Happy Valentines Day!

Here are just a few crafty projects Jane made in preparation for today.

Now we know that this is a hated day for some. And in all honesty Jane likes this day only because its really a pink holiday. Everything out there is pink to celebrate valentines day!

So for those who want some good sad music to hear on this day you can always check out our first album, A Long Road Home. It's sad and lonely and melancholy.

Rabbits Galore

Aaron got me (jane) a little dwarf rabbit for my birthday. So I've been particularly obsessed with googling all about rabbits. Although I've had a rabbit when I was younger, I don't think I did a good job of taking care of him. This time around I'm an adult and in charge - so I have more control over how I care for my little Hershey. 



Call it a mother's instinct, but I just knew that my bunny was a girl. I don't know... I just had a feeling! When I took her to the vet for the first time my vet confirmed that Hershey was a girl! 

I've also discovered something called rabbit massage. Here is a link. http://www.monkeysee.com/play/9703-rabbit-care-how-to-relax-your-rabbit

Well I've been trying it and it has been working. I now massage Hershey every night and she loves it. Just tonight she was on her back and I was rubbing her belly and she was in a trance.  

I also discovered through my rabbit googling that there is such a thing called a Giant German Rabbit. This rabbit is as huge as a dog. It is on my bucket list to own one of these rabbits before I die... when I have a big enough place and enough money to feed a monster of a rabbit. 


Aside from my rabbit obsessions, one of my resolutions (among many) is to start stamping again. I haven't kept up with it last year at all for a variety of reasons. But this new year I rearranged my bedroom so that my stamping supplies are readily available. I have also decided to join a stamping club so that I can learn new techniques and be inspired. 

The ice cream social/Christmas show is over!  Thanks again to everyone who helped out. We couldn't have done it without you - literally (Jeff Bradley, Sachi Maeda, and Jena Swarick).  And thanks to everyone who attended.  It meant so much to us.  It really did. 

We love Fremont Centre Theatre for their open doors for us and just the ambience it helps us create.  We also loved just the supportive people who encourage us in our journey, and hopefully we encourage you in your journey. 

It seems like this Christmas is a difficult Christmas for many folks - both far and close to us. A lot of bad news being heard and just difficult times still economically for folks. It's a reminder to us of what we should really be thankful for and what we should really be striving for. 

Both of us have already celebrated Christmas with families who came and visited us earlier in December. It ushered in the Christmas season earlier and was a lot of fun! 

But before Christmas week rolls in ... we will be playing in Lestat's in San Diego on Friday, DEC 21!  See you guys there @ 8pm!  

As many of you know, our guitar was stolen a couple years ago.  Well, Jane finally decided to buckle down and buy a new guitar. She bought a half baby Taylor a year and a half ago and started making no interest monthly payments on it. We have rehearsed with the guitar but never used it in a show because we didn't get a plug-in for it yet. 

Well, there are now only 3 more payments left until the guitar is paid off! Woohoo! And we got a plug in installed for this little guitar. And then.......... Jane dropped it. Cracking it. 

The utter despair, shame, anger, and just horrible feelings is indescribable.  

Well, fortunately, the crack (although it was substantial) was able to be fixed at a "reasonable" price and we have finally rehearsed with it plugged in.  It sounds good.  

A horrible experience. But Jane has now learned that as annoying as it is, she now has to take two trips from her car to her apartment to carry her guitar, cello, work tote bag, and laundry. Otherwise it is inevitable that things will fall. And break. 

Where has the time flown?  We have seriously neglected our blog ~ but to the suggestion of some friends we would really like to make it our goal to stay updated on our blog.  In a world where the internet is king and everybody blogs and uses Facebook & Twitter, we are seriously old skool! 

To update what has been going on these past few months after our CD release show in June of 2012, has been this... busy with shows! We have been very busy doing a lot of shows in the Fall.  November was busy with a lot of family stuff and traveling.  Aaron traveled to Reno, Jane traveled to South Korea. A new member joined the band... namely a little dwarf rabbit! We named him/her (too young yet to quite tell...it's a bunny thing) Hershey because he is milk chocolatey in color. 

Now we are back in the Los Angeles area trying to prepare for our show! We found a new drummer that we have to rehearse with as our old drummer moved to Texas. We have been working through some new material in anticipation of a potential new album next year. Hopefully we will be able to share one new song with you at our December show.  

Here's the new info for our upcoming show. 

SUN, DEC 16
7:00pm - 9:30pm
Fremont Centre Theatre
1000 Fremont Ave
South Pasadena, CA

Winter Show, featuring Christmas songs and a new song. We will be selling 25 cent ice cream sundaes as well as pastries by Chef Peter Rosado. 
We will be having some fun giveaways as usual and it will be a wonderful show in light of the holidays seasons! 

It's a free show so feel free to bring your friends and spread the word. : )

love,
a&j  

Ever since we were trying to find venues for our CD Release party in June, we had been contacting lots of venues for potential prices and dates and even deals (for we didn't have a lot of money to rent a venue). We admit that one specific place was so mean to us when we mentioned that we wanted to do a show but we wanted to allow everyone to come for free. 

But all things began to work together when we fortuitously came across a couple companies who sponsored our CD Release! With this newfound support, we were able to have our CD Release at the Fremont Centre Theatre.  Lissa Reynolds of the Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena was so accommodating of our vision to allow all folks to come for free. She even did all she could to schedule us in on a Saturday evening - which is pretty darn difficult for such a busy theatre! 

Ever since then, our involvement in and love of South Pasadena has grown. We were connected to the Firefly Bistro which welcomed us with open arms. From there we were invited to perform at a House Party - which was AMAZING. There were 4 different bands there that night. People brought food, desserts, wine, drinks and just mingled with each other as they listened to different music, hosted by Brad Colerick of the Firefly. The hosts (Rob & Steve) were just so open and so friendly we had a blast. 

Although in any business and any venture there are business goals to achieve and a living to make, our journey has made us realize that treating people with respect, kindness and a sincere desire to try to help them with their vision is of utmost importance. 

Comic-Con

Aaron was at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. Jane had heard of it before, but always thought of it as something for geeks. But since Aaron was going to be there she thought she'd look at the schedule to see what sort of things they offered to such geeks. Little did she know that they offered just the sort of things she'd be quite enamored by. 


Bones (Jane is a huge David Boreanz fan!) was there to do a big panel, JK Rowling (Jane is such a huge Harry Potter fan she has joined Dumbledore's Army - a Los Angeles meetup group for HP fans), My Little Pony (yay!), The Walking Dead (although Aaron doesn't know why Jane watches such scary shows knowing she scares herself with her own shadow) and John C. Reilly's new movie "Wreck-It Ralph". 


Now Jane is seriously considering potentially going to a future comic-con. Dress up? Nah. Unless she decides to dress up as a My Little Pony.