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Dano Banano

Girls like swarms of lizards right?

About Me

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How does one write an about me section? this is a question mankind has wrestled with since the dawn of time. I will give it my best shot.
One of the biggest defining parts of my life has been my weight loss. In highschool I weighed 250 pounds.. even for a 6 foot tall guy that was a lot of fat to be carting around. Every day I felt like crap and my confidence was in the hole. After some major changes in my life I knew I had to really get on it. The only person I could rely on 100% to make me happy was me. Now I am a sleek 169 pounds with 11% body fat and have gone from a 42 inch waist to a 30, a extra large shirt to a medium. I still have chubby cheeks which I am somewhat certain will never leave me but I am strong, healthy and feel much much better. I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't do drugs, I am careful with what I eat and I go to the gym many times a week. I am giving my body the respect it has always deserved, and putting the past that I never wanted behind me. I have grown a lot emotionally too, I am stronger and better than ever before. I still have my weaknesses but I strive everyday to overcome them.
I love to watch movies, my collection is so huge..which explains why I have no money from my first job. I love the outdoors (when it is warm anyways) biking is my passion, when the weather is right I am gone for hours exploring everything and everywhere my pedals take me. I watch perhaps too much tv and spend too much time on my laptop (which is a weird plastic third arm basically). Generally just hanging out with my friends and being a nerd is on the menu too, I won't tell you about my 19th level orc barbarian if you don't ask (and I recommend you don't haha).
I am a graduate of Sheridan College's advertising program, I looked for jobs that interested me, didn't find any, so I am planning on going back to school september 2007 (not sure where or what yet).
I am currently a night stock zombie at zellers.. little pay, little sleep, weird co-workers.. it builds character and pays the bills though. As a result I am on wonky hours. I usually work until 6 or 7 am and sleep until 2 or 3 pm. Then I repeat the cycle. I will relish the day I quit for a better job, one day I will see sunlight again, oh yes.
Everything happens for a reason, I truly believe that. Everything good or bad has shaped me into who I am today. I am a huge believer in fate and karma and I try to be the best person I can be. I am a vegetarian and I have been one since I was 16. I am not militant about it though. You don't force your meat on me, I won't force my tofu on you. I am a bit of a neat freak and cleaning sometimes is a form of meditation for me. I value punctuality and hardwork.
In the future I want to dedicate my life to helping people. I would love to work for a non profit agency or something of the ilk. I love animals and nature a lot and would be immensely happy to spend my life working to protect and preserve them. I hope to find someone perfect for me oneday and travel the world (I know everyone says that but it is true).
It might seem like I am kinda an overly serious person and there is that element to me. This is balanced though by a huge goofball who loves to watch cartoons, be silly with his friends and still to this day eyes the toy section in stores with childlike joy. If you would like to know a little more about who I am check this out my myers briggs personality it is some seriously interesting stuff and I recommend you take the test to figure out what type you are if you have the chance.
If you would like to be friends feel free to add me, if you aren't a complete whacko I will add you back :)

My Interests

Biking, exercise, acting, movies, dungeons and dragons (yup big nerd), art, charity, spirituality, hanging with my best buddies, Theatre, video games, vegetarianism, reading, deep thought, sleep (when I can get it), self discovery, being a health nut, animals and nature

I'd like to meet:

That hot homeless chick who may or may not be mandy moore (and I want to meet you if you get that reference)

Music:

Beck (my all time favourite!), System of a down, Muse, Moby, Asheru, Keren Ann, anything classical, Gnarls Barkley, Nick Cave, gorillaz, the pixies, Portishead, Tenacious D, They might be giants, weezer, cake, The flaming lips, Tool, Tricky, The stranglers, lou reed, wax mannequin, some other stuff too my tastes are varied and wide.

Movies:

Snatch, Amelie, army of darkness, Super Troopers (gotta love the broken lizard), Office Space, The Party, Marx Brothers, Star Wars, mystery science theatre 3000, Zoolander, akira, princess mononoke, spirited away, Everything by Kevin Smith, l.a confidential, Old school, wizards, Anything Muppets, Anything Pixar, Lord of the rings (orcs yay!), dawn of the dead (remake) 28 days later,shaun of the dead, spiderman 1&2, sin city, kill bill, antz, james bond (with connery), shaolin soccer, kung fu movies with the flying and the magic, I love zombie movies.. but for the survival not the gore, so many more can't list them all my movie collection is becoming morbidly obese

Television:

Lost, futurama (can't wait until 2008!), Lexx, stella, cowboy bebop, clone high, Simpsons, firefly, corner gas, the boondocks, Buffy the vampire slayer, father ted, brit coms, Home movies, battlestar galactica, adult swim, House, corner gas, trailer park boys, babylon 5, some star trek (can't stand the original or ds9), Oz, survivor (might be the only one who watches it anymore), seinfeld, friends, basically any cartoon, dead like me, south park, monty pythons flying circus, daily show, Arthur (that aardvark taught me so much and asked so little)

Books:

watership down is my favourite book, anything by terry pratchett, robin hobb, david eddings, Jasper Fforde, Rex Stout. The fionvar tapestry, the chronicles of thomas covenant the unbeliever, the master and margarita, Sherlock Holmes, Zen Flesh Zen Bones, Tao Te Ching, dr.seuss, wheres waldo?, good omens, hitch hikers guide to the galaxy, I love fantasy, humour and detective novels.

Heroes:

My friends for always sticking by me when I was weak and helping me to become who I am today, My family for always loving me, anyone who gives of themselves to help someone else or improve the world..even if it is in a small way, Will Ferrell for showing us all that lumpy awkward guys can be awesome. Finally Bruce Campbell for keeping us safe from those pesky deadites.

My Blog

My christmas story, incredibly long with tons of pictures

Well christmas was very busy and very nice minus a surprise that required me to SAVE CHRISTMAS. I was totally thinking the other day that I would like to save christmas one year, even if it was just f...
Posted by Dano Banano on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:21:00 PST

Slither: a night of tofu and space zombies

Slither was incredibly enjoyable. I like everything with Nathan Fillion in it. Firefly,Buffy,Serenity and even his brief appearance on lost. I have noticed though he always plays sorta a "good o...
Posted by Dano Banano on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:27:00 PST

I'm Shazam the rapping genie...

Ok I lied, I am getting sucked into this thingy just as much as any other online thing I do. I still honestly don't see the point because I don't really like pictures of myself and I have a journal I ...
Posted by Dano Banano on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:29:00 PST

electric yellow has me by the brain banana

First post, probably won't be a second. welcome to the madness.
Posted by Dano Banano on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:33:00 PST