n i c k y n a x . c o m

I don’t really have much to say at the moment.

No, that’s not true. I have things to say, but nothing blogworthy. And that seems to be my eternal problem. I never know what I write about here, but I think that’s mostly because I haven’t yet figured out WHAT this blog actually is.

I see blogs of other people and they have posts that are nothing more than a YouTube video of a music video that they like. Or a picture from a night out. Or other completely pointless things that don’t really match what this blog should be in my head.

And then I see other people who seem to be able to wax poetically on a daily basis about anything and everything. And, well, as depressing as it is to admit, I’m just not that eloquent or thoughtful.

Then there are those people who comment on pop culture/current events, and that just doesn’t seem to fit me as well. I prefer to keep the news/events out of my blog so that my entries tend to be more timeless and less specific to a certain time and place. Maybe that’s the wrong way for me to approach it, but it’s a hurdle I haven’t yet gotten over.

And then there are those other blogs accompany the author’s business. Like my friend Michael. He’s a life coach and his blog, while not always, is generally related to and is an extension of that career. I don’t really have a job or business venture for which I can make this a companion blog. I’d love to, but I don’t. And I can’t really use it as a companion to my actual day job, because I always think it’s dangerous to talk about your job in places like this. Call me paranoid, but I’ve seen plenty of stories about people getting fired due to things like Facebook and blogs and Twitter. I just don’t even want to risk it.

I can’t forget to mention those blogs out there that talk about literally every single aspect of the author’s life, regardless of how personal or private. And as salacious and fun as those might be to read, not only would i be very uncomfortable writing about my personal life in such detail, but well, my life just isn’t that exciting.

There are a few other various types out there, but I just can’t seem to find the right fit for me.

Hence the reason this blog barely exists.

So, why am I writing something now? A feeling of obligation, mostly. It’s the final day of 2009, so it just feels like I should be posting something.

Back for my first blog (which I had from before they were even called blogs and kept from 1998 through 2005), I used to end each year with a special entry in which I would list my New Years Resolutions and take a look back at the previous year’s resolutions to see how well I had done with them. It never really went well, because I’ve never really been a resolution sort of guy. I would make them mostly because I felt like I should be making resolutions and so I could keep up with my yearly resolution tradition on the old blog. And with no thought or real intention behind them, I never kept up with them, so there was no real point in continuing with it anymore, or continuing with it now. So, I won’t.

That’s not to say that I don’t have a resolution this year, because for once I actually do. I’m going to be turning 30 in 2010, and I’m cool with that (I say that now), but things happen as we age and it’s always best to be proactive about these sorts of things. So, my resolution is related to taking better care of myself.

I’m intending, in 2010, to start taking better care of my skin. It’s always been troublesome for me throughout my entire life. Really bad acne through puberty and late teens. Even into my early 20’s some. It’s still not great, but far better than what it used to be as a kid. And you’d think that having gone through the horrible skin phase of my life that I would be far more aware and diligent about taking better care of it, but I’ve just never really gotten into a good routine and pattern of it. And it’s just going to get worse as I get older, so before I get to the point where it’s completely hopeless (too late?), I’m going to try to take a more active approach to staying this gorgeous.

Ha!

2010 is the year of moisturizer.

Especially since I just upgraded to an HD camcorder.

Happy New Year, everyone!

This is week ninety-one in my personal “If… Project” in which I answer questions from the book “If… (Questions for the Game of Life)”

There are 125 pages of this book, each with four questions. I plan to take one page each week and answer the questions as thoroughly and honestly as I am able. In addition, I invite you to answer the questions along with me, whether it be in the comments section, your own personal blog, or just within your own thoughts.

Perhaps in doing so, we will get to know each other better, but even more importantly, get to know ourselves better.

This week’s questions:

If you could cancel forever a single thing you have to do every day other than your job, what would it be?

Well, I only do it every other day currently, but I would pick shaving. I hate it.

If you had to go tonight to be tattooed, where on your body would you have it done and what image would you select?

Oh goodness. Can I pick none at all? If I was required to get one I would get it someplace nobody would ever see and it would be the words “You shouldn’t be able to see this.”

If you could realize a dream that you have had while asleep, what dream would you pick?

I don’t really remember many of my dreams anymore. But I think most people would pick their flying dreams. I would.

If you could choose only one color and image for your country’s new flag, what would it look like?

My face in blazing green because everyone would be green with envy.

Those are my answers to this week’s questions. What are yours?

This is week ninety in my personal “If… Project” in which I answer questions from the book “If… (Questions for the Game of Life)”

There are 125 pages of this book, each with four questions. I plan to take one page each week and answer the questions as thoroughly and honestly as I am able. In addition, I invite you to answer the questions along with me, whether it be in the comments section, your own personal blog, or just within your own thoughts.

Perhaps in doing so, we will get to know each other better, but even more importantly, get to know ourselves better.

This week’s questions:

If you had to name the worst job in the world, what would it be?

I’d name it Gretchen.

Ha! I’m a comedic genius!

Um, it would be working in a slaughterhouse.

If you could own the entire wardrobe from any one television character, from the show they’re on, whose clothes would you want?

Kurt’s clothes from Glee are quite fun.

If you could cancel one vacation you have taken, lose all memory of it, and get your money back, what vacation would you choose?

None of them! They’ve all held at least one memory or moment that I would hate to lose. But for the sake of the game, the one where I went to Georgia when I was about ten to spend two weeks with my father.

If you had to choose the worst work experience you’ve ever had which would you pick?

It’s weird, because while getting fired from a previous job was the worst experience ever, at the same time, it was the most freeing and liberated I felt in a long time.

Those are my answers to this week’s questions. What are yours?

This is week eighty-nine in my personal “If… Project” in which I answer questions from the book “If… (Questions for the Game of Life)”

There are 125 pages of this book, each with four questions. I plan to take one page each week and answer the questions as thoroughly and honestly as I am able. In addition, I invite you to answer the questions along with me, whether it be in the comments section, your own personal blog, or just within your own thoughts.

Perhaps in doing so, we will get to know each other better, but even more importantly, get to know ourselves better.

This week’s questions:

If you could have been on the United States Supreme Court for any single case in its history, which would you select?

I don’t know if any one is more important than the other but Bowers v. Hardwick was a joke of a decision and I would have liked to have been there to shut that one down immediately. (Confession: I totally just googled for some same sex supreme court cases and found a somewhat more obscure one with which I didn’t agree. Yeah. I know nothing about government or politics)

If you could physically strike one person from your past (that you didn’t), who would you hit, and where?

First of all, I think it’s sad that the question has to clarify “but didn’t” as if humans are such simpletons that we all just run around inflicting physical violence on people with whom we have a problem. Oh wait. We do. Pathetic human race. I don’t want to hit anyone.

If you could change one election result from the past so that the loser had won, which one would it be?

Interestingly enough, I would change the one where the actual winner somehow lost. Stupid electoral college. Al Gore should have been the president.

If you had to die from something other than old age, how would you prefer to go?

First of all, does anyone REALLY die of “old age.” It’s not as if you reach a certain age and are suddenly considered too old and must die. Your advanced age makes your immune system weaker and more prone to illness and what not, but you don’t actually die of “old age.” That’s just silly. Almost as silly as me choosing to die of being just way too awesome for the world to handle.

Those are my answers to this week’s questions. What are yours?

This is week eighty-eight in my personal “If… Project” in which I answer questions from the book “If… (Questions for the Game of Life)”

There are 125 pages of this book, each with four questions. I plan to take one page each week and answer the questions as thoroughly and honestly as I am able. In addition, I invite you to answer the questions along with me, whether it be in the comments section, your own personal blog, or just within your own thoughts.

Perhaps in doing so, we will get to know each other better, but even more importantly, get to know ourselves better.

This week’s questions:

If everything in the world had to have the same odor, what scent would you want it to be?

Vanilla

If you could give your parents one gift, what would you give them?

Mom has always wanted to live in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. So I would buy her a home there.

If you were to receive one honorary degree in your lifetime, which university would you prefer, and for what accomplishment?

Can you get honorary degrees for being awesome? I want that.

If you could have given one speech in history, which one would you pick?

It hasn’t happened yet. It is the speech for my first award. Be it an Emmy, Oscar, Tony, Grammy, or Best in Show. That’s the speech I’m gonna give.

Those are my answers to this week’s questions. What are yours?

It didn’t take long at all for Miss Jackson to find her new favorite place to hang out during the holidays.