New R&B Music

Just a short blog tonight.. 
Found this new artist a couple weeks ago. Name is Justin Garner. He is gonna be big really soon. Voice is amazing and he sings R&B. His style is a little bit like a Jay Sean and Jason DeRulo mix which makes for a pretty hott album. His album "Sound of My Heart" is available to download at iTunes U.S. & International, Amazon.com/MP3, Zune, Myspace Digital Store, Napster / Best Buy, 
Rhapsody, LaLa, or at JustinGarner.com. 

Or Listen to the album for freeeeee at www.justingarner.com/fr_home.cfm

Next up we have Dondria a product of ATL powerhouse So So Def & Jermaine Dupree. Check out this video of her single "You're the One" it speaks for itself.



DONDRIA "YOU'RE THE ONE" from SO SO DEF on Vimeo.


Staying on the R&B kick. New singer named Brandon Hines. These sexy vocals are paired up with some insane beats and these lyrics are so smooth. I get this really strong Trey Songz /Ray J vibe from him. Check this out.a

Let me know what you all think!
Just remember where you heard it first! :)

Perfect Fit...

Love at first Sight...
You know when you get that feeling that God is posting the most obvious signs right in front of your face. Its like neon arrows, blinking, saying >>>> THIS WAY<<<<! Well I got one of those "hello! over here" type of signs tonight. The story begins about a year ago when I started begging my mother, like a homeless person on a street corner, for a puppy. At first, it was just a phase that I was going through. Knowing I wanted a puppy, but knew I wasn't really in a place where I could care for one. This phase has since circled back around the passed few months. This could be due to the fact that 1. I live alone. 2. I need something to care for other than my self in my life right now and 3. They are just so darn cute. And so many more reasons that I could go on for hours. Due to the return of the puppy madness around my apartment, I have been searching/researching different breeds, food, shelter, vets ect. online. I finally decided that I am undeniably a big dog person. I just don't see myself putting a dog in a purse and walking out the door. Please picture this, because it's a pretty funny mental picture if you know me. Anyways, I am pretty set on German Shepherd. Lots of exercise,playful, and durable! Just like me. I have done endless searches on the internet, at adoption and rescue agencies. None of these puppies just stood out as "THE ONE". I figured it would be in my best intrest to hold off until I saw one I just HAD to have. Tonight everything was clicking, I was browsing the local adoption website and there she was, #1 on the list. The most adorable perfect puppy I have ever seen! (INSERT BIG BLINKING NEON ARROW HERE) Her name is Jill. If that isn't a sign I don't know what is. She is a full bred German Shepherd, neutered and shots already started. If I wasn't obsessed with the idea already. I AM NOW! She is "THE ONE" and I gotta get her! God said so! :) So wish me luck on my application! Sorry Mom... 


Check out little Jilly Jr. here >>> www.adoptapet.com/pet3642454.html

Play with the big dogs... your gonna get bit!

Today was an interesting day! 4 hours of class, 4.5 games of basketball, 45 minutes in the Emergency room, 4 beautiful stitches, and 1 huge hole in my lip. I know, I know I am accident prone. I don't do it on purpose though believe me! I am beginning to believe that getting in some kind of accident is like my own little  welcoming to a new or different place. First broke my wrist, hello Sterling. Oh...You are back to basketball after your wrist surgery... well in that case, Hello ACL. I leave sterling, move to Stillwater and go wake boarding the first couple weeks, Hello 12 stitches in the head. One last time move back to Sterling, welcome back, ACL #2. Welcome to Tulsa Oklahoma, mine as well check my self into a padded room! 4th time is a charm! Well now that you all have my medical history. I'll finish my story.


I was playing basketball up at TCC. It is unfortunately all guys, and I am the only girl that plays up there. Thankfully the guys let me play. And from the first day I have not gotten treated any different than any of the other guys that play up there. I can definately hold my own though. But today, I caught an elbow to the lower lip. My teeth went clean through. 4 stitches later and I was back on the court. This is what happens when you play with the big dogs.... you get bit!


Not to worry I am fine. No tears were shed and no teeth were lost. But I did manage to film my PA stitching me up. So enjoy my short montage

The Suture from Jill Boeckman on Vimeo.

My Place

    Wow, I can't believe how long it has been since I have written. Alot has happened since I wrote last. I have been volunteering at a Physical Therapy place here in Tulsa. I got a job at Finish Line. Not exactly what I wanted but a job is a job! I had the pleasure of getting to see all my Sterling baseball friends in Tulsa when they beat up on top ranked Rogers State! Enjoyed the unusual 60 degree weather. Watched as two of my best friends fell in love which was so exciting to see. And last but certainly not least saw my dad actually jump for joy as his team beat # 1 Pawnee in the Regional finals. 

    Do you have that one place that you can go and everything seems to click for you. That place where everything seems to make sense and where you understand everything that is going on around you. That place where you can sit for hours and think by yourself. That place where you have been since you were to  young to remember. Well I have one of those places. That place that can take me back to the glory days or just clear my head and help me get back to the person I want to be. My magical place is the Chisholm High School gym. Now I know what you are thinking. O that makes sense she loves basketball. Nope thats not even the main reason I love going there. Its familiar, its a place of family, its a place of past and present, its a place where no one bothers me. Ever since I could drive I have been sneaking out to the gym by myself. Turn my music loud, and forget about all the troubles around me. There is something about shooting baskets that calms me. It may be the repetition, or the muscle memory that I don't have to think about anything that does it. The one thing I know going to the gym takes me back to the days in my past where I was a better me. Yah Yah your thinking I'm reliving the days of actually playing basketball in that gym huh!? Wrong again. I was practically born in that gym. I have ate slept and played in that gym since I was born. So many of my memories come from there. My mom would pick my pacifier off of the gym floor and stick it back in my mouth. I have tagged along to practices with my dad since I was able to walk. I learned how to play the game I love there. I had my first kiss in that gym. It's the place where both sides of my family can get together and cheer for a person they both love. I have seen triumphs, tragedies, and heartbreaks. After prom, where me and all of my friends played games and won prizes. Graduation caps flying in the air, packed house for wheat capital tournaments, meeting one of my best friends when I was 5 years old there. Kelcy and I getting dressed alike for games, and then switching places on our parents, because we looked so much alike. I could go on for hours about all of the memories I have in that place and most of them don't even have anything to do with basketball. But one of my favorite moments that happened last weekend when I went home for the Regional tournament. After the last game on Friday, I went down on the floor like I have since I was 2 years old to shoot around. And soon after that my dad came over and started rebounding for me. Doesn't seem like much, but we hadn't done this since I was in high school. It was the best feeling to have him there caring even though I don't play anymore. I know he always said " I don't even care if you play basketball. Do what you want to do." but the love of the game just came naturally from being in my place for so long and seeing how much he loves the game. So thanks dad for just being a coach. Not even my coach. Because even though you didn't yell at me or push me the way I always begged you to do, I pushed my self just as hard. And because of you I will always love the game and my place.

Pure At Heart

     Sometimes I wish that I could go back about 17 years. Back to where everything was so clear. So simple and easy. Back before this world tore so much away from us. Today, I met Landon, an amazing 6 year old hopeless romantic. I was getting my phone fixed today when he an his mother walked in. He waited so patiently chatting away to his mother until I felt a tap on my arm. Landon reached out for a hand shake."Hello, my name is Landon. What is your name." He sounded so proper and had the sweetest little grin. This is what I learned about Landon after our short introduction. 
"Do you know how to make spaghetti?"...."You put the noodles in a biiiiiggg pan with the water then put on the sauce. You can even add big meat balls if you want." I was pretty sure this kid knew more about cooking then I did! But he just continued on without a pause. Landon said with out breathing. "I am six and I am in first grade. I don't go to school though. I just stay home, and I have a batman leap frog laptop." Then he referenced a movie in which they talked about batman. Then Landon said the most adorable thing in the world."I have a girlfriend. Her name is Rachel. We sing together in choir and from the second I saw her I knew that I loved her." It made me want to melt right there in my chair. It made me what to give this kid a hug and say don't lose your innocence. Then it made me hurt, because I knew that the world would tear that away from him in just a few years. It seems like kids are being forced to grow up sooner and sooner these days just to keep up with the world. I wish we could keep that pureness of heart all of our lives. I wish that innocence lasted forever but the real world is beckoning so to be able to see just a glimpse of that in the eye of a child for a few minutes today was a real blessing. 

One last thing! Do you remember that first crush. That first time a boy/girl asked for your number. Do you remember running back to your friends/ sisters to tell them all about it, all the details and you blushing all giggling together. Today, I got my first boy moment with my little sister. Right after school was out I got a text from my 10 year old little sister saying guess what! " My crush got my phone number today. He just flat out ask me for it!" I could hear the excitement right through the screen! She has liked this boy for about 2 years now and he finally makes the move! :) I'm so happy she includes me in her life. Sister moments are something I never got in my life. So to have her here to make up for all those sisterless years is a dream come true! I love you sissy!


P.S. Landon also tells jokes. " You are driving a bus. 4 people get on 16 people get off. 4,390 get on and 1,234 people get off. 2 Million people get on and 3 get off. What color are the bus drivers eyes?..... Do you know the answer!?...... YOU are the bus driver dummy :) 

No, No, No

 No, No, No     
      One, two, three..... thirty-seven. That is how many people told me NO today. Today was devoted to finding a job. I went through every single physical therapy center in Tulsa. Nope nobody is hiring. The only thing I got was a time to go observe at one PT clinic! Which is more than the thirty-six other places that just plain shut me down. So, I moved on the everything else in Tulsa. I basically filled out applications till my eyes went blue... well blue- er! But, Winston Churchill said it the best "Never, nerver, never give up!" and " Wars are not won by evacuations". These words keep me going! I will find a job and I will keep looking until I do.  


Yes, Yes, Yes
      Not all bad news I promise! Today,I found out that one of my friends and her husband are Preggo! I'm super happy for them! This kid is going to have the time of its life! Not only is it going to be the fastest little kid on the planet but its going to have the best Aunt in the world! So best of luck to you! :) 
      The Sterling College Lady Warriors are now the KCAC conference champions for the 4th season in a row!! I cant tell you how proud of these girls I am. They were just our little munchkins the last couple of years and they have overcome so many injuries to keep prevailing! It is so amazing to watch peoples growth through adversity and I wish I could be there to see more of it!
    

    

Valentine's Day Jams

    Well, of course I could talk about love today since it IS a day fully devoted to love or I could be a cynic since I haven't had much luck with love lately but that wouldn't change anything. And I still believe in falling head over heels with THE ONE someday, so making this day miserable would just be a waste of day. So instead of wasting this blog talking about guys and love and all that blah blah blah I'll tell you what I do love. 
1. God
2. Immediate and extended family 
3. Friends
4. And MUSIC!
5. and a whole lot of other stuff that will eventually be touched on throughout this blog im sure!


Here are my Love Music Picks for this lovely day.𝄞
To play any of these songs just click on the title. :) Enjoy


1.  You Got Me- Colbie Caillat
2.  Haven't Met You Yet- Michael Buble
3.  I'll Be- Edwin Mcain
4.  I and Love and You- The Avett Brothers
5.  More Than Words- Frankie J
6.  Down ( Candlelight Remix)- Jay Sean
7.  The Way I Am- Ingrid Michaelson
8.  Thinking of You- Katy Perry
9.  Love Somebody Like You- Keith Urban
10. She Will Be Loved- Maroon 5 
11. She Is Love- Parachute
12. By Your Side- Tenth Avenue North
13. Try- Asher Book
14. Like You Do- Angel Taylor
15. Loverboy- Nicolle Galyon-Clawson Check this one out! 


Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day! Much Love!

George.

GEORGE

      If I could peg the dissolution of the world today on one person or group of people, it would be on the Lydians. 700 B.C. is when it all started to go down hill. Who and what are the Lydians you ask. They are the whole reason 95% of people are stressed right to their cores.(An exaggerated piece of data don't quote me). Money. They invented it. But for reasons closer to this day in age I am just gonna blame it on good ol George W... Washington that is. Gah! We can't blame EVERYTHING on the Bush administration. George is on the dollar bill. Something that I have very few of these days. Being on my own isn't quite the glamorous life I had in mind. The whole no job and no money thing got old OOOO about 3 weeks ago. They say money doesn't buy you happiness, but it is sure a whole lot more fun. I never realized how much not having any money can paralyze you. I know what you are thinking ... DUH. But really. Think about how much less stressful our lives would be without that nagging pain or thrill of having or not having money.  You get what you need and want. 

1.No national debt. 

2.No taxes. 

3.No overdrawn notices.

4. No loans for school. 

5. No need for insurance. 

6.. Less violence. 

7. Everyone would be happy. Pure bliss. 

I realize this never would work out. But a girl can dream right.

I really can not do anything around this town especially without using some cash I don't have. No Gas money. No lunches to get out of the house. No sonic runs. and No chasing cowboys at the PBR for a cousins weekend in the city :( So I find my self stuck inside my apartment coming up with some really lame ideas to keep me from getting cabin fever until I find a job. Today's task was pedicure and manicures FO FREE! I figured since tomorrow is Valentines day and all I would treat myself to a little pampering. Then I figured out its really not so much pampering when you have to do it your self! I also realized that my 10 year old little sister is 100 times better at painting nails than I am. But despite my lack of practice I do believe they turned out quite well. 

So until my Valentine, George rolls around I need some free, fun activities to keep me entertained! Let me know your ideas in the comment section! Everyone have a great Valentines day full of love ones and happiness!! If you are looking for some great Valentines jams check out tomorrows blog! 

More  Less Money, More Problems Pictures of the Day

 

Outta Luck, Outta Love

Night In The Casa/ Apt.
Outta luck, well mostly yes no luck in the job search today but I did succeed in project smile! Outta Love,  yes again and with Valentine's day right around the corner its not looking so hott for me this year! 2011 will be better! 
Tonight was a night of relaxation. The great thing about living by yourself is you do everything on your own time. So tonight...
1. Cooked a great dinner. Spaghetti.
2. A glass of Boeckman Wine
3. 2010 Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony
4. A litte Def Leppard
5. Bubble Bath
6. Went through old pictures.


I just want to say that I LOVE the Olympics! It doesn't matter if it is winter or summer or special olymipcs. I think that they hold so much pride in their home country and in the athletes that represent them. A really horrific accident happened at the luge practice run this morning. Being the athletic trainer that I am, I wanted to see the MOI aka. the mechanism of injury and to see how the medical staff responded to the accident so I went to YouTube. I found the video and was looking at some of the heartfelt comments below when I came to one that read "I thought it was kinda funny". O man was I heated. Boiling. On Fire. I can not believe someone could say such a thing after watching a video like that and knowing the results. This is not a TV show, this is not a video game, this is someone son, someone boyfriend a human being. And to see someone degrade him like that is just unreal to me. Anyways I was really glad to see that the IOC take a moment of silence for him and honor him by dedicating the ceremony to his memory. On a lighter note. What was up with the bum tap dancing fiddlers in Dante's Inferno? I thought it portrayed Canada in a very creepy light. But the slam poetry was amazing. So full of life and pride. I loved the line "don't let your baggage define your travel". 


On to the Def Leppard! In the light of their hit song "Photograph" and the fact I was looking at old photographs tonight. Here are some of my favorites of non party pics. Enjoy!

Project Smile :)

Project Smile 2010

     So, I have the extremely bad habit of  looking in peoples cars as I pass them on the highway. I just like to see what other people do when they are driving. I was driving to class tonight and I realize it was 5 o'clock traffic on the highway, but I was checking in on people as I drove passed just like I always do. There was a girl texting and driving with her knees, a lady shoving a burger in her mouth, a truck driver that was leaning completely into the passenger side out of sight, a lady reading a packet of papers, about 43 people staring blankly ahead, and one guy yelling at his kids in the back seat of his minivan. What I realized was that not one person had a smile on their face. Not one person that looked like they were enjoying their precious life on this earth. I know not everyone gets into their car and starts to sing and dance like I do but really not one smile. I started looking at everyones faces more while I was walking to class and you could see the stress and sadness wearing on everyones shoulders. So my new goal everyday is to focus on smiling more. Smile because I am alive. Smile because I am healthy. And smile because its fun! Smiling and laughing is infectious. So, if I can make someone's day just by flashing my pearly whites then my day has been worth something. I challenge each one of you to take 5 simple minutes out of your day and focus on smiling. Make someone's day. I dare you! :) 

P.S. What makes you truly happy. What makes you smile. Gimme some feedback I would love to hear it!

THE weekend...

 Getcha Grandma On    
    Sorry I haven't written in a few days. I was actually busy on a weekend for once in a long time. I could not have asked for a better weekend away from Tulsa. I was in much need of a little best friend/ brother and sister time. On Friday, I got up super early. Quickly passed my online Dev. Psych test, and got ready to go to Sterling, KS for the day. When I walked out of the garage for the first time I looked across the street to find an estate sale going on. This shocked me because the last I knew about the little old lady that lived next door was still alive and growing her beautiful flowers. But unfortunately I have been gone for a while so I guess I'm not quite in the loop. I saw a bunch of furniture and stuff so I decided to go check it out since I have a VERY empty apartment. Can I just say that this old lady had the best taste ever! I found my self stuck in the jewelry section. I found the most amazing necklace to wear to the Nicolle Galyon concert I was going to later that night. It was a gold necklace with a beautiful pendant on the end. The pendant was a clock (a working one) and on the other side had a multicolor jewel. I was very proud of my find and Im sure the little old lady would be proud that someone else loves her possessions as much as she did. You ever think, when you die, what is going to happen to all that stuff you just absolutely had to have? I hope my belongings go to someone that appreciate them. But hopefully with God's blessing I will not have to find out any time soon. 


 Sterling, Kansas
     The only thing you need to know about Sterling, KS is that it is a typical small town. And when I say small I mean one stop light, one grocery store kinda place. But that is not what keeps me relentlessly going back to the little, one main street place. Its the people, the community, the feeling of Home no  matter whose house you are at. It's the feeling that when you walk on campus you know everyone, and everything about them. The good and the bad. It's the family that takes you under their wing for the four years of school, brings you into their home, and watches you grow up right along with their kids. To say that the middle of no where, Sterling, Kansas has blessed me would be an understatement. Most of the time while going to school there you would rather be any where else. But, as I have graduated and moved away to a city that is at the opposite end of the spectrum, I can only wait for the few days when I can return to the small town to visit my home away from home. The Mantz family has needless to say been my extended family for the past 5 years of my life. They have given me so much and have brought so much to my life. They gave me the one thing no one could give me. A brother and a sister. Raegan and Dalton are a permanent part of my family. I have practically watched them grow up. Dalton was barely walking when I met him and Raegan was barely in kindergarten. Now my brother is a walking sports almanac and my sister is a gymnastics diva! I would not trade my family time for anything in the world! It's a good thing that the world has evolved enough to be able to skype them every week or I might go insane!

I only wish I was this creative and took this picture... so cute.


Back to the weekend. 
Friday. 

1.   Basement Boys.  I was treated to lunch with 2 of my basement boys! These guys kept me sane for most of my time at Sterling and it was great to see them, but it was definitely weird with out J- Love there . It felt like we were missing something. But always a fun time with them. 
2. SCAT. I got to reconnect with my Sterling College Athletic Training family. It was great to see all of you guys. We spend so much time together during the year and in the training room its crazy not having them around to gossip about who got what surgery or who is doing who's rehab. I hope to find a PT family that always has each others back as much as we do. And got some great news that Kim is going to be moving to Norman to be the OU Volleyball Athletic Trainer! Super excited for her to be come down this way! Congrats
3. Crackberry. Yes I broke my brand new one!
4. Renee. I was missing my best friend for so long. I didn't get to see her much this last semester because of how busy we both were but going from living with each other/ playing basketball together/working together over the summer to not seeing her at all really hit me hard. But we always pick right back up where we left off . It was good to have my wingman back :)
5. Nicolle Galyon. We went to a bar in Hutchinson, KS called the W, cute little bar that just opened not too long ago to see Nicolle Galyon play. Nicolle is a singer/ songwriter from Sterling that now lives in Nashville. She is absolutely amazing. I could go on about her but I just let her speak for herself, check her out at www.myspace.com/nicollegalyonmusic. Also, she does a great blog using her flip cam to document everyday of 2010 its under my blog list as The Flip Project. 
5. Friends. I was so excited to see a couple of my sterling friends at the concert. They made it that much more fun. Thanks EB and Kate for making it out!
6. More Fun.Carl's bar, shuffle board, Macs house, and sleep.




Saturday
Was all about my little sister's gymnastics meet in Wichita. She did so amazing and it amazes me how much we are alike for us to not be actual sisters. I was exactly like her at that age. So competitive, determined, and fearless. Man, how I would love to get back to that little girl that enjoyed every second of everything with so much energy. Raegan is just starting to compete in a new level so it was tough for her but she still did awesome! And getting to hang with the little monster for those 4 hours were so entertaining. I was a human jungle gym for him but I wouldn't have it any other way. Going to gymnastics meets are so dangerous form me because they just make me so anxious to become a gym mom. I want to watch my girl doing the very thing I loved and still love to do. But on the other hand I am more than happy to curb my enthusiasm watching Rae. 

Brother Love & Stud Sister

★Let It Sprinkle!★

Let It Sprinkle ★ Let It Sprinkle ★ Let It Sprinkle 

    Today was a super gloomy day it sprinkled the entire day. But I woke up early this morning with out the slightest sound of my annoying little alarm clock! I have to make sure I absolutely hate the song that wakes me up in the morning because if one of my favorite songs wakes me up ... well it will no longer hold its title! As I was saying! I woke up determined as ever despite the weather! I did a quick cram session of the material I have learned of the past 4 years and put on the I AM A ROCKSTAR smile and went to take my test! 4 hours later! Completely mentally drained I walked out in the rain and felt so much relief! I literally stood out in the sprinkles for like 5 mins (which is like 2.5 seconds in Jill time) and just remembered how many long and hard hours I have put in to get this far. How many 8 hour soccer games we sat out in the sprinkles/ terenchal rain just praying no one got hurt so we didn't have to get out from under our ponchos! The journey makes the destination so much sweeter. So when I get there its going to be as sweet as American honey!


Tips of the day:
1. Run in the rain. And remember how many times it rained on your parade and then look at where you are now. Enjoy it!
2. Call home! They enjoy your life as much as you do! Let them in.
3. Don't ever loose site of your dreams, no matter how much fog their is!
4. Rock out to Lady Antebellum's new Album "Need You Now"!!!

Picture of the day

This was supposed to be Tulsa's skyline at night but sprinkling+ driving+blackberry camera=

THE test...

Take Two
Tomorrow is a big day for me. I retake my Athletic Training certification test. I am super nervous again for some reason even though I have studied and know this stuff. Something about it just scares the heck out of me. I really need to pass this thing for so many different reasons...
1. I just spent a LOT of money at a private college to get my degree and well that means nothing without being certified.
2. I need a job BAD!
3. It will definitely help my chances of getting into Physical Therapy school next year.
Anyways, even through all the nerves today one person can always make me feel like I can pull through this. So when I got a super special voice mail from my best friend in Florida, it made all of this studying and worrying so worth it. He reminded me that I AM a Rock Star and I WILL pass this test! Its always great to have that one person that always holds you up. No Matter how down you get on yourself! So, for that I am forever grateful! 

THE Test.. from Jill Boeckman on Vimeo.

Study Break
Basically studying took over my day today, but I found some time to do some laundry! The funny thing about this is that I hardly ever do laundry so it was piling up pretty bad. So I walked over to the laundromat in my apartment complex and threw a couple loads in. While I was waiting I was listening to my Ipod and naturally rocking out. Especially because I was in there by myself! I wasn't paying much attention while I was dancing around singing into a broomstick when another guy walked in! I didn't hear or see him until I turned around. He was just standing there laughing at me! I know he was jealous he couldn't keep up with my moves so I just laughed back. I love being me and not caring what everyone else thinks about me. Sometimes I wish I could do that more often!. ... anybody else have any caught in the moment stories?! Please! Do tell! I would love to hear it!