Yes, I am a mess...too
Current mood: crazy

i feel like i should be listening to david bowie's..

chhhaaanges....

so much has happened these past few months that i guess i haven't been very good about updating my blog on here

life has been a rollercoaster ride lately..

most of my personal stuff i keep on live journal for my close friends but haven't even been on there for awhile... sometimes just living i guess...

sooo what has been going on w/ nix these days?

i'm no longer at the museum

they ended up being assholes to me after 2 1/2 years in a nutshell

so no more day job/ commuting killing myself doing this and being unappreciated

mostly just at the lusty lady and black widows shows

i was on the lusty lady float and helped out with that :)

i'm losing my place in sept..roomates are moving to marin and i can't afford the lease in the presidio so will be sad..have lived here for almost 6 years now

i'm hoping to move to guam this september for awhile to save up $$$

i've partied a lot this month since haven't had any time off

and my room got absolutely trashed so have been cleaning and prepping to pack

it's been a rather sensual / sexual month for me :)

pleasant surprises and flirtations

Sirus is coming back in August so i'm stoked

and um..yeah

just taking things day by day right now

though still not resting much

day dreaming a lot today and trying to figure out how to prep for the upcoming months...

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Quote of the Day!!!
Current mood: amused

Thanks Yakir~

Seems so appropriate today..

Gypsies..
Current mood: inquisitive

Gypsies (pronounced jip-sEs) noun: Tight communities of artisans, musicians and dancers. Fiercely independent, they sometimes stay but never settle. Throughout history, the word Gypsy has come to include all who live outside societal norms and defy taboos to follow their passions.

*From Ultra Gypsy site..

a reminder of who i am and what we are..

;)

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Sweet home Alabama..rrr ..Napa?
Current mood: inspired

Well i’m back up just for the night in one of the places I grew up in..

I was born in LA...but spent part of my youth/ high school in Napa..

I’ll be attending a conference here off/ on throughout April..

And just am feeling burnt out like I need a break from the city as it is..

I tend to work too damn much

then have folks pulling me in all directions

which can be fun or completely draining..

then i catch myself going fuck it...and having a drunken nite

then nursing a hangover off the next day

i am happy though that it is spring..

just need to take more moments to have some chill

"me time" or "nicole time" since this rarely seems to happen..

i want to run around the woods

read my occult books

cast more spells

and get immersed in my research on kimonos & silk

have some more photoshoots coming up and need inspirations..

am thinking of trying to do an elaborate kimono type shoot..

but will need to have time to study the makeup

& gather materials..have the parasols & fans..would be a fun shoot

also..have signed up or am getting back to being committed w/ dancing for fun vs. work..

and will be hitting up several belly dance classes again this week...

so will be trying to learn not only better japanese style fan dancing..

but going back to the bellydance dealio..

i miss dancing sooo much when it’s not working

can really feel free at that moment..

;)

but for now i am recharging my battery at my mom’s house

reading occult books and cuddling w/ my kitties..

it has been so long since i’ve been here..

and she lives in a very spooky haunted victorian house..

will be hiding under the covers or keeping my eye out for spooky things..

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How the fuck do you wrap a Kimono?
Current mood: frustrated
Category: Art and Photography

Anyone know?!?!

Buhler?.....

We’re getting some in at the Museum...and I have to tie the belts on the Kimono’s on the mannequins...I have no clue

May just Google it..

Ack!

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My fish died today...
Current mood: worried
Category: Pets and Animals

Yep...I woke up and he was dead

but on the bottom of the tank :(

So I stuck him in the backyard and buried him by some flowers.

The other fish looks sick too...

I am the great Beta Killer!

Man...why do I have such bad luck with fish

But good luck w/ other animals..

rrrr

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The Loom...
Current mood: animated

Soooo the Japanese Loom arrived at the museum today

It belonged to Fumiko Pentler..
a nearby Japanese American Resident of the area

Her dream was to open a silk museum and display the loom & her tapestries
but she died before this could happen :(

Now it is at the museum..

I have spent hours unpacking the crate that came w/ the loom
old photos, japanese parasols, lanterns, pillows, tapestries..

And i'm fighting off what appears now to be another round of a cold

But I'm determined...
vacuuming, dusting, struggling moving huge objects
and trying not to get killed by a giant screen that's ready to topple on top of me

Most of the volunteers are in their 80's so can't help with large things
So i'm using my Wonder women strength and trying to bring this women's dream to life..

Heading home now and it is dark
this will be my project this coming month..

If i'm lucky I'll get to lay down for 15 minutes..
then I'm off to BAGG to visit/ say hello/ goodbye to a friend

;P

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Changes..
Current mood: busy

Perhaps I'm changing myself in many ways
sort of like my snake...shedding my skin...

well...i say my snake now...cause somehow it's sort of become mine
or i've become his
i think my niece was getting rid of it..and basically offered it to me

i end up being the repository of lost animals...
getting quite a menagerie these days :)

This is perhaps one of the busiest weeks ever...
and i have been feelings so anti-social/ melancholic
but gradually will snap out of it...

Sirus is making his way back from Afghanistan...
or at least I think so...

So I've been working my butt off (literally)

to save up for booze & paintball & maybe skydiving..we'll see..
:0

I'm so excited...and can't believe that he'll be here so soon
*does happy dance*

But also...sort of in a state of shock
and going through strange transitions...

Maybe i'm just shedding....

Will be shedding and kicking it with my snake
when not running around like my hair is on fire ;)

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Buns of Steel..
Current mood: amused

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Sea Without Poets
Current mood: creative

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