So my birthday is coming up (October 19th...) and people have started asking me what I want. What do I want? A ridiculously expensive camera! I know, I am a brat. My solution? Amazon Gift Certificates! These stack nicely, and the camera I want is available on Amazon for a good price.

Click here to go to the Amazon Gift Certificate page, and address them to jenny@jennylisa.com !

There is a new incredibly rad shop in Northampton that is selling indie crafts. They are at 7 Old South St. in the alley behind the Glamourama hair salon. (Click Here for Directions) You can check out their MySpace page here. I also highly suggest checking out their Blog here, where Marisa updates new inventory, and talks about all the general goings on in D.I.T.U. Alley.

We have returned from India, and have more than enough pictures to show for it... For the stripped down version of the album, here. For the more adventurous, the complete album is here. And of course, congratulations to John and Rachana!

As some of you know, I work at the Community Music School of Springfield, MA as a Music Therapist. Next month is the annual Concerto Grosso fundraising event at Barnes and Noble in Holyoke.

The way it works is that each student has to raise at least $40 in order to perform. My students have special needs, and while one of them will probably have no problem getting the money together for her performance, the other may not. (Some of you know of her, she's the one with Autism and perfect pitch, who makes me change keys on the fly) If anyone has $5 or $10 to donate, it would be really cool. (But PLEASE don't donate if you don't have it to spare! I know some of you will want to, but you need it more than the school!) The donation goes to scholarships at the music school for kids who don't have funding for lessons or music therapy sessions. I just really want them to have a chance to perform, because they both love it so much. Here is a link to the Concerto Grosso brochure.

Also, if anyone wants to come and see my girls in action, you can come to the event. And, for all money spent at Barnes and Noble that day a percent will be donated to the school.

"Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. ...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

--Hermann Goring, Nazi Party, second-in-command of the Third Reich

2 of my favorite people are married. This is so rad.

I have been having a blast photographing friends lately, and the most recent has been my friends Pete and Maggie. Maggie is a law student, and said that she would shave her head when she was accepted for a clerkship. (Shaving her head is something she enjoys doing, and won't be able to do nearly as much once she's a lawyer...) I invited myself along to document, and we captured the many stages of Maggie's head shaving. Click Here for Pics!

Friends of mine (Gillian and Banj) are entered into some kind of sweepstakes where the family with the most votes gets a Celtics Driveway Makeover... Banj is a massive Celtics fan, and Jacob (Their 6 year old) is a huge b'ball fan. Anyhow, you can vote 3 times a day. Click here and vote for the Bianculli family!

A compilation of many people's photos and video clips from the wedding can now be found here!