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Julie Nicolay

About Me

Musician, first, foremost and always. Passionate from the soul. Artist. Foodie. Bookaholic. Movie fan. Animal lover. Sometime procrastinator. Lover of many things. Scorpio. Intense. Wear my heart on my sleeve. Protective. Funny. Road-tripper. Laid back. Sometime perfectionist. Stays up late. Loves other cultures. Interested AND interesting. Into great conversations. Loves cheese, candy and cozy spaces. Big time hugger. Always up for a spontaneous adventure. There's so much more...

My Interests

Pretty much anything other than boxing, kung-fu movies, eating liver in any version whatsoever, morons and idiots (unless they're savants and therefore somewhat interesting).

I'd like to meet:

OK, I would really love to have lunch with Sandra Bullock, Oprah and Dolly Parton, in Dolly's big ol' country kitchen. Just some down-home comfort food, us girls and tons of laughter!

Music:

Too much to list! I like all genres to a degree (except stuff like Gwar). Love me some indie folkie rock star stuff, classical, jazz, blues, soul, yadda yadda yadda. Some favorite artists tend to also be my friends: Namoli Brennet, Sandra Cartolari, Candye Kane, Diana Jones, Jess Oakenstar, Sister Funk, Vange Durst, Drew Paralic, Uppity Blues Women, and then stuff like good acapella and Big Band, Andrews Sisters, trumpet stuff, choral things, Broadway, etc. Oh hell, forget it, I can't do this list anymore...I love music and will listen to almost everything out there if it's GOOD!

Movies:

Pretty much all documentaries; suspense, comedy, drama, foreign, old musicals, new musicals, stuff I've never heard of. I just love movies, though, and the escape they provide. FILM FESTS make me obnoxiously happy.

Television:

If I did have TV, I'd be addicted, so I don't have it. I would be glued to the Food Network, LOST, CSI, old re-runs of Designing Women, M*A*S*H, I Love Lucy, and god only knows what else. Animal Planet, Movie Channels, some sports (the Olympics for sure), and probably some reality shows, to be quite honest, like The Real World, Road Rules, Survivor, etc. See? This is why I don't have TV...

Books:

I love reading, so choosing favorite genres ain't easy, but here's a few to go by: first-person accounts of pretty much anything, mystery, horror, detective murder stuff, history, exploration, comedy...see? Too many faves!

Heroes:

My mom; she rocks and is the best parent a person could ask for in their lifetime! My brother, the (retired) fireman, a REAL hero in every sense of the word!

My Blog

Christmas Tree Decorating, Nicolay Family-style!

Most of us have traditions we keep in our families for holidays, birthdays, etc. and probably, most of us also know that the grandest traditions seem to surround Christmas (unless you didn't celebrate...
Posted by Julie Nicolay on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:20:00 PST

Back on the writing track, at least for today!

Well, hello again.  I had NO idea it'd been since September (good god) since I'd written anything, but I've been reminded by one or two folks that it's high time I wrote in my blog, and y'know wh...
Posted by Julie Nicolay on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:55:00 PST

Spirit...rest easy, my big girl...

I sit here, tears pouring down my face as I write because my dear, sweet dog friend, Spirit, is passing on right now, 10:00 this morning...I have no idea if this will read well and you know what? I do...
Posted by Julie Nicolay on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:31:00 PST

On the road again...and again...

Hells bells, I've ignored my blog again! Now, how did that happen, you ask? Welllllll...there's been a whole lot going on and you'd think that would've inspired me to write, wouldn't you? Yeah, that's...
Posted by Julie Nicolay on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:08:00 PST

Thank you for the music!

When I was in second grade, I lived in Florida, and on certain Summer nights after dinner, my folks and I would ride our bikes around the neighborhood, pedaling through the cooling air and sharing in ...
Posted by Julie Nicolay on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:04:00 PST

So I went for the lollipop...

OK, OK, I know, two posts in one day, but THIS is too exciting to pass up sharing with you: I'd gone to the Dollar Tree to get a couple of lollipops to celebrate National Lollipop Day, and as I was pe...
Posted by Julie Nicolay on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:50:00 PST

National Lollipop Day!

I didn't know that today was National Lollipop Day, did you? I feel like I should know these things as an admitted candy addict. Wow, I guess I'm outta practice. So thankfully, my favorite candy websi...
Posted by Julie Nicolay on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:32:00 PST

Resentment or gratitude, my choice

"Vacation, all I ever wanted...Vacation, had to get away..."That lyric is from the Go-Go's song, "Vacation," and exactly what I'd love to be doing right now, going on vacation. Actually, that's what I...
Posted by Julie Nicolay on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:15:00 PST

Top 10 reason to love Summer In Tucson!

Ahhh, Summer in Tucson...the sun, the heat, the electric bill, the...ummm...the heat. Now, most folks that live here have found ways to deal with the heat, and those that haven't, well, they're called...
Posted by Julie Nicolay on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:40:00 PST

Oh, sugar...ah, honey, honey...you are my candy girl...

From Sunday, July 15th: I know I've already admitted my addiction to Youtube, and it's true, but that's been a more recent discovery. I have a much larger and more serious problem to admit today, one ...
Posted by Julie Nicolay on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:32:00 PST