New SocialVibe Site

So, SocialVibe has totally redone their website.
It looks nice, there are more ways to earn points for your cause, which I like.

However, it's different.
It's going to take some getting used to and I'm not sure yet if I will like this version better than the old version or not.
But none-the-less I will continue to support TWLOHA & SocialVibe.
What they do is amazing.

So go join,
www.socialvibe.com

and support a great cause!

Love & [World] Peace
Brandi <3

"Our Voice Is A Weapon. . ."

I have to say, at 7:00 PM tonight when I logged on to To Write Love On Her Arms website to watch the live webcast, I had no idea who Andy Zipf or Damion Suomi were.
I had never heard their music, let alone heard of them.

Then they come on and Damion insists that Andy play the first song.
He explained the meaning behind it, and then he began to play "Our Voice Is A Weapon"

From the moment he started playing I knew he was talented with a guitar.
Then he began singing and I listened to his lyrics, I listened to the way he sang.
You could tell he enjoyed it, and the song wasn't something you could find a million of on iTunes or off a record store shelf. The song meant something, something more than saying "I love you" or "We'll get through this".
I got more out of all of their songs than I ever expected.

It has been a while since I've heard songs with true meaning.
I'm not dissing the other artists I listen to, I love all of their music.
Don't get me wrong, I love the catchy boyband songs, the old country songs, the songs you can just rock out to. . .But when you can keep your deep attention on two guys with acoustic guitars for an hour and a half and with each song gain something, that's something special.

I was sad that the webcast had to end.
It's almost hard to explain.

I knew when I heard TWLOHA was having a webcast from their office in Cocoa, FL that it was going to be special, every TWLOHA event is special. I always get something out of it. Whether it be a live chat on the street team, the Heavy & Light event they broadcasted earlier this year, or tonight during the webcast. . .It might be something simple but I always gain something special from it.

The world needs more musicians like Andy Zipf and Damion Suomi.
They are true musicians who do what they do because they love to, not because they want to make a million dollars doing it.

I want to extend a thank you to Andy & Damion simply for being themselves.
Keep doing what your doing, you have no idea how appreciated it is.

Love & [World] Peace,
Brandi <3

Damn those boybands and their catchy songs. . .

Their too damn awesome. lol

The newest edition to my collection of obsessions =)

The EastWest Boys.
I've seen people adding #eastwestboys to their twitter's for like the past week or so and I figured, oh boy another one. haha
Then I finally asked Prima, a fellow One Call/Menudo/NLT/MaddHouse (Oh you get the point) fan. . .I started talkin' to her back in the kyte days with Menudo.
Anyways, I asked her who they were and of course, she sent me to their Twitter and told me to look up "Yesterday's Hero" on YouTube.
So I did, and I watched it and imdiantly knew it get stuck in my head.
Of course, about an hour or so later I caught myself humming the tune lol

But I like them.
They sound pretty awesome to me, they seem nice.
Todd, one of the guys briefly talked to me when I mentioned him in a tweet.
He seemed nice. . .Prima says their all "really cute and nice. or at least most of them are" so I dunno. . .But yeah, check them out.

www.myspace.com/eastwestboys
www.twitter.com/eastwestboys

and here is their music video for "Yesterday's Hero"


Oh and I just want to mention: I think that A.J. Holyfield, is kinda sorta adorable =) Just look at him. He's sooo cute.

Anyways yeah, that's the latest boyband added to the bunch.

Course, One Call is my favorite. . .
Never really thought about who was my favorite until now, but yeah. . .Since NLT & Menudo (2007) isn't together anymore. . .One Call has to be my favorite.
After One Call it's Varsity Fanclub, MaddHouse, WOW. . .those are my top favorites right now....

Anyways. . .Off to bed now =)

Love, peace and chicken grease,
Brandi <3

Filled Tank from TWLOHA

TWLOHA Live Webcast - October 5th 2009

To Write Love On Her Arms is having a live webcast from their office in Cocoa, FL on October 5th! Tune in and tell all your friends!!

You Find Out Who Your Friends Are. . .

I never realized how much I NEEDED a lot of people until now.
I've always been the one that gave people my shoulder to cry on, now it seems like I'm the one who needs other people's shoulders. . .And I feel like I'm afraid to ask them for it.

For the past month I've been trying to be strong.
I knew from the beginning of this, I had to be strong, for mamaw especially.
I knew she would need someone to lean on and talk to and I had it set in my mind that I was going to be there for her.

Now, that I'm being there for people I would normally talk to, I'm kind of at a loss about who to talk to. . .It's confusing and frustrating.
I know people have said "If you need to talk I'll listen", a lot of people have. . .Lynne, Charlie, Vanessa, the list goes on and on. . .But here's the thing, when I'm talking to them I'm happy and I don't have anything to vent about so, how am I suppose to vent to any of them??

Ugh. This is so annoying. Why can't one aspect of life be easy?
Just one.

But honestly, this past weekend at Sopchoppy I learnt something about a lot of people.
I learnt that I'm more loved than I ever even thought, I never even began to realize what I meant to so many people. . .Charlie made me realize that during Grand Entry friday. . .He also made me cry even more than I already had. He said "You have no idea how loved you are" of everything that has stuck with me over the week, that has been at the top of the list. He has no idea what that meant to me. . .And I can't find the words to tell him.
I can't find a lot of words here lately.

I can't find a way to tell Bobby and Sandy how much I truly love them and how much I was so glad to see them Thursday night. . .It might have been simple, us going out to dinner but it meant a lot, it meant a lot to see everyone and it meant a lot to have that moment with the two of them and Steven. Like I said it was simple and nobody thought anything of it at the time but, it meant something to me that I can't explain.

I can't find a way to tell Shannon how good it was to see her back at a pow wow, and how happy grandaddy would of been to see her there. She had no idea how she has impacted my life, nor how she changed it that weekend. She is so inspiring to me and I haven't been able to tell her that.

I can't find a way to tell Kevin, Paris, Mama Theda, Aunt Lee, along with the other women on the drum how much their love and support and how blessed I am to have each and every one of them in my life.

I can't find a way to tell Ken how much it means to me all he has taught me, he's taught me so much about drumming and singing, but he's also taught me more than that. He's inspired me to do better and to be proud of who I am.

I can't find a way to tell Mama Kim how much I admire her in so many ways, and how much she is like a role model to me and she inspires me to be a better person every time we are together.

And I can't thank Papa Vern enough for everything he has taught me and not just the Native teachings but even the little things, I learn so much from him and he truly is like my dad. That alone, means the world to me and I love him so much for it.

I can't find the words to tell Chris, whom I just met that he is an inspiration to me. It might sound silly to some, I haven't even known him a week and he's inspired me to not be a afraid of who I am. . .When I met him, he had this amazing aura around him that I can't explain but I want him to know he is an amazing person, no matter what and that he should never ever forget that.

In the last month a lot of things have become clear to me.
One, that we really do need to live every moment like it's our last.
Two, that life isn't measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Three, that we shouldn't be afraid to show the world who we are and we shouldn't be afraid to tell the world how we feel. Whether it be how we feel about someone, something or just whatever emotion we are feeling at the time. We should embrace every chance we get to tell someone we love them, because you never know when it will be your last chance.

I always said my biggest fear would be losing someone I love.
Well, I've faced that fear, obviously. And it's hard, I'm not gonna lie it really sucks but by facing that fear I've realized a lot of things about life and about my life and about the person I want to be. It might sound crazy or silly or weird but, I feel like I need to not be afraid anymore. I feel like I don't need to be afraid of any of the fears I've had. . .I feel like I need to continue being myself and not being afraid to speak up when I need to, to not be afraid to tell someone I love them.

Sopchoppy was big for me.
Whether it was the people around me, the experiences I had there or what I have no idea.
But I learnt a lot and you can ask me "What did you learn?" all you want and I won't be able to explain it entirely. I just know that something happened for me at Sopchoppy and it was a good thing.

The entire time I've been writing this blog I've been talking to Steven on myspace, and honestly I can't thank him enough for that conversation. Your an amazing brother, an amazing friend and a pretty awesome person. I might pick on you a lot, but that's just us. . .It's what we do =)

I just really needed to get all of this out.
I don't know if people will ever read this or not but it was a way for me to vent completely and I needed that. I know there are a lot of people I might not have mentioned by name in here but, you all mean a lot to me and those feelings CAN'T be put into words. . .

I am so extremely blessed to have my entire family.
None of you need to forget that, ever.
I love all of you.
<3Brandi

My thoughts you can't decode. . .

So, I just needed to take a break from packing and just write.

I'm getting ready to leave to head to Sopchoppy.
The pow wow is next weekend and me and mamaw are going up for the entire week.
I don't know why but I feel kind of blah right now. . .
Maybe it's just stressing about things or just people being really pains in the ass right now. . .I have no idea but I needed to vent and just clear my mind and relax.
Writing normally does that for me.

I won't be updated this blog for the next week (unless I get my email/internet stuff on the phone set up) but I will be updating my other beauty/health blog "Don't You Know Your Beautiful" it'll be kind of short stuff, nothing too long depending on how much I feel like typing out on my phone. But, I'm keeping that one updated through out the week.

Umm. . .I'll be tweeting as usual, I gotta remember to set up my device updates before I leave too. . .That way I can keep up with people. . .

I dunno what's up but I need to get my mind right before tomorrow.
We have our last drum practice before Sopchoppy =)
I'm excited, not so much nervous as this point.
I get nervous and then, once I sit down at the drum with my girls I'm good.
It's like nobody's else is around, we're there and we're sharing this experience together.
I will definitely be blogging about Sopchoppy.

Anyways. I need to finish packing and I have to write a song out and do some other things.

LoVe, peace and chicken grease <33
Brandi