About Me
I’m a reader, a thinker, an audiophile, a blogger, an aesthete, a ponderer, a pedestrian, a technophile, and a veterinarian. I love music, tea, golden retrievers, and the color teal more than everything else. I live in New York City. I’m still figuring things out. Join me.
Contact Me
AIM: ACloudman
Email: acloudman [at] gmail
Be my friend on: last.fm, del.icio.us, facebook, myspace, virb, flickr, upcoming, yelp
My Chronology
1980: I wasn’t supposed to be around for 1980, but I managed to squeeze in 25 days. Born Dec 6, 1980 in Stamford, CT. Lived in Pound Ridge, NY.
1981: Cried, fussed, slept, ate, dreamt, learned. Baby things.
1982: Probably more crying and fussing. Perhaps some older brother torment? Moved to Palo Alto, CA.
1983: Enjoyed my last year of truly blond hair. According to pictures, I gallivanted around in corduroy overalls.
1984: Moved to Darien, CT. First pet: Brandan, the golden retriever! Nursery school at the Congregational Church. Still no active memories yet.
1985: Started kindergarten at Tokeneke school. First memory: Being the only four year old in the lunch line.
1986: Mommy alert!!! A poorly devised car game backfires and I “sprain” my right arm. The cartwheel the next day seals the deal - radial fracture.
1987: Moved to Potomac, MD. Best friend Vivienne moves to Australia. First real sense of loss.
1988: Family trip to Australia for a month at Christmastime. Koala bears and sea turtles stand out in my memory.
1989: Cried a fair amount about getting a “C” in listening in Mrs. Yoder’s class. According to my mom she was a bitter, mean divorcee. To be honest, I probably was talking during 80% of class.
1990: Boys! That seems to be pretty much all I cared about. Mom and I fight extensively about being allowed to go to the mall without parental supervision.
1991: Moved (back) to Darien, CT. Don’t remember any of my previous friends so I might as well have been starting all over. Swinging from tree branches - another poorly devised game - fractured my left radius and finished out fifth grade with an awesome purple cast.
1992: Travel soccer takes me all over CT. I decide I want to be a physicist.
1993: I am the character “Zack’s Cell Phone” in our Saved by the Bell Club. I am thrilled because the boy I like is Zack.
1994: Start high school at Darien High School.
1995: Lots of adolescent angst regarding hair, pale skin, clothes, boys, etc.
1996: I decide I want to be a veterinarian. Brandan dies in December.
1997: Raleigh (golden retriever number two) arrives in March. Dad moves to Austin, TX for work. Mom and I stay behind in Darien for my senior year. Apply early to Dartmouth College - accepted December 12, 1997.
1998: Graduate a high school valedictorian. After a summer in Austin, I move to Hanover, NH, start at Dartmouth and realize how amazing it is to be around like-minded intelligent people. What’s this alcohol stuff?
1999: I discover sociology, fraternity boys, and sorority girls. It sounds pretty bad, but life is pretty good.
2000: After four straight terms in Hanover, I flee the continent for four months studying sociology in Denmark. Copenhagen is everything I’d dreamed and more.
2001: A real boyfriend? How unusual. A week of skiing in Vail with nights at “the Club” solidifies the friend group for senior year.
2002: Senior spring is amazing. I’m in love and I’m excited about my career. Graduate from Dartmouth. Move to Shrewsbury, MA to start Tufts Veterinary School.
2003: Blah blah blah. I realize I think I just liked my dogs, not actually being a veterinarian. I plan my life, hopes and dreams around a flawed relationship.
2004: A remarkably terrible year. After two years, we call it quits. It’s lonely in the ‘burbs.
2005: Meet exciting new boy in my basement. I develop an entirely new set of interests (hello blogosphere).
2006: Things eventually work out and for while I’m exceedingly happy. Graduate from Tufts. Move to Manhattan for my internship at AMC. I plan my life, hopes and dreams around a flawed relationship…again.
2007: Unceremoniously singled early on. Lose entire hard drive contents - pictures, documents, everything - the next day. Midway through the year - new job, new apartment in the fabulous West Village.
2008: Cheddar arrives in splendid form. I finally start to figure out how to make things happen.