My name is Ambra Nykol and I am a respectfully irreverent and sometimes subversive 27-year-old living in Seattle, Washington -- land of Starbucks, Microsoft, grunge, white people, and my two personal enemies: apathy and passive aggression. There are days when I sit and wonder how in tarnation I am still living on the West coast. I started this website when I was twenty-one with lots of lofty ideas, superfluous time (and income) and a lot of parenthetical expressions. I've come a long way. I now think my ideas are far less lofts and no longer have superfluous time or income thanks to my mortgage and my penchant for overpriced jeans. I will however, forever remain a lifelong fan of the parentheses.

I started writing after I dropped out of my very prestigious college and abandoned my plans to become an attorney. My blog was a means of expression and self-discovery which oddly found its way to politics. Now I write about life, worldview, commentary and sometimes that includes politics. Since starting this site I've received countless emails extolling the virtues of higher education, telling me why I should go back and finish. I've received just as many counter emails telling me I made a wise decision and that college is a waste of my time. Not sure who's right, but I believe I made the right decision. My post-college life has been incredibly rewarding and ironic, solidifying my belief that not only is God incredibly faithful, but He also has a sense of humor (and perhaps carries a semi-automatic weapon).

After college and a few years of climbing the corporate ladder, I landed in the most unlikely of professions - I became a College Recruiter for top fortune 500 companies. That's right. The girl with no degree flew all around the country, to the top colleges and universities, to sell students on Corporate America. There truly are few things more gratifying for a college dropout such as myself than giving business case presentations to Harvard MBA students. It was totally boring after awhile though and I knew I had to work for myself and pursue the things of my heart.

This blog has led to all kinds of fun opportunities such as radio interviews, newspaper column writing, magazine features, guest speaking, book inquiries, and even an appearance on the Tyra Banks Show (and yes, I was fierce). I find all of it totally hilarious considering I started this website because I was too lazy to write in a journal.

When I started this site I was happily single and now I am even more happily married to a man who insists on putting ketchup on his tacos. Nevertheless, he's my best friend and together we plan on taking over the world one less apathetic person at a time. He's my partner in business and life. We also host a radio show together.

The rest of me can be found in my memoir. (If you're a literary agent or an editor, call me.)

For kicks (and to manage my randomness) I discuss my daily life, thoughts, and musings in less than 140 characters on Twitter.

Likes, Loves and Obsessions:
I love Jello, cilantro, Bill Cosby, Kix and eating cereal without milk.

I have an affinity for used bookstores, black & white photography, Bill Cosby, raggedy Bibles, dogs with hot breath, Macs, Tracy Reese, crepes, Steve Jobs, Pixar, retro t-shirts, Chick-fil-A, cello, bacon, white space, over-priced jeans that sound like hippie non-profit organizations, shopping for things I don't need, Bill Cosby, bananas foster, guitars, Crate & Barrel's packaging, Whole Foods, lip gloss, Nutella, reading the first 3 chapters of books and then losing them, The Cosby Show, peach cobbler, parenthetical expressions, and television shows that are beyond their expiration date (and Bill Cosby). I do sudoku in pen. I think meat is one of God's gifts to mankind. Eat of it daily and you will be blessed :-)

Photography - Grace Kim, GH Kim Photography