Shaun, SoulCalibur IV and nostalgia – Day 205

September 1st, 2010 arrows friends, introspection, video games arrows No Comments


Written with sexy graphics by Nichole

This morning I spent a couple hours fine-tuning edits for “Will,” which included completely axing 2,000 or so words. I like to be concise; I like leaving things up to the reader. Not everything, but a lot of things. Next comes all the smoothing, tying the loose ends and making sure it works the way [...]

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STEM mentor training, movies, friends and family – Day 182

August 9th, 2010 arrows family, friends, mentoring, writing arrows No Comments


Written with new writings by Nichole

This weekend was madness. I had STEM training with Discoveries Unlimited all day Saturday. It was fun, yet also prepared me for some of the excitement and possible… pitfalls? I don’t want to say pitfalls because that sounds odd, but with humans I guess you never know what will happen. Everything that day was made [...]

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Magical adventures at the Chicago Printer’s Ball – Day 172

July 31st, 2010 arrows adventure, friends arrows 5 Comments


Written with ADVENTURE! by Nichole

I had never gone to the Printer’s Ball in Chicago before. Rahsaan and Mary have been a few times, and those few times they always had some pretty great stories to share. There’s always a lot of free reading materials (which I will probably just cut up for zines), lots of people to talk to, [...]

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Websites and I have come a long way – Day 170

July 28th, 2010 arrows friends, web design arrows 2 Comments


Written with design on the brain by Nichole

This morning I was bit by the design bug, wanting to do a new design for a blog/portfolio deal. I’m not sure if I will use it myself, give it to a friend or just keep it around for practice. There are a lot of things yet I want to try with WordPress 3.0. I [...]

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The writing journey thus far – Day 169

July 27th, 2010 arrows friends, starving artist arrows 1 Comment


Written with a little help from my friends by Nichole

Rahsaan is one of my best friends, and as should be expected of all best friends, he grounds me. He isn’t shy to tell me I’m completely out or line or when to quit something, like ragging on myself. We are our toughest critics, everyone says this, but maybe I’m more than just tough on [...]

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10-year high school reunions still have the same old cliques – Day 166

July 25th, 2010 arrows friends, girls arrows 6 Comments


Written with nostalgia by Nichole

So last night was my 10-year high school reunion. I graduated from Lowell High School on June 11th, 2000 with some honors cords and in the company of my best friends. (I only remember the date because it was my father’s birthday.) In typical Lowell fashion of subpar class, the reunion was at Buddy and [...]

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