Yippee!! I'm very excited, I received a promotion at work!! I get a nice lil' chunk of change extra each check now and ummm a shiny new title. Guess which one matters? LOL

*does a happy dance*


Unknown "Nikki" Daring - 16 years, 8 months, 28 days ago

Ughhhhhhhhh. Haven't been around much due to a fierce cold. I drag myself to work and back home, then pass out hoping to feel better than half dead the next day.

This has to be the worst winter for me in a long time. I've gotten sick at least once a month! Before that I went 2 years without a single cold. Guess I took it for granted. =/

Blah. I promise I'll be back and more active as soon as I'm well again. Until then peace and love to all my friends and pets! <3
Unknown "Nikki" Daring - 16 years, 9 months, 12 days ago

I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality.
-- H. A. Overstreet

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I have always found solace in music. Some of the hardest things to say or explain have been perfectly stated in someone's lyrics. It makes you feel like you've made a connection, that you're not the only one to feel a certain way. And it helps you to make peace with things inside yourself. Or so I feel.

With that said, the following are lyrics from one of my favorite songs. There are points in this song that I have highlighted to note areas really hit home.

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Better Version of Me - Fiona Apple

The nickel dropped when I was on
My way beyond the rubicon
What did I do?

And the games that I could handle
None are ones worth a candle
What should I do?

I'm a frightened, fickle person
Fighting, cryin', kickin', cursin'
What should I do?

Oooh, after all the folderol, hauling over cole stops
What will I do?

Can't take a good day without a bad one
Don't feel just to smile until I had one
Where did I learn

I make a fuss about a little thing
Rhyme is losing to the riddling
Where's the turn?

I don't want a home
I'd ruin that, home is
Where my habits have a habitat
Why give it term?

Oooh, after all the folderol, hauling over cole stops
What did I learn?

I am likely to miss the main event
If I stop to cry and complain again
So I will keep a deliberate pace
Let the damn breeze dry my face

Ooooh mister wait until you see
What I'm gonna be

I've got a plan, a demand and it just began
And if you're right, you'll agree

Here's coming a better version of me

Here comes a better version of me
Unknown "Nikki" Daring - 16 years, 10 months, 1 day ago

*sigh*

I spend all day at work thinking about the stuff I want to do when I get home. And when I get home... I just want to veg out. >_<

So I think I'm gonna read for a while and then crash out.
Unknown "Nikki" Daring - 16 years, 10 months, 1 day ago

*wave* Hello!

I think I'm finally getting the hang of this place. I've gotten around to chatting with some folks, playing with the crossword and even making a post or two in the Express and Forums area.

Not quite sure what this Tales thing is about but I'm going to use it as a mini-blog instead of posting comments to myself seeing as that seems a bit like talking to ones self (doesn't it?)

Today, I've added a couple of pictures to my profile. One is of me. =D Personally one of my favorite pictures of myself, though my hair is much curlier now that I've stop wrestling with it, lol. Two are of my sweet furry baby, Z. And the last one is of some 3D artwork I have done recently for a forum signature.

I've been thinking to auction some of my art skills but I'm not sure how well that will go over. Granted I'm new but the majority appear to be for "personal" chats and risqu'e pictures. Wow. Yeah. I could get on a soap box about that last one, lol.

Anyway, I'll try and see how interested people are in 3D caricatures of themselves. I might even post a few store items before the week is out. XD
Unknown "Nikki" Daring - 16 years, 10 months, 3 days ago