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It's funny, the days I have to get up the earliest are the nights I stay up the longest...

This is hard. I mean this whole thing: paying rent, eating well, saying the right things at the right times, caring about—and thus worrying about—family and friends, knowing what to do next - yeah, and how much is that gonna cost? Insurance for your car, your house, yourself... I'm really so fortunate. But I forget this easily. I ignore it.

You see, little things - they keep me up at night - I worry about them. They probably don't even matter, but I can't put them down. If I close my eyes they peer at me from inside of my eyelids, if I sit up and turn the light on, they look like shadows and feel like the bits of my face I can't cover with the blankets. All exposed like.

These worries: strange things.

I can't even remember them in the morning. No, sometimes I can. Some are actually legitimate worries, but most are usually out of my control, like: what happens next?

I like to worry about my job a lot. Am I focused? Am I driven? I thought I was; I was yesterday, why can't I be today? Did I work hard enough? Well enough?

And suddenly, like a jolt, every one of these worries is slapped in the face with a loud buzz from the alarm clock. Another night in the can.

Another early morning.

Thank God for Fruity Cheerios.

Hey -

I just wanted to take a little moment and thank you all for voting for my band in the Play Mayercraft Competition! Fingers crossed. Remember you can continue to vote for us every day until January 30th.

That's right, there are only a few days left, but every day counts!

You can also help out by voting for me in the Famecast competition. Just use your same log in info: http://www.famecast.com/country.

We appreciate you so much!! Thank you for taking the time to help us out!!

Love,
megan (and the band)

First of all: Thank you.

And not just any regular thank you, but a HUGE and humble thank you - for advancing me to the Top 5 finalists in the Famecast Competition. Because of your very precious votes, I have another chance to advance further.

So, if I could continue to bother you? Now the voting counts more than ever.Remember, it only takes a second and you can vote every day!

--------------------------------------1. FAMECAST MONTHLY COMPETITION----------------------------------------
Check it out: if you are already voting for us in the Mayercraft Carrier competition, you can use that same login info for this contest (since they’re run by the same folks it looks like.) www.famecast.com If you aren’t signed up yet, it’s EASY and takes just a second or two. It would help us out so very much too! Remember! You can vote every day in both this and Mayercraft competition, you can vote EVERY DAY!

--------------------------------------2. MAYERCRAFT CARRIER COMPETITION-------------------------------------
We signed up for a chance to play on John Mayer's Cruise ship. We are one of hundreds of bands, but somehow found ourselves one of the top bands and now need your help more than ever to keep us there. www.PlayMayercraft.com Voting is easy, but you have to register. (It's a drag, I know, but it only takes a couple of seconds.) NOTE: Though we are one of the top bands on the buzz factor, that doesn't mean we have the most votes. YOU CAN VOTE ONCE A DAY until January 30th. Bands receiving the most votes will advance to the next round of competition.

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Thank you so so so much for your help!
Love,megan (and the band too!)
www.myspace.com/meganslankard • www.MeganSlankard.com • (Also look us up on Facebook!)

Hey yous! Sorry to bug you guys again about this! We now somehow are semi-finalist in the Famecast monthly awards... in the Country category!? Really? I'm not sure how I got entered into this one, but let’s have at it anyway! I could really use your help to get my video in to the finals.

--------------------------------------1. FAMECAST MONTHLY COMPETITION----------------------------------------
Check it out: if you are already voting for us in the Mayercraft Carrier competition, you can use that same login info for this contest (since they’re run by the same folks it looks like.) www.famecast.com If you aren’t signed up yet, it’s EASY and takes just a second or two. It would help us out so very much too! Remember! You can vote every day in both this and Mayercraft competition, you can vote EVERY DAY!

--------------------------------------2. MAYERCRAFT CARRIER COMPETITION-------------------------------------
We signed up for a chance to play on John Mayer's Cruise ship. We are one of hundreds of bands, but somehow found ourselves one of the top bands and now need your help more than ever to keep us there. www.PlayMayercraft.com Voting is easy, but you have to register. (It's a drag, I know, but it only takes a couple of seconds.) NOTE: Though we are one of the top bands on the buzz factor, that doesn't mean we have the most votes. YOU CAN VOTE ONCE A DAY until January 30th. Bands receiving the most votes will advance to the next round of competition.

-------------------------------------3. INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS----------------------------------------------
I'm also honored and excited to say that my cover of Paul Simon's amazing song "America" has been selected as a Finalist for the IMAs! www.IndependentMusicAwards.com I need your votes for the Vox Populi (the peoples' choice award!) Voting is super duper easy. All you have to do is enter an email address and a password. Tell your friends to vote, too!

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Thank you so so so much for your help!
Love,megan (and the band too!)
www.myspace.com/meganslankard • www.MeganSlankard.com • (Also look us up on Facebook!)

"Well, if you don't have its name yet, what is the working title?"

This has been asked throughout the life of our new recording project. Honestly, we've just been calling it, "the record".

You think I would be close to having something picked out by now. I mean, now that the recording is actually finished and "the record" is in the hands of our mixer Dave. It's kind of like taking the baby home from the hospital and calling it, "the baby" while you get used to it being in your house.

Maybe that's better. Maybe everyone should do that. What if "Dora" or "Steve" - being a name you picked out in advance - doesn't "go" with your baby. I mean, what if you take the baby home and it looks more like a "Hoover" or "Grace".

Maybe, in the movie Dirty Dancing, the Housemans stuck with "Baby" for this very reason.

Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

I know what I'm doing right now. I do; I admit. I am trying to come up for an excuse for not having named "the record" yet. Honestly, I don't even know what it looks like because I don't have artwork either.

Wow.

What is going on here? I think I understand "The Beatles" (The White Album) now.

Good one, guys. You procrastinators...

I wonder if my letter will arrive on time. Happy New Year everybody! Thanks for sticking around so long and waiting for us to get off our butts and write this new record. (We're SO excited!) 2009 is going to be a lovely year. It rolls off the tongue: "two thousand nine." Beautiful. We love you!

I did it again. I told myself I wasn't going to, but I did it anyway. I ate way too much. And not "uncomfortable" too much, I somehow ignored the warning signs, and before I knew it, well, I'm close to explosion.

I can't say no to the cookies.
Or the pie.
I can't say no to the Mac n' Cheese (heck yes Mac n' Cheese. It's more festive than you'd think.)
I can't say no to the potatoes or the salad.
The bread. Love the bread.
I can't say no to the stuffing, or the, or the, or the...

I hope you're having amazing holiday(s). Stay warm and safe and snugly. Put on a rockin' CD. Just remember, we love you and appreciate you (and your votes!) so don't eat until you explode.

Hey yous!

I can't believe it's that big holiday-make/eat a lot of food/cookies-giving season already...! Happy Holidays! I guess it's also the time of year for asking favors...

I was wondering if we could ask a couple little favors from you - our friends, family, and supporters.

So, here it goes: We need your votes in two different places!

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1. (John) Mayercraft Carrier Competition
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We signed up for a chance to play on John Mayer's Cruise ship. We are one of hundreds of bands, but somehow found ourselves one of the top bands and now need your help more than ever to keep us there.

www.PlayMayercraft.com

Voting is easy, but you have to register (it's a drag, I know, but it only takes a couple of seconds.)

NOTE: Though we are one of the top bands on the buzz factor, that doesn't mean we have the most votes. YOU CAN VOTE ONCE A DAY until January 30th. Bands receiving the most votes will advance to the next round of competition.

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2. Independent Music Awards
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I'm also honored and excited to say that my cover of Paul Simon's amazing song "America" has been selected as a Finalist for the IMAs!

www.IndependentMusicAwards.com

I need your votes for the Vox Populi (the peoples' choice award!) Voting is super duper easy. All you have to do is enter an email address and a password (you can make 'em both up if you want to). Tell your friends to vote, too!

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Thank you so so so much for your help!

Love,
megan (and the band too!)

www.myspace.com/meganslankard
www.MeganSlankard.com
(Also look us up on Facebook!)