Hmmm...Interesting nods head

John Green and David Levithan writing together! SWEET!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:30:00 +0000

Green is currently collaborating with fellow young adult writer and friend David Levithan on a book entitled Will Grayson, Will Grayson,^[11] which is slated to come out in April of 2010.^[12]

Ok, so I took this from John Green's Wikipedia page, and if it's not true I'm gonna flip out. Like seriously, I'm soooo excited. It's my birth month, maybe I can get it as a gift, I am planning on asking for something, so why not that, I'm such a gigantic nerd, for being so excited...right? IDK, we'll see. I've been trying to read everything Levithan has written, and I've already read everything John Green has done! They are two of my absolute favorites! OK, I followed the link to the article, and It's one I skimmed the other day from goodreads.com, So it must be true. David Levithan said it himself! YES! I've gotta stop freaking out now, I'm worrying myself.

Oh, and The New Sookie Stackhouse book comes out on my birthday. I want!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:13:00 +0000

I just compared our binary system of gender with the electoral college. :)

Parts of a poem by Adrienne Rich

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:49:00 +0000

I really like this.

No one ever told us we had to study our lives,

make of our lives a study, as if learning natural history

music, that we should begin

with the simple exercises first

and slowly go on trying

the hard ones, practicing till strength

and accuracy became one with the daring

to leap into transcendence, take the chance

of breaking down the wild arpeggio

or faulting the full sentence of the fugue.

And in fact we can’t live like that: we take on

everything at once before we’ve even begun

to read or mark time, we’re forced to begin

in the midst of the hard movement,

the one already sounding as we are born.

Everything else seems beyond us,

we aren’t ready for it, nothing that was said

is true for us, caught naked in the argument,

the counterpoint, trying to sightread

what our fingers can’t keep up with, learn by heart

what we can’t even read. And yet

it is this we were born to. We aren’t virtuosi

or child prdigies, there are no prodigies

in this realm, only a half-blind, stubborn

cleaving to the timbre, the tones of what we are,

even when all the texts describe it differently.

And we’re not performers, like Liszt, competing

against the world for speed and brilliance

(the 79-year-old pianist said, when I asked her

What makes a virtuoso?—Competitiveness.)

The longer I live the more I mistrust

theatricality, the false glamour cast

by performance, the more I know its poverty beside

the truths we are salvaging from

the splitting-open of our lives

The woman who sits watching, listening,

eyes moving in the darkness

is reheasing in her body, hearing-out in her blood

a score touched off in her perhaps

by some words, a few chords, from the stage,

a tale only she can tell.

But there come times—perhaps this is one of them

when we have to take ourselves more seriously or die;

we when have to pull back from the incantations,

rhythms we’ve moved to thoughtlessly,

and disenthrall ourselves, bestow

ourselves to silence, or a severer listening, cleansed

of oratory, formulas, choruses, laments, static

crowning the wires. We cut the wires,

find ourselves in free-fall, as if

our true home were the undimensional

solitudes, the rift

in the Great Nebula.

No one who survives to speak

new language, has avoided this:

the cutting-away of an old force that held her

rooted to an old ground

the pitch of utter loneliness

where she herself and all creation

seem equally dispersed, weightless, her being a cry

to which no echo comes or can ever come

But in fact we were always like this,

rootless, dismembered: knowing it makes the difference.

Birth stripped our birthright from us,

tore us from a woman, from women, from ourselves

so early on

and the whole chorus throbbing at our ears

like midges, told us nothing, nothing

of origins, nothing we needed

to know, nothing that could re-member us.

When will I realize I'm a grown up...

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:51:00 +0000

Haha, I'm still in the middle of this process...I think it might be this year that fully teaches me that though...Being completely alone in a different city, and not doing college. That's weird.

A short story with no 'L'

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:46:00 +0000

Once upon a time there was a young person by the name of ken. Ken was a happy kid, and never gave his parents any grief. One day though this came to an end. The day ken decided to get his tongue pierced. His parents didn't approve so he moved away to a big city where everyone's tongue was pierced. The End!

Love Drive

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:59:00 +0000

Hey Guys!!!

We are just a few days away from Valentine’s Day, and I’m so thankful to those of you who have already shown me some love this week! For those of you who haven’t had a chance to give yet, it’s not too late to make a love offering to my Mission Year. Click here to show your love:

https://www.missionyear.org/love/nicoleware

Remember, if you give $50 or more toward my support, you get a special edition t-shirt!

Thanks so much for your support. I couldn’t do this without you!

Love,

Nicole

I like watching bobsledding

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:31:00 +0000

Umm because of that movie cool runnings! I didn't watch it this year, but it was my favorite thing to watch in years past

Hold, please

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:40:00 +0000

How cool would it be if they played like stand up routines through that 30 minutes of wait time! I mean you should have an option to choose whatever rating you wanted, like tv ratings, for language, and sexual talk and stuff, but then they should just play 30 minutes of famous comics, or even up and coming comedians. That would be hilarious, and you could begin your lame conversation on a happier note!

I could handle a busy gas station across the street before any of those other choices!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:40:00 +0000

I don't drink, and I'm not a fan of Alcohol in general, so I don't want to be living right across the street from a liquor store.

I don't like animals, so a zoo is most definitely out of the question.

I could live right across from a cemetary, but that wouldn't be my first choice.

I'm not a fan of the smells that come from dumps, or the birds they attract sometimes!

So the busy gas station would work, I'd love to live right by a store, so I could buy whatever I wanted whenever, I like watching people so a gas station is a good place, and I don't think people are as likely to rob the busy ones as the kind of quiet ones, so I'm thinking I would be safe. :)

2010 Book List!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:37:00 +0000

So My Goal is 100 books by January 1st 2011! Here is the list! So you can follow along! IMPO I read pretty good books, so read them with me! I guess after me, b/c I'm not posting what I'm reading, what I read. Oh Ok So the rules. I will list each book by the month I completed it, not the month started. I can reread books from the past, or even that already appear on this list, and they can be listed as long as I completed them, This list isn't 100 new books, just books. I won't list childrens books, unless they are of substantial length, or poetry. That's about all I can think of. I hope I go over!

January
I'm on a bit of a Sookie Stackhouse kick this month, but there are only 3 more books left I think in the series, so it'll be over soon!

1. Dead to the World ~ Charlaine Harris
2. Dead as a Doornail ~ Charlaine Harris
3. Saints of Augustine ~P.E Ryan
4. Definitely Dead ~ Charlaine Harris
5. In The Name Of Jesus ~ Henri Nouwen

6. Here's the deal: Don't touch me ~ Howie Mandel

7. Maus ~ Art Spieglman

8. All Together Dead ~ Charlaine Harris

9. Lone ~ Rowan McBride

10. From Dead to Worse ~ Charlaine Harris

11. Vintage: A Ghost Story ~ Steve Berman

12. Wide Awake ~ David Levithan

13. Naomi & Ely's No Kiss List ~ David Levithan & Rachel Cohn

14. Middlesex ~ Jeffrey Euginides

February

15. The World of Normal Boys ~KM Soehnlein

16. Mysterious Skin ~ Scott Heim

17. Amazing Grace ~ Megan Shull

18. The Host ~ Stephanie Meyer

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:18:00 +0000

My theory is you can't just avoid everybody you screw up with. New years resolution. Adventureland

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:11:00 +0000

Look it's a pretty tree!

New Year...Will it be different?

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:23:00 +0000

So I've been noticing the status of my 1000-something facebook friends. And most of them have HATED 2009. I don't know why. Sure it hasn't been the best year, but really to hate an entire year. Unless you've been in prison, or a coma or something like that, I just don't understand. I really don't even know how to sum up an entire year, because honestly, the years are flowing together, which is sad seeing as how I'm only 20.

Blogging from Home

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:36:00 +0000

So What's different here. Well, I can spend all day laying on my couch. In Atlanta, I don't really want to spend all day on my couch, because it's infested with Bed Bugs, hopefully that problem will be solved when we get back. What else is different, my family is here, which is great, but I kind of miss my MY family, and I keep thinking I'm seeing people from Atlanta around Morganton, it's really weird. Like I thought I saw 3 women from church in walmart today. You know what else is different? I have like 300 dollars in my pocket. How weird is that? I've barely held on to 70 at a time in the past 4 months, but all of a sudden I have 300 dollars. What do I do with that money? I kind of want some stuff...but I'll also have bills soon, and what does that say about my commitment to live in solidarity with my neighbors? IDK... this year has brought questions into my life. Before there was no question of what I should do with my money. It was MY MONEY! I guess I'm beginning to see God's ultimate ownership of everything. Things that are mine...are really His, and things that aren't are His as well. But it's this kind of logic that fuels the idea that laws like trespassing, don't matter, because God owns everything and he didn't impose those borders, but I don't really think that that is the proper avenue for these thoughts to go. The idea that everything belongs to God should lead us to being less greedy on our own, not expecting everyone else to act like what "they have" isn't theirs. These things need to go inward before they go outward. We can't expect the world to drop their barriers, until we drop ours. So I guess I can't expect people to donate their money to mission year, until I am prepared to donate my money to Mission Year. It's just the way things work. People need an example, they need to know you're genuine, and they need to know that they aren't going to be hurt. So be the change you want to see...Ghandi said that a while ago, and we still haven't quite caught on. One more week at home, maybe I'll have more semi deep ramblings... maybe not!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:34:00 +0000

He deserves death. Deserves death. I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give that to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends. LOTR

Books I've read this year. So Far

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:12:00 +0000

So, I filled my sheet of paper, so I'm going to write the list over here, and just add to it from here. K?!

January
Paper Towns ~ John Green
The Manchurian Candidate ! Richard Condon
All The Hist So Far ~ Bradley Hathaway
talking in the dark ~ Billy Merrell
1984 ~ George Orwell

February
Too Beautiful for you, Tales of improper behavior ~ Ron Liddle
Johnny Hazzard ~ Eddie De Olivera
Looking For Alaska ~ John Green
Without You ~ Anthony Rapp
Sexual Blood ~ Mark Amerika

March
The Secret Lives of Married Men
The Best Little Girl in The World ~ Steven Levencron
The Perks of being a wallflower ~ Stephen Chbosky
Water For Elephants ~ Sara Gruen

April
Sellevision ~ Augusten Burroughs
Sown a Dark Hall ~ Lois Duncan
Pretty Things ~ Sarra Manning
Full Tilt ~ Neal Shusterman
The Regulators ~ Richard Bachman
Be More Chill ~ Ed Vizzinni

May
Blind Sighted ~ Peter Moore
Choke ~ Chuck Palahnuik
Where we are What we see ~ anthology

June
Diary ~ Chuck Palahnuik
The Gunslinger ~ Stephen King
The drawing of the Three ~ Stephen King
Someday this pain will be useful to you ~ Peter Cameron
Getting it ~ Alex Sanchez

July
Brave New World ~ Aldous Huxley
The Shack ~ William P Young
Irresistible Revolution ~ Shane Claiborne
God Box ~ Alex Sanchez

August
Julie & Julia ~ Julie Powell
Breathless ~ Lurlene McDaniel
Dead & Alive Frankenstein Book 3 ~ Dean Koontz
My Sisters Keeper ~ Jodi Picoult
The Lovely Bones ~ Alice Seibold
Dead Until Dark ~ Charlaine Harris

September
A million little pieces ~ James Frey
New Neighbor ~ Leroy Barber
Living Dead in Dallas ~ Charlaine Harris
the furious longing of God ~ Brennan Manning
I who have never known men ~ Jacqueline Harpmen
toby's Lie ~ Daniel Vilmure
Coraline ~ Neil Gaimen
Showdown ~ Ted Dekker
Extreme Circumstances ~ Cereka Cook
Interview with a Vampire ~ Anne Rice

Kiss ~ Ted Dekker

Little Children~ Tom Perrotta

The Realm of possibility ~ David Levithan

October

The Da Vinci Code ~ Dan Brown

Cycler ~ Lauren McLaughlin

Another Kind of Cowboy ~ Susan Juby

Luna ~ Julie Anne Peters

Monster ~ Frank Pereti

Juliet Naked ~ Nick Hornby

(Re)Cycler ~ Lauren McLaughlin

Dream Boy ~ Jim Grimsley

I am Legend ~ Richard Matheson

Why do all the black kids sit together in the cafeteria ~ Beverly Tatum

How I paid for college ~ Marc Acito

November

The Vast Fields of Ordinary ~ Nick Burd

Prey ~ Lurlene McDaniel

What they always tell us ~ Martin Wilson

Tyrell ~ Coe Booth

The Way of The Heart ~ Henri Nouwen

Attack of the Theater People ~ Marc Acito

The Red Tent ~ Anita Diamant

Tim & Pete ~ James Robert Barker

Dark Sons ~ Nikki Grimes

Superior Saturday ~ Garth Nix

Venus Envy~ Rita Mae Brown

Before I Die ~ Jenny Downham

Compound ~ S.A. Godeen

Project Sweet Life ~ Brent Hartinger

Waiting for You ~ Susan Coleeti

Tricks ~ Ellen Hopkins

December

The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring ~ JRR Tolkein

Revolting Rhymes ~ Roald Dahl

Two Parties, One Tux, and a short film about the Grapes of Wrath ~ Steven Goldman

Love is the Higher Law ~ David Levithan

More than Serving Tea ~ Nikki Toyama

Light Fell ~ Evan Fallenberg

Club Dead ~ Charlaine Harris

Derby Girl ~ Shauna Cross

Forever ~ Judy Bloom

The Two Towers~ JRR Tolkein

Form Letter for Financial Hardship Application Fee Waiver

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:25:00 +0000

To Whom it May Concern
I am a senior at The New Schools at Carver, School of The Arts, with a (GPA) GPA. I am actively engaged in (Activities, extracurriculars). I am interested in attending (Name of School) in the fall of 2010. I believe that (Name of School) is the best place for me to learn and grow as a person. Specifically, I plan to major in (potential major), and eventually have a career in (Career Goal). I believe I have the study skills and the drive necessary to be a successful student, but I am lacking the funds to do so. Neither my family nor I have the money to cover the application fee, so I can't even officially begin the process of potentially becoming a student at your establishment. I am asking that the fee be waived, because of my financial hardship. ( Specific detail about your financial status ie: single income home, single parent, just don't make enough money) Please consider waiving this fee, to open up the opportunity for me to attend your school.

Sincerely,

(Your Name)
(You should probably sign, then print your name beneath.)

Check out my piza tree

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:55:00 +0000

Oh My Gosh, it grows Pizza, several different varieties of pizza on the same tree, and money. It would be just money, but sometimes I'll use money for other things...so yeah, money and pizza, Meaning, the leaves are money, and it bears pizza fruit! :)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:07:00 +0000

How radically is our image of God reshaped if we take seriously the belief in God as deeply passionately and unconditionally loving us? How radically must we rework our own self image if we accept ourselves as loveable--as deeply, passionately, and unconditionally loved by God? (God first loved us Anthony campbell, quoted by Brenden Manning)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:56:00 +0000

So this is an attempt at mobile blogging. Just to see how it works.

Poem I wrote a long long time ago...

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:11:00 +0000

What will I find
When I cross the Line
and go to the other side

Who will I be?
What will I see
When the rainbow's no longer behind?

It used to be
that all I could see
was always directly ahead
but from where I am now
It's all upside down
and forward is behind instead

Back to my past
I'm running there fast
trying to find who I am
Because I've figured out
That what I used to be about
Directly affects who I am.

I'll take a tattoo but just for a week

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:53:00 +0000

I'd like to have 3 nautical stars tattooed inside my bottom lip, but I'd get it even if it was permanent, as long as it didn't hurt, or cost me a lot of money. Hmm, if it was just for a week, I'd probably get a plain black star on my ankle, just a small black star, probably somethin lots of people have, but I'd like it, or maybe this quote that a friend wrote for me in a poem once...but that might be a little too lame to admit that I'd still want.... :)

My first plane trip, from Charlotte NC to San Francisco

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:19:00 +0000

It was great, I was scared. I was hmmm, I can't remember how old I was, I wasn't little, anyway we went because granny and blenda were going to China, and their group departed from San Francisco, so my mom, haleigh and I went with them to California. I think it's pretty cool that my first ever plane ride was all the way across the country. I've flown a couple places after that, but that was the longest continuous flight I think. I've flown to Alaska, but it was broken up into several shorter flights, I've flown to South Dakota, but again broken up into several flights, I've flown to Boston only one short flight, and I've flown to New York, I've flown there twice, and back home 3 times now. I've flown a lot, but back to the point, my first flight was to San Francisco, and I'd love love love to go back!

Australia, here I come

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:49:00 +0000

I've always always always wanted to go to Australia. I love the accents, and I think it would be a way cool place to visit. Hugh Jackman is from there, need I say more? Come on! I think that would be great, I used to dream about going there for college, but that turned out to be just a dream, but I will make it there someday, I hope...

My TV guilty pleasure doesn't exist.

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:29:00 +0000

Haha, I don't think I have a single guilty pleasure show. I'm pretty sure everything I've ever watched on TV I've told someone about. The Wiggles, Queer As Folk, Lazy Town, Big Love, Maury, Wifeswap, Gilmore Girls, hmmm, I can't really think, of any shows that I should actually be worried about people knowing. Occasionally I watch marathons of Top Model, Intervention, and those shows about transgendered people. I love desperate housewives, and The dick van dyke show, I watch Frasier, and Ellen, and I love love love cake/cooking shows! Rick and Steve cracks me up, I watch Degrassi, and iCarly, and other random Disney Chanel, Nickelodeon shows. This has kind of just become a list of shows I watch, but in all honesty, I don't really have any guilty pleasure show. Sure there are some people that don't know I watch some things, but mostly I'm proud of my eclectic taste!

Hmmm...Interesting *nods head*