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nicole

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About Me

one used to be told as a child, "think what you're saying." apparently we also need to be told: "think what you're thinking." the stakes have to be raised before we take the game seriously. i know this is the opposite of what is often said about the necessity of keeping all emotion out of our intellectual processes-- "you can't think straight unless you are cool." but then neither can you think deep if you are.[c. s. lewis, letters to malcolm]

My Interests

writing letters, drawing, painting, yoga and pilates, making mix cds, knitting sometimes, reading, animals, small adventures, big conversation, oregon chai concentrate (exclusively), social work, trivia, walking, stationery and stamps, trying to travel, trying to stay still, used books with notes in the margins, and my cat sami.

I'd like to meet:

zak, taylor, and isaac.

Music:

bright eyes, counting crows, hanson, fiona apple, ani difranco, alanis morissette, john davis, pedro the lion, sunny day real estate, radiohead, elliot smith, jewel, jets to brazil, missy higgins, the arcade fire, jimmy eat world, sigur ros, death cab for cutie, weezer

Movies:

rushmore, almost famous, my best friend's wedding, notting hill, harry potter I-V, emma, american movie, pride and prejudice, how to deal, garden state, the way we were, love actually

Television:

lost

Books:

walt whitman, t. s. eliot, c. s. lewis, emily dickinson, jane austen, toni morrison, john steinbeck, william faulkner, sarah dessen, rumi, jonathan kozol, j. k. rowling

Heroes:

jesus. the ordinary, the revolutionary, my mama, helen papadopoulos, gerald, people that are strong and gentle and lovely.

My Blog

another kind of scholar.

What? Because things come to an end. Not all things, I guess, but most things, and then what are you left with? Another set of snapshots, another set of memories, another set of moments captured and f...
Posted by nicole on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:54:00 PST

thoughts of a scholar.

on love:what we call "being in love" is a glorious state, and in several ways good for us.  it helps to make us generous and courageous, it opens our eyes not only to the beauty of the beloved bu...
Posted by nicole on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:20:00 PST

malawi

i'm going to africa in two weeks.   ...
Posted by nicole on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:51:00 PST