Author Archives: nikagardner

One of my favorite bands by far is called DIIV. They are originally from Brooklyn, but moved to Los Angeles once their music career took off. I have seen them twice in concert-once in Brooklyn and once in Jersey City (and one of the times I had a concussion). My boyfriend was the one whoContinue reading “DIIV”

Pangolins are a strange mammal that live in Africa & Asia. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, I had heard about how pangolins are endangered in the world. While I am not sure they are the animal to blame for the novel coronavirus (hopefully scientists will learn more about the origin of the virus in theContinue reading “Pangolins: An Endangered Species”

The hit Netflix show, Tiger Kings, has been the show that everyone has been watching and talking about while in self isolation. I watch the show a few weeks ago, and honestly, it was much crazier than I was expecting. Here is the trailer for the show. ***CONTAINS SPOILERS*** After watching the show, I thinkContinue reading “Tiger Kings”

I have been growing cacti and succulents since I was a child and was obsessed with cacti. I currently have many plants, and it can be difficult to know exactly how to care for them. They all have different sunlight, watering, and temperature needs. One of my current favorite plants is my succulent. This isContinue reading “Cacti”

Today I am wearing my Canada shirt that I bought while in Ontario last summer. This is a link to a shirt that is similar to mine, as I do not see the website selling my shirt anymore. When I visited Canada, I thought it was a pretty cool place and would like to goContinue reading “Canada”

While staying self isolated, it has been intensely difficult to not go stir crazy. Before I broke my elbow, I was doing yoga via the app Down Dog in the morning because it helps my mental health and is also a good, fresh way to start the day. Since breaking my elbow, this is notContinue reading “Stir Crazy”

This scene in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari starts with one of the town’s police spying on Dr. Caligari and Cesare at their trailer during the night. The town police believe that Cesare might be behind the murders in the town, so they want to see that he is not out at night when theContinue reading ““The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” Scene Analysis”

For my movie review, I watched The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) directed by Robert Wiene. This movie is a black & white silent horror film from 1919. In five acts it tells the story of Dr. Caligari and his spectacle, Cesare, who murders people at the fairs they travel to.Continue reading ““The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” Movie Review”

This alpaca is named Alfie is owned by a couple in Australia who run an Instagram account for him. He has over 500K followers (including me), and has had many news stories written on him. I think he’s super cute and would love to pet him but he is across the world.

I watched this video from Mike Russell in order to better understand Adobe Audition. He goes more in depth into the settings and how to record your voice in the program, and also gives tips and tricks to use it. I found this video super helpful, as Adobe Audition was slightly confusing as there areContinue reading “Adobe Audition Help”