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Nicole

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Well, the basics- I work. Most days i like my job. I paint, but not as much as i should. Sometimes I can't sleep at night, for days at a time. I have the good fortune of calling some pretty amazing people my friends. I have the best dog in the world. I love to cook. Feeding another person a home cooked meal makes me a really happy girl. I'm happy and free and I'm hoping I'm on a roll. That should be good for starters.

My Interests

Reading, HIking, biking, Painting, pottery, sleeping, being with friends, seeing live music, travel, photography, people watching, learning new things, I love breakfast- it is the most important meal of the day. Bridges, architecture, art, music, I am often easily amused by small shiny objects.

I'd like to meet:

People who can teach me something new and/or make me think outside of my norm.

Music:

Eclectic music taste.... Cake, Sublime, Beastie Boys, Incubus, Zeppelin, Bowie, Bob Dylan, WHite Stripes, Franz Ferdinand, Black Crows, Talking Heads, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty, Interpol, Paul Simon, Michael Penn, Pete Yorn, Tori Amos, The STrokes, Talking Heads, Spoon, TV on The Radio, Neutral Milk Hotel, Living Legends, Beck, Ben Folds Five, Elvis Costello, Helio Sequence...I'm always open to suggestions.

Movies:

Memento, The Princess Bride, City of God, Y Tu Mama Tambien, SHawshank Redemption, High Fidelity, Fight Club, The Wizard of Oz ,

Television:

Don't really watch tv. I do find time for Heroes.

Books:

AMerican Psycho, Geek Love, Middlesex, Choke, Wicked, The Secret History, The AMazing Adventures of Kavelier and Clay, To Kill A Mockingbird, Memoirs of a Geisha, The World According to Garp, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Requiem For a Dream. I haven't been reading enough recently.

Heroes:

my dog

My Blog

Dancin in the rain...

Good music makes everything better.The extended forecast calls for rain, rain and a chance of rain. It's raining now. While walking the dog at an ungodly hour of the morning, suited up with knit cap, ...
Posted by Nicole on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:21:00 PST

fun house mirror

So when i moved to Portland 2 years ago i purchased this vintage waterfall bedroom set. The vanity has this really cool circular mirror, that's obviously seen better days, but its never been anything ...
Posted by Nicole on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:10:00 PST

lost it

I lost my favorite, FAVORITE, Yankees baseball hat at the coast. Ugh. I'm inconsolable.
Posted by Nicole on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:51:00 PST

NY Pictures

A few pics from my wanderings in NYC and Brooklyn because I am sick mid vacation an laying around my mom's with nothing better to do. On a somewhat unrelated topic- Kaiser Permanente SUCKS for health...
Posted by Nicole on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:54:00 PST

todays horoscope

Capricorn Edit Quickie: Improve your chances for more career opportunities by working on your verbal skills. Overview: Are you paying attention to what's truly important in your life, or are...
Posted by Nicole on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:16:00 PST

Time is on my side, yes it is!

Time is a funny thing. Time spent with someone. Time spent living a certain life. Time spent putting distance between yourself and those you want to forget. Sometimes it stems from pain, death, to...
Posted by Nicole on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 08:12:00 PST

Talk about getting up on the wrong side of the bed.

Late night, or early morning bed time as the case may be. The alarm goes off. I crawl to the end of the bed to turn it off. My hand slips off the edge of the bed, and I slam my jaw into the open d...
Posted by Nicole on Sat, 03 Dec 2005 10:28:00 PST

My Kingdom for some string or breadcrumbs

So, it was a beautiful day today. I woke up (at 1:00 pm) and decided I had to be outside for a bit. I convinced Amanda to go for a "short hike", maybe 20-45 minutes just to get outside with my doggy...
Posted by Nicole on Fri, 18 Nov 2005 10:15:00 PST

Oh TriMet how I love Thee

This is nothing profound, I just thought hmmmm...... Riding the 15 to work today, i somehow managed to be surrounded by several unsavory types. I decided to just really dig into my book and zone t...
Posted by Nicole on Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:36:00 PST

Day One, on the road

So I made it as far as NYC. We were going to depart from here early afternoon, but best laid plans and all.... you know how that goes. I have been to NYC countless times. I commuted here for work, ...
Posted by Nicole on Tue, 13 Sep 2005 05:54:00 PST