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About Me

After living in Bavaria, Germany for the past four years (where I met my husband), we have recently moved back to the states with our two beagles and two cats. We are now living in Delaware and are trying to get readjusted to living in the "New World".Other fundamentals about me: I've been practicing yoga daily for 11 years now; it helps keep me sane. I've been a vegetarian since age 7, though nobody else in my family was ever one. Although I tend to believe in some type of God, I'm proud to be agnostic and not follow any religion for over 15 years now. I have a BA and MA in sociology from Ohio University. I've worked and volunteered in many non-profit organizations, and I've been a tutor and aide in many schools, advocating especially for the underpriviledged and special education students. "Never mind what's been selling, it's what you're buying" ~Fugazi
By allthingsnicole Click the banner and add my friends Justice For Kurt! Justice For Kurt Cobain .. Profile Pimp MySpace Layouts Contact Tables MySpace Icons MySpace Comments I edited my profile at ProfilePimp.com Places I have visited (so far): *Rhine River, Germany* Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic* NYC* Paris, France* the Netherlands including Amsterdam, Volendam, and Edam*Burlington, Vermont*The Smoky Mountains*Sedona, Arizona*Nogales, Mexico*Aspen, Colorado*Playa del Carmen, Isla Mujeres, San Cristobal de las Casas, Palenque, Chichen Itza, Progresso, Uxmal, Cancun, Acapolco, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico *Upstate New York*Montreal, Quebec, Canada*Washington, D.C. *Toronto, Canada*Orlando, Florida *Boston, Massachusettes*Cape Cod *Sanibel Island, Florida *Rehoboth Beach, Delaware *Chicago, Illinois *Michigan *All over Ohio! *Phoenix, Arizona *San Diego, California *Durango, Colorado *Santa Fe, New Mexico *Albuquerque, New Mexico *Portland, Oregon (as well as the Oregon coast) *Tucson, Arizona *Sun Valley, Idaho *Neustift, Austria (near Innsbruck) *Salzburg, Austria *Luxembourg *Germany (I lived there for 4 years), including: Nurnberg, Berlin, Cologne, Munich, Idar-Oberstein, Rothenberg, Amberg, Weiden, Schwarzwald (The Black Forest), and more... *Mykonos (and Delos), Greece *Athens, Greece *Pompeii, Italy *The Vatican 3 days before the Pope died, nonetheless... *Rome, Italy *Prague, Czech Republic *Venice, Italy

My Interests

I like yoga, cappuccino, Snoopy and other beagles, gnomes... My Absolute Favorite Yoga Practice DVDs: *Shiva Rea's Yoga Shakti *Rainbeau Mars' Yoga for Beauty Dawn and Dusk *Sarah Powers' Insight Yoga *Ali MacGraw's Yoga Mind & Body with Erich Schiffman *Tracey Rich and Ganga White's Total Yoga

I'd like to meet:

Berlin, October 2007

I came to myspace to try to find some of my long lost friends -- so far it's been working out pretty well! I'm not in a race to see how fast I can get to 4000 friends on myspace; I'd rather keep my friends list to people I actually communicate with. Otherwise, I just end up with a bunch of strangers' photos that I don't know what to do with. Thanks for understanding

Music:

Liz Phair, Tanya Donelly (in all her bands or solo), Sheryl Crow, and Tori Amos are my very favorites... I also like Keane, Alanis Morissette, The Killers, Madonna, No Doubt and Gwen Stefani, Goldfrapp, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nina Gordon, Moby, Dido, Coldplay... that's what I've been listening to for the past few years at least...I'm not the "music snob" I used to be -- if I like a song, I like it, and I don't really care if it's "underground" or "alternative" or whatever. It makes no difference to me if the song has sold one copy or 10 million. If I like it, I like it. Deal.

Movies:

Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead; The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou; Mulholland Drive; Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion; Pi; Coffee and Cigarrettes; Buffalo '66; The Royal Tenenbaums; Lost in Translation; Zuckerbaby; Office Space; anything with Bill Murray...I used to be a huge David Lynch fan for many years, but I think I'm over it now...oh yeah, and how could I forget: Back to the Future!

Television:

Six Feet Under, Queer as Folk (U.S. version - I haven't seen the U.K.'s version), My So-Called Life, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (hey, I can't help it!), The Facts of Life (my favorite show during my elementary school days).

Books:

I usually like memoirs the best. My very favorites: Augusten Burroughs Running With Scissors, and Elizabeth Wurtzel's Prozac Nation

Heroes:

Anyone who gives a damn about the environment, about social justice issues, about making this world a kinder, gentler place... anyone who not only has great values like these but who actually puts them into action every day.

My Blog

Crazy Pregnancy Hormones

it seems the same hormones that have been making me puke and feel so nauseated for the past 3 months are really doing a number on my emotions as well. Some nights I just get so sad I can't stop...
Posted by Nicole on Fri, 02 May 2008 10:26:00 PST

On Being Agnostic

People tend to get nervous and defensive when I say that I’m agnostic, or make me feel as though I should be ashamed. I don’t think it’s a scary thing. In fact, I feel it...
Posted by Nicole on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:51:00 PST

Review of Kurt Cobain About a Son

Disappointing& Really Disappointing. I had actually been really excited about seeing this film. I was 18 in 1992 and just idolized Nirvana. Sixteen years later I still have a soft s...
Posted by Nicole on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:25:00 PST

why i love tori amos

this was taken from a recent email I wrote to a friend, trying to convince him why he should give tori amos a second chance: you can listen to her latest album (not really new anymore -- it came out l...
Posted by Nicole on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:39:00 PST

some of my favorite songs

here's a list of some of my favorite songs, over the past several years, at least. ..> A Sorta Fairytale by Tori Amos Scarlet's Walk .. Angel by Belly Star .. ...
Posted by Nicole on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:52:00 PST

Tricks and Treats: The Halloween Edition

Yes, something very strange has been going on for the past few weeks right in our front yard here in Germany. It's that time of year again... First, Victor woke up early one morning to find that on...
Posted by Nicole on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:34:00 PST

My Tom Petty Theory

Hi, Guys and Gals, I wrote this quite a while ago -- at least a year ago, but I just decided to post it here. Hope you enjoy... I have this theory... I have this theory...
Posted by Nicole on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:38:00 PST

Counting the Days Till Bush is Out of Office!

Let's make this really clear. Yeah, my husband is an active duty Army officer and served as a platoon leader in the Iraq war, (I can't speak for my husband here, and when you are in the A...
Posted by Nicole on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:58:00 PST

Nicoles Summer Media Picks

Okay, I've been meaning to put this list together of my "Recommended Summer Media" for quite a while now... and if I don't put it out there soon I'll have to change the title to "Nicole's Fall P...
Posted by Nicole on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:56:00 PST

Is there an afterlife? I don't know but Im hoping for the best...

..> You Are Agnostic God? Religion? Maybe... you're just not sure.You believe that no one really can know the true story about religion or God.So you might as well relax a little. You'll go craz...
Posted by Nicole on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:37:00 PST