• Name: Nicola
• Hometown: Vancouver
• Siblings: 2 older brothers
• Pets: 2 dogs, 1 cat, 1 bird, 1 mouse who I can hear scratching at night in my bedroom
• Colour: most often green and blue, but this varies from day to day
• Job: barn hand
• Sport: riding (dressage)
• Bedtime: ideally 10pm, I'm a morning person and not very nocturnal
• Religion: IPU
• Subject(s): English, History
• Music: too hard to list this here - I like musi...

• Reading: Shadow by K.J. Parker
• surprisingly good: I had trouble getting started on this one, but it's quite a refreshing read
• Listening to: MUSE. The concert is in two weeks. Whoo!
• Concerned about: many things...
• CAO
• History Esay
• Funniest thing his week: Mr Ho: "These bondings have cleavage."
• Important events coming up:
• Sunday March 21: Horseshow
• EE proposals due (stress)

• Fangirls: when there are teenage fangirls around anything will become horrible (lucky the annoying ones are usually limited to teenage fiction)
• Holey socks: although this is considered a blessing in the IPU, I am far too blessed and low on socks
• chipped nail polish
• toast that isn't cut evenly
• when the sewing machine jams (and yes, it always does)
• I am out of room on my bookshelves... again
• mac computers...

• Publish a short story in a fantasy magazine
• Continue to assist in Prince's training
• Assist in Anky's recovery
• Donate blood: I can, so why not?
• Conquer a personal fear
• Succesfully organize my book collection
• Begin and maintain a writing journal
• Chase the dream

• Shadow, borrowed the whole series from a friend and should probably get started on it
• Acacia by David Anthony Durham - apparently it's quite similar in style to ASOIAF
• The Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson - seems to be reviewed as revolutionary fantasy
• The Farseer by Robin Hobb - also well-reviewed and also a female high fantasy author which you don't see every day on the top
• The Winter Va...

• I tend to go for character traits in place of physical appearance
• taste in books: similar to mine? or at least good taste, not teenage nonsense
• thinker: someone who thinks before they speak or act
• taste in music: again, his taste doesn't have to adhere to mine, but at least have some reason behind your choices
• style: I'm not a particularly stylish person, but clean clothes that look ok when put togeth...

• For anyone who needs convincing
• Labrie's live vocals (before food poisoning)
• each note in each song has purpose
• solos
• Octavarium (Part IV. Intervals)

Our deadly sins feel his mortal wrath/ Remove all obstacles from our path

Asking questions/ Search for clues/ The answer's been right in front of you

Try to break through/ Long to connect/ Fall on deaf ears and failed muted breath

Loyalty, trust, faith and d...