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TO ALL MY EP FRIENDS: I am sorry I have not been around lately. I am sort of a lousy friend at that. I've become enthralled with this website that I had been on before. It's called Fubar. Basically there are some similarities to EP. You send gifts to people, you can make good friends, you meet awesome people. Also you can rate people on a scale from 1-10 (TIP: ALWAYS ALWAYS rate people a 10 b/c you get points for it and otherwise they'll be on your butt for it). It's basically an online bar and happy hour. You earn mega points pretty quick and you level up from newfu to angel/demon status. There's 30 levels and it takes some time but it gives you something to strive for! Once you get the hang of it it's really REALLY fun! And there's some hot guys/girls on there 2! Including ME! *wink* Bottom line is: I'm almost to angel and I need 25 referrals. I've only got 4 people who have joined so far so I need 21 more to become an angel. It has become increasingly hard to get referrals these days. Of all the friends I have on EP I was hoping at least 21 people could join for me. I promise I will make your experiences on Fubar the most incredible ever. I will take great care of you, make sure you're never out of anything and always get what you want! :) Here's the link to join under MY name:

www.fubar.com/join_w1.php

Hey all...I just wanted to let all my friends know I'm sorry I haven't been online lately. I got sucked back into this website I used to be on and it's sort of like you level up and I've been obsessed with leveling up. Plus I'm not online as much anymore so when I am I'm usually on that site. And I've been having a lot of problems with my pain lately and I'm just really struggling to keep it together.

So sorry all...hope everyone's doing well.

xoxo <3

Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell died Wednesday morning (Jan. 28) at his condo in Orange Park, Fla., near Jacksonville, of an apparent heart attack.

Law enforcement authorities said the musician called 911 around 12:55 a.m. to report that he was having trouble breathing. Paramedics performed CPR, but Powell was pronounced dead shortly before 2 a.m. He had reportedly failed to show up Tuesday (Jan. 27) for an appointment with a heart specialist to undergo a cardiac evaluation.

In what has always been considered a guitar-based band, Powell's distinctive piano work helped define Lynyrd Skynyrd's sound and Southern rock, in general.

Lynyrd Skynyrd co-founder and guitarist Gary Rossington and drummer Artimus Pyle (who left the band in 1992) are now the only living members of the band's lineup who survived a 1977 plane crash that claimed the lives of lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, vocalist Cassie Gaines and road manager Dean Kilpatrick. Guitarist Allen Collins died in 1990, and bassist Leon Wilkeson passed away in 2001.

Powell was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, and attended school in Florida. While majoring in music theory in college, he became a roadie for Lynyrd Skynyrd and performed in a band named Alice Marr. Although biographies differ on when Powell actually became a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the band's official Web site states that he made the transition from roadie in 1970.

Johnny Van Zant, who became Lynyrd Skynyrd's lead vocalist years after Ronnie Van Zant's death, told The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville that his brother invited Powell to join the band after hearing him play piano during a rehearsal of "Free Bird," the song that became a rock anthem.

Following the plane crash, Powell performed with other bands and formed his own group, Alias, in 1979. He joined Rossington and Collins to play in the Rossington-Collins Band and also worked in the Allen Collins Band. In the mid-'80s, Powell played in a contemporary Christian music band called Vision.

By the late '80s, the surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd began playing a series of reunion shows. With Johnny Van Zant handling the vocals, the band launched a national tour in 1991. Powell also recorded a solo album, Second Time Around.

In recent years, Powell and Rossington worked with an evolving list of musicians to continue recording and touring as Lynyrd Skynyrd. The band teamed up with Montgomery Gentry for an episode of CMT Crossroads in 2004. Lynyrd Skynyrd also paid tribute to Hank Williams Jr. during a CMT Giants episode that aired in 2007.

"Billy was a true friend of CMT," said Brian Philips, CMT's executive vice president and general manager. "He and the band were always happy to help us."

In 2008, Lynyrd Skynyrd performed on separate tours with Kid Rock and Hank Williams Jr.

Williams, who has enjoyed a lengthy friendship with the members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, said in a statement, "I will truly miss Billy. We have all lost one of our best rowdy friends."

The band has cancelled shows scheduled for this weekend in Louisiana and Mississippi. In May, they are scheduled for a European tour with shows in Finland, Norway, Germany, Scotland, England, Italy and Switzerland.

As a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Powell was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.

Powell is survived by his wife, Ellen Vera Powell, and four children.

Goodbye and Godspeed Billy...

I MADE THIS SO WHIL YA'LL ARE CRUISING MY PAGE U GOT SOME KEWL TUNES!!!

having a broken arm is ghey...

so i broke my arm which means i will be on here even more intermittently than i thought.

But I DO know when I'll be back again...

OH BABE!!! I HATE TO GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Sorry, anyway...I'm going to Philly tomorrow. My plane leaves at 6:15 a.m. We have a layover in Salt Lake City (wo0t! MOTHERLAND! j/k...ewww...but no offense to Mormons, though I don't think Mormons are allowed to use the computer), then we land in Philly around fourish. Then we're home Sunday around 8 p.m. I prolly won't be on till Monday tho...jet lag is a bitch!

Keep praying for Tulick.