Hi Everybody,
I bought plane tickets a couple days ago, and I'm going to be in Steamboat for 20 days! That's plenty of time for people to come visit (and maybe for me to visit Vail for the Teva Mountain Games). I will be home from May 20-June 9. From the time I arrive until June 2, I will be hosting a camp for some of the elite skiers in my program. That means that I will be skiing up hills a lot during the first two weeks. However, if that's when you want to visit, it would probably still be fun. You just might have to sleep on the floor. I will be totally free of responsibility for the last week. The Teva Mountain Games are June 4-7, but most of the action is the last two days. I'm still thinking about which events to do, but there's time. Anyway, who's in Vail then? Can I stay at your house?
Also, I'm off to Oregon in less than a week! Hopefully the University of Oregon is ready for me...
Love and Adventures,
Toast
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The Full Report + My Easter Trip
Hey,
I coincidentally stayed on campus at Colby on Monday night, and I got the full report on what went down. I've pieced things together from several sources, and I think I've got a pretty solid account of what happened. There were mistakes by all parties, and it's a shitty situation now.
SPB hosted a rave (first dumb move) in Page that night. It ended up being one of the best attended SPB events ever, and Page was at capacity pretty quickly. That meant that people were getting turned away at the door, and a lot of people were milling around Pulver. Security found a kid passed out and unresponsive in Pugh, so they called CER. before the EMT's arrived, Ozzy and Jacob came over and told security that they didn't need EMT's and they would take the kid back to his room. Obviously that didn't fly (the kid ended up blowing a .28). Security got in a dispute with the two, and one of the students threw a punch at a security officer (second dubm move). Security is armed with nothing more than walkie talkies, so they called the cops. Apparently Waterville PD, Augusta PD and state police all showed up (definitely overkill). Ozzy and Jacob got their asses kicked (third dumb move), and supposedly one of them got maced (maybe not true). I was also told that Ozzy and Jacob weren't that drunk (one of them blew a .12). The fact that there were so many people milling around Pulver means there were a ton of witnesses.
The two guys spent the night in jail in Augusta (I was also told that a random football player tried to help and got arrested too, but idk). Kelly Wharton was the dean on call, and she didn't answer her phone, so she didn't bail them out. Dean Turhune was called, but he refused to come help.
The next day, the video was played in Pulver and the administration was invited to come watch, but only one administrator showed up. The rally was yesterday at noon, and about 800 people showed up.
Here are the problems:1. The video doesn't show what the students did to provoke the violence. 2. The two students were minorities, so there's a serious racial element. It is hard to say if police would have done the same thing to white students, but the fact of the matter is that either way, those two got fucked up needlessly. 3. The admin is in a shitty situation because they don't want to look like they are passively perpetuating racism, but they also don't want to send the message that you can get drunk and fight security and the school will back you up.
Now you know the full story, and you can decide what you want.
The reason I was at Colby was because I was driving home from Easter in Connecticut. I saw Taylor and Becca, which was really fun. I also visited my aunt's family. I got to hide Easter eggs for three little kids, and I was there when the surprise Easter kitten was unveiled. Their black lab was absolutely baffled by the kitten, and the kids went into hysterics immediately. It was mayhem. It was fun though.
My next trip will be to Oregon from the 24th through May 5. It's going to be a nice long trip, and I think it will be fun. I will go home to Steamboat for about 10 days at the end of May, so please come visit if you are around. I will be hosting a camp, so I won't be very mobile. I would love to see some of you though, and I am sure that you folks haven't been to the 'Boat enough this year (with the possible exception of Sophie).
Thank you for letting me know that this blog is meaningful to you all. I appreciate that.
Love and Adventures,
Toast
I coincidentally stayed on campus at Colby on Monday night, and I got the full report on what went down. I've pieced things together from several sources, and I think I've got a pretty solid account of what happened. There were mistakes by all parties, and it's a shitty situation now.
SPB hosted a rave (first dumb move) in Page that night. It ended up being one of the best attended SPB events ever, and Page was at capacity pretty quickly. That meant that people were getting turned away at the door, and a lot of people were milling around Pulver. Security found a kid passed out and unresponsive in Pugh, so they called CER. before the EMT's arrived, Ozzy and Jacob came over and told security that they didn't need EMT's and they would take the kid back to his room. Obviously that didn't fly (the kid ended up blowing a .28). Security got in a dispute with the two, and one of the students threw a punch at a security officer (second dubm move). Security is armed with nothing more than walkie talkies, so they called the cops. Apparently Waterville PD, Augusta PD and state police all showed up (definitely overkill). Ozzy and Jacob got their asses kicked (third dumb move), and supposedly one of them got maced (maybe not true). I was also told that Ozzy and Jacob weren't that drunk (one of them blew a .12). The fact that there were so many people milling around Pulver means there were a ton of witnesses.
The two guys spent the night in jail in Augusta (I was also told that a random football player tried to help and got arrested too, but idk). Kelly Wharton was the dean on call, and she didn't answer her phone, so she didn't bail them out. Dean Turhune was called, but he refused to come help.
The next day, the video was played in Pulver and the administration was invited to come watch, but only one administrator showed up. The rally was yesterday at noon, and about 800 people showed up.
Here are the problems:1. The video doesn't show what the students did to provoke the violence. 2. The two students were minorities, so there's a serious racial element. It is hard to say if police would have done the same thing to white students, but the fact of the matter is that either way, those two got fucked up needlessly. 3. The admin is in a shitty situation because they don't want to look like they are passively perpetuating racism, but they also don't want to send the message that you can get drunk and fight security and the school will back you up.
Now you know the full story, and you can decide what you want.
The reason I was at Colby was because I was driving home from Easter in Connecticut. I saw Taylor and Becca, which was really fun. I also visited my aunt's family. I got to hide Easter eggs for three little kids, and I was there when the surprise Easter kitten was unveiled. Their black lab was absolutely baffled by the kitten, and the kids went into hysterics immediately. It was mayhem. It was fun though.
My next trip will be to Oregon from the 24th through May 5. It's going to be a nice long trip, and I think it will be fun. I will go home to Steamboat for about 10 days at the end of May, so please come visit if you are around. I will be hosting a camp, so I won't be very mobile. I would love to see some of you though, and I am sure that you folks haven't been to the 'Boat enough this year (with the possible exception of Sophie).
Thank you for letting me know that this blog is meaningful to you all. I appreciate that.
Love and Adventures,
Toast
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Life and Colby Security
So I must confess that I did forget about the blog (not all of you of course), but rembered about it this morning as I was searching for a median to contact all of you about something I will touch on in a minute, so Toast it was sucessful.
As far as life with me goes there really isn't much to tell...I am angrier than I used to be, as I now get up at 4:45Am every day, and drink as much as I used to, I just do it all in one night, but other than that not much has changed. I went to Doghead where hilarity and disaster insued, I saw Jamie, Rich, and Brad a few weeks ago as we all met up at my ski house in Utah and have the good fortune of seeing Aditya pretty regularly. I also plan on heading to the Beast of the East this Saturday.
Anyway the reason I was writing was to post this video, which I am sure all of you have seen by now. It depicts an incident involving some Colby Students and security and the Waterville police. Don't really know much else about it, but you can make your own decisions.
Here is the video:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-243844
Hope all it well. Let me know if your ever in NYC or the northeast in general.
I hate you all,
Kabatz
As far as life with me goes there really isn't much to tell...I am angrier than I used to be, as I now get up at 4:45Am every day, and drink as much as I used to, I just do it all in one night, but other than that not much has changed. I went to Doghead where hilarity and disaster insued, I saw Jamie, Rich, and Brad a few weeks ago as we all met up at my ski house in Utah and have the good fortune of seeing Aditya pretty regularly. I also plan on heading to the Beast of the East this Saturday.
Anyway the reason I was writing was to post this video, which I am sure all of you have seen by now. It depicts an incident involving some Colby Students and security and the Waterville police. Don't really know much else about it, but you can make your own decisions.
Here is the video:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-243844
Hope all it well. Let me know if your ever in NYC or the northeast in general.
I hate you all,
Kabatz
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Big News
Hey all,
I've not contributed to this for a while, although I have appreciated checking in on it every now and then. So that's my 2 cents on the blog's popularity -- it's definitely a good thing.
In any event, as most all of you know, I've been living out west with Lucky, Ricky, and Pinky, and though I haven't made it back east yet, my Colorado life will be ending in mid-May when I make the oh-so-exhilarating drive back home via Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and PA. I would have liked to stay here for the summer, but certain plans (which I will explain in the next paragraph) got in the way. The winter here has been awesome. I've skiied 95 days so far, and hope to get a couple more good ones in by the end. My job, working in a ski boot shop with Jamie (Jake and Rich worked in the Vail branch of the same store), couldn't be better. Our manager, a Bates grad, might as well have graduated last Spring, as his one of his nicknames in Captain Blackout. Needless to say, he knows how to party and, more importantly, lets us ski every day.
So the big news, which I've gotten distracted from, is that I'm pulling a Jake Franklin (you can expect an email from me soon, Jake) and on June 29 moving to China, where I will be teaching English for two years through the Peace Corps. It's an exciting and daunting prospect, and I probably haven't given it enough thought yet, since I really don't know what else to say about it now. I will, however, get home in mid-may and promptly travel Northeast to check out Colby graduation and meet up with as many other people as I possibly can. I'll also probably open up a Skype account at some point, so expect further news on that front.
Anyways, I gotta make like my pants and split, but I hope to talk to all of you pretty soon. Hope things are splendid with all of you!
One love,
Charlie
I've not contributed to this for a while, although I have appreciated checking in on it every now and then. So that's my 2 cents on the blog's popularity -- it's definitely a good thing.
In any event, as most all of you know, I've been living out west with Lucky, Ricky, and Pinky, and though I haven't made it back east yet, my Colorado life will be ending in mid-May when I make the oh-so-exhilarating drive back home via Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and PA. I would have liked to stay here for the summer, but certain plans (which I will explain in the next paragraph) got in the way. The winter here has been awesome. I've skiied 95 days so far, and hope to get a couple more good ones in by the end. My job, working in a ski boot shop with Jamie (Jake and Rich worked in the Vail branch of the same store), couldn't be better. Our manager, a Bates grad, might as well have graduated last Spring, as his one of his nicknames in Captain Blackout. Needless to say, he knows how to party and, more importantly, lets us ski every day.
So the big news, which I've gotten distracted from, is that I'm pulling a Jake Franklin (you can expect an email from me soon, Jake) and on June 29 moving to China, where I will be teaching English for two years through the Peace Corps. It's an exciting and daunting prospect, and I probably haven't given it enough thought yet, since I really don't know what else to say about it now. I will, however, get home in mid-may and promptly travel Northeast to check out Colby graduation and meet up with as many other people as I possibly can. I'll also probably open up a Skype account at some point, so expect further news on that front.
Anyways, I gotta make like my pants and split, but I hope to talk to all of you pretty soon. Hope things are splendid with all of you!
One love,
Charlie
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
A Kick in the Ass
So I've been reading all of the posts for a while now and every time I start to write my own, but always fail to finish it, so, knowing how much this blog has meant to me as a way of remembering all of you and smiling when I have a bad day, so I'll take Toast's post as a reminder of how much it means to me to stay in touch with all of you!
So, where to start. Things are going great here. I love living in Edinburgh, but missed skiing and the outdoors this winter, although living in a city has its advantages as well, there are great galleries and museums right outside my door (literally), and a huge castle too. I just handed my essays in yesterday (Yes, I wrote them all in about 2 nights, some still things haven't changed) so I am actually all done with the taught portion of my degree and have just to write a dissertation before mid-August. I am taking a week off to hike and explore Scotland before i start working again. Rachael DeCruz and two of my friends who I was abroad here with junior year are coming to visit at the end of May, and I'm also taking a short holiday to Croatia in may, which should be amazing.
Other than that, I am still up in the air about what comes next, still thinking about staying around here, but I have also applied for a position as a teaching fellow in Toast's home town at the Lowell Whiteman School, where Julie Casper works now actually, and am waiting to hear back from the headmaster there wants he gets back from vacation! So that would be an amazing opportunity that I would certainly move back to the states for right away, and I would really love to live in Colorado and get some good skiing in to! and be close to many of you!
Well that's most of what is new here, I'd love to hear from all of you, and of course if you have some spare time/money, visitors are welcome!!!
Cheers
Brian
Saturday, April 4, 2009
The blog is definitely being used
People are definitely still looking at the blog a decent amount if they aren't posting.
I have gotten several replies to my last post, but via other ways (facebook, over the phone, in person, etc).
Maybe if there was some way people could reply to posts, we'd see some more action here as no one really seems to use the comment function all that much.
The blog has been more successful than I thought it was going to be, and is used more than what you might perceive toast.
Thanks for putting it together
Fools just need to post more
I have gotten several replies to my last post, but via other ways (facebook, over the phone, in person, etc).
Maybe if there was some way people could reply to posts, we'd see some more action here as no one really seems to use the comment function all that much.
The blog has been more successful than I thought it was going to be, and is used more than what you might perceive toast.
Thanks for putting it together
Fools just need to post more
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