Ok, I'm tired, but I promised more updates.
Christmas - If anyone remembers my post from last year I was wondering about the conspiracy of my family to give me alcohol or alcohol related gifts. This year I got 4 bottles of wine, 2 wine glasses, a wine carrier for two bottles of wine, and a set of 8 retro Tom Collins glasses complete with the recipe...
Friday, December 31, 2004
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Transition Complete
Okay I've fully completed moving my entire blog over to blogger.com from the old site. My friend Kyle, who's been so graciously hosting this system, has gotten laid off, and with that has lost his space to put the server. He's going to give me a redirect so that you can still go to http://mist.thepond.com. You can also go directly to http://criostal.blogspot.com/.
That's...
Don't Rain on my parade!
Ok so I got back from Direct Tire last tuesday at about 7 and was all set to get ready and go skiing. I walked into my apartment and the first thing I noticed was an acrid smell, then I noticed it sounded like it was raining inside my apartment. I turned on the light and then immediately turned it off again as I saw that water was streaming down...
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Gotta Love Stupid People
So I'm waiting at Natick mall to get my tires fixed on my car and I sit down to rest a bit at the food court. Just for the hell of it I check out the wireless and low and behold there's an AP available that's named "default" with no password at all. I'm currently surfing the web with it right now. When will people learn that they need to secure...
Monday, December 20, 2004
Let it SNOW!!!
Ahhh the beauty of winter snowfall. The flakes glide slowly upon the ground and build and build until it begins to accumulate. It continues to do this until everything is covered by the white powder. The wind blows it around creating drifts that are crisp, clean and unspoiled by any disturbance of any kind. The beauty is just breathtaking.
That...
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Bittersweet Irony
This was in the Boston Globe today.
The artcile is: Churches Oppose Bill on Disclosure
The URL is here
The line which is priceless is:
''Many churches have deep historical memories of an experience of undue influence by the state in the affairs of the church, and thus many churches are wary of giving the state unnecessarily intrusive powers over...
Saturday, December 04, 2004
Bid Night
Well Bid night went well this year. Its still continuing at the moment I assume but I've heard of no problems thus far and things seemed to be very calm. We got 22 great guys so we'll have a good and manageable size class this year.
At this point posutlancy begins and the molding of the boys into men of Alpha Cho Rho begins. They will learn the...
Monday, November 29, 2004
Which came first? Drama or drama?
So was the term drama created as a comparitve term to describe situations that are as crazy, hectic and problematic as can be in drama productions or was it the other way around....
Whatever... either way they both exist in this situation.
Ok, so at the same time I auditioned for Death of a Salesman I had also auditioned and got accepted for the...
Saturday, November 27, 2004
Happy Thanksgiving
Well I had a great time visiting the families. Got to see my little cousins, Abigail and Aiden. Both are absoultely adorable. I think Abby is two and Aiden is almost a year now. Aiden is getting so big so fast. I got to hold him for a little while and then put him down for a nap.After visiting Grammy and all of mom's side of the family I stopped...
Sunday, November 21, 2004
What a show!
Well the last of the people at my post-performance party just left. Amazing, two nights in a row the party has gone past 6:00 AM.
It has been an incredible time all around and it was an incredible party with everyone here both last night and tonight. I can't wait for New Voices 2...
Saturday, November 20, 2004
End of Salesman
Well tonight is the final night of Death of a Salesman and I'm sad to see it go. This has been an incredible, wonderful, heart-wrenching production. Hearing Linda (Spavis) scream "NOOOOOO" every night as Willy (Jake) gets into the car to crash it is just incredible, as well as seeing the relationships of Willy, Biff (Jim) and Happy (Dan) deteriorate...
Friday, November 19, 2004
Been a While - Update Part 2
Ok, so when I was last writing I was talking about work stuff. Now on to the rest of my life over the summer up until now.
Let's see, first off is that I moved from my apt. on Bowdoin Street to my new place on Dean Street. The new place is great and has 2 floors, one of which is a full finished basement. It has a built in bar, 2 refridgerators...
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Been a While - Update Part 1
Well it certainly has been a while. What a summer. This has to have been one of the most hectic summers I've had in a very very long time.
First off there is work. From about August until about mid-September I barely got home earlier than 7pm on any given night. I've been really burning the midnight oil trying to get all the upgrades done for...
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
Happy 4th of July
Happy belated 4th of July to eveyone. Hope you all had a great time.
My 4th annual BYOBBQ went off very well this year. The numbers were a bit smaller but a good time was still had by all I think. I think I confused everyone by setting the start time at 4pm instead of the normal 6pm, but oh well. The important thing is that people ca...
Saturday, June 19, 2004
Almost Summer
Well, only two more days until the official start of summer. of course it feels like its almost half over since WPI got out on May 1....
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
Hiking
Well Max and I went hiking in the Blue Mountains today. It was incredible. I had an absolute blast. It was so nice to be back doing something with nature. I haven't really done anything much outdoorsy since last year when I went camping.
We hiked the red dot trail and the blue skyline trail (the north-south loop for anyone who knows it.) It...
Monday, June 07, 2004
Farewell vacation, I hardly knew thee....
Well vacation is almost over but I can't really be too upset since I'm taking Mondays and Tuesdays off all month to burn up my vacation time. Rough life I live huh? *grin*
Tomorrow I go hiking in the Blue Hills with Max which I haven't done in AGES! It should be a lot of fun. I can't even remember the last time I went hiking. It'll be sunny and...
Thursday, June 03, 2004
Me + Car = Happy
Well I got my car back today and it looks beautiful. I had a minor accident at the beginning of May. I was backing out of my driveway at my old apartment and between the car parked at the edge of the driveway entrance and one of the blindspots in my car (the rear passenger side structural beam) I didn't see the other car coming down the street and...
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
A cold in summer?
So craziness of all craziness I have a cold in the summer. This sucks. I had thought that it was just agravated sinuses due to the dust from moving but it lasted too long, came on too strong, and I've had the cough of a cold all day, in addition to the lack of strength and the lightheadedness that comes with it too.
Apparently this cold is going...
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
Moving is DONE!!
Ok, so I'm officially horrible at keeping this thing up to date. *sigh* Oh well...
I have finally finished moving my life to its new location. I have fully moved into my new apartment. This place is incredible.
There are two seperate floors; the first floor has the bedrooms and the basement has the living area, the kitchen and the bar. We have...
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Spring has sprung
God the weather is beautiful. I am absolutely loving, loving, loving this weather. My exceptionally good mood continues.
I went to New Voices last week and it was phenomenal. WPI has such incredible talent here, its...
Monday, April 12, 2004
Life is good
I don' t know what it is but I'm in an incredibly good mood lately. I'm not talking about the super cheery, "I'm having a great day" kind of good mood, more the "I really like my life and am happy with it and the people around me" kind of good mood.
I think it may be due in part to the fact that I'm getting into a routine of going to the gym on...
Thursday, April 08, 2004
Odd Dream
I had the weirdest dream last night.
In it I was back in high school. It was the final semester of classes. It was actually, I think, finals week. The problem was that I hadn't been going to classes more than once or twice the entire semester. I had to go to classes because of the finals and I was really, really worried that I wasn't going to...
Still Friends
Well the good news folks is that the breakup went as well as any breakup can go, and everyone has been very supportive of me through all this.
Also good is the fact that Tim and I are still very good friends. After a little time to himself to deal with this, he said he would like to remain friends and I absolutely agreed. So no one has to worry...
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Well it's over....
As you all will soon find out, I broke up with Tim. I've been feeling lately that I've been going through the motions and that the level of feelings for him just weren't there. To continue with the relationship like that wouldn't have been fair to either of us, especially to him.
Friday would have been two months and I knew that every day I continued...
Monday, March 29, 2004
Strike 1
Well in a 105 to 92 vote, the Massachusetts legislature has decided to pass to the 2005 Constitutional Convention the Travaglini-Lees amendment. I've put the text of the amendment into the extended portion of the entry.
The thing to remember is that on May 17th full marriage will be legal. Also we have 2 years and 2 more votes to change people's...
I raise my glass...
First of all, sorry to everyone about the lack of updates. I've been really busy lately. I have had the unique privilege and pleasure to be on the planning committee for WPI Prof. Louis Curran's retirment Gala Weekend Concert. My responsibilities involved arranging the social events including an informal cocktail at O'Connor's Restaurant on Thursday,...
Monday, February 16, 2004
As requested...
As requested I have posted a picture of me and the boy. Enjoy. :)
Of course after looking at this picture I have decided I need to hit the gym and lose weight. Its pretty bad when I can see I've gained weight looking at my face. My goal is to be back in shape and to be back to 160-170 by summer time. Wish me luck.
**Image was lost when blog was ...
Marriage, Valentine's Day and other matters
Before anyone goes having any ideas - the title of this entry relates to totally separate issues. :-P
Marriage
We have just made it through 2 days of marathon sessions of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention. By very narrow margins we have held at bay 3 different "follow-on" amendments to the constitutional amendment. These amendments sought...
Saturday, February 07, 2004
Dancing the night away
Well, Tim took me to Clark's "2nd Annual Suitcase Semi-formal" last night. It was a great time. He had to work during it since he was on the planning board but I had him for at least most of the night. All in all I had a great time there.
We're going out tonight but its sort of a surprise. He won't tell me what we are doing or where we are going...
Wednesday, February 04, 2004
Hurrah!! Hurrah!!
The answer to the question is 'No.'
That was the short answer to the Legislature's question of whether or not Civil Unions would satisfy the courts decision in the Goodridge case.
A bit of back history for those who don't know. On Nov. 18th the SJC handed down its decision concerning whether it was constituional for the state to withhold marriage...
Tuesday, February 03, 2004
Happy Happy Happy
Well, the greatest thing has finally happened. I have a boyfriend!!!!!!!
If you want to know details you'll have to talk to me but I'll give a few tidbits here.
His name is Tim, he's 21, he's got spikey brown hair, blue eyes and is super cute. He's also a psych major.
I'm deleriously happy at the moment so you'll forgive me if I'm overly glowing...
Thursday, January 22, 2004
Parting is such sweet sorrow
This has been a really terrible week. I had to say goodbye to several friends this week. Four people in my department have been layed off as of Tuesday. Another was layed off yesterday, although I didn't find out until today. Its one thing to wish someone well as they leave to move on to bigger and better things or simply something different, its...
Thursday, January 15, 2004
Dreams.... Further discussion
I discussed it with several people I know and apparently "nom, supernom" is a bastardized translation of "nomen supernomen" which means "Name above all names" which is in reference to a passage of Philippians 2:9. The exact quote in Latin is "Propter quod et Deus exaltavit illum: et donavit illi nomen, quod est super omne nomen." which means "For...
Dreams...
I had a particularly disturbing dream tonight. In it there were religious people defending portions of their religion. This is all well and good, except they wanted to perform publicly two portions of their ceremonies, one was called a "creping" (pronounced crape-ing) and another ceremony for which I don't remember the name or the things associated...
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Delays, delays, delays….
Senate President Travaglini is going to delay the vote on the MA Constitutional Amendment to allow the SJC to deliver their opinion on the proposed Civil Unions bill.
-Boston.com Article-
Conservative groups are pushing the SJC to extend the stay of judgement on the Marriage case possibly indefinately "until the legislature and the people democratically...
Monday, January 12, 2004
Cheney's Opinion Sucks
So Cheney has come out and said that he will support the Federal Marriage Amendment (designed to eliminate any and all forms of gay unions, including marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships). This is a reversal of his original statement that this is a matter for the states. Apperently the unsaid part of that was that its a matter for the...
Thursday, January 08, 2004
QE on Southpark
I just watched the Southpark episode that lampooned the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy show. It was hilarious! All the men in the town became over the top "metro-sexuals" and were totally about shopping and using hair and skin products and the latest fashions. Of course I didn't like the fact that they also had them become super-wusses but hey...
Thursday, January 01, 2004
Taboos
I just read a really good article on "What You Can't Say"
Here's the line I think sums it up the best and is very true when considering the latest clash of the Religious Right vs. Gay America in the fight for rights and marriage.
"I suspect the biggest source of moral taboos will turn out to be power struggles in which one side only barely has the...
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