Circa December, 2009

Stupid Boys On Video

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 Posted in Life As A Nico, Random | 15 Comments »

WARNING If you are in any way sensitive to chemicals in your system, do not ever try this. NyQuil™ should only be taken as directed. Taking it with alcohol my increase drowsiness, chances for medical complications, will produce an undesirable aftertaste, and will ...

Clarity, Revisited (2009 Edition)

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 Posted in Life As A Nico | 10 Comments »

I remember learning, slowly, the names of everyone in a new job, in a new office. I remember the weird sensation of realizing that in retrospect of my longest relationship, I turned out to be the villain. I remember rediscovering my ability ...

Get Through Monday (Lesson 12)

Monday, December 21st, 2009 Posted in Get Through Monday | 4 Comments »

Desensitivity Ok people. I'm sick, but not sick enough to be out of the office. And the work I'm doing today is the necessary evil that is sorting spreadsheets; which means the work is mindless, but that's not such a bad thing considering my critical thinking ...

Brothers

Friday, December 18th, 2009 Posted in Life As A Nico | 17 Comments »

When I was first player, you were always second player. When I learned how to play drums, you learned how to play bass. When I learned how to code, you learned how to design. When I majored in literature, you majored in physics. When ...

ATTN: North Pole

Thursday, December 10th, 2009 Posted in Life As A Nico, Random | 19 Comments »

Dear Santa, You'll be delighted to know that I've been really good this year!  "Good" being relative, I think I've performed better than years past. Here are some highlights: I have been busting my ass to push my career further, both in ...

Robotics

Friday, December 4th, 2009 Posted in Life As A Nico | 19 Comments »

I obey. This comes from my humble beginnings.  When nicopolitan was in beta, his parents were very stern about their wishes.  He learned shame very quickly and easily, but in retrospect, a strong sense of guilt is an immensely useful tool ...

FrankenPost (re: Open Up Already)

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 Posted in Blogging, Internet, Social Media | 7 Comments »

I loved the responses I got from a couple of posts back, so I thought I'd try this little Dada-esque game that involves paraphrasing, changing the voice, and writing a new post composed of the comments, which furthermore promotes link ...