To whom it may concern (which is really no one except DJ but not the point ( Read more... )

Once upon a time in a not-so-far-off kingdom called Manchester, there lived a princess named Kristin.  Princess Kristin was well regarded within her kingdom and both her subjects and the members of the court believed her to be fair minded, honest and strong.  She thought these things of herself too, not in an annoying arrogant way, but in a ( Read more... )

I'm a recent gmail convert - just started a few weeks ago.  Love it, really do.  Only wierd thing is that gmail puts ads next to all of my emails that are supposed to match keywords in the emails (so when I had an indepth wonder woman discussion, I was getting ads for wonder woman costumes... when I asked my friend for directions to vermont, I was ( Read more... )

Once upon a time in a not-so-far-off kingdom called Manchester, there lived a princess named Kristin.  Princess Kristin was wonderful and fabulous and often very pleasant.  Today was not one of those days.  Today Princess Kristin was not pleasant - she was cranky.  She was cranky because she was tired.  She was tired because the universe chose to ( Read more... )

I am on a quest to see every movie that has ever won an Academy Award for Best Picture.  I think it's a pretty good quest.  I like it.  I began this quest when I got Netflix and I have every single Best Picture winner on my queue (bringing my total movies on my Netflix queue to 299).

Because sometimes this quest feels more like a chore than it ought ( Read more... )

whambulance n.  The imaginary rescue vehicle that will rescue you from someone's incessant whining over a trivial matter. Used mockingly, but in good humor.

"Somebody call the whambulance, Stacy broke a nail."

*giggle*

Hi there all!  Here it is - my lighthearted entry that I've been promising.  All is well in Kristinland.  The new job at Topaz Partners is going very, very well.  It is a very big change from my last place.  The atmosphere is one of productivity, hard work and a good deal of calm.  Even just in five days, I can tell that everyone steps up and does ( Read more... )

I swear that lighthearted entry is coming.  Just not yet.  I just read an absolutely fantastic article and I had to share it.  It's from (suprisingly) Men's Health, titled, "The Doctors of War."  It's pretty long (seven pages) but absolutely worth it.  If you have a few minutes, please read it.

Ok.  So I'll post a nice lighthearted update about how great my new job is later.  Right now I'm too interested in this news.  The UN is telling the US to close Guantanamo Bay.  Effective immediately.  They say we're torturing people.  You know what our response is?  "Well the people we're holding are bad people so they're obviously not telling the ( Read more... )

Sorry for the last cryptic LJ entry - I couldn't announce my news on the internet quite yet because they hadn't announced it at my office.  And since I don't believe in Friend's Only entries because my roommate (StatatJournal ) is a brat, I had to wait a few days.

So I have a new job. :-)  I start February 13th at Topaz Partners in Malden.  You might be ( Read more... )