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Archive for March 2009

Powerpoint, Mime conventions and Arty sims

Posted by: randomlilnikki on: March 25, 2009

I am back. I didn’t die in the Barren land of silence. In fact, I am in the same place today. I sit here, reading about how powerpoint is ruining our brains, and the room is nowhere near as silent as last time. There are two reasons for this: 1) Last week there was a [...]

Age old Bandaid dilemmas, claiming of the gummies and Yoda.

Posted by: randomlilnikki on: March 16, 2009

It’s always hardest to do things quietly when you know you have to do them quietly. Like right now. I am sitting in a uni library and every sound someone makes seems to disturb the strange species of humans that surround me. They are quiet, antisocial and seem to feed on the awkwardness of others. [...]

The internet, another tanty and version 1.0

Posted by: randomlilnikki on: March 12, 2009

The internet hates me. I know what you are thinking, “Nicola, how could you hate the internet?” No. I LOVE the internet. I blog. I have a facebook. I now twitter. I have a myspace. I still email. (Although I have heard that email is on the outs now.) Google is my homepage. I have [...]

Devil Urine, Birdsnest and Eyeball Papercuts

Posted by: randomlilnikki on: March 11, 2009

When I wrote you last, I left as an optimist. But optimism is difficult. Especially when: You’re drinking a Dr Pepper and someone refers to it as the urine of Satan. However, I remain strong. I have to. For the Doctor. For P-Dizzle. (Both references to Doctor pepper, in case you didn’t catch that.) The [...]

Awesomeness, Disks of power and Forgotten keys.

Posted by: randomlilnikki on: March 4, 2009

So it’s been a week since last I blogged, and I must apologize. It won’t happen again. Ok, so maybe it will. But I will try. Yesterday was an awesome day, but it’s awesomeness was dragged down by some not-so-awesomeness. It was like the universe suddenly became pessimistic, like in that episode of Everybody Loves [...]


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