114 Years Old

Simply Amazing:



I hope I live to see 114 birthdays. :)

My phone is going NUTS!

If phones could take drugs, mine would be on crack.

When I turn the phone on, it rapidly highlights every icon on the menu and won't let ME select anything:

• If I open the address book, it opens the Internet...
• If I open my missed calls, it opens the Internet...
  
• If I text, it inserts random 6s or opens the Internet...
  
• When I try to outsmart my phone by opening the Internet, it goes back to rapidly highlighting everything on the main menu and selecting nothing.

Arg! The only silver lining is that my current phone isn't dialing my cousin every time that I turn it on, check my voicemail, or try to make outgoing calls. When I hung up my pink razr, it would start redialing her number. I had to let it go to voicemail just to let her know that nothing was wrong, I wasn't trying to get in touch with her, and to ignore my calls until I fixed my phone.

That was also a fun problem to explain to ATT customer service:

ATT: Did you try (insert troubleshooting suggestion here)?

Melisa: Yes, and it started calling my cousin.

ATT: Did (insert troubleshooting suggestion here) work?

Melisa: No, it is calling my cousin

ATT: What about (insert another suggestion here)?

Melisa: Nope, it is calling my cousin again

Maybe I should give up on pink, suck it up and just get an iPhone...

I'm a bull riding champion?

I stopped by Elsewhere Cafe on my way home from Christmas #3 to catch up with my close friend Jules whom I haven't seen since I was "living in a studio with a kitchen smaller than most people's closets" That was two years and three addresses ago.

While I was there, I found out that there are rumors circulating around my hometown that I am a bullriding champion. Not only am I bullriding champion but I also won the state finals?!

I am mortified but Jules thinks that I should keep it going by making ambiguous comments like, "That was in my past" or " I only do that on weekends."

One of my favorite Story People prints...

I love Brian Andreas' Story People artwork and this is a video of one of my favorite prints:

Happy New Year!

Anyone who has ever wished they could make a special moment last for just one more second will have their chance tonight.

According to timeanddate.com, tonight will be the 24th leap second since they were first instated back in 1972. I don't fully understand the science behind it and don't change my clocks to fall back an hour, let alone one second.

As friends and family countdown to 2009, I'm thankful that I'll have an extra moment (3,2,1,1) to reflect on what 2008 has meant to me.