About Nicole

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find that it is bound fast by a thousand invisible cords that cannot be broken, to everything in the universe."
~John Muir (1869)

"It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter page 149

Name: Nicole
Location: Plastic Beach, Golden State - but New York is where I be for university
Birthday: August 8th
Languages: English, Korean, studying Spanish and French. Don't forget a Tolkien necessity: Elvish.

Other randomities (random-oddities)

I like my name. I love words and languages/linguistics. I care a lot about grammar, spelling, and punctuation - if you excel at all three, I am a very happy person. I wear soft contacts as my eyesight is quite poor, unfortunately. I am a first-year university student. I sang in a children's choir for eight years and in my high school choir senior year. I love singing, enjoy reading, and writing when I am inspired (writing is something I know I will turn to when I am older). I also like watching films when I have the chance, and obviously, web design and making graphics. This is my 13th year of playing piano and I sincerely enjoy it. I fall into daydreaming very easily and often lose myself in reverie. I love laughing and can get scarily hyper ("is she on drugs?"). On a more serious note, I enjoy long discussions, listening, and volunteer work. Right after I graduate from university, I would love to be in the Peace Corps for a year. I am certainly not a saint, but I am not a bitch either (well, sometimes I am). I am pretty emotional and quite outspoken if I do not control myself, but I do. Perhaps my largest exasperation is how negatively I view today's "modern" society at times. However, I do my best in this period of time we live, as much as I wish I belonged to another. On the family side of things, I am an only child living with my mother and father, and mini dachshund, Teddy. He is eight years old. I loff (♥!) him. I have been to Hawaii, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Washington, New York, Maryland, Washington D.C., New Jersey, Canada, Mexico, and England.

I have no qualms about spewing profanity when I feel the need.
I have been web designing since 2003. I have been around for quite a while, but still am young.
I talk to myself quite a lot. Do not be alarmed.
Countries at the top of my list to visit are South Korea and New Zealand. The former because I am Korean yet I have not had the chance to visit my mother country, and the latter due to my obvious obsession with The Lord of the Rings. hehe
My fangirl obsessions: G-Dragon, CNBLUE's Jong-hyun, Cha Seung Won, Viggo Mortensen, Angelina Jolie.

Gadgets

Mobile phone: iPhone 4
Laptop: Dell Inspiron E1505
Very convenient staple in my life: iPad
Digital Camera: Olympus FE-370, 8MP, black & silver
iPod: currently being replaced.
Typewriter: my old white typewriter (I would love an Olivetti)

Lists

Books

I am a book lover. I cannot possibly list all the ones that have left impressions in my heart and soul.

Films

The Lord of the Rings trilogy ♥ in no particular order: La Vie en Rose, The Man From Nowhere, Gangs of New York, The Little Mermaid, Spirited Away, 10 Things I Hate About You, Zoolander, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, many Hollywood Golden Era films (below), the Disney Renaissance and classic Disney...
Gone With the Wind, From Here to Eternity, Sabrina, Roman Holiday, Waterloo Bridge, Of Human Bondage, East of Eden, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Last Time I Saw Paris, The King and I, A Farewell to Arms, and so many more.

Music

Let's just say my favorite genres are classical, alternative, electronic, rock, and some pop...

Television

(I do not watch much TV except for Korean dramas that I watch online. >_<) That '70s Show, Seinfeld, Two and a Half Men, Teen Titans, Korean dramas!: my all-time favorite is Delightful Girl Choon-hyang.