Marvellously Alive!

excited about life email from Dani at U. of Ill.

the ultimate Marvellously Alive entry, proudly, my niece

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If you read nothing else, read this. It captures Dani's zest for life in a way that only she can communicate

Dani cares, her last email to me from U of I

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email from Dani, 4 days before she suffered the cardiac arrest that led to her brain injury, 3/17/2004, 6:11 PM

uncle,

i have a friend i recently found out pukes up everything she eats. any advice on how to talk some sense into a crazy girl ... she is really sick i think both body and mind.

Dani quotes George Orwell

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email from Dani: Sun 6/17/2001 3:30 PM

"If liberty means anything at all, ...

before Ayn Rand there was Nietzsche

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email from Dani: Sun 6/17/2001 4:47 PM

my search for "God knows what" (perhaps it is truth, or reason, or knowledge) has lead me to Nietzsche.

must read Dani, "nice to have friends who believe in you"

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email from Dani, Fri 6/15/2001 7:33 PM

As i am partial to list that will be the format of
this correspondence. well here goes:

1. I love my ece class.

music as a natural high

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a peek inside one night's email conversation between two music lovers

beauty is in the eyes of the ... engineer ??

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Behind this brief message is Dani's pride in her association with U. of I. Though always confident of her competence, I think there were times, especially early on, when the prestige surrounding the place left her in awe.

research on derogatory words

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email from Dani, Sat 4/28/2001 1:52 PM

breeder- noun, a derogatory word used by homosexuals
to decribe heterosexuals, much like

all crackers must die!

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please note: This is NOT about racism or Dani's approval or disapproval of the given subject under protest. She may be accused of outspokenness, but certainly not bigotry. Using her very own sometimes irreverent style of humor, she's tweaking those whose passions only seem to be stirred during fair weather.

email from Dani, Fri 4/27/2001 3:35 PM

warm weather has arrived and you know what that means
for a college campus full of young people with high
ideals and of course a strong dislike for the cold,
Protests! and marches, teach-ins, sit-ins,
demonstrations, and the boy-cotting of a certain

Placido Domingo

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email from Dani, Sat 4/21/2001 12:44 AM

Wow... can this guy sing!

i have just discovered another voice i love.
i'm sure you discovered him long ago. he is probably
even more perfect than Judy Collins to play in your
barn at full volume.

he has a voice that just goes right through a person.
if you have never played Perhaps Love with John
Denver and Placido Domingo so loud that you can hear
nothing else,

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