August 24th, 2008 Nichole
Jenette was talking about how she had delightful conversation with a conservative blogger while at BlogIndiana, which she found pretty surprising.
I would never have gone out of my way to meet a conservative blogger, but I had a nice chat with him, he didn’t sprout demon horns or cloven hooves, and I helped him with his BlogAds. That’s one of the nice things about these conferences, you meet people you would never have met otherwise and they turn out not to be the devil.
I will forever be hung up on why people continue to push all these dividers between us. Amazing things happen, amazing conversations happen when you just get to know someone for who they are, as opposed to their political, religious or do-you-believe-in-UFOs leanings.
People, listen. Go out and talk to everyone you possibly can, even if you find out they’re ulta-conservative or a bleeding-heart liberal. People are amazing, no matter what their personal philosophy. Plus it always makes for the ultimate of discussions when your beliefs don’t coincide.
In short, talk to people blind. You may surprise yourself and think about the way you live your life (and choose your friends) in a whole different light.
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August 20th, 2008 Nichole
I took my car in for an oil change today. Also had the guys look at my brakes, since they’ve been squeaking a lot lately. To make a long story short, I had to have my brakes done. Brake jobs are not cheap, let me tell you.
I keep telling myself that in the long run this is better. Address the problem before it can get any worse. I don’t want my car to be sick.
I know it sounds really childish and sort of batshit insane but a tiny part of me likes to think my car is alive. It’s ludicrous, I know. It’s a piece of metal. Cold. Unfeeling. Much like many of the people I’ve met in my life. Ha ha.
Joke aside, I have Diane Duane’s book So You Want to be a Wizard to thank partially for this mindset. The other half has to do with the Brave Little Toaster, but more-so it’s that Lotus in Duane’s book that got me to loving my car the way Kit loved that Lotus.
I talk to it if it stopped amazingly well in a not-so favorable situation. I always praise it, saying that it’s such a good car. I even rub its gearshift as though I were rubbing a dog behind its ear. I know how it drives and I’d like to think it knows how I am as a driver. We rock in the snow.
My car has never given me any problems.
So yes, batshit insane? Not really. This is batshit insane. I’m just a girl who loves her car a little more than most.
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August 19th, 2008 Nichole
If you pay any attention to the address bar in your browser, you’ll notice that I’ve moved from a directory to a subdomain on my server. Why I hadn’t done this a million years ago (aka 8 months ago) is beyond me. I think it looks a little neater.
I redirected the feeds too, so if you subscribe you should still get all your wonderful, wholesome, lesbian-Nichole goodness packaged in your handy RSS reader. I will get one of those one day. Ben thinks they’re great. Maybe I would too.
Anywho… hot water is fixed and I’m glad that it’s not the heater malfunctioning. NIPSCO had to come out and turn the power off on the water heater for something unknown. Sucks to you NIPSCO!
So yeah. Nothing exciting going on in these parts this evening. I’m still trying to catch up on all my housework since I was down in Indy at BlogIndiana for the weekend.
Ta ta.
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July 19th, 2008 Nichole
Saturday. It has been productive thus far, since I’ve written the rough for chapter 3 of my project. It’s a challenge to write in the mindset of a woman who’s so much different than yourself. I really like where it’s going. Every little word means something in Amelia’s black and white world.
Stability is nice, but there is much more to life than that. It took me a very long time to realize it. A very long time. I’m 26 and I’m starting to live my life a little fuller than I used to.
I can’t spend it dreaming, no matter how tempting that is and always will be to me.
Tryad has some amazing music available if you’re into chill / electronic music. I highly recommend.
I shall be living my life out in the lights and darkness tonight with my friend. Here’s to good times now and many more to come.
Cheers!
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July 12th, 2008 Nichole
Journeyed to the farmer’s marker in Chesterton this morning with a friend and a co-worker. I picked up some delicious produce, to-die-for tart cherry jam and a yummy-smelling cheddar bread loaf. I’m so excited to eat all of it, and it was really cheap!
Yay for no pesticides!
I think I really like my co-worker; she reminds me a bit of Jai in her mannerisms. She actually lives near by so maybe we can do random things together in the future.
I’d like to take today to read and maybe write a little, even if it’s something stupid. It’s still something.
Weather, get nicer! I want to pack my books and go to the park.
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