This is the website of Nicole Jensen, a 20-something from Brisbane, Australia. I enjoy geekery, fine wine, drumming, knitting and hearing how your day has been so far. Stay tuned while the site climbs out of beta mode and is injected with blogs, vlogs, events and more.
Next Saturday I will be giving up my day to lead a team of 10 volunteers at the Brisbane music festival Sounds of Spring. Pretty cool, huh?
I’ll be starting early in the morning and going until midnight, but it will be worth it. Acts such as Little Birdy, I Heart Hiroshima, The Living End, TimRead the rest…
I thought I’d take a minute out of my post-BNEtwestival relaxation to announce something I didn’t expect. I’ve been nominated to win the Best New Blog category in Ready2Spark’s EventProfs Blog Awards 2009! This means that this very prominant and active event professionals online network says that my blog is kinda awesome. The competition for this claimRead the rest…
A few years ago in high school I raised funds for the Make Poverty History campaign. It really made me realize how much of a terrible issue poverty is in the world. So I did the teenage thing and invoked my parents to support my hope to sponsor a child.
And so they did. I’ve beenRead the rest…
National News | News.com.au
So I’m not really sure what I am to think of this other than “what a rad idea! But it would never work in reality.” I guess there are just some out-there ideas you’ll never know will take off until you dive in.
This isn’t children growing up too fast; at least notRead the rest…
Hello, readers! How is everyone today? Just a general update of the awesome things I’ve been up to lately.
Last week I was lucky enough to score a free ticket to Creative Drinks. My dear friend Hannah Suarez of Brisbane Creative Industries was the speaker of the evening and did very well. Her presentation is onRead the rest…
Full-strength grog faces axe in bid to curb violence | The Courier-Mail.
Well, well. Bligh and her government are looking to ban full-strength booze at major events across the state. I do hope this doesn’t pass. This will ruin the quality of a good time out for thousands of responsible Queenslanders (not that I believe at all thatRead the rest…
On Friday I spent my day volunteering for Fireball 2009 with New Fangled Functions at City Hall. It was a pretty good day, setting 400 places for attendees of the charity ball raising funds for adult burns research and development. I did take a photo of the gorgeous table settings before I left, but itRead the rest…
Another month gone by; another range of upcoming Brisbane Twitter events. I just love these guys!
The Wine Appreciation Night is on July 22nd, another pub night on August 7th and the Bridge to BTUB is on August 30th. These events and more are listed here on the calendar in the sidebar or here on Facebook.
ForRead the rest…
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