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Nicholas and his Hippo Army

I came here unknowingly

About Me

I do not aim to please; I am only here for myself.

My Interests

Reading
Writing
Gaming
Watching
Napping
Walking
Being Curious
Wandering
Hiking
Nerding
Learning
Gazing
Stuff
Listening

I'd like to meet:

For the time being? No one if I don't get off my damned antisocial ass and talk to people. Fuck, that means using words.

Music:

Azure Ray
Björk
Cat Stevens
Dave Matthews Band
Elliott Smith
Frou Frou
Goldfrapp
Hooverphonic
Rilo Kiley
Damien Rice
Teitur
The Killers
Mirah
Oasis
Portishead
The Postal Service
Radiohead
Tears For Fears

Movies:

Edward Scissorhands
Moulin Rouge
City of Lost Children
Run Lola Run
Princess and the Warrior
Pleasantville
Requiem For a Dream
Se7en
The Usual Suspects
Primer
The Royal Tenenbaums
Love Actually

Television:

Fuck television. I use mine for movies and gaming.

Books:

Neil Gaiman:
Stardust (favorite)
Neverwhere
American Gods

James Clavell:
Shogun

Heroes:

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My Blog

I Like Big Words

ilikebigwords.comThere we go. I hate MySpace's blogging shit so I did my own thing and have my own blog set up there. May not be as convenient for all but it's definitely nicer for me and that's what ...
Posted by Nicholas and his Hippo Army on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:29:00 PST

My Adventures in Portland: Onto Present Day

Intro:I covered previously most the activities from the first week. Simple stuff. I found my way around well enough. I met a bunch of coworkers. I ate food and got myself other necessary items. Good t...
Posted by Nicholas and his Hippo Army on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:06:00 PST

My first week in Portland

To make this more structured I'll attempt to keep this organized in some sort of  fashion. With that in mind let's make use of my good friend bold.I know ahead of time that I can be pedantic with...
Posted by Nicholas and his Hippo Army on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:37:00 PST

I have Internet

I'm not going to stay on the internet for a good long time right now so this won't be the "Hi guys, I'm totally in Portland!" sort of blog that covers much of the stuff since I've been here.Instead I'...
Posted by Nicholas and his Hippo Army on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:08:00 PST

Moving: Packing and Leaving.

I don't intend to go on too long for this entry. This is me trying to push myself to start writing blogs again due to the upcoming lack of communication between myself and just about everyone else.Mig...
Posted by Nicholas and his Hippo Army on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:10:00 PST

Nerdfest v2.0 Completed

Another day, another Nerdfest. For the unaware Nerdfest is me gathering a bunch of people together and trying to get them all to play games. Video games are my main hobby so it's my civic duty to get ...
Posted by Nicholas and his Hippo Army on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 04:36:00 PST

Small Nerdfest update

Sadly it's not the best news. I keep having to postpone it due to all the things I have to plan around. The two biggest are trying to make sure I can pick a weekend where I'll be able to get a Saturda...
Posted by Nicholas and his Hippo Army on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 01:01:00 PST

Keeping myself busy

It's times like now that I'm glad my life isn't that of The Truman Show where anyone could watch my every moment. I was just grooving the shit out of "Montana" by Venus Hum and my random selection to ...
Posted by Nicholas and his Hippo Army on Sun, 13 Nov 2005 03:07:00 PST

Planning for Nerdfest part 2

Time for me to start getting around to making plans for a second Nerdfest. I haven't put a whole lot of thought into it but based on the sort of response I had for the first one things went over rathe...
Posted by Nicholas and his Hippo Army on Sun, 23 Oct 2005 04:09:00 PST

Fuck my room

Why I wrote the topic: 1) The first step: I impulsively bought Robert Jordan's new book "Knife of Dreams." 2) After weighing the choices of either starting it up tonight, reading through a story summa...
Posted by Nicholas and his Hippo Army on Sat, 22 Oct 2005 01:32:00 PST