I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. One of the things I got this year for Christmas was money for a ceiling fan. I went to get it today and through a wonderful twist of fate, the one I liked was actually 50% off and there...
Merry Christmas
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Thursday, December 14, 2006
One flight down...
First off, no I didn't actually post this while I was in the air but I did write it then, and so I'm setting the post time to coincide with when I wrote it.It's quite amazing to be flying. The clouds below look like blankets of snow as far as the eye can see. It's funny because it's been so warm lately that the idea of snow is almost completely foreign....
Monday, December 11, 2006
Ahh, technology
I love that in about the time it takes to get from Worcester to Logan Airport I can fly down to DC. Half the seaboard in the same time as half the state.Overall it was a good flight. No real turbulance this time.It's also funny how things become pattern very quickly. I got off at the Foggy Bottom metro station and just went right to the Hotel, barely...
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Oh Tannenbaum
So yesterday I went and bought a 9.5 foot White Pine tree. Today I decorated it with several close friends.Final result is that it looks great. I hope to put pictures up sometime soon. Tomorrow I'm off to DC for final round of training so it'll be a while before the pics go up. Well I have to pack so I'll write more lat...
Monday, December 04, 2006
Bound and Determined
What a weekend. There was so much going on that I'm suprised I'm not still passed out from exhaustion.To start everything off, last week was a great week for work. I got several things done that I've been working on for quites some time so that is always a good way to end the week.Friday night was the AYO 24 hr show. The 24 hr show is a lot of fun...
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
And the beat goes on
Not a whole lot to update lately. I'm still working a lot at the office to get everything going on Blackboard and everything. I seem to have about 5 projects going at once and not enough time to do any of them.I'm hoping to get my Christmas tree sometime this week or next. I can't wait.To answer people's questions, yes, I get called Tommy by my...
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
In full bloom
Last year at Christmas I was at my Grandmother's and I got two cuttings of Christmas cactus. One was I think 2 links long, and the other 3 links. I planted them and over the course of the year they grew a lot. There's now at least 20 links in each of the pots. Its to the point that I really should re-pot them since I can see the roots coming up...
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Do I Dare to Dream?
Well today the MA Legislature voted to recess the Constitutional Convention until January 2, 2007, the last day of the legislative session. They did this after over 2 hours of debate on the anti-gay marriage amendment without voting on it.Theoretically the legislature could convene on January 2, but the thinking is that that is unlikely.Personally...
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Remeber to Vote
Just a reminder to everyone to please remember to go out and vote tod...
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Looking for a room to rent?
So my roomie just let me know he'll probably be moving out by Jan 1. He's got a potentially great opportunity for a residency spot that will require him to move out of state.Anyone know anybody that's looking for a place to live starting January 1, 20...
Friday, November 03, 2006
Love that dirty water...
Its good to be back in Boston. As much as I loved DC, its good to be home, and yes I know that in actuality that Worcester is home and not Boston, but when travling around the country or the world, its Boston that I consider my home. Its nice to come back to a familiar city and a familiar airport.I'm currently on my way home from Logan right now....
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Monday, October 30, 2006
DC - Day 2
Well training went well today. Afterwards I went to the Washington Monument only to find out that tickets are only available until 4:30 and it closes at 5:00 which means that I won't have an opportunity to go up the monument this time around. Maybe I'll have a chance to do it in December when I come back for the next training.Since the monument was...
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Off to DC - Day 1
Well, I made it to DC safe and sound. It's been a bit of an ordeal througout the whole process thus far. First off, the limo service van came about 20 minutes early so I was still taking care of last minute things so it took a few minutes for me to get down to the van, and to top it all off I got a call from the dispatcher for the limo service telling...
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Que Syrah Syrah
Had a lovely glass or two of Syrah wine this evening. As I've recently found it apparently Syrah and Shiraz are the same grape. I've also found out that's not to confuse them with being the same wine. Shiraz is typically the Australian varietal and is usually more of a modern sharp crisp taste, while the Syrah is usually the European varietal and...
Monday, October 23, 2006
MIA
So yeah, I've been missing in action on the blog front. I've been so very busy lately, and while part of me hates to be so "go, go, go" all the time, anther part of me knows that I go nuts when all of a sudden I stop and bam, I've got nothing to do, nothing planned, nothing scheduled. I've found I thrive on having my life planned out weeks to months...
Saturday, September 23, 2006
A dream come true
When I came to WPI in '97 it was after two years of being involved in my high school musicals as well as show choir. (For those who don't know what show choir is, basically its choreographed songs, usually show tunes, and put together in a group to form a theme. Our group usually went for more of a concert medley of a full Broadway show such as Tommy...
Friday, September 22, 2006
Eyeliner is hard to remove
I now have so much more respect for the lengths women go to to make themselves look good. Sweeney Todd is the first show that I've done that I've had to do any major stage makeup and just doing foundation and eyeliner each night is not that easy, then you have to make sure you don't touch your eyes AT ALL so you don't smudge your makeup. On top of...
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Attend the tale of Sweeny Todd
I'm currently in a production of Sweeney Todd, playing Judge Turpin. The show will be September 21, 22, and 23 at 7:30 pm at Alden Hall at WPI. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $10 for students. Tickets can be...
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Requiem aeternam dona eis
It's the end of an era today. Interstate 8, WPI's "No fella, a cappella", has been retired. It has become the Technicords. For more specific information go Tara's blog.I try my best to stay out of the blog wars and escalating emotions that can sometimes happen on blogs but today I just have to say my piece.Founded just a year before I got to WPI...
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Thunder and Lighting
Its amazing. I was tired enough that I was going to crawl into bed at about 7:30 pm tonight and then just as I'm settling in I see the beginning flashes and at that point I know. It's a thunderstorm. At this point I'm wide awake and there's no thoughts about sleeping, not at least until the storm gets a bit further away.Now I know what you might...
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
What's in a dream...
So I had an odd dream last night. I dreamt that I was wrestling with someone. We were mostly just horsing around, but there was a lot of tension between us. Kinda like we both knew what we wanted but neither would admit it. It's odd how dreams can just come upon you randomly like that.I know I haven't posted much lately. I've been putting a lot...
Monday, July 31, 2006
And so it goes...
So I know I've been bad about updates. Sometimes you are in the mood for updates and sometimes you aren't. I've been stressing a LOT about money lately but that seems like its finally working itself out. I have a roomate settled in and that is going well. I'm finally getting a handle on what it will cost to manage the air temperture here (aka NOT...
Monday, July 24, 2006
Fun in the woods
Well this weekend I spent some time up in the mountains in NH with Booj. I went up Friday night and we had a few drinks and then we headed back to his place. He's got a great house right on the lake. We went out back to the dock to see the lake. The water was completely placid and a light fog was on the surface. The stars were beautiful. You could...
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
And the fight continues...
Well another page has been written in the history of the gay marriage saga. Yesterday, June 10, 2006, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) unanimously voted to certify the ballot initiative that will be voted on at tomorrow's Constitional Convention (ConCon).Some people might not like what I'm about to say, and I find myself in the weird...
Gym Update
Sorry for no update yesterday but I was swamped at work and was too tired to put it up when I got home.In short I back-slid a bit back up to 187.5. It's probably a combination of the holiday and not going to the gym much last week. I didn't go on Tuesday since it was the day after hosting my party and after cleaning up I just didn't feel like hitting...
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Roommate found!
Well, one very large weight is off my shoulder. I finally found a more permanent roommate. Living with Jon was great but alas, he had this odd need to live in Boston. Something about being near where he worked and within walking distance to the T as well as near all sorts of fun places to go? Some kind of nonsense like that. :) At any rate, thanks...
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Happy Independance Day
Well last night's party was a complete success. It was great to have so many good friends over to share the good times. Remby, as promised, brought over two George Forman grills to help grill up all the food. What I didn't...
Monday, July 03, 2006
Monday Report
So I cheated last week. No, not with food. Well, ok, not much with food, but as I said before, giving in on occasion prevents going overboard and binging later. For the most part I've been doing great at eating better and eating smaller portions at all meals.No, what I cheated on was my resolution to not step on the scale except for Monday due to the...
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Superman Returns
Well, I went to see the movie Superman Returns last night. It was absolutely spectacular. I haven't been that enthralled in a movie since I was just a kid. I sat in my seat glued to the screen at every moment of the movie. Not once during the entire 2.5 hour movie did I look at my watch or think "is this over yet". I...
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
The Morning Run
Well, it seems that running at 8 PM for 3 miles makes your legs a little too sore to do it again 9 hours later at 5 AM. I only hit 1.5 miles today. I could have pushed it a bit but didn't want to hurt myself. I'd rather do 1.5 miles for a few days and then get back to 3 miles on a regular basis than hit 3 miles two days in a row and be unable to...
Power overwheming
So I saw this over on Patrick's blog (which I'll have to start checking out to see if he makes any more entries other than quizzes) and decided to take it myself.Your Power Level is: 90%You have all the tools you need to...
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
A new MILEstone
Well, without even realizing it or thinking about it (I was watching TV in the gym) I hit the 3 mile mark. I was barely tired and looked down to see I was at 2.78 miles so I figured, "why not", and ran out the full 3 miles. I feel great. Hitting the 3 mile mark is a huge goal of mine so that I can burn those extra calories every day and lose the...
Monday, June 26, 2006
Monday Report
So this weekend was exhausting. I was up at 6 AM on Saturday to get to work for 6:45 AM in order to do work on the servers. The schedule was to be done by noon, but as it often happens with scheduled downtime various things went wrong and we finally wrapped up at about 2:30 PM. After that we had lunch at the 99. After that I had a few fraternity...
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
The Battle of the Bulge
** Disclaimer - the following post is not trying to be depressing, self-indulgent or self-pitying. I'm simply putting all of this out there in the hopes that writing it all out will help me understand it all and to continually give me the motivation to do what I need to do to get healthy. Plus it puts everything in perspective since I'm going to catalogue...
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Red skies
So the thunderstorm this evening just came through. As it rolled in the sky was still blue and clear to the east and it was coming in from the west. The setting sun reflected off of the thunderclouds as they rolled in. As the storm got closer and closer overhead the entire area was covered in hues of blood red. It was especially eerie looking out...
Just my luck
So I brought home the halogen desk lamp that's been sitting in my office for almost 2 years now, ever since the bulb burnt out. I finally go to the store and get a new bulb. I put in the bulb, plugged it in and the thing just blew out the new bulb. I go to switch it back to off and the switch doesn't want stay switched back. I finally get it to...
Monday, June 19, 2006
General Update
Well, not a whole lot of new things happening to report. Jon, my current roommate, leaves at the end of this month to start his new lease in the Boston area. Thanks for being a great roommate.So I don't have much in the way of leads for new roommates which is worrying me a bit. Next month is going to be very tight. It's a combination of expenses that...
Monday, June 12, 2006
Party Time
Well I had a fantastic birthday/housewarming party on Friday night. To anyone I may have neglected to add to my invite list I do apologize. I'm forever being forgetful there. Try as I might I always seem to forget someone I should have on the list.It was great to see Travis again. I haven't seen him in about a year and a half. His boyfriend was...
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Give my regards to Broadway
Well, we didn't win but we had an incredible run for this show. 4 seperate performances of the life of the show is pretty a pretty good run for a WPI show. Each one was a limited one-night engagement; one in December, one in February, one in May and the final night in June in NYC.I am very happy with my peformance and truly feel it was one of my...
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Curtain Call
Well, another performance has ended, and what a performance. I truly felt it was one of my best performances as well as the very best performance of this play ever. The energy was just there tonight. It was electric. Win or lose, I can be very proud of this performance.After the performance I had a very lovely dinner with my Dad and Lisa. Fantastic...
Friday, June 02, 2006
Lots of Shiny
So as you can tell, I didn’t go to bed immediately after the last post. I ended up going to the Apple store on 5th Avenue with Sarah and Mike. I have to say it certainly was interesting. It’s still just a store, especially once you get down below then it’s just like any other boxy store. I’ll give Apple one thing though, it certainly knows how...
Off to sleep in the city that doesn’t
Well, we made it down without too much traffic. We did it in just about four hours overall.Once we got here we settled into our hotel rooms and waited for a bit before going to the Comedy Cellar to see some comics. There were a few good ones, such as Sherrod Small and several that were a waste of my time, notably Dave Attell. He just seemed like...
Thursday, June 01, 2006
The Road Ahead
Well, I’m off to New York City in just a few hours. I’m going to pack my bags and head down to the Great White Way for the second year in a row.The preview performance was last night and it was incredible. Every time we perform this show it gets better. Who knew that a show written, rehearsed and performed under the effects of sleep deprivation...
Monday, May 29, 2006
General Update
Funny how sometimes I just get into a posting mood. :)At any rate, I have two new temporary roomies: Dani and Anthony. Dani still doesn't have a set closing date so she'll be here for a little bit on my couches. Yay, slumber party. :PAlso, this week is production week for NYC. The schedule is like this:Tuesday - Tech/Dress RehearsalWednesday - Benefit...
Sunday, May 28, 2006
The Secret Of The Sword
So, I'm a totaly and complete geek and child of the 80s. Today, along with 3 of my friends, I went to the Blackstone Valley Shoppes and saw "The Secret of the Sword" which was a movie that was made up of the first 5 episodes that introduced She-Ra.The most hilarious thing was when we walked in at 10 AM (apparently every month on Sundays they play...
Saturday, May 27, 2006
What you leave behind
Well, its the end of a chapter today. Colin and Kristin are moving home to Texas. I went over to Colin's place, which is also my old apartment, to take some food off their hands. While there I picked up a few things that were mine that I had left there like my ironing board and a wooden shelving unit that I had in the kitchen there.Well it turns...
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Total Geekiness
So I’m a complete and utter geek. I’m sure you all knew that by now. The fun thing about working at a technical college is that I get to play with all sorts of toys. Currently I’m working on my new PC which is a Dell Optiplex 620. It is a Dual Core 3.2 GHz x64 processor with 2 Gigs of RAM and a RADEON X600 video card powering dual monitors.While...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
And so it begins...
Well, its time to start looking into getting a new car. The audi which has done so well for me for the last 6 years is getting to the point where its time to replace it. The car itself is about 10 years old; it's a '97 model. Servicing the car is just going to get more expensive from here and I don't want to worry about that. I'd prefer to have...
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Caught in between
Its kind of wierd. I've been in a wierd mood all night. On the one hand I've enjoyed the peace and quiet and relaxation of being by myself. On the other hand I really wanted to go out and do something fun with friends. On the other hand I really didn't want to break the silence and deal with other people. On the other hand I was feeling lonely.Maybe...
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Star light, star bright
Equally wonderful is to see the stars at night for the first time in ages. Also the moon, as I left Frank and Kates from a wonderful evening of cards, was a huge and low on the horizon and a beautiful shade of red. Here's to hoping we have more days without rain this we...
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
The sun has come out
The sun is finally shining and blue skies are everywhere. That is all....
Monday, May 15, 2006
Soaked
So I'm really sick and tired of the rain. It was relaxing and soothing to hear it on the roof when it was once in a while, NOT when it is constant and neverending. It is now day 8 of rain. It has rained just about every day since the 8th. When its not raining its misting, or just plain chilly and overcast. To top it all off we are scheduled for...
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
I hate scam artists
So I've listed my condo on roommates.com in the hopes of finding someone worthwhile to have as a roommate. All well and good.The other day I receive an e-mail from a girl in the UK who is planning on moving to the US. That's cool I think. I check out the profile to get more info. The profile looks ok but a few alarm bells go off when I notice that...
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Good times
Well this weekend has been a lot of fun. Friday I held an AYO gathering at my place and I think it went very well. I think I'll have another one at the beginning of the year.Yesterday I spent the day in Boston with Henry, Mario, Emar, Sam, Radik, Randy and a few others for Janelle's birthday party pub crawl. We started at Boston Beerworks on Canal...
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Up on the roof...
So another benefit of living on the top floor that I recently discovered, other than not having people walking across my ceiling, is that when it rains, I get to enjoy the sound that the rain makes when falling on the roof. Its really kind of nice to be able to look out and watch the rain as it falls on the roof above. Very relaxi...
Monday, May 01, 2006
Silence at last
So about a week ago my computer's system fan died. Thankfully the BIOS is set to suspend the system if the CPU temperture gets too hot so nothing catastrophic happened. I got a temporary fan from a co-worker who warned me that it was a bit loud. Well he was right, it was a jet engine. I immediately went online and bought a "silent" fan. The good...
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Random ramblings...
The lovely bouquet of flowers that my New Voices stage manager got me had mostly died so I replaced them. I've really gotten to like having fresh flowers on my kitchen bar counter. It really adds a nice look to the place. I was thinking maybe of getting Tulips but now that we're in late spring and post-easter they seem to be completely out of season....
Wicked
So I went to see Wicked last night at the Boston Opera House. It was incredible. Completely fantastic. The singers were wonderful and the set was breathtaking.The scary thing is that I know I'm totally becoming a theatre geek now. The first thing I thought as I sat in the theatre (after, damn they did a great job restoring this place) was "damn...
Thursday, April 27, 2006
The long rode home
Well its been a while since my last post. I don't know why but its been really hard to motivate myself to write a new entry. Everytime I seem to have time and set out to write a post I end up trailing off and not finishing it. Could be its just inertia that since I haven't posted in so long I don't really have the drive to do so again. Whatever the...
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
All Settled In
Well I'm all settled in at last and I finally have internet. My roomie Jon has moved in to so that's very good. I've gotten a good deal on a washer/dryer set so I'll be getting those as soon as I have time to go get them from Robbie. New Voices owns my life for another two weeks and then its off to Sweeney Todd. I'm enjoying directing and acting...
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Goodbye Webster, Hello Worcester
Well, tomorrow I make the big move back to Worcester and leave Webster behind. Its been wonderful living with Elliot again (techincally its the first time but when we both lived on Bowdoin Street, with him on 3rd and me on first, it was pretty much close enough) and I will miss him as a roommate.Just so everyone knows I will be completely cut off...
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Soooo Tired
Well I've begun the process of moving in. I moved some of the boxes from my room at Elliot's to the condo as well as some of the boxes from my Dad's place. I'll probably grab some more stuff tomorrow. Monday is the official "big" move day with professional movers and everything to move my couches, desk, bed, and other assorted actual furtniture....
Friday, March 24, 2006
Mission Accomplished
And after a long day, goodnight. I have closed on my condo. A 2.5 year saga has ended. I move in on Mond...
Countdown to Closing - Day 0
Well today is the day. I'm so excited and nervous at the same time. I barely slept all night. I was up about every hours or so. When I went to sleep I thought about how it felt like I used to at Christmas. The anticipation and the exceitment.At 10 AM it happens. I become a homeowner, or as my Dad amusingly mentioned, a "landed gentry".I'll post...
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
We are go for launch
Its official. I have a closing date. 10 AM. Friday. I'm about to part with a rediculous amount of money and put myself in debt for an even more rediculous amount of money. Oh god, what have I done....
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Syndicated LJ Feed now available
Well thanks to the kind actions of the fabulous Tara, anyone who wants to add me to there LJ friends list so they can more easily keep up with my blogger.com blog can add this feed.http://syndicated.livejournal.com/thecrystalcave/Enjoy! Thanks Ta...
Another year older and another year wiser?
Well for those that didn't know I just had my birthday on Sunday. Oh joy - another year closer to "death day cake". If you don't watch QAF you probably won't know that reference.Hopefully this year will be a good o...
Friday, March 17, 2006
Happy St. Patrick's Day
Happy St. Patrick's D...
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Fremont Open House
Well today was the official "Completion Celbration" for the Fremont Lofts. There were some speeches by the head Realtor for the project, one of the primary partners of the development company, the mayor and one of the people from the city manager's office. There were also tours, coffee and desserts, and a small jazz quartet playing live music.I showed...
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Birthday Party Update
As some of you may have seen in a previous post I mentioned that I was likely going to have a birthday party on Friday March 24th. Well, given my complete lack of stability in my living arrangements and the complete lack of available time in April that I will not be having a birthday party any time soon. I have decided that I will have an UN-birthday...
Closing Update 2
Well as of today my closing has officially been delayed again. At this point the only thing I know is that I will not be closing at any point this week. I don't know when I may end up closing at this point, but I'll post it as soon as I know it.I have gone through and cancelled my utility orders for gas, electric and cable. The only good from all...
Monday, March 13, 2006
Not again....
Another 3 days out, another delay. Appartenly the condo documents are not yet recorded and they don't think that they will be able to be ready for Wednesday. I'm beginning to get pissed off. Do they know how disruptive this is? Do they even care? I can only put my life on hold for this process so long before I run into problems. Thankfully, my...
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