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Davida

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About Me

I daily get to twirl around in nirvana banging on drums and humming aauuoomm. . . I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

running at the beach, writing, reading, painting, knitting, singing, yoga, an insightful conversation, yummy ethnic vegetarian food, learning new things, drinking coffee, listening to npr, petting my cats. . .

I'd like to meet:

kindred spirits who make the world a better place.

Music:

absolutely. Recent puchases. . .Imogine Heap, Zap Mama, Mos Def, The Shins, Lilly Allen. . .

Movies:

whatever won't give me nightmares. . .An inconvenient truth, see it and get rid of your fking hummer.

Television:

sucks most of the time.

Books:

the DSM-IV-tr. . .(just kidding. . .) Animal Dreams, Time traveler's wife, million little pieces, I love Mary Oliver and her poem The Summer Day. . . "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"

Heroes:

My mom and dad. Wangari Maathai. My childhood piano teacher. Anyone who is able to write a book or sing a song or create a work of art that is inspiring. Anyone who loves or has passion and shares that with others.

My Blog

I saw dolphins today

and I wasn't at sea world. there were about 15-20 of them in the surf at PB. i feel so lucky when I realize that I can get in my car, drive 15 minutes, go for a run along the beach, and see dolphins....
Posted by Davida on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:59:00 PST

dead animal guilt

so like any good american with a credit card, on lonely nights, I occasionally embark on the age-old past-time of internet window shopping, and occasionally. . .buying. So this story begins about two ...
Posted by Davida on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:35:00 PST

my cat takes baths

It's not very often that I'm at home in the middle of the day and get to observe what my cats do when I'm not here. . .well they have very interesting lives as you might expect: sleeping, eating, slee...
Posted by Davida on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:40:00 PST

life's a funny thing

Happy Eostre Everyone=) so, I was in a newspaper a few weeks ago! How crazy is life? one week you're in a Hawaiian newspaper, the next week you wonder if you're gonna lose your job, the next week you...
Posted by Davida on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:41:00 PST

I hate American Idol

I hate American Idol. There I said it. I really do. Nothing personal to all you all who watch and love this show, but it rubs on my heart like a cheese grater on a tofu dog.And you might fight me on ...
Posted by Davida on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:46:00 PST

Happy New Year!

What a year this has been. Lots of triumphs and a lot more to work on in order to become the person who I want to be. I tried to look at my world from the tops of several different buildings and found...
Posted by Davida on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:50:00 PST

home

I am home again and it is shocking to go to a grocery store and fill my car with gas. After five weeks in war torn, underdeveloped Uganda, I spent one week in overdeveloped England and Scotland, then ...
Posted by Davida on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:15:00 PST

African Skies, week 4

Hello everyone! here's the latest update if you've got a few minutes to read it. . .only another week to go!   I am living a half life here. in that I mean that I am living here so short term ...
Posted by Davida on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:03:00 PST

Muddy Shoes, week 3

icumaber, good morning!   today the clouds seem larger than any I've ever seen before. We have capsized on the rainy season and are learning to navigate through mud streams and quicksand. When...
Posted by Davida on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:05:00 PST

africa week 2

Hello loves, Africa is, well Africa. We are in constant red dust, the  electricity and water supply is sketchy, we ride around on the backs of bikes and motorcyles, in a skirt, there are monkeys...
Posted by Davida on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 01:55:00 PST