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The Vacation

noreply@blogger.com (Danny Blades) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:44:00 +0000

Daniel Pecot

English 1301

February 20, 2011

Finally, the year I had been dreaming of was here. My senior year in high school was about to kick off, and the hot Houston summer was slowly coming to an end. As I sat in school, waiting in line to take a new I.D. picture for our senior I.D. cards, I constantly day dreamed of the wonderful vacation to South Padre Island that I would be leaving for later that day. We usually take this trip every summer, and often felt needed to escape life’s constant everyday battles. The beautiful weather, beaches, and activities to do there, one couldn’t help but to find themselves lost in its beauty. I pictured myself late at night looking amongst the stars while relaxing on the sands of the shore, and the oceans winds cooling the air I breathe while listening to the ocean play its usual song for me. But just as quickly as I envision this, I hear my name called (Daniel Pecot). I step in front of the white back drop and told to smile, only to soon be blinded by the flash of the camera. Two minutes later I am handed my new I.D. card and sent off to fetch my class schedule for the semester.

Now in the car on the way back, I discuss with one of my closest friends how I dread the fact that I’ll be taking Algebra 2 as my first morning class being that I hate math in every form at this point in my life. Math and I had become nemesis, like Batman and Joker. As I rant about the thought of having to muster together brain cells every morning to solve life’s equation, my mother calls and informs me that she will be adding a little surprise to our typical summer vacation. Now looking over to the passenger side of my vehicle at my friend somewhat bothered, I can only imagine that whatever my mom has in store for me will come as a learning point on my part. After speculating with Gavin, I dropped my friend off, and headed home quickly hoping to get some answers to the questions I now had rambling around in my head.

As I pull into the driveway to my surprise, I see everyone was all ready packed and loaded into the expedition. Mom greets me at the door, “son, go and grab your bags so we can go. We have a six hour drive, and you’re helping”, which she has been saying ever since I got my license, but rarely makes me do. As I grab my bags and do a little last minute packing, I head down the stairs were I find my mom getting ready to set the alarm for the house. I try to slide in a question as I’m walking out the door, “mom, what’s this surprise you’re talking about?” She smiles and says, “See you in the car” which I know by now is code for, “not telling you, you’ll just have to find out”. Now in the car and beginning our trip to South Padre, I continuously guess as to what this surprise had in store for me. Could it be some kind of event going on down there that she knows I would die for? Or maybe we would be going to a family reunion? Listening to some music on my iPod, I continue to guess, as the feeder rode pavement and trees along side of it, slowly fade into black.

“Wake up guys, we’re here!” I hear my mother yell as she pulls into the La Quinta Inn that we usually stay at on our South Padre vacations. Now night fall, we struggle with our luggage to the checkout desk and then to the third floor were we go our separate ways across the hallway. Sharing a room with my younger cousin, I begin to ask if he knows anything of this “surprise” my mom spoke of, to which he also had been told he would have to wait and find out. Now teamed with my cousin, we both sit pondering in our room, but eventually give up. “I bet it’s something the adults will love but the kids won’t” I hear him say, I simply answered “probably.”

Morning comes and we are greeted by a knock at the door telling us to get up and head down for breakfast. Dragging ourselves to the main dining area, we meet up with the rest of the family to discuss the day’s planed events over waffles, eggs, and orange juice. As my mother father and aunt lay out the foundation of our day, I check off in my mind everything she goes over, looking for that surprise to arise. “Beach”, check, “shopping”, check, “going out for dinner”, check, etc. Noticing she’s just about done eating and naming things we plan to do today, she then gets up and starts heading to the elevator. Quickly I jump up and ask her, “but what about the surprise?” to which she turns around and smiles as she says, “we’re going to Mexico in the morning”. As I stand there watching her get on the elevator, I hear my cousin, little brother and sister all start cheering the fact that we are all going to Mexico. I start to smile as well, asking them “what part do they think we’re going to?” Cancun? Cobo? My guesses multiplied rapidly, but just as I was overwhelming myself with guesses, I hear my father say “Progreso”.

The first day in South Padre seem almost like a blur as I quickly hoped the day would pass. I had never heard of Progreso, so going there seemed great. I had no personal experience of what Mexico, other than what I had been taught in schools, and told in conversations with those I knew who’ve been to parts of that country. Now sitting in bed the night before the big trip, I wondered what it would be like. How would it feel to go to another country? And what all could I experience there? Tired from the day’s tag-along shopping sprees with my mom and aunt, it wasn’t too much longer before my thoughts faded, and dreams seemed to dominate.

“Wake up” I hear my cousin yell to me across our hotel room, glancing over at him on the phone with who I assumed was my mother telling us to get up, wash up and meet them down for breakfast. Shortly after washing up, my cousin and I head down to the breakfast area to meet up once again with the family before embarking on our trip to Mexico. Like most kids when trying to speed up the process of waiting to get, or go where they want, my cousin, sister, little brother and I all eat quickly, finishing breakfast in mere minutes. After waiting for the adults to finish their breakfast, we then proceeded to the family car, thus beginning our trip.

The ride there didn’t seem too bad. Lots of country side, sky, clouds, and cattle seemed to be in abundance. One thing that’s certainly noticeable is the decline in the structure of the buildings as we got closer to the boarder. Within an hour or so of driving, we pulled into a small parking lot to which my mother rolled down the window asking a small Hispanic man “how much was parking here?” He slowly replied “$10 dollars for the day, up until 5pm” with a very strong Spanish accent that made it hard to understand his words, as they did not come out smoothly. I soon found out that asking anything else of the small man would be pointless, he seemed to only know how much to tell me about parking. So now wondering off in search of a bathroom, I take notice of the area. Everything seemed, well, different. The buildings were aged pretty well, and the cars were too. I also notice that the diversity in the culture seemed to fade from America, to Americana. English was not the usual here, and those that spoke it, did so while speaking Spanish, as though switching back and forth, saying many words in Spanish, and a few here and there in English. Fast food places seemed to not sell the usual Texas burger and fries, but instead, taco’s, fried corn, and tequila. I stumbled into a small corner shop, where I found to women looking at me over the counter. I asked them if they had a bathroom I could use, to which one of them replied “yes” and pointed in the direction.

Now making my way back to the group, we soon head for the border. My dad jokes around, asking me if I would ever drink the tequila with the worm in it, and if so, what would I do with the worm. Of course I joke back saying “I’d do it, and I’d take the worm, put it between two pieces of bread, and have at it.” It wasn’t too long after joking that we reached the check point at the border. We stood in line, and approached this three probed counter, the kinds you would see at a theme park right before stepping pass the gate to get on a ride. My mother hands me a quarter and says put it in and stop through, to which I look around in amazement thinking “this is all it takes to get into Mexico?” We move along shortly to the bridge that crosses the Rio Grande. While walking across the bridge, it literally feels like with every step, the temperature when up 2 degrees. I quickly saw the need to put on my glasses. Halfway across this bridge, it was so hot, that everything appeared to have a glow to it. While adjusting my glasses, I just happened to look down at the “famous” Rio Grande to which I was surprised that I saw people actually swimming in it. They were looking up at us speaking something in Spanish, but being a student who had twice failed that subject in school, they might as well had been speaking a dead language. I looked in front of us to see people throwing coins down to them. I thought “ahh, that’s it, they are asking for some spare change". I managed to throw one quarter before hearing my mother tell me, “If you plan on getting back across the border, that’ll be the last one you throw!” I quickly put the hand full of quarters back in my pocket and continued on towards the second check out.

After walking through a few metal detectors, we start our walk into town. As we start to head out of the general area, my dad stops us and asks me and my little brother to stop and take a picture with him in front of this Mexican statue. Agreeing to do so, we go over and take our positions sitting down in front of the statue. At this point, the heat is beyond “hot”. I felt like I had tanned enough for a whole summer in the short amount of time we had taken that little walk from the car, to the statue.

Continuing our walk further into the small town of Pregreso, my mother kindly asks a man how to get to the market. He replies in what I now know is “spanglish” the directions of how to get there. We figure out through some old fashion context clues, and mediocre high school Spanish knowledge that we should take the bus. Now heading in the direction that the man pointed us in, we saw the bus quickly approaching and quickly wasn’t even the word. It was like NASCAR, but with buses! He pulled up, and asked for payment, which to my surprise was only a quarter. Also to my surprise, the public buses in Pregreso seemed a lot different than those back in Houston. They were school buses, and the seats had been aligned against the wall, so we all sat facing each other across the bus. They also had random polls that were stationed throughout the bus, like subway cars do for those that have no place to sit, or would rather stand. Before I was even seated on the bus, the bus takes off! Falling into my seat I grab the poll in front of my seat as if I was holding for dear life! He turned the corner and accelerated. We all sat looking at each other. The locals laughing as my family and I (tourists) sat in horror for the rest of the ride. Passing other buses by mere inches, I can say that was one of only a hand full of moments that truly had me scared in my life! One thing you realize while in Pregreso Mexico is that there are no speed limits, or stop signs, which in my opinion make the experience a bit more horrific, however, I can say without a doubt, those drivers are some of the best I’ve ever seen in my life! And I come from a family of racer’s.

We pull up and abruptly stop near an ally way. We hear the driver shouts out “market”. We slowly get up, shocked as if we had been riding a missile that made its way to its desired target and somehow landed without exploding on impact. As we got off of the buss, we looked around, puzzled. “Had we just been left in the middle of Pregreso?” I thought for a second that maybe he misunderstood were we wanted to go and maybe took us to some small grocery store he knew of. Another tourist who must of saw the looks on me and my families face, walked over to us and said “if you’re looking for the market, it’s just through there. I know how you feel, our first time here we stood here wondering the same thing.” Relieved, we thanked her and parted ways as we ventured through the narrow ally towards the market.

Coming out of the other side of the ally, little kids ran up to us yelling, “Chicle, chicle!” I quickly felt like Justin Bieber around a group of 13 year old girls. Overwhelmed by my sudden fame, I hear my mom say “buy a pack, its only ten cents for a four pack bundle, and twenty five cents for the whole pack.” I was starting to think everything in Mexico was only twenty five cents. Needless to say, my family and I ended up walking through the market with a pocket full of “chicle de globo” (bubble gum).

The market was very interesting. The streets and shops nearby were filled with colors and the appearance of what I learned in my Spanish class back in the states was “traditional Mexican décor”. Now feeling what I suppose could only be described as culture shock as we walked around the shops and stores, everything was in Spanish. English was the odd language here, and was only spoken by tourists and the locals trying to piece English words together in order to catch customers walking by in hopes of getting them to purchase some of their merchandise. There didn’t seem to be much name brand stores. No Guess or Armani. No Mark Ecko or Ralph Lauren. And the same went for shoes, food, and just about everything else. I thought up until this point that things that one could easily find in America could be found everywhere. I slowly started to realize how half the stuff you see on TV, isn’t what you should expect about places you’ve never been. I thought Mexico was like Cancun and Cobo all over. But it seemed like the place I recently found myself in was far from tropical. The “culture shock” was definitely starting to get to me as I looked around for something to eat and noticed that the little stands where many of the locals seemed to be stopping for a bite to eat, had very little health regulations as I watched the flies fly around and land on the nacho mixes and taco stands around the area as if even they were dancing in the country’s traditional art of Salsa. Hungry and dazed from the heat, I could only hope for better things to come. I later found out, that was only wishful thinking.

As we walked around for hours, from one shop to the next, the kids and I were trying to figure out how this could possibly be part of a vacation. It was fun and all, but it felt more like a mandatory field trip than a vacation. Noticing the looks on our faces, my mom stops and asks us “what’s wrong?” My little brother then asks her, “Why did you take us here mom? I just wanted to go to the beach” She looks at him and smiles as she then reply’s, “We live in Texas right? And we call ourselves Texans right? Well I just want you to see what it could have been like if Texas had remained a part of Mexico.” She then added, “I want you to appreciate the life you have, and the things you have. Look around, these people are some of the nicest people you’ll find, but many of them struggle to have a fraction of what we have.” I looked around and realized that sense I had been in Pregreso, I really did miss and love the things I had back at home. I missed my life style, my car, my house, fresh cold uncontaminated water, and food that wouldn’t make me sick. I missed being able to understand what people were saying, and culture I came from. I for the first time in my life felt completely grateful for everything that I had in life. I looked up as my thoughts came to an end, and almost as if she knew what I was thinking, she looked at me with a smile and said, “I know, I know. And yes, we can go back to South Padre now.”

Dont Ask....

noreply@blogger.com (Danny Blades) — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:54:00 +0000

Well...its a Thursday, and I'm about to get ready to go to my favorite class of the week. I feel kind of sluggish, I'm not sure if its because I'm ready for school to be out, or because I just ate....probably both. Well anyways, on a good note, I see that the military has finished their research on how being gay could affect their readiness in a combat environment. I personally feel like it took them that long just to p;lease those who felt they shouldn't allow gays in the military more time to cope with the fact that change was going to happen one way or another! I think it was long over due...all of this "we need to do tests" crap was just stupid in my opinion. Hopefully the courts, or congress will pass whats needed to for those who want to serve openly in the military can now do so.

But enough with politics, I have been staring at my new camera for some time now, and every time I look at the box I slowly start to undress it with my eyes lol....I really want to take pictures with it, and shoot HD videos and what not. I stay up all hours just on YouTube looking at others having fun with their canon SX20IS's as well as the specs, and I'm dying to use mine! I'll post some of the videos of the ones I love so you all can see how great the camera is =] well that's all for today. I have to shower and get ready for class.

Later

Fireworks shot with the Canon SX30IS

Test Shots With the Canon SX30IS

Moon shot/zoom test with Canon SX30IS

Japan walk through with the Canon SX30IS

I cant feel my face...

noreply@blogger.com (Danny Blades) — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 15:29:00 +0000

Sorry for being away so long. School has been kicking my ass now for the past week, and for a second I didn't think I was going to make it! Well, on a good note, I bought the new Kanye West album, and I love it! It is different ,and more unique than I'm used to hearing from him. I also bought a new camera =] Its a Canon SX30IS ...the one with the 14 mega pixel 35x zoom point and shoot SLR hybrid one lol. Though I want to open it and use it right this minute...Its a gift to myself and plan to wait until Christmas, if that's possible. I have also been on Black Ops a lot! The more I play, the more I realize how addicting that game is lol. I played it 2 days straight with some friends to release the build up of stress from having to study and take an sociology exam, write a 10 minute speech, and a 9 page review on a documentary all in the span of 3 days! I had headaches for 3 days after all was said and done. I wish schools and teachers would get together and plan together their agenda's or something, because sometimes getting hit with so much shit to do for 4 or 5 different classes all at the same time is just ridiculous! That makes having a life if not non existent, just about impossible! [Sigh] well...I guess its back to school stuff...

Call Of Duty Blacks Ops Continued...

noreply@blogger.com (Danny Blades) — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:51:00 +0000

Ok, I have to start out by saying that Call of Duty Black Ops is by far the best game they have ever made to date! After playing it all week, I can conclude that im not the only one that feels this way after seeing and playing with the hundreds of thousands of gamers that are on every time I get online. I decided to take some time out, and show a glimpse of some of the online game play for all to view on my blog, as well a chance to check out a new track produced by my partner producer Crates Soc. Tell me what you think of the short game play video, as well as the music! And for anyone interested in seeing those SKILLZ I have online, just find me online on the Xbox 360 =]

Here is a link to the video Call of Duty Black Ops -Fade To Black

And here is my gamer tag : DannyBlades1

Happy gaming

Call Of Duty Blacks Ops

noreply@blogger.com (Danny Blades) — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:06:00 +0000

So its the night of the greatest game release of the year. I'm driving to the Game Stop that I usually go to to pick my games up from, and I'd like to state for the record that I got there 2 and half hours before the game was to come out at midnight. So as I pull up I realized that the long group of people rapped around the corner is the line of people waiting for the game to be released too! So on my LONG walk to the back of the line, I hear others talking in the gamers spirit about how they plan to kill all the noobs and campers, and rank in the top ten...etc. As all of this takes place, one of the Game Stop employees walks up to me and asks if I got my highlighted ticket? And as he noticed the unfamiliar look come over my face, he then stated that it would be impossible to get my game with out it. So now I'm making my way to the front door, as I go in and get my ticket, I come back to find that the line has grown and to my amazement, my spot was lost in the crowd, so off to the end I go AGAIN!

The minutes are ticking down now, and I can finally picture myself playing COD as clear as day with in the next hour. The doors open and the line starts to really move. As people come out and head to their cars, the sound of screeching tires fill the air as dozens of people run to their cars almost as a way to show how serious they were about getting home asap to play the game. So I finally go in, get my game, and head home. I put it in and as usual, the game grabs me! For hours I played as if I hadn't a care in the world. Lucky for me, I had no classes that day, so I played ALL day, and ALL night. The game feels as though they took COD World at War, and COD ModernWarfare2 and merged them into one! The game feels greater than any other COD game I have played to date. It feels WAY smoother than the last 2. I also like that new customization features as well as the new currency setup. Being able to buy stuff like red dots for your weapons without having to kill a thousand people with the previous accessory really helps! The maps are WAY better, and bigger. I love this game so far and I haven't played half the game modes in it yet. I hear that the Zombie mode is Sick! I don't think I'll get much sleep this weekend.

Prop19 Fails!!! =[

noreply@blogger.com (Danny Blades) — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:39:00 +0000

Its a sad day for pot smokers, or those who like the idea of Cali going green. Proposition 19 took a hit 56% saying no to 44% saying yes. I honestly thought that California would say yes to the idea of a new way to generate income, thus digging themselves out of that 12 billion dollar hole they currently sit in, not to mention the money saved on legal fee's associated with breaking in houses and arresting and locking people up over it.

Forget that it would be economically beneficial to the state, it would also be a model to other states if done right, on just how stereotypes mislead people into thinking weed is something its not...Its safer than cigarettes, alcohol and crack, or cocaine! You can still function while on it, You don't see things that aren't there...and you wont be tempted to commit crimes while on it. With so many people for it, I honestly expected it to win, but it goes to show you what happens when those who believe in something don't go out and vote!

[Sigh] I guess this means another 2 years before marijuana can have another chance to be taken out of its taboo context, and brought to light, as alcohol once was after prohibition ended....

T.I. Wont Be Charged in latest Drug Arrest!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Danny Blades) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:52:00 +0000

I'm working on some new music for an artist and I decided to take a break and check out today's latest entertainment gossip/stories. So I hopped on twitter and come across a post that read "T.I. Wont Be Charged in L.A. Drug Arrest!!!". Instantly I'm like wtf? How? So I jump on the link and did some more research and found that TMZ reports that the L.A. County District Attorney has rejected the drug case pending from his arrest last month due to legal problems with the case.

It turns out that the D.A's Office chose not to go forward with charges because he has already been sentenced to prison because the arrest was a violation of his federal probation. the Police stated that there was significant legal issues over probable cause which led them to arrest the rapper. Cops claimed they had smelled marijuana but did not book any into evidence, and said that he was pulled over after making an illegal U-turn prior to any registration check! Sadly he is still expected to serve out his 1 year sentence due to the arrest being a violation of his parole.

I personally believe they had it out for him because if Paris Hilton, and Lindsay Lohan can do what they do and get a slap on the wrist...that just goes to show you how full of S*** things can be! I hope they reconsider the sentence and either dismiss it, or shorten the sentence by ALOT! I know there are some who may feel different........So let me know what you think! Should they let him go? Lock him up and throw away the key? What do you think!

Link to the site info -> TMZ <-T.I. Wont Be Charged in L.A. Drug Arrest

Kanye West's - Runaway (Short Film)

noreply@blogger.com (Danny Blades) — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 05:41:00 +0000

Kanye West has a short film out titled "Runaway". It is a really nice short film and I have to say he gives the viewers/fans a nice inside look into the artistic mind of the music genius himself. The film is a musical, and its fairly interesting. I was left with the question, whats it about? I thought at first it could of been about him and his personal life clashing with his music life. Or perhaps his old self (before he made it) clashing with his new self (him up until the Taylor Swift incident) which I could see making total sense. And then I realized, he was probably talking about both! The video was really creative, and original in my opinion. I also get the feeling this is a look into his new album which if so, sounds like a beautiful album! I hope this film will be included in the special edition version of his album. If this is the result of him f****** up at the VMA's last year with Taylor Swift, then I'm glad to see the turn around! I think its done wonders for him, and I think its because he finally saw the person he had become from the person he once was...

This is the Beautiful bird in the film the "Phoenix"

Now for those who think this film is so strange its stupid...I totally could see how you could think so. Its really out there, and I'm sure that some of his fans who are fans of the graduation album and the ones that came before 808's and Heart Break will have issues with this short film...this might be a stretch too far for some fans...I personally love the film and all of his music. I feel like this is art at its best, when it becomes hard to grasp and leaves one thinking, "what the f***?". I think that this is Kanye at his best. All of his albums sound different, and are all different reflections of him at different times of his life and career! If you listened to 808, the stuff he did at the VMA's wasn't much of a surprise...that album in my opinion was him at a dark point in his life, just like graduation was him happy and accepting his fame and glory and all he had achieved so far in his music career. This video seems to show that Kanye is at a point in his life were he knows now that he let so much get to him, and change him...I consider this the realization period or, the turn around period.

Well that's pretty much my thoughts on this film, and Mr. West. I loved the film, and I hope to hear and see more wonderful things from him.

You can watch the film here: Kanye West - Runaway (Full length short film)

What are your thoughts on the short film? Was it a little out there? Was it stupid? Was it awesome? Tell me what you think =]

Green Meat!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Danny Blades) — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:31:00 +0000

So...I'm sitting in a study hall at the University of Houston with my new subway sandwich (subway club) and I was craving it like CRAZY! I had to walk in the heat to the law school area to get my sub. So I finally get there and they tell my friend and I with whom I was having lunch with as soon as we walked through the door, that they didn't have anymore lettuce! So after careful consideration, my friend and I decided to go ahead and get our subways clubs any way. We figured with three types of meats on the sandwich and all the extra stuff we put on it that having no lettuce wouldn't be as bad as we had previously thought. So after waiting in line and paying for our meals, we get back to the study building and get all set up to sit and enjoy our meals when something told me to check my sub. We had noticed in line that the meat kind of looked weird, but we thought maybe we were just tripping...until we opened our sandwich's and saw the horror!!!! Don't see it yet? Here, maybe in this one...

So now you should be able to see some greenish, orange fish scale looking stuff on my roast beef! So after looking at this strange meat, we packed up camp, and walked ALL the way back to the subway in the law building. We get there and they tell us that its totally natural and normal for roast beef to look like that...I asked her then why is this my first time ever seeing this? And she said "Because it shows up on some roast beef, and not others"...So after she realized we were not going to take her word for it, she then offered us new sandwiches (Spicy Italian) and said she understands why we felt the way we did. I then persuaded her to give me a free cookie, and chips...and she let me and my friend have chips, drinks, and a cookie on the house. I still don't know if its normal for roast beef to look like this...but I do know one thing, until I do, I don't plan on eating any greenish orange roast beef!

Willow Smith Kills Bieber!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Danny Blades) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:09:00 +0000

Ok, well I would like to first start off by saying that I'm no Bieber hater by far, I think he's a talented young artist who in time I hope to see mature into something nice. On the other hand, Willow Smith is killing it with her hot new single, "Whip my hair". She has been getting CRAZY attention from the media, as well as fans and for some odd reason, TONS of haters. At the age of nine, Willow has started her music carrier to what seems to be a great start. Her new single hit me instantly, and the video had me from the start! Being that I am a music producer, looking at it from a producers stand point, I would have to say that the producers, song writers, and A&R's involved did a BEAUTIFUL job creating this song and displaying her talent! The beat gives you that griddy dance feel from the start, and the chorus....ahhhh, the chorus, if you weren't sold on the beat from the start, then the chorus doomed you! But really, the song is a really hype song, and it really shows exactly what she's capable of.

Now for the "haters" part. I don't understand how so many people can hate on this little girl for doing what she loves to do! I have read blog posts, and watched many video blogs about how her song sucks, she's not talented at all because she's using auto tune (which she's not), her parents are bad for forcing her to do things in the entertainment world, thus robbing her of her "childhood". I understand that some wont like her for their own reasons, and that everyone is entitled to their own opinion on what ever it may be, but really? The kind of language used when talking about her is somewhat disturbing to say the least! And trust me, I'm no angle when it comes to shit talking, seriously! But enough of that..."haters" will be "haters", and life will go on...

For those who haven seen the video yet, or heard the song, you can check it on Vevo, or YouTube, I HIGHLY recommend it! I'll post the link here -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymKLymvwD2U
Check it out, and if you like what you hear, show her some support! I hear that her song is set to debut on itunes October 26th, I plan on downloading it the day it comes out. I can already picture the awkward gazes I plan to get when I pull up to a red light in my dodge pick up bumpin her song while lipping "I whip my hair back and forth" lol