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daniel

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About Me


i tend towards the majority: a blistering ball of potential with occasional bursts of pure brilliance.
…often run on fumes of adrenaline.
…over-analyze. everything.
…have a knack for spreading myself too thin.
…have a pathetic weakness for puns and double entendres.

i’m big on ideas for cooking, painting,
plots and performance arts.
sometimes i tackle them.
i indulge the idea of one day mastering several languages,
the guitar and piano, the paintbrush, the night sky…

travel excites me.
a good role.
muse.
epiphanies.
intimate company and stimulating conversation.
a white-haired couple walking hand-in-hand.
integrity.
success stories.
the verb to savor.
long walks.
romancing life, love.
Amazing Grace.

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My Interests

writing
acting
painting
music
reading
travel
language study
gastronomy
wines
the princess bride
philosophy
collegiate/freestyle/greco-roman wrestling
coffee haunts (eg. the global bean)

I'd like to meet:

old acquaintances
new friendschaim potok (pre-mortem)

Music:

chopin
groban
big bad voodoo daddy
sinatra
ella
show tunes
beatles
the shins
flogging molly
cake
--show me skill, style, or sheer fun and i'm all ears.

Movies:

the princess bride
great expectations
shawshank redemption
braveheart
impostors
usual suspects
so i married an axe murderer
a pyromaniac's love story
legends of the fall
don juan demarco
cyrano de bergerac (1947)
strictly ballroom
willow
zoolander
--almost anything falling into one of these categories: hip, smart, classic, entertaining, inspiring, thought-provoking, funny, suspenseful, or just plain brain candy.

Television:

avoid the stuff, might like it too much...
that said, "no sleep" nathan introduced me to the short-lived "cupid."
if television was made of cupids, methinks the pasttime would not be wasted.

Books:

the princess bride
my name is asher lev
the alchemist
the giver
ender's game
the fountainhead
the idiot
the count of monte cristo
scaramouche
shantaram
song of the lark
the physiology of taste
tell no one
webster's new universal unabridged dictionary
the elements of style
the Bible
anything by potok, dickens, dumas, stevenson, dostoyevsky, shakespeare, seuss, lewis or tolkien--don't get me started on books...

Heroes:

polymaths
stanley dale
george mueller
dan gabel
jack lalanne
shakespeare
van gogh
chopin
my dad--the most sensitive and scrutinous editor of writ, language and logic (even art, of which he groans) of our time
and my big sis, who with great grace, inner-strength, and daring, continues to give thanks to God and bless those around her.

My Blog

JOURNAL OF A ONE-LEGGED SOCCER PLAYER

My journal collects dust. Layers. Enough to turn baklava green. It is unfortunate because the journal is my prosthetic leg. So when I try to recall a telephone conversation that launched a juicy journ...
Posted by daniel on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:55:00 PST

support your local writer

fellows, friends, and good samaritans:I thank you in advance for your assistance. With the smallest effort, you can make the greatest impact on my future...MY PITCH: I wrap up my first book! a humorou...
Posted by daniel on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:11:00 PST

AGE BEFORE BOOTY

It happened. Thirty has come and gone, and everywhere I go, age grows more belligerent, barging thru doors and leaving the booty all hanging outside. Exercise used to be fun. Now it's a pain in the ar...
Posted by daniel on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 02:14:00 PST

a pre-mortem obituary

A Pre-Mortem ObituaryYesterday I went skydiving, tucking my legs over the edge of  the plane at 13400 ft. before hurdling to the earth at well over 100 mph. No hesitation. No flinch. No regrets. ...
Posted by daniel on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:05:00 PST

VIRGIN BLOGGER RETURNS FROM BORACAY

Tis a splendid thing to have the Philippines in my pocket. A shot to the soul. I've deleted it from my must-see list and have forwarded it to my must-see-it-again-and-again list.  The plane ride...
Posted by daniel on Thu, 25 May 2006 05:59:00 PST