Day 21; Post 20: Short and Sweet.

This video is the winner of the day...

Not as cute as my nieces...but pretty darned cute.

Day 20; Post 19: Wave!

As testament to my nerdiness, I am going to admit that I squealed with joy when I saw that I was invited by Google to play around with Google Wave.  In layman's terms:

I've got 7 invites left...who wants 'em??

Day 20; Post 18: The Long Thanksgiving Break Recap.

Jamie and I are back from the West Coast! In a strange reversal, it was pretty cold in Los Angeles when we left -- we had to curtail a visit to the playground with our nieces on Sunday morning -- and pretty warm in D.C. This morning we walked over to the market to get breakfast and groceries and enjoyed the warm sun and clear skies.

While it was hard to leave the family yesterday, it is also nice to have some time at home to do some clean-up and resting up before returning to work. Sadly, I don't know that Jamie and I did the best job combating our jet lag. We went to bed after 2am and woke up around 10:30. Whoops. It'll be fun trying to get to bed tonight.

But that's neither here nor there. On to the important stuff!

You could tell me that there are cuter little girls in existence, but I would tell you that you are a liar with your pants afire. Leah and Riley are growing so fast -- last I saw them they were just trying solid foods; now, Leah was shoving as much banana into her mouth as possible in one bite.

Fortunately, she has deluxe cheek capacity. The girl likes her bananas!

They are both crawling around and "reading" flipping through books and chattering happily. They are also exploring their surroundings bipedally while holding someone's fingers. Even though neither of the girls remembered Jamie or I at first, they warmed up faster than I thought they would. When in a room full of strangers (one where I was the lesser of all evils) Leah would come to me. I would venture to say by the end of the trip, Riley even preferred me! She would grab my legs and say something resembling "up!" and then point me around the room to look at dolls and flowers. (That girl likes her dolls!) She was also quite fond of her Tio Jamie.

On our walk back from the market today, I was daydreaming of a time when we could take our beautiful nieces to the playground near our house. Hopefully some day they'll make it to D.C. Although, right now I'm just hoping that the car trip back to San Francisco wasn't too rough on them or their poor parents.

I already filled you all in on Thanksgiving, but I figured I could share a picture of the final spread (minus the cornbread and cranberry rolls that went in that empty gap on the right side of the picture.) There's also a big and delicious salad that my Tia Carmen made hiding behind the giant stuffed turkey centerpiece.

Like a doofus, I forgot to take a picture of the completed turkey before I carved it up. Just trust me that it looked pretty darned good. That picture makes me wish we got to take some of the leftovers home with us. Boo.

After over 3 decades of Thanksgivings with the Chui's, they were unable to make it to Thanksgiving this year. But, we did get to see them on Friday for lunch. Of course, they went all out (they are quite the gourmands) and made their own sausage. I'm talking, ordered casings online, ground their own meat, etc. They grilled the sausages (as well as portobello mushrooms and tons of veggies) and we all assembled our own sandwiches. So good.

Better still, we got to play with Diego -- the newest member of the clan. He is just a few months older than my nieces and is quite adorable. Somehow I managed to not take any pictures on Friday, but take my word for it...ADORABLE. He was so generous with his toys and would pick up toys to give to everyone around the room. He even graciously allowed Leah and Riley to monopolize the use of his toy trucks.

On the way home from the Chui's we stopped at Jamie's house for the evening. Jamie's family got to meet the girls, and Jamie and I stayed behind for dinner and a big birthday party (for Jamie's brothers, father, myself and Jamie -- all with birthdays in November and December). Again, I neglected to take any pictures...Jamie and I definitely made of with some pretty great loot!

The brothers Long drove us home and we played a Ping Pong tournament. Scott, of course, destroyed Jamie and Kevin -- I was too scared to play him. But, in doubles I came out victorious as the only undefeated player. Scott and I trounced Kevin and Jamie, and then Jamie and I -- the true underdogs -- were able to beat Kevin and Scott. I think this may only be because Scott was nice enough not to smash every shot at me. Very gentlemanly.

The trip back was easy and uneventful. I got to read halfway through the book that Jamie's mom had bought for my birthday (I may be one of the last people to read "Lovely Bones", but it's a good book.) Our Thanksgiving break was great but too short. I am already looking forward to the holiday break when we get to spend more time with our family in the Bahamas...

Day 18; Post 17: Happy Thanksgiving.

Still on Pacific time -- still counts as Day 18. Also, it means it is still Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone...I hope that you all had a wonderful time spending time with loved ones and eating good food.

As mentioned yesterday, I'm currently in Los Angeles with the family. It is actually the first Thanksgiving I've been home since Freshman year of college. It's strange how things have changed and how people have grown. But we can all still laugh at the same stories.

This year, I was charged with cooking. A very exciting prospect, as I have never cooked a Thanksgiving meal for more than 4 or 5 people. And even then...with the vegetarian husband, it wasn't really all that grand. But today, it was 14.5 people (the 1/2 being my nieces) and I got to cook the 22 lb. turkey. That was fun in itself, but I also ventured to make cornbread (my nemesis), and a vegetarian entree -- a butternut squash, spinach, and cheddar bread pudding. Jamie handled the dressing and sweet potatoes. My sister-in-law handled the pie. It all turned out pretty darned yummy. I'll put a picture up as soon as I can upload it...not that it really is all that important to you.

I hope all of your Thanksgivings were just as tasty!

Day 17; Post 16: Before the Blog

For the record, I am counting this as Day 17, because I'm on Pacific Time. (Home for Thanksgiving! Wee!)

It's weird to be "home" again. The things in the house look like they always had...but it just feels older. I feel like things should be sepia-toned around here.

As we were getting ready for bed, Jamie made a beeline for his favorite part of my childhood room. My diary. I know I have already referenced it before...don't remember how or when. But today, I will share some of Jamie's favorites.

October 23, 1991
Dear Diary,

Sorry I didn't write in you for so long. Jonathan [a boy I liked and who had been mentioned in many previous diary entries] left the school, but I have a new boyfriend which I know likes me. Barry Fam. I like him too, he's nice. Chasqui [my dog] is fine and I'm going to move on Saturday. This house is huge!

[In big cursive letters at the bottom of the page] I Love Barry!

Love, Melissa

October 24, 1991
Dear Diary,

Today was a fair day by accident. Barry threw a football. But I kinda like Ryan Agee now.

Love, M.U.

I was a fickle little 10 year old...

Day 15; Post 15: The Right-Wing.

We have been having some exciting visitors at our school lately!  First, it was Tom Kierein (maybe only exciting to an NPR nerd like myself), then Arne Duncan, and tomorrow we have some more.

Our school is absolutely beautiful.  Lots of light, bright colors, wide open spaces...and tomorrow we're supposed to be visited by some big right-wing politicians.  Among the confirmed is Justice Scalia.  

Aside from my surface knowledge of the Supreme Court, most of what I know about Justice Scalia is from my Environmental Law class that I took a long time ago at Williams.  Suffice to say, I'm not partial to Justice Scalia.  However, Jamie has met him and said he was funny and nice enough (despite being mostly misaligned with our social views), and now he's company to someone who has been very generous to our students...so I guess I'll warm up to him a little.  

Justice Thomas -- someone who I will probably never warm up to -- backed out of coming.  Even more hilarious is that I heard that DICK CHENEY could possibly be in attendance.  I am assuming that is just a rumor because I hadn't heard confirmation that he would actually come.  In short, we will be having a lot of right-wing heavy hitters coming tomorrow.  

And Barack Obama continues to forsake us.  Maybe some day...

Day 15; Post 14: A Chill in the Air.

Now that we're nearing December, it's getting consistently colder.  Sure, there's still those days of 60 or 70 degree weather mixed in there...but for the most part: cold.  And sometimes rainy.

One consequence of this is that poor Junior has a cold.  Hopefully not H1N1, but she is sneezing up a mini-storm.  Too bad it sounds adorable.

Another consequence of this is that the cats become even more cuddly with each other.

That's them keeping each other warm on our mountain of laundry.  'Tis the season for cat-spooning.  

For the record, Jamie and I do not leave piles of clothes around.  We were just in the folding process.  I swear, mom.

Day 14; Post 13: Kingpin.

Okay, I didn't specify that I would be posting each day. Just that I would have 30 posts in 30 days. So one of these days I will be getting two posts in on one day. Let's hope life gets more exciting soon...I'm guessing since I have nieces (and the rest of my family) in my near future I shouldn't be having much trouble.

Yesterday was our friend Angie's birthday party. Angie, being an awesome person, has started a tradition of having a bowling party for her birthday. So, we had our 2nd annual Bowling-Fest with a great group of people. We got some pitchers of beer, got two lanes, and donned fashionable bowling shoes for a night of bowling debauchery.

Of course, this being the Mid-Atlantic region the only bowling that was readily available to us was duckpin bowling.


Similar to regular bowling except the pins are squatter, the ball is smaller and lighter, and you get three throws per turn. It takes some getting used to but it's pretty fun.

Dan, Angie's husband had also purchased a special trophy to go to the champion of the evening. Yes, Dan had a special trophy made to commemorate the event.


Incidentally, that is our brick wall in the background of that picture. You might ask, "why is the trophy at your house, Melissa?" Because I am the 2009 Grand Champion of the Bowling-Fest. Must have been all those "kid lifts" and "kid curls" I've been doing. Or just luck. In duckpin bowling a lot depends on luck.

That trophy is now sitting on our bookshelf next to our wedding picture. I still can't get over that Dan had a trophy specially-made...

Day 12; Post 12: Creeped Out.

I promise, I am not obsessed...but I found this website today about the 30 most disturbing Twilight products and I had to share. Seriously creeped out here. WHY on earth would you want a life-size decal of Robert Pattinson's silhouette adhered to your bedroom wall?

PLEASE tell me the knitted and felted replica of Bella's womb is a joke and that no one actually would buy Twilight-themed packing tape.

If you decide to go to the website, I apologize for the item on there that is not appropriate for children.

Day 11; Post 11: Geeking Out.

I am learning that it is very difficult to blog while watching Star Trek (the new movie -- not that old stuff). So much for multi-tasking. It's just a little more distracting than Milo and Otis. It may have to wait until the weekend...too much to do.

So in other total geekdom news, I may or may not want to see the new Twilight movie. Okay fine, so I totally do want to see it. In an impulse Kindle purchase (I was in a plane and had to choose quickly before they closed the doors) I bought Twilight. Despite being among the most poorly written books I have ever read in my life -- including my own book "Crystals are Clear" which I wrote in 3rd grade for the Young Author's Fair -- I could not put it down. In the next week, I read all four of the Twilight books.

I don't know that I really enjoyed reading them -- I would regularly quote parts of it out to Jamie or complain about stupid characters (the main ones). But I could not stop. Now that this movie is coming out, I am battling between my guilty desire to see it and the cringeworthy thought of seeing it in a movie theater full of screaming and/or crying tweens.

Jamie suggests I go (without him) to the late night showing, but I feel that crowd may be even worse. I take a small amount of joy and justification in knowing that President Obama also read Twilight. Sure he has a 13 year-old daughter to read it with...

Day 10; Post 10: The Boob Tube.

It's Glee night! Hooray!

Apparently, Jamie and I are watching much more television than we used to, because I am also looking forward to tomorrow which is Community/30 Rock night. Perhaps it is because by the time I get home and finish up with any work I bring home, my brain is mush.

I think Community may be getting dangerously close to 30 Rock in my esteem. I definitely have been laughing more at the former. Maybe it's because I love Joel McHale something fierce.

Day 9; Post 9: Ninja Cat.

I'm sure those of you who frequent the internet to pass the time may have already seen Ninja Cat:

But I figure I'd share his goodness with you today -- especially since he came out with a sequel today...

Day 8; Post 8: Life is Less Interesting Without a Classroom.

My birthday is coming up in a few weeks and I just bought plane tickets to be out of town for it. There is a pretty great opportunity with work to go to a workshop in Connecticut, but the downside is that I'll have to go to work and then immediately head to the airport, end up at a hotel by myself...in Hartford, Connecticut...on my birthday.

I don't have high hopes for it -- and to be honest, a restful evening sounds appealing. Of course, no birthday will ever stack up to Birthday of 2005.

But, in looking back for that post about the proposal I got to search back through my old, other blog. Ugh -- I still hate that I ever strayed from Blogger because now there is a "lost" year of posts. So, I went back and started reading some of the posts from that era which was probably my teaching heyday. It got me missing having a class of my own...and so now, I will reminisce about some of my favorite teaching moments.

Martrell writes me a letter after I am sick with Strep Throat:

Come back soon! come back soon please,* Ms. U! Dear Ms. U Please come back. Ms. U I am sad and lonely I have friends but they is girls you is a women and you are fun and funny.

James does The Worm:

James: Ms. U?
Ms. U: [teaching a small group] Yes James?
J: Is now a good time to do "the worm"?
U: No. There is never a good time to do "the worm" in the classroom.
J: [shocked] But everyone loves "the worm"!
U: [secretly hoping he does "the worm"] Not me. I hate "the worm".

By the way, James did do The Worm for the class after he scored 100% on a reading test. It was awesome.

A different James justifies the blood, sweat, and tears that went into teaching when he told me:

I used to be bad at school, but you taught me how to be good at math, so I want to give you a hug. I walked all the way back from home to tell you that.

Robert writes about my death:

In 100 years I will be shriveld and old. I will be sad caus Ms. U will be so old she is ded.

Anything Dre'Kwon said.

Diamond's Pencil Sharpener House.

And of course, The Notorious T.L.B.

Incidentally, looking through some of my old teaching posts made me also realize that Baltimore had a heck of a lot more Snow Days than D.C. Damn.

Day 7; Post 7: Flashback.

Jamie and I went to New York a couple of weeks ago! Sure, it would have been better to post about our fun trip back then, but I'll do it now.

We had been planning on visiting NYC for a long time. Aside from having lots of friends there, it is a pretty easy trip up, and it's a nice place to visit and sightsee (so I hear.) Jess actually had a free weekend -- a break from the crazy doctor hours -- and we were sold. We booked a trip on Megabus (highly recommended) and made our voyage north.

When we got there, we got to catch up with Jess and admire the view of the Empire State building that she has from her deck. Yes. She has a view of the Empire State building. And a deck. And a pretty great apartment.

The Empire State Building posing as a Candy Corn for Halloween.

The next morning we got to have brunch at a pretty yummy brunch place that had tons of really tasty vegetable side dishes. I'm blanking on the name right now...but I'm sure Jess could chime in with the name if anyone's curious. From there we took the subway to Central Park and met up with Marina. We were total tourists and walked through the park taking pictures and catching up.

We walked up to the Met to see the Art of the Samurai exhibit which was pretty amazing. They had armor that could only be on display for two weeks every 5 years -- and we happened to be there during that window. A huge collection of Samurai swords and headdresses...very neat.

We headed back to Jess' apartment to distribute candy to trick-or-treaters (it being Halloween and all). The award for creepiest costume went to two middle-aged women who showed up wearing masks of Dubya and Laura Bush...with no kids. Seriously, why are you 45 years old and trick-or-treating without children?? At least bring children and help them "get rid" of their "bad candy" if you want free candy.

The highlight of the trip came with our adventure to get to Brooklyn Heights on Halloween night. Jess' boyfriend works at a restaurant there and we decided to pay him a visit and get some good food in the process. We quickly realized trying to take the subway to Brooklyn from the Lower East Side may have been unwise. Apparently, in New York, they change the routes of the trains with nary a sign or announcement. So, all of the sudden the A-train was going on the F-track, and the F-train was going on the B-track, or some sort of craziness. The end point being there was a good 30 minutes spent sitting in the station under the West Village...on Halloween night...where the Halloween parade begins.

We got our own Halloween parade. And let me say this: the moment you turn an inanimate object into a "sexified" Halloween costume, you may have gone too far. Sexy kittens or sexy witches are a Halloween staple. But, a sexy guitar? Really?

Eventually, we made it and made the delay worth it by having some tasty, tasty food. The mac n' cheese was The Best. We also took a cab back.

Before we left on Sunday morning, we caught up with Bridget and Anne Louise and had yet another yummy brunch. In the end, we had a great weekend, although I tried and failed at convincing any of my friends to move to DC. We may not do brunch anywhere near as well as New York, nor do we have Candy Corn Empire State Building, but we do have a metro system that will not leave you stranded and Barack Obama.

Day 6; Post 6: Dogs are Pretty Smart Too.

And now for something a little bit different. I saw this video last week and thought it was pretty fun -- just thought I'd share...

I officially want a Border Collie. Perhaps someday when I own some rolling hills on which it can run...

Day 5; Post 5: Becoming Human.

Jamie and I have been Tivo-ing the PBS series, Becoming Human. It is awesome. It also awes and inspires me to see how smart people are; not just evolutionarily-speaking with all the fire- and tool-making, but the scientists who can piece together a life story that is millions of years old.

They can tell how many days old the homo erectus was when he died by looking at its teeth (apparently enamel on a tooth grows another layer according to the circadian rhythm), or that how many millions of years ago it was that humans became hairless (using what they know about the difference between head lice and pubic lice), and that homo erectus had developed enough socially to care for each other because they found a skull that had no teeth and had not had teeth for two years before it died showing that its "community members" had cared enough to feed him and even go so far as chew his food for him.

Oh, and we found water on the moon today.

Science -- just incredible.

Day 4; Post 4: Spreading Good Cheer.

Almost forgot to post today!

First things first, a great big "Happy Birthday" to my father-in-law! Jamie and I are sending all of our birthday wishes and love across the country today...

So, Jamie and I had been subscribers to XM Radio for a couple of years now. We enjoyed it and were regular listeners...until they were swallowed up by Sirius. Then it was downhill. Fewer stations, our favorites were not as good, the sound quality was worse, and they started charging for things that had been free. Needless to say, I had been on the lookout for an alternative for when our subscription ran out.

I never got into Pandora -- I didn't like all the limitations. When I sit down to work, I like to have music playing, but given all of the regular interruptions at work the music is usually playing to an empty office. Lo and behold, I would go through all the free hours of music within days. Or, I'd go through all of the skips. Too much pressure.

The time to renew our subscription was getting closer, and I thought I would be succumbing and continuing with Sirius, until one wonderful day, when I noticed an intriguing free app for my trusty Pre. I clicked the download button and I discovered Accuradio -- the greatest internet discovery since Netflix Watch Instantly. If you have never used this website before, consider it my gift to you on this, the dawn of the holiday season.

Free streaming of a huge selection of genres, almost commercial free (they have one every hour or so), skip as many songs as you like, ban certain artists, etc. Feel like listening to some of the newest Indie hits from the Nordic region? There is a whole station dedicated to it. Native American music? It's there!

And showtunes! A whole channel dedicated to showtunes! Not just that, there are 30+ subchannels within the showtunes channel that narrows it down even more by era, songwriter, tempo -- there is even a subchannel dedicated to just the overtures. The classical channel (and its 50+ subchannels) is even more impressive. So great. Jamie even approved of their indie music selection...at first scoffing at the thought of getting rid of his beloved XMU station on XM/Sirius. Then he saw the 30+ subchannels for INDIE music and his icy heart began to melt.

Up until a couple of weeks ago, I still wasn't sure I was ready to get rid of the XM radio...only because at this time of year I am addicted to holiday music. It's a problem I have, and I know it's totally nerdy and irrational to listen to holiday music in November. But, I would listen to it in October if I could. (It just stretches out that warm fuzzy feeling I get around the holidays.) XM had a station dedicated just to holiday music that came on around Thanksgiving. There is was no beating that station come November.

Then, I saw that Accuradio had a Holiday Channel -- and they add more subchannels EVERY day. Granted, some of the channels are silly (i.e. the station that only played songs with the word "Jingle" in the title, or the station that only played different versions of "Silver Bells"), but when they added "Old-Fashioned Christmas" today I had little hearts in my eyes.

I hope it can bring you joy too.

Day 3; Post 3 - Preppies in the News!

Today was a much needed day off from work (thank you, Veterans, for protecting our country). Sort of -- I was still working a lot, mostly editing report cards -- but at least I got to do it in my jammies with a cat on my lap.

It is absolutely shameful that I haven’t posted about this before, but I say it’s better late than never. About a month ago we had a BIG visitor at Prep! He was literally BIG (like, 7’ tall – or at least, he seemed that tall) and figuratively for us educator types: Arne Duncan! The U.S. Secretary of Education! He came to our school! He said "hello" to me!

So, apparently, there was a week back in October that was focused on healthy eating and physical fitness. As the only public elementary school in D.C. serving healthy and organic meals to our students, it made sense for him to visit us. Also, we’re great and I’m sure he was just trying to find a way to check out our preppies.

The downside was that we did not find out about his visit until one school-day before. You can imagine the amount of frenzy that followed the announcement that Secretary Duncan and his wife would be visiting. Despite visiting for only an hour or so, we planned and prepped like crazy. Of course, our teachers were champs (as usual) and our kids did an amazing job. He brought a couple of soccer players from U.S. Men’s team (Jozy Altidore and Oguchi Onyewu) who taught the kids some soccer moves and then ate lunch with some of our 4 year olds.

I don't know who took this picture (some news person) but photo credit to him/her.

In the end, the visit went very well. Our kids impressed Secretary Duncan, and they were invited the next week to see a screening of "Sid the Science Kid" about H1N1 Flu Vaccinations. There they got to see (and some of our 3rd graders introduced!) Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

Of course, now I've had some kids wonder to me why our school hasn't received any of the vaccine. Oh well...one battle at a time.

In a semi-related sidenote: for the first time in our relationship history, Jamie has succumbed to the flu before I have! Could it be that the Capitol is even more germ-infested than an elementary school? Don't worry, Jamie is handling it like a champ!

Day 2; Post 2: So Much for Schadenfreude.

Today on my way home from work, there was a car following closely behind me. Very, very closely. So closely, in fact, that I could not see his headlights behind me -- I'm talking a foot or less was between our moving vehicles.

Having not driven far from work, and it not being the best of neighborhoods, my first thought was that this guy was going to ram my car and then rob me. I could not think of any reason that this car would be tailgating me. There were other lanes where he could go around me and I had not cut him off to make him mad.

Fearing the worst, I made a few turns (he continued to follow behind me). At one point, he had to pause to let a jaywalker by, and I gained a good 1/2 block or so on him. At this point I started to change lanes to make a left turn. That's when he floored it and quickly closed the gap between us.

I was about 2/3 of the way into the lane when he decided to try and squeeze past me -- unfortunately for him, 1/3 of the lane was not enough for his car to pass by me without jumping onto the curb of the grassy median. By the time I swerved to get out of his way, his tire had exploded on the curb and his car spun out.

The sense of poetic justice was fleeting and was quickly replaced by guilt. Despite the fact that I did not hit his car, nor was his reckless driving and tire exploding any fault of mine, it crossed my mind to stop and help. Then I remembered where I was (and when...it was pretty dark) and all my initial fears came flooding back. So I drove on and let him deal with his flat tire on his own -- after all, I would be of very little use to him.

Thing is, I can't shake the feeling like I should have done more. Or more, that I shouldn't have jumped to the conclusion that I did -- that he was up to no good. So, guy who drives too closely to me, wherever you are: I hope that your tire got fixed and that you got wherever you were going in time. I also hope you learned to drive in a way that didn't make you a big jerk.

Day 1; Post 1: Ambitious Endeavor.

Been a while since I posted -- I am a little ashamed. This prompts me to undertake a pretty ambitious blog endeavor: 30 posts in 30 days. I can't make any promises for the awesomeness of said posts. Nor can I really guarantee that they will not be more than a video that I found online. But, I will try to be somewhat entertaining...for 30 posts anyway.

To help me in my first effort, I am enjoying a classic on Netflix Watch Instantly - my friend in multitasking. Tonight I made an excellent choice: The Adventures of Milo and Otis. I have a history with this movie...a sometimes tragic history with this movie. Tragic only because I only saw it once despite many repeated attempts. My heart-wrenching last attempt involved a broken VHS tape.

But tonight, through the magic of the internet, I am able to see the movie again...and let me tell you, it -- like Muppets Take Manhattan -- is even better now that I'm older. Aside from the animal cruelty that must have been involved (let's stick a kitten in a box floating down a waterfall - wee! Oh! What if we have that grown bear tackle a pug? Comedic gold! Maybe have a crab pinch that cat's face or have the cat play with a hedgehog. Let's throw this puppy into the middle of the ocean! Oh his whimpers will be so adorable!), this movie is most amazing. Maybe it will only stay amazing as long as I am ignorant of whether or not any animals were actually hurt in the filming.

It's like a movie version of Cute Overload.

This movie may be the reason for my apparent obsession for orange tabbies.

It may also be the reason why I can still play About Strange Lands and People by heart to this day. (No, I don't get why there are pictures of babies in the video.)

WHOA. I just noticed that the person who posted that video of Milo and Otis on You Tube had the username of "HappyMeliProject". Creeeeeeeepy!

And because everyone can benefit from more Milo and Otis...

One post down...29 to go.