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Nicole

either you go on holiday, or you have a cup of tea.

About Me

I think I'd make a really good princess. or grandma.

My Interests

books, symmetry, CHOCOLATE, hybrid superiority, winning, expensive and tiny things, crossword puzzles, learning to be domestic, cashmere sweaters, kettle corn, naps, tea cake, planning parties, the british, scandinavian summer, travel, the color pink

I'd like to meet:

employment opportunities, preferably in japan.

Music:

blur. the police. bill evans. the kinks. otis redding. the beatles. beyonce. pulp. omd. peter g. stevie wonder. kate bush. the jam. aretha franklin. david bowie. the rolling stones. donna summer. the harder they come soundtrack.

Movies:

chinatown. brazil. lawrence of arabia. pride and prejudice (BBC). bridget jones' diary. lost in translation. breathless.

Television:

the nba.

Books:

zora neale hurston. truman capote. nella larsen. zadie smith. thomas hardy. william carlos williams. martin amis. haruki murakami. hans christian andersen. beatrix potter. henry david thoreau.

Heroes:

hello kitty, åge og grethe

My Blog

moby dick is full of seamen

and SPERM whales. hahahaha. but one of my favorite bits was when they introduced the Starbuck character and the footnote attached to his name read: An old Nantucket family name. In a triumph of modern...
Posted by Nicole on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:06:00 PST

best news I've heard in a long time

frogs are going extinct!!!! http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070226161212.ht m thanks to greg for the article. I knew nature would come around one of these days and finally realize how abso...
Posted by Nicole on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:38:00 PST

ughgughguhgughhhh

backwards backandforth bureaucracy hippie scoundrel giant computer anonymous faceless running pedestrian evil doers catch 22s undeclared unexempt unregistered NONSENSE! just let me go t...
Posted by Nicole on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:59:00 PST

tender is the night

He went back into his house and Nicole saw that one of his most characteristic moods was upon him, the excitement that swept everyone up into it and was inevitably followed by his own form of melancho...
Posted by Nicole on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

one month

until my day of birth. a tuesday night, but we will do something remarkable. so at least I won't forget like last year.
Posted by Nicole on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

so much

for an afterglow. hmmm. but tomorrow is wassailing! and i still want to go look at the jellies.
Posted by Nicole on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

sunday afternoon

engaged in conversation with plummy looking man (you know, blazers with elbow patches, slightly stooped gait and posture), clutching a well thumbed copy of of human bondage and so he asks me, sor...
Posted by Nicole on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

draw blood

so mags and I downloaded the life aquatic soundtrack last night because its fantastic, and guess what else we happened to come across in the apple music store land? adam sandlers lovely cover of w...
Posted by Nicole on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

ha

"i think i'm so educated and i'm so civilised because i'm a strict vegetarian"
Posted by Nicole on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

because reading is sexy

ok, so Ive got it all sussed out. well, schoolness at least. taking ALL english courses, and all on tues/thurs because that just seems the way to go. BUT, am most excited about american poetry wit...
Posted by Nicole on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST