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Dan the Man

The worst lies are told in silence

About Me

I guess first thing's first, my name is Dan and I live in Hillside. I graduated from Seton Hall and those were some of the best years of my life. Now its the working world for me. I work seven days a week but still find the time to go out just about every night. I like to keep myself busy and hang out with my friends as much possible. I am a part Peruvian, Irish, and Swedish. I actually get taken for being Italian since I talk with my hands a lot and I guess for my skin color. I speak Spanish fluently. Sports are a bigger part of my life than maybe they should be but I am very passionate about baseball especially. I am a diehard Met fan. Other sports teams I like are the Giants, Knicks, and Michigan Wolverines for college football. My favorite beverage is beer and that is another passion of mine. My two favorite beers are Aventinus and Whirlwind. As far as music is concerned, I am all over the place. I can listen to anything from Life of Agony to Wu-tang Clan to Dashboard Confessional. Everyone says that I am very easy to talk to. People often come to me with advice. I'm a good conversationalist and I have a lot of useless knowledge that I tend to drop everywhere. I greatly enjoy conversations about life, sports, or politics. My strongest quality is probably that I am transparent. I don't pretend to be who I am not. I never disguise who I am and I am overly honest. Although I consider this my best quality, many people might not agree. I don't really fit into any "type" like most people do. It seems most people lack individualism and wind up becoming carbon copies of each other but it's the differences that make us human, make us special. I am pretty sensitive and wear my heart on my sleeve. What most people love about me the most is my sense of humor and quick wit.
Poison the Well - Botchla
you are: the spin kick! You are dangerous when done
in a small space, people are scared crapless of
you!
Which moshpit move are you?
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My Interests

I like going to shows whenever I can but I don't go as often as I used to. I miss the days of being an WSOU DJ and going to shows for free every weekend. I go to bars a lot and I am big sports fan. I'm a huge fan of the NY Mets. In 2005, I went to over a dozen games and plan to go to as many games as I can every year. I am also a fan of NY Giants, NY Knicks, and for college football, the Michigan Wolverines. Besides music and sports, I like to just chill with my friends. My close friends are like my family. I often enjoy the simple things in life like going to bars, relaxing and drinking a few beers. I have become a really big fan of beer. My three favorite types of beer are hefeweizens, Belgian witbiers and dopplebocks. Some of my favorite beers are Aventinus, Schneider-Weisse, Celebrator, Konig Ludwig, Victory Whirlwind, Ramstein Blonde, Ramstein Winter Wheat, Franziskaner, Spaten Octoberfest, Blue Moon(yes, I realize that its made by Coors but its a highly refreshing brew), etc. Card games are great too, my three favorite - spades, hold'em, and palace. Other than that, I like to play video games every now and then. Once it gets warmer in the year, I have BBQ's at my house. I am always up for new things and love spontaneous decisions. Roadtrips with friends can be extremely enjoyable and I look forward to more in the upcoming future. I enjoy travelling a great deal and have been to a number of places outside the country such as: China, Thailand, Iceland, Russia, Costa Rice, Peru, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and of course Canada.

I'd like to meet:

The main reason I love Myspace is because I can keep in touch with old friends but I am always up for meeting new people. I guess I'd like to meet people with my same interests but I also wouldn't mind meeting someone who is my complete opposite. I'd like to meet someone who I can talk to about everything and anything, who isn't afraid to speak their mind and won't hold back anything. I'd like to meet someone fun, someone who is decisive and someone a little bit crazy. The one thing I do ask though is that people are straight up with me, I don't like being lied to and I believe that honesty is the most important thing in any relationship whether it be friendship, family, or romance. I don't like when people pretend to be your friend and then do things that they know will upset you behind your back. Also, keep in my mind that as petty as it may seem, I will delete you as a friend if you disrespect me. If you want to be my Myspace friend, you should act like a real friend. I am not asking for you to call me or even hang out with me ever, but don't do anything that you know will aggravate or piss me off. There are many people in this world who just look out for themselves and don't take the feelings and emotions of others into consideration. I have unfortunately already had to delete "friends" from here who have done things that they knew fully would upset me and I feel no remorse for doing so. The truth is that most people in this world are not worth knowing, its finding those that are that makes life rewarding. I am always open to meeting new people so feel free to message me.
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Music:

I'm into everything really. My favorite band is Life of Agony and I like a lot of metal and hardcore but I also like punk, emo, alternative, some rap, and some older stuff. Other bands I like a lot are H2O, Grade, Poison the Well, Hatebreed, older Korn, Dashboard Confessional, Thrice, Green Day, 311, Keepsake, Taking Back Sunday, Finch, Glassjaw, Hopesfall, Local H, Nirvana, Iron Maiden, Pantera, Slayer, Dog Eat Dog, Downset, Frank Sinatra, the Movielife, the Bouncing Souls, Wu-tang Clan, E-town Concrete, Thursday, Senses Fail, A Static Lullaby, My Chemical Romance, the Postal Service, the Ataris, Refused, Fear Factory, Weezer, AFI, Six Feet Under, Incubus, Fury of Five, Guns N Roses, Soundgarden, the Cure, the Pixies, 50 Cent, Gwar, Misfits, Clutch, Suicidal Tendencies, Pro-pain, Simon and Garfunkel, Among Thieves, Mindless Self Indulgence, Anthrax, VOD, Skee-Lo, At the Gates, Ramones, Yellowcard, Megadeth, Tool, Boys 2 Men, Stephen Lynch, At the Drive-In, Biohazard, Manowar, Bon Jovi, Rage Against the Machine, Ozzy, Faith No More, Alkaline Trio, Johnny Cash, Poison, Leftover Crack, Skid Row, etc.
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Movies:

Fav Movies: Dirty Work, Tommy Boy, the Dark Crystal, LOTR, Desperado, Cable Guy, Goonies, Black Sheep, Silence of the Lambs, Karate Kid, Predator, Terminator 2, Batman, Batman Returns, Lucas, Bloodsport, Napolean Dynamite, Rudy, Rocky I, II, III, IV, Falling Down, Red Dawn, Beavis and Butthead Do America, Beautiful Girls, Garden State, Castaway, American History X, Forrest Gump, Bad Santa, Not Another Teen Movie, the Exorcist, the Professional, etc. I can't get enough of old 80s movies like Karate Kid(which I mentioned before) or Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, all of those types of movies. I'll watch anything that Natalie Portman is in as well, she is my Hollywood crush.

Television:

Conan O'Brien, the Simpsons, Seinfeld, Family Guy, Smallville, Sportscenter(if that counts), Elimidate, All in the Family, Boiling Points, Cheaters, Thundercats, In Living Color, Get a life, Lost, Married with Children, Mr. Bogus, Ali G, Chappelle Show, Duck Tales, Mr. Show, Beavis and Butthead, Malcolm in the Middle, etc.

Books:

Lord of the Rings
the Little Prince

Heroes:

Henry Bekkering
Clay Dyer
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My Blog

Food/Past/Mets Talk/Politics

FoodYesterday after a long day of work, I went home and slept for half an hour before going to the Office in Cranford. The reason for going to the Office? No, not $2 Blue Moons, although that would ha...
Posted by Dan the Man on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:23:00 PST

Honesty/Church/Changes?/Mets

HonestyI don't even know where to start...I guess as a kid one thing that is universally taught to children is that honesty is the best policy. This indeed is true and there are few exceptions to this...
Posted by Dan the Man on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:06:00 PST

In Memory of Pat Morita

I have posted a review of the Karate Kid trilogy by my favorite writer (ESPN's Sports Guy - Bill Simmons). Its lengthy but you'll see why this guy is my favorite writer when you read it. By Bill Simmo...
Posted by Dan the Man on Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:55:00 PST

What X-men character are you?

You scored as Iceman. Iceman is a very powerful but volatile X-man. His ego and reluctance to follow orders means that he often clashes with Cyclops. Despite being immature sometimes, he's very po...
Posted by Dan the Man on Thu, 24 Nov 2005 01:27:00 PST

Dan the Man = Peter Parker?

For some reason, the picture wont come up like it did in my bulletin but here's the basic deal. I did the what superhero are you the most like and here are the results(if anyone knows how to correct t...
Posted by Dan the Man on Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:49:00 PST

Shaolin Shadowboxing/Yankees/Fifa 06

Monday night I went to Big Nose Kate's in Staten Island. It was a birthday shindig for Brian "Hard" Coursen. I still love that nickname, its one of the better nicknames I have ever come up with(along ...
Posted by Dan the Man on Wed, 12 Oct 2005 03:23:00 PST

Props Up Video/Chacon/Lost

So as most of you already know, I've been ridiculously busy the last few weeks(more than usual) as I worked on this little video project for Reggie. It was a great success even though I could definite...
Posted by Dan the Man on Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:30:00 PST

Pat Tillman

FAMILY DEMANDS THE TRUTH New inquiry may expose events that led to Pat Tillman's death Robert Collier, Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, September 25, 2005 -------- "Unlike Cindy Sheehan - who has prot...
Posted by Dan the Man on Sun, 25 Sep 2005 09:49:00 PST

Emotional Meet the Press interview/Chertoff

This is a transcript of an interview on Meet the Press with Jefferson Parish President. There is no way to describe how emotional this interview is. It's always tough seeing a grown man cry and its ho...
Posted by Dan the Man on Mon, 05 Sep 2005 08:25:00 PST

Cancelling My Myspace Page?

For better or worse, and I'd have to go with better, Myspace has been been a significant part of my life over the past months and I guess technically about a year. Its kind of been a place where I can...
Posted by Dan the Man on Sat, 03 Sep 2005 08:34:00 PST