"Keep Your Head Up"

So, this morning I was watching Rachel Ray (I don't know why... I usually don't) and she featured this guy, Andy Grammer who just came out with an interactive music video. Because I have now been trained to be a smart consumer of new media, obviously I tried to find it so I could be a part of this sweet idea. And it is pretty cool. You can choose your own story kind of like those "Choose Your Own Adventure" books I used to be in love with when I was younger. So, I'm providing the link here on my blog so you can go try it out too. It's pretty sweet and it features Rainn Wilson (aka Dwight from The Office) so that's cool too.

Enjoy! http://vevo.com/videoevolved/andy-grammer/keep-your-head/

Text a Vote, Change the World!

Currently, the ongoing project in my life is helping the team over at Tipping Bucket to be the November winners of $250K from Pepsi Refresh. That's... a lot of money. And they deserve it because they're an awesome cause. Let me tell you a little bit about them.

Tipping Bucket is a social philanthropy platform that helps to raise money for people starting projects all over the world. Their current project is called "Bikes for Education." Many children in Thailand have to drop out of school because they have no way to get there. The current project will give bikes to schools to rent out to children so they can continue to come to school. If they successfully raise enough money for the project in the given amount of time, the project gets the money. If they don't, every donator gets their money back, guaranteed.

Tipping Bucket gives those of us who may not have loads of cash (yet) the opportunity to make a difference. As they say, "every drop in the bucket makes a difference." So help Tipping Bucket win the grant from Pepsi so that they can continue to do amazing things for people all over the world!

You can go check them out at their website at tippingbucket.org and you can vote through Facebook and Pepsi on their website. You can also vote by texting 104182 to 73774. You can vote those three ways every day for the whole month of November!

Let's Go Rangers!

Ok. I know I know. You don't have to tell me. The Rangers lost the World Series. And yes, I was upset about it. But you know what? Having grown up a huge Rangers fan, my family having had season tickets for years, and being madly in love with Pudge Rodriguez, it was super exciting to finally see them make it to the World Series. Especially after so many years of being absolutely the bottom of the heap in the world of the MLB.

So, I just wanted to give a shout out on my blog to the Texas Rangers. The 2010 American League Champions and the ALMOST winners of the World Series. Thank you for making dreams come true for thousands of people in Texas this year boys. It was super fun to have legitimate pride in one of the teams playing for the title. And we'll get that title eventually. And hey, I still sleep pretty well at night knowing that we beat the Yankees for the shot.

Also, Nelson Cruz, will you please leave your wife and marry me instead?

And what better song to accompany this post than "God Blessed Texas"?