Diane Davis

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About me

Gender Female
Occupation Social Worker
Location Oakland, CA, United States
Interests THINGS I ENJOY: -- Travel, fantasy football, The Oregon Ducks, camping, Indian/Mexican/Ethiopian food, good beer, the first 30 seconds of sitting in a hot car, flip flops, Christmas, walks with friends, kindness, carrot cake, tennis, living in a diverse community, reading, our down comforter, fresh flowers on the dining room table, pedicures, talking to strangers, humor, family lineage, pineapple and feta on salads, ear hussling, cuddling, blue skies, redwoods, debates, down time, nostalgia, stories of Janessa, hiking, naps..... THINGS I COULD DO WITHOUT: Mini golf, intolerance, loud popcorn eaters in movie theaters, bowling, George W, fireworks, car problems, cooking, overcast days, "isms", dying house plants, cold sores, correct spelling, uncomfortable shoes, coffee, student loans.
Favorite Movies Field of Dreams, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Momento, Good Will Hunting, Rent, Love and Basketball, Dodge Ball, Primal Fear, Garden State, Stranger Than Fiction, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Life of David Gale, Rear Window, Little Miss Sunshine, Dead Man Walking, Shawshank Redemption, Hoosiers, 50 First Dates, Fargo, Happy Endings, Dead Poets Society, A League of Their Own, The Station Agent, The Italian Job, 8 Mile, It's A Wonderful Life, Elf, The Karate Kid, A Beautiful Mind, The Departed, Foreign Films and Documentaries........... FAVORITE TELEVISION: Arrested Development, The Amazing Race, Friends, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Project Runway, The West Wing, The Office, The Daily Show, Inside the NFL
Favorite Music Foo Fighters, Indigo Girls, Green Day, REM, David Wilcox, Brandi Carlile, The Fray, Prince, Death Cab for Cutie, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Peter Gabriel, Nirvana, Keb Mo, Sade, Nickelback, Dido, Coldplay
Favorite Books Traveling Mercies (Anne Lamott), The Brothers K (James Duncan), Rain of Gold (Victor Villasenor), Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan), The Cloister Walk (Kathleen Norris), Animal Dreams and Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsoliver), A Small Rain and A Severed Wasp (Madeline L'Engle), Into Thin Air (Johnathan Krakauer), Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris), A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving), The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini), House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende), Roots (Alex Haley), The Seven Storey Mountain (Thomas Merton), East of Eden (John Steinbeck)

If your whole body were a hot air balloon, would you stop eating spicy food?

Ask Brian, he already thinks my body is a hot air balloon...