This is huge!

Okay, so remember last week I told you that I had some exciting news? Well here it is:

First a little back story...

Some time last year, after I started my little blog, I had an idea. It was one of those ideas that came to me in the middle of the night when I couldn't sleep. Like in that half awake, almost dreaming, not quite reality state. It was a far-fetched, crazy little idea. After thinking about it, it kept me awake at night with this delusional kind of hope, like what if it could really happen? I was excited yet disappointed all at the same time. I never thought it could happen, I never thought I would even bring it up to anybody. I wished it could happen. It would be just about the coolest thing ever. But it was so unrealistic, so out there, that I just dismissed it after a while. It made me sad to realize that in all reality, there was no way it could ever really happen.

What was my idea, you ask? I thought that it would be really cool if I could interview Rob from Cause and Effect for my blog. See, I told you. Way out there, crazy idea.

I have always wanted to meet Rob. I would love to be able to sit down and talk with him. Although if the opportunity ever presented itself, I would probably be too nervous and intimidated in his presence to even form a coherent sentence, let alone interview him. I envision us sitting there staring at each other in awkward silence...

Anyway, lately this idea has been gnawing at me again. I've been friends with Rob on Facebook for awhile now, and he responds to my silly little messages. With his new album coming out soon, the timing would be perfect for him to promote it. What if I got up the nerve and asked him for an interview?

No. That's ridiculous. He'd never do it. I'm insane for even thinking of that. Why even bother?

But the idea kept coming to my mind. I kept dismissing it.

Yeah right. Like that's ever going to happen.

Last week I was feeling a little bolder than usual. I thought I would try to get up the courage and ask him, risking feeling incredibly stupid if he said no. I put together a little "sales pitch" and sent it to him.

And you know what?


He said yes!


What? Am I dreaming? He said yes? I could not believe it! Rob said yes! He is going to let me interview him! We are working out the details right now, but soon I will be able to post my interview with Rob. My interview with Rob! I still can't believe this is really happening!

There are not words to express how excited I am. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world right now.

Stay tuned...

Island ***update***

I just got permission to share this great new track with you!

Click here to listen to "Island" from the upcoming WHITEWAITS album, "An Elegant Exit."

Island

Yesterday Rob provided a link to the first single off his new album for people who backed his Kickstarter campaign. It's called "Island" and it's great. I would share it with you, but I don't think I'm supposed to yet. You'll just have to take my word for it for now. I don't know how he manages to make everything he does so amazing. You listen to a song and you can see it. He has this way of painting pictures with his lyrics. I don't ever get that from other people's music. But with Rob's music I can not only hear it, but see and feel it as well. I think that takes truly amazing talent to be able to do that.

Excitement beyond belief

Something very exciting will be happening soon all because I got up the courage to ask someone something. It's something that I had put off inquiring about for a long time. I had an idea, but I kept talking myself out of it, thinking that it was kind of ridiculous, thinking there was no way it could ever happen. But a little something inside has been nagging at me lately. One of those little feelings you get when you know you need to do something. So I got up the courage and did it. I expected nothing but rejection and feeling really dumb for even doing it. But it turned out just the opposite. And the result is going to be probably the most exciting thing I've ever done.

This is something that involves my little blog here, so stay tuned... :)

Something new

So here's something good that I'm very excited about. Yay! A happy post for a change. I know. I've been pretty depressing lately. Sorry for that.

Anyway...Rob from Cause and Effect has been working on a solo project and has a new album coming out soon! I cannot wait! The album is called "An Elegant Exit" and will be released under the name WHITEWAITS. He's started a Kickstarter campaign to raise some money to help him do some extra things with the release (remixes, videos, tour, etc.) Watch his video below. Pledge some money. Help him out. Pass this on. I can guarantee you will not be disappointed. The album is going to be amazing!

Normal?

What exactly is normal anyway? I've been thinking about this a lot lately, hoping that my life will soon return to "normal." So many things have happened lately to turn my life upside down, I wonder if anything will ever be normal again. I don't even want to get into all the details of what's happened - it's too depressing. It seems like this whole year has just been one bad thing after another, without enough time to recover from the previous bad thing before the next bad thing happens. I'm just hoping that things will settle down, that the things that happen from here on out won't be so bad. I feel like I'm picking up the pieces of what's left of my crumbling life. It seems like whenever I start to think that everything is going to be okay again, something else happens to make me realize that things will probably never really be okay. And it seems like the bad things that are happening just keep getting worse and worse. I'm scared. It's like I live in constant fear of what the next bad thing will be. Is that normal? I don't think so, but it's becoming my normal. That isn't good.

Some things are starting to happen to make me think that things are starting to get better. I actually have a few really good, exciting things to look forward to (more on that later.) But it seems like whenever I look forward to something, I'm only met with disappointment. So I have to keep reminding myself not to get too excited about things. That's pretty sad, isn't it? And definitely not normal.

So what can I do? How can I not live in fear all the time? How can I let myself get excited about things without expecting disappointment? I don't know how to do that. That's not normal either.

So what is normal? I'll let you know when I find out.