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Tired of waiting? Well the wait is finally OVER! You can hear my first new song 'Taking the Keys' in the music section. I hope to have it available on itunes very soon. This is just the first of many GREAT songs I coming your way. I hope to have my second song 'When Did You Go' ready in the next week or so. I have to thank Chris Sligh for kicking my ass into gear and helping me get this done. I love you Chris! Keep checking back for more songs.
Love,
-Gina
Hi everyone!
This month has all been about recording. I just returned from LA where I am continuing to work on my original material with my producer. The songs are really starting to come together and I can't wait for you to hear them. I am in Nashville this week writing with my dear friend and fellow idol: Chris Sligh. He is an AMAZING song writer and is helping me write MORE material for my album. Don't fret glockstars. . .I promise I will have some music for you very soon.
You might have heard that Lakisha recently got married (it was in PEOPLE magazine). I was there are it was such a beautiful night. Lakisha looked amazing and I got to hang out with Haley, Melinda, and Sanjaya as well. It just gets me even more excited for my wedding this New Years Eve. Between recording, performing and planning my wedding, I am pretty busy right now, but I promise to keep you informed with everything that is going on. Talk to you soon!
Love, Gina
I just wanted to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to everyone who was able to tune into the White Sox game on ESPN. Although, they didn't show me singing the anthem OR God Bless America, it was still an amazing experience! What a rush! it was a great night on all ends, Sox won, and I had the chance to sing twice throughout the game.
Keep coming to the site for more exciting news! There's going to be much more exciting news very soon!
WHATS GOING ON GLOCKSTARS???
Just a little update now that I'm back from Afghanistan and on a normal schedule again.
Thanks you everyone who read my blogs about the trip! You're responses were amazing and made keep writing about it. I couldn't have chosen better people to go with. I've grown so much closer with Justin, Brandon and Nadia and I even stay in touch with a few soldiers!
Joe's and my wedding plans are almost to an end! (Thats very exciting) Just four more months and I'll be Mrs. Ruzicka! Don't worry, I'll be keeping my last name for performing purposes!
As for music, I'm going back to the studio in October! I've got a few more songs so I wanted to make sure that they were perfect before they were recorded!
Thank you all for continuing to support me. Spread the love, tell all of your friends about the site. i'm trying to get it a little more interactive! If anyone has any ideas, email the contact on the site!!
Thats all for now, until next week,
-Gina
So this is blog #2 and I am so happy to write to you today!
This morning, Justin, Brandon and I went for breakfast at the D-Fac.
(dining facility) We had to be at the military airport at 7:00am for
our 9:00 flight on the Blackhawk. We waited for two hours while
soldiers were trying to scare us about the helicopter ride! They sure
do have some great sense of humor out here! We had to put on some
gear before we entered the chopper, a 20 pound bullet proof vest and a
helmet. I was told that since I don't like to fly, I should sit in the back and NOT by the door. We were on our way to two F.O.B's (forward
operating bases). The first one was called Maralis Frasier (im not
sure of the spelling).
We took off and I swear to God, it was the most amazing experience!
I would rather fly in a helicopter than a domestic place any day. We
landed at about 9:15am. We were taken on a tour of the base. It was
mostly a French driven base, only about 20 American soldiers were
there (cute ones at that!) We also met with some marines and took
pictures with their flag. After awhile of talking to them, they asked
if we wanted to shoot in the firing range. Hmm....let me think...HELL
YES! So Justin got to drive the hummer to the range, and I opted to
put on all of the gear and walk my sweaty butt there! I mean, we're
here to experience what the troops do, so why not do what they do and
wear what they wear?? We got to the range, and since I already had
the gear on, I was first. The first one was the machine gun that was
on top of the hummer! This was the first time I've ever pulled a
trigger. The adrenaline that was running through my veins at this
point is just too much to handle, as I was screaming "THIS IS FOR
GRIMES!" (my friend in the military) I couldn't stop firing and I didn't
want to get my hand off of that trigger! When I was done with that
gun, I went to the 250 bravo. I was standing, holding this gun, and I
swear, enlisting went through my head!
The next F.O.B was Methr Lam. I really liked this base! The soldiers
were so happy to see us and we hung out with them for the rest of the
day. These two female soldiers (who were the only two females in the
mechanical unit) took me away and showed me around. Probably to some
places that I wasn't supposed to see, so I won't talk about it, but it
was absolutely amazing. After that Angela and Angelique took me to a little Afghani shop and bought me a beautiful scarf as a souvenir.
we got on the Blackhawk and went home, only this time, I sat in the
front where the windows were open and I sat right next to it! I'm
really hoping that this trip has cured my fear of flying. I had a
little too much sun today and I got pretty nauseous, so when we got
back to Bogram I went right to bed for about 2 hours, then I got to
ichat with Joey for about an hour.
Tomorrow is the same deal, wake up at the crack of dawn and go to
two new F.O.B'S. I'll let you know all about it tomorrow!
miss you and love you,