January 2012
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//2012
This year will not be perfect. I will not be perfect. But I will strive to be a better me this year. To be a truer me. I can’t think of a better resolution than that.
August 2011
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I had a crown put on tooth 15 this week. An old filling cracked and needed to be fixed. The dentist filed the broken bits down to a sharp nub of bone and cemented a new porcelain tooth on top. I had to wait while they made the cast, and while I waited, my tongue went again and again to the hole where my tooth had been. It was strange to feel the void - weirdly huge - and then strange to feel the...
May 2011
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March 2011
2 posts
just write. →
What baseball team should you root for? // epic →
February 2011
3 posts
“If I knew what to say, I would sing it”
Things that make me happy #345 →
excited. news to come.
// no, i’m not pregnant.
January 2011
1 post
Kickstarter - Shaun Hague - "The Time is Now": My... →
Check out Shaun Hague. Talented and driven, he’s already come so far.
November 2010
2 posts
my friends are super talented: elaine carroll... →
“And that is Edinburgh’s great tragedy. To me, it will never be my country’s...”
October 2010
2 posts
“Will Osborn: What’s your house policy on open flames as part of Halloween...”
DVR:
Technology you will have to rip out of my cold dead hands.
September 2010
2 posts
this weekend // 10.01.10
i’m ready to kick off october. and fall. the home baseball season is over and i’m hoping to go out with the husband friday night to celebrate. wishing that i could make it out to luckett’s for their design house this weekend, but i just don’t think it’s in the cards.
saturday means field hockey smack in the middle of my day, which means i’ll be missing out on...
http://www.secondstorybooks.com/ →
found this place almost by accident. i haven’t been to their store in D.C., but the warehouse in Maryland is a treasure trove of old (and newer) books. i went with the intention of picking up some old editions for halloween decorating (and beyond) and could have spent days browsing the volumes. definitely going back with a plan as it can be overwhelming.
August 2010
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New perfume: Viva la Juicy →
July 2010
2 posts
“Goofy is just so tall and so long. He gets extended, man, it’s awesome. I...”
– From Home Run Derby expert Ryan Howard on why he’d favor Goofy over Mickey Mouse in a Home Run Derby among Disney characters.
mingmakescupcakes →
June 2010
3 posts
“You don’t survive cancer by surviving the treatments. You survive cancer...”
– // r.f.
“I have never felt so bad about a regular season game. Ever. // imperfectgame”
April 2010
14 posts
Tim Ferriss: 7 Great Principles for Dealing with... →
Twenty-five things for twenty-five years of Niki...
1. I have no middle name. In high school, the database code for this was “NMN” (for “no middle name”). This was written on my diploma. I guess they couldn’t crack their own code. I don’t think I will add a middle name when I get married and take his name. It’s part of my story. (Though I will definitely give them to my children.) 2. When Eamon’s not...
fun, fabulous résumé/CV designs →
WatchSam Reich is brilliant. I like to think I realized this when I knew him 10 years ago.
// my iPod is full of old boyfriends and long car rides.
“My name is Niki. Only strangers and perturbed relatives call me Nicole. I have...”
– nicole murray in other words // r.t. (circa 2006)
“My name is Nicole. I am 22 years old. I live in Somerset Massachusetts and am a...”
– nicole murray in other words // v.c. (circa 2005)
// i want denis leary to have his own sports talk show.
// i would pay money for this.
my new iPhone is the sexiest piece of technology i’ve seen since they announced anders was a cylon.
tumblr.ing //
just going to make up my own words from here on out. // n.m.