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About Me

Apparently, I'm missing the filter that tells me what is appropriate to say in a given situation. That has led to many an entertaining experience as well as much embarrassment, back peddling and damage control over the years, but most people say it's also one of my most endearing qualities. You never wonder where you stand with me!
If you're the type that never says out loud what you're really thinking, hang out with me and I'll probably say it for you. *I can't believe you just said that out loud* is a common reaction.
In addition to being opinionated and outspoken, I'm also generous, compassionate, introspective and loyal.
I thank my lucky stars every day that I've been able to live in San Francisco as comfortably as I have for these past dozen years, surrounded by a circle of friends that is ever changing and more important to me than anything I could ever own or acquire.

If you'd like to know more about who I am and what I'm into, read the rectangles to the left and you'll see. :)This will also enlighten:
My score on The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test :

Pure Nerd
(78 % Nerd, 47% Geek, 8% Dork)

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For The Record:A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd.The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer. Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful.Congratulations!Also, you might want to check out some of my other tests if you're interested in any of the following:Buffy the Vampire SlayerProfessional WrestlingLove & SexualityAmerica/PoliticsThanks Again! -- THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST

Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test

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My Interests

Outside stuff (Travel, Rollerblading, snowboarding, Frisbee, hiking, camping) ..
Inside stuff (Movies--theatre or DVD, dancing, card & board games, barhopping)
Head stuff (reading, listening to music, learning, sewing, making stuff)
Heart stuff (Keeping in touch with friends and family)
Oh--and did I mention Muscle cars? Yeah. Muscle cars. Call me white trash, I don't care. Gotta love a '69 GTO baby!

I'd like to meet:

Though I am a friendly lass, I will not add strangers as friends nor will I add bands I don't know. All the friends in my space are actual people I know as are the bands. If we've met, however, bring it on! :)

Music:

70's and 80's, pretty much across the board. I like everything from 1 hit wonders, to completely overplayed songs.
I actually own Freedom Rock on Vinyl (plus a shitload of other records), and have a collection of 80's tunes that I've amassed in my world travels (the best being an 8cd set from Milan). If it's ever been considered *alternative*, I'll probably like it. Turn me on to something new!

Movies:

I love them!
Big horror movie fan, but also love the tearjerkers.
Not big on Hollywood--too much gratuitous stuff flying through the air.
Rarely do I dislike a movie in an independant theatre unless it's too self-aggrandizing. The more twisted, the better--ever seen Happiness?
I sometimes do go see big Hollywood blockbusters, though, just so I have something to complain about.
So you want titles? Ok!
Princess Bride, Office Space, Starship Troopers, Can't Hardly Wait, Kingpin, Parenthood, Hair, Logan's Run, Fight Club, Big Kahuna, Gilbert Grape, The Shining, World according to Garp, Blair Witch, Close Encounters, The Jerk, One flew over the cuckoos nest, The Changeling, Breakfast Club, Bless the Beasts and Children, Super Troopers, Night of the Living Dead, Some Kind of Wonderful, Audrey Rose and YES! There are many more.

Television:

Buffy, 6Ft Under, freakish makeover shows (my guilty pleasure in a rubbernecking kind of way), most things on TLC, Discovery, Travel Channel.
Watch TV mostly for the movies though there are a few series that have risen above the status quo of SHIT Hollywood produces.

Books:

Anything and everything.I read about a book a week, so my list is never ending. A few I loved: I know this much is true, A million little pieces, Memoirs of a Geisha, Running with Scissors, Under the Banner of Heaven. PLEASE feel free to recommend your favorite book or author to me--I like fiction (especially horror) but will truely read anything. Nary a day goes by without me spending some time with my nose in a book. Both my parents were librarians, so I never had a chance. :)

Heroes:

My friends. I really mean that.
I have been fortunate to have and keep some pretty amazing people in my life who have taught me more than I knew I needed to learn.
Each day with them is a joy and I hope that my big mouth doesn't someday drive them away.
I guess by now they're used to my *honesty*.

My Blog

Disillusioned and claustrophobic. Original date written 4/4/04

I tend to be adventurous which is what got me to Egypt in the first place. My cousin, an exotic tour guide, was able to get us special access to a crypt at the base of one of the 3 great pyramids at G...
Posted by Danae on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:11:00 PST

Dom Day Afternoon

This incident happened about a decade ago and when it did, it was so new and bizarre and potentially scandalous that I didn't mention it to many. I have avoided writing about it since then because my ...
Posted by Danae on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:17:00 PST

To remind myself...

AFTER A WHILE by Jennifer Shoffstall After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul and you learn that love doesn't mean leaning and company doesn't...
Posted by Danae on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:09:00 PST

Chasing the Dragon

My first year of Burning Man was 2001 and I was convinced to go by a guy I was dating. I had been hearing about BM for 5 years prior, from people at my office, friends, etc. and I had always made the ...
Posted by Danae on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:00:00 PST

Secrets of the Polygraph revealed

Ok. That's a lie. But I will share my polygraph experiences with you, should you ever need to pass one. Do the OPPOSITE of what I did, and you should be fine. So in the process of a...
Posted by Danae on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:53:00 PST

I just got back from 1408 and was genuinely scared...

but not because of the movie.Opening night. 8:20 showing. We get there at 8:05 and the theatre is already packed. We head up to the top, to the few seats available together, and notice a group of teen...
Posted by Danae on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:07:00 PST

My week of fortune

So in my previous blogs I might have mentioned that I consider myself an extremely lucky person. I'll give you an example of the kind of luck I have when I least expect it...Last Wed I drove down to L...
Posted by Danae on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:38:00 PST

How people get their nicknames

You know how there are people you see out all the time that you've never met, and yet sometimes need to refer to so you give them nicknames? Here is a story of the genesis of one such nickname. ...
Posted by Danae on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:41:00 PST

The night of inappropriate shoes

Friday night we went to Bay meadows race track for their *Friday's Alive* night--$1 beer, $1 hotdogs, $1 soda, live music (Tainted Love) and of course HORSE RACING! Now correct me if I'm wrong, but r...
Posted by Danae on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:49:00 PST

Homeland security

While watching TV a few nights back, I see a brown spot appear and disappear at the edge of my vision. The mice are back. This happens every year when it rains, and each year I'm confident that ...
Posted by Danae on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:54:00 PST