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nicola

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About Me

I live in Kigali, Rwanda. (thats in africa for those who don't know). I have a horny cat, two adorable kittens and 2 sweet dogs to keep me company. I'll speak french to you only if you are cute. Life is good.
I was once called a person of excess. This used to annoy me until I realized everyone is a person of excess. Sometimes I am crazy. I embrace my craziness, so should you. I am an unusually un-private person. I will tell you anything and everything about my life, unabashedly.
I once had a dream about the meaning of life. This one sentence that explained the very essence of what life is came to me one night in blissful slumber. I remember clearly how floored I was thinking "This is it, I understand it All now." I woke up and couldn't remember a syllable. I've spent the better part of my life trying to discover the answers. Why, What and for How Long?
I now feel that this overwhelming task was making me miss exactly what I was looking for. I decided to stop looking. I've now come to the conclusion that IS, is the answer. Having nothing to do where I live has forced me to slow down and accept what is.
So I am not going to explain how I sometimes make a face like a 5 year old who's just stolen a cookie, or how when I fall asleep I nuzzle my head into whatever I am laying on, or how when I hiccup I only hiccup once, never more. These things are best discovered in their natural state of occurrence.
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My Interests

traveling, foreign lands, helping people out, good causes, lovin, nappin, good tea, good book, hanging out at the pub, live music, my dog, my cat, my bed, my jacuzzi tub, painting, writing, reading, researchin, drinkin, wreslin' non profit, gettin rid of corrpution, hiking, camping, sunbathing nude, skinny dippin, snorkling, smart guys who happen to be good lookin at the same time

I'd like to meet:


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People who are happy with what is, and just being. The ability to sit and watch the people around them completely void of judgment is highly desirable. People who want to come visit me in Africa or go on some exotic adventure.
Someone who can fully express thier feelings without the fear of bruising thier ego. People who are willing to go to ridiculous lengths for love. Someone who accepts my craziness and loves me more for it. Someone Wild, Wooly and full of Wahoo.
People with patience, contentment and a Tent. And someone who can get rid of large spiders should a large spider ever come around.
Those who understand growth happens every millisecond and embraces this. Someone who can make me laugh like a five year old who is being tickled to death. And my favorite, those who understand themselves enough to wholly embrace the beauty in the differences of others.

Music:

modest mouse (YEA!), morphine, miles davis, john coltrane, john lee hooker, Dire Straights, john prine, bjork, patty griffin,Big John Patton, Grant Green, velvet underground, mark knofphler?, the cure, the church, BOB, VAn Morrison, White stripes, Mingus, BEATLEs, nickle creek, U2, Stones, PFunk, Jimmy Cliff, TooTs and the Maytals, Police, Steely Dan, coldplay, blondie, sting, and on and on and on

Movies:

Donnie Darko, American Beauty, Natural Born Killers, 4 Rooms, Fight CLub, Leaving Las Vegas, Bowling for Columbine, and any Micheal Moore Movie for that matter, Train Spotting, Lock Stock and Barrell, A Fish Called Wanda, Moonlight Mile, The big lebowski, Outlaw Josey Wales and any old clint eastwood cowboy movie, Big Fish, Peter Pan

Television:

Currently I can only watch Aljazerra News. Its definetly better than CCN crap. But if I had TV I would love to watch PBS, any show that tries to track down Ghosts..., NOVA, and Law and Order any of em'

Books:

Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates. 100 years of solitude, god of small things, MiddleSex, Cherry, The Confederacy of Dunces, Honkey, Hip Hop Generation, Naked, Me talk Pretty, Discipline and Punish, Life of PI, Join Me, Running with Scissors The Namesake Soul Stories

Heroes:

People who strive to do good. Yes I said it, those damn Do-Gooders. Jess K for her incrediable strength(she is stronger than she thinks!) and my Daddy, for trying his best to fulfill his destiny.

My Blog

Want Ads: In Search Of...

I just thought I would put this out there in case anyone can help with the following.  I am in search of happiness.  And not the kind you temporarily find with a pleasant afternoon fil...
Posted by nicola on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:28:00 PST

Things are STILL fucking things

God damn it. I wrote an entirely witty blog only to have the internet connection gods DESTROY it.  So i'll try to recreate all its glory as best I can.  As you can see from my photos, I di...
Posted by nicola on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:07:00 PST

Is it all really that Bad?

My dear lovely friends,  I was recently reflecting on my last few blogs and comments and coversations with friends and family and have realized that I may be raising fears that I am really m...
Posted by nicola on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:06:00 PST

Life is strange

I live a strange life.  Today I gave a training to 30 Rwandans in French about a malaria drug.  I say words like 'ntakibazo' and 'nmaiza'. I work in a country where I can get one of the best...
Posted by nicola on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:33:00 PST

I am really sick

I am really sick right now.  It all started on Tuesday of this week and I believe is the direct result of my "REAL" breakup with Abui which occured on Sunday. For those of you who are lost as to ...
Posted by nicola on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:47:00 PST

How to use devious tactics and your Mother to win back your boyfriend.

ok people. i've completely gone off the deep end here.  I'm using my mother as an instrument of love to help sway my boyfriend in to realizing how devestated he is and how awful his life will be ...
Posted by nicola on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:36:00 PST

Love can kiss my bootyful ass

You Know, love is one of the most ridiculous states of being.  I do not believe that there is an emotion that can contain such a vast array of emotions in one state of being.  There are the ...
Posted by nicola on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:42:00 PST

Something is happening

Yes. Something is happening.  I don't know what it is, but i can feel it.  Recently there have been two eclipses.  I don't know what that means astronmically, but astrologically it...
Posted by nicola on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:28:00 PST

And yet another update in the world of Nicola

Love sucks.  Abui and I broke up today.  Yes i'm sad, but i've also been through enough realtionships to know that I will get over it and in the long run be better.  As all nosy people ...
Posted by nicola on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:19:00 PST

Nicola Status Update

So its the eve of my 28 birthday. Dear god i am getting old.  Abui who is a sprightly 22 tells me i'm still young... I wonder if he'll be saying the same thing when he's 28. HA. I've just returne...
Posted by nicola on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:17:00 PST