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Dana

Dang.

About Me

Hyper*Quirky*Funny*Smart*Interesting*Bruised and Scabbed *Sport Climber*Disenchanted*Runner*Dog Lover*Coffee Addict*Shy*Sincere*Sarcastic*Sensitive*Boulderer*Ex-Boater, but only bc of climbing*Bat-shit crazy*Compassionate*Misunderstood*Woo!

My Interests

climb both sport and trad (not very well, but I try) although, I am getting better! Yay me, travelling to climb: going to the Red a bunch and TN, WV, NC, GA paddle singing, trail running, urban runs w/Dawn, coffee from Nancy's and Java, live music, sesame soybean from zen garden, blueberries, insects, computers, Bush bashing, yoga, pilates, meditation, chanting, scabs, almond butter, mountains, making fancy dinners, eating at Ramsi's with a group of climbers, drinking with friends, watching movies,and my crazy dog Logan, and Alby and Charlie, his crazy feline friends. chocolate. lots.of.chocolate...and Runts.My dog Logan steals most of them, but I get the pink ones. He knows better.

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet any number of people that are amusing, or can teach me something, or laugh at my jokes. Running, climbing, and hanging - out- in Louisville buddies are always appreciated as well. Does anyone know Oprah? I'd love to meet her, too.

Music:

Iron & Wine, Belle and Sebastian, Nick Drake, Crooked Fingers, D Plan, The Weakerthans, Constantines, Mountain Goats, Grandaddy, Freakwater, Modest Mouse, Franz Ferdinand, Built to Spill, Devendra Bernhardt, Decahedron, Sarge, Braid, Samiam, Knapsack, Rachels, Elliott, Superchunk, Neutral Milk Hotel, Joni Mitchell, Keller Williams, Be Good Tanyas, Meat Purveyors, Moody Blues, Simon and Garfunkel, Sigur Ros, Ida, Death Cab for Cutie, Sonic Youth, Radiohead, Sebadoh, Metroschifter, BTGOG, Avail, Sunspring, Dungen, Arcade Fire, Will Oldham, The National, Calexico, The Stars, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Jack Johnson, Damian Rice, Martin Sexton, John Legend, Bright Eyes, Citizen Cope, Matis Yahu, etc. Oh my God, there are so many more that I could add, but is anyone even reading this? I like way more than this.... there is so much good music to be listened to, it is just wacky!

Movies:

Dark Crystal, Waiting for Guffman, Pump up the Volume, A River Runs Through It, Last of the Mohicans, Trainspotting, Fifth Element, Big Lebowski, Cold Mountain, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Little Miss Sunshine, The Squid and Whale, Princess Bride, etc

Television:

Oprah Survivor Fox News (just kidding) Whatever: only watch it at the gym, Project Runway, LOST

Books:

Midnight's Children, Mill on the Floss, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Love in the Time of Cholera, Cat's Eye, Prodigal Summer, The Red Tent, The Coal Tattoo, Bingo Palace, Beet Queen, Performance Rock Climbing, any of Millay's poetry..

Heroes:

E. O. Wilson, Jane Goodall, Oprah Winfrey, Diane Fossey, Charles Darwin, Jimmy Rogers, that girl in high school who dumped a bowl of chili on the assistant principal's head, Dora the Explorer, all the women at the Red who crank, my Mom, my students.... I have a lot of heroes.

My Blog

Cody

I have been in Cody for almost a week now, visiting friends and what-not, and it has been great!  I mean, it is cold here, but whatever, I will survive.  I hope.   IN Montana, wher...
Posted by Dana on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:03:00 PST

more bellyaching

I haven't even been back in Louisville for 24 hours and I am already freaking out trying to figure out how to get money really fast so my soul doesn't get sucked out too much while I am stuck in this ...
Posted by Dana on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:54:00 PST

brrr

The weather is going to make a turn for the worse, at least for a week or so, but it signals another change for me.... I will leave work at True North and the Red and head back to Louisville to work f...
Posted by Dana on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:16:00 PST

Moving Again

So I am moving again, this time I will be going to Bozeman, MT.  Hopefully I will stay out west longer this time, but who knows........  I don't think I will be leaving until around the end ...
Posted by Dana on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:28:00 PST

Roctrip is over and I moved again

I'll be in the Red all season, yea!  So I was only in the ville for a couple of days, but who could stand to be in a city right now?  It has been fun climbing all the time, but I have t...
Posted by Dana on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:56:00 PST

Friday!

Yai, I get to see Tania and Josie and Wes today!  I have been back in the ville for three whole days now and I have sweat more than I did the entire time I was out west.  Wow, but my hair su...
Posted by Dana on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:40:00 PST

Fuck

Why is it so fucking hot still in Kentucky?  Dear God!  Where the hell is this killer fall that I am so looking forward to?  And my car freaked out last night in Kansas and will probabl...
Posted by Dana on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:01:00 PST

Chuffing in Colorado = annoying

Clear Creek Canyon still sucks for route climbing, by the way.  I gave it another shot, got owned on routes while I listened to trucks, cars, police, ambulances blaze by me all day, and watched s...
Posted by Dana on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:59:00 PST

Bye

Today I head to Lander to climb at Sinks Canyon for a couple of days.  That should be cool.  I can't move fast enough today though.... I feel like my feet are made of lead, and I don't have ...
Posted by Dana on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:23:00 PST

Gonna get better?

I have been saying goodbyes and they really SUCK.  Will time make things easier for me or harder? Do you think I will forget, or make myself forget the relationships I have developed over the las...
Posted by Dana on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:37:00 PST