free ipod

so as you may know, avraham and i both received free ipods from this web site. the chap is that you complete a free trial of something or apply for a credit card (you can choose to cancel after the free trial), and get 5 friends to do the same.

my father would like to get an ipod and is working on his list of friends. unfortunately, avraham and i can't help out because we already have used the site. so if anyone is interested in getting a free ipod through the system and will be singing up anyway, or is just exceedingly nice and wants to hel out my father, please go to http://ipods.freepay.com/?r=12331530 and sign up. if you don't use that specific link, my father doesn't get the referral. thank you very much!

also, side note, they do soemtimes send these fun t-shirts along with the ipod. i love these people - we also got a huge tv from them (gave it to my sister for her anniversary).

Charge2Go

to be perfectly clear, i do not profit from anything that i post here.

that said, i have to share this amazing product, brought to my attention by an OU email (i just bought one, actually)

verbatim from the email:

Introducing...Charge2Go

Unlimited Power for Your Phone...Anywhere!
This award-winning, innovative product takes 'on the go' cell phone charging and makes it simple and sustainable. Just pop in one AA battery, hook the cable to your cell phone, and Charge2Go will convert the energy in the battery into power for your cell phone with no electrical outlet needed. Since you can find AA batteries all over the world, it's easy to throw this in a bag or in your glove compartment and charge up your cell phone or extend your talk time during an important call.
Reg. $24.99 Sale: $21.99

Start Talking as soon as you plug it into your phone!

Charge2Go is the first reusable cell charger that makes sense. Take Charge2Go anywhere for up to 3 extra hours of talk time. Talk as long as you want and enjoy your mobile phone features guilt-free. No more need to cut calls short?you?ll still have power when you need it. Gain constant access to the wireless world! This product is 100% reliable, mobile and safe. It works on a regular AA battery available anywhere in the world. This is an important accessory for everyone in the family.

Attaches to Any Cell Phone!

How It Works (4 Simple Steps):

1. Load a single AA battery into the Charge2Go and a small, red light will begin flashing.
2. Connect your phone-specific connector to the flashing unit. (All 7 connectors come with each Charge2Go unit)
3. Connect your phone to the connector.
4. Your phone indicates that it is charging. You may start talking at any time.

This product has won the coveted Consumer Electronics Show Innovation Award for 2005. Charge2Go has received rave reviews in the New York Times, Newsweek, and many consumer electronics magazines.

This is another great, useful, sensible, inexpensive product - based on technology developed in Israel.

the product can be purchased at http://www.jewishsoftware.com/products/Charge2Go_789.asp.  with tax and shipping, it came to $32.  i plan on keeping it in the car, always available for a guest who forgot his or her recharger or for a road trip when our phones are dying.   i think it's quite brilliant.

need white teeth?

better than crest and cheaper too -

Cambridge Teeth Whitening Strips

go nuts and support a poor pverseas scholar.  : )

um

the new febreeze laundry commercials are freaking me out

somehow

even though no one comments on here, or even reads it really, i have more comments than posts.

mythbusters rocks.  i want a job where i get to shoot up a car to see if it explodes or if you can hide behind it during a gun fight.  i'm looking forward to them sucking up the "scuba diver".

yay yay Vm, only 5  more weeks.  5 more weeks!  gonna die.  accidentaly read part of a poiler, upset that i know stuff before hand.  what's the fun of watching a show when you know what's coming?

VM

A long time ago, we used to be friends

But I haven't thought of you lately at all

If ever again, a greeting I send to you,

Short and sweet to the soul is all I intend.
 

A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh

A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh

A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh

A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
 

Come on now, honey,

Bring it on, bring it on, yeah.

Just remember me when you're good to go

Come on now, sugar,

Bring it on, bring it on, yeah.

Just remember me when.
 

It's something I said, or someone I know.

Or you called me up, maybe I wasn't home.

Now everybody needs some time,

And everybody know

The rest of it's fine

And everybody knows that.
 

Come on now, sugar,

Bring it on, bring it on, yeah.

Just remember me when you're good to go

Come on now, honey,

Bring it on, bring it on, yeah.

Just remember me when.
 

We used to be friends a long time ago.

We used to be friends a long time ago.

We used to be friends a long time ago.

We used to be friends, hey hey
 

A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh

A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh

A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh

A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
 

A long time ago, we used to be friends

But I haven't thought of you lately at all

If ever again, a greeting I send to you,

Short and sweet to the soul is all I intend.
 

We used to be friends a long time ago.

We used to be friends a long time ago.

We used to be friends a long time ago.

We used to be friends,

A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh

A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh

A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh

A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh

simply because i didn't tell you before

i quit my job

now you know

also, i miss you.   we'll come visit as soon as we can (winter break?)

pashut

hainyan hi sheani lo rotza lachshov oh afilu lihyot bsociety

aval ani ken rotza laharog et haish sheoseh raash kol hayom

shachachti eich lachshov
eich lhargish
kol sheani margisha hayom zeh kev sheani choshevet yachol lihyot blood clot

kacha ani lo rotza ldaber anglit oh ivrit, rak shneihem

ki ani bemet shneihem

hetzi news vhetzi reality tv

dofeket

fucking austria

click pops to full size

new york times

An Israeli soldier and his sister, a settler in Neve Dekalim, comfort each other near a synagogue.

so

someone i never met before approached us at lunch (to talk to someone esle at the table).  he saw that i was wearing an orange shirt and blew up at me.  his son volunteered for the army in israel for a year, and is apparently stationed in gaza.  i feel for the kid and his father, as i feel for every soldier.  i do not, however, stand for every problem in israel that his son had encountered, or the people who are making trouble down there.

i hate watching jew turn against jew.  i hate the politicking.  i hate that saying that i do not agree with dismantling settlements could ever be interpreted as standing against tzahal.  i hate to think what my grandfather would have had to say about all this. (i miss you)

am very sad.  have been very sad for days.  i have nou doubt that if i were there i would have thrown up long ago.

my soul is crying.  it's crying because jews don't feel for other jews, because israelis don't recgonize fellow israelis as country men.  they see them as enemies.  i fear civil war.  i fear an end to israel.  i think it may happen in my lifetime if we don't prove strong enough to fight for it the way people did before us.

our biggest mistake is to think that we're like anyone else, that we have the luxury to relax and take things for granted.  that's not our birthright.  nothing is granted to us for free.

arutz sheva

Soldier and protester embrace. (Photo: Yishai Fleisher)
side point - yishai is one of my brother's old friend's, who along with alex traiman, ari abromowitz, and a few others (including yisha's wife) from YU are the voices of israel national radio, which you can find on arutz sheva.

the new york times

With tears and a shove, an Israeli boy tries to push away one of the border guards sent to evacuate the settlement at Neve Dekalim, in Gaza.

in other news

we have a car
and avraham still can't drive

i feel depressed and it has nothing to do with anything i just said

...

Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Calls for Fasting and Recitation of Psalms

17:17 Aug 16, '05 / 11 Av 5765

(IsraelNN.com) Former Chief
Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu is calling for the recitation of Psalms and a
day of fasting as (D)isengagement Day approaches, Wednesday, August
17th.

Speaking on behalf of his father, Rabbi Yossi Eliyahu told Arutz-7 that
people are urged to increase Torah study, repeatedly recite Psalms 91
and 20, and those who are able, to accept upon themselves to observe
Wednesday as a fast day, beginning in the morning.

half asleep

this morning, i had the best blog entry planned out in my head.  catchy title, everything.  : (

good morning, good morning, good morning

am in a funk

hey, there, old neighborhood

Police Investigating Swastikas Painted Throughout Washington Heights Apartment

affectionately known as the crackhouse

update:

"I'm happy to report that Dr. Michael Harris (the pediatric oncologist
who needed a liver transplant because of hepatitis acquired via a
needle stick) got a liver yesterday, and had the transplant surgery
late yesterday afternoon. It's still too early to know about potential
rejection or other complications, but this is obviously a great
development that I wanted to pass along to you. Thanks for your
tefilos, and I hope all is well with you and yours."

a

there's something just so right about sitting with avraham atthe end of a stressful day - just look at him lightens my heart.  it's amazing to sit back and be happy, and catually be comfortable with that.

i love you

blood sugar crash

during cool-down stretches i suddenly felt light-headed and took a break.

then i felt even worse on the way home, vision starting to blur.

landed at the front door after the most tortorous walk home, wanting to puke violently.

managed to not pass out.

yay!  yay for having messed up blood sugar and yay for not drinking enough water and yay for not eating enough food and yay in general for being a total idiot.

crash outside of toronto

it's not clear exactly how, but a plane that was landing in canada basically fell of of the runway into a ravine, where it went into flames in seconds. eye witnesses saw the plane land successfully, then back up - a lightning storm hit as they were landing. the plane cracked in half as it fell, so it's unclear who if anyone could have survived. the plane is still burning, with occasional fireballs bursting out.

there is a very good chance that no one has survived, but there have been reports of survivors who managed to get out and run, calling from under a bridge for help.

my heart goes out to everyone on that plane and all their loved ones.

I'm glad to update (11 PM) that it seems everyone survived!

suzuki is on a roll

ferenza!

god, i would be embarrassed if i had to act in that commercial...  unless they gave me a free car.  *grin*

my grandmother's on her way back to israel this week, and i have not yet found a way to open up and have a relationship with her.  i've  been closed off for 10 years.  it's like this other person lives in my head, blocking off my emotions when it comes to her.

it should be illegal for commercials to be so loud.

beyond amusing

i found Biblical Sandals, where the shoes are sold to matriarchs, partiarchs, and little lambs. hee.

trials and

i am not only no longer skinny, but it would be a kindness to call me chubby.

i ran into tj maxx with my family, and looked for skirts.  i found a huge collection of beautiful skirts, but none larger han a size 8.  last i wore a size 8, i was in israel (shortly after high school, when that picture of me was taken - look how young i was once!  hee).  all the skirts that were in my size looked like they had been made for old people who were a little blind.

i got really annoyed and set out to find beautiful clothes for larger women, and here's what i came up with:

http://www.casual-plus.com/ - gorgeous skirts and dresses
http://www.avenue.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Home?storeId=326&langId=-1 - small selection but great prices
http://catherines.charmingshoppes.com/home.asp
http://www.silhouettes.com/default.asp
http://www.coldwatercreek.com/Home.aspx
http://www.barriepace.com/bp/default.asp
http://store.nordstrom.com/Default.asp?origin=tab-logo

just be careful to search within your own size - there were a few times when i accidentally wandered into the too large area.

you can always turn to JC Penney or other similar places that have some clothes for the non-stick variety, but i wasn't crazy about the selection.  i also felt that the clothes they list haven't changed since i was a kid.

the thing i really like about the places that i found is that they all accomodate for chests, hips, and tushes.

i was into old navy's larger stuff for a while, but i realized that they take the same cut for a size 2 and just extend it, as if women grow proportionately everywhere at once.  simply not true.  that's why their pants look SO bad on bigger people - they adhere to the backside like a slightly shrunked second skin.

anyhow, this is all because i'm going to a wedding, so here' my outfit:

with a camel seude jacket over it.  now all i need is a hat and shoes.  yay!

side rant - size 12 and above is considered plus size in most stores.  way to make people crazy.