last week's Fill In The Blank Friday (sorry, it's late too!)

I didn't do my Fill In The Blank Friday for last week. I am so bad about these little series things. I need an accountability blogger friend that will woop me into shape about staying focused on this bloggity blog blog.  Oh well, better late than neverrrr.....

1. One song that always takes me back to my youth is Chasin' That Neon Rainbow by Alan Jackson.  This song has just always been SO special to my family.  There are countless home videos of my sister and I dancing with our Daddy in the living room of our little Asheville home.  Whenever I hear it, I dance and act like a four-year old again and my arms and legs are covered in goosebumps.  It's just a lovely little nostalgic moment every single time.


2. My first concert ever was Alan Jackson.  Haha, imagine that.  Faith Hill was this bodacious blonde that no one had really heard of yet that opened up the show before whoever it was that performed in between the two.  None of us really remember who it was - maybe my parents do but I think we were all just gawking at how hot Faith was and were way busy amping up for that country boy from the Chattahoochie.

3. If I could create my dream music festival I'd want these bands to be there: The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Widespread Panic, Phish, Drive-By-Truckers, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Keller Williams, The Benjy Davis Project, Galactic, Kid Rock, Joshua Radin, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Old Crow Medicine Show, John Mayer, JJ Grey & Mofro, Ryan Adams, American Aquarium, Zac Brown Band, The Allman Brothers Band, Jason Mraz, Dave Matthews Band, Coldplay, Norah Jones, Citizen Cope, Zach Deputy, Papa Grows Funk, The Steve Miller Band, Pearl Jam, The Avett Brothers, moe., Radiohead, The Black Keys, STS9, The Flaming Lips, The Mars Volta, Government Mule, Crystal Bowersox, Shooter Jennings, Yonder Mountain String Band, Perpetual Groove, Tea Leaf Green. Ryan Bingham, Reckless Kelly, Beck, Umphrey's McGee, Ingrid Michaelson, The Disco Biscuits, BoomBox, Pretty Lights, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Hypsys, The Black Crowes, Ghostland Observatory, Ziggy Marley, Primus, MGMT, The Northern Lights, The Subdudes, Silver Sun Pickups, Oasis.


4. The best make-out/"boot knocking" song ever is... boot-knocking... realllllyyy??? I don't know... Usher?

5. The best concert I've ever been to was hmm... Phil Collins was off the richter (not kidding)... but Widespread Panic fasho. But my country side loved me both the Kenny Chesney shows I've seen.


6. A memorable musical moment for me was when I decided to listen to Will Pappas and develop a love for his beloved Jam-Bands.  Thanks to Will Pappas, he showed me music that could clear my head and give me the peace of mind that only a love for music can bring.  Now I divulge into it all.  To me, it just loosens up the chains that hold us back... gives our free-spirit a little bit more room for discovery.


7. The song on my iPod that's getting the most play these days is.... No iPod - remember... I'm a weirdo.  Retro record player and no iPod.  I just prefer to keep it throwback, that's all.  But the 3 most played songs for me these days are  "Climb To Safety", "Airplane",  and "Ride Me High" by Widespread Panic.  They are guaranteed to make my mood better and put a little Widespread wiggle in my moves. 
 
jam out. rock on. don't forget to dance a little.

 

peaceandlove

bailyjordanjones

 

check out the boys from athens in my fav song... and it's live from austin, texas. just seemed appropriate to pick the austin one, you know - live music capital of the world. maybe my future home one day? oh how I am curious about that groovy little city of cowboy-hippies. 

 CLIMB TO SAFETY by Widespread Panic.

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1. The very best thing about the summer is beer and boats and music and friends and Daisy Duke shorts and bikinis

2. My first crush ever was on my neighbor, Zac Warren, who lived at the top of Shackleford Court. He kissed me when I was in my tu-tu and going to my dance recital in kindergarten. He also serenaded me, quite frequently, with "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus. I'm so not kidding. 

3. This may sound really silly but as much as I love music, I don't own an iPod. I guess I'm going to break down and get one, but I'd rather spend my money on old vinyl records that smell like mothballs than all the new-age stuff that 'the kids' are into these days. But then I think, what if you have a little gypsy of a daughter and she wants your old throw-back iPod to sport around all vintage-like. If I have a little hellian hippie child that's anything like me, then I oughta at least do it for her.  Just like I am about my dad's vinyls and my mom's seventies jewelry/purses/scarfs and whatnot. And my RayBan aviators... they're my mom's from the early '90s.

4. I squeeze my toothpaste from the middle of the tube. And make a mess every morning doing so. (I'm sorry, E!)

 

5. My absolute favorite "comfort food" is Mom's spaghetti. 

6. A random fact about me is I have 6 fake teeth and the hairiest arms in the world. That's why I've shaved my arms since 6th grade.

 

7. The one piece of technology that truly makes my life better and I couldn't live without is texting. I'm not a phone-talker; I'm a texter. There are only two types of people in the world... phone-talkers and texters. I don't trust people that don't text message. It's like, do you still ask to use payphones, too?

Come on, people. Text message. It's to the point. I understand talking on the phone to catch up and I am completely aware that some information is only possible to communicate when you can add the tone, seriousness, etc. But, let's be serious people, is that your beeper going off? You still have a beeper? (I know, I'm being a hypocrit - I don't use an iPod and voluntarily use media equipment, like my wooden record player, that was introduced five decades ago.) But at least I am aware of the fact that iTunes and iPods and MP3s are much more punctual than a needle and a turntable and I am aware of the new technology that doesn't require me to flip the record every 5 songs. People that are opposed to texting, they don't understand how much more stuff can be done when information is given to you via text message instead of having to be on the phone all day long. I'm a writer, I'd rather write my opinion and feelings than talk about them. That's why you guys, my readers, get stuck with hearing about my beautiful and tragic life as a twenty-something year old. But hey, at least you get to just read it and chose to respond or not. On the phone, it's like you're being cornered and forced to respond to someone's story about whatever it was that you quit listening to like 10 minutes before. You know exactly what I mean, and just because I say it brutally (but honestly) doesn't make me a bad person. I like to talk on the phone, but not to everyone I am in touch with on a daily basis, so I prefer me some text messaging. (This is an ongoing subject in conversation with Chace, my sissy, and Tyler. They love phone talking, we hate it.) It's weird, though, because my whole family is very text savvy! 

peaceandlove

baily

I am on my way to the airport now! Orlando-bound to see my bff get hitched. I can't wait!

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Yep, another something new. Every Thursday.
Sorry, have to keep blogging, it makes me happy, and if I have a prompt to write about when my mind isn't on track at being "creative" then I can use it as an excuse to blog. And be happy. But who needs an excuse to be happy? Oh, the quote-lover in me found this quote the other day. "There is no WAY to happiness. Happiness is THE WAY." I dig.




1. One fashion trend I really regret...
My "girls" jnCO's. The flared leg was wider than my hips are now, and there was a pixie dust fairy embroidered on them. True story, I don't want to talk about it.

2. The one thing that always completes any outfit is...
The way you rock it. Confidence is the only thing you really "must" wear. Everything else just kinda works itself out if you treat yourself like a rockstar in it :)

3. I would describe my personal style as...
vintage inspired; free-spirity; and EXPRESSIVE

4. My fashion muse is...
Kate Hudson; Mary Kate & Ashley
obsessed (check) obsessed (check) obsessed (check)
5. If I could own one designer piece of clothing it would be...

THESE Golden Goose Cowboy BOOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6. I would love to raid the wardrobe of...
Zooey Dechanel
Sarah Jessica Parker
The twinkies
Cameron Diaz
Kate Hudson
7. Today I am wearing...
(day) grey cotton dress, pink tie-dyed headband, and rainbows
(night) shorts, summer top, wedges, confidence