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    On Dating and Nerds

    by  • October 17, 2011. 5:56 pm • General, Nikky • 1 Comment

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    (On the bus dis­cussing the topic of being sin­gle vs. in a rela­tion­ship) Nikky: “If I’m sin­gle, I can play Civ V on one mon­i­tor, and watch Deep Space Nine on the other.” Serene: “You’re such a nerd. But Win­ter is com­ing and it’s cold out­side: wouldn’t you need cud­dling?” Nikky: “If I’m doing those two things at the same […]

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    Leave me Alone: Open Letter to Sidewalk Leeches

    by  • October 14, 2011. 6:32 pm • General, Nikky, Wall of Shame • 0 Comments

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    The Setup First you started show­ing up near shop­ping cen­ters down­town with your brightly col­ored vest, lam­i­nated pages, note­book, and cheer­ful per­son­al­ity. We brushed you aside with ease: the side­walks were large and there were a lot of indi­vid­u­als around. You were a minor incon­ve­nience and we felt bad for hat­ing those who worked for char­i­ties. Then […]

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    Nikky Tries Karate; Makes a Decision

    by  • October 11, 2011. 9:19 pm • General, Nikky • 2 Comments

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    tl;dr: I tried Karate. And I didn’t like it. One of my goals since grad­u­a­tion is to try new things and try to expand my hori­zons in non-academic ways. It’s been dif­fi­cult to achieve this goal some­times, but I feel like I’ve made good progress. Part of this goal is to take more classes at the UW’s IMA, which is our […]

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    September Film Comeback

    by  • October 6, 2011. 9:08 pm • General, Nikky • 0 Comments

    Between get­ting ready for Scan­di­navia, the actual trip, and the fact that I lack a TV, movie going was slow. * = Ter­ri­ble ** = Had some redeem­ing qual­i­ties, but prob­a­bly would not watch again. *** = Rec­om­mended movie with some flaws. **** = Per­fec­tion Amer­i­can Psy­cho ** It was a fun movie to watch, but it didn’t seem really com­plete to me. […]

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