TASTING LIFE TWICE

the fleeting new england season - spring

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:26:00 -0400

It often doesn't come at all, instead going right from winter into spring. Joe and I took a walk over to the Mt. Auburn Cemetery today...pure gorgeousness.

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need wine buddies

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:20:04 -0400

Tasty!

over at Cork'd so if you are interested in wine add me (and by default, Joe, who knows oodles more about wine than I do).

http://corkd.com/people/crystallyn

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your actions+youtube=permanent record

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Sun, 04 May 2008 10:45:53 -0400

For someone who isn't into math, I'm all about the headline equations lately.

One of the challenges of the world today is that you have to be very thoughtful of your actions in public in a way you may never have had to in the past. Politics in particular have seen how this phenomenon works. Gaffes and debacles that might have blown over ten years ago now have longevity and can go viral before you even realize it. Controlling what happens when you do stupid things is near impossible with technology like Youtube courting millions of users around the globe.

Take Monica Conyers, Detroit city council woman. Her appalling behavior will now serve as a marker for many on what not to do (like calling the bald city council president, "Shrek").

Charlie LeDuff interviews Detroit's Monica Conyers

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lazy blogging=lots of linking=hours of your life lost

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Sat, 03 May 2008 09:15:21 -0400

I'm not sure why I never have anything to say anymore, on either of my blogs. I'm usually spewing some drivel or another so you might think it would end up here, but well, I have to chalk it up to laziness.

At least with a list like this it proves you can find pretty much anything you want on the Net. And that Stumbleupon rules. Here are a few of my favorites to keep you busy for hours.

And so, for your lazy link pleasure:

Candy by Joshua Hoffine

That should keep you busy for now. :)

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pushing 40

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:59:40 -0400

I have a few years to go but my father tells me that my new pic at the left makes me look my age. I just laughed. ;)

I've been trying to get a good pic of me for awhile so was glad when that one turned out. My hair has grown so long!

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synchronicity

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:25:53 -0400

not sure which forces are aligning but my sister and I are ending our jobs at the same time. In both cases we have been a valuable part of the company and both companies really really didn't want to see us go. Her company (she manages cosmetics for a major retail department store in the southwest) was pretty much BEGGING her to stay. No extra compensation offered, just a plate of good, old fashioned guilt. Which made her waver a little, but in the end today is her last day.

And tomorrow is mine. I'm most excited to not have to use Lotus Notes anymore. Hate hate hate that product. Not looking forward to leaving behind colleagues who have become friends, especially my former manager, while I know I'll remain close to her, it just won't be the same not being able to pop down to her office on a whim and rant or rave about any given thing.

The worst thing about my sister quitting though is that my supply of free cosmetics and perfumes (Lancome, Dior, Givenchy, etc) will come to an end. And well, I can't justify spending $60 on face cream or $40 on mascara, so I guess it's back to CVS for me, sigh. Still, it was very very good while it lasted. :)

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sailing takes me away...

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:18:28 -0400

Yesterday Joe and I took advantage of the few hours of sunshine that Boston had and went down to check out the tall ship Stad Amsterdam which is docked at Rowe's Wharf for just a few days. The ship has luxury accomodations for special trips. Yesterday they had clearly done some sort of day trip and were just coming back to port. I wish I could have snagged some pictures with the sails up.

Stad Amsterdam coming into port

Stad Amsterdam in Boston

Stad Amsterdam docking at Rowe's Wharf

and finally, flowers are blooming in Boston!

Tulips!

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almost as though we were there

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:30:16 -0400

oh wait, we were...at this Jens Lekman show. In fact in watching this Joe realized that we were standing next to the guy filming. You can hear us laughing, my screaming and I can even pick out places where you can hear me singing along.

He's telling the story about the song, which is about a time when he went to Berlin to visit his lesbian friend who had lied to her father about him being her fiance--and the embarrassing dinner that ensues.

A Postcard to Nina

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transitions

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:59:31 -0400

Crabapples near Harvard (2007)

Sooo I just scored a new job as a PR Director for a big tech firm, helping grow the PR program for one of their newer divisions. It will be a good challenge for me and I'm really excited.

The tough part is telling people at my current job that I'm leaving. My timing is bad, so that doesn't help as we're hiring a new PR firm and we're going to be doing a lot of transition related to that change, much less having to transition my own work. Some people are worried about the hole I'm leaving and I can sense frustration when I mention I'm going. Many understand my reasons. Others are outright joyful that I'll be doing something good for me. But for the most part people have been sad, as I have felt--sad that I won't be working with such great people anymore.

But it's spring now and the peepers are out--I heard them yesterday. What a wonderful sound!

Spring.Peeper

The crabapple and cherry trees will bloom in a few weeks and the grass is starting to pop up through the dirt. The temperature will be 70 today! Everything is poised to start bursting and blooming, to follow along the cyclical change and flux of the seasons.

It's a good time to change things up. Fall and spring always seem to represent new transitions for me. New job, new creative infusion, new possibilities.

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things i'm looking forward to: a list

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:27:36 -0400

Jens Lekman at the Paradise
Battlestar Galactica Season 4 (argh it starts the night of Jens Lekman! TG for TiVO!)
Colin Meloy at the Somerville Theater
Planning a little wine tasting party
SPRING at the Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Spring in general!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ice cream season
Cleaning up the back porch, potting flowers and getting ready for summer.
Sitting on that same back porch and writing (although half the trees are gone and there is a massive house just feet away from ours now...maybe I'll have to scope out a park)
Lavinia, by Ursula K. Leguin
Going to the Langham Chocolate Bar for my birthday in June. I've been wanting to go since I moved here 11 years ago and this year is not going to pass without me going!
Receiving this in the mail sometime this week!
And this.

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