User:Zabrams/A Day in the Life of the Mac-Attack

A Day in the Life of the Mac-Attack is a fictional blog written by BlogSpot User The Jewish Blogger. The first blog entry was written on August 27, 2008 and the most recent entry was on June 1, 2010. There are currently 71 entries, including an introductory entry that was written on the same day as the first episode. The fourth and final season began on December 28, 2009 and is expected to end toward the beginning of June 2010.

Concept
The blog's protagonist is Michael Maccabbi, more commonly known as the Mac-Attack (or more simply, Mac). Mac has the reputation of being the ultimate player and has an ego the size of Mount Rushmore, however, Mac is truly good at heart. His two best friends are Ben Sheiner and Melinda Moskowitz, the latter becoming his girlfriend in Season 3. Mac's parents are Al and Shayna Maccabbi, a rabbi and a housewife respectively. He also has a twin brother named Darrin, a very feminine younger brother named JT, and a 30 year old sister named Tara who just won't move out. While Mac loves his family dearly, he prefers to not be around them as they all judge him for his various endeavors (mostly with girls). Mac's main comfort zone is within the fictional West Coast USY, where he has many close friends.

Many of the storylines revolve around Mac's various experiences with women. While he has hooked up with multiple girls throughout the blog's run, he has been involved more seriously with a handful of girls as well.

Format
Each entry title has the words In the Life of the Mac-Attack at the end. (ie: A Proposition in the Life of the Mac-Attack or A Sermon in the Life of the Mac-Attack.

With the exception of the first four episodes, all of the characters are represented by a specific color. For example, Mac is represented by the color red and Ben by the color blue.

Every entry ends with the words Sincerely, Mac-Attack

Season 1: 8/20/08-6/20/09
In the first blog entry, Mac talks of an Instant Messaging conversation he recently had with a girl named Carrie Wilcox. Carrie, who had hooked up with Mac several times since their Freshman Year, decided that she would like for Mac to lose his virginity to her. Mac initially says Yes to the proposition but ultimately decides not to. The next week, Mac and his best friends Ben and Melinda attend a party being held by their overweight USY friend Brian Berg, more commonly known as "B". At the party, Mac runs into Carrie Wilcox and claims to B that she is actually a crazy stalker. This causes B to recruit the help of Rivka Pasternak, who claims to be Mac's new girlfriend, thus causing Carrie to leave the party humiliated. Mac asks Rivka out, but she reveals to him that she will be going home to San Diego the next night, but will hope to see him at a Regional USY event.

Over Labor Day Weekend, West Coast USY goes to Disneyland for an opening event. While at Disneyland, Mac and Rivka kiss. Later, Mac chases her through the park trying to get another moment alone with her. When he finally does, she reveals that she actually has a boyfriend now who lives in San Diego. A heartbroken Mac is comforted by Melinda.

A couple months later, on a Thursday in November, Mac sees Dara Karpen for the very first time. He believes her to be the most beautiful girl he's ever seen. That Saturday night, he sees her at a USY dance. Before attempting to talk to her, he sees that she has a boyfriend. It is revealed in the next blog entry that Dara has joined the USY Chapter at Mac's synagogue, Temple Beth Zion. The two have a heart-to-heart at the end of the Hannukah Gift Exchange Lounge, but nothing happens between the two of them. Wanting to spend more time with her, Mac invites Dara to his New Years Eve party, not realizing that she will invite her boyfriend, Ray. Mac ends up hooking up with a random girl at midnight without even knowing her name. In the next blog entry, it's revealed that the girl's name is Valerie and she is the best friend of B's most recent girlfriend, Jenny. At the end of the blog entry, Ben tells Mac that he will attempt to help him get Dara, since she's the only one Mac really wants.

Mac and Rivka meet once again at a USY Weekend in Beverly Hills. All his feelings for Dara seem to disappear as he and Rivka spend the weekend rekindling their old flame. After the weekend is over, Mac and Rivka decide to not do the long-distance thing. Mac ends up hooking up with a series of girls over the next few entries until he finds out from Ben that Dara has broken up with her boyfriend. The next week, at the West Coast USY Pre-Passover Midbar Dance, Mac is put in a difficult situation when he must choose between Rivka and Dara. He ultimately chooses Dara, and he remains good friends with Rivka.

Dara and Mac's first official date is a seder with Mac's family. The Maccabbi clan appear to make the couple feel uncomfortable as they joke about Mac's reputation. Dara ends up walking out and Mac chases her. They share a passionate kiss in the rain after proclaiming their love for one another. Three weeks later, they share their one-month anniversary. Dara initially plans to cook for Mac, but she burns the roast that she has been cooking all day. Struggling to find a restaurant that isn't completely crowded, the two settle for burgers at McDonalds and seem very content about it.

The Tuesday before prom, the couple decides that they will have sex for the first time while at prom. In the midst of this discussion, Dara's ex-boyfriend Ray appears and asks Dara to take him back. When he walks away, Dara reveals to Mac that Ray had cheated on her and that's the reason she broke up with him. That Saturday night, Dara and Mac go to prom together while Ben and Melinda go together as friends. While the four are taking their pre-prom pictures, Mac notices for the first time that Melinda seems to have animosity toward Dara. At prom, while Dara is in the ladies' room, Mac confronts Melinda about this and Melinda reveals to Mac that she is in love with him, and has been their entire lives. Before Mac can respond, Dara comes back from the ladies' room and they dance. Later that night, though Mac can't stop thinking about what Melinda told him, he and Dara make love. That night, Dara and I made love. It was the first time I had ever had sex, and it was really good. It was really very good.

But it wasn't perfect.

The next blog entry takes place on the day after prom. After waking up together, Mac takes Dara out for breakfast. While eating, they run into Ray once again. Ray explains to Dara that he knows that in the back of her mind, Mac is still just the rebound guy. Before Dara can respond to him, the waitress brings them their check and Ray walks away. When Mac is driving Dara home, she explains that she has a lot on her mind and will text him later. She gets out of the car without so much as a kiss. That night, Mac recieves a text message from Dara saying: "I'm Sorry. I can't pretend anymore." Mac calls her and she makes the break-up official. Upset and confused, Mac drives to Melinda's house. When Melinda opens the door, all he can bring himself to do is kiss her and then leave. The next day at school, Mac explains to Melinda that he and Dara had broken up. Melinda asks Mac to come over to her house the following day. When he arrives at her house, Melinda attempts to seduce him. Nervous, scared, and confused, Mac apologizes to Melinda and flees.

That weekend is the weekend of West Coast USY's Regional Convention. Mac is roomed with Ben, along with their good friends Gahl Sinai and Max Altman. He explains his predicament to all his friends and Gahl decucts that Mac will feel better after Shabbat services. After services, the USYers participate in some Israeli Dancing. During this time, Mac tries to find Melinda so he can tell her that his feelings match her's. He also runs into Rivka, who offers herself to him after he tells her about his recent breakup. He explains that, once again, there is someone else and that he won't be hooking up with Rivka this weekend. The next day, Mac tries to find a moment to talk to Rivka, but he can't seem to catch a break. That night, at the Convention dance, Mac sits outside thinking about Melinda. Ben and Gahl convince Mac that now would be as good of a time as any to tell Melinda. Since he doesn't see her on the dance floor, he decides to check her room. Mac knocks on Melinda's door and she doesn't answer. Instead, Mac's friend Aaron Youngston answers the door. He sees that Aaron and Melinda have slept together. As Mac walks away, Melinda chases after him. Mac tells Melinda how he feels, deducting that she's the only girl who has consistently treated him well. Melinda defends her actions by calling Mac on the fact that she's waited for him for a long time and that she's done waiting. Mac accepts this.

At the end of the blog entry, the USYers arrive back in Phoenix. After getting his luggage, Mac gets in his car and decides not to go home. Instead, he hops onto the 101 and heads toward the direction of Los Angeles.

The last time I decided to let the road decide where I would go, I ended up at Melinda's house. This time, I wasn't sure where I was going. All I knew is that I would definitely be on the road for a while this time.

Season 2: 6/23/09-8/13/09
Continuing where the last blog entry left off, Mac has decided to go to California instead of going home. I had a lot of thoughts going through my head as I drove to California that night. For one, I was thinking about everything that went down in the past week: my girlfriend dumping me, realizing that I was in love with my best friend; you know, all the usual stuff.

Once he is actually in Los Angeles, he decides to drive to his Grandma's house in Malibu. On the drive, he recieves an angry phone call from his father. Mac explains that he needs to clear his head and that being away will help him do that. Mac's grandmother is more than thrilled that her grandson has surprised her and tells him that he can stay as long as he wants.

For the first two weeks that he is in California, Mac does nothing but sit around the house and drive his grandmother to various appointments. He decides it might be a good idea to go for a run on the beach. While on the beach, he meets Laura Sliverman, a tan blonde with long legs. He asks her out and she tells him about a bonfire that will be happening that night. While walking on the beach later that night, Mac opens up to Laura about the complicated situation that brought him to California. The date ends with an awkward hug. The next day, as Mac is about to go for a run, Laura appears and kisses him. The two begin a romance.

The next week, Ben surprises Mac by coming to California. Mac is extremely happy to have his best friend there. Ben explains to Mac that at their friend B's beginning of summer party, Melinda and Aaron became an official item. Mac tries to act like he doesn't care because he's with Laura now. Mac proceeds to tell Ben that they should fix Ben up with one of Laura's friends and they should double date. However, Ben gets set up with Laura's ugly cousin Gertrude.

Mac and Laura continue spending more time together and decide to go out on the 4th of July. Earlier in the day, Mac notices that Laura is a little on edge. She explains later by telling him that she'll be leaving for Italy and won't be back in California for the rest of the summer. Deciding to make the most of their last night together, the two sleep together and share their final kiss the next morning on the beach.

The next week, Ben leaves Malibu to head home and strongly urges Mac to come with him. Mac tells him that he wants to stay a while longer. After Ben leaves, Mac meets a college girl named Lizzie while escorting his grandmother to the eye doctor. He ends up asking her out and they have sex in the back of his car later that night. He drops her off at the eye doctor's office the next day and notices that he has three missed calls, all from Melinda. He calls her back and the two get into a brief quarell about Mac's lifestyle. After they get off the phone, Mac gets back to his grandmother's house only to find his parents waiting for him. In the next blog entry, they convince him to come home and he reluctantly does so. On the drive home, he recieves another call from Melinda. She asks him if he'd like to have dinner that night and he turns down her offer, saying that he doesn't believe Aaron will approve.

After being home for a few days, B throws a "Welcome Home Party" for Mac. When Mac arrives at the party, he notices that he doesn't know half the people. He does, however, seek out Melinda in the crowd and he attempts to talk to her. She is reluctant and goes off with Aaron to dance to Boom Boom Pow. Ben observes that he feels that Mac is still in love with Melinda, and Mac doesn't deny it. However, he is distracted when a random girl named Veronica starts talking to him. As he is about to hook up with her, Mac notices that Melinda is watching. He chases after her and Melinda tells him that she doesn't think they should hang out anymore. Mac is heartbroken over this.

Mac finds out that, with the growing USY Chapter, another president to work alongside Aaron Youngston is to be appointed. Maryl, the youth director of TBZ USY as well as Melinda's mother, convinces Mac to give it a shot and speak at their impromptu election night. While waiting for his turn to speak, he and his ex-girlfriend Dara begin talking. Right before he speaks, Dara kisses him. Initially confused, he decides to shake off the kiss and just give his speech. He recieves thunderous applause from his fellow USYers and he ultimately gets the job. Dara attempts to kiss him again, but he turns her away saying that they should just be friends. Melinda walks out during the victory celebration, but Mac can't chase after her since he's being mobbed by a bunch of USYers.

Another developing storyline during this time is the new relationship between Mac's sister Tara and her new boyfriend Mark. Mac intitally disapproves of Mark, and even believes him to be cheating on his sister after hearing a phone conversation between Mark and a girl named Janie. It is revealed a couple blog entries later that Janie is actually his young neice.

The last blog entry of the summer starts with the first board meeting with Mac and Aaron as co-presidents. After the meeting, Aaron reveals to Mac that he is thinking of breaking up with Melinda. Mac, though he still loves Melinda, encourages Aaron not to break up with her since he seems to make her happy. Aaron agrees and decides to stay with Melinda. That night, B has one more party to end the summer. This party is different in the fact that there is alcohol there. In fact, when Ben and Mac arrive to the party, B is already completely wasted. Mac and Ben decide to look for Aaron and Melinda. Mac goes upstairs and walks in on a drunk Aaron about to have a three-some. Aaron explains that Melinda has broken up with him and that he thinks she is still in love with Mac. Mac decides to go find Melinda, only to find that she is also drunk. Ben and Mac drive her home and Mac goes into the house with her to make sure she gets inside okay. After he tucks her in, Melinda asks him to stay with her because she loves him. When she asks if he loves her, he responds that he does, which is why he can't be with her that night. The next day, Mac is greeted with a resignation letter from Aaron. Maryl explains to Mac that they will not be appointing a new co-president and that Mac would need to tell the board about Aaron's sudden departure.

The blog entry ends with Mac addressing the board: "I know it's going to be hard to run a big chapter like our's without two presidents, but I think that if we all work together, this year will still be successful. Our chapter is still as strong as ever, and I am confident that our board will be strong enough to hold it all together. If there are no further questions, we can all be on our way now."

Season 3: 8/19/09-12/23/09
The third season starts on the first day of Senior Year. Mac spends the day trying to find the perfect moment with Melinda, but can't seem to speak without being interrupted. As the two seem to be about to kiss, Mac is interrupted yet again, this time by a phone call from his mom informing Mac of his dad's heart attack. When Mac arrives at the hospital, he is relieved to see that his father is going to be just fine. Melinda comes to the hospital to see how Rabbi Maccabbi is doing. Mac's mother suggests that Mac and Melinda go get drinks from the cafeteria so Mac's brothers can come into the hospital room. After they get their drinks, Mac walks Melinda to her car. He walks away after an awkward hug, but then looks back to see that she hasn't gotten into her car yet. Feeling that this could be the perfect moment, the two run to each other and share a passionate kiss in the middle of the hospital parking lot.

At that moment, I wasn't sure where the kiss would lead to, but I wasn't thinking about where it would lead to either. I was living in the moment, and at that particular time, the moment was the best place to live.

The next entry picks up right from where the last one ended. As Mac and Melinda make out in the parking lot, the profess their love for one another and she invites him over to her place. When she leaves, Mac immediately calls Ben, who doesn't answer the phone. Mac leaves a message saying that something amazing has happened. An hour later, Mac heads over to Melinda's house and the two passionately make love. Shortly afterwards, Mac gets a phone call from Ben. Melinda asks Mac not to tell Ben (or anyone) about what has just happened because she just got out of a relationship with Aaron and isn't completely over him yet. Mac protests at first, but eventually agrees. The two begin an affair and, at first, things seem to be going well. Things get complicated when Melinda agrees to go out on a date with Peter Cressler, a football player. Mac is hurt by this and confronts Melinda about it at a USY Lounge. Ben overhears the conversation and is upset by the fact that Mac and Melinda lied to him. On the advice of his future brother-in-law Mark, Mac decides to try and reconcile with both Ben and Melinda. He and Melinda apologize together, but Melinda defends the affair by saying that it wasn't anything more than what it was. Ben forgives the two of them. When Melinda drops Mac off at his house, Mac breaks up with her, citing that "just sex" isn't enough for him anymore.

The next weekend is the USY Camping Trip, and romance may be in the air for Mac in a different form: a free-spirit from Vegas named Brittany Ziegler. During the weekend, the two spend time together and realize that they have quite a bit in common. However, their moment is interrupted by a crying Sam Bernstein (a beautiful girl who had recently moved from Phoenix to Vegas), who has just realized the truth about her cheating boyfriend, Steve Schuckman. The next day, Sam has calmed down a bit, but the moment between Mac and Brittany is gone. She does tell him that he may be a nicer guy than she originally thought, and she kisses him on the cheek. Mac later tells Ben that, because she can "see through all of his crap", she may be just what he needs. The next day is Yom Kippur, and Mac gets closure on the situation with Melinda, though he remarks in the final words of the blog entry that there's always more drama to be had.

On Simchat Torah, Mac gets drunk and Melinda drives him home. While in the car, Melinda (thinking that he would be too drunk to remember), reveals to him that she still loves him and is unhappy without him in her life. In the closing remarks of the blog, Mac asks the question: "How is it that a drunk guy can know exactly what he wants in the exact moment he wants it, while a sober man can do no such thing?" In the next blog entry, Mac tells Melinda that he still loves her too and asks for her to think about the possibility of getting back together. Also in the next blog entry is Tara and Mark's Rehearsal Dinner. Mac and Darrin notice that the bride and groom are just a little bit off. When Tara randomly gets up and leaves during the dinner, Mac starts to wonder what's going on. Mark reveals to Mac that Tara is pregnant and stormed off, and that she won't answer her phone. Mac tells Mark: "You just worry about getting married tomorrow. I'll worry about locating Tara. Tell my parents I'll meet them at the shul tomorrow."

Mac spends the evening looking for his sister. After dismissing the possibility that she may be at her place of work, the first place Mac looks for her is the Lifelong Health Club, a gym that Tara and Mark had joined recently. Being that it is 11:00 at night, Mac has no problem searching in the Womens' Locker Room. Instead of finding his sister in there, he meets three very hot and sexually aggressive girls. Surprisingly, Melinda walks in and "rescues" Mac. She offers to help with the search. The two go all over Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, and Glendale to try and find her. While in a cafe at 3:30 AM, the two seem to share a moment when they feed pie to each other. Snapping back to the task at hand, Mac reveals that he didn't look for her at her place of work. Melinda proceeds to tell him that the place of work is always the first place to look. The two head over to the King Solomon Jewish Elementary School, where Tara teaches Kindergarden. Mac jumps the fence and enters the school. He knocks on Tara's classroom door frantically. When she opens the door for him, he assures her that Mark loves her and that he will love the baby too. Mark then shows up, as if on cue, and the two embrace. They proceed to get married later that day. At the wedding reception, Mac asks Melinda to dance and she accepts the offer with a kiss. The two officially start a relationship.

While at a Presidents' Retreat for USY, Ben and Mac are told by Tara Hudson (the Regional President) that the inaugural season for the West Coast USY Basketball League will be starting this year. Ben doesn't originally want to be a participant, but his mind changes after he plays well in a recreational mid-day game. He accepts the position of Player/Head Coach for Team Arizona; Mac takes the position of Assistant Coach. The next week, they hold try-outs and, after seeing some talentless players, a group of great athletes show up on the demand of Brian Berg.

Team Arizona's first game is on the first night of Hanukkah and will be played against Team Vegas. Ben is stressed about the game preparations because he knows that Team Vegas is great and that they will probably be out-played by them. After practice, Sam Bernstein approaches Ben and asks him if she can get some one-on-one coaching from him? Ben, who has a major crush on Sam, agrees. The next night, the two play three games of one-on-one, citing that the loser of the tournament has to buy the pizza afterwards. Sam wins the first game, Ben wins the second game, and Sam wins the last one. She looks at Ben and tells him: "Looks like you owe me a pizza!" He responds by saying: "I would've bought the pizza either way." They kiss with that sentiment. A couple days later is gameday and the Team Arizona Coaches find that Steve Schuckman (Sam's ex) is the Player/Coach of Team Vegas. Ben and Sam reveal to Schuckman that the two are an item now, and Schuckman is confused by this. Obviosuly, it makes more fuel for his fire. At the end of the half, Team Phoenix is down by ten points. Frantically trying to come up with a strategy, Ben decides to take himself out of the game. He also benches Mac for the third quarter, and Mac agrees. They start to mount a comeback, and by the end of the third quarter, Team Arizona is down by just one point. Mac goes back into the game and is fouled with 5 seconds left in the game. He goes to the line and makes both of his free throws, winning the game for Team Arizona. The blog entry ends with Schuckman acknowledging Ben's good coaching with a handshake.

The final entry of the season is titled "Thinking About the Future in the Life of the Mac-Attack". In the entry, Mac reveals to Ben that he has applied to the University of Florida and that he has always wanted to go there. Ben brings up the fact that if Mac goes to UF, he'll be 2000 miles away from Melinda. Mac responds that he doesn't know if he sees Melinda in his future. That night, he has a dream in which he is working as a sports agent and that he and Melinda are married with five children. He wakes up in a panic and comes downstairs to see that Melinda is having breakfast with his mother and is about to go shopping for some baby-stuff for Mac's sister. Before they leave, Mrs. Maccabbi encourages Melinda to start calling her "Mom", causing Mac to panic even more. After a conversation with Darrin, he comes to the realization that he shouldn't worry about it because he hasn't even been accepted into UF yet. The two go down to the driving range to hit some golf balls. When they get back, Mac sees that an envelope has arrived in the mail from the University of Florida Office of Undergraduate Admissions. The season ends with him about to open the envelope with Melinda sitting next to him.