Thanksgiving in the city

November 25, 2010

Last Saturday I tried out for the Gotham Girls Roller Derby league. 122 girls tried out, and I was one of 28 girls who were invited to callbacks on Monday night. Unfortunately I did not make it to the Fresh Meat class of 2011 (which will only have 8 girls! wow!), but Gotham is starting [...]

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Kristen’s guide to moving across the country

November 20, 2010
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We arrived in New York City about 2 weeks ago. I am loving this place so far! I’ve already seen a handful of friends and eaten some delicious food. Corner and I found a place in Astoria, and it’s nowhere near as small as I was expecting (unfortunately, it is just as expensive as I [...]

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Moving across the country is hard.

October 31, 2010

We have arrived at my mom’s house in Michigan safe and sound. The past two weeks have been a whirlwind. Dad, Robin, Corner’s parents, and Corner’s aunt Nancy were all visiting Monterey for a few days while we tried to pack up all of our worldly belongings. My coworkers threw me an awesome going-away party. [...]

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I’m moving to New York City. Many emotions ensue.

October 14, 2010

This is something I’ve been keeping close to my chest for awhile. Corner has accepted a new job with the Asian Longhorn Beetle program in New York City! We are leaving Monterey in two weeks. That means we are getting ready to make the second cross-country move in 2 years. Moving never seems to get [...]

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GRE words in Disney songs

October 5, 2010

Okay, I did a Google search on this, and it seems that no one else has pointed out the fact that songs from Disney movies are chock full of GRE words….and it’s a really good way for me to remember them. Here’s a list of the words I’ve discovered so far: Pontificate (from The Return [...]

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That one time I almost missed the GRE

September 27, 2010

Well, on Saturday I took the GRE! As you may have noticed on Twitter, the day did not start out very smoothly. In fact, it started out with me stuck in traffic for far too long on the way up to San Jose to take the test. A truck full of red peppers had tipped [...]

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Fresh Meat!! :D

September 20, 2010

This past Saturday was bootcamp/tryouts for the Monterey Bay Derby Dames. I am happy to say that Jill and I are both Fresh Meat now, which means we enter a 12-week training period before taking a written test and a skills test in order to become bout-eligible. I participated in my first practice tonight and [...]

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Day Zero project update: the 1-year mark

September 2, 2010

One year ago yesterday I started my Day Zero project. I can’t believe it’s been 365 days! Only 636 days left. So far I have accomplished 19/101 goals: Teach a class/workshop [4/30/2010] Attend SXSW [3/12–3/16/2010] Bookmark 500 interesting sites (500/500) [7/7/2010] Take a vacation to a place I’ve never been [1/16–1/18/2010] Visit Las Vegas [4/19–4/23/2010] [...]

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Roller derby tryouts, here I come!

August 27, 2010

Just a quick update to post some iPhone pictures related to roller skating. Thursday nights are roller skating nights for me and a few of my lady coworker friends. My coworker Jill has expressly forbidden me from posting pictures of her in roller skating gear anywhere on the Internet. The past two weeks we have [...]

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I wish I could go to the Monster Ball every night!

August 22, 2010
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On Tuesday night I went to see Lady Gaga at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. WHAT AN AMAZING CONCERT! In fact, it was so amazing that I already purchased tickets to her show in Oakland next spring! I left work around lunchtime, went home to do my makeup, ate a quick lunch, and headed [...]

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