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Dana

Comfort is the Enemy of Achievement.

About Me

I thoroughly enjoy people, culture (expression of any sort), and nature/environmental[protection]. I live through independence and progression in hopes to live life to the fullest! Life is meant to be lived, not figured out! :)
"I have only three adversaries. The first two are distance and time, but with persistence I am able to overcome them. The third one is the most terrible: the fact that I am mortal."

My Interests

Waterfalls, being outside, art,music, anatomy
THE MIND.

Music:

For Now:
The Shins, Explosions in the Sky, The Beatles, and anything I can dance/sing along to!

Movies:

THE EMPERORS NEW GROOVE!

Requiem For A Dream
Fight Club
High Art

CLoser

Television:

Dexter, Weeds, Nip/Tuck

Books:

The Phantom Tollbooth, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Count of Monte Cristo, Why Won't God Go Away: The Biology of Belief

Heroes:

Jesus

My Blog

Places that I absolutely have to see before I die.

Salto de Eyipantla, Catemaco, Veracruz, MexicoCairo, EgyptBeijing, ChinaYangzte River, ChinaGalapagos, EcuadorMachu Picchu, PeruKyoto, JapanUluru, AustraliaBangkok, Thailand I want to go to these plac...
Posted by Dana on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:47:00 PST

Something to look forward to!

There is one single reason for living: reproducing.  Our ultimate goal as a species is to mate and continually progress our population with the most favorable traits to continue the cycle of repr...
Posted by Dana on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:07:00 PST

The Effects of a Fool-Proof Fortune-Teller: Genetics

As new advances in technology and science rapidly arise, America has never seen a more controversial era than that of today. Increasing progression in neuroscience and genetics is headed to what some...
Posted by Dana on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:12:00 PST

Conversation

(Conversation between friends) Read on if you have time, its quite long but it get realllllllll interesting...share your thoughts if you have the courage to read it all. heh"Mike Hermelin" (9:34:06 PM...
Posted by Dana on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:46:00 PST

Bliss?

"When our soul is gone - what will we miss?We lost what it takes to really make it feel."What is Bliss?Bliss; (noun) Extreme happiness; ecstasy. Everyone has a personal meaning of bliss, but of the te...
Posted by Dana on Fri, 26 May 2006 05:51:00 PST

Why can't I ever say no?

I can't. It's true. Someone asks me to do something, and I naturally agree to it whether I want to or not. I almost feel a natural obligation to other people and to make other people happy. It's like ...
Posted by Dana on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:38:00 PST

A possibly great new way to look at life.

First off. This is not my writing. It is the work of essayist Annie Dillard. I recently had to analyze this essay for a class and thought it was wonderful!! It really is an awesome read, so take a l...
Posted by Dana on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 07:01:00 PST