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daneezie
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Gender: Female
Interests: watching sunsets, appreciating pretty weather, painting, laughing, playing volleyball, bike riding at the beach, trying new restaurants, perusing book stores, people watching, dancing, cracking the top of creme brulee, figuring out exactly how much sugar i like in my coffee, crunching dry leaves w/ my shoes
Expertise: burping on cue, always having room for dessert
Industry: Education/Research
Message: message me
Member Since:
12/24/2003
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| In the beginning, you start off easy, like entry level. You're just learning the ropes - your fingers are adjusting to the keys and the strumming. Initially, it feels foreign - hitting the notes and strumming and getting the timing right. Once you get that, you move on to medium. With time, it gets a little easier. Your fingers have adjusted to the keys and the strumming, and you're picking up patterns and chords. And then it gets fun. You know what to do. It's comfortable. You know what notes are coming up. You start memorizing the timing of "Say it Ain't So" (Weezer).
And then - you hit a threshold. What used to be fun and new is a little boring. The novelty has worn off. It's no longer a challenge. You want something new, but you're scared to move on to hard because you might fail. You like being in your comfort zone and getting all the notes right. But the only way you'll improve is to dive in and move forward.
And so you try it. And - it IS a lot harder. The orange button is really tricky. It's a challenge. You miss a lot of the notes. But after awhile, you get the hang of it. And it's fun! It's so much more rewarding when you do well. It feels good to be doing something new, and hard.
I started grad school, recently. I love my job but I was in kind of a rut. And I love UCI, but it is refreshing to experience a different school and to be part of a different culture. I like being back in school, and learning new and challenging ideas. It's hard to work and go to school, but it's so worth it.
So, if you're thinking about doing something new, but you're scared - do it! If I can, so can you. =)
"A ship in a port is safe, but that's not what ships are for." - Grace Murray Hopper
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| I've been waiting for you. For so long. I've had dreams about you. How we'd be perfect for each other. How we'd find each other at exactly the right time. When we're both ready. And now ... we're together. It's so true what they say - the moment you stop looking, you find what you'd been looking for.
You make me feel like ... a new woman. With you, I feel smarter, sexier - I feel like I have everything together. I'm so glad you're in my life ...
H&M cropped button up vest. 
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| I've heard this song a million times and I've
loved it every time. But tonight, at the John Legend
concert, this song really penetrated me. It's so true, that - we're just
ordinary people.
I'm a hopeless romantic at heart. I'm a sucker for movies like
the Notebook and Never Been Kissed and Love Actually. I relish in
happy endings. "Slow Jammies" is it's own playlist on my iPod, made up of
songs like "Let's Stay Together" (Al Green), "Angel of Mine" (Monica)
and "Stick Wit U" (Pussycat Dolls - a classic!).
But let's face it - that shit isn't real. I believe in love, but
... this portrayal of "love" that the media presents us - it isn't
real. As much as I adore Ally and Noah in the Notebook, they're
fucking up society's notion of love, mine included. I love the
scene where Ally's eating the ice cream cone and then smushes it in
Noah's face and then they make out. I love when she sprints to
him while he's at work and jumps into his arms and they (surprise!)
make out in front of everyone. If I don't have that 24/7, is
something wrong w/ me?
No. I've realized that love isn't always clouds parting and birds
chirping and making out and flirting all the time. And that's
okay. As John Legend so aptly sings, we're just ordinary
people. I'm gonna mess up. You're going to be annoyed with
me. I'm going to feel like I can't stand you and that maybe this
wasn't meant to be. We're going to argue and make mistakes.
Our relationship will feel like work. And then, it'll be absolutely wonderful. I'll believe you're the only one
for me. I'll be breathtakingly in love with you. And then
we'll find something to fight about.
And that's okay. Because at least it's real.
Let's just take it slow.
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The Namesake
By Tabu, Irfan Khan, Kal Penn, Zuleikha Robinson, Marcus Collins, Jessica Blank, Bobby Steggert, Allison Lee Ritter, B.C. Parekh, Benjamin Bauman, Gary Cowling, Sebastian Roch�, Daniel Gerroll, Sudipta Bhawmik, Rose Pasquale, Sibani Biswas, Dhruv Mookerji, Jo Yang, Payal Sethi, Maximiliano Hern�ndez
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| It's so hard to be apart. When you're not here, life is so
bleak, so limiting. I feel like I can't do anything. Without you, all
I want to do after work is crawl into bed. But when you're
around, the world is so much brighter. You make me want to do
more, to be better than I am. When you're here, you inspire me -
to go bike riding at the beach, go for a run,
paint the sunset, take pictures, hang out with friends
and frolick outside.
I'm counting down the days until our reunion on March 10th.. I can't wait for you to get here ...
Daylight Savings Time. 
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