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dan

SLP Punk!

About Me

I am a laid back gentleman who looks for humor in the mundanity of everyday life. I like rock 'n roll and reading, I thrive on physical activity and I'm excited to tear up the trails this summer on my new mountain bike!
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Dan
Birthday: 10/24/77
Birthplace: Eden Prairie
Current Location: St. Louis Park
Eye Color: blue
Hair Color: brown
Height: 6'1"
Right Handed or Left Handed: righty
Your Heritage: Norwegian, German, Yugoslavian
The Shoes You Wore Today: biking shoes
Your Weakness: music, a smile, dark chocolate
Your Fears: better run for cover!
Your Perfect Pizza: pepperoni, sausage and green pepper
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: keep my new house in order
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: n/a
Thoughts First Waking Up: wha... huh... coffee!!
Your Bedtime: 11pm
Your Most Missed Memory: I don't recall a few friday nights from college.
Pepsi or Coke: coke
McDonalds or Burger King: mickey d's
Single or Group Dates: single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: n/a
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: coffee, straight up
Do you Smoke: nope
Do you Swear: like a sailor
Do you Sing: does growling count? how about with vibrato?
Do you Shower Daily: of course, sometimes twice!
Have you Been in Love: yep
Do you want to go to College: not again!
Do you belive in yourself: more and more every day!
Do you get Motion Sickness: not usually-I like going fast!
Do you think you are Attractive: yeah baby!
Are you a Health Freak: I'm a healthy freak, does that count?!
Do you get along with your Parents: yep, love 'em
Do you like Thunderstorms: hell yes, music to my ears
Do you play an Instrument: trombone, a little guitar (electric and air)
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: nope
In the past month have you Smoked: no
In the past month have you been on Drugs: nope
In the past month have you gone on a Date: nope
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: probably
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no
In the past month have you been to a nice restaurant: yep, can't remember the name
In the past month have you been on Stage: nope
In the past month have you been Dumped: nope
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: nope
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: nope
Ever been Drunk: yes
Ever been called a Tease: no
Ever been Beaten up: never really been in a fight
Ever Shoplifted: yes, long ago
How do you want to Die: peacefully
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: doing it right now!!
What country would you most like to Visit: greece
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My Interests

*outdoors/active-running, biking (mountain biking and commuting), camping occasionally, rock climbing, enjoying the sunshine...*chilling'-listening to music, noodling on the guitar, reading, movies, one-liners...

I'd like to meet:

I'm on here to discover new music and to keep in contact with friends. What more can I say...

Music:

*rock 'n roll-APC, Alabama Thunderpussy, Alice in Chains, Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquillity, In Flames, Isis, Lamb of God, Meshuggah, NIN, Opeth, Pearl Jam, Soilwork, Tool, Type O Negative, Zebulon Pike...*pop/trip-hop/chill-Massive Attack, DJ Shadow, Tosca, Thievery Corp., Morcheeba, Bebel Gilberto, Joss Stone, Black Eyed Peas, Paul van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold...*zen-Enya, Yanni, George Winston...

Movies:

The Wonder Boys, Blade, Legends of the Fall, Shrek, Braveheart, Starsky & Hutch, Ed Wood...

Television:

Law & Order: SVU, Fear Factor, Las Vegas, Simpsons, the O.C., and whatever I can find on basic cable!

Books:

the Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, Lord of the Barnyard, Without Remorse, The World According to Garp, Rock n' Roll Bios

Heroes:

John Wayne, Eddie Vedder, Maynard Keenan, Phil Anselmo, John Irving

My Blog

Beautiful Girls

An excerpt from a helluva book I just finished called Scorched Earth by David L. Robbins: "There is a risk to loving a beautiful woman.  You must be careful to love all of her, even though the su...
Posted by dan on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:39:00 PST

A New Level of Confidence...

Sometimes I think it is best, after doing all you can, to walk away from something you really, really... really... want instead of impatiently waiting for it to manifest itself in a way that pleases y...
Posted by dan on Thu, 17 May 2007 12:34:00 PST

Stumpjumper

I finally went and bought myself a brand new mountain bike, and it is an '06 Specialized Stumpjumper!!  OMG, what a beautiful machine!  Of course, I had to go hard-tail because I didn't want...
Posted by dan on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:15:00 PST

City of Lakes Loppet say what?!

Ever wonder what it's like to cross country ski 30km in the 10 below with hundreds of other hardy fools?  Yeah, well, I'll tell you all about it.  This event went down two weekends ago on Su...
Posted by dan on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:04:00 PST

Note to Self...

... for future reference, do not play Guitar Hero before going to bed on a work night!  Jesus, I was wound up last night; couldn't get to sleep for the life of me.  What can I say, I wa...
Posted by dan on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:28:00 PST

It's A Wonderful Life

Just finishing this movie up on t.v., and it's one of the only movies to ever make me cry.  Don't tell anyone.  
Posted by dan on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:58:00 PST

Dan's Gennies. . . gone!

Dan's Gennies is an old inside joke from college that surfaces among my buddies every once in awhile.  Maybe I'll tell you about it sometime if you're real nice.   Well, the point of t...
Posted by dan on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:07:00 PST

Fashion Sense

I don't know why, but I think belt buckles are awesome!  My collection contains exactly one because I'm just getting started.  That is all. http://www.rockmusiccreations.com/category/be...
Posted by dan on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:12:00 PST

Fat Tire Forty-Mission Accomplished!

Saturday September 16, 2006 began like any other, with a ball scratch, a yawn and a nice cup of joe. Then, at approximately 10am Central Time, with overcast skies and the threat of precipitation, I mo...
Posted by dan on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 06:27:00 PST

Recent Music Acquistions

Two cool CDs I just got: Gojira-From Mars to Sirius > This sucker is beast!  Hailing from France, the fellows craft huge, plodding metal songs that sound like what their Japanese moniker means in...
Posted by dan on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:42:00 PST