To say this year is flying by quickly would be an understatement.

Last Thursday marked my “Prodigal Daughter” return to higher education. The band new Des Moines Social Club is offering classes, and I am on the roster for the Film and Video course. Our first session was more or less the standard introductions-and-syllabus faire, but was still very ( Read more... )

First things first: I got a haircut.


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All work and incredibly little play has made Niki a dull girl….

We’re only a couple of months in to the new year and about half of my resolutions have been successfully abandoned. I haven’t started yoga classes back up, I’ve made a much smaller dent in my reading list than I had intended, my longing to be reacquainted with theatre is still just that ( Read more... )

It is amazing how little and how much has happened in the past month or so.

I have been trying to adjust to not having Pappy around.  I’ve caught myself more than once reaching for the phone to call or suddenly wondering if I need to go over to see him. Obviously these slips are happening with less frequency now that it has been just over a month ( Read more... )

It has been quite some time I’ve updated and I suppose there are a number of things that I could ramble on about that have transpired over the past month or so, but it seems like a moot point to go insanely retroactive. Besides, leaving it as “…a number of things….have transpired over the past month or so…” makes it sound that I’ve been busy doing ( Read more... )

I refuse to start out by whining how it took me an hour to get to work this morning. It typically takes me 15 minutes. It was not the best way to start off my week. I'm really not going to whine about it, though...

Last week’s excursion to Zzz Records was a let down. I was disappointed with their supply and especially with their supply of anything ( Read more... )

The inaugural wedding of 2006: Get Hitched or Die Tryin’ has come and gone. The ceremony was lovely, and I don't think I've ever seen Melissa happier ( Read more... )

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you have a lot to say, but the words just won’t come when you try to express it? This seems to be my current dilemma. I’m feeling compelled to at least write something right now, but don’t know where or how to start ( Read more... )

Every time I have gone to write something (here or elsewhere), I've stopped myself. The past couple of weeks or so have been pretty dismal and anything I would have written would have come off as incredibly whiny. This has been conflicting because I've had a pretty big desire to write (or just to do something creative) recently. However, it struck ( Read more... )

The holidays are over and now we're in a new year. I love the start of a new Years because of the feeling of a fresh start. We start off the year by thinking of all the mistakes we've made - and we make vows to never repeat them (read: resolutions) - but really we're just gearing ourselves to apply these old and tired mistakes to new situations and ( Read more... )