Doing That Thing I Do....Life as a Nashvillian

Up & Up...

2010-05-14T20:51:00.001-05:00

Too much has happened since the last post--good and bad. I don't really feel like blogging because I am too busy learning right now about what I am supposed to be learning. HA.
Confusion has set in. Things haven't been working out "according to plan"..--another Ha...like we really make plans. I'm learning that God's got it all in control even though I don't understand why things happen the way that they do. I accept that He has a plan and purpose in all of it, but I am just not quite there yet to be ok with it. I'm working on it. Too vague? Maybe. I need to be less personal on this blog because it is public---and I haven't figured out how to make it private. Any help?

Good news: my sister is back in the States and I got to go to Texas to see my family and a handful of my closest friends. It was a much needed get-away because......

Bad news: (among other things) I'm still looking for a full time job---that one I wanted didn't work out---one of the things God is using to break me and mold me and learn to trust Him with EVERYTHING, as well as my personal life and relationships---even when some are taken away. :( Catch my drift as to how things have changed since the last blog? Yeah...I'm learning sometimes God will rid us of things that may not be bad in and of themselves, but if they are taking our focus from Him, he'll strip us of them----and it hurts like the dickens

Thanks for reading,
you stay classy
faith

We've finished MARCHing and it's already time for APE-ROLL? Crazy

2010-04-05T10:28:00.001-05:00

Well gosh, yet again tons has happened in my life that would be way too long to type in detail.
Last week I interviewed at Big Idea, Inc. (Veggie Tales people) and I think it went pretty well. I will find out no later than Friday if I advanced to the next level which would be checking references. I have an interview today at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and I REALLY would love this job. It would be assistant to one of the main booking agents there who books a lot of shows of Christian artists all over the country! It would be totally rad. So if you read this before 4:30 today, please pray for me because that's when my interview is.

I've been busy hanging out with a band called HillCity Lights because well, (here comes the bomb drop) my new beau is the drummer! He is wonderful and their music is great! So far so good...it's only been about 2-3 weeks. We met at Interlinc because we both work there, so it's nice that we get to see each other every day at work (at least for now, but hopefully I will get an offer from one or both of these companies I'm interviewing with).

Last weekend my friend Stephanie took me with her to Ohio to work merch for Switchfoot. She has connections with their merch guy. We worked 2 shows, got to meet and talk with the band (well for me it was my first time--she's met them several times). It was so much fun! So cool!

Church is going well. I LOVE my church---especially my community group. We are getting closer and closer. This coming weekend we are going "camping" at Fall Creek Falls State Park. We got like a lodge thing there and we're just going to hang out and get away together for a weekend. It's going to be about 10 or 11 of us. I'm so stoked to just retreat.

So here you go....here are pics:

This is Jon Foreman and me. He is the lead singer of Switchfoot. Legit! These guys are so nice and genuine. I was so pleased when I met them. They really are true to what they sing about.

This is the best picture I got at the shows. Here is Jon singing and playing.

Collin and I actually went on our first "real date" on Friday to J. Alexander's and it was mighty tasty!

Hanging out at my house.

And there's this park we go to in Franklin and it has this ridiculous swing. I don't know who it's for!! A REALLY HUGE KID?? Very odd..but comfy.

Thanks for reading. You stay classy,
Faith

Daylight Savings Time.....blech

2010-03-15T16:50:00.000-05:00

So DST just happened and somehow I always manage to let it get the best of me. I stayed up all night hanging out for some reason, then lost the hour and slept the day away---including sleeping through my alarm and missing night church and community group. I was quite upset.

I am horrible at keeping up with this blog. It has been several weeks since I updated and for that I say I am sorry. It will be way hard to try and update on all that has happened but I guess the February highlights were:

1. I got settled into my new part-time job at Interlinc and I am enjoying it for the most part. I don't really want to stay there forever but it is great for this in between time. I am learning how to be a sales person over the phone. I am not excellent at it but for the most part I am enjoying it and it is decent pay.
2. Momma and Daddy came to visit me for a few days and I got to show them around Nashy for a bit. We also drove down to Hotlanta for my cousin Sarah's wedding.
3. I turned 23, had a little party, went to a great show featuring: matt wertz, dave barnes, brandon heath, needtobreathe, jon foreman, alison krauss with union station, and big kenny of big and rich. It was phenomenal.

Here's Tammy and me at my birthday party. (that's the sweater that was Me-Maw's)

As always I have been frequenting shows in town and hanging out with new friends. Life is good. Nannying has gotten a little bit better but I am hoping to be able to quit nannying and Interlinc by around May and have a full time job.

Here's one of my favorite local artists: Tyler James backed up by Andy Davis

(not so) Fun fact: this is the first time in my life I am not on Spring Break during this week--but that is ok. I get 3 day weekends every week for now, so I am good.

This is my community group leader Ben and me in tacky clothes when we went roller skating last week!

Thanks for reading. You stay classy.
-Faithy

I HAZ SNOW?!

2010-01-31T11:34:00.000-06:00

Well, Nashville has had beautiful snow since 10:30 Friday morning. Abby and I have been somewhat stranded in our cozy home which means we've watched a LOT of movies, and eaten a LOT of junk food. Neither of us like the cold but we love how fresh, clean and bright (Edelweiss?! haha) it looks outside.

My job has started out pretty great. I really like the people and for the first time I'm very much working in a "team atmosphere" and I like that. The goal is to make 100 calls a day and we keep track of them on a "tic sheet" and we put a tic mark for each call we make and then there are more boxes to say if they were a "connect" which means you actually talked to the church's youth leader, or you write if you left a message, etc as well as leaving notes in the database on the church's record so that the next person who calls them will know what they are facing. We also leave notes like, "Secretary is kinda mean" just as a heads up. hahaha. I actually made my first sale on Thursday right before it was time for me to leave, so that was a good way to end. When someone makes a sale, you get to ring the bell on the ceiling. It has strings spanning from it to each of the desks, so anyone can ring it, and that way it reinforces the team spirit---everyone rejoices when the bell is rung.

Yesterday Abby and I did get out of the house and we walked about 2 miles in the snow to Starbucks to meet our friends Valerie and Renee. It was so cold, but so good to get out of the house. Then Abby's bf Justin picked us up and took us to this Mexican place for dinner that I hadn't been to but I was thankful to discover (cuz it was really good!) and then we all went back to our house and watched movies/tv. His car is safest on the road cuz it's a Subaru with 4-wheel drive and he's lived here for like 6 or 7 years and knows how to deal with the snow now even though he too is from Texas.

I guess that about sums it up, I'm still probably going to play it safe today and not drive unless it melts a lot today. It's bright and sunny and beautiful right now out there, so maybe later in the day it may be ok. Till next time...

Thanks for reading. You stay classy.

Faith

Job Huntin' and Dog Hatin'

2010-01-26T00:00:00.000-06:00

This will be succinct seeing as I am starting a job tomorrow! Long story short, I was offered and took a part-time job (Tuesdays-Thursdays) at a small company called Interlinc. They make Bible lessons for youth groups, but the cool thing is, the themes of the lessons are drawn from Christian music videos. So they compile a dvd with current Christian videos and write a packet of lessons to correlate. So.darn.cool. and right up my alley. So, I will be playing the part of the salesperson and calling youth pastors to see if they want to buy these lessons/product. However, this is "grad season", so I'll be selling more specifically the 2010 conGRADulations cd as a senior gift to the kids in x,y,z youth groups all across the country. I wish I had gotten one of these cds back in 2005 when I graduated high school. It's filled with encouraging music and other tools to help as you transition in a new phase of life. I start training at 9 am tomorrow!

As for the other part of my title, the dog that belongs to the family I nanny for, decided to hike his leg on me the other day when I was taking him for a walk. I stopped to talk to the neighbor, and ironically we were talking about how he is not a good dog and needs to be properly trained.....womp womp womp....Tyler the dog hikes up his leg and thankfully I have cat-like/ninja reflexes and I moved my jeaned leg just in time. Then I yanked up on his leash so he dangled in the air for a few seconds as I YELLED, "I'm gonna KILL HIM!!". Is that dog abuse? Ooops.

In other news, I got a new camera and I can't wait to try it out at a show. It's a Canon Powershot SX120. It has a 10x zoom (the selling point for me). Whoop!

Last week I went to see Love and Theft in concert and they are AMAZING live...like oh so good. I talked to my band member friend Brian afterwards and he proceeded to introduce me to fellow band-mate Stephen (who I had meet back in August) and Stephen totally remembered me! It made my day. It was so cool. Here's a picture or two from the show.

Brian, Stephen, and Eric = Love and Theft or (LNT)

FYI: Stephen Barker Liles of LNT is the Stephen that Taylor Swift's song "Hey, Stephen" is written about. They opened for her on tour about 2 years ago.

I guess that is about all for now. I hope everyone is well. Nashy is great. It snowed a bit today but it was too warm to stick. I think more flurries are in the forecast this week.

Thanks for reading. You stay classy,

Faith

Nashville Visitors----it could be you too.

2010-01-03T04:03:00.000-06:00

Why am I still awake at 3:47 a.m. you ask? Well I ask myself that same question. Why do I torture myself by drinking caffeine? I always tell myself, "this time it will be different. I will defy caffeine and I will prevail. It will not keep me up". Well, fail. I always lose. Caffeine always wins. This sounds familiar. Isn't that the definition of insanity?

d : inability to understand the nature and consequences of one's acts (as making a will) or of events, matters, or proceedings in which one is involved (via dictionary.com)

Welp, oh well. Maybe one day I will understand that caffiene > Faith's will power.

This will be a short post, but look at these fun pictures that COULD BE YOU!

My friend Cameron from A&M and his best friend Tabor were my first visitors to Nashville a couple of weeks ago. They left Rosebud, TX at 4 am on a Friday morning and arrived at my door at 6:45 p.m. after a brief stop in Memphis. We had a super fun time and then we drove back together (with my car too) just in time for Christmas.

This is outside Pancake Pantry (A Nashville staple)

Tabes and I chasing geese at Centennial (that's for you, Hillary)

Who's the king of the world? Tabes...of course (I love this picture)

This is a total rip-off of when I had this idea last Fall in D.C. at the Jefferson memorial.

(haha, see? That is from Nov. 2008)

We make cute pictures...just sayin'

Grand Ole Opry!! We didn't see a show sadly. We are broke.

We practiced our modeling skillz on the Ped bridge.

And we toured Studio B (famous studio where Elvis, Dolly, Roy Orbison, Charley Pride, and tons of other famous people recorded over 1000 hits). We got to play that piano that the songs were recorded on. I thought I was in a dream.

So that is a quick summary. It was way fun and now I know the "tour guide ropes" if you come visit me!

Thanks for reading. You stay classy, (it's 4:03, I am gonna try and get some zzzz's.)

-Faith G.

Time for Ketchup

2009-12-14T23:24:00.001-06:00

That is my pun-opener. It has been almost 2 months since I last updated and for that I sincerely apologize. My parents have drawn this to my attention two times lately, so I owe it at least to them and hopefully other readers. If you're out there, say, "aye".

I am currently importing several cds that have recently come into my possession. For now living in Nashville, I think I average gaining at least 3 cds a week. Whether or not I get them from Gotee, or I go to a show, fall in love and buy the music, those are all stories in and of themselves. The cds I am "cooking" now are the 10 cds that Abby and I acquired last night at the "Ten out of Tenn" Christmas show. We Christmas'd each other with the $60 bundle and split it. It was 10 cds for $60. What a steal. Ten out of Tenn is a touring act--the brain child of Trent Dabbs (one of the Ten out of Tenn artists) and who I also had the pleasure of working with when I was an extra for his music video. (It can be viewed HERE). Anyways, the show was 10 Nashville artists all playing together and individually and gosh, it rocked. I am a big fan. Check out their music. Just google them: Erin McCarley, Katie Herzig, Butterfly Boucher, Trent Dabbs, K.S. Rhoads, Andy Davis, Andrew Belle, Jeremy Lister, Matthew Perryman Jones, and Tyler James.

Music sums up my life. I.love.it.

I need to be better at keeping up because I can't really sum up 2 months of my life on one blog or it would be interminable and no one would read it.

I guess I will keep to the more recent news. Last Saturday I had the privilege (thanks to Gotee) to go see Gotee band House of Heroes, along with Remedy Drive and Family Force 5. It was a great show! Here are a few pictures:

Tim from House of Heroes :>)

Colin and Jared (house of heroes)

Remedy Drive

Family Force 5

Tim and me after the show!

A little over a month ago I went to Indianapolis with my friend Rachel for a NEEDTOBREATHE concert. They are also Christian rock like the fore mentioned show.

So we had to drive through Kentucky. This was my first time to the state (that I know of) and it is a family tradition to take a picture with the sign if possible

It was too dangerous to get out for Indiana but THANKFULLY my camera was miraculously quick enough to take it from out the window.

This is Bo and Bear from NEEDTOBREATHE ..they are brothers.

We were right up front. This is Bear and I almost strummed his guitar (I could have) but I chickened out. Also, like a dummy I had my phone resting on the stage and he almost crushed it. Thankfully he didn't. :>)

Also, in case you missed it, I moved into Nashville finally from Franklin. And here is my house! We love it. It's great and it is in a GREAT part of town. We are so close to everything. :>) :>) :>)

Well, my internships are just about over (Dryve is done and I am going into Gotee for like 2 days this week). We celebrated at Gotee last week though because some guys will be gone this week, like Joey, the boss. They took me out to lunch, gave me a gift card to Target and thanked me for all my hard work. It was great! Dryve gave me a ticket for this Thursday's stand-up comedy act by the one and only Dave Barnes...What? He does stand up? Yes, yes he does. I'm excited. Check out his new Christmas Extravaganza Video....so....stinkin..funny.

Then on Friday, my dear friend Cameron Habel is coming to visit until we go back for Christmas. More fun straight ahead!

Tonight I went over to the girls' house that I babysit for to play with their new kitten, Callie. She is the sweeeeeetest kitten! She'll just let you hold her forever. Tyler, the dog loves her and I actually predict that they become friends:

Face-off...I love it

Tyler making me feel uncomfortable---I'm still not a dog person....

Allie with Ty and Callie

Katie with Callie

Me and Callie!! She is sooooooo precious. 7 weeks old.

In other news, my grandfather, Ga-Ga, passed away 3 weeks ago and it has been very hard. Things remind me of him and I start crying. I had my first dream about him the other day since he's been gone and I was at my wedding about to marry God knows who (really...God knows who) and there was a guy there who looked like Ga-Ga but it wasn't. In my dream (or maybe in real life), I exclaimed, "THAT'S NOT GA-GA!" because I was so upset that it was someone that looked like him but it wasn't the real man that I love. I woke myself up in mid-wail, groan, sorrowful noise and I had tears streaming down my face. It was way intense and I didn't like it. I feel that it is worth documenting though because he is worth the tribute. That is a hard thing that I've been facing though is that I am so sad that he will not be able to attend my wedding (if and when that ever happens). Anyways, Ga-Ga, I love you and I miss you terribly.

I am so thankful he was able to make it to my graduation! This is probably the last picture we have of just the two of us.

Thanks for reading.
You stay classy,
Faith

Well, I HAVE Been to Nashville in the Fall

2009-10-22T18:31:00.000-05:00

This is but a few miles from where I have been living.

Those are pictures I took today in downtown Franklin.

Now for some of the updates I mentioned earlier. Last week I had the privilege of getting to go to the Country Music Hall of Fame Benefit for free. It was incredible. I'll let the pictures tell the story:

Keith Urban

Keith Urban and Brad Paisley

The big screen!

Keith again a little closer up

Dierks Bentley! I was so excited to see him

Lady Antebellum (They are fantastic)

Jason Aldean!
Faith Hill!

Taylor Swift! My life is complete. She played Love Story.

Me in front of Keith Urban's tour bus!

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In other recent news, I went to Atlanta this past weekend to visit Uncle Victor and Aunt Dewey for Uncle Victor's 70th (goodness!) birthday party.

Atlanta is pretty.

My cousins Jerome and Sarah with me

My 2nd cousins (?) Cecelia, Max, Zipporah, Saraphina, and Isaiah

Isaiah (5)

Zipporah (4)

Saraphina (3)

Me with Dewey and Victor. They are so tall!

Me with Jerome, his wife Sarah, and CiCi and Max

And finally, Chattanooga on the way home.

Absolutely gorgeous!

In other news, I just finally bought Owl City's newest record, "Ocean Eyes" and I am pretty much addicted. Matt Thiessen is good friends with Adam Young (who IS Owl City, he does everything himself) however Matt collaborated on a few tracks of the album with him. It's fantastic. I also bought Sherwood's "Qu" (great, chill music), and the new Deas Vail, "Birds and Cages" I got from work. It releases next week (also fantastic and has a song featuring Matty T). He gets around! I'm just in love with his voice so I love anything that he helps out with.

The Relient K Show last week was as always, very wonderful. Here are a few pics:

Hoopes and Thiessen

Matt :)

The job and apartment search is officially on. I mostly wanted to get all those pictures to you guys. Hopefully I will actually type a better update in this next week or so. Stay tuned!

Thanks for reading,

You stay classy,

Faith

Teaser...

2009-10-19T00:07:00.000-05:00

Howdy blog-world!

I can't believe it has been literally about 3 weeks since I updated. I have been trying to be diligent-ish and blog about 2 times a week, but literally I have been so busy I have been putting it off. So many photos I must share with you over what has happened! Let me just give you a teaser of what I will blog about soon and what some big events are that have happened:

-Oct 3rd Elaine and Josh (good friends of mine from college) got married in San Antonio so I had a quick trip back home to Texas
-Oct. 6th Relient K's album Forget and Not Slow Down FINALLY released. It.is.incredible.
-Oct. 7th-10th was Next Big Nashville (NBN) that I attended with Valerie. Basically it is a 4 day-16 venue-200+ artist showcase. It was a blast.
-Oct. 11th I attended my 5th Relient K show. It was epic. The volume of happiness that I experience at one of their shows is equivalent to how much fun I have country dancing (probably actually more), but whatever my brain releases during both of those activities is exactly the same because the euphoria that rushes over me is actually indescribably numbing...no exaggeration---just ask Rachel Blythe my new good friend up here.
-I've started attending a Bible study on Tuesday nights called Kairos that is very similar to Breakaway
-Last week I started a Bible study of a book called Crazy Love through Brentwood Baptist.
-Oct. 16th-18th I went to Atlanta to visit the Kramers (Uncle Victor/Aunt Dewey, Jerome/Sarah/Sarah/kiddos).

Those are the highlights to look forward to. I still have to put more photos on my computer, but here is a teaser. Most have probably already seen this.

He remembered me. :) :) :) :) :)

Thanks for reading. You stay classy.

-Faith G.

Thank you Lightning 100 and Lipscomb University for Free Shows

2009-09-27T20:59:00.002-05:00

I don't feel like writing a long post and I am guessing you guys don't want to read a ton because if you're like me, your attention span is not very long. Monday-Thursday I babysat the 9 year old twins. We had some drama. Among that drama, Tyler the dog decided it would be a good idea to eat blue home-made play-dough. Well you can imagine how agreeable it was after he ate it. So yes it ended up halfway digested on Pat's white carpet. yuck.

Thursday night Lightning 100 (local awesome radio station) continued it's Live on the Green free concert series. They invited Thad Cockrell, Matthew Perryman Jones and Dave Barnes to play. All 3 are amazing. I accidentally left my camera in the car on Thursday night, but I managed to get some pictures last night when I was able to attend yet another free concert sponsored by Lipscomb University. They brought in Matt Wertz and Sister Hazel. (Sidenote, on Thursday when Dave played he brought out Matt to help him out on a few songs)...So, last night when Matt was the entertainment, he invited Dave out with him as well as Thad so it was like Thursday revisited just in a different order (minus Matthew Perryman Jones).

That's Thad in the red. Matt on the far right.

Best friends Dave and Matt

Dave up close and personal.

And then Sister Hazel topped off the night. Honestly I only stayed for like 3 songs of theirs because I only know like maybe 3 and my favorite one "All for You" was most likely going to be the very last song they played so I didn't care to stay that long.

Instead, I went and met up with my friend Abby and we went to the Bunganut and were entertained by watching 50-65 year olds dancing at the bar. It was quite funny.

Over and out.

Thanks for reading--if you still are, I never get any comments :>(

you stay classy.

Faith

Keep on Doin' What You Do, B......But Remember "Now is Not Forever"

2009-09-22T20:02:00.000-05:00

I know, I know, I know....blog posts only two days apart? Are we reverting back to xanga frequency, Faith? Well, I wanted to blog about B's release party while it was still fresh. Oh my goodness, it was so much fun! I invited my friend Valerie because I knew she'd enjoy it too and so that I'd always have someone to talk to if mingling turned out to be a bust. Welp before it even got started we had the fun time getting to mingle and talk to Dave Barnes. Not only does he have a fantastic singeing voice and is a gifted lyricist, but if you didn't know this before.....that guy is stinking hilarious. (<---click link to justify my statement) I had met him a few weeks ago at work, and he knows I'm friends with Seth (who he is friends with too) and I could tell he was reeling, trying to figure out why I looked familiar. Anyways, I filled him in and he did a crazy (ah HAH! That's it! laugh) Then when we were all wrapping up the convo, he was like, well I'll see you again I'm sure. And I said, yup, I'm there Monday/Friday. I'm at Gotee Tues-Thurs. He goes, "Ah, so you're cheating...double dipping!". yup. I am posting a video of him sharing nice words about B on my Facebook. I still can't figure out how to make my blog capable of uploading videos. The icon is nowhere to be seen.

Dave said some of the sweetest things about B.

So the actual party was great fun. It even involved crowd participation. I was feeling gutsy when B conducted a trivia portion of the night. (Hello challenge team/nerd bowl...I have ALWAYS loved trivia) He asked, "who knows all the bands that I am touring with on the Creation Fest tour right now?"...Welp, thanks to my OTHER internship at Dryve, I knew this answer because I entered those tour dates for TFK on their website. So, I got to go up on the mic, spill the answer, get a high 5 from B (who at this point I had not officially met and he didn't know I was basically his intern), and I won a gift card to supposedly this amazing coffee shop. It is where he got coffee on his first episode of his webisodes called "something 2 remember". To view this episode, click here
It's actually quite entertaining. I recommend watching. B's hilarious...and the boy can rhyme...and be smooth. :>)

Anyways, the rest of the party was quite fun. My superiors introduced me to @therealtobymac (if you want to follow him on twitter). Toby is a very small guy. And his wedding ring is tattooed. So hardcore. It was a pleasure meeting one of my childhood heroes...shoot, it's a pleasure working for him. He does not come in the office when I am there, but Joey (the other president) is there every day and he is fantastic too. I am truly blessed by the people I work with, and last night, it was affirmed that it works the other way around too. I was humbled.

B.Reith with Joey Elwood (Gotee president)

To end the night, I introduced myself to B and talked to him a bit. I told him that I had a great time and I was truly encouraged by his music. He thanked me for winning. (He was kinda left hanging, cuz no one else was knowing the answer.) It was a great night, and dude, the new album is phenomenal. I am not just plugging him because he's on the label I am working for. Seriously, go get that album. It is only $7.99 on iTunes right now. To sample and see a little bit about who B is, watch this---the single from his first EP. Or if you're more in a lovey dovey mood, watch AweStruck

B's last performance was one of my top 3 faves on the new album. It's a very sweet worshipful song and you can view it here (from a few months ago when he sang it live fresh after being written)

Thanks to those who watched the Live party. Gah, it was such a blast. I know Mom and Dad watched it and Hillary attempted. Thanks guys! It was really important to me and I'm so glad that y'all chose to be a part of it with me and as always are special part of my life.

Thanks for reading. You stay classy.
-Faith

All I Can Say is that My Life is Pretty Plain...I Like Watching the Puddles Gather Rain....

2009-09-20T21:03:00.000-05:00

Well, it is Sunday. I visited Brentwood Baptist today. I enjoyed it. It's way super huge but I think I'll go back. They have a big Bible study on Tuesday night (Ags, I think it is similar to Breakaway) that is geared towards young adults, not just college students. I can't go this week because I am nannying again (call me Mom) but hopefully next week I can check it out.

As far as this blog's title goes, it has been raining pretty much non-stop for a solid week. I love rain, but I am missing the sunshine severely. I am thankful that generally I am never having to walk too far in it or I have my umbrella handy. 10 points if you can name what band sings that lyric without googling it.

Tomorrow night, if you're free at 8 P.M. central time, I'm going to need you to do me a favor and tune in to www.breith.com and watch B's CD release listening party live. Look for yours truly! I will be there in the flesh. This will be my first time to be at anything that is streaming live on the internet with the possibility of you maybe seeing me. I'm pretty pumped. Last week B's manager extended a personal invitation to me for the party. I was kinda blown away. Also guest appearing will be Dave Barnes and TobyMac so hopefully I will finally have the opportunity to shake hands with "the big boss man"-----> Toby.

Yesterday, I had a grand old time hanging with Sethy. He took me to lunch to thank me for helping him with music stuff cuz I am basically his intern too. It's fun helping a friend. He's getting ready for a new roommate to share his room, so I helped him clean and reorganize the room. 8 hours later I went home. The room looks great in case you're wondering. We ate lunch at a local joint called Baja Burrito. I am thrilled to have experienced it because after missing Freebirds, it is a great substitute. Furthermore, it is cheaper AND olives is an option and sour cream is not an "extra". Pure bliss. Guac is an extra so I passed but maybe next time I'll splurge. The clincher is it is walking distance from my Monday/Friday internship. I usually pack a lunch but now I can make plans to get that for lunch on occasion.

Seth's show Tuesday was killer. His friend Rob Blackledge played after and he was great too. Matt Wertz made a guest appearance as well. Here are some pics from Tues:

Sethy and the band (I think it was actually Wertz's band)

Seth-Ro

Rob on keys and Matt laughing (they cheesed up the song A LOT)

I guess that was a brief summary of the last few days. I hope everyone is doing well.

Thanks for reading,
You stay classy,
Faithy G.

No Specific Title for This One I Guess...

2009-09-15T18:59:00.001-05:00

Howdy everyone!

I have been remiss in my blogging and I apologize. I will still try to keep this brief even though it has been over a week since I updated. This past week was somewhat uneventful, however I did have 2 encounters with music stars that I look up to.

Let's begin with last week at Gotee on Tuesday...Well, B.Reith is one of our artists and his album is coming out next Tuesday, September 22nd. So I am working on the computer, and I am listening to B's new album, because let's face it, it's good. When I look up because instinctively I feel like I should for some reason, B is on the front porch on the other side of the front door. I quickly pause the music, because, "how embarrassing would that be?" I just thought it would be a rather odd first impression. Anyhow, he finally walks in after about 8 agonizing minutes of silence and stomach turns of nervousness (because let's just say he's easy on the eyes in my opinion, not to mention, he makes good music). He walks in, we exchange greetings. End of story.

Yesterday, I was at Dryve and had the pleasure of meeting Steve, the drummer of Thousand Foot Krutch/FM Static and Joel, the bass player for TFK. They were both super nice and great. So let me think. Up to this point, I have met 12 (if I counted right) respectable musicians in this wonderful industry. I am loving life right now! I just hope all this networking is leading to something great.

In other news, just the daily business office-y stuff, I get the privilege of signing for deliveries, such as new records and you know, Relient K's guitars. No big deal....

The other day I went to Border's and met a guy who was performing there. We exchanged contact info because he may be in need of some help with what he's doing too. He's pretty good. (www.tylersummers.com) Then I went (for the first time) to the movies all by myself and saw 500 Days of Summer. LOVED IT. Maybe one of my new favorite movies, and this scene was AMAZING: Awesomeness

Tonight, I am heading into Nashville to see my friend Seth Philpott perform some good soul music. I've also been an unofficial intern for him too. I've been helping him out with some Facebook marketing and such. Good stuff. Good stuff.

Welp, so much for brief. Happy birthday, Henry V. I love you!

Thanks for reading. You stay classy.
-Faithy

So Today I Got Spoiled....

2009-09-06T16:19:00.000-05:00

First off, I visited The People's Church today and I really liked it! Better yet, I ran into a girl named Abby who I know from A&M! We were both in Phi Lamb together and she just moved to Franklin like 6 days ago! Again, she is doing the same thing I am. She is living with her cousin (probably temporarily) so I dunno, MAYBE she'd need a roommate or something. :) She is gonna be subbing in schools hopefully but ultimately wants to pursue the music industry like me. WHOOP! Small world and boy was it refreshing to run into someone that I actually know,especially cuz yesterday I had a bad case of the homesickness/lonesomeness. Praise God for friends and Aggies!

After church, I went to another church's picnic lunch (I've been attending that church a little bit too and the people have been so welcoming---I love them!). I got to meet a guy who is fairly well connected in the business and he encouraged me a lot and told me that he'd keep his ears open for opportunities for me.

After the picnic, (well, I had been driving the BMW all day) Marilyn said we could go for a drive...with the top down. So, about 2 hours later, I had been spoiled getting to drive a BMW convertible all over Franklin & Leipurs Fork. It was a blast!

This was when we finished the drive. This is me in front of the Hoekstra's house...where I am living. So guys, you finally have a visual of "my house"!

It was a gorgeous day and now it is actually raining! We got home just in time it seems. Well I finally have more uploaded pictures, so here ya go:

Here is the Beatles cover band at Bunganut. The man guy with the maroon (whoop!) pants and the black hat is THE Mr. Mark Lee Townsend.

This is Marilyn when we had a nice lunch on Thursday at one of my new favorite spots in Franklin--Franklin Mercantile. It was so cute and the food was yummy.

And you drink out of Mason jars! It was so fun.

Also in Franklin is a soap store called Bathos. They make their own bath stuff and they have bath fizzys that are called, you ready for this? HULLABALLOOS! Can I get a Caneck Caneck?

On Friday after work I decided to go to Greece...

Nah actually I just drove and walked around Centennial Park. It's pretty great.

I guess that is about it for now. Time for pizza and 27 Dresses with Marilyn tonight!

Thanks for reading. You stay classy.

-Faithy G.

Rain, Rain, DON'T Go Away...

2009-09-03T08:39:00.000-05:00

Good morning, blog-readers. Currently it is 62 degrees and thunderstorming. Weather.com gives me this report: Franklin Weather 9/3/09
Looks like rain all day. I am ok with that. However, I just got the girls off to school for my 3rd day in a row and now I have a day to myself because Gotee told me I didn't need to come in today. Brad's (guy at work) mac died last week so he's kinda just been taking over computers each day. He's going to use mine today, so they didn't want me to come in and not have a computer. I said I could bring my own laptop if they needed me. I told them I'd be more than willing to do that, so they are just going to call me if they need me for anything.

I was planning to hang out in downtown Franklin and just go to different shops maybe but I may not do that if it is raining a lot. Downtown Franklin is really cute and I haven't really given it much time to explore it:

Here is the Starbucks in downtown Franklin.

If the weather clears up, and someone else can watch the girls for a few hours til their mom gets home, I'd like to go to Nashville tonight for the first of six concerts in a series for Live on the Green, a free concert that tonight will be featuring:

Heather, I thought of you immediately when I saw the Toadies will be there. I am also excited about Ten out of Tenn (TOT). But, I won't get my hopes up because I may not be able to go, or it might be rained out (?). We shall just have to see how the day goes.

Right now I am sitting with Tyler (the dog) and I need to take him on a walk so he can relieve himself. Do you take dogs for walks in thunderstorms? Should I just wait a little longer? I don't even know....

During work yesterday, Mr. Mark Lee Townsend came by so that was pretty cool.

Sorry this post is kind of all over the place. This is my 3rd day in a row of waking up around 6:30 a.m. which is pretty crazy for me. Anyhow,

Thanks for reading. You Stay Classy
-Faith

Shocker....

2009-08-31T23:37:00.000-05:00

"I like to begin our notes as if we're already in the middle of a conversation"...name that movie, (Hillary). I don't think I have those words exactly right but you get the gist. Well if you readers know me at all you know that I am not particularly a) a dog person and b) a kid person. Well surprise surprise guess what I am doing right now? I am house sitting/nannying/dogsitting for twin 9 year old girls and a bichon-frise named Tyler. I like Tyler but sometimes he can be a little bichon (take off the "on" and add a "t" in there) when I can't catch him to put him in his crate. But I for the most part surprisingly enjoy him and he doesn't smell bad. He's actually pretty cute. I don't have a picture of him but I googled his type. He kinda looks like this:

He just got a haircut though so he is not that fluffy anymore. Oh Tyler.

Anyways, so I had my first experience at being a mom today (minus babysitting Saturday night for the easiest most well-behaved cutest kids ever that live next door). Today I had to pick up the girls from softball, get them home, make sure they did their homework, make sure they get ready for bed...etc. I even had to discipline because one of them deliberately disobeyed me when I told her to go take a shower. Instead of getting ready for bed, I caught her with the tv on in her mom's bedroom, NOT SHOWERED. Ohh I was irked. They are allowed to have dessert since they had an early dinner before softball (this was before I became "mom") so her punishment was a small portion of dessert (smaller than her twin sister's). I told her that disobedience has consequences, "you understand?" 'yes ma'am'.

That's what I like to hear. I am learning to lay down the law. So, prayers accepted for the next 3 days...and after that too.

Interning was pretty fun today. If you go to www.thousandfootkrutch.com and look at their tour dates, I pretty much filled all those in as well as www.derekwebb.com (which actually hasn't launched yet but will in a few days I think). I also logged in to facebook as Dave Barnes and Derek Webb and made some concert events for upcoming shows. Tomorrow, back to Gotee! Should be more fun times ahead! Stay tuned.

Also, yesterday I hung out with my new friend that I met on Tuesday. We met up for church with the Hoekstras (my host family) and then she and I spent the afternoon getting to know each other in conversation and then went to see Post Grad. It's a movie about a girl who graduates college and then can't find a job. HA. Well, we both identified with it, except for the fact that Alexis Bledel in the movie has two hott guys interested in her. Dangit.

Thanks for reading. You stay classy,
Faith G

Mark Lee Townsend

2009-08-27T23:11:00.001-05:00

I just shook hands/met one of my heros: Mr. Mark Lee Townsend. I found out from work that a Beatles cover band called the "64 band" was going to be playing at a place tonight called the Bunganut Pig. Of course that sounded like a good time and it was a free show. So I went, only to find out that the frontman is Mark Lee Townsend. His resume is outstanding and I have been a fan of his work for years. Namely he has mixed and produced several of Relient K's songs/albums, plus played guitar for dcTalk just to name a few things.

I stayed for the full 3 hour set and only one song stumped me. Turns out, I have heard it before but I couldn't sing along with it like I did for all the rest.

Short post, but I wanted to write while it was fresh...like 30 minutes fresh.

thanks for reading, you stay classy,
Faith

p.s. I just pulled this bio from myspace.com/markleetownsend :

The multi-faceted career of Mark Lee Townsend is exemplified through his work as a producer, engineer, guitarist and singer/songwriter. These various positions have led to his continual influence on the music industry.

After playing in various bands in high school (including one with Flogging Molly drummer, George Schwindt) Townsend entered the national music scene in 1984 as a singer/guitarist/songwriter for CCM new wave pioneers, Bash 'N The Code. From here he worked with various artists, eventually becoming guitarist for Steve Taylor and Some Band in the early 90s. In 1995 he joined dc Talk and toured with them through 2001. In 1997 when they took a break from tours, he and the other members of dc Talk's backing band focused on their own music by starting the band Zilch. Townsend was the writer/vocalist/guitarist and they put out their album "Platinum" on Gotee Records.

Shortly after this release, dc Talk started touring again, and the members of Zilch put their project on hold and went back on the road with dc Talk. During breaks, Townsend continued on the road as Jennifer Knapp's lead guitarist, doing tours with Jars Of Clay, Third Day and shows at the acclaimed Lilith Fair.

In 2002, Townsend decided to take a break from touring and with this, he switched the focus of his profession but not industry. It turned out that he not only had talent for being a musician, but also a producer. He began working with a little-known band at the time called Relient K and went on to producing five of their albums as well as part of their most recent album. His work can also be heard on albums by House Of Heroes, The Wedding, The O.C. Supertones, Jennifer Knapp, The Evan Anthem and Deas Vail.

As if he hadn't already crossed an ample amount of boundaries in his career, in 2004 Townsend moved to Nashville and started Brave New World, a record company to focus on artist development and doing in house records, much like many of the record labels in the 1960's. In between productions, Townsend is currently working on his first solo record and the sophomore Zilch album as well, scheduled to be released early next year.

Mark has also recently entered the national pop scene as a writer, penning the music for the Kelly Clarkson song "Cry" on her latest release "All I Ever Wanted".

Recently, Townsend has been quoted as saying "I'm not sure what the future is of the music business or rock 'n roll (economically speaking), but I still see a need to make honest music that affects the lives of people in a good way, and I think that always has a future. I want to hopefully continue to be a part of that and leave some tangible positive thing in the world".

Don't Wake Me!!!

2009-08-25T22:46:00.000-05:00

Howdy,

Well, the trend is to meet a band each week. So far, this pattern has not failed. Last night on facebook, I found out that my old acquaintance/friend Brian Bandas' band was having a CD release party at Best Buy about 30 minutes away. I think to myself, sure, you should go! So I did...

Here are the guys holding up their album!

Here is a picture of me and the guys. Brian on the right is the one that I know. It was so great seeing him. He was like, "Faith Griffin! Blast from the past! How are you doing? Great to see you."....We got to catch up a bit. They are about to hit a tour with Jason Aldean---pretty cool if you ask me.

So, when I was in line waiting to have the boys sign my cd and take a picture with them, a girl caught my attention when she goes, "Is that an AGGIE RING?"...I says yes. So of course we are immediate best friends. Not really, but we ended up exchanging numbers. Basically, we are on the same journey right now. She just graduated with a COMM degree, is interning up here (for Brian's record label) for no money, and she lives alone with her cat (I want to get a cat eventually). So, hopefully we can hang out and get to know each other because we already have a lot in common based on talking for less than 5 minutes.

YAY Aggie network. Yay new friends. Yay Nashville...

This is where I live...well, 30 minutes from here:

That is the "Batman building". It totally looks like Wayne Enterprises.

Well, I will leave you with some LNT lyrics:

"And I pray beyond the stars that you and me will stay just like we are. And I don't care if it's all a dream. But that's where I am and where I wanna be."

Thanks for reading. You stay classy,

Faith

I am ill-blog-iterate

2009-08-22T19:12:00.001-05:00

I can't figure out very easily how to make my blog aesthetically pleasing. I don't care enough to spend too much longer on it. Hamburgers are calling me. Checking out a new church tomorrow. Still enjoying my time here. I met Derek Webb yesterday at his house cuz I had to run an errand to drop off some stuff for him to autograph. HA! Is this really my life right now?

Short post, short attention span.

Stoked for what's next, yet I keep kinda having these crisis break-downs and I really want a pet kitten. I need a job first though so I can afford the bills and food and litter for it. Also, my own apt would be good. Again, money being the backing for all of these ambitions.

Prayers accepted for my life,
Thanks for reading. You stay classy,
Faith

I Guess Dreams Really CAN Come True

2009-08-20T16:35:00.000-05:00

As you can tell, and if you know me at all, I just had the best day of my life. I met 4/5 of my favorite band, Relient K. From left to right: Kevin (their manager), Ethan, Matt Hoopes, Me, Matt Thiessen, Jon Schneck.

Long story short, I got to go to a special board meeting with them at Word Distributors and listen to 4 tracks of their upcoming record: Shameless plug for Forget and Not Slow Down releasing October 6th)! We hung out and chilled and took a picture together. No big deal. HA...except for this fulfills one of my life dreams.

I even got the Matt's to "gig'em" with me.

Best day ever.

Thanks for reading. You stay classy,
Faith

Franklun and Nashvull

2009-08-15T22:49:00.000-05:00

Well howdy everyone from the great state of TN! I arrived here on Thursday evening after about a 14 hour drive spanned over 2 days. Previously to this trip, I had never driven farther than 3 hours in one sitting. ha! It really was not as hard as I had predicted. I made a killer playlist and listened to about an hour of The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. I regret not having updated in a really long time but I was really busy with moving out of College Station *tear* which my last blog circulated around. Then I was trying to move back into my bedroom at home which was difficult because I have way too much stuff. I am trying to simplify my life a little bit. Then we went to Boston to visit Liese and Phil. Anyways, I am somewhat settled in here at my host home. I still have some unpacking to do. I only unloaded my car this morning so I was living out of my car for 3 days literally. I am not a fan of it---not something I'd ever choose to do on purpose. I already have learned how to get around the Franklin area decently well and I went to visit Valerie in Nashville today. I got myself back "home" from Val's house without using Alfred, my GPS. I was proud of myself. Anyways, to make a long story short, I was also busy with preparations for one of my best friends, Kristen's wedding last week. She got married to Jeff on Sunday and it was a blast! On my way up to Franklin on Thursday, I stopped in Memphis and went to tour Graceland. I came to find out that this is Elvis week because the anniversary of his death is tomorrow. Tourism was up as a result. I had a good time and it was neat to see "the King's Cave" hahaha. I shall try to post pictures of Graceland once I get my pictures loaded onto my computer. I guess that is a shortened version of the past 3 weeks or so. Here are a few pictures!

Jeff, me, and Kristen

My last night in College Station, the boys took me out country dancing...my favorite thing ever!

Me, Liese, and Phil at Lynch Park in MA

Thanks for reading. You stay classy.
-Faith

Kill 'em with Kindess

2009-07-23T20:47:00.000-05:00

I had a run-in with immaturity today. It was quite frustrating. I can't go into details since this is a public blog, but I have to say it was just mighty hard to man/woman up and be the bigger person in the situation. I knew I was running into the trying situation head-on and my wise roommate advised me to "Kill 'em with kindness". It worked out decently well I guess but still my head has been running wild. Gosh, could I be more ambiguous?

We have been anxiously moving out of our house in College Station. We have been going going going nonstop with moving things all over...so we can clean...and then re-clean....And now only 2 more remain. Heather and I are the last ones left to assess the damage yet to be done. It is hard but it has to be done.

I have a phone interview Monday with another management company about possibly interning with them too. If it doesn't work out at the very least, I hope to keep the contact I made there open and amiable. They manage some of my favorite artists so it would be pretty cool. To name a few: FM Static, downhere, Shawn McDonald, Dave Barnes...etc. Did that get you excited?

I have been extremely emo all day. I even dressed the part. I found my dream shirt the other day. It is white and has music all over it..like I want to try and "play" my shirt on the piano. I dunno what song it is. The staff is a little bit abstract though so I am not sure if it is actually possibly to make sense of the notes written all over it. So I wore that shirt today with my skinny jeans and new emo-flats with dots on them. It was stellar. My town hall friends should be proud of their influence on my wardrobe. :>)

I need to work out.

I am so pooped. Hopefully I didn't bore you with my venting. Still so much to do. It seems so trivial, but I am really leaning on God to try and get this all done. I feel like I have never been ripped into so many pieces in such a long time. I am so physically and emotionally drained I can hardly think straight.

Thanks for reading. You stay classy.
-Faith

p.s. I attended the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premiere and yes I dressed up:

This is my friend Kristen and me reppin' Gryffindor

I Just Want to Dance Like There's No Tomorrow...

2009-07-09T17:08:00.000-05:00

Yes, my title IS a Paula Abdul song lyric. I am super cool like that. Oh College Station, you and I only have about 2 more weeks together. My feelings are split 50/50 with happy excitement and depressing sadness. When I live in the moment, I am so excited for what is coming next, but when I think about the past 4 years, often (like last night for instance, and the day before that for instance) I will begin to tear up and sometimes even cry full-out tears. The transition has been eased however because a lot of my friends have already moved on and I am one of the last to leave this town.

Lately, my days have been consumed with working 4 hours in the morning, and then running errands in the 199389897 degree heat. Today I had to buy a new muffler because well, I broke off my tailpipe last night. It had been on the brink, roaring a loud warning at me every time I accelerated or idled. The tail pipe falling off was the final indicator that it was time to buy that baby a new muffler. However embarrassing the roaring was, I couldn't help but wish that I had neon lights and hydrolics to go with it...oh and don't forget a rockin speaker system with the Bass turned up way loud.

I have 11 more days of work. I am definitely counting down the days. However, it is not so awesome that I have no idea where my next paycheck will come from after I receive these last 2 or 3.

Yesterday, after I missed the opportunity to partake in the awesomeness of realizing that the exact time was 12:34:56 on 07.08.09, I for the first time finally watched Independence Day, the movie. I kinda wished I had watched it 5 days ago when it would have had more IMPACT. bahaha. get it?...ok no. But I had always wanted to see it because 4 years ago in NYC I met Jeff Goldblum with friends and I didn't know who he was----the only movie I had seen with him was Jurassic Park when I was little and his other big hit likely that I would have known was Independence Day--which I had not seen. So for the last 4 years it has been on my list of movies to watch. I was impressed with it. Bill Pullman has never let me down. Love him. I also came to this realization. I was thinking that Jeff Goldblum (at least in that movie) has a similar voice to Harrison Ford. Then I chuckled to myself because I have not met too many actors, but it just so happens that I have met both of them. Interesting....Here, the proof is in the pictures...not the pudding like they say:

So what's on tap for tonight, you ask? I would love to go to the Fox with some friends for $2 pint night. I haven't done that in forever. Thanks and gig'em.

Thanks for reading. You stay classy.
Faith

THIS IS AMERICAN IDOL.....

2009-06-28T20:52:00.001-05:00

Abigail and I did go audition in Arlington, TX on Friday for American Idol. Sadly, we were "not what they were looking for" this season. Also sadly we did not get to see Ryan Seacrest or any of the famous judges. (I really wanted to meet Simon really bad) The only judges here were producers, so I sang in front of someone who I don't even know who she was. I sang literally half of the first verse of Wide Open Spaces before I was cut off. :>( I guess time was of the essence when I am guessing there were about 6,000 people there to audition in just one day.

Everyone was up in the stadium seating and we were brought down section by section. Once on the floor, there were long lines of 4 people across. Then each group of 4 people walked to one of 12 booths, and sang individually in front of the judge. It was long, but fairly efficient.

Overall, I had a great trip! It was a nice respite from work. I got to visit my good friends Alyssa and Callie and Angela while I was up there. I also met a nice Aggie in a coffee shop. Love that network!

After I left Dallas, I went to San Antonio to see my friend Kristen Huddleston. We worked the merchandise table for Autumn and Walt Wilkins for a show. It was pretty fun, but quite hot because the show was outdoors. Today I got to visit the Alamo for the first time since I was I think in a stroller. I didn't remember it being so small. Did it shrink? I guess I just got taller. Also the Gap had a killer jeans sale and I got 2 pairs of the most pefect fit for $19.99 each...regularly $58. I was in heaven. Well, it is nice to be back in College Station. This has been "home" for 4 years but it is kinda weird that I really only have about 4 more weeks left here. I am ready for a change though. I think it will be great.

Thanks for reading. You stay classy.
-Faith G.

I'm Only Sleeping....

2009-06-21T01:40:00.000-05:00

Or not...This blog is entitled "I'm Only Sleeping" because it is ironic..clearly I am not sleeping, and it is almost 2 a.m. Even though I am tired, I guess the iced tea I had actually did have more caffeine than I imagined it had. I am tired, but not sleepy. Sadly there is a difference and you must feel both before you can successfully fall asleep. Maybe it's just me.

(this is an old picture I had on my hard-drive...Reilly still behaves the same)

So here I sit with Reilly. I am trying to prevent him from scratching on M&D's door because he would really prefer to be in there with them. That wouldn't be a good Father's day present---woken up to a "cat that wants to suck your breath out" (haha, Hillary+Liesey).

I have been practicing for my American Idol audition that may or may not happen.

I went swimming today and finally got a little color. That's exhilarating.

I think I may be sleepy now.

Thanks for reading. You stay classy.
-Faith

She's COUNTRY...from her cowboy boots to her down home roots

2009-06-17T17:17:00.000-05:00

Howdy reader-followers---all 4 of you!

So the past week I have reaffirmed my love for country music and its videos. They are like short little movies and they also are very educational. This is the way I see it. Soon and very soon I will be serving the music industry in Nashville. What if I ran into Blake Shelton or Josh Turner, etc. in the supermarket and I did not previously know what they looked like? What a shame that would be that the opportunity to professionally meet them had passed me by because I was ignorant about their appearance. Gotta love CMT/GAC.

I've decided that country music is wonderful food for the soul and mind as well. It is so refreshing, and downright hilarious. If it is not a feel-good love song for a small-town woman/man or way of life, it is a hilarious song about lost love and love found again. It is a winning combination if you ask me.

Check out "People are Crazy" by Billy Currington. It is one of my favorites for now:

"Good is great. Beer is good. People are crazy."....Here here, I'll raise my glass to that. :>)

So I almost bought a ticket to fly the coup to Hong Kong next week but it didn't work out. However, since that fell through, I am going to follow through with my tentative plan to attend the American Idol auditions in Dallas next week. I know I won't make it very far but it will be quite the experience to give it a whirl!

Thanks for reading. You stay classy.
-Faith

Take the last train to Nashville.....

2009-06-10T15:21:00.001-05:00

Oh wait, the Monkees didn't want to go to Nashville, it was CLARKSville...My bad. :>) Well, I have just hung up the phone with a dear friend from my home church who has friends in Franklin/Nashville that I might can live with this fall! That would be wonderful, no? I am about to go crazy working at corps recruiting now that I can see light at the end of the tunnel and a semblance of a different life in just a mere 2 months. Ah, 2 months. It seems so far away! To be honest, I don't really know what I'll be doing at my internship, but for all I know, I could be Toby Mac's assistant. My friend Teddy interned last summer with Gotee, and that is what he did. I would be ok with that.

Me + hanging with








= FUN!!


Even if I am not Toby Mac's assitant, I will hopefully get to meet my
favorite boys in Relient K at some point but I won't get my hoopes up.
(Hoopes = intentional typo)














Jon, Matt, Matt, Ethan, John



So I have been busy trying to sort of clean up my room a bit and get rid of junk
that I don't need. Today I scrubbed the bathtub.  Ewwww.  Tonight I am going to the Hall for an
acoustic set by Mr. Mike Eli of the Eli Young band.  MMMM.  I am excited. 
This makes my 3rd show in about a week, and I had been to quite a few before
last week.  I need to quit doing that, but I love my music.  So for now, I don't
have much new news, so here's to you, followers. 
I am not sure where we are going, but thanks for
following!


Take the last train to [Nash]ville.
I'll be waiting at the station.
We'll have time for coffee flavored kisses
And a bit of conversation.
Oh... Oh, no, no, no!
Oh, no, no, no!

Coffee flavored kisses?  That sounds nice. hahaha

Thanks for reading. You stay classy.
-Faith

Just another "Manic Monday"

2009-06-01T10:11:00.000-05:00

Hello blogworld!

So the newest and greatest news is this: I have received offers for 2 internships in Nashville. One of them is with Platinum Pen Publishing and the other is with Gotee Records. I am beyond stoked! For over 7 years I have been a committed fan to my favorite band of all time: Relient K. Guess what record label they are under?
Yes indeed. You guessed correctly. Gotee--which was started by Toby Mac, of dcTalk. MMHMM. (<---RK fans, catch the reference?) God is blessing me! I cannot be more thankful. I have found myself waking up each morning (since I found out) and just praising Him. Next is to figure out where I can live at least temporarily, and how soon will I relocate myself to the area. Gotee's offer is for the fall semester, and Platinum Pen's offer is "name my own time", so potentially I could try and swing it to do both. It is a matter of trust and timing to see how God wants to work it out. In the meantime, my motto is, "excel at the revealed things of His will". I have it written on my mirror so I can see it when I am getting ready in the mornings.
So in the immediate future, I am still in College Station working at good ole' Corps of Cadets Recruiting, saving money, and preparing to move out of my house.
Life is a highway. I wanna ride it. I am loving this adventure so far.

Thanks for reading. You stay classy.
-Faith

2009-05-23T22:26:00.000-05:00

So I am still trying to figure out exactly how this website works. I want to think of myself as a "social networking website" expert, but it does take a little bit of time to navigate a new website until you can name yourself an expert. To be honest, the recent joining of twitter and blogger are in a way "career" moves because I am seeking to enter the music business, and these types of websites are exploding as useful marketing tools---especially Twitter. So you can imagine that I want to familiarize myself with these websites, and also, I just enjoy new trends and like conformity when it comes to new internet fads like this. Almost every big named artist can legitimately receive an @ shoutout on Twitter. For example: Hey @tylerhilton, I am listening to your music right now! You can find me at Twitter.com/faithsays :>)

In other news, I went to my first wedding of the summer today. One of my dear friends that I met working at the Waco Fuddrucker's, Terrell, married his love today and I am glad I was there to be a witness. It was a fun time and he is an interpreter so it was neat that a lot of his friends from the deaf community came and there was an interpreter for the wedding and the reception. As you can imagine, it was a relatively quiet reception because over half of the attendees were not able to hear. It was a neat experience.

Thursday I went to a show in Dallas for Autumn Boukadakis who I have been interning for since January. You can find her at twitter.com/autumnbouk and she played with @bobbyduncan. I am a new fan of his up and coming Texas country music. It was a good show and I look forward to re-visiting Harry's in College Station for Randy Rogers Band on June 3rd. Accompanying him will be Mr. Wade Bown. I can't wait.

I guess this is enough to read for now. I don't want to lose readers because of my copious blog entries. However, I just have 2 followers so far, so heck. Whatever.

Thanks for reading. You stay classy.
-Faith

2009-05-18T00:50:00.000-05:00

So now that I am officially a college graduate, I thought it would be nice to begin a blog. Here's to my uncertain future and all my followers I have yet to encounter in blogworld! Here's to new opportunities and the road that will unwind to take me to new experiences.

Thanks for reading. You stay classy.
-Faith