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This is the ultimate MrazWomen dream.

Let's make it happen! :D


I am so grateful!!!!

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!"

Post A Photo of Your Hair Day: A Documentation.

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

For You, From Me



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

Being Love..



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!

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.


mrazgirls!

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..

Happy Now Year!

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

Jason the Ruthless Clutter Police Invades Room

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. ♥

Oh, Mrazzy ladies

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

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

Tonight, sleep tight / Build your nest upon my shoulder...
Self portrait inspired by The Mraz Man, his tattoo, Clockwatching, and Love. :)

after some time away...

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!

33 is the new Awesome; Awesome is the Jason.

To the man who gave birth to a community of be lovin' women and didn't even know it...










HAPPY 33rd birthday, J!



We love you!






Holy hotness, Batman!

Gals, remember this gem?

Pleasant dreams. :)

My Mraz Image

This is my all time favorite Mraz Man pic, not only because he is stunning in a suit + guitar, but because this is the photo my best friend used for the badassery that was my bday card last year.


I'm really a sucker for a man in a suit......


I think I just choked back a lot of drool.

Playing around

I decided to finally download Firefox for my Mac today and I found out that you can change what your browser window looks like. This is my current one:)


I love the bottom the best though.


They have even more Jason themed ones, but I'm keeping this for now. I'll probably have a new Jason one every week, just keep rotating:)

Have a great day!
<3Christine

Just because...



Have an awesome day! :)

<3 Christine

songs songs songs

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think.

Pick Your Artist: Jason Mraz

Are you male or female: white girl

Describe yourself: only human

Describe where you currently live: a beautiful mess

How do you feel about yourself: lucky

Your best friend is: I’ll do anything

Your favorite color is: geek in the pink

Your favorite form of transportation: rocket man

What's the weather like: beautiful

Favorite time of day: bella luna

If your life was a tv show, what would it be called: the dynamo of volition

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: with you

What is the best advice you have to give: live high

If you could change your name, what would it be: summer breeze

Your favorite food is: common pleasure

Thought for the Day: you and I both

How I would like to die: Mr. Curiosity

My soul's present condition : On love, In sadness

My motto: Make it mine



Enjoy girls, stay fresh!
Be Love!
xx

Patty Zc! :*

Attitude of Gratitude




Hello pretty ladies!! So I was recently at Barnes & Noble and thought I'd take a look at the sale rack. When I looked at it I found a book called Attitude of Gratitude by MJ Ryan. I've been reading a chapter a day (I probably should read a chapter a week) and it's made me think, how much do I really have to be grateful for? I sat down and wrote a list and that list got SO long. Let's just say my hand is forever in pain;) So I have now started a project where everyday I wake up I write on an index card "I Am Grateful 4..." and then write down what I am grateful for that day. I plan to do this everyday until I have one entire wall covered. This is a large task and on days when I am completely grateful for water, I might have a few repeats. I love this idea of such a small task to show my gratitude to mother nature, man, and my friends and the things they say that make my world shinier. That includes you ladies. I have this love for Jason Mraz that's undescribable and I'm glad I have people to share it with who won't get annoyed at how much I love him... Like my friends, brother, mom occasionally, etc. So in this journey I'm going through of making a more gracious life, I would love it if you would join me on the journey. I plan to make a Twitter account somewhat like @iamgrateful4 but different. It's different in the people that follow it, I'll follow back, anytime those followers say something they're grateful for, I'll retweet it, and even if they don't but the account is mentioned, I'll retweet it. It's one small way to spread a little joy, and I would love if you girls would join me in this. So if you'd like to go on this journey with me, I would love it and I would be forever in gratitude to you. So thank you for your time, sorry for my novel of a message (if we talk a lot already, you know how I am), and may your day be blessed and full of gratitude. Tweet me at @mr_azfan01 and if I get enough people, I will open this account! Let's do this! :):)