Some Strings Attached: how the violin stole my innocence and how i borrowed it back |
(i wrote this the other day. its a draft)I was sitting in the North Beverly Elementary School cafatorium when I decided I was going to become a concert violinist. The Music Department was doing a pres...
Posted by nikole on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:20:00 PST |
Splitting Hairs: How I saved my Hairdresser's Life and Learned How to Cut My Own Hair |
It was the summer I turned 21. I was at a notorious 4th of July party in the back yard of a good friend, who shares my birthday. These parties happen twice a year and are always so crowded with friend...
Posted by nikole on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:47:00 PST |
The Johnny Chronicles . 2: Last Stand |
(The Johnny Chronicles is a one woman show I wrote and performed in the early 2000's, I am taking the stories I touched on in the show and flushing them out into their own essays)It was the year 2000,...
Posted by nikole on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:36:00 PST |
The Johnny Chronicles . 1: Walk By's and Dumpster Diving |
(The Johnny Chronicles is a one woman show I wrote and performed in the early 2000's, I am taking the stories I touched on in the show and flushing them out into their own essays)It was 1999. I had g...
Posted by nikole on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:32:00 PST |
Lying For A Living. (the nelson story) |
(this story could also be called "Full Nelson" or "Strangers and Fiction")I go to Staples a lot. It's one of my favorite stores. Last time I was there, I asked an employee where I could find some pap...
Posted by nikole on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:35:00 PST |
Country Mouse In The City Part Seven: Top Of The Rock |
I am standing on the top of Rockefeller Center. I'm looking down 70 floors at the Lite-Brite canvas of New York City. Just like everybody on that roof I am thinking about how each of those lights are ...
Posted by nikole on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:41:00 PST |
Country Mouse In The City Part Six: Public Privacy |
(originally written for envy13.com october 2006, but unpublished 'cause i didn't finish it til now)There are a lot of people in New York. Everywhere you go in this city, whether it is the grocery sto...
Posted by nikole on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 09:44:00 PST |
Country Mouse In The City Part Five: The seminar |
(originally written for envy13.com june 2006)In a round about way, it all started one Monday afternoon on a downtown train when, after avoiding the stare of a disheveled 30-something for multiple stop...
Posted by nikole on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:50:00 PST |
Country Mouse In The City Part Four: Don't I know you... |
(originally written for envy13.com april 2006)The first time it happens I am in The Gap, shopping with my friend. We are in line and my friend, let..s call him Josh, is telling me that I ..look famous...
Posted by nikole on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:48:00 PST |
Country Mouse In The City Part Three: Tourist in your town |
(originally written for envy13.co march 2006)I arrive to work and discover multiple packages that need to go to the Post Office. There are seven large padded envelopes and a mid-sized box. I like goin...
Posted by nikole on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:33:00 PST |
