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Nicole

Whatever, bro.

About Me

Me in a nutshell: 30-something, Indiana native, introvert, loner-ish, night owl, organized, planner, procrastinator, caring, loyal, great listener, silly, serious, independent, open-minded, sensitive, impatient, easily annoyed, non-confrontational, too nice at times, worrywart, sarcastic, cynical, agnostic, fat, feminist, liberal, pro-choice, childfree, cat mom, aunt, grammar snob, perpetual dreamer, work-in-progress



You Are A Poplar Tree
People tend to look up to you, and it's a bit lonely at the top.
Inside, you are not always self confident, but you show great courage.
Mature and organized, you are reliable in any situation.
You tend to have an artistic or philosophical outlook on life.
You are very choosy in love and take partnership seriously. What's Your Celtic Horoscope?


You Are a Prophet Soul
You are a gentle soul, with good intentions toward everyone.
Selfless and kind, you have great faith in people.
Sometimes this faith can lead to disappoinment in the long run.
No matter what, you deal with everything in a calm and balanced way.
You are a good interpreter, very sensitive, intuitive, caring, and gentle.
Concerned about the world, you are good at predicting people's feelings.
A seeker of wisdom, you are a life long learner looking for purpose and meaning.
You are a great thinker and communicator, but not necessarily a doer.
Souls you are most compatible with: Bright Star Soul and Dreaming Soul What Kind of Soul Are You?
What Nicole Means
You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.
You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.
You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.
You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.
You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily.
You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind.
A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable.
You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life.
You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you.
At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself.
You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow.
You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily.
Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is.
You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.
You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.
At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?.. Read my VisualDNA ™ Get your own VisualDNA™


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"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star" ~ Frederich Nietzsche

"An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one" ~ Charles Horton Cooley

"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination" ~ John Lennon

"Not all who wander are lost" ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

"It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality" ~ Virginia Woolf

"All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream" ~ Edgar Allan Poe



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My Interests

music, reading, movies, art, museums, theater, coffeehouses, libraries, bookstores, thrift stores, yard sales, flea markets, farmer's markets, antiques, vintage things, playing piano (rustily), festivals, live music, hiking, biking, camping, swimming, shooting pool, stargazing/astronomy, yoga, meditation, simple living, frugal living, travel, cosmetics, jewelry, good food, cooking, wine, conversation, current/world events, volunteering, making lists, organizing, crossword puzzles, photography, gardening, cross-stitch, knitting, sewing, crafting, writing, linguistics, quotations, postcards, feminism, fat activism, health at every size, mythology/folklore, history, spirituality, dreams, autumn, guilty pleasures, individuality, cats, butterflies, cemeteries, abandoned places, candles, Target, Hello Kitty, the '80s, computer/video/board games

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"Action is eloquence" ~ Shakespeare

"Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great" ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there" ~ Lewis Carroll

I'd like to meet:

Old and new friends. Fun, interesting, intelligent, open-minded folks. Anyone who shares my interests and viewpoints.

Music:

Tori Amos, Bjork, PJ Harvey, Mazzy Star, Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions, Radiohead, Coldplay, Tegan and Sara, Indigo Girls, The Cardigans, Ani DiFranco, The Cranberries, Sarah McLachlan, Fiona Apple, Annie Lennox, Natalie Merchant, Imogen Heap, India.Arie, Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman, Madonna, Norah Jones, Madeleine Peyroux, Katie Melua, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Koop, Kate Bush, Beck, Rufus Wainwright, Peter Gabriel, Jack Johnson, David Gray, The Cure, Depeche Mode, New Order, Tears For Fears, Blondie, David Bowie, Violent Femmes, R.E.M., Jane's Addiction, They Might Be Giants, The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Tom Petty, Wolfmother, Sigur Ros, Air, My Morning Jacket, The Books, Sparklehorse, Thievery Corporation, Zero 7, The Shins, Iron and Wine, The Decemberists, The Sundays, My Bloody Valentine, Death Cab for Cutie, The Stone Roses, Interpol, The White Stripes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sneaker Pimps, Lovage, Portishead, Garbage, Veruca Salt, Luscious Jackson, Massive Attack, Loreena McKennitt, Sarah Brightman, Enya, Delerium, Enigma, Dead Can Dance, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Deftones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Tenacious D, Gorillaz, Gnarls Barkley, Beastie Boys, Digable Planets, Fugees/Lauryn Hill, Faithless, and many many more...

Movies:

Amelie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Before Sunrise, Fight Club, Donnie Darko, Heathers, Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite, The City of Lost Children, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Pan's Labyrinth, Happenstance, The Dreamlife of Angels, Ghost World, Chocolat, Under the Tuscan Sun, Sideways, Happiness, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Lost in Translation, Waking Life, Dancer in the Dark, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, The Royal Tenenbaums, Being John Malkovich, American Splendor, Muriel's Wedding, Clockwatchers, The Truman Show, Juno, Lars and the Real Girl, Love Actually, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country For Old Men, Reality Bites, High Fidelity, Office Space, Vanilla Sky, Eyes Wide Shut, Boogie Nights, American Beauty, Secretary, Run Lola Run, Say Anything, Better Off Dead, Grosse Pointe Blank, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, The Goonies, Adventures in Babysitting, Just One of the Guys, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Spaceballs, Shaun of the Dead, The Fifth Element, The Neverending Story, LOTR trilogy, Labyrinth, The Princess Bride, Pirates of the Caribbean, Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish, Finding Neverland, Serendipity, The Notebook, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Dumb and Dumber, Friday, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Stand By Me, Zoolander, Clerks, Chasing Amy, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Sin City, 28 Days Later, American Psycho, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Saw, cheesy '80s horror movies, The Shining, The Silence of the Lambs, From Hell, Sleepy Hollow, and more...

Television:

CSI, Forensic Files, Cold Case Files, Monk, Flight of the Conchords, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Family Guy, The Simpsons, South Park, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Office, A Haunting, 30 Days, Reno 911, The Soup, Seinfeld, The X Files, Twin Peaks, Twilight Zone, anything on Investigation Discovery (I'm a crime show addict)

Books:

Authors: Kurt Vonnegut, Margaret Atwood, Joyce Carol Oates, Tom Robbins, Chuck Palahniuk, David Sedaris, Gregory Maguire, Madeline L'Engle, Stephen King, Francesca Lia Block, Neil Gaiman

The Bell Jar, The Scarlet Letter, A Clockwork Orange, Pride and Prejudice, 1984, Ishmael, Love in the Time of Cholera, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Geek Love, The Virgin Suicides, The Lovely Bones, Girl Interrupted, Good in Bed, I Know This Much Is True, Eat Pray Love, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Handmaid's Tale, White Oleander, Wicked, The Hobbit, The Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter, The Secret Garden, Interview With The Vampire, Flowers in the Attic, Aesop's Fables, The Bust Guide to the New Girl Order, Happy Yoga, Girl Seeks Bliss, Oh Solo Mia, Refuse to Choose, Stitch 'N Bitch, classic novels, dictionaries, non-fiction, poetry, fairy tales, magazines {Bust, Bitch, Paste, Utne Reader, Real Simple, Yoga Journal, Budget Travel, etc.}

Heroes:

My dad, because he is without a doubt the coolest guy I've ever known...he's given me great advice over the years and he believes in me no matter what.

My Blog

Flickr Mosaic

1. Nicole Kidman, 2. Hinamatsuri sushi, 3. Chicago's Moving Bridges over the Chicago River, 4. Green on Green, 5. OUT903959, 6. Diet., 7. I miss Tuscany, 8. chocolate cheesecake & raspberries, 9. ...
Posted by Nicole on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:49:00 PST

Bad news and GOOD news!

Which do you want first? Bad news ~ I'm still unemployed. So far I've been on a couple of interviews that didn't pan out.  Other than that I haven't had a whole lot of luck in finding anything, ...
Posted by Nicole on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:34:00 PST

Well, that fucking figures...

So I got laid off yesterday. Yep, exactly one week after I closed on my house. To tell the truth, I was sort of expecting it. We recently implemented a new computer system that is Internet-based, M...
Posted by Nicole on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:59:00 PST

Im a homeowner!

So you know that house I was taking about in my last blog? Yeah, you probably don't because no one reads my blog! If you go back and read that section, that's the house we bought!About a week or so ...
Posted by Nicole on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:06:00 PST

Happenings

Happenings as of late:- I'm still half-assedly (ha, I made up a word) looking for a new job. I applied to take the postal exam, with a referral from a former co-worker, but I haven't heard anything y...
Posted by Nicole on Wed, 07 May 2008 07:51:00 PST

My choice for President

Yeah, I'm a little late on this (procrastinatrix extraordinaire that I am), since half of these people have dropped out of the race, but here it is! Too bad Obama isn't at the top of my list...that's ...
Posted by Nicole on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:18:00 PST

A little bit o’ Zen

In dwelling, live close to the ground.In thinking, keep to the simple.In conflict, be fair and generous.In governing, don't try to control.In work, do what you enjoy.In family life, be completely pr...
Posted by Nicole on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:46:00 PST

A letter

Dear Mosquitoes,Why do you torment me relentlessly? Why won't you just let me sit and read on my front porch in peace? Kindly fuck off. Thanks!Sincerely,Me
Posted by Nicole on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:00:00 PST

Another nephew!!!

Third-time auntie! Lucas William St. John was born at 6:05 p.m. on August 21, weighing 7 lb. 5 oz. (exactly the same birth weight as my other nephew, I just realized!)  Mom (my sister Leah), da...
Posted by Nicole on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:41:00 PST

Birthday present to myself

Best week ever!In addition to my birthday last Wednesday (and getting phone calls/money/gift cards/gifts!!), I got to see my nephew (still waiting on the other nephew...he should be here any day now!!...
Posted by Nicole on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:59:00 PST