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Nicole

on holiday

About Me

fenchurch before the vogons hit.

My Interests

the slow clap. the montage. inspirational power ballads. etymology. champagne. ferrets. repartee. cheese. first kisses. tall boots. air hockey. texas hold em. cesar milan. subversion. muppets. dinner parties. dive bars. logic problems. tactile domes. intelligence. irreverence. ingenuity. integrity. bounce houses. blue jeans. irony. infatuation.

I'd like to meet:

trey parker. martin freeman. jake ryan.

Movies:

Strictly Ballroom, True Romance, Cane Toads, Breaking The Waves, Lost in Translation, South Park - Bigger, Longer and Uncut, Into The West

Television:

The Office, The Office, The Office (BBC), Buffy, Moonlighting, Twin Peaks, Firefly, The Muppet Show, and that Lifetime movie about husband abuse starring Judith Light.

Books:

Lolita, Infinite Jest, If On A Winter's Night A Traveler, Self Reliance, Iona Moon, Fierce Invalids Home From Harsh Climates, Illusions, Motherless Brooklyn, Snow Crash, A Light In The Attic, Godel, Escher, Bach

Heroes:

Jim Henson

My Blog

home jeeves

multi-city tour has come to an end. at last. and not a second too soon. wednesday night flight was delayed. which meant no triumph the insult comic. no henson puppet improv. devestated. value of enti...
Posted by Nicole on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:43:00 PST

the league of bad ideas

lately i have been having a disconcerting number of bad ideas. for example -- yesterday i had a frantic, chaotic, crazy-making day at the office. much of the stress came from needing to prepare for v...
Posted by Nicole on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:41:00 PST

various stuff

few random items that may or may not be of interest:1. i've got a very nice overstuffed couch and chair in the basement of my building. my landlord is going to throw them out if i don't get them the h...
Posted by Nicole on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:58:00 PST

things fall apart

no seats on the train again yesterday, but i did manage to score one of the coveted spots against the back doors, auspicious beginning to the day, maybe my luck is changing. quickly composed my standa...
Posted by Nicole on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:34:00 PST

a fine mess

i used to have a friendster profile. i mean, i guess technically i still have a friendster profile, but these days it's languishing in total neglect . every six months or so friendster sends me some k...
Posted by Nicole on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:42:00 PST

jaws V, the reckoning

jamie's recent shark encounter reminds me of a story my dad tells about our family's first trip to hawaii. not the story about driving the car off the cliff on the road to hana and being rescued by ch...
Posted by Nicole on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:06:00 PST

the winds of reluctant confessions

i have this problem, see. i'm sort of in love with my bosses.not in love like i want to marry them or have their children or sneak off with them into the stairwell and leave indelible marks on their s...
Posted by Nicole on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:55:00 PST

displaced

keep lighting cigarettes and putting them out. turning on the tv, cycling through the channels two, three times before turning it off again. have itunes on shuffle but skipping every song, walking to ...
Posted by Nicole on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:20:00 PST

i know why they call it the city of angels

here's the thing about los angeles. you can live here from birth till death, spending every waking moment breathlessly anticipating that one momentus, earthshattering event that always feels...
Posted by Nicole on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 06:16:00 PST

into the lions den

apparently i should just accept that this will be a year of constant change. no use trying to fight it. resistance is futile. everything that is today will likely be different tomorrow. don't get too ...
Posted by Nicole on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:49:00 PST