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About Me

My name is Daniel Bell. Most people know me as Dann though. I'm a decent guy. I live for my friends, those who I love. I am currently living with my best friend, Brandon, his girlfriend and one of my best friends, Morgan, and another good friend of ours, Levi. We have a nice home smack dab in the middle of Coopersville, Michigan.
I graduated from Marcellus High School in 2006. From there, I decided to stay with my parents another 2 years and study at our local community college, Southwestern Michigan College. As of May, 2008, I've had my Associate's Degree in Accounting. I then transferred to Grand Valley State University to further my studies in Accounting and to double major also in Spanish. I love the Spanish language. Later, I may also study another language like Russian or German.
The things I want out of life are simple. I want to become a successful business man. I want to always be there for my friends. And most importantly, whether soon or later, I'd like to meet the woman that soon or later I can call my wife, settle down, and start a family. I'm not out currently looking for her, but if she happens to cross my path, then awesome. Right now my focus is to get through college and get into the work force!

My Interests

Golf, Football, Paintball, Hockey, Poker, Music, Friends, Spanish Language, Guitar Hero, Games, MMORPGs, Guitar, Relaxing, and Movies.

I'd like to meet:

The 49ers, or any Metal band so I can sit down with them and talk music!

Music:

Metal music. My favorite genres of music are melodic death metal, folk metal, progressive metal, and metalcore. And yes, I like nu metal. I pretty much love all metal except death metal and some black metal. I like my music to be heavy and melodic.

After Forever
All That Remains
Amon Amarth
Annihilator
Arch Enemy
Archeon
As I Lay Dying
At the Gates
Beastie Boys
Biohazard
Borknagar
Cadacross
Candlemass
Carcass
Children of Bodom
Chimaira
Coal Chamber
Dark Tranquillity
Dethklok
DevilDriver
Dimmu Borgir
Disturbed
DragonForce
Dream Theater
Eluveitie
Ensiferum
Epica
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Evanescence
Fear Factory
Finntroll
Five Finger Death Punch
Godsmack
Hatebreed
In Flames
Insane Clown Posse
Insomnium
Into Eternity
Kalmah
Kamelot
Katatonia
Killswitch Engage
Kittie
Korn
Korpiklaani
Lacuna Coil
Lamb of God
Leaves' Eyes
Limp Bizkit
Machine Head
MÃ¤go de Oz
Metallica
Molotov
Moonsorrow
Moonspell
Mors Principium Est
Mudvayne
Mushroomhead
Nightwish
Norther
Oh, Sleeper
Opeth
Pantera
Papa Roach
Powerman 5000
Profugus Mortis
Psychostick
Rage Against the Machine
Rammstein
Sanctity
Sepultura
Shadows Fall
Sinergy
Slayer
Slipknot
Soilwork
Sonata Arctica
Sonic Syndicate
Soundgarden
Static-X
Symphony X
System of a Down
Three Days Grace
Trivium
TrollfesT
Turisas
Wintersun
Within Temptation

Movies:

The Boondock Saints, Spanglish, The Butterfly Effect, The Fifth Element, and many others.

Television:

NFL, NFL Network, Scrubs, Family Guy, Stand Up Comedians on Comedy Central, and Spike TV.

Books:

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My Blog

Tag! You’re it!

Tag, you are it! Once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog with 10 weird, random things, facts, habits, or goals about your self. At the end, choose 10 people to be tagged, listi...
Posted by Dann, the Chosen Pessimist on Tue, 06 May 2008 10:00:00 PST

My Music (And a Website Hosted by Me!)

As most of you know, my music is metal. I love everything about it. Guitars are fast and very talented, the drums keep a nice fast beat. And as most of you don't like metal music, I ...
Posted by Dann, the Chosen Pessimist on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:00:00 PST

The Grand Conjuration by Opeth

Yeah, Yeah, I'm a few days late, but with college and football season both starting, I've been busy! But this week I bring you none other than the famous Extreme Progressive Metal band out of Sw...
Posted by Dann, the Chosen Pessimist on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:24:00 PST

The End of this Chapter by Sonata Arctica

Yet again, El Dann Mann will be slowing it down again with this weeks Song of the Week. Normally, Sonata Arctica has fast guitars with fast drums. Not really heavy or head banging music, b...
Posted by Dann, the Chosen Pessimist on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:52:00 PST

Eternal Wait by Ensiferum

Yet again comes the superb musical talents by Jari Mäenpää. If you remember, he is the single artist for the band Wintersun, which I did a review for in my fourth song. This time, Jari is ...
Posted by Dann, the Chosen Pessimist on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:31:00 PST

My Nation by Kalmah

I've decided to test a new type of metal this week. Kalmah is often disputed as to what genre they belong, but I would describe them as a mix between Power Metal and Melodic Death Metal with Har...
Posted by Dann, the Chosen Pessimist on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:06:00 PST

Descent by Fear Factory

Fear Factory, the American Industrial Metal band out of L.A. Brings back memories to me. This was the very first metal band I ever listened to. At this time, I didn't live anything b...
Posted by Dann, the Chosen Pessimist on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:02:00 PST

Evidence by Katatonia

This week I bring you none other than the more rock-like metal, Katatonia. The lyrics are soft and meaning filled. But this was not always the case. Early in Katatonia's years, lead ...
Posted by Dann, the Chosen Pessimist on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:33:00 PST

Six by All That Remains

Well, I can pretty much say this one is for Nate. As of late, Nate seems to have fallen in love with All That Remains, and I must say so myself, they are one hell of a band. This song that...
Posted by Dann, the Chosen Pessimist on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:08:00 PST

The Quiet Place by In Flames

As of a request by Kim, I shall do an In Flames song this week! In Flames, as most should know, is my favorite band in todo el mundo. Oh sorry for you non Spanish speakers, that means all ...
Posted by Dann, the Chosen Pessimist on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:40:00 PST