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~ dAn ~

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...it's about getting out and dancing in the rain!!

About Me

I'm an emotionally open man - what you see is what you get!; I love family and friends and I enjoy good food (especially sushi), exercise and the odd tipple! I love life and I love to laugh!
So that makes me sound the same as 12,000,000 other men on MySpace!
So what do you need to know about me? I have a very positive attitude and joie de vivre. I have lived a full life and I'm happy in my own skin. I am a kind soul and I'm interested in people, especially those who have the same positive outlook.
I'm half-Swedish and SO proud of it!
I'm happiest when I am with people I love, up a mountain, in a club, entertaining at home, wherever.
I have been a keen environmentalist since I was 12 years old and consider the environmental impact of my actions, with a continuous veiw to reducing my carbon footprint.
I really love and appreciate all my family. Really, really really!
I'm intolerant of people who present their problems in order to gain attention and manipulate people:-(
Smile!

Check out a - One of the funniest Family Guy clips...EVER!

My Interests

alcohol, bread, cycling, dogs, England, friends, good times, hugs, Indian food, jumpers, kids, lightning, marmalade, new experiences, oceans, progressive trance, quality, respect, snogging, travel, watches, Xenia, Yorkshire Dales, zzzzz's

I'd like to meet:

Orson Welles, Mike Meyers, Derek Zoolander, Stewie Griffin, Sir Jonathan Porritt, Joe Simpson (Touching the Void), Peter Kay, and ....anyone who loves to dance all night!

Music:

House music is in my blood! Otherwise I listen to: Massive Attack, Midlake, The Beach Boys, Abba, Kasabian, The Stone Roses, Elvis Costello (and his wife Diana Krall), Keane, Echo and the Bunnymen, The White Stripes, The Bee Gees, Gnarls Barkley, Thin Lizzy, Pet Shop Boys, Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Squeeze, Jamiroquai, Take That, Stevie Wonder, De La Soul, The Cardigans, The Pretenders,early Simple Minds, The Clash, Gary Numan, The Sweet, Happy Mondays, Beastie Boys, T-Rex, The Feeling, James Brown, early and late Madonna, Brian Wilson, No Doubt, Boney M, Basement Jaxx, Zero 7, Jeff Buckley, Mary J. Blige

Movies:

This is Spinal Tap, Wayne's World, Shaun of the Dead, Midnight Run, The Shawshank Redemption, Election, Blinkende Lygter (The best Danish film ever!), Pirates of the Caribbean, Fearless, Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, The Constant Gardener, Best in Show, Mars Attacks, Delicatessen, Friday the 13th, Highlander, The Little Shop of Horrors, The Man with Two Brains, The Motorcycle Diaries, Dam Busters, Silent Running, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, We're No Angels, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Diva, Ringu, Fight Club, Subway, King Kong (The Fae Wray version!), Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Breathless and, of course The Italian Job!

Television:

At the moment I am particularly enjoying "Family Guy" - it's subliime! Anytime else I would be very happy watching The Simpsons, Grand Designs, I'm Alan Partridge, Phoenix Nights, Dragon's Den, Fawlty Towers, Newsnight, Futurama, Blackadder, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Brass Eye, Seinfeld, The Office, CSI, The Day Today, The Fast Show, Shooting Stars...

Books:

Murakami, Tove Jansson, E.F. Schumacher and Dan Brown! This week I have been mostly reading "Discourse on Method and the Meditations" by Rene Descartes.....Niiiice!

Heroes:

My Dad, John Peel, Eddy Irvine, Brian Wilson, Matt Le Tissier, Homer Simpson, He Man, Richard Branson, Lance Armstrong, Derek Zoolander(!) and anyone who manages to live a more authentic and environmentally-friendly life then me.

My Blog

Sophie Ellis Bextor and the smell of wee wee

So there I was, minding my own business when I espied a beautiful woman at The Feeling's gig in London on Friday night. She was very alluring and it turned out sitting in the row behind me witha ...
Posted by ~ dAn ~ on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:51:00 PST

Milestone

 I feel a milestone about 5 minutes ago. Why? I've just passed 1000 views of my profile on MySpace!! Thank you to you all, each and every one of you lovely people! Dx...
Posted by ~ dAn ~ on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:26:00 PST

Tragedy today at Japan naked festival

A Japanese ancient festival where men loin-clothes vie for sacred sticks turned tragic when a participant later died. The Hadaka Matsuri, or Naked Men's Festival, at Okayama's Saidaiji Temple has trad...
Posted by ~ dAn ~ on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 01:37:00 PST

Stockholm surprise

I obviously don't enjoy the UK as no sooner did I get back from the USA that I have popped over to Sweden to visit my friend Erik and his chums for a spot of sauna, snow, beer and bandy (Swedish ice h...
Posted by ~ dAn ~ on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:40:00 PST

New York - Day 1

So here it is - the first installment of "An Englishman in New York"!    A bit of an early start yesterday - I got up at 5.15 to catch the plane to.... New York. On the plane I had an...
Posted by ~ dAn ~ on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:40:00 PST

Off to New York next week...I can't wait!!

So Monday morning I'm off to New York and I'm dead excited!! As you may have noticed I've been asking everyone I even vaguely know if they can recommend any bars, clubs or restaurants where I can go f...
Posted by ~ dAn ~ on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:26:00 PST

Nick Drake in the Cotswolds last night

I've been neglecting my blogs of late, but I had such an excellent night last night, I felt compelled to put finger to keyboard! My chum Chris came up to Oxford and we had a good day, topped by a nigh...
Posted by ~ dAn ~ on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:27:00 PST

Chuff Chuff, anyone?!

What an amazing party in Brighton on Sunday! A lovelier bunch of people you could not hope to meet and they really knew how to enjoy themselves!!!! I'm glad I took my camera to help my battered r...
Posted by ~ dAn ~ on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:42:00 PST

Oh what an amazing place Japan is to party!!!!!!

I am having an absolutely superb time in Japan. Since I lleft my last brief blog I have been enjoying the delights of Tokyo nightlife - and you would have been proud of my achievements in ha...
Posted by ~ dAn ~ on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:00:00 PST

That's why I'm turning Japanese!

I really think so....! After having been here for almost a week, I'm loving it!! I can't say too much at the moment - more tomorrow, but expect a stormer!! Dan...
Posted by ~ dAn ~ on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:22:00 PST