Why I wear makeup...

To stop the children from running and screaming.

Au naturale

And with my hot girl disguise on.

Lol, yes, I realize my hair in these pics is practically begging to be put out of it's misery.  Thankfully, I was on my way to the salon right after I snapped these.  I will not tell you that my stylist wept when he saw what I had let my hair come to.  Honestly, the tears were not necessary, Diego.

Not necessary at all.

Hrmpf.

About them resolutions..

So, this is a bit of a check-in and a lot of a photo-dump.

Hm.. what's that you say?  How are those goals going, you ask?  Why thank you for asking!  That's really very kind of you.  ;)

Actually, they're not going too bad.

I know, I'm as surprised as anyone.  Really.

In the beginning of January I started a low-carb, high-protein diet.  I know that wasn't on my goal list but because of my new diet I cut out all sugar and alcohol.

OK, by "cut out alcohol" I mean 8 days ago.  That was even harder than getting rid of sugar.

SOMEONE needs a cocktail right about now.  Fucking healthy life choices.  

I've also cut down a bit on diet soda, but not too much.  Though I did load up on Ice Sparkling Waters which are seriously yum.  That definitely helps with the sugar cravings.

Does shit for wanting a glass of wine though.

Other then that, not a whole lot else to report.  I haven't gotten out much lately because it's cold as an Eskimo's balls out there.  Which, don't get me wrong, I love winter.  But it's not real conducive to laying out in the park with a book.  Unless you want to lose a few toes.

But wait, how's that lots of sex resolution going?  

Slowly.

And by slowly, I mean not at all.  Sigh.

Anyhooters.  I got my hair done yesterday.  Took a few pics and then took a few more.  And then a couple more.  Then Lila and I took pics.  Actually, one of the pics of Lila and me came out really well and I'm thinking of getting it blown up and printed.  Whatcha think?

She's such a pretty pitty.

I seriously love this pic.  Hopefully it'll look good blown up, but it's hard to say since it's an iPhone pic.  

Here's a few more, if you're interested.

Not so easy trying to get a pit bull to stay in the shot.

Me and the baby.

I was so tickled this morning at how well my hair was
cooperating that I stopped and took a pic.

Both sides curled, like a normal person.  I swear, it never
usually looks like this.

Thanks for reading, you guys!  XOXO

Catch y'all later.

PS If you're ever in New York and need your hair done, hit up the Oscar Blandi Salon on Madison Ave.  Ask for Diego.  Him and his fantastic assistant, Beth, are seriously amazing.  I heart them hardcore.

Nerdgasm.

Staying in line with my 2013 resolution to blog more, I kept meaning to make another entry a few days ago but then got completely distracted.

I *finally* got a gaming laptop.  I realize this is not going to help my Go Outside More goal, but fuck it.. This laptop is suh-weet.

Not sweet.  Suh-weet.

If you care at all about computers, you know, beside just being the machine that connects you to all your internet friends, I'll list the specs.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Me but with better hair and more vagina.

Anyway, I purchased an ASUS G75VW-AS71 with a 17.3 inch screen, an Nvidia GTX 660M card, 16 gigs of RAM, a 750 gig hard drive 7200 rpm and an Intel Quad-core i7-3610QM processor.

It's not top of the line, and the card could be a little better, but compared to my super old desktop and my puny little notebook, this thing is a monster.

I have named him Sulley.

See?  Like a monster. With attitude. And bad intentions.

Oh, hey there, little guy. Bless your heart.

If you squint it kinda looks like the Transformer's logo,
which, if we're being honest would be WAY cooler than a laptop.

Also, may I just say how awesome Amazon Prime is?  I joined with a half-assed idea about saving money (yeah, right) and was able to purchase the laptop at 3pm and get it delivered by 11am the next day.  For $4.  

Which means that I haven't set foot outside my apartment for 5 days now.

Not that I'm keeping track or anything.

Stop judging me.

Alright, I need to return to my sims now.. I think they're getting lonely.



Seriously, stop judging.

A new year, a new set of resolutions to ditch by February!

Yeah, it's me.  Finally.  The start of the holiday season, and the season itself, was pretty hectic so I didn't blog much.

Tho, doesn't that seem like the perfect time to blog?  At least I'd have something interesting to write about, rather than just the usual boring stuff. 

Then again, I am pretty lazy so I don't know how that would work.

Anyhooters.  I decided to do a resolution/goal post, since it's the start of the new year and all.

I'm sure I can color you shocked with my originality.  I'm practically overjoyed with it myself.

But, I do think that a lot of my goals, save one or two, will be at least a little original.  So, without further ado..

Nicole's Goals for 2013.

Dun dun dun!

1. Drink less soda/alcohol.. Drink more water.
OK, so this isn't original, but it is aiming for a healthier body, so cut me some slack.  I drink a shitton of Diet Coke (seriously, if I could figure some way to just mainline the shit, I totally would).  I don't drink coffee, so I rely on the big DC for caffeine.  And Mama loves her cocktails.  And wine.  And an occasional beer.  BUT NO MORE!  I shall be attempting to cut out God's gifts of Sody Pop and Booze and replace it with regular ol' H2O.  Totally looking forward to it.  Yep.

2. Read less.. Live more.
I'm a big reader.  Like, huge.  Glancing at my Kindle I see that I've downloaded about 300 books this year.  And yes, I've read all of them.  And a few books that I downloaded last year too.  Of course, they weren't all War and Peace, there was a few easy readers in there.  Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that I spend a lot of my time reading.. Not so much of it actually living my life.  Frankly, fictional characters generally have a more exciting life than me and I'd rather just spend time with them.  So, this year I vow to get my nose out of my books and into real life.  Sigh.

3. Try the Whole30 diet.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.  Crash diets, I know.. Definitely don't belong on a goal list.  But apparently, this isn't a crash diet (don't all crash diets say that tho?) and more like a reset to get you back to eating like you should.  You stick to pretty much everything as natural as possible and cut out all the bad junk.  Yes, people do lose weight on it, but I am more excited about how friends have told me how friggin' great they felt while doing it.  And, as someone who's mood is greatly affected by what I eat, this really appeals to me.

4. Get out of the damn house.
Yeah, this is a little #2, but it's more then that.  If I'm not reading, I'm watching a movie.  Or playing on the internet.  Or playing a video game.  All of my interests center around BEING INSIDE.  This goal is to just step out of the front door.  I have a friend that likes to read at the park.  Why, I can't understand, when she has a perfectly good couch to stretch out on.  But, I get it more now.  Just being out allows yourself to not only be outside, but to put yourself out there, in the nonphysical sense.  If I'm sitting on my couch, doing whatever, I know exactly what's going to happen.  Nothing.  Because it's my fucking couch.  Nothing ever happens to my couch.  Except maybe my dog drools on it while begging or something.  But by being out, I allow myself to be affected by what happens around me.  Maybe I'll make a new friend.  Or meet a cute guy.  Or hear about an interesting new art gallery opening.  Whatever.  So.  Out of the house with my lazy ass.

5. Have lots of sex.
Honestly, if I have to explain this one, you're reading the wrong blog.  Leave now.

6. Learn
I want to learn just for the sake of learning.  Learn about computers, learn math I'll never use, learn how to paint with watercolor, learn how to refinish a table, learn HTML, learn how to survive if lost in the forest.. Just learn.  I truly believe that the one thing that no one can ever take from you is knowledge.  And learning for the sake of learning is beautiful.

7. Figure out my own style.
This is something I desperately want.  Hell, what girl doesn't, amirite?  I want to really find my own inner style goddess or whatever shit Tim Gunn is spouting about this year.  Honestly, tho.. My clothes are always a mish-mash of whatever because I never really figured out my own personal style.  I'm too busy liking other people's styles and trying to copy them.  So, this year I'm going to go thru my closet, figure out what I love, what I like and what I could do without and identify exactly what MY style is.  And I can confidently say that it is none of these:

8. And yes, blog more.
Insert the usual promises to blog more here.. and you'll have my 8th, and final, goal.  Honestly, it wouldn't be a blog post about resolutions if I didn't promise to blog more/better/smarter/whatever, right?

Welp, there you have it, my lovelies.  I'm going to try my best and we'll see how it goes.  Frankly, I don't have much hope for #1, but the rest seem doable.  

Til next time.  Mwah!