Inspirational song about standing up against bullying

I just discovered a powerful song that deals with the subject of bullying and making a stand against it. The song is Hero (Red Pill Mix) by the band Superchick. There is so much abuse occurring between youths in today's schools. Often times we see it and do nothing about it. This song brings this to our attention and lets us know that we can make a difference and help put a stop to it.

Real Life Heroes

The other day my sister's car wouldn't start. It seemed the battery was dead, so I got the jumper cables out of the trunk, pulled up along side her car and charged up the battery. I was proud of myself because this was the 1st time I jump started a car!

Later that day she goes to start it again, but guess what? It does not start. We decide to jump it again. This time we know it's probably more than just a dead battery, so we decide to drive it over to my dad's car place to get repaired.

Here's where it gets interesting. I'm driving along side her just in case the car dies again. As luck would have it, it dies out again and this time it happened at a pretty busy intersection. So I find a way to pull over and park. I see a couple teens walking down the street and ask them if they can help out. Reluctantly they did and helped us push the car to the side of the road. I thanked them. Still we are on a busy street blocking traffic. All of a sudden out of no where 2 other guys show up and start helping us push it more. They help us get it off the busy road into a parking lot. These guys were awesome and I don't even know where they came from. Many thank you's to those guys that helped us! May good fortune come your way.

That's not the end of the story. We call AAA for a tow. They say they will send a tow truck in 2 hours. That's a long time so we are hanging around, and we decide to jump it again. We get it running pretty good and drive it around the lot. I felt silly having a tow truck come tow it when we are currently driving it around. So we decide to risk it and try to drive it to our destination. Big mistake. It goes for about 2 miles then dies again at another busy intersection. This time no one around to help and we can't move it off the street. This kind of thing is the worst. It is very stressful. People are honking and getting pissed off. So we call 911 to get a police officer out to block traffic. He shows up in about 5 minutes. We explain the situation and he says he can get us a tow in about 5 minutes. So we do that. The tow truck driver was very nice and towed the truck to the car service place. It ended up costing about $125. Luckily we can submit the claim to AAA and they should cover at least some of the bill.

Overall it was a though day. From this situation I learned the importance of making sure your car is in good condition before taking it out so it doesn't stall in the middle of traffic. If it does, call for help as soon as possible. If you see someone in need of help, be a hero and help them out. The world needs more heroes!

Progress

I know the information on my blog is still pretty empty, but I'm still getting the hang of it. I'll fill in more as I get more comfortable with the layout and options. At 1st this blogger site seemed kinda limited until I found you could add all these widgets to make it more interesting. I should be adding more of those soon. My one suggestion would be to make the layout easier to resize. I managed to adjust it by changing the html code, but it should be easier than that. Other than that, so far so good.

And while were at it, how about a music suggestion :)
Weezer - In The Garage

Music Recomendations

One thing I am passionate about is music. I have been following the trend of music blogs lately and I thought it would be fun to blog about music that I like. I will post new music finds as well as old music that needs to be remembered.

Here to start out is a song called "Your Woman" by the band White Town. It's kind of a one hit wonder from the 90's but the song is great. Check it out.



This one has been out for a while but I'm just now getting into it more. It's "That's Not My Name" by The Ting Tings. They are a cute duo from the UK. Be careful, this song can easily get stuck in your head hehe.



This is a new one by my buddy Delario who is a rapper/producer from Norway. He did a remix of his song "Watch Yourself" with Paul Bernard. This video turned out great!
have a look:



Last one for the reggae fans out there. I think reggae is one of those genres that is under represented at least in the mainstream. This song is by Jimmy Cliff called Treat the Youths Right. Enjoy!

First Blog

Hey world, just testing out my new blog. Not sure exactly what will be on it, but everyone these days should have a blog right? We'll see how it goes. Stay tuned!