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Tuesday, December 20th, 2005
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7:13 pm - No News is Good News
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I don't remember when I last posted, but I'm sure it's been a while. Christmas break has been wonderful so far- except getting my wisdom teeth pulled out earlier today. That might suck for a while. I thought I'd put in some photos of my life since school started!
( Life )
current mood:  Wisdom teeth pulled today
current music: Michael Buble
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| Sunday, November 27th, 2005
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10:39 am - Good Morning Starshine...
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I haven't written in forever. I'm doing pretty well. Yesterday and today have been/are about getting my homework completely finished/caught up. I got behind- never a good idea. I have nearly finished one paper and have most of the sources and research aquired for the second paper. Once these are both finished, I will be completely caught up with all of my work. That is exciting. Thanksgiving was great! I am so excited for Christmas. Hope all is well with all of you!
current mood:  calm
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| Wednesday, October 26th, 2005
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1:38 pm - Sweet Tomatoes
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I actually don't like tomatoes. Currently, I am sitting in my Bible Survey class. It's not my favorite class, but I'm also not doing very well in it... School, as a whole, is going pretty well. I love my floor, RA, roommate, residence hall- it's all wonderful. I always seem to be a bit tired. I don't have much to update- at least not anything interesting. Hope everyone is doing well- maybe I'll update with something fun sometime.
current mood: calm
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| Monday, August 15th, 2005
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5:14 pm - Help! I need somebody!
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Help! Not just anybody! Well, actually, I am in need of prayer. I have an interview for a workstudy position at Fox tomorrow and I would really appreciate prayer from anyone who thinks about it. Love!
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| Sunday, August 14th, 2005
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12:39 am - Sweet Adeline
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Camp was officially incredible. I didn't want to return to reality. OMW!!! I just realized that it is past midnight- which means that I am now 18!!!!!!!!!!! Huh. That was an odd time to realize that. (Currently 12:40). So- I guess I'm 18 now. Weird. Anyway, I have been up by Rockaway on the coast at Twin Rocks Friends Camp for the past week. I could never condense my experience into one entry- so I'm not going to try. I'll just say that God is amazing. His grace and mercy are amazing. His love is amazing. I met so many wonderful people and strengthened some old friendships as well. In 12 days I will be moving into George Fox; also weird. I work about 40 hours in the next two weeks, which is good for my bank account- bad for nerves/relaxation/brain freaking out about moving... You get the idea. Usually I get all excited and jumpy the night before my birthday- not being able to sleep or even calm down until I just crash. This year was so much different. I wasn't expecting any big party or hordes (sp?) of gifts since graduation just happened (and I made out like a bandit...)- and just the fact that it is only another year older... I don't know, I just wasn't all hyped up- happy yes, hyped? no. I look forward to the rest of this day, but the next month and a half is going to be very hard for me. Working, classes, new friends, moving out- and some of my closest friends moving away. I know I will shed lots of tears between today and September 20th. I'm very blessed that some of my friends are staying right here, I know that. Peaches & Oranges, I love you, and I don't even want to think about the day you move away. Well, I really do need to get to sleep- considering I've had about 12-15 hours of sleep in the last 48 hours. Good night, all. I'm 18!
current mood: calm
current music: nada mucho
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| Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005
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2:16 pm - Clair de Lune / Clairvoyance
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I've been reading a book called The Ishbane Conspiracy for the past few days. Kristin lent it to me- telling me it was amazing and I just had to read it. So now, after several months, I've finally started reading it. It is a lot like a modern version of The Screwtape Letters. It is just the spiritual awakening I needed at this point in my life. I don't take change passively- I analyze it, think it over, dissect it, talk about it over and over, then try to put it all back together again. And since lots of big changes have been starting the last few months and the big climactic changes are just around the corner- I've just been susceptible to the devil taking hold of my weaknesses and exploiting them. Not anymore. God is amazing! He just lets you realize how small and totally NOT in control you are. I don't want to be in control; I'm not strong enough- I'm not supposed to be. I'm supposed to let Him take over. Yesterday I was praying for some God encounter, or at least something to help me affirm what was overflowing in my head- and this morning he answered my prayer in a completely wonderful and unexpected way. I thank God for my amazing friends and the countless opportunities and amazing love and grace and mercy He shows me everyday whether I take the time to notice or not.
I'm leaving for camp this Saturday and will be back the following Saturday. I'm pretty excited, because the day after I get back is also my 18th birthday! And then a week and a half later I move into my dorm at Fox. I'm still not sure I'm ready. But maybe you're not supposed to be ready. Maybe you're just supposed to deal with every minute and what it holds as it comes. I guess I'll find out!
current mood:  bouncy
current music: Trent
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| Thursday, July 21st, 2005
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1:42 pm - Odd Jobs!!!
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I don't even remember the last time I updated- or what I wrote about. Starting Tuesday (and going until next Tuesday) I'm house sitting for a family here in Newberg. They have a dog named Scooter that I'm trying to get along with- he's fine most of the time. I've been fairly busy lately, but it hasn't been unbearable. I'm starting to get everything together that I'll need for my dorm room, and so far I have most everything worked out. I saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory- and I thought it was pretty good. :) Nothing much to report I guess... :)
current mood:  cheerful
current music: Def Leppard
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| Monday, July 11th, 2005
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7:21 pm - The Washington Post
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I'm listening to that ^ song, by Sousa, right now- and it is reminding me of Center Stage because this is the song that the bad ballet dude and the famous ballet girl dance to in their little american soldier costumes the night that the main girl goes to surprise him and he totally blows her off. Long winded- but anyway, that's what it reminds me of. Now the song is the overature for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels!!! IF YOU HAVE NOT LISTENED TO THIS SOUNDTRACK, YOU MUST!!! This and The Light in the Piazza are simply fantastic. I first got wind of them by watching this year's Tony awards. But I'm not updating about months ago! My life has been rather full lately, more so than I realized. I work approximately 20 hours a week at Chapters, am also tutoring at Edwards Elementary for 3 hours a day, 3 days a week, for 3 weeks during this month. Apart from those jobs, I am also house-sitting for a week beginning next week, and baby-sitting every now and then. I do my normal amount of socializing, and of course reading and seeing movies as much as possible. :) I just finished The Goblet of Fire last week and am now onto The Order of the Phoenix. I forgot how much I loved these books. It had been at least 3 years since I had read the 4th and 2 years since I read the 5th. And with the 4th movie coming out in November and the 6th book coming out on Saturday I had to refresh my memory. Chapters is having a party on Friday night until midnight when the books can legally be opened and sold to the public. I'm going to fro out my hair and wear all black and be Hermione. Not much is going on with me other than that... so peace out!!!
current mood: (but not sleepy!)
current music: shuffle
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| Monday, June 13th, 2005
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8:55 am - And This Is How It Feels...
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Had together... As our lives change, come whatever- We will still be friends forever! Now I am graduated! Weeeeee! Grad night was freakin' awesome. I won a sonicare toothbrush. Woohoo! lol... Now there's work, friends... Summer is here. That sure was fast. Not much to report. I love you all.
current mood: cheerful
current music: Graduation (Vit. C)
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| Thursday, June 9th, 2005
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1:28 pm - Howdy
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I feel much better after talking to my brother and getting some perspective on my mom. It was nice talking to him because he agreed with me, but also gave me some insight as to why Mom was acting the way she was. The breakfast thing was fine this morning- our song got a little messed up, but I'm sure no one noticed or cared if they did notice. The rehearsal was mind-numbing, but we got through it rather quickly. I went to a luncheon with the Newberg Kiwanis (I was invited because I was one of the scholarship recipients) and that was good. Two free meals today, plus a coffee. :) Now I'm hanging out, watching A River Runs Through It before I have to go to the last Baccalaureate meeting, which is happening tonight. I was given the most beautiful roses from the Kiwanis member~ oh my goodness! They smelled soooo wonderful, literally sweet. That's all for now........
current mood: chipper
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| Wednesday, June 8th, 2005
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11:14 pm - How many times?
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How many times in one's life will you graduate from high school, or have your last day of high school, or have your last high school choir concert? Only once! My mom has missed so much of my high school because of her job, which is unavoidable, I know. But she could at least embellish me a little when she is around. Today was my last day of high school. I am a sentimental person, my mom knows that, she's just like that. The first time she saw me since this morning was this evening around 10pm. She was brining in groceries after they got back from bible study and she was preoccupied. All I wanted was for her to focus on me a little. Yes, I was being selfish, but don't I have a reason? She could have acted interested in how my day went- what with it being the 'last' of sooooo many things and all. Even my sister, who I fight with constantly, paid tons more attention to me than that. And tonight Liz and Steph had to come over to practice for senior breakfast tomorrow morning- we're performing and needed the practice. (And by the way, it was very nice of them to come all the way out to my house, I appreciate it a lot.) My dad, who was the one trying to sleep, was fine with us playing the piano and being raucous because it's our last day... But my mom was glaring and muttering- and she was just reading. I've been trying to not sweat the small stuff, but it is hard when it comes to my mom. Well, I have that off my chest, so I can move on and not hold it against her in the morning. Phew.
current mood: tired
current music: high-pitched ringing
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| Tuesday, June 7th, 2005
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4:45 pm - Baristas on Parade
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( Sweeeeeet Emooooootion )
Ok. Done with that. My hour and a 1/2 of training today was mucho fun and I'm very excited to learn more. I love the people I'll be working with and the whole place is just awesome. I'm ready to become a college-aged person. Looking back I can already see areas where a lot of growth has taken place. I love that. I love that I learned something and didn't just stay the same. Tomorrow I have Spanish and Adv. Human Bio finals- neither of which will be very difficult. I am in the Baccalaureate (sp?) worship band, and those practices have been soooo much fun!!! I love singing when it doens't have to be perfect vowels and dynamics. It's so freeing. Plus I'm getting to know some folks that I didn't know before. And of course, in true Nicole fashion, I'm starting to crush on one of those new folks. I'm so lame. I crush so easily! Ahhh! But then they go away just as quickly. Ok... I've taken up way too much time rambling about crap. So... Adios!!!
current mood:  crazy
current music: one nostril wheezing
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| Monday, June 6th, 2005
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5:07 pm - I'm learning stuff!!!
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( Cool Pictures )
Steph is teaching me how to have pics on LJ and how to LJcut. Isn't she fabulous? Ladies and Gents- give miss Steph a round of applause... Steph: Thank you! Nicole: Encore! Steph: Ok!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Bow
The End
current mood: amused
current music: fan whirring
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| Wednesday, June 1st, 2005
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3:42 pm - Now What Do I Do?
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Right now the only "homework" I have is studying for my biology final next week. I don't imagine it will be all that difficult if I do study. Which I need to do. No plays. Work at Chapters hasn't started yet. I want to hang out with my friends but I don't know what we would do. I'm tired of getting coffee, and I'm sure they are as well. I guess I need to finish all my graduation announcments and such. I did clean out my car yesterday; which included vaccuuming. That felt productive. And I'm going to finish cleaning my closet today. But I don't suppose any of you want a play-by-play of my to-do list. I'm excited for summer. I can't really believe it is here already. I'm really excited for how my high school career has ended up. At the Senior Awards night I got the American Legion award, which is voted on by the senior class- they choose one guy and one girl- and it came with a $50 cash prize, I also got the Brandy VanWormer memorial scholarship for people going into medicine but I don't know how much it is worth yet, one of the Rotarty for $1000, and a Kiwanis for $750. I'm assuming the VanWormer was about $500-$1000, so I at least came away with $2000 towards next year's tuition. Today at the awards luncheon that NHS puts on (most of you will remember this), I got the outstanding drama senior girl award (which I knew about since I got female thespian of the year) and I got one of the two Pac-9 activity awards for outstanding senior. That was really cool. Stephanie got that award too- which was really awesome because we also both got that same award when we were sophomores. She also got it last year, but I didn't. Anyway, I'm done rambling for a while. Toodles!
current mood: happy
current music: vaccuming
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| Tuesday, May 24th, 2005
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2:21 am - 16 oz Iced White Chocolate Mocha with Whip
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I am currently at Chapters (also the location of my new job) using my new laptop to do homework and surf. Genesis (orientation/registration at Fox) was last Friday and at the end of the day they handed out ID cards and laptops. I met a bunch of cool people and hung out with some that I already knew. It was rather exciting. I love my computer. But part of me doesn't like that fact that I currently own 2 computers and a lot of people don't have even one. Anyway, it is my baby- my new fav tow. I haven't named it yet, but that will come soon. I'm looking at a female name starting with a 'P'. My desktop computer is named Piece-of-Crap because I had to completely re-load windows because it was being just exactly what I named it. Is it weird that I would name an inanimate object? Oh, Jeremy, I didn't leave a comment cuz I'm lame, but I am interested in your summer project. I'm not sure I would have time to act in it, but I would love to help in some way if you actually end up doing it. I was thinking that it would be good if you looked on Playscripts.com for a play. If you did a one-act, or a couple of one-acts you would have a long time to perfect them and it could be low-stress. Anyway, let me know if you need/want any help with anything. On a different note... I was figuring out yesterday that from the very first day of school this year I started having musical rehearsals and I didn't really get a break until this last Saturdy after the cast party. Is that not just odd? There were two weeks after the winter play that I had a break, and a few days here and there, but I've had a job at BV since the end of November, I've been on 3 different councils, plus homework and all the college stuff. This has been a busy year. And now I don't know what to do with my time. I have things I have to do and go to and all, but I have no rehearsals what-so-ever. I would usually be preparing for the musical auditions right now. You know what is weird? Hmmm.... me either.
current mood: amused and kinda silly
current music: Chapters Soundtrack :)
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| Sunday, May 22nd, 2005
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2:48 pm - The End of the End...
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The beginning of this year was the beginning of the end... of high school, that is. Now I am in the home-stetch, on my way to the end of the end. I'm thoroughly excited, nervous, anxious, amazed, and any other crazy adjective that you could through in there. A lot has happened this year, most of it was not what I expected. I've made some regrettable (1 't' or 2?) mistakes over the year, but I will not regret anything because I have learned so much. My heart it so full right now with love, passion, excitement, desires, ambitions, creativeness, sadness, grief- I just don't know where to put it all. I am relying on God to take care of my life, but that doesn't mean I'm not anxious and sometimes it is so hard for me to give up control. I'm feeling rather nostalgic, if you couldn't tell, mainly because I just got home from the TOP Senior cast party. That really was my very last high school drama event. The very last. Man, it all went by so fast. I'm feeling extremely poetic, but I don't want to write the words down... Anyway, Here's to the end of the end! And the beginning of a brand new beginning!!!
current mood:  dreamy and blissful
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| Saturday, May 14th, 2005
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10:16 pm - CALIENTE!!!!
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There are a few reasons why I love the northwest. One of them is that it isn't overly warm- most of the time. At the moment, the heat coming from the laptop I'm using is making me sweat. Ach! It doesn't put me in a bad mood, it really isn't that bad, just a little uncomfortable. However, this last week has been amazing for me. I've been blessed in so many ways! I'm too excited not to share some of it. On Monday I was named and called down as one of the May Day princesses during the assembly. I was chosen for the winter court earlier this year, but this time the senior class voted me in. That made me feel so good! It was just something I wasn't expecting. Because this year's junior class is kinda like my class, the court had to do the may pole dance since not even 10 juniors showed up to do it like they were supposed to. So on Tuesday and Thursday I went to May Day rehearsals before my TOP rehearsals. On Wednesday night was the end of the year Thespian ceremony which the council and I ran. It all went very well and it was loads of fun. I, along with Sam, was Thespain of the Year and also got Honors. I was the only senior to get honors, kinda sad... In the day-time assembly for may day on Friday Cole (my escort) and I dressed up in 80's stuff. It was soooo hilarious. I wish I had pictures. I would if I hadn't lost my mom's digital camera- the one thing that almost cancels out all the joy from this week. I had an interview at Chapters on Monday and after school on Friday I found out that I got hired! Then I went to the community may day assembly and that was fun too. Today I but in my 2 weeks at burgerville- and that was veeeery exciting. So this has been a really cool week. This coming week is tournament and when I register for my classes at fox and get my laptop, the next week is senior awards night, the week after I don't know what's going on, and then the last week is the last choir concert, the last band concert, my mom's birthday, and gradation. Well, cheers to all...
current mood: extatic
current music: Law and Order
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| Wednesday, April 27th, 2005
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7:11 pm - Every woman should know how to use a stick shift and a plunger.
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Today was good. Not bad. No great. But good. Inductions were planned (a little late in the game, but everything is right now). Also, I think all of TOP is on the run- but we only have 3 weeks. I'm not even exaggerating. In 3 exact weeks from now, everyone will be having their final dress rehearsal. And did I mention that all of the shows were finally casted by TODAY and no one is memorized (obviously) ? The seniors have a bit of a set back because most of our people have never acted much or only in one show. That's ok. I don't feel any pressure to hold up some title, and I don't think either of my other (two!) co-directors feel that either. I want to see A Lot Like Love. It looks pretty cute. Hopefully by the end of May I will have heard yay or nay about all the scholarships I have applied for lately. I applied for the Rotary, Kiwanis, 2 hospital/medical sholarships, a GFU McGrath thing, Jeremy Endicott, QLP (which I got into), and I might have forgotten about some. Other than the one I got, I haven't heard from the others. I really don't have anything interesting to report on. I am gonna get a sweet laptop on May 20th. woohoo! Thanks to those that could come to the play, it meant a lot to me!
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| Monday, April 25th, 2005
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9:08 pm - A play within a play? No! Drama within drama!!!
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That's right folks, believe it or not, there is a heckuva lot of drama amongst the 'drama' group. Hard to swallow, I know. I'm beginning to understand some things, and starting to get really annoyed, and so on. First of all, it makes much more sense now when I think about previous years and how those seniors must have felt. I'm sure my feelings are nothing new, but they're a bit new to me. I am dying to get out of high school. Before I just wanted to graduate and get on to college. Now I just reallllllllly want out of high school. I'm tired of the games, the egg-shell-walking, the deceit, the hurt feelings, the DRAMA!!! And of course, these will all occur throughout my entire life, but I need a bit of a break. Today I got mad, my friends got mad- everyone got mad. Bleh. I've enjoyed the Shakespeare play, but lately it hasn't been as... fun... I guess... as I wanted it to be. Part of it is just my crazy mind, but not all. Well. I've gotten some scholarships, so the amount of invisible money that I have to conjure up out of thin air is slowly getting smaller, thank God. That is good. I sorted out things with my friends. That's good. We picked a play for TOP. That is good, late, but good. Tomorrow are auditions. Also good. My parents aren't fighting. Good. My sister and my parents aren't fighting. Even better. I hardly ever have homework and I love my classes. That is great. I skipped choir today and Reeve isn't even mad at me. I'm not going to lie, that's just amazing. :) All in all, life is good. I just need to remind myself once in a while. The end. Bows. Runs off stage. Hehe, just kiddin.
current mood: good
current music: crickets
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| Thursday, March 31st, 2005
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10:42 pm - Much Ado!!!
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We are officially doing Much Ado in the new auditorium. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE come and see the show!!! Tickets are 6 dollars, 3 for students... You can buy tickets at the door. Dates are April 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30. It starts all of those nights at 7:30pm. Please come and see it if you can!!! At the NEWBERG HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM!!!
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