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About Me

Born and raised in Sacramento, California (Rancho Cordova, followed by Cameron Park). Had some GREAT times at UC Santa Barbara and met a bunch of people from all over the world who I hold as dear friends. Moved to Washington, DC with the intention to help the world out and make my way in it. Worked for a Japanese Foundation for two years, focused on US-East Asia relations. During that time, Simon the British lad that I met at UCSB in 1999 became my hubby (Married on May 1, 2004) and we're having an absolute blast together, hiking, traveling, and trying to take advantage of our time here in DC. Since July 2005 I've been working at The National Geographic Society in their grant-giving division. There are always awesome scientific, conservation and adventure-oriented projects coming through here and being featured in the magazines and on TV. I am even in the minority of those at the Society that actually get to travel a bit (Honduras in '05, Egypt in '07, and Vietnam & Cambodia coming up in '08). I'm singing in a German-American chorus in DC (founded in 1851) and have lots of solo opportunities, which is lovely. Playing volleyball and softball when I can, and generally life is pretty good! Simon and I are itching for the west coast again...WE MISS CALI TOO MUCH!!! Everytime I hear a great song on the radio on a beautiful 70-80 degree sunny day with a breeze (which doesn't happen all that often here), I dream of the times I went out with friends in the convertible along the 101 or PCH, and long for it all over again!! If people want to visit D.C. contact us!
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My Interests

www.Worldsurface.com, Music, singing, volleyball, dancing, world travel, photography, event planning, camping, international people/relationships, singing, crafty shiznit, singing, leeetle bit of politics, Japanese language, matchmaking (what can I say, I have a gift), spontaneous road trips, singing, cooking without a cookbook, reading.....did I mention singing??

I'd like to meet:

Intelligent, creative, open-minded, well-traveled friends - or those who at least want to travel through education and learning about other cultures in other ways. People with a level head on their shoulders and a positive attitude...negativity sucks.People with common sense and awareness of their surroundings. Maybe I'm anal, but I just think life could be so much simpler if people took a second to "see" what's around them, what's going on, and realize some rules are made because of a natural way of things, like yin and yang, and the golden rule, perhaps. These are the people I want to meet. It's like humans have lost their sense of place in the wide world. Open your eyes, people! Speak compassion and peace, but only after you have figured out where your head is (currently in your bum, perhaps?).

Music:

My friend Jackie Greene (check him out at www.jackie-greene.com)!!! Asha Corpus, Cold Play, Dave, John Mayer, Dirty Vegas, Sarah McLaughlin, Tori Amos, 311, Christina, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey in the 80's, Alicia Keyes, Norah Jones, Switchfoot, Incubus, U2, The Cure, Duran Duran, Radiohead, Sheryl Crow, Beatles, Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Oakenfold, Sasha, Santana, DJ Tiesto, Sting, k.d. Lang, Seal, Enya, J. Horner (composer of some bomb-ass beautiful soundtracks like Legends of the Fall, Titanic, Willow, Glory, and loads more), Susan Tedeschi, Pete Yorn, Tears for Fears, Mary J. Blige, Musiq, Stereophonics, Depeche Mode, Red Hot Chillipeppers, Massive Attack, Fat Boy Slim, Gnarles Barkley, Chemical Brothers, MuteMath, RainMarket, Frou Frou, Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr., Emancipator, Keene, Lior, and more - just check out my top once in a while!

Movies:

Some all-time favorites: 50 First Dates, The Very Thought of You, Love Actually, Finding Nemo, Pay It Forward, Willow, Legends of the Fall, Cold Mountain, Bend It Like Beckham, Snatch, The Haunting (the original), Bill and Ted's, Ice Age, Wayne's World, Billy Elliot, Dances With Wolves, Amelie, Shrek, What Dreams May Come, Return to Me, March of the Penguins, The Holiday, Spanglish.

Television:

Heroes (Hiro is a cutie!), Brothers and Sisters, Little Britain, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, BBC Online News, Weather Channel, Travel Channel, Law and Order, Ugly Betty, and absolutely NO Reality TV.

Books:

DaVinci Code, Harry Potter (EVERYONE should read them! We all need to get in touch with the magical wizards inside of us!), Celestine Prophecy series, Tuesdays with Morrie, Leadership is an Art.

Heroes:

Grandma Pat, Mom, Dad, Geoff, Simon, my Mother-in-Law Lesley.

My Blog

Funny Phrases from International Friends

Hi All, So, this weekend I've been taking care of going through a bunch of old shit....but good shit. These are from my address book just before we all said goodbye to each other and UC Santa Ba...
Posted by Danielle on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:46:00 PST