Unique As a Pokadot

Hi. My name is Nicole. I live on the West Coast of Canada. These are my trials and errors as I try to figure out what ink blotch I am on this crazy unique new age portrait of life.

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The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

Jimmy Johnson

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Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.

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The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

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We see things not as they are, but as we are.

H. M. Tomlinson

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The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

Richard Bach

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In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed.

Sid Caesar

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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Truman Capote

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Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.

Mark Twain

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I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

Albert Einstein

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What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Henry David Throeau

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When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.

Dudley Field Malone

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If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.

Albert Einstein

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All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.

Walt Disney

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Honest Moment: The Silent Treatment

As all girls do, we experiment. 

Some girls complain when they're angry, some girls scream, others cry. For me personally I've found that there's only one thing that seems to work beyond reason with males when they make you angry. You  ignore them, and ignore them, and let them figure out what they did wrong.

They'll spend so much time pulling their hair out in worry you won't even have to really say anything except what they did wrong and they'll readily agree to NEVER do it again because they already tortured themselves for so long.

But it should be noted that this only works under two conditions.

 if they actually care about your opinion of them. So once again, bonus marks for hot/intelligent/witty/bro girls throughout the land.

 if they actually did something wrong. As in, if they tell one of their best friends what they did, their best friend should look them in the eye and be like "Dude, you fucked up." 

Therefore as a disclaimer, if you're that girlfriend who bitches for stupid stuck up reasons, such as... oh let's say because you didn't get a Tiffany's necklace, but rather a necklace from a different jeweler, or if you complain if your sushi is made with white rice instead of brown when he went out of the way to get it for you. You're an idiot and don't read this column anymore and go and think hard about if you actually like the poor boy or not, or why you think so highly of yourself that you can't show some appreciation for small/large/any act of kindness.

But also, if he is rude to you accidentally, you let your voice be heard. Everyone makes mistakes, but they don't have to happen twice.

Remember, silence speaks louder then shrieks.