Spooky Property Halloween

Let's see some Halloween costumes! Mine isn't going to make any sense to anyone not in law school, but I'll try to explain it. Our first property case was called Pierson v. Post, a case from the 1800s about a gentleman out fox hunting when just as he was closing in a "saucy intruder" (actual judge's language) swept in and killed the fox. The first hunter took him to court, claiming that the fox was his property because he was in pursuit. So pictured here are Pierson, Post, and myself as the fox with hounds circling overhead....and a green power ranger. He kinda jumped into the picture at the last second. The other picture is of my roommate Kara. She was Wednesday Addams (random trivia: The Addams family was created by a Colgate grad).

We went to a Halloween party put on by our Law Student Association at a "Mexican Irish" bar downtown. It was a blast. Tonight, on the actual Halloween, I'm doing all kinds of work and I probably won't make it out. I would love to see what everyone else is wearing!

Turkey week

If anyone is going to be around the tuesday before turkeyday let me know! I'll be arriving by train and will need a ride from the station yo.

Halloween

SO, for halloween I don't like to dress up unless I look ballin, and it seems to work out pretty well each time. Senior year there was the Matrix party at Amie's (who I forgot to add to the blog, hmm) and I went as Morpheous- or however you spell his name. Sophmore year I was "The Ladies Man" Leon Phelps. The year after that... now that I think about it, I skipped it ( maybe it hasn't worked out every year). And last year I was Sisqo, which was a huge hit cause Sisqo is and will always be a bitch haha. This year I need something that will blow minds away! Claire wants to take advantage of not being together and finally getting me to do matching costumes, which I could do from a distance. So toss me your ideas folks. I'll see if I can dig up some pictures of the past costumes if you haven't seen em. Feel free to add your own old pics of the sweet costumes you'ev had.

Calling all CPers

Salut everyone. Just wanted to say that Kate is coming to see me in Boston this weekend, and anyone in this area who wants to see us just let me know if you'll be around! Or make special plans to visit! Kate is going to make me quit reading at some point I'm sure, and I have some limited knowledge of good places to go in the area. Mostly consists of the Sunset cafe and the Joshua Tree (oooooo the Joshua Tree...). I'd love to see you for dinner or a night out or anything you like.

So come see us!

Love Claire

Goulet goes to law school

Hi Friends! It's been fun catching up on all of your lives. Glad to see you're all doing so well.

Right now I'm hanging out in the law librizzle before lunchtime. I'm loving law school so far, which is good seeing as how I've wanted to do this since 11th grade. My classes are fun (well, besides torts - eddie and I disagree on this point) and I really like my professors. I also have a fun group of friends which makes the experience that much more enjoyable.

We aren't allowed as 1L's to join any type of clinic or do any sort of pro bono litigation, so I've been trying to get involved in other ways. I'm a member of the American Constitution Society (like the Federalist society, except for opposite - we're the liberal end! woohoo there's like 4 of us in the whole school), and I joined an academic law fraternity, Phi Delta Phi, which has been good for making connections. I'm also really trying to prepare to make law review by meeting with my legal writing professor weekly. Cross your fingers!

Another fun aspect of being here is the fact that I actually get to see REAL football games. I'm obsessed with college football now, and yes, I have painted my face for the games. It's been fun to get the "real" college experience in law school which is kind of counterintuitive, but whatevs! We usually all have a law tailgate during the day then go to the game together. I have come to find that lawyers are binge drinkers. The thought that some of these people will be future "doctors" is borderline frightening.

Last week we had a law ball which was fun (for those of you AD fans - we called it Bob Loblaw's Law Ball). Unfortunately, I don't remember most of the night, but I was told I had a good time. Whoopsie!

I went to Rochester this past weekend for our alumni weekend. It was awesome, I hung out with Ali and most of my DG friends. Unfortunately, Ali was the only one out of my roch crew who could make it, but we stayed in a hotel on sat night and 'twas quite fun. I also have come to terms with the fact that my college days are over, but that's okay since I'm liking my life here.

Alright, hopefully I'll talk to you all soon! PLEASE come visit me - especially if you're bored at home. We have lots and lotssssies of fun on the weekends. I won't be home for turkey day, so I'll see you all in Decemb.

heartsies!
Wags

Holiday plans

Yes I know its early but what are the plans for the holidays?! It would be a lot easier if we could plan this far ahead instead of trying to just get something together at the last min. Obviously everyone will have family plans, but at least we could think up some ideas so we can organize the time off. Although it has never been planned, I have always ended up at Alan's for turkey day. Not sure how it will happen this year, but then again I say that every year. If you guys will be home for turkey weekend maybe we could get together to watch some football or just hang out.
If there is going to be a group back home in Dec maybe we could coordinate a Christmas party since it seems like this is going to get harder and harder each year. If anyone wants to volunteer their place that would be great, or if someone has any alternative ideas like renting out a place for the night idk. Throw some ideas around.
Also, my sister Teri started this secret santa with our family this year through the site Elfster. It picks your recipient and lets you make wish lists/suggest gifts for people. So far my list is pretty ridiculous, but its turning out to be a lot more fun then I expected and its only Oct. We could set up a similar one, which could include people who won't be home as long as the gifts are mailed out in time. Let me know what you guys think.

Senior year in rochester

Hey guys!!!!

So im in my last year of rochester...

This past summer i worked at Ultra life Corporation.. a military contract builder for satellite communication systems and accessories. at the end of summer i went to LA for a end of summer trip ... So much fun. if you ever have chance i would highly recommend it. Any who im half way done with my 2nd to last quarter at RIT and ridiculously busy. Senior Design own my life. My Project is sponsored b the FDA and the american cancer society to evaluate the nicotine enriched vapor produce by electronic cigarettes. The electronic cigarettes have no testing or standard for smoking, so my team is required to build a system to smoke one and capture the particulates and vapors so they can be analyzed for carcinogens. besides that i havent had much time for personal fun.

-Mike Moy

"I'm from the government and I'm here to help"

I'm really terrible at writing blog posts, which is probably why I don't have my own blog. (Why does the spell-checker not know the word "Blog"... does it not know that it is spell-checking a blog?)

Anyway, as most of you know, two months ago I started a job working for Governor David Paterson (D-NY) as what they call an "Advance man." For those of you who don't know, which I imagine is all of you since it is a pretty obscure position, an advance man (or woman, I guess) is the person who goes ahead of a politician in order to set up any event that the politician will be attending. My duties range from figuring out where to put the podium and how much lighting/sound is needed to wrangling the reporters and making sure that the Governor greets any VIPs that are also attending the event. The most important part of my job is making sure that the pictures that are shown in the media tell the same story that the Governor's speech and press releases is telling (a simple example would be that for an event emphasizing education and the importance of young people, I would make sure that there are plenty of pictures in a school with the Governor greeting smiling children). Pay attention to the visuals next time you see a news story online or on tv. If they are incongruous with the actual story, its probably the advance man's fault.

If you are interested in learning more about what I do, here are a couple links. The first is just a more succinct description of the job and the second is a longer anecdotal story written by an advance man for the Clinton '96 Campaign:

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-advance-man.htm
http://www.salon.com/politics2000/feature/2000/02/09/advance/

If you have twitter and want to follow updates about my various work adventures, follow AdvanceMan55. My public, personal account is ltob86.

I'm doing really well and I love my job. Unfortunately, I'm still living at home, but that's saving me a lot of money, both in rent and food. Also unfortunately, I've been working so much that I don't have many updates on my personal life. I desperately miss DC and my college friends, but I got to visit them this past weekend, which was really great. I hope to be making more trips to visit all of you at some point, but work does not really allow me to make solid plans more than a week in advance (and even that can be stretching it).

I think that's enough for one post.


PS I can't go without mentioning that I saw the President speak at HVCC a couple weeks ago. It was awesome.

They call us the Legal Eagles

Hello CPers! I am sitting in Contracts waiting for class to start. I'm a month and a week into law school at Boston College. I really love it; studying the law requires all of the analytic and problem solving and puzzle skills that I find fun for some reason. And, it makes watching CSI and Law and Order even more wonderful. This week and next week are several practice midterm exams, which are the first taste of any kind of test we've had. Nothing is graded until the end of the semester (with the exception of legal writing class) - everything rides on our final exams, which are supposed to be harrowing, from what I've heard. So I'm bound to be in a bad mood most of December, just beware.

I'm taking 5 classes, serving on a couple student government boards, competed in a negotiation competition, doing a little pro bono work, and playing in a softball league on the weekends. I love Boston, although admittedly I haven't spent much time in the city. Newton, where Boston College is, is about 6 miles from the center of Boston, kind of on the fringe. We have Monday off for Columbus day, I'm on my way to Toronto tomorrow.


Hope everyone is doing well! Hopefully I'll see some of you for Thanksgiving!

Love Claire

Life since Rochester

I think most of you know that Greg and I moved to Connecticut...Greg was offered a great position with Hamilton Sundstrand so within 2 weeks we packed up our bags and moved to CT. I decided to make the move with Greg because I will not need my MBA to sit for my CPA here in CT. I decided to leave the accounting job I had in Rochester. Forget grad school...Hartford here I am! I have been unsuccessful in finding a job so far, but I will find one. We are now closer to CP, Boston and NYC, so if you are in the Hartford area stop by and see us! And as Rob said, post your contact info so everyone knows where find you!



Come see us!
Cat & Greg (Let's be honest, he will probably never update on his own)

Updates on life after college

SO, after graduating from UB in International Business I was more or less deported out of the country since all American's hate Canadians with the exception of Claire. So I'm living up North in Toronto near my mom's side of the family. My dad sold the house on Mallard drive a little over a year ago and he just remarried and moved to Ottawa. For now I am living with Tara in a sweet apartment by Lake Ontario. I got a job about a month after graduation working for Rogers Communications, which is the largest cable TV, home phone, internet, and wireless company in Canada. (I no longer have an American phone number by the way, so don't text me unless you want so crazy charges!) It’s a great company; I get an outrageous amount of benefits from day one. Not to mention it's easy to spread my name around the company since my sister Shauna (yes, there is another sister, 4 total) works at the Rogers downtown office. My plans include hitting up grad school and working in Event's management until I am able to finance my club which will be in the States. Hopefully by that time I will be able to live in the US permanently, although I seriously doubt they will ever let that happen.

Intro

Hey guys,

As explained in the facebook message this is going to be a personal blog just for the group of us. It is going to be a trial run for a project I'm setting up here in Toronto, but I figured it was a good way to see what you fools were up to. Over the years I've noticed that I have been in contact less and less with friends from Clifton Park. I noticed the same thing happened when I moved there from Montreal, and now I am in contact with only a handful of my friends from Quebec. I wouldn't want the same thing to happen again just because of distance, espically since we could use something as simple as a blog to stay in touch. I know everyone is busy with their own lives, and it can be hard to keep in touch besides the occational message (Facebook, AIM, Myspace, Twitter, blah blah). This way we can stay in contact in one simple medium that is exclusive to us. Use it for funny stories (college, trips, jobs) life updates (weddings, moving, news) to set up something to get everyone together (new years, montreal, etc) or just to say "What up!". Also I'll set up some addional blogs for different topics to discuss and to find info easy like where to get cheap flights, items for sale, current events or anything you guys are interested in reading about.
I know you ladies have a similar situation set up, which is fine since "Girl Talk" seems to be inevitable, but now there is a place where everyone can join in.
The only rule I ask you guys to follow is to not invite random people without asking me first. This is a sort of experiment for some plans I have in the future, which makes you guineapigs ;) and I would need to keep it regulated to collect some info. Other than that, feel free to do what you will with it. Over time I will update the site with add-ons for pics, links, videos and some other goodies.

If you have any questions just hit me up on this site, email (Robdiz8@gmail.com), cell (647) 982-1100[long distance folks], or aim (McKer17).