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About Me

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I know the apathy of time. I travel. I have fallen in love with the motherland (that is, the land of my mother), Hawaii. I saw Led Zeppelin live in Nuremberg. I need to see the Northern Lights. I miss road tripping. Listening to the theme from Globe Trekker gets my heart racing. I love and miss my family and hope that they are all happy and healthy. I am so proud of my kids. I love to be in the ocean.

"Do something good" links:

Volunteer Hawaii

True Majority

Got Couch?

Volunteer Match

Offset your impact on Global Warming

Human Rights Campaign

Music For America (see shows for free!!)

The Humanist Society

Sierra Club

Set America Free

Natural Resources Defense Council

Millions Against Monsanto Campaign

Democracy Now

Volunteer.gov

My Interests

Traveling anywhere/everywhere, hanging out with my family and friends, taking pictures..lots of pictures, trekking, kayaking, camping, movies, gossip, TV (DVR), politics, reading, road trips with lot's of music, My Travelblog

I'd like to meet:

Nice, happy, realistic people.

Music:

Damien Rice, Sufjan Stevens, The Honorary Title, The Breakups, Dar Williams, Amos Lee, Casey Hurt, Rilo Kiley, The Postal Service, Jake Shimabkuro, Snow Patrol, Mae, The New Amsterdams, Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins, Blue October, Bright Eyes...mostly singer/songwriter stuff, but I like some indie rock too. And maybe a little 80's here and there, not too much though.

Movies:

Documentaries, Indie films, anything Tarantino, Swingers, Made, The Smartest Guys in the Room, Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Napoleon Dynamite, New York Doll

Be my Netflix friend

Television:

Too many...ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (only the best show ever), Project Runway, Top Chef, The Daily Show, Real Time, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Weeds, Dexter, Survivor, Amazing Race, Studio 60 AND guilty pleasures: Grey's Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, Lost, Desperate Housewives and Medium

Books:

"I read more maps than books."

Heroes:

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jack Kerouac, Teddy Roosevelt, Ansel Adams and John Muir.

My Blog

Surfs Up

I've been in Hawaii for almost 3 months now and I have absolutely fallen in love with the place. I moved into my tiny $1000 a month studio apartment a couple of days ago, and in spite of the cos...
Posted by Lani on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:06:00 PST

Oh No!!!

Cost of radiator fan repair...$178 Cost of mocha and laundry while waiting for repair..$12 Peace of mind that my car won't overheat during a Bison crossing traffic jam...priceless. Stuck in Custer, SD...
Posted by Lani on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:15:00 PST

Road Trip!!! (again)

On the road again!! So far: Johnson City, TN 7/7, The Outer Banks of North Carolina 7/8-7/11, Johnson City, TN 7/12, Mammoth Cave NP, KY 7/13, and St. Louis, MO 7/14 & 7/15 and Madison, WI 7...
Posted by Lani on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:33:00 PST

Nursing Home Saga

5/19/06 It is noon at the nursing home. The old people are beginning to gather in the lobby and the dining room awaiting the arrival of lunch. A big event here. I look around and won...
Posted by Lani on Sun, 21 May 2006 07:36:00 PST

Road trip postponed

In case anyone is not yet aware, I had to cut my mega road trip short. My mom had a stroke and I drove home from Nashville. I did get to visit my Aunt Mildred in Asheville, which turned ou...
Posted by Lani on Fri, 19 May 2006 10:51:00 PST

What year is this?

I am currently in Johnson City, Tennessee, sitting in Panera, trying to post blogs, upload pictures, check couchsurfing requests and catch up on email. I've been staying with an old friend ...
Posted by Lani on Mon, 01 May 2006 09:48:00 PST

On the road

Well, I did it I am on the road. This is the first time I have had wi-fi access since leaving home almost a week ago. I posted a blog at www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Lani/ with some det...
Posted by Lani on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 05:58:00 PST

I have the greatest friends

I have the greatest friends! Last night Jimmie and I went out to dinner with my friend Trish and her (our) friend John. Well, when we got to the restaurant, the owner asked us if we wanted...
Posted by Lani on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 06:33:00 PST

Ready, set.......

Well, I have been spending lots of time with my family (I got to meet my Uncle Frankie, visiting from San Diego. This is the first time I have ever met him. He is my mom's brother and he h...
Posted by Lani on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:32:00 PST

Free At Last!!

I am now officially unemployed for the first time in seven years. I am going to stay in Florida until April 24th. This will give me time see some sites here (Swamp walking in the Ever...
Posted by Lani on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 12:40:00 PST