About Me

www.josevaldez.net I want to travel the world.I wish I could fly. (Really, really badly!) I don't mean in a plane, people! I want to go on an African Safari, and I'd love to go in Fiji and stay in a hut right in the water.I'm a mommy to Chloe ...and to Stymie and Maia ...I like bags. And jewelry.
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Music... movies... scubadiving...dancing...learning about myself...learning about the nature of life... reading... fashion...trying my best to be present in my life, kind to myself and others, and to be the person I want to be...

I'd like to meet:

Sempiternity.

Music:

Disclaimer: It doesn't have to make sense!Tori Amos, Bjork, Bob Marley, David Bowie, Deee-Lite, Depeche Mode, Fischerspooner, Madonna, Moonbootica, Nick Cave, Scissor Sisters, Telepopmusik, Autechre, Beth Orton, The Cure, Gus Gus, Everything But the Girl, The Flaming Lips, Freaky Chakra, Grooverider, Kraftwerk, The Orb, Peter Tosh, Prince, The White Stripes, Amorphous Androgynous, Erykah Badu, Mary J. Blige, The Chemical Brothers, Cocteau Twins, Darwin Chamber, Dead Can Dance, Delerium, DJ DB, Z-trip, FSOL, Goldie, Groove Armada, Hardkiss, Lauryn Hill, Icey, Sarah McLachlan, Moby, Massive Attack, Nina Simone, Outkast, Plastikman, Omni Trio, Pink Floyd, The Roots, Rabbit in The Moon, Danny Tenaglia, Buju Banton, Tricky, This Mortal Coil, Uberzone, Violent Femmes, The Velvet Underground, Lots of DJ's....and more, but I don't have time to type it all out.

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Frida, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Requiem for a Dream, Secretary, What Dreams May Come, The Exorcist, Freeway, Pecker, Fight Club (lovely to look at), Antonia's Line, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (the Tim Burton version), The Matrix, Big Fish, What the Bleep Do We Know...etc...

Television:

TV eats your brain.Sucks it out of your head, right through your eyes.

Books:

Elmo's Jumpin' Jukebox (And what!? I've got a toddler at home...), anything by Anne Rice...The Lovely Bones...Memoirs of a Geisha...Anything by Stephen King...The Celestine Prophecy...The Tibetan Book of the Dead...The Power of Now, etc... Someday I'll have time to sit down and type them all out (like when my daughter's 18 and leaves home)...

My Blog

Blog Games

Leave your name...1. I'll respond with something random about you.2. I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.3. I'll pick a flavor of jello to wrestle you in.4. I'll say something that only ma...
Posted by Danielle on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:31:00 PST

Participation

Have you ever seen night going? Very few people even become aware of things which are happening every day. Have you ever seen the evening coming? The midnight and its song? The sunrise and its bea...
Posted by Danielle on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 08:52:00 PST

Just a goof (not a blog!)...

Just a goof, I posted this mainly cos I wanted to save it somewhere... Advanced Global Personality Test Results Extraversion |||||||||||||||||| 73% Stability |||||||||||||| 60% Orderlin...
Posted by Danielle on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 02:54:00 PST

Desiderata

Thank you, Rosa, for introducing me to this. Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,And remember what peace there may be in silence.As far as possible, without surrender,Be on good ...
Posted by Danielle on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 06:30:00 PST

The String Theory

"In string theory, physicists tell us that the subatomic particles that make up our universe are created within ten spatial dimensions (plus an eleventh dimension of "time") by the vibrations of exqui...
Posted by Danielle on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:35:00 PST

How to Create World Peace

When I was at work today, I was sitting in the staff room and I happened to glance over and see an article that someone had ripped out and left on the table. I decided to copy it and bring it ho...
Posted by Danielle on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:12:00 PST

Our Minds are not the Observer

This is a comment I posted on Enrique's last blog, i am not my feelings. As I reread it before clicking post, I decided it deserved a spot in my blog. Getting caught up in our e...
Posted by Danielle on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 08:04:00 PST

Emotions and the Dualistic Mind

Emotions and the Dualistic Mind Love, joy, and peace are deep states of being, or rather three aspects of the state of inner connectedness with Being. As such, they have no opposite. ...
Posted by Danielle on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 05:42:00 PST

Tonglen

Tonglen The news of the world, with all its dissension and strife, causes many of us to feel helpless. We turn away from what's happening both down the block and around the globe. I...
Posted by Danielle on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 06:20:00 PST

Comparison

Comparison Who ever told you that the bamboo is more beautiful than the oak, or the oak more valuable than the bamboo? Do you think the oak wishes it had a hollow trunk like this bamboo...
Posted by Danielle on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:49:00 PST