My relatives call me Kiki, my friends call me Knick-Knack, my mother calls me Noodle, and my brother still calls me a poopiehead. However, I typically answer to Nicole - nice to meet you.

I'm an Art History major at UC Santa Barbara and I love to conduct research, especially on writing. It has been one of my hobbies for almost a decade now, a hobby that has given me as much trouble as it has pleasure; I believe writers are the only people who truly understand the concept of a love-hate relationship: the one they have with their writing. Other than some obsessive-compulsive twitches, a knack for jinxing mysef and a nicotine habit, I maintain a rather placid existence.

I'm just your average girl . . . but, isn't that how most adventures begin?

11/22: Hate to say it, but I am not even a quarter of the way through writing XXIX. I haven't had or made time to write lately and I can't say there will be ample amounts of time allotted to it in the next couple weeks; university-goers alike know that finals are right around the corner and these professors must find it hilarious to schedule the biggest projects right before then, so suffice it to say, I have been swamped. But, enough excuses. Hopefully, Thanksgiving break will provide some really great time for writing. I know the next chapter will be posted next month, for sure, and I'm hoping that Dead Week will provide some good excuses to skimp on the studying and relax with the writing, so we'll see where it goes. I'll provide updates as these next few weeks move along. Hang in there, guys - I know how frustrating this can be. In the meantime, review if you haven't already (everyone has an opinion!), and enjoy!