It's Monday!

I'm back. And with the start of the Jewish New Year (tomorrow is Rosh Hashanah so tonight is New Year's Eve?) I am making a resolution to be better about updating the blog. You would think with so many things running through my mind on a daily basis it would be a cinch for me to update this thing all the time. But alas, that is not the case. It's not that I don't want to blog, it's that sometimes I just forget.

But anyway, Happy (Jewish) New Year. It's time to eat apples and honey and sit in synagogue.

I haven't decided if I'm going to go to services tomorrow. I went last year (I think that should cover me for at least five years) but only because I don't want Poppy to sit alone. Usually my Dad goes, but I have no idea if he is planning on it or not. I'm going to call and ask him tonight. I'm sure my Mom isn't going. I think I've been more recently than she has. Wait, I take that back, she did go last year when I went. But that was only because we were going to her friends' house afterwards for lunch so she couldn't not go to synagogue because then she would have been banished to McDonald's. OK, when she reads this she will argue that that is not the only reason she went (so as not to be made fun of at lunch), but we all know the truth.

So think of me tomorrow, when I'm sleeping in and relaxing and in my own way making my New Year's resolutions and meditating for a great 5759 (is it 5759 already?).

I'm not dead!

Hello Internet! It's been a while (too long) since I've shared my thoughts with you. And I apologize for that. I've been so busy I haven't had time. I've wanted to, there's just no time. But I promise I'll be back with some profound thoughts and hilarious anecdotes just as soon as I can (tomorrow?).

Loves and Hugs,
Melissa

I was going to post about something else...

I had every intention of posting something about Kitty today. So in preparation of that, like all good bloggers, I took a picture of him to post with the blog entry I was going to write about him so you (Mom) could see what I was talking about. I took the picture on my fancy new, PINK, BlackBerry. The pic came out as well as any pic of Kitty (which is not so good) but I was content. So I went to email the pic from my BlackBerry to my email at work so I could open the picture on my computer and then post it here and that's when I ran into trouble. I opened the picture on my BlackBerry selected "email" and it cleverly opened an email with the picture attached. I entered my email address and then went to send it. But there was no option to send! I had options to edit, save, add, delete, decorate, morph (I'm making some of these up) but no send. I even had someone else (the person who's had a BlackBerry longer than anyone I know) look at it and even he was stumped. So, I'm working to rectify and solve this issue. Until then, here's an artist's (me) rendition of what the picture of Kitty looks like. What you can't tell from this picture is the anger he has shooting out of his eyes. Also, this is not to scale.

BEE-TEE-DUBS

I just learned how to post with pictures! Yea for me.

Saturday Night's All Right for Photographing

So this past Saturday Jamie and I attended a Bat Mitzvah (his first, my first in about 100 years). We got to synagogue around 11am knowing that services were over around noon. He was excited to go to synagogue and experience that part of my religion. I on the other hand was not. Something about going to synagogue and the very thought of it makes me feel rebellious. I have no idea why. Probably because I was forced to go a lot when I was younger and it made me angry. But in hindsight I can't blame my parents for wanting me to know about our religion. I just didn't care. I've always been of the mindset that religion is just another way to separate people and is the root of all wars. But I digress. Anyway, we went to synagogue. Blah blah blah. He was intrigued, I was bored. Blah blah blah. Saturday night, however, was the party. I know the Bat Mitzvah parties are for the kids but I always remembered my parents having fun at Bar/Bat Mitzvah parties so I figured that there had to be something there for the "grown ups." Besides, I'm not one to turn down free dinner and drinks. Plus there was dancing. Sort of. The DJ wasn't so great, but you know what, the kids were having fun so who cares... There was a 45 minute game of Musical Chairs at which point I went to the bathroom (twice) and then my Mom and I sat there and picked the kid with the messiest hair and the smallest kid to cheer for. Messy hair will always win you points with me - the self proclaimed Queen of No Hair Brushes! But, by far the coolest thing at the Bat Mitzvah (or just about any party I've ever been to and I've been to a lot) was the Photo Lounge. Basically it was a tent set up outside. When you went in the tent there was a black curtain background and an entire box full of dress up stuff! As any girl will tell you, we love playing dress up. There were boas, tiaras, plastic swords, necklaces, Groucho masks, funny hats, wigs, bunny ears, and all sorts of other fun stuff including an inflatable alligator. So you go in with as many (or as few) people as you want and you all dress up. One person gets to be in charge and is handed what is basically the key-less entry for your car. In the tent is the camera and below that a TV screen showing you what is in the screen. Once everyone is in "position" whoever has the keyfob snaps the picture or pictures. Then you un-dress up and leave. A few minutes later you come back and your pictures are printed and waiting for you. Jamie and I probably took a million pictures. It was so fun. And the line never went away. This was obviously the hit of the party. The pictures were also rotating on flat screen TVs that were set up around the party room. Very cool idea. The company that did it is called Clik Simple and I fully intend on hiring them for my next event. Anyway, yes, the picture above is from the party but we are also using it as the cover for our next folk album, due in stores the minute either of us become musically talented. Right now all we're good at is listening to music and dancing and of course, posing for pictures (and playing dress up).

Please send me some Internets

It's been over a week since I've posted anything. Sorry about that, but it probably doesn't matter since no one is ready my blog except my Mom (hi Momma!). Not a lot has been going on, I've just been getting things done at work and then when I'm not here I'm not on a computer. That's for two reasons. Reason one is that I'm on one all day at work so the absolute last thing I want to do when I get home is get on another computer. The the second reason (the more likely one) is that our Internet is gone.

For the past year and a half I've been using other people's networks. My computer can pick up like 20 networks in my complex and I can usually find at least one that is not password protected. We don't do anything weird on the Internet so it's no big deal. Seriously we just check email, read the paper online and Jamie visits these Auburn fan sites for whatever, but they are totally harmless and not strange. For months now we've been using a network called Dlink. Well, Dlink moved away (I assume) and now it's hard to get on. And it's driving Jamie crazy (me not so much but I am annoyed that a luxury I use to have is now gone). And people are getting smart, almost every network is password protected (mine totally would be if I decided to pay for one). My computer is better than Jamie's so I can pick up networks he can't. I've had success getting on one called Big10Rocks (the things people name their networks is so bizarre) but it's a weak signal and you can only use it if you're sitting in a certain spot in the "dining room" (half of the "living room" which is really just the apartment but since there's a table you dine at that isn't the coffee table it's considered the dining room). But Jamie likes to use his computer (he has a PC and as I've mentioned I have a Mac) because he just does so I've caught him on the balcony a few times with his lap top. Hey, whatever works. So we're hoping that someone new moves in soon, and like really close to us and forgets to password protect their network. Until then we'll be wearing aluminum foil hats and dancing around with our computers stretched high over our heads until we can get a stronger signal.