Hope for Cope. Cope is dope.

Wednesday night I was able to enjoy the live jams that this sexy man performs. Unbelievable.

Brought me back to senior year in college when I used to

force my friend Colby to cover "Bullet and a

target" at every open mic night.

Live music turns me on. I was awfully hot and bothered at this show.

Too bad some d-bag with no rhythm was obstructing my view.

Clarence Greenwood, you have my heart.

Music is my boyfriend. Who shall I see next?

Hey! You! Teacher! Leave those kids alone!

Student teacher relationships. Very sticky subject.

Rewind to 2005. There was one professor that truly knocked the socks off of some silly hungover sorority girls. His relaxed, quirky vibe and overwhelming wealth of knowledge hooked us from day one (intellectual stimulation is uber sexy). My lovely friend, who I will refer to as novel girl for the sake of anonymity, shared a better connection with him than I did (lucky broad).

Fast forward to present day. The wonderful world of facebook brings old friends and new friends alike together in the digital world. Novel girl and passionate professor reconnect over literature, philosophy and New York. Messages to fb inbox get increasingly flirtatious. Plans to meet in the near future are in place. The curiosity and envy I am feeling about this interaction is a bit unnatural. I am living vicariously through novel girl. No big deal. She is my hero, after all :)

Children's Author Assembly

I want to preface this by acknowledging how completely random and unrelated my thoughts are. I am going from sex on the first date and funny dating tips to children's literature. I'm sure this does not come as a surprise to those of you that know me well, but I still feel the need to apologize for the incongruence. I will chalk it up to being a gemini.

Soooo... David Biedrzycki was the guest author at the "March into Reading" assembly yesterday afternoon. Sad to say I had not heard of him prior to this. He was unbelievable- so engaging- the kids went wild for everything he was showing them and talking about. He walked them through the making of a picture like the one below on photoshop. I heart technology. Where would we be without it?

Excited I got to experience this man's energy. Talent and passion really knock me out.

Blogspiration from Glamour.com

I spent most of my lunch break yesterday reading the March issue of Glamour and was instantly inspired. The single guy columnist finally let us gals know that you boys don't think we're sluts if we sleep with you on the first date (phew). I always struggle with that "rule" in the game... if two people are really connecting, should we refrain from doing what feels right because we are afraid he might think we are a slut? Listen to Jake's words girls...
"I've never once heard a male friend imply that a woman he had sex with on a first date is a slut-even if it was unclear there'd be a second date. And I hope that doesn't sound like a line a guy uses to get in your pants, because it may be some of the clearest evidence that men are evolving. Use it to your advantage."
Thank you Jake, I just might.

Just now, I decided to check out glamour.com to find the link to the letter from Eve Ensler (the woman behind the Vagina Monolgues... if you haven't seen them, you don't know what you're missing) that left me feeling empowered and eager to share with the fabulous women in my life. I then stumbled upon their daily dating blog and was fully amused by "15 love rules for single men from very funny ladies." Hilarious. Gents, you must read. Here is one of my favorites: "5)Try not to mention your ex-girlfriends. Unless they are famous people. Then, only talk about your ex-girlfriends. We will be eager to share a bed with Lady Gaga, no matter how indirectly. We're relentlessly shallow." Fact. Check out the link kids. http://www.glamour.com/sex-love-life/blogs/single-ish/2010/02/earlier-this-week-because-of.html

Ok ladies, here it is. An excerpt from Eve Ensler's lates book, I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World. I hope when you read it you feel as empowered as I did. To all the emotional creatures in my life, know that I admire, respect and care about you deeply. I agree with Eve. I love, love, love being a girl. http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/randoEMS/I_AM_AN_EMOTIONAL_CREATURE_excerpt.pdf

A reason to be excited about the hallmark holiday.

So call me a bitter biscuit, but I have never been a HUGE fan of Valentine's day. Shouldn't any day of the week be reason enough to show/tell those you care about your love? This movie, on the other hand, is something to be smile about. Its star-studded cast includes the ever-so-sexy Bradley Cooper, who will be my imaginary valentine this year :) Unless some non-celebrity male in my life decides to make a romantic gesture...

It's just words...blah, blah, blah...

My wonderfully quirky, well-read friend is a word lover like me. He (inconsistently) sends me WOD texts that include a definition and the word in a sentence. Some of them become part of my vernacular, but my grad school pals can attest to the fact that we all need 15 exposures to a word to truly know it. Some of them are profound and crude at the same time. A few of my personal favorites include yonic (look it up!), contumacious, mendacious, quixotic and obsequious. Here is a sampling of this week's WODs:

Sacrosanct- extremely sacred or inviolable.

He considered her vagina sacrosanct, treating it as he would a deity.

Pernicious- causing insidious harm or ruin; injurious; hurtful.

Claiming prophethood, his preachings were nothing more than the pernicious ravings of a madman.

Inexorable-unalterable; unyielding.

An inexorable reckoning was approaching, he would pay for the things he'd done, and the currency would be blood.

I am a dork and I will say it loud and proud. Feel free to add to my ever expanding vocabulary.

Urbandictionary.com

Type your name into urbandictionary.com and discover a plethora of "definitions" for your first name. Entertaining affirmations that we are all awesome! Below are a couple of mine..

A Nicole is someone who is omnipotent. A Nicole is gorgeous, intelligent, mysterious, witty, hilarious, out-going, creative and seductive, yet she is also tough, street-smart, experienced, brave, enduring, and mainly a wonderful mother. Nothing and nobody can compare to a Nicole in any aspect. Mess with a Nicole, or her family, and you will regret ever being born.
"Why vote for either Presidential candidate, when there is a Nicole out there much more suitable for the position?"

A lovely girl who dresses fresh to death that attracts the boys.
Nicole has such cool style, I wish I was as cool as her.

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