wow, there goes another year...
in no particular order in 2011, I...
... started a new job that required 2 different types of skills
... made pie pops, cake pops, salad on a stick, two cakes, and not-so-petit fours
... turned 31 and dubbed it the year of the diva
... had 2 very different types of photo shoots
... started a blog
... recorded 5 songs
... paid off all my debts
... bought a car
... fell in love...
... fell out of love
... laughed, cried, and SANG...

i think my 2012 will be pretty EPIC!

My wish for you all in 2012:

what an awesome Christmas! I sang back up vocal for my mom for Silent Night... it was so fun, and interesting to have her as part of the process, where she could see what i was doing, and how it works and what i do when i'm "recording"... 

she sang the melody through the whole song... and i just kinda fluffed around her... it's so fun! i video'd my dad rehearsing too, but mom said i couldn't post the video

so anyhow, here's the recording of me and MaMa Chu singing Silent Night!

i can't help it, i have to put it up, my dad is too cute! mom said i couldn't post on youtube, but this is not so public since you can't search it! so here it is (btw, that's my mom trying to feed my dad mango pudding as he's singing!):

So i heard this song on KBLX on thursday, and was like, "ooohhhh!"

and in the age of the internet and youtube i did a bunch of research and listened to the song over and over and over again, versions by BBKing, Ray Charles, and Christina Aguilera.

Then i looked up any karaoke versions... and there was a generic one, that didn't have the hot "santa came down the chimney" bridge, and Christina's version that had, like, everything... but since i didn't have that much time to learn it exactly like Christina, and cuz her runs are ridiculous, i decided to figure out my own way of doing it, and only after three takes, this is what i got... 
so... MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY!!! I hope you enjoy it!