Downloads and Updates

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Nicole

Hello! September was a whirlwind month and I’ve fallen short of posting weekly on this blog. Figure this would be a good time to do a “hodgepodge” post.

Music Poll- in case you missed it, my previous post highlights the theme music of each network’s NFL music. I’ll leave this poll open for another week before revealing the results. Be sure to vote on your favorite piece of music!

https://unfrazzledanalyst.com/2024/09/21/poll-who-has-the-best-football-theme-music/

2. Downloads for Coffee Drinkers- at the top of this site, I have a link to a Downloads page. I intend to create more zines in the future. For now I have one zine. BUT about a year ago I created a coffee themed activity book. This is also available on the downloads page. Feel free to print it out so you always have an “on the go” activity!

https://unfrazzledanalyst.com/downloads/

3. Photo for your thoughts.

One of the reasons I’ve been quieter than usual is I’ve been traveling every couple of weeks during this last stretch of summer (including a jaunt to San Diego this past weekend). The first place I went was NYC for the first time ever! It was an amazing experience. Below is a photo I took from the top of the Empire State Building.

I have another post on Instagram of the Wanamaker Building in downtown Philadelphia. Feel free to check it out.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DAClR2uvuK9/?igsh=ZWpuY2RhdmN0MDU4

That’s all for now! What have all of you been up to these past few weeks?

It’s a Dry Heat

Posted on August 17, 2024 by Nicole

What do you love about where you live?

At least some of the time it is.

Just another July at dusk in Phoenix. 🔥 🔥 🔥

Except when it’s not, but then it’s still neat.

Overnight storm, August 2024.

From the Notebook

Posted on August 10, 2024 by Nicole

This weekend, I’m finishing up my final project for a post-grad certificate program I’ve been enrolled in since January of this year. I’m currently knee deep in executing Python code to create a model that will assign a database of IT support tickets into different categories. Fun stuff! So while I’m busy working in a Jupyter notebook, I thought to keep thing moving along on my blog, I’d share some work from another notebook.

*Sophomore Yr English Poetry Notebook* *ca. 1996*

My sophomore year English instructor had us put together a notebook of our work over the fall and spring semesters. I didn’t have a computer at home at the time, so I remember working on this during my lunch break in the school’s computer lab. I don’t know why I chose a cursive font but whatever! She was nice enough to package our work in a spiral bound and laminated notebook, which I still have today.

I’ll share page 6 as it contains 1) a poem about summertime 2) a limerick and 3) a haiku.

It’s not award winning work, but hey I was 16 when I wrote these. The limerick still cracks me up- which tells me my humor has not changed much since I was in high school.

Seasons Poem

The hot blazing sun.

Its rays beam down to the Earth like a laser.

The days seem to last an eternity.

Patiently I wait for cool breezes.

As I step onto the sizzling sidewalk , I wonder

Will this hellish weather ever end?

Finally, I see a yellow leaf floating to the ground

As the wind travels through the cool night air.

Note: After reading this, the yellow leaf could be from a dead tree- you know- that died from the summer heat. The cool night air indicates the shift from summer to not summer but not yet fall. So, probably late August, early September.

Limerick

There once was a kid who had a dog.

One day the dog chased after a frog.

While running down the street.

A car the dog did meet.

And got squashed because of a dumb little frog.

Haiku

The clouds move swiftly

Fluffy and round, always moving

Stretched out in the sky