"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Here's a few things about me, in case you're caring, which I know you're not. Ummm...

Name: Nikki

Age: 16 yesss!!

Things I like: Chocolate and old movies and long sentences and Sarah Dessen novels and being different and old jeans and ellipses and cats and aroma therapy and the smell of fresh rain and my little sister and children in general and writing and music and playing the piano and knowing that I'm talented at playing the piano and my friends and those stupid rubber shoes that were popular last summer and pictures and the smell of clean books and having lots of money to spend on said clean books and the color purple and boys in novels because they're so much better than boys in real life and hazel eyes and my hair even though I do nothing with it and my complexion and the fact that one lady in a shoestore said i looked like a young Tyra Banks and diversity and the beach and long lists and broken mirrors and dancing and musicals and being myself.

Music: I love all kinds of music. I love oldies, hip-hop, rap, some rock, new age, gospel, international, classical, jazz, R&B (Ne-yo's my future hubby), crossover, and generally stuff you can sing along too, although I love just instrumentals too.

Fav. Movies: Oh God, that's a hard question. Ummm okay my top three movies of 2008 would be The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Slumdog Millionaire, and Wall-E. My top three movies in general are Hello Dolly, The Lord of The Rings (all of them!), and Coraline.

Fav. Books: Even harder! Lord of the Rings! I love Sarah Dessen novels, but I especially love 'Just Listen' and 'The Truth About Forever.' I love 'To Kill A Mockingbird'. That would be my favorite book of all time. I like Twilight, although the hype is seriously turning me off. I mean, Twilight candies! Come on! Could Stephenie Meyer sell out anymore? Geez...

Fave Anime: Naruto, Inuyasha, Fruits Basket, Bleach, Ultra Maniac, and I know this doesn't really count but AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER!! OMG I LOOOOVE THAT SERIES! It is epic, well written, the character development is unbelievable, and Prince Zuko is H.O.T. Like on fire hot.

Things I Hate: Movie hype and racism and re-taking driving tests and heavy metal rock and country music (with exception) and people who say hip-hop is just noise (they're just jealous cuz they can't rhyme and don't have any rhythm) and the color orange unless its a Cheeto and copycats and people who live strictly by society's codes rather than dare to be different and cliches and people who cuss in public places like wal-mart even though there are little kids around and pickles and hot humid summer days and The Jonas Brothers (they're not as good as twelve year olds think they are) and broken light bulbs and low cut dresses and dull blades and high heels (I can't walk in them. period.) and liars and cockroaches and fleas and funerals and stupidity and greasy feeling telephones and people who text and drive and people who text while they're talking to you and rug burn and fallen trees and construction in the rain forest and global warming and sunburns and burnt potato chips and barbeque flavored chips and shrimp and garlic and forest fires and embarrassing moments and not being able to be myself.

My best quality: Hmmmm besides my stunning good looks my best quality is how i'm good with kids and very perceptive and dress cute and am funny when i want to be and am always willing to make new friends and that I totally ignored the fact that I should use commas and that I really was supposed to write only one quality. Oh well, I get an A for effort right?

Fave. Pairings: There are none. As long as the story is well written, I think I can enjoy anything, besides like... Hiashi and Orochimaru. Whoa wait, does one of those actually exist? -shudders- Creepy snake with creepy gray eyes... ewwww...

You're a 90's kid if:

You can finish this 'ice ice _'
You remember watching Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Pinky and the Brain, Bobby's World, Felix the cat, The Tick...AAAAAAAH Real Monsters!
You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"
You just cant resist finishing this . . . "Iiiiiiin west philidelphia born and raised . . ."
You remember TGIF, Step by Step, Family Matters, Dinosaurs, and Boy Meets World.
You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
You remember reading "Goosebumps"
You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence . . . not
If you remember seeing hot tub bubbles make bubbly sounds before every music video on VH1.
when everything was settled by rock paper scissors..or bubble gum bubble gum in a dish...eeny meeny miney mo...and even better daddy had a donkey inky binky bonky.
You used to listen to the radio all day long just to record your FAVORITE song of ALL time.
"Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?" was both a game and a TV game show.
Captain Planet. He's a Hero.
You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green ranger, were meant to be together.
You remember when Super Nintendos and Sega Genisis became popular.
You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos . . . but never taped anything funny.
You remember watching Home Alone 1, 2 , and 3 . . . and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"
You remember watching The Magic School Bus, Wishbone, and Reading Rainbow on PBS.
You remember when Yo-Yos were cool.
You remember those Where's Waldo books.
You remember eating Warheads.
You remember watching the 1st Batman, Aladdin, Ninja Turtles, and 3 Ninjas movies.
You remember Ring Pops.
You remember drinking Surge, and Tang.
If you remember when every thing was "da BOMB!"
When they made the new lunchables so that you could make pizza AND tacos.
You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.
Making those little paper cootie-catcher things, and then predicting your life with them.
You played and/or collected "Pogs"
You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet, or Nano and brought it everywhere.

. . . Furbies

You haven't always had a computer, and it was cool to have the internet.
And Windows 95 was the best.
You watched the original cartoons of Rugrats, Power Rangers, and Ninja Turtles.
Michael Jordan was a king.
All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.
You remember when the new Beanie Babies and Talking Elmo were always sold out.
You collected those Beanie Babies.
Carebears
Lambchop's song never ended.
The old dollar bills.
Silver dollars, which were cool to have.
You remember a time before the WB.
You collected all the Troll dolls
If you even know what an original walkman is.
You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"
You know the Macarena by heart.
"Talk to the hand" . . . nough said
You always said, "Then why don't you marry it?!"
You remember trying to collect all 150 original pokemon cards but never could and if you did you thought you were all that!
You remember Highlight's magazine.
You went to McDonald's to play in the playplace.
You remember playing on merry go rounds at the playground.
Before the MySpace frenzy . . .
Before the Internet & text messaging . . .
Before Sidekicks & iPods . . .
Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX . . .
Before Spongebob . . .
Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.
When light up sneakers were cool.
When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.
When gas was 0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was The new thing.
When we recorded stuff on VCRs.
When gameboy was a brick.
You did MASH to figure out your future
Way back.
Before we realized all this would eventually disappear.
Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!
Post this in your profile if you remember these days . . . .
or if you smiled at one of these things.

Oh wow, I smiled at almost every one. I think I still have my old gray gameboy and the sonic adventure game that went with it. Good times...

(This is so cool. Someone sent me this in an email but I just recently found it on someone's profile. Honestly, HOW COOL IS THIS??)

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If you could read that put it in your profile!

Okay enough billboards (you know stuff to entertain you while you get to your destination), read and enjoy. Or you could totally hate my stories. Either way as long as you review (or flame) the little number will go up and you will make me one happy girl. See? I'm smiling!

One final warning: Whatever you do in life, please don't take me seriously. I hate drama and will probably add snippets of crack just so you can go: WTF?

Knamean?

Reviews are like brownies, you just can't get enough. So please send in reviews because I haven't eaten a brownie in a year thanks to my new quest to become a vegan.

Nikki

P.s. In case you haven't noticed, it's not working yet (the veganism thing)

P.P.S. I just wanna do a shoutout to all my reviewers who have been hanging on for the past year+ or so. I'm not the most loyal of authors, but I swear I'll finish my stories. You guys are awesome and I can't thank you enough for sticking by me even when it looked like I dropped dead or something. I love each and every one of your reviews, they mean so much to me. I've had an especially tough year (2009) and when things got rough one of my little therapy things was to read my old reviews, and remember why I liked writing in the first place. Writing makes me happy, your reviews make me happier. THank you so much for being amazing. I owe you a billion times over. Without you everything else just fades to gray.