Jason Mraz checked in with fans on his Blogspot on Sunday (October 3), offering his thoughts on how he is a bit on auto pilot while on the road. The singer songwriter tells readers:

After nearly 10 years of touring I hardly seemed phased by it anymore. Only audiences continue to challenge me – the rest is a blur I let my subconscious deal with. The dash between cities; the wait, the transporting of humans and stuff, the load-ins and load-outs, the packing and unpacking of a tractor-trailer – this is what touring is 22 hours of the day. A well-oiled machine made possible by a family of technical geniuses who have the ability to see the big picture when unpacking miles of cable each morning.

When I arrive in a city on a day off, I sometimes forget to look up to see which hotel chain I’ll be entrusting with my sleep and valuables. My faith lay in management for them to select hotels that meet our standards for business-traveler-earth-friendly-excellence.

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Jason Mraz checked in with fans on his Blogger on Friday (October 1), discussing the Pepsi Refresh Everything contest and green ideas. The singer songwriter tells readers:

In June of 2010, I visited the ravaged Gulf of Mexico with friend and photographer, Jen Rosenstein. At the time, the beaches of Grand Isle, Louisiana were deserted and off limits to us. We knew our only hope in making a difference would be to use our voice, share Jen’s images, and rally citizens far and wide to shift their attention on greener solutions – not protesting – but simply acting strongly FOR safer and smarter ways of powering our conveniently electric lives.

One simple way we can make a huge leap in progress for Green ideas is to VOTE in this November election. Seriously! By electing environmentally conscious leaders we can CAUSE A SHIFT in the world and gain access to the wind and solar energy that’s right there waiting for us to harness. The hold up in Washington for decades is always “fear of spending” while oil money pays congress to not move on these issues. Yikes! Isn’t it time for a generation to stand up to the oil bullies who continue to devastate and destroy our home?

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Jason Mraz checked in with fans on his blog at MySpace on Sunday (September 26), discussing how an autograph signing session turned into a water soaking on Saturday. The singer songwriter tells readers:

Last night outside of the gig in Searcy, Arkansas a crowd lined up on a lawn between the auditorium and the bus to cheer, exchange high fives, snap pictures and have my signature scribbled on an assortment of items, mostly ticket stubs. Like a scene from the movie in my mind, just as I happened upon the large crowd, the sprinklers came on. Screams of delight and muted panic rose from the men and women, who were all now catching a midnight cold. Luckily the Arkansas weather this time of year welcomes this kind of caddyshack foolery. Most of the late-staying patrons seemed to enjoy what had happened. To stop the water from cascading over the lawn, a guy named Shawn – a noble Dad – stood on top of the geyser for 20 minutes, taking the brunt directly up his shorts. When I saluted him from afar, the crowd went wild as they all knew he had saved the occasion. He was indeed the star of the evening. Thanks to he, we could all wade listlessly between the bus and the auditorium without umbrellas or ponchos.

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Jason Mraz updated fans on his blog at MySpace with details on his recently kicked off tour, including that the stage backdrop is made of recycled plastic, Reggaefornia is the band backing him up, they shop locally and make their own food, and there’s voter registration forms at the merch table. Speaking of merch, Jason says there’s a special deal for those carrying $2 bills:

Few people know this – each night, Jerry, our merchandise manager has a special “2 dollar bill item” that isn’t always on display. To acquire this item, you must have a 2 dollar bill. The items range from Polaroids to Pins to Autographed Sheet Music. If you’re ready to spend that 2 dollar bill you’ve kept in your wallet for years, ask for Jerry.

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Jason Mraz checked in with fans on his blog at MySpace on Friday (September 17), discussing how much he enjoys touring and what he might be up to were it not for his career in music. The singer songwriter tells readers:

No matter what’s going on in life – up or down – the best I ever feel, without a doubt, is when I’m onstage, in the middle of a show. From this place I might as well be on an island. There’s no chance I’ll be on the phone or make myself wrong for not responding to an email. There’s no way in hell any bad review or false claim could affect me from this space. Mid-show, especially under the spotlight is the quintessential NOW for any performer. There is no past – and the future clearly isn’t written yet. The bright lights add an element of blindness as if I’m singing into an abyss, talking to the Gods, in trust, and as the audience is sometimes removed from view – it’s as if I’m operating out of the purpose of pure joy. The past two days have been rough for me cosmically. Logistics, the schedule, and bad news have been inconvenient, while tour has it’s typical way of fooling you into thinking you’re alone.

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Jason Mraz checked in with fans on his blog at MySpace on Monday (August 16), offering ideas on how to recycle and upcycle the junk we accumulate. The singer songwriter tells readers:

If you’re self-employed and/or a procrastinator like I, you might spend your weekend poking at projects around the house saying, I’ll do this on Monday. Well, it’s Monday, and those projects are about to get a heavy dose of Vitamin Me.

Being as I’d just returned home from abroad, there is a great deal of mail, large and small to sort out – which, offsprings a great deal of packaging waste, namely cardboard & styrofoam packing peanuts. I make sure to carefully collect them and drop them off at the local postal annex for re-use. There’s nothing I hate more than seeing those little plastic popcorns snowing in my garden or blowing down the street as they can so easily blow out of garbage trucks and landfills and become permanent fixtures in nature, drawing on my brow a look of bewilderment and of my frown, a sad face.

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Jason Mraz checked in with fans on his blog at MySpace on Wednesday (August 11) after enjoying a hike outside Oslo, Norway. The singer songwriter tells readers:

My Scandinavian isn’t good enough to know the difference between the laundry detergent and the body wash, so to play it safe I scrub with the Palmolive hand soap from the sink basin, which leaves my skin feeling silky smooth in the sheets where I lay under a faux bearskin blanket snuggled up with Robert Langdon in the latest Dan Brown decoder. I’ve come here to escape the maze of London and get lost (quite literally) in the mountains of Norway, just outside of Nddlljflek as it appears in my brain without spellcheck. As a songwriter, environment plays a key role in the game of making sh** up. And as it goes – I’m not one who enjoys having to make anything up, preferring instead to put my real life on the line when that line is calling to be written.

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