheated, lost and angry. Gratitude and love were now where to be found. So I decided that since I had no control of that situation, I would on something I did have control over...myself. I began to look for things that made me happy. And therefore, I finally got the "Beautiful Mess - Live on Earth" album.

On the way home from the store, I popped it in the car stereo and began to listen. "Sunshine Song" came on and it was like, that was exactly what I needed hear, at exactly the right time in my life. I cried through the whole thing! I actually had to listen to it a few more times before I could get through the whole thing without crying. From March until July that album was pretty much all I listened to. Except of course for the Mr. A-Z album I dug out. I found a new love for "Plane" and "Song for a Friend" It's amazing how music affects you at different times in your life.

I began to find joy in simple things, and be grateful again. I was learning that (from Jason's blog) life is what you make it up to be, even the crappy stuff. You choose how it affects you. You DO have control in how you live your life. If you're in a crappy situation, make it up that it doesn't suck and you'll start to see all the amazing things you were missing! I truely love that man for helping me to see how amazing life truely is!

Needless to say, I became addicted! I wanted to know all of the new songs, old songs, blogs. etc. So I joined Twitter! :-) I've found so many amazing friends there, and now here. Because of Twitter and the RKOP I discovered Jason was touring this past fall. So I planned to go to my first Mraz show in Columbus, OH!!

I was so stoked to finally see the man who had changed my life. I got GA tickets and Jump the Line passes. And, I was front row for my first ever Jason Mraz concert with my best friend, and sister! I was the most amazing night of my life! I can't wait to do it again. I was truely hoping to meet Jason and get my hat signed. No luck on meeting him but I did get my hat taken back to get signed. I am so lucky to have such an awesome momento of my first concert!

Thanks for reading all of my rambling ons... so grateful for Jason Mraz, my Twitter friends, and now MrazWomen!

The Gratitude Project 2011

2011-01-03T16:45:00.000-08:00

It came to me today and I want to send Gratitude around the world.
So this is what I came up with.

I recently bought this Journal:

I fell in love with this journal on Amazon the moment I saw it. I really think we could use it to not only write a list of what we are grateful for.. but a little note or letter to the other MrazWomen that you will be sending it a long to. The next person on the list. I really want to get as many of you ladies to do this as possible. I want us to send a little gratitude and love around the world. And hopefully add more ladies as we go along.

If you want to do this with me.. Hopefully you will. Email me (ameronieo@gmaildotcom) or tweet me (@ameronieo) with your address and I will add you to the list.

The book itself is very small and light so postage will not be too much.

I really really love this and hope you all can participate. Lets make 2011 a year full of so much love and Gratitude.

I love you all so much! :)

-Amy

Who is That Guy Challenge!

2011-01-03T07:37:00.000-08:00

by @Amrazing_Jen and @lovinjtrain

Make 2011 The Best Year Ever!

2011-01-02T04:52:00.000-08:00

Hello, my wonderful, beautiful ladies!

Another year has passed. More friendships have been forged. More life stories have been shared. More love and support have been given.

Words will never be enough to convey my heartfelt gratitude to all of you. Thank you for welcoming me and other fellow MrazWomen into your lives. By being part of this little family, by merely visiting this blog, by constantly keeping contact through Twitter, Facebook, Skype and other online faculties, you have made my decision to start this community a truly memorable one, probably one of the best ideas I've ever had in my entire life. ♥

For 2011, I can only wish and hope for more. I hope more of us can share our wonderful life experiences. I hope more of us learn how to be better people by being friends with one another. I hope more laughs, more love, and more support would be freely and open-heartedly given by each and every one of us. And of course, more Mraz awesomeness. :) Best Year Ever!

If any of you need me, I am just an email away....for now. ;)

Be radical love!
Jam/MrazGal

P.S. I hope you like the new look of the blog. :)

Well ladies...

2010-12-31T11:37:00.000-08:00

Hi my beautiful Mraz women. I don't know how many of you read a post I made back in May, but I had been reading a book on gratitude, trying to practice gratitude, and I just recently finished the book. I wanted to start a twitter account that was dedicated to this practice of thankfulness and love. So I finally have. The account is www.twitter.com/lovelygratitude and it is open to anyone to follow. I'm hoping to retweet things from followers about things they're grateful for, post questions that'll make you think about how you can be more gracious in day to day life, and how we can all make a change for someone else.

I would also like to every Friday have as many hours needed where you can send in something like, "@lovelygratitude, I am grateful today for..." and say what you are grateful for.

Thank you so much for the support and the love. I am forever in gratitude to you lovely ladies. I'm just a 15 almost 16 year old trying to spread a little peace, love, harmony, and gratitude around. So won't you join me?

♥Infinite love♥
Stephanie (www.twitter.com/mr_azfan01 and now also www.twitter.com/lovelygratitude)

A Year Full Of Love And More To Come.

2010-12-31T07:58:00.000-08:00

My dear FRIENDS,
This year has been an important one for me. I had lots of New things and life changing desitions were made.
I started studying what I really love (visual arts) and had 2 jobs to save money for travelling and getting an amazing -very expensive- new camara to work with. I was mad busy and left behind any interaction with social networks cause really I wanted to work on the real ones. Thats why I wasn't as present as I've been before, believe me it was heart breaking. Any time I wanted to write something came up and couldnt.
Never the less I reached to my goal and bought my camera and enjoyed it for a little while and then it was stolen. I wanted to leave it all, my jobs, everything I worked SO hard for. I felt pretty bad. After a while I started again saving and maybe next year I'll buy a new one.

It was quite a year and I had some important lessons, but the most important one was ENJOY LIFE. Do what you love, say what you think and FEEL. Feeling is the proof of being alive, which is the greatest gift.
I know some of us dont know what our faces look like or even never heard each others voices.. But I feel you gals so close. Im so so happy to know we all share something and that we feel the same. I trully dream with the day we all meet and hug like we know since EVER. Cause thats how I feel.
Im grateful to have you all in my life and know Im down and come here and read your posts or watch ur youtube links and inmediately feel better.

Thats why my ladies I wish you all a FANTASTIC new year. Full of Love And Magic.

I'll toast tonight with you all in my mind.
Be Love.

Lucy

Fan girl rant.

2010-12-30T21:52:00.001-08:00

well :) i love Jason he is such a good person and i admire him, his soul is pure and he is an awesome human being!

Jason the Ruthless Clutter Police Invades Room

2010-12-30T02:09:00.000-08:00

In the spirit of letting go and creating space, Jason and I decided to rearrange my JAMpacked room and throw away a few things. We have very different definitions of A FEW. :-/

Random MrazGal fact: I am a sentimental hoarder who keeps EVERYTHING. I keep bus tickets so I can use it to artify a notebook cover. I keep letters from my best friends from ten years ago. Unfortunately, my mom has a habit of rearranging my stuff while I am away, so whenever I get home, I come home to a superduperovermega neat place. You'd think I would be please, but I always panic and freak out because...well, I love my organized mess. Messy, sure, but I always know where everything is and nobody understands it.

So anyway. Now that Jason the Perfect Boyfriend is here in Manila and we now live together, my room is too small for two. He took one look at my everything and declared that there's just too much stuff accumulated.

"We're gonna have to get rid of a lot of things, babe."

That one sentence made me cringe, but I knew we had to do it. I had his full support, so I was good to go!

Step 1: Rearrange Elements in Room
Let me paint you a picture of The Mess That Was My Room. It's square and small, yet crammed with lots of crap.

After emptying boxes and moving stuff out, moving stuff in, etc... Jason and I came up with this:

We took out the TV because we never use it and all the shows we ever watch, we download anyway and we watch DVDs on our laptops, so that was useless space. So were the two TV stands in my room (why I have two, I dunno!). We turned my dresser (which was full of random jewelry that I never wore and makeup I hardly used) into a standing desk for when we want to use our laptops while standing up (NOTE: According to Jason, studies show that standing desks are actually BETTER for your health than sitting desks) and pulled out the hidden drawers with wheels (which used to be under the desk) so we can put stuff on it. We dismantled the old PC station so I can place the PC on top of the desk to minimize space. We actually put the desk where it is now with chairs facing each other, one on each side so we can both use the table when we get tired of standing at the dresser. We put the chair next to the book shelf so we can relax and actually read my books. We moved our bed to the new spot, but not before checking if our heads are either facing North or East when we sleep, as requested by my Feng Shui-believing mom.

All I can say is...LOOK AT ALL THE BREATHING ROOM! :)

This was taken while we were rearranging, thus the mess. Notice the Jason Mraz-inspired Inspiration Wall above my beautiful antique dresser.

Step 2: Set up bags for things to keep, things to throw, things to return, and things to give away. Try not to cry.
One of the things my dad taught me while growing up was the 3Ls, which can be applied to almost any situation: LOOK at it, LEARN from it, and LET IT GO. The third one was the hardest step of all.

Here are 5 huge bags of books, DVDs, CDs and random crap to give away to the less fortunate (aka our drivers and their wives and children, our household help and their children, and some street kids who live in the mountains). I actually cried over DV tapes of my old video production classes when I saw them while looking for things to trash, but I knew I was never going to use them again because my thesis is done, so I said my final goodbye and moved on. The day after this photo was taken, 5 more huge bags were added to the loot full of bags, shoes, and clothes.

I let go of 50 books (Jason's guilt trip line: When's the last time you read Shakespeare? give those away to the library, you can download almost any book online!), 15 pairs of shoes, 10 bags, two tupperwares of junky jewelry, and 4 big paper bags of clothes, 2 paper bags of DVDs and CDS, and 5 big bags of trash.

After a day, Jason actually thinks I am addicted to cleaning my room!

Jason just laughed at me when I started dumping all my accumulated bags on the floor. How a girl can amass so much stuff amazes him so.

Step 3: Constantly look around your room for things to change.

It's therapeutic once you get past the painful stage of letting go of your old possessions, trust me.

Step 4: Enjoy your newfound space and freedom.

Don't go out and collect more stuff to replace the ones you just let go of. Try to keep to the bare essentials, and should you feel the desire to buy something you want, make sure you really want it.

After two days, I feel better, I feel lighter, and I feel more ready for a prosperous new year ahead.

Jason feels more at home, too. ♥

My Mraz Miracle Night

2010-12-30T00:43:00.000-08:00

Greetings, my lovely Mraz ladies!

This post may seem a little sudden, I am well aware. I've noticed the lack of activity in our physical blog, although, (as per usual), our personal and social networking contact is flourishing. I'm sorry to say I have in fact been contributing to the problem... my last post was to commemorate my solo in the final choir concert of the school year around JUNE. It wasn't even Jason related! So please know, the following post has been steadily making its way to the front lobe of my brain for awhile now... it just wasn't until tonight when I went on Twitter and saw that one Tristan Prettyman had been awakened to our existence by our darling Christina, and the message went out that Mraz KNEW WHO WE WERE. Its kind of mind boggling, and incredibly hard for me to wrap my mind around. So I thought, what the hell?! Now is the time. Just post already. Here comes the story of my first Jason Mraz concert, and the lengths I went to make it even possible for me to be there on November 12th, 2008.

At the time, I was a few months into my 8th grade year (yeaaah, I know I'm young). I had come across Jason Mraz's music (to my best approximation) earlier that year, through Vh1's top 20 video countdown, or so I thought at the time... see my first post to this blog. I got my hands on all three studio albums, along with the "Jason Mraz Live" album, and began checking the website frequently. Egads! There just so happened to be a tour date coming up in a month or two in my home city of Portland. However, I put it in the back of my mind, surely based on my newly-christened teenage delusion that seats would not be sold out by the time I could get my hands on enough dough to get myself (and of course my loyal mother) tickets to see the show. By the time I had the sudden realization that I had a check from one of my uncles leftover from birthday time that I could use to buy tickets, it was around two weeks before the concert, and tickets were SOLD OUT. Tears fell. Never ever think that they didn't when it comes to me. By now this remarkable man I had spent countless hours of internet time watching an endless sea of clips over had become my favorite musician, and most certainly one of my favorite people out there on Earth. But "sold out" was merely a road-block on the road to the Arlene Shnitzer concert hall to me. After that first tearful night, I began asking around. Were there any tickets to be released the day of the show at the box office? Around how expensive were the average tickets from scalpers? How likely was it that I could get said tickets? And perhaps most important at all, would my mother be willing to make such gambles on the off chance I could see my idol for an hour or two, sacrificing some of her precious time used to watch the pre-recorded episodes of Oprah Tivo'd earlier in the day while she was at work?

The day of the concert arrived, and I still of course had all my priorities straight. I called my mom as soon as I could get to the drama room for practice, and asked her if she would please just let me go and try to get tickets. She had other plans. The classic Portland rainstorm had set in, and she was not in any way interested in standing outside in the rain and cold for an hour trying to find some rare person trying to get rid of their tickets, after struggling for ten minutes to get parking, when she could instead be warm and dry at home with time to eat dinner to boot. I told her that no matter what, I was going, and hung up the phone.

Play practice gets out, I get into the car and she hasn't changed her mind. It's pouring outside, and it's around 5:30, peak rush hour. Of course. I finally convince her to take me, promising we would stay for no more than half an hour, and that if we went home unsuccessful, I'd give her many foot rubs and clean for an hour and a half straight. And so "the night" began. We hit the freeway and got stuck in a patch of traffic about halfway to downtown, and so I just closed my eyes and... meditated? Prayed? I'm not a big pray-er... or even that big of a meditater, but I dug down deep and just wished and wished and wished. The traffic broke through, and we made it downtown. And this is the part I'm most proud of. The rain stopped. There was no trouble whatsoever with parking. As soon as we walked a block to the actual venue, we found fairly good tickets at a very reasonable price, and within 8 minutes of parking the car, I was sitting in my seat waiting for the truly delightful Lisa Hannigan to take the stage. The magic I had been dying to experience live was finally here, right in front of me.

Looking back on this night, I see it as my first tangible experience of seeing the Universe being on my side, and the power of determination. I always associate Jason himself as bringing me hope for my own future because of this night. He's brought me so much really, especially the women of this blog. I don't know where I'd be without some of them. I've truly made some of my best friends out of this place. I don't think I'd be the same person if he'd never been in my life the way he has. And if you do ever read this, Jason, I wish you all the best in your own future and know that on any given day, you'll always have us on your side. We care a whole damn lot. Also, I'm seriously sorry this damn thing was so long. I'm a very emotional being.

All the best, ladies! Hope you enjoyed my little story :) Here's to the future!

Love,
Elise
@LovelyLisey on Twitter

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-25T03:22:00.000-08:00

All I want for Christmas is Us - J. and Tp

Wish you all, love and happiness! Have a wonderful day of joy!

XoXo
Ana D.

The Irish are insane - in the best way possible!

2010-11-20T04:32:00.000-08:00

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening to you girls :)

So I was going over old videos of our favourite guy in the hat and even though I've seen this video more than my computer can handle I just love it

The video is from The Oxygen Festival in Ireland (not sure where though..). The Crowd were insane. Literally. It's like one of those moments where you think that if he hasn't made it from that then I don't know what will.
Please watch the video all the way through - it gets better and better.

It makes me quite proud to be next to a country that is this great :)
If you want to reply back to this post with your own post of some crazy good (as Mraz would say) video, than please do - I'd love to see them and who cares if I've seen it before, it's just as enjoyable :D

Love Suzie,
UK.

[VIDEO] My favorite Babies Singing Mraz' songs!

2010-11-15T08:52:00.000-08:00

3rd Isabella Feeling the song I'm Yours... and singing it in her own way!! LOVELY

2nd Little Boy, singing and dancing!! What a cutieeee!

And 1ST .. my winner! 2y-old boy singing "Life is Wonderful"

Hey Mrazgirls... show me YOUR favorites!!

Love love loooove,
Mrazwoman, Ana Diegues.

VIDEO: Did the Jonas Brothers steal Jason Mraz's tune?

2010-11-09T19:57:00.000-08:00

Well, it sure sounds like it. Even Mraz admits the 'Camp Rock 2' tune 'Introducing Me' sounds a lot like his 'I'm Yours,' but the Bros can rest easy because he's not planning to sue. He just wants his iTunes money back!

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Sadness

2010-11-02T15:15:00.001-07:00

Girls,
I am so sad :(

My laptop was stolen yesterday night. They broke the car's window and stole it..
I am sooo sad, all my pics, my music, my jasonmraz musiiiicc!!!!! :( my jmraz pics... my bf and I pics, journals, a couple writtings in proccess i had. Movies, books, vids.. Oh my...

Well, anyway I know its a sad post, but I just needed to share it.

I love u girls..

XX

and still,
Be Love..

Happy Mraz-iversary!!!

2010-10-28T12:52:00.001-07:00

Oh, you women. Today is the day I've been waiting for.
Today it has been 8 years since the day I fell in love with Jason Mraz.

You guys read my story.

How we were on our way to Party City to get our Halloween costumes...

Ah, that was fun.

8 Years.

And I anticipate many more to come.

So here's the song that started it all.

<3

When's your Mraziversary?(:

Finally!

2010-10-26T16:37:00.000-07:00

Okay ladies, don't tease :)
You lovely gals get the premiere of my first vlog, right here, right now. It's silly, it's weird, the intro is my personal favorite, but this is something to get me started on where I want to go in life. Subscribe to me here, and eventually I'll have my camera to make real short films that will be WAY more entertaining than my silly rants on life.

Enjoy!

Isn't the screenshot that Youtube chose to display at the beginning just grand? ;)

Keep being love, gals!

Alive and Kicking.. and Laughing and Loving.

2010-10-25T00:05:00.001-07:00

My beautiful wonderful ladies. Man, I've missed you so freakin much!

I know I've been a ghost and I owe you one big catch-up.. just for now I needed to say how much I love you and how happy I am to be part of this amazing group of lovers.

I got some news I'd like to share but until then, I leave you this tender tune that's been on my mind for days. Don't really know why but can't get it off my head. Anyway.. I hope you're all awesome-ly beautiful-ly grateful-ly HAPPY. Cause that's real-ly all that matters. :)

Loads of Love, Light and Laughter to you all.

Lucy.

Love Love Love

2010-10-18T18:33:00.000-07:00

Idk why I am just hearing this song now but its amazing! Its called Love Love Love by Hope and its feat. none other than our man Jason Mraz. I posted a link to the actual video on perez but here is just the audio. =)

Halfway Home

2010-10-12T12:10:00.000-07:00

I started this blog entry in hopes of getting a kick start on this topic.

We need to have a Mraz Convention.

I know it sounds freaking bonkers cause we live all over the world, but wouldn't it be freaking rad?!?!?

I mean, I'm pretty sure that would be like, the best thing ever.

We should do it around Christmas Time of Next Year.

Like.... December 22nd, 2011.

Does that sound good?

The only thing... place? where the hell are we going to make it a meeting ground for 20 some-odd girls around the globe to meet in the middle?

I say....

Virginia.
It's where it all began, no? and once you get in the US, it's not that big a deal to travel across anyways.
I'm pretty sure if I can ever make it out of Texas, I'll be alright (since Texas can cover more distance inside the state than 3 or 4 other states can together).

So what say you, little mamas?

Anyone up for a little planning?
Even if it isn't anywhere near Virginia or in December of Next Year, i don't care.

Just wanna get the idea pumpin through y'alls minds.

Let's do this.
Please?

Let's call this project "Halfway Home"

Cause in a way, i am halfway home.

And so are you.

On Being Love,
ChristinaMarie(:

#911JasonMraz "Rescue"

2010-10-12T11:31:00.000-07:00

"I will be your rescue, coming to your rescue."

Be Love Project

2010-10-10T10:15:00.000-07:00

Hey girls, yesterday i went to a well known party here in my town. It's called "Oktoberfest" just like the one in Munich - Germany. It's a Beerfest (yes, we drink) hahaha

And that's what happened!

WE ARE LOVE, keep spreading!

Being Love,

Ana Diegues.

The Be Love Project.

2010-10-07T23:33:00.001-07:00

The main idea of this is to take ‘Be Love’ and love itself around the globe.
We can start by taking a picture in a representative place of your city, and continue during any travel you do. Just shoot a pic and upload it. As easy and Fast as that :D
You can either take the pic with a sign that reads “Be Love” or (if applies) a tattoo, or the heart shaped hands sign. The main point is to Spreads this idea, in any creative way you like.
Let’s start it! :D
Do you join?

"Eu Vim" - Our Love Looks Like

2010-10-07T23:16:00.000-07:00

Mraz named this song "Eu Vim" in one of his setlists... It means "I Came" in portuguese... Guess that's one of the reasons why i cried listening to it.

I dream with the day someone will say this to me:

"There isn't one part of me... That doesn't love one part of you"

and also

"I have come to be the one to stand beside you when the sun decides to bow its head

I've come to be your friend
I'll share with you my secrets till there's nothing left to hide
And when you feel the darkness I'll remind you of the light you have inside

This is what our love looks like"

I love this song!

It's so good, I teared up.

2010-10-04T11:08:00.000-07:00

We're going up, up, up flying away
We're taking the higher route taking the ceiling out
We're going up; we're flying away
Never coming down; we're living it up, living it up!

I know what I want to be, so I will be it.

2010-10-01T14:59:00.000-07:00

When I want something, I will get it.

When I want to be something, I will be it.

I am passionate.

I am driven.

I will do what it takes.

I am attending my local junior college as a film major currently, and I feel utterly unsuccessful. I met a young man in my film production class recently, and he amazes me. He is two months older than me (I am 18) and is already getting paid by Google for the videos he writes, directs, and edits.

I want to be that.
I went to the movies early this morning, to watch the new film "The Social Network," and it left me inspired. I watched that film in a different perspective than I used to watch films. I drove home from that movie almost tearing up at the prospects of becoming something that I desperately want to be.

I want to make movies.

I don't have a camera yet, and that's something that's kind of necessary to do what I want, but until I save the money for one, here's what I'm gonna do.

I have a webcam.

I have a video iPod.

And I have basic film editing software.

So I'm gonna start documenting my life. It won't be pretty, it won't be professional, but it'll be a start. I'll create a YouTube channel, and see how far that takes me. I'll post my videos for you ladies to watch and critique.

I am so excited to be what I've always wanted to be.

On being love,

I'm gonna feel a bit silly If you already know this..

2010-09-27T04:43:00.000-07:00

Hello, I don't post a lot on here (I probably should) but I found something today!

I felt like watching a (nice) Jason Mraz concert DVD. So I settled with Highline ballroom concert. Though my DVD player didn't like the disc, so I kept retrying it. I tried the beautiful mess DVD, but it didn't like it either. It was rather annoying. So I came to the conclusion that my DVD player is broken.
While putting back the beautiful mess DVD, in it's little pocket. I noticed writing on the inside, I was so surprised.

On the Cd section it says "don't let your mind stop you from having a good time"!
on the DVD section it says "I am who I think you think I am"!

I don't know why it's there, maybe it's only on my copy? It probably isn't, but it was such a nice surprise, I'm sorry if you'd rather found this out on you're own but I thought I should just check.

So girls will you please go and check the inside of the pockets, to put the CDs in, if there is writing there please tell me! :)
I just hope I'm not a late comer to knowing this :L

Love you girls! <3
Suzie

Feliz Cumpleaños mamá! :D

2010-09-26T15:12:00.001-07:00

Some years ago an Amazing woman was born, one that gave birth not only two Amazing kids, but also a whole World of inspiration.
Its been a while since I posted something, but today it is a big time of celebration,
My awesome mom’s birthday..

HappyBirthay mom, I love and admire you, more than any woman in the World.

And to you all, have an awesome day!
BeLove..

PattyZc

New MrazWomen Facebook Community Page!

2010-09-26T01:28:00.000-07:00

Hiya, strangers!

So I figured, another way to get more gals to join our little community is to get on Facebook and just make a page there! For those of you who already have Facebook accounts, do search for MrazWomen and like the page and help spread it to other girls in your social network. Post it on the Jason Mraz and RKOP fan pages too, if you'd like. I am sure there are lots more girls like us out there, hoping to be part of something amazing like this.

Let's keep growing! :-)

♥
Jam

Post ladies!!

2010-09-25T19:51:00.000-07:00

Hello Mraz gals!
We gotta get posting more!
We can't let this blog continue to attract crickets and tumbleweeds!
So here is a video for you to enjoy!!
Love always,
Dahla<3

Jason goes to Ghana

2010-09-15T07:47:00.000-07:00

The end is so beautiful

I love it when Mraz fans do him and his songs justice! Part III

2010-09-14T05:27:00.000-07:00

She's pretty good!

Life is good Festival

2010-09-13T08:20:00.000-07:00

Who watched mraz performing live at Life is good Festival heard this new song called "Sandicoreggaefornia" (Awesomeeeee! I loved it!)

More videos of Mraz at Life is Good Festival via @TheRKOP

~LoveLoveLove to you galz,

Ana Diegues

We all knew it was coming...

2010-09-12T16:37:00.001-07:00

As I am sure most of you ladies have read in a recent interview, our dream man plans to propose to Tristan Prettyman, WITHIN A YEAR!

“Recently I’ve found a woman I’m going to marry, and plan topropose to her within a year,” he said. “We’ve been dating a year and known each other for nine years.”

We have to try and be happy for him, girls!! He's happy, we should be happy for him! I told my mom about this and her reply was this: "He's not going to marry you, hun. I hate to tell you. I know you're bummed, but you should be happy! It's not Tawney! It's Tristan! You love her music! He is obviously happy with her."

She's right. Think about it, if yo had to pick someone (other than us Mraz Gals) who would you want him to be with? I pick Tristan. I do like her. Even though I never wanted him to marry ANYONE (except me), I always knew inside that it was bound to happen eventually. So when I read this I was of course SHOCKED and UPSET. I am over it now. Well, not OVER it, but ya know what I mean. Try to be happy for him gals! He truly loves her and is truly happy.

Be Love<3

Dahlia

I'm the queen of rock apparently.

2010-09-12T13:32:00.000-07:00

Or so says my boyfriend.

I miss you lovely ladies. None of us have posted lately. We need to get back in the groove. I understand it is the end of summer/beginning of the school year for some, but we HAVE to remain in contact.
The ones i talk to most of the time are TJ, Jam, and Marissa, and I'm pretty sure y'all are three of my best friends. I love you.

So, yeah, my life is going amazing.
For once in a long time, I am truly happy.
I have an AMAZING boyfriend, no exaggeration.

He makes me feel like the most amazing girl in the world.
That's how every girl in here should feel. Because you are amazing.

I'm pretty sure...
EVERYTHING is AMAZING right now.

Just remember girls, YOU fucking did it.

And i love you.

On love,
ChristinaMarie(:

Really nothing at all....

2010-09-12T01:29:00.000-07:00

Released (is that really the right word to use?) the horses, hanging laundry (which always make me humming Try, Try, Try – you know “a dirty laundry needs a laundry man"), cleaned the stable, restarted the washing machine, bought breakfast rolls, serving breakfast, reput the kids in bed. An all this before 10 am. I how always sleep all the time before noon away. Talk about productive morning!!

I have no idea way I tell tou girls this, but I wrote it and now I’m gonna post it before I once again change my mind and delete it.

Oh, Mrazzy ladies

2010-09-11T15:48:00.000-07:00

Good morning/afternoon/night/evening girlssss.
I don't have much Mraz-related news or anything to post about, but I just missed posting. It's hard to do so at home because I live in a pretty rural part of my town and our internet is garbage, so I'm currently on my lunch break at work.

As shown, my lovely(not)work face below. That smile is my "Best Day Ever" smile. Even if I'm at work, today is still the Best Day Ever, like as tomorrow, the next day and forever days from now will be. I'm just happy to be here.

Sending all the love that could fit in California to all of you,
TJ<3

:).. Dawn's Smile Tracks ...:)

2010-09-03T20:19:00.000-07:00

Sara Bareillies "Fairytale"

Laura Marling "New Romantic"

Paolo Nutini

Joss Stone " Dirty man"

Enjoy ! And it should go without saying that l also love any/everything the J man does too :)

~ D

Never think your life sucks again.

2010-08-30T15:40:00.001-07:00

Jam's Smile Track of the Moment VIII

2010-08-26T06:07:00.000-07:00

This might be a bit profane, but it was just too sing-songy and motownish that it was tough not to love it and sing along! :)

F**k You by Ceelo Green

Lady dreamer, you might be the soundest sleeper...

2010-08-16T21:47:00.000-07:00

Tonight, sleep tight / Build your nest upon my shoulder...

Self portrait inspired by The Mraz Man, his tattoo, Clockwatching, and Love. :)

I love it when Mraz fans do him and his songs justice! Part II

2010-08-14T18:32:00.001-07:00

More Mraz fan awesomeness! Another favorite song of mine.

[VIDEO] Songwriting

2010-08-13T08:42:00.000-07:00

Interview (Tristan Prettyman, Dawn Mitschele, Bushwalla, Matt Costa and OF COURSE, HIM --> JASON MRAZ) -- 2008

Favorite Part: "I'm gonna shake both sides of your butt, yeah!! I just think that's cool!"

~Lovin'

Mraz Women, Ana Diegues.

I love it when Mraz fans do him and his songs justice!

2010-08-12T20:57:00.001-07:00

Super awesome cover of my favorite, The Remedy. Enjoy!

[VIDEO] Jason Goes to New York!

2010-08-11T20:07:00.000-07:00

Jason spends time in New York City's Central Park with friends Jon Marro and Jaymay, discussing his songwriting process and sources of inspiration.

My Fav part: His waking up baby-face.. so cute! *.*

Kisses...

Mraz Women, Ana Diegues

Wanna eat like Mraz?

2010-08-10T21:19:00.000-07:00

This is crazy, the things I find on the internet. Here's a copy of his crew's rider during his 2009 tour. A rider is a document the band comes it that lists all their needs, wants and desires during the tour that has to be provided for them as part of the deal. This portion shows what kind of food Jason eats on tour.

Jason Mraz nominated for San Diego Artist of the Year

2010-08-09T20:22:00.000-07:00

Let's VOTE for Mraz :D

http://www.sandiegomusicawards.com/

It's comforting..

2010-08-09T12:10:00.000-07:00

It's comforting to know, that at heart, our very own Mr. A-Z is a crazy cat lady, just like me :)

My latest friend, fittingly named, Friend :)

Being love, ladies :)

The song that got MrazGal started: Inspiration behind Remedy

2010-08-09T04:59:00.001-07:00

This is a video I stumbled upon explaining Jason's inspiration behind the song. This is very special to me because this is the song that kickstarted my fandom for him back in 2001 when I first heard it. Enjoy!

Artist you should know.

2010-08-02T02:08:00.000-07:00

i think it would be fun for each of us to share a not so well known artist that we love and think deserves the spotlight. My first artist is Florence and the Machine, unlike a lot of female artists out today she can actually sing! she as a stunning voice and a very unique style.this song is called Dog Days are Over. It plays on VH1 sometimes and its very fun and very catchy. Enjoy

Love, Marissa <3

A funny story.

2010-07-29T20:03:00.000-07:00

A few days ago, I was relaxing at home when one of my best friends, Tessa, texted me. She was freaking out, saying, "OH MY GOD, TJ, OH MY GOD I FOUND YOU A HUSBAND." She's always a little crazy like that, so I always just play along :)
"I'm at this swim meet out of town, and I was on the blocks right as they were about to start the race and I heard this guy singing Jason Mraz behind me. But he wasn't just singing Jason Mraz. HE WAS SINGING THE ASS-CRACK ZIPPER SONG!"
(In Tessa language, the "Ass-crack zipper song" is Older Lover Undercover, bahaha.) That's one of my Mraz favorites to just sing-a-long to when I'm bored, and I always play it while I'm driving, so she knew it pretty well too.
She seriously stalked this guy at this swim-meet for two days because she was so sure that he and I were meant to be, haha. Though, she failed at relaying my phone number to him, bahaha.

It's pretty awesome to have friends like that :)

Let's face it ladies...

2010-07-28T06:52:00.000-07:00

He's bound to make babies with her. :P Sigh.

Quite honestly, this is how I feel in relationship these days. Even more disgustingly, the word “creationship” comes to mind when referring to what my partner and I have – both of us in full-on dream/manifesting mode – that which is both the cause of our reunion and the cleverness of our daily progress.

What I've come to see is how life is just a kaleidoscope, light bouncing off of light - people being mirrors for everyone else’s light. I’m starting to realize our God and Goddess power by allowing our two dreams to merging as one. I suppose the deeper we go in this creation game we’ll end up with a baby. Is there anything more creative than that?

from here

Sharing happiness..

2010-07-27T13:24:00.000-07:00

I don't know if u girls already saw it..but i loved it :)

Have a wonderful day!

Patty Zc
:*

I will be fine

2010-07-26T18:42:00.000-07:00

I am healing girls.

And all of you are helping me with it.

I came to the realization the other day that everything will be fine.
And only I can control my destiny. I can't wait for anyone to do it for me.

I have to do it.
So today, I am taking a stand. And i want all of you to do it with me.

Take a stand to be love.

Preach it with all of your heart.
<3

Je t'aime.

Jason Mraz, thanks for the constant inspiration.
(:
love,
ChristinaMarie(:

it happens..

2010-07-26T02:14:00.001-07:00

Since I met JM I changed, he truly changed me, and seeing him change over the years allows me to realize how big and important is our self development, and how amazing is to be able to change, to accept ourselves and enjoy the ride!
A while ago I gave up on love, even though my parents look like newly weds and they've been together since they were 13 yrs old... I just thought there must be some people that aren't meant for that kind of love story. Then Mr. AZ happened, and a whole new way of thinking and instead of giving up I gave in... I accepted myself and everyone around me, and I appreciated and enjoyed every little thing. And then it happened, when I least expected: I met HIM. I met a guy, no.. I met THE guy... I couldn't possibly ask for anything else in a guy, he's just so perfect, I can be myself truly and entirely I can feel myself, I don't have to pretend anything. I have the most fun I had in years, I smile all day long, I’m almost afraid of being pinched an woken up in any moment.
So I think that one of the most important things I have learned about life is to be myself in each and every way that I desire to be.
I would also like to thank Jam for this space, for letting me know such amazing girls, ‘cause at first we were united by Jason, and a passion, but now I think we’re united because we’re alike, we’re very similar to each other, and yet so different and so unique that its just wonderful. Thank you Jam, thank you girls.
I truly hope to meet you in person someday; I promise myself I’ll hug u all…
Be Love.

Thinking.

2010-07-25T14:56:00.001-07:00

Good afternoon/morning/evening/night ladies.

I'm sitting at a local coffeeshop in my town, currently. It's pretty dead for a Sunday afternoon right now. A cartoonist is sitting in front of me, sketching, and two girls are next to me, eating Otter Pops and writing in notebooks. I came here alone, this cafe is kind of my safe place outside of home. I don't really know what's on my mind right now. I'm kind of in this melancholy, contemplative state, where I just sit and think about everything and nothing all at once.

It's kind of funny how relaxed I am, considering how I just majorly dented my car, and I know that I eventually have to go home and face the wrath that is my father (if he ever finds out, of course, bahahaha).

Anyways, I've currently been obsessed with the movie (500) Days of Summer, and this certain song from the soundtrack had been on repeat in my mind.

Enjoy, ladies.

Keep the group emails 'a-coming, I'm really enjoying talking to you all!

Ya know what I really, really love?

2010-07-22T09:25:00.000-07:00

Hey ladies, I posted this up on tumblr last night, and I know some of you already read it, but since I made mention of a bunch of you and Mraz Women in general, along with the very inspirational Jason Mraz, I wanted to put it up on here, too...

Figuring things out about myself.

It sounds strange, but it really isn’t. I think right now, I’m at a really important phase of my life. That one where you figure so many things out, it can be either overwhelming or exciting. And I choose it to be exciting. When I was younger, I tended to follow the crowd. And I guess not really the crowd, more a certain group of girls who were the “popular ones.” I used to be a part of them, and regretfully this is so. I copied everything they did, from the clothes they wore to the music they listened to and I look back on it and think, “Wow, life must have really sucked then.” How could I have done that to myself is beyond me, but it is what it is, and now I can learn from it, so I’m grateful for that opportunity and I’m grateful to have found myself more and more over the years.

I started growing farther and farther apart from these girls and it was really because of so many reasons. While they wanted to be out in a party, I wanted to spend some time with my family (we’re really close). While they wanted to get the new Juicy Couture purse, I wanted to get a new Gameboy to play with my brothers. While they wanted to have a million play dates and sleepovers, I wanted to really concentrate on my schoolwork and study to impress all the teachers, proving to the world what I could do, all I could accomplish on my own. While they enjoyed bullying the people less social or less known than them, I wanted to stand up for those people. While they complained about their body image, wanting larger breasts and a smaller waist, I was perfectly content with my body and thought we were all beautiful. I tried to impose this onto them and perhaps convince them they were too, but they wouldn’t have any of it. While they were into Vogue, Seventeen, and Cosmo Girl, I wanted to be doing my homework assignments, putting in all my effort into that because that’s what mattered to me most at that moment. While they wanted to be at the mall buying out every single store, I wanted to be in the pool or beach. While they wanted to stand around in P.E. class and look at their nails and curl and flick their hair, I wanted to participate and GET ACTIVE AND PLAY WITH THE GUYS, hopefully show ‘em I was different.

It got worse. While they wanted to roll up their school shorts and skirts so high you could see the pockets, I kept mine at a normal length. While they wore bucket loads of makeup and splattered that goo all over their face at such a young age, I kept mine makeup free, all natural. While they constantly hounded me with questions, judging me for every single thing I said and did, I was struggling to lift my own spirits, afraid to go to anyone else. And that time in my life I really had no clue about who I was, where I was going, what I liked, what I disliked, and it makes you feel pretty helpless, much more easily influenced. I separated from them after I recognized these feelings.

Best move I ever made. Because when I see them now, all I see is a bunch of mindless girls who have so much potential. They could be so much better than what they are right now, and it makes me sad they didn’t take my path with me. It’s like they’re stuck in this imaginary vortex that doesn’t allow them to see the world as anything else except for behind the eyes of those mean little girls they were when they were younger.

Ya know, I have a story to tell you. To show you how mean they were…one day, two of them got together and decided to kick me out of “the group.” One of them invited me to her house and me, being the stupid, stupid kid I was, allowed her to influence me and convinced me to sing a bad song about the other girl. We both did it, but I sang the most. She was so into it and I felt so special because she was having fun with me and I feel “cool” for making her happy. I now know the real definition of “cool” is to be whoever the hell you wanna be. She secretly recorded the song and invited the other girl over to play it back. They confronted me at school on the playground and I was so, so crushed. I couldn’t believe it. We were friends for years, basically since birth. But I now know it was only really because the parents were friends. No worries, mom’s not friends with their parents anymore. Maybe that was supposed to happen? So I didn’t grow up to be like them.

Maybe that was a good thing to happen. To be separated from them the hard way, although I probably would’ve done it on my own, better sooner than later, I guess. I look at them now and while I see the pictures of them French kissing guys and posting them up on Facebook, holding up wine and beer bottles with a completely wasted look on their face, with that same dark makeup, with those heels higher, with those dresses shorter, pictures sleeping with guys, laughing at the straight F’s they get on their report cards while I get the straight A’s, cursing like maniacs, overusing the words “fuck” and “you” in a single sentence, I couldn’t be more happy with myself right now, this moment. And I think a really big factor that helped me figure out what this life is all about in the end is a few heroes of mine.

The first and biggest, being Jason Mraz, as many may already know. His music, his soothing words, his advice touched me so much and everything he said, I could relate with. And I mean, really, really relate with. I feel like I always had his incredible ideas constantly brewing up inside of me, but never really identified with them or knew how to fully and properly express them. I was also too afraid to take the chance. I was afraid of what people would think and how my “status” would change throughout the school. But Jason Mraz has made it cool to Be Love and Be Grateful. It’d be much too difficult to go through everything he’s taught me because we’d be here for awhile, but I think the biggest thing is just that, “There ain’t no rules to being cool” like he says in the WSWDWST DVD. It’s so simple, but I never really grasped it before hearing it from Jason. And that album, WSWDWST, it really talks about his self-discovery and how to live life to the fullest, not letting anything get in your way and bog you down, and I lived off that one CD for over a year. Nothing else. I learned all the songs. Broke down all the lyrics. Everything. And it’s helped like you couldn’t even imagine. I’m living so happy now and he’s made me feel like I really can do anything I want, like who I want, and figure out what I’m about. I’m such more of an aware person and the changes I’ve experienced over the last two years or so have been life changing, I know it.

The other hero is a teacher from last year who really, really helped me out, made me feel special. Both of them made me open my eyes to so many greater things to do with my life then sleep around and think your looks are everything. They’re really not.

I also need to thank Jam Regis for really opening her arms and allowing me into this amazing community of women over at MrazWomen.blogspot.com, and just allowing me to be her friend. My parents honestly never let me get a Facebook, but out of the blue one day, I decided to get a Twitter and I think Jam was one of the very first people who I could relate with, and made me feel really loved, especially with all that good advice she’s given me! I’m so grateful for you, and ever since I’ve been a part of Mraz Women, I felt like I was part of something really, really great. Not like that group of girls I associated with when I was blind to how to the world really worked. And I’m grateful for every single one them…Suzie, Christina D., Lisey E., Paula G., Dahlia L., Lucy F., Lesley M., Kayla K., Jessica R., Marissa M., May M., Stephanie D., Dana B. (whose tweets make me laugh like a crazy maniac), Nicole, and everyone else whose a part of it that I’m not mentioning. No hard feelings, it’s late, I’m tired. You guys have made me feel so special.

And now, I’m living really great because when someone asks me who my favorite artist is, for example, I can proudly say, “Jason Mraz.” When someone asks what my favorite clothing brand is, I can say, “Blend Apparel.” When someone asks who my favorite actor is, I can say, “Robert Downey Junior.” When someone asks me what my favorite show is, I say, “The Colbert Report.” And I know these are really silly things that everyone figures out as time goes by, but this is coming from the girl who answered every single fucking question with, “I dunno” because I was afraid of being judged for being myself. I hold my head up high and if you ask me anything, I’ll know the answer because I know who I am.

I’m Sasha. I’m not some mirror image of you, although I’m aspiring to have qualities like Jason Mraz because of how great a human being he is. I’m glad my role models aren’t slutty actresses, people who take drugs, and feel so “cool” for having sex with practically everything that moves. I’m glad they are you guys, everyone at Mraz Women and on Twitter who has constantly inspired me. I eternally thank you.

Live with Jason Mraz 07/21/10

2010-07-21T16:19:00.000-07:00

CUTE MAN WEARING GLASSES --> DETECTED

30min 24sec of pure Jason Mraz Avocado Smoothie ;)

Who didn't watch it live can watch it now!! (like me)

uahuhauhauhuahuha

Hello there, friends :)

2010-07-20T10:21:00.000-07:00

Hello friends and fellow Mraz lovers!

This is TJ here, the newest addition to the Mraz Women community, and I am so excited to be a part of this! :)

Well…how to start off? I am seventeen years old, and live in the California Central Valley. I just graduated from high school, and am going to attend our local community college in the fall. Film production is the name of the game in my case. I love movies and would someday like to move to Southern California and try to make my way into the rough and tumble business that is Hollywood. Live theater was my first love, though. I spent all four years of my high school career in our auditorium, acting and stage managing.

About two years ago, as a birthday present, my sister bought me Jason Mraz’s We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things. I had been walking around humming and singing I’m Yours for well over a month, so she thought I’d enjoy it. This wasn’t my first introduction to Mraz though; a few years back I had purchased Mr. A-Z because I loved singing along to the fast paced word-jumble that was Wordplay, though We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things was what really got me hooked. I listened to that album constantly for months. In the meanwhile, I went on a thorough search of stores in my city for his first album Waiting For My Rocket To Come. I could not find a single store in my town that sold this album, but I would not give up!

Later on, in February of 2009, I went on a field trip to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon with my school’s theatre department. While roaming downtown, we came across a small CD shop called “To CD, Or Not To CD,” and in my mind all I could think was “Do they have Jason? I hope they have Jason!” I dragged my group of friends inside and went directly to the “M” section. I was ECSTATIC when I found Waiting For My Rocket To Come. I didn’t look twice at the price, I knew I had to have it. It’s been love ever since. I’ve downloaded an insane amount of his songs (I think my current total is up to 168) and other than my extensive collection of covers from the TV show Glee, he’s basically the only thing I listen to. My friends think my love for him is hilarious, but they say that I really wouldn’t be me without my love for the Mraz himself.

Feel free to check out my Twitter account at www.twitter.com/TJthetechie.

Here’s to being love, my friends! :)

Jam's Smile Track of the Moment VII

2010-07-20T01:11:00.000-07:00

I just finished watching My Girl (Thomas J!) and My Girl 2 on HBO. So this is kind of making me feel good at the moment.

I mean, how can you NOT smile when you hear this song? :-)

Introducing: The MrazWomen Mailing List!

2010-07-20T00:39:00.000-07:00

Hey girls!

In true MrazGal fashion, I have taken yet another step to push our sisterhood a notch higher into awesomeness... by creating a group email! That way, we can discuss things like the prospect of sending a stuffed animal all over the world, received by each and one of us at one point (sorta like Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, only cooler) so we can sign it and send it to the next MrazWoman (Patty's idea!). Or I dunno, boy issues, family issues, things you don't want to publish publicly here. Anything really!

Expect an invite sent to your email (the one you use for this blog).

Hope to hear from all of you soon!

♥
Jam

Cause, i'm drinking all the tears that you cry..

2010-07-19T16:00:00.000-07:00

There are several Mraz songs i listen to when I'm crying, but this one must be on the top four.

1. Details In The Fabric.

2. You Make Me High.

3. Sunshine Song.

4. Stranger in the Sky.

There are days where I feel like my complete world has been turned upside down.
I feel like nothing matters, and that is when I hit the rock bottom.
Then, when no one else is there for me,
he comes to my rescue.

These two songs (the first two) are the ones where i feel like Jason is speaking to me personally.

"Hang on, help is on the way. Stay strong, i'm doing everything."

So, in a way, he is my personal savior.
(:
And you girls are my angels.

I'm going to try and be happy.
Not for anyone else, not for any reason, but just for myself.

I'm so tired of being unhappy.
Screw needing a boy to make me happy, that's just false happiness.
I'm going to be happy for me.
And i encourage all of you to do the same.

And you know, that if any of you need me, i am here for you.
WE all are.

Be love girls,
and love will become you.

love,
ChristinaMarie(:

Chat live with Mraz!

2010-07-17T20:53:00.000-07:00

Yeah girls!!

"We're excited to announce a special live chat with Jason on Ustream next Wednesday, July 21st at 3:00pm EDT/12:00pm PDT! Jason will talk about the upcoming tour and answer YOUR questions, so be sure to tune in then at ustream.tv."

Can't belive my tweets are coming true!!

Sad part of the story: I'll be working/studying in the same time of the live stream!

Hope that someone will record it, like the last times! (finger crossed) Or at least chat with him.. and then tell me every single detail, right?!

~Love

Ana Diegues.

SunshineSasha's New Smile Tracks

2010-07-16T18:08:00.000-07:00

Hey ladies!

It's been so long that I post here, but I had to share the smile tracks I am currently obsessing over at the moment. Her name is Zee Avi. And God, her voice is so pure, so beautiful and sweet. After being featured on the main page of YouTube, she was discovered by Brushfire Records, which is partly owned by Jack Johnson! And that's her story. She has a CD out, which I'm getting soon as I get my hands on an iTunes giftcard! Haha! :) I discovered her through the company, "Life Is Good." They posted a link to some free music downloads and Zee Avi's "Just You And Me" was there, and I instantly fell in love with it.

Here are some of her songs...oh, and I read somewhere in one of the comments that the reason she doesn't show her face in the videos is because she wants you to not focus on her appearance (although she IS pretty!), rather on the meaning of the music...the lyrics.

In joy,

Sasha

The last two are the same song...but it's the first song I heard from her, and easily, my favorite. <3

Wow, it's been awhile

2010-07-16T13:25:00.000-07:00

Since i posted a blog.
I've been out at my Grandma's house for the past week or so, just happy to get away from my parents for awhile.
As a select few of you know, I had a slight breakdown this week.
Everything lately has been making me blow up.
I've been a wreck.
One minute crying, the next calm, then i'll have this uncontrolable rage, and throw a fit.
I've been really depressed for awhile, and most of it has been because i've been heartbroken.
I came to the realization two days ago, that i can't be like this anymore, and that i need to change.
This is hurting the people that care about me the most, and i have no excuse to put them through this, just because my heart is aching.

So, i vow to go on a mission to start focusing on the things that matter the most, and focus on my happiness.

And, i would like to thank Marissa for being there for me, and thank Jam for helping me meet all of these wonderful girls.

I'm friends with most of you on Facebook, and follow most of you on Twitter.
But to all the new girls who just joined, Welcome!!
Ana, Dawn, Viviane, etc.
You will soon realize that we are a family, and we are always here for each other.
However you are feeling, blog your hearts out!!!!

Also, i want to write an apology.

Dear Jason,
I am sorry that I haven't been listening to you at all lately.
I don't know if it's because i have been so depressed, or if i am depressed because i am not listening to Jason.
Or maybe it's just worsening it.
But i am trying to get my life back in order, and you are still the most major part of me.
I love you.

In fact, i love you all.
Sorry this is so long.
Bye,
Love,
ChristinaMarie(:

Soy Tuyo

2010-07-15T11:48:00.000-07:00

I didn't want to share it in the same post..
I hope u girls don't mind..

I don't know if you'll understand the fun in the song, but since all of my friends know about my Mrazession (Mraz's Obsession)they shared it with me..

Its a mexican guy who translated Im Yours (but I could swear he used a bad online translator) and changed the genre of the song..

Enjoy? lol

after some time away...

2010-07-15T11:45:00.001-07:00

Its been a while since I've been trying to write an entry. Normally we tend to write extreme emotions, such as sad things or really happy events.. And its funny because a month ago was my birthay, so I guess Im supposed to have an extreme emotion that day.
What I'm trying to say is that every single day has been amazing, enjoying the ups and downs of life...
In a quick summary, i was able to see my brother (who I really missed) I went on vacations with my family, two lovely weeks: Four days of shopping spree, followed by one week of laying down next to the pool, playing in the beach, resulting with a terrible sunburn.. Coming back from vacations daddy went straight to the hospital, seems that something he ate caused him a weird 'bacteria cocktail' in his stomach leading to an all-inclusive one week stay at the hospital. He's finally home, and he seems better :) but he's gotten more paranoid than ever with stuff he eats!
I've been quite distant from my social life, but i think i needed it, a time for me.

During my shopping spree I bought JM Live at the Eagles Ballroom, & my bf gave me Curbside Prophet and Mr. AZ for my bday so now i finally own em all, im still missing a couple dvds and live records, but as for now ive got the three from studio and two live :D also i finally recieved my a thousand things photobook.. :D

Spending time with my family always gets me to think a lot, and also being on vacations with not much on my mind really gets my mind going, I guess I should read a little more, but I haven't been able to concentrate very good.
As always, and im sure most people do i love laying on my back on my wonderful bed and listening to really loud music, its amazing :D
So being able to think and to analyze what's being going on, added to some of the wonderful JM lyrics, I've been opening my mind into thinking different than how i normally do, its fun.. u girls should try it sometime! :D

But i guess that the highlight of my vacations is my new daughter, damn i love that girl! She's the sweetest! She'es got gorgeous eyes, and lovely black hair. I love the little cute sounds she makes, and I love how she moves, with no concern at all....
Here i leave a pic of me and my baby 'Mafalda'

Thanks for reading, THANK YOU for posting.
Keep it coming girls, u can always cheer me up!
Be Love!
Besos!

Top 3 Hottest Guys according to: Mraz Woman Ana Diegues!

2010-07-13T13:25:00.000-07:00

As we all Know.. Mraz Women have good taste... and here it goes the TOP 3 Hottest Guys from me, hope you agree!

1) The official Jason Mraz: Singer/Song-writer/Dancer/Yoggi/Good Deed Doer

2)Blond Reporter from IMN(Invisible Microphone News)/Steve Lillywhite Cover

3)Ninja/Vampire/BabyBoy/WhateverHeIs guy from Magi-cam Part2

Lol, Hope you like it!

Mraz Woman,

Ana Diegues!