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danielle

born in a bottle rocket.

About Me

"you can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky." -paul auster

My Interests

long bike rides with good music, paris, dresses, traveling, languages, creativity, jigsaw puzzles, (taking)photos, the outdoors...

I'd like to meet:

arthur dent and ford prefect.
My Space Visitor Tracker at
..arthur dent and ford prefect.

Music:

neutral milk hotel, dan deacon, the extraordinaires, françois virot, the books, young marble giants, chopin and other classical.

Movies:

hayao miyazaki, wes anderson, anything with fred astaire (funny face!), truffaut, be kind rewind!

Television:

the office US, animal planet.

Books:

douglas adams. lord of the rings, harry potter, pride and prejudice, paul auster, extremely loud and incredibly close, night.

My Blog

A lesson on freshness

There are farmers markets and fruit and vegetable stands all over the place here in Holland.  Fruits are sometimes seasonal and even if they aren't, they are not always available like in the US.&...
Posted by danielle on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:05:00 PST

Imagine there's no country

I think I am obsessed with Notre-Dame.  I was looking through my photos of my various trips to Paris and quite a lot of them are of that cathedral.  But I defy anyone who sees this place not...
Posted by danielle on Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:02:00 PST

Barcelo-NO

So, here I am in Barcelona, writing a blog on myspace.  Why?  Because I'm completely uninterested in this city.  The only thing I'm enjoying is the nice weather which allows me to go to...
Posted by danielle on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:01:00 PST

Waterfilter Specialist

I know I haven't been keeping up with my blog lately, so here is a jam packed entry with everything I've been doing for the last month.  Although honestly, I can barely remember what I did last w...
Posted by danielle on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:22:00 PST

The best French slang Ive seen yet

Since I've started learning French I've heard some pretty funny/obscure slang or phrases, but today I came across one of the best slang words I've ever heard.  I use www.wordreference.com for all...
Posted by danielle on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:18:00 PST

Project Runway aka Project this season totally sucks.

Is there anyone else watching this season of Project Runway?  Do you concur that it's the worst season ever?  I didn't watch the first two seasons, but I watched the last three on youtube.co...
Posted by danielle on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:05:00 PST

Paris

I love Paris....
Posted by danielle on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:56:00 PST

Rhode Island, RI, Rhody...

Does anyone remember learning about RI?  I don't really, but I'm sure if I did, I wouldn't remember that it was a Dutch man named Adriaen Block who named RI "Roodt Eylandt" or that Block Island i...
Posted by danielle on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:37:00 PST

The Black Forest

The Black Forest in Germany is filled with folklore.  The story of Hansel and Gretel took place in the forest and there are believed to be werewolves, sorceres, witches and the devil in different...
Posted by danielle on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:58:00 PST

Nature

One thing I like about Holland is all the nature.  Depending on what parts you go to, it's very peaceful and quiet and beautiful.  A lot of the woods are man-made, as well as the hiking trai...
Posted by danielle on Sat, 31 May 2008 01:04:00 PST