Monday, July 5, 2010

Need a break? So does the rainforest!

Nestlé, maker of Kit Kat, uses palm oil from companies that are trashing Indonesian rainforests, threatening the livelihoods of local people and pushing orang-utans towards extinction.
We all deserve to have a break - but having one shouldn't involve taking a bite out of Indonesia's precious rainforests. We're asking Nestlé to give rainforests and orang-utans a break and stop buying palm oil from destroyed forests.

I locked my keys in my 09 Scion XB today.

Okay, So I got home after 4th of July festivities and straight up set my keys in the passenger seat, pressed the lock button on the door, got out and shut the door..... Then I realized the huge major (not minor) mistake I have made. My first reaction was panic attack as I have already lost my spare key. Like a true champ at four in the morning I turned to Google seeking guidance. Most Yahoo answers told me to call the police... probably not a good idea. The next piece of information told me to call a locks smith which ranges from $45-$75 around here.  At that point in time I remembered the 24 hour road side assistance company literally down the road from my house. Even better after that I remembered that I have a very close friend that works there. *light bulb* So I picked up the cellular and dialed my friends private line up to get a very friendly greeting at four in the morning. So I explained my situation and of course my friend was eager to help.  I waited outside for the company's truck to arrive which only took about fifteen minutes. When he got there he took two looks at my car and started bitching,"The last time I tried to pop one of these mother fu***rs I had to buy a new window! So that scared got us off to a bad start. He also kept saying that my car was supposed to be a Honda civic.  I don't know what he wants from me. After a few more minutes intense conversation continued he asked me to shine his flash light on my keys. Then he got this blow up pillow type thing, it looked like a blood pressure arm cuff almost. He stuck it into the crevice in the door and started to inflate it. My door bent open and he stuck a long hanger inside and pressed the unlock button on my keys which were conveniently sitting upright in the passenger seat thank goodness! So overall it wasn't such a wretched ending to my pretty good day after all! So over all if you ever get your keys stuck in your Scion or any other car in general just call the road side assistance people and hopefully you'll get the hookup.