Blog Post #`13: Raise others up to the light and in doing so rise yourself!

Hi there ghouls! It's that time of the week again! You guessed it! Blog time. Today I wanted to take the time to talk to everyone that's been following my social medias about positivity. Everywhere I look, I see people online "trolling" other people because they have nothing better to do. Left and right, I have bared witness to the almighty "Troll" at work and I can't help but ask myself--why??

What does someone get out of making my day miserable, by saying some really shitty stuff to me?

Furthermore, what the hell do people EXPECT when you emotionally attack someone and they retaliate, for them to just lay down and take it? Honestly, in the history of any human beings ever, when has that ever happened? Instead of twisting and turning every word we say to one another, why don't we peacefully and civilly have an adult conversation about our disagreement? That way, now and this is just a shot in the dark, but MAYBE--JUST MAYBE we could LEARN and GROW from one another and go from there.

Unfortunately as in real life, the cyberbullies or internet trolls, aren't going anywhere. But hey, neither are we, am i right?

That being said I found a wonderful database of absolutely marvelous people! All individuals who are unique, talented, supportive, and beautiful in one way or another. Most importantly, ALL OF THEM EMIT POSITIVITY. Why? Because you want to be surrounded by what you want in your own life, that is why. If you surround yourself in positive energy, you will be dripping in it--and that is when the real good stuff starts to happen. We are at 559 followers on twitter and HOLY fuckin cow we have come a LONG long way. I appreciate everyone who went the extra length to hit that "follow" button because man I started with 29 of yall and you were related to me or from school. Our next goal is 600 and damn I mean, if I blink we'll make it to 1K and I will miss it! That feeling is just....whoa....there is no words to express how I'm feeling other than THANK YOU.

I was ignored half of my life. I was treated like shit and bullied. I was molested and beaten. I was taken advantage of and used. I would take off for months without anyone even realizing I was gone. And now? Now I've got a database of family who wouldn't only realize I am missing, but they would actually be concerned--that feeling is just crazy. I've never had it before and it warms my heart and soul. For real. From the bottom of my heart and from the depths of my very soul. THANK YOU.




That being said I wanted to take the time to recognize what I've been doing on my #mancrushmondays and my #womancrushwednesdays these passed few weeks....let's face it it's a worthless hashtag for shameless plugging but hey.....I'm going to use it. I used to only promote my favorite bands/artists/musicians that I loved on these days until I started gathering more of you under my wing. Then, I started to really realize, wait a second.....I have some fucking amazingly talented followers. I want to do something to give back to them, for all that they do for me.


So, my beautiful, strong, independent, smart and sassy #women I have been holding you up in the light. My wonderful, hilarious, intelligent, nerdy, resourceful and sensitive #men I have been holding YOU up in the light. In hopes that my hash-tagging will get you further up in the ranks, I will gladly do so. Each and every one of you that I have highlighted on Monday or Wednesdays, deserve it and THEN SOME.

If I could support you in any other way I absolutely would--here I am, praising and raising you up again! I love you! You give me a reason to keep coming back each day and I truly appreciate that. I hope that I'm doing the same for some of you as well because that would make my heart swell. Gathering a couple pictures and saying a few nice words can really go a long fucking way, trust me---I know, I see you're shoutouts out there guys! They keep me going. So I'm still here. Blog #13. Thirteen weeks of straight blogging and even this is growing. I'm glad that my voice is coming through strong and that you are all interested in what I have to say. It's not just trash. My whole life I've just been worth trash, so it's nice to know that somewhere I have a small niche to turn to. Keep an eye out each week for my shout outs guys, because I'll keep em coming regardless.

These are mothers, gym stars, artsists, athletes, gamers, improv artists,  musicians, homebodies, comedians, poets, and so much more and I urge everyone in the ghoul fam to follow and share every single Monday and Wednesday because yall are fuckin' rock stars in my book. Whether you're a lifestyle blogger, a magnificant artist, someone with a cool podcast, or whatever it doesn't matter to me. What matters is you work hard, and you send me that positive energy that I'm lookin' for. I couldn't ask for a better fam and I'm working my hardest to do the same for you. 

Can you feel it? Is it working?




So now we've reached the point of the page where I absolutely have to gush over Andy Black's newest cover/single "My Way." It was released August 24th (this last friday) and it was a solid tribute to Sid Vicious's version vs Frank Sinatra's. Here are my thoughts and opinion on the piece--I was highly anticipating it though, so I have to say that the thoughts and opinions are most certainly biased ones. When the single dropped and I heard the melodic intro of Andy Black's "My Way" I teared up as it instantly brought me back to when I was six years old; 

I'll paint an image for you. 

Imagine six year old me, lying on my stomach on the plush beige carpet reading while my grandmother is behind me singing. I, of course, am in my own world but her singing doesn't fall on deaf ears, and neither does the vinyl that she has on the record player. 

"And now, the end is near....And so I face the final curtain....."  

My fingers curl in and out of the full carpet fibers, as I hum along and close my eyes. Starting to sway to the music, side-to-side the book is no longer my focus, the music is. "I like his voice grandma." 

"Me too sweetheart. Old blue eyes was one of a kind." She would tell me. 

Course I didn't exactly know what old blue eyes meant at the time, but I still have that memory. I still remember that music, and I still get goosebumps every time I hear that song. So naturally, when I heard Andy's intro the hairs on my arms and neck stood up and I almost jumped out of my fucking seat. Then something beautiful happened, the punk kicked in at about 50 seconds into the song and god was I HOOKED. It doesn't sound like Sid's somewhat blatant rip-off of the Ramones "I wanna be Sedated" guitar licks, it sounds like pop-punk ANDY style. AND I LOVE IT. All his yells, all his carefully enunciated words, oh man this is on the top of my list for best covers. I really love it that much. It has a splash of Frank, a hint of sid, and all the Andy and I 100% approve of the song choice. 

If this is a glimpse into what ABII has in store for us, then god damn am I ready. If not, then it was a fun sound off song to get us started! I already love his cover of  21 Guns, and of Rebel Yell. I'll have to add this to the top of that list though, because it holds a special place in my heart already. Cannot wait for next years record album release, it's going to be gold. I know it. 

Finally I'd like to add that my hubby surprised me with the Alternative Press ANDY BLACK bundle. I cannot fucking wait, it is his 10th time on the cover of AP, I'm getting a multitude of other very neat stuff that you can only exclusively get through this bundle for a limited time and I intend on doing an unboxing video when it finally DOES come so be sure to keep an eye out for all that! 



Still have more planned to, if you blink youll miss it, so stay tuned!


Alright fam, 

Love YOU! Stay tight! Stay Real! Be YOU!

Welcome to the ghoul fam xo *~Danii_Grimm~*

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