“About” pages are always a bit difficult for me to write. It just seems so…narcissistic but I never said I wasn’t vain so here it goes…
My name is Nicole and I live in Toronto, Ontario with my amazingly sweet and talented fiancé husband Gary and my rat terrier pup, Pandora. I’m one of those rare people who have been blessed with an amazing partner, a fantastic group of friends, a loving family and a challenging job that I really enjoy.
I’ve found that in my 30’s I have really started to come to terms with who I am…
I am a faithful friend, love deeply, trust until given a reason not to, rarely ever hold grudges, and I have a small addiction to body piercings and tattoos. When I laugh it is loud and contagious, I have a strange sense of humour, think sarcasm can be fun, can hold my own in an argument but know when to bow out gracefully. I have a sense of adventure, but really need to work on my spontaneity.
It took me a long time to get to this amazing point in my life. I’ve had some bumps and detours along the way but eventually my path led me away from living in the very conservative Colorado Springs and back to Toronto at the end of 2003. I had a broken heart that I was sure would never heal but, after moving in with my two very supportive sisters, they helped me put the pieces of my life back together.
Three years later we all moved out of our rented house and I moved in with Gary to start a new chapter in my life. Looking back, I have to say that moving back to Toronto was probably the best decision I have ever made in my life. This is, and always will be the city of my heart.
Joseph Campbell once wrote that to truly be happy you have to “follow your bliss”. At first I thought that my bliss was to teach, which led me to complete a B.A. in History at McMaster University. But I soon discovered that I had a true passion for creating websites and taught myself design, html, css, php and other geeky web related languages. With those skills, I was able to land a job as an Interaction Designer at a fantastic company called imason. What I do for a living is a far cry from my young teenage dreams of being a teacher and I could not be happier.
Now, even though Ruby Nite is a fairly new domain, I’m definitely no stranger to the online world. Ruby Nite is just another incarnation of my online persona. It’s a place where the posting will ebb and flow, depending on what is happening in my life. If you’ve actually read this far I’d like to say thank you. Hopefully you will enjoy what you find here and if you ever want to drop me a line, I’d love to hear from you.
