is this thing on?

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60617052024-03-07T17:03:48.672-06:00is this thing on?Because I've been told that I need a creative outlet. If people are noticing that about kind of thing you, it is probably true. And desperately so.Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.comBlogger373125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-15221311695628253792008-01-17T21:05:00.000-06:002008-01-17T21:19:36.473-06:00hi, blog, it's me, nicole.(-aret.)

Hi blog. Long time no see. But I was just talking about you, and thought I'd check in.What's up with you?So much has gone on here. I'm defending my thesis next week! You should come. Look, here's the link to the announcement on the Vanderbilt web calendar! Exciting, huh? You're not just a blog, you're a *doctor's* blog, now!*pats blog on head*Well, I need to get to sleep. I know, I know,

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-12087440256326995662007-02-20T14:55:00.000-06:002007-02-20T14:55:34.759-06:0028!

I am quite happy to have gotten through infamous-rock-star-death-year. Considering the random illnesses and accidents over the past twelve months, it's good that this ominous age is ovah. The irony would simply be too much.kisses,your close personal rock star,nicole

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-62216956865148820792007-02-11T15:33:00.000-06:002007-02-01T21:35:50.382-06:00the end is near. (i think.)

i think i can feel it. the end.... the end! is near.or, perhaps one might call it The Beginning?cryptically yours,n.

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1168541110302145012007-01-11T12:36:00.000-06:002007-01-11T12:45:10.343-06:00movin' on up

Hey, that's *MY* program up there! #2! In the whole country! Wow. Way to go, y'all.See, with impressive stats like this, why would I ever want to graduate and leave this fine establishment? (just kidding, committee, just kidding...)

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1167954372362598112007-01-04T17:46:00.000-06:002007-01-04T17:46:12.390-06:00real life pacman

Awesome.link: Live Action Pac-Man via TV in Japan

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1167862658078215562007-01-03T16:17:00.000-06:002007-01-03T16:17:38.693-06:00Wikipedia, where academics vent about their jobs

Check out this upbeat entry on being a postdoctoral researcher.via no-blog L.

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1167754626036519892007-01-02T10:05:00.000-06:002007-01-02T10:17:06.060-06:00happy new anus

My tilde didn't transmit via text message to some, so I sent out wishes for a prosperous anus to a few folks after midnight.It could be fitting, depending on who you are, really.Happy new year.I think I might try to come up with resolutions and write them down. Somewhere. Not necessarily here.I thought of one that I had never come up with before, in terms of New year's resolution-making. Ready

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1166502658775084602006-12-18T22:30:00.000-06:002006-12-18T22:30:59.026-06:00yaaaay, pandaaaaa.....

16 out of 28 NYers agree (with me :))Baby animals > human babies.via: Cute Overload!

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1166496705898035892006-12-18T20:51:00.000-06:002006-12-18T20:58:49.793-06:00Roast Turkey Costume

Wow, Martha. Just... wow.Roast Turkey Costumeedited to add:eee!Better yet, there's MORE!Lobster BabyBaby PieSo that's why people like babies -- they can do all sorts of f'ed up things like this to them. I think I get it now.(Baby animals are still better.)

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1166043852137775812006-12-13T14:53:00.000-06:002006-12-13T15:04:12.176-06:00party off! (....?)

i decided this a while back, but i'm not throwing my annual xmas bash this year. so if you're wondering where your evite is, waiting by outlook or gmail with bated (baited? bated?) breath, you can stop now.for one, since so many of my lil' grad school traditions have been broken this year (steeplechase, ski trip) i decided to break another one. while i found this both logical and amusing, L

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1165129778347876872006-12-03T01:09:00.000-06:002006-12-03T01:09:38.596-06:00im in ur lockr r00m, hackin ur l0ck3rz

Holy crap! I did this! It works! My locker lock is ALIVE!!!(Remember, it's for for locks YOU OWN. This blog does *not* endorse breaking and entering.)OK, maybe now I can fall asleep.Sigh.

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1164860851341146872006-11-29T22:22:00.000-06:002006-11-29T22:27:31.663-06:00wow.

i sure don't post in here much any more.yet i check it occasionally, as if there might be something new to read.....i am trying to think of something interesting to say....how about: yesterday i explained an aspect of my thesis project using a plate as a "cell" and various pieces of indian appetizers to represent different proteins. and today i actually considered making stop-motion films of

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1163795721457916422006-11-17T14:35:00.000-06:002006-11-17T14:35:21.656-06:00Creep.

I enjoyed this very much.YouTube - Ben Folds - Learn To Live With What You Are (music video): ""Also, lots of good scenes of Nashvilliana. Or, how ever you'd call it.

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1163540883258434902006-11-14T15:48:00.000-06:002006-11-14T15:48:03.536-06:00Just in case you were looking for something to totally creep you out.

I mean, my personality borders on the morbid side, and even *I* found this highly disturbing.Your global resource for MySpace.com member obituaries. - MyDeathSpace.com

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1163522194358574732006-11-14T10:36:00.000-06:002006-11-14T10:36:34.646-06:00another writing-related-kinda-sorta link: Craigslist Curmudgeon

snarky/grumpy commentary on CL freelance ads. i snickered at a few. particularly seeing that someone was looking to hire a writer for 12 hours a week to manage his online dating profiles. yeesh!Craigslist Curmudgeon

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1163193637652056302006-11-10T15:20:00.000-06:002006-11-10T15:22:06.603-06:00malfuctioning handheld electronics? voting ballots? extra digits, or other growth abnormalities?

Will It Blend? | Presented By Blendtec

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1162333475168444842006-10-31T16:24:00.000-06:002006-10-31T16:24:35.376-06:00Writer's widget thingee.

Cute idea.(Is that a coffee bean writing in the cartoon?)Writertopia: Toolbox - Progress Meters

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1162180407306740162006-10-29T21:53:00.000-06:002006-10-29T21:53:27.816-06:00free old pioneer surround sound system, anyone?

description here.also suitable for use as a small impossible-to-move step stool or ottoman.

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1161451048211878712006-10-21T12:17:00.000-05:002006-10-21T12:17:33.103-05:00this inner life of the cell animation

I've received this animation about ninety bajillion times, because yes, even we jaded science folk think its waaayyyyyyyyyy cooooool.So, here, I link you to the original:Cellular Visions: The Inner Life of a CellBecause it's way cool.

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1159823096364577752006-10-02T16:04:00.000-05:002006-10-02T16:04:56.416-05:00On my desk i found this article. Shocking.

Found a clipping from the local "society" rag cleaning off my desk. The writing alone is funny enough; its overuse of short declarative sentences, sentence fragments, and one-word interjections makes me question the value of a preparatory school education. Maybe having money necessitates writing with a sense of breathlessness and drama. When I'm not attempting to analyze and emulate this

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1159809299853920822006-10-02T11:33:00.001-05:002006-10-02T12:15:00.053-05:00KISS, Live at Dillard's near you...

Saw an ad for this in InStyle magazine:for womenand for menthe fragrance descriptions are mind boggling. floriental scent entices like a high-energy, forbidden aphrodisiac. Delicious apple-tini, wet fig leaves, racy red bull accord and crushed red peppercorns gently fuse with delicate floral notes of wild red poppy, exotic black orchid, sueded frangipani petals and deep purple calla lily. Sultry

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1158554693248585852006-09-17T23:39:00.000-05:002006-09-18T13:41:12.066-05:00Yes. (and, ps, I've still got an Integra to sell see below!) and pps i just fixed the link below.

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1158265838986680242006-09-14T15:17:00.000-05:002006-09-14T15:34:50.130-05:00Looking for a car? I'm selling my Integra!

With a heavy heart, I am putting my 1991 Acura Integra GS for sale. Yes, it runs well. Yes, it looks good. see? more pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikkig/sets/72157594231793890/And, we've been together through so much! Somewhere, I have pictures of me, back in 8th grade, posing with it -- brand new! -- in my family's driveway. (My dreams of being an import model chick didn't exactly

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1157646771903635572006-09-07T11:14:00.002-05:002006-09-07T11:32:51.930-05:00career talk: until i actually do some writing, i'd say "obtain a >1/2 million $ book advance" is not really a legitimate job option.

Weird. Just as I was randomly wondering what was going on with that whole Dana Vachon thing... news.(backstory: He was one of the first blog-folk I started reading way back when, as we are seperated by one-degree of blog linkdom, via one Famous Author and one MSV. Hence, continued interest.)

Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711676303255908390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061705.post-1157507953851560182006-09-05T20:38:00.001-05:002006-09-05T20:59:13.873-05:00no. she. didn't.

a) actually post something.(does anyone blog anymore, *really*?)b) buy the sexyback single on itunes.(it has a very personal meaning to me.)c) make a myspace page for her car.(me: am i talking about my car too much? overdoing talking about it like a person?be: nah, as long as you don't make a myspace page for it. my friend did that for her dog and it's so... nicole, why are you smiling?! nicole,

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