hold me just a little tighter when they’re playing our song, make me smile when my night has gone wrong.

Sometimes I wonder why I never became an actor.

I can smile when I'm sad, burp half the alphabet, screech like a monkey and I have this uncanny ability to always win at rock, paper, scissors. Plus, I can put Kate Hudson in 'How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days' to shame - I can lose one in less then 7 days..

Be an actor. Maybe I'll add that to my Bucket List. Or my New Years Resolution List. Or my To Do List. Or my Grocery List. My life has officially become a mess of jot notes, plans, dreams, and lists written on torn up, half soaked starbucks paper napkins.

I just rolled back into town from my vacation to Jamaica. I'm not using the word 'rolled' in a gangster, Snoop Dogg kinda way. When I say rolled, I literally mean I had to roll myself off the plane after a week of all inclusive food and drinks. I never want to see an all you can eat buffet again.

Just kiddinggg! Tomorrow I'll be ready to stuff my face 15 times a day again. Okay, I'm exaggerating, I only ate about 8 times a day there.

Before I went on vacation, I was contacted to do an interview with an up and coming country singer, Kira Isabella. 

I didn't know much about her, so I started doing some research and was blown away by her and how much she's been doing the last year, at only 18.

I'm trying to rememeber when I was 18. What did I even do in my free time? Was I still playing with Barbies and daydreaming about the day that the stars would collide and me and Nick Carter would finally end up together?

I hope not. About the Barbie thing, I mean. I'm still holding out for Nick.

Anyways, Kira was super sweet and down to earth. I love seeing talented people become successfull and not be phased or damaged by all the craziness that can come with the music industry. She was well spoken, and well rounded and very refreshing. I can't wait to follow her success and see what she accomplishes the next year, I can honestly say I know I'm going to be seeing a lot more of her around in the new year!

Kira will be featured on CMT's Christmas Special "Gift Of Giving" with some other amazing country artists as well. Definitely check it out on one of these days! As well, her song "Country Boy for Christmas" will be featured on the CMT compliation Christmas C.D.

I have it. I dig it. Then again, I listen to Christmas songs and the Aladdin soundtrack year round.

Okay. Back to daydreaming about Nick Carter...

CMT Airdates:

Saturday, December 3 at 9am ET/6PT, 1pm ET/10PT and 10pm ET/7PT
Sunday, December 4 at 7pm ET/4PT
Tuesday, December 6 at 6pm ET/3PT and 11pm ET/8PT
Friday, December 9 at 9pm ET/6PT
Sunday, December 11 at 10pm ET/7PT
Thursday, December 15 at 8pm ET/5PT and 12am ET/9PT
Friday, December 16 at 1am ET/10PT
Saturday, December 17 at 9am ET/6PT
Sunday, December 18 at 10am ET/7PT
Monday, December 19 at 4pm ET/1PT
Thursday, December 22 at 11pm ET/8 PT
Friday, December 23 at 7pm ET/4 PT
Saturday, December 24 at 8pm ET/5PT
Sunday, December 25 at 7pm ET/4PT

OWN Airdates:
Sunday, December 18 at 2pm ET/11PT
Tuesday, December 20 at 9pm ET/6PT

W Network Airdate:
Saturday, December 10 at 1pm ET/10PT

YTV Airdates:
Monday, December 19 at 10pm ET/7PT
Saturday, December 24 at 11pm ET/8PT 

Until next time, 

D Rylee.

Hold my beer, while I kiss your girlfriend.

(Recap from my Calgary Stampede advanture's!!) It's day... I don't even know what day of Stampede it is.

I somehow have managed to blame this on the fact that all the deep fried food I've been eating is likely soaking into my brain and killing brain cells. I also blame this on the fact that I'm staying in an attic for all of stampede and it always appears to be night time in the attic, therefore my days are a little messed up.

Okay, it's not exactly an attic that I'm staying in. I'm staying at my publicists cute apartment downtown Calgary, but just because it's cute, doesn't mean that it's not plus 40 degrees at any given moment in the entire place, or that it has proper lighting, or that it doesn't feel like what I'd assume at attic would feel like. Minus that pink itchy insulation that my attic at home is filled with.

I decided to be a nice person and buy Jen a present for letting me stay for so long. (I also made her dinner every night and gourmet tuna sandwiches for weekend snacks - just sayin')

A fan seemed like a pretty suitable present.

It hasn't been turned off since I bought it, and we sleep with it blowing on our faces at night.

Yes, this is exactly what I imagine an attic to be like.

I had an interview with country sensation Aaron Pritchett today. Country sensation sounds so cliche and a litle corny, but he sings country, and he's a sensation, so.. work with me here.

We made our way to the dirtayy north of Calgary without getting lost and met up with Aaron at the restaurant of the hotel he was staying at - after talking to him, I actually realized that I know his son, Jordan, who's in the band Faber Drive. How I didn't link the last name together before beats me! Small world!

He hooked us up with passes for his show at Nashville North that night (which means we got to skip the 6 hour lineup for the show - Thank you!)

The show was unreal. Great crowd, vibe, and performance. Aaron gave me and Jen shoutouts throughout the show which was pretty rad of him, and then we all hung out for a bit after the show.

Earlier, during the interview, I had asked him 'do you have any hidden talents?' - he couldn't think of anything on the spot, so he said that he'd rack his brain and answer it after the show.

After spending an hour trying to hunt down glass beer bottles for his hidden talent (who would of known there's absolutely no glass allowed at the stampede grounds) we were able to see what his hidden talent really is.. and well, you'll have to watch the video to see what happens. ;)

And then, me and Jen went home to our fan.

xo

As I'm staring through this fire, it's too late to make you mine, so far from where we started, so far from what we wanted.

I go to carnivals for three reasons.

1.) Going on rides that make people with weak stomachs puke.

2.) Eating deep fried twinkles until I feel like I'm going to puke.

3.) Checking out the sweet music performances that end up on the weeklong setlist.

This year, as usual, I didn't break any traditions. It's always bittersweet when Stampede ends, real life usually isn't quiiiite as fun as Stampede life - however if I ate one more mini donut, my butt was going to start resembling one.

First interview of Stampede was State of Shock.

I met the band years ago when they were opening for a friends band, they were really sweet then, and just as sweet when I met them this time. I've always dug and respected their catchy rock music, and they just released a new album so I figured, what better time to talk to them about that.. and deep fried koolaid - which we later found out yes, does exist, and no, we couldn't find it anywhere at stampede... even though me & Jen dedicated half a day to looking for it.

The sun was super bright that day, which means I turn into a ghost halfway through the interview, and the weird music in the background was courtesy of some opera singer wailing away, but the guys gave a great interview nonetheless, can't wait to see what this group does next!

xoxo,

Devan