Author: Nikki

I've been writing since I was in kindergarten where I Crayola-markered an epic tale of a tiger and a balloon on a stack of lined papers folded into a booklet and stapled along the edge (carefully, and by my teacher). I love DIY, sewing, folksy music, animals and getting out to look at and listen to nature.
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A Reason for the Season

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One: If you don’t believe things happen for a reason, you are a jerk.Two: My stomach feels like I didn’t eat. Well, there’s no eating at this unholy hour, that’s for sure.Three: Speaking of eating, I don’t love to eat sausage as much as I used to.Four: Is my favourite number, for whatever reasons humans have favourite numbers.Five: Poems with silly pictures drawn on them from your boyfriend, which are left on your whiteboard and you don’t find them until many hours (and sometimes days) … Continue reading

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Rather shoot myself in the foot.

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Dan and I came up with the very feasible idea of writing Joel Plaskett a letter asking him to perform in my backyard (should I ever get one) and sweetening the deal by inserting a “fiver” into the envelope. You’re invited, should this idea ever come to pass. I really like this “not being in school” part of my life. I could start to get used to it. And maybe I will, after next semester finishes. I’d like to never be in school again. Of … Continue reading

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X -Marks the Spot-mas

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In the spirit of “I have to stop buying everything that I see” and “Oh, thank god there’s a gifting holiday coming up to save me”, I have begun a Christmas List. Matthew Good: Live at Massey Hall winter coat Giftcards for Bluenotes, Chapters, Tim Hortons, Esso (or generally cheaper gas station) CAA printer that doesn’t stop working 6 months after I buy it from Future Shop new tires I spent a good 15 minutes teaching myself the main guitar bit from “Love this Town” … Continue reading

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There’s a man waiting to take me to something that I’m ‘for’

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Karl has convinced me that Live At Massey Hall is worth picking up. How? “Champions of Nothing” live, on loop, for 30 minutes. (That’s only the song’s elapsed play three times over, by the way, so it’s not that much.) Sure why not. Actually, it’s going on the Christmas List. I’ve spent enough money in the past 5 days or so. I should’ve started making this list 6 days ago. Don Rickles has made the Shit List as of tonight. That makes me sad because … Continue reading

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Legendary

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I’m truly, to my core, touched. I’ve never seen such a massive amount of people so incredibly happy in one place before. It finally feels like there’s hope for change in America. Good for them. Derek says:how come our politics cant be that excitingNik says:i know!Nik says:lowest voter turnout in history, for usNik says:friggin legendary election for themNik says:i guess we’d better start campaigning two years in advance, instead of calling an election 30 days beforeDerek says:yehDerek says:the news is like oh by the way … Continue reading

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Panic

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Whenever people meet me, and subsequently meet my blog, they try blogging. It’s this thing they do. And no one ever has the staying power. And lately, I, too, am losing my lustre. When life gets happy, the stories, they get boring. But worry not, kids. I’ll be back in school in just two short months, and as such, I’ll be as miserable and tormented as ever before! There are people who blog about 80x a week, out there. Why do people want to read … Continue reading

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11 Ways You and I Might Be Different

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Me: Quick to anger when confronted by rudeness for no apparent reason. You: Maybe not so much. My favourite bands/musicians include Joel Plaskett, Beck, Ben Folds, Queens of the Stone Age, Neil Young, and the long-defunct Local Rabbits. I have a Rico Cat. I am extremely good at math, but I want to be a writer. I like to read Bukowski books, even though I am generally not fond of drinking heavily and taking prostitutes into my home for purposes other than prostitution, or even … Continue reading

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This is it, here we go

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Listen, Jim. This is a beautiful life. The life of a student on vacation just working and quickly getting poorer by the second. (You do not need to buy this you do not need to buy that STOP BUYING THINGS!) Reading, writing, recycling because no one else goes to the parking garage as often as you do. Burning gasoline to see your family. Preaching conservation and leaving the water on while you shave in the shower. Too hot with sweater, too cold without sweater. This … Continue reading

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