1. Do you have any pets? 
     Yep. A pit/boxer who goes by the name of Bullet. He's gangsta.
2. What was the last book you read? 
     The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
3. Do you like to cook? 
     Yep.
4. What's your favorite food? 
     Fried chicken, sushi, hummus, anything tasty...
5. Do you have brothers and sisters?
     One super sweet big bro!
6. Which sport do you like? 
     Basketball, football... ICE DANCING!!!!
7. Do you live alone? 
     Um... what's up, sketchy question?
8. Do you live in a house or an apartment? 
     An apartment in a house. I'm so multifaceted like that.
9. Have you ever lived in another country? 
     Not yet.
10. Have you ever met a famous person? 
     Yes.
11. How do you spend your free time? 
     Music, books, movies, my baby boy Bullet, drinks w/ friends.
12. Tell me about a favorite event of your adulthood. 
     I don't think it's happened yet. It's been pretty sweet so far, though. Saints winning the Superbowl was cool.
13. Tell me about a favorite event of your childhood. 
     Swimming at Pocket Park with my homies.
14. What are your hobbies? 
     Writing.
15. What countries have you visited? 
     Mexico, Italy, Caribbean Isles, Puerto Rico. Hopefully more.
16. Which country are you from? 
     Who Dat Nation!
17. What do you do on Sundays? 
     Homework...
18. What do you do? What's your job? 
     Music (and checking things in/out at the Loyola library... Not for long!!)
19. What is your motto in life? 
     Do what makes you happy.
20. What kind of food do you like? 
     Didn't you already ask me this?
21. What kind of people do you like? 
     Sincere, funny, smart people.
22. Which languages do you speak? 
     English, Spanish, French if you force me to, Latin if we're talking about mythology/religion.
23. What are you best at? 
     I don't know... Being myself?
24. Who do you respect the most? 
     Grama.
25. Who has had the most influence in your life? 
     Big bro.
26. Would you like to be famous? 
     I'm working on it right now.
27. What do you think you will be doing five years from now?
     Music.
28. Are you a 'morning' or 'night' person? 
     Is 'afternoon' an option?
29. When do you feel best? In the morning, afternoon, or evening? 
     Really? I don't think you're paying attention to what I'm saying...
30. How many times did you move as a child? 
     0
31. What kind of woman/man would you like to marry?
     Someone who loves me.
32. What cartoon character best describes you?
     Stitch from "Lilo & Stitch."
33. If you could live anywhere in the world for a year, where would it be?
     Venice.
34. If you knew could you try anything and not fail, what dream would you attempt?
     Going on a mission for the CIA.
35. What super-power would you most like to have, and why?
     Super strength so I could pick stuff up and throw it at bad guys... or stupid people.
36. Would you live with someone without marrying them?
     Yes. I wouldn't marry someone without living with them first. People do weird things in the privacy of their own home...
37. Would you rather take pictures or be in pictures?
     Take pictures.
38. Are you a beach, country or city person?
     All of the above. It just depends on my mood.
39. Where do you spend most of your money?
     Music related stuff.

39? What a random number...

Anyway, peeps, I just wanted to let everyone know how excited I am. I feel like that will more than likely be an underlying theme for nearly all of my blogs, but oh well. If you're reading this, then you should understand how exciting these shenanigans are!

Tonight, we're playing our second show at Maple Leaf this month. What's totally awesome about this show is that we'll be donating 100% of the proceeds from the show to WWOZ for their annual fund drive. It helps keep the music of New Orleans alive, which is clearly a huge priority for all of us.

As with all of our Maple Leaf shows this month, the first ten people to arrive will get a free copy of our previous album, "Southern Fried Soul."

We're super excited (there's that word again) about tonight, not only because of WWOZ, but also because we get to play new stuff from our upcoming album, "Magnolia Blue." It's coming out in April, but we wanted to hit y'all up with some of the goods early so that by the time you buy your CD and bump it in your car, you can sing along with the windows down and spread the musical wealth throughout the neighborhood. Holla.

I have class now (last semester!), so I'll cut myself off. I love y'all! See you tonight!!

Love & Luck,

Mia

I was just writing our monthly newsletter and it is filled with shows. I mean, it's bananas. Maple Leaf, WWOZ in-studio, we're heading back to the Rusty Nail after entirely too long. This month is going to be fantastic.

The last time I went to WWOZ was my very first radio interview (and you could totally tell). I said something along the lines of: our band started as a hobby of sorts and now it's snowballed into something really awesome and life-changing. While I got made fun of by some of my peeps for saying that, I stand by it.

This wasn't anything that I imagined would ever become my job. I thought that would be far too amazing to actually happen to me, but it has. What was once a pastime/pet project with my friends has become my life with my friends, and I'm really proud of us. We've done some amazing things in the past four years and it seems to be really paying off in 2010.

We have an amazing album coming out if April (advanced copies in March if you're lucky...) and it's definitely our best material yet. What's even crazier is that I can't stop writing, even though it hasn't come out yet. I'm ready to record the next one!!

I should pace myself. This is turning into a not-so-baby-sized blog. For the time being, I'm out like Ellen.

Love & Luck,

Mia

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