November 21, 2003

• PICTURE OF THE DAY

  
  

  

  
  

  I’ve spent the past hour or so looking at other people’s sites, and it’s just amazing to read them.  People probably date for years and don’t get to see these sides of people.  The amazing thing about my Outward Bound trip was that living w/ people for 45-days, 24hrs a day, you really got a chance to pick at someone’s brain, the types of conversations that you don’t easily find.  I still think people are having a hard time grasping what I’m doing with my life.  For those of you who don’t know, my last semester of college, I took 2 classes and failed them both.  I had reached my limits w/ mind-numbing classes, and all I could think about was traveling, meeting people, playing in the outdoors.  I think people were worried about me, which is a good thing, and shows i have great friends, but ultimately, what I was doing was trying to break free free, to follow what I wanted to do.  And I know everyone reading this has experienced the same thing, only most people either choose to ignore it, get used to it, or complain about it.  I’ll admit, it’s a tough situation to deal with, but right now, I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my whole life, and that’s how I’ve felt every day that I’ve woken up since I walked out of my last college class.  I wrote some articles that received little feedback about doing more of the things you love, instead of what you’re expected to do.  Right now, I’m living that way, and it’s amazing.  I spent months working at an amazing summer camp, had some time off at home, then Outward Bound, some down time now, then South Africa, back to camp, hopefully with 2 of my best friends from college now, and then who knows.  And I write all this not to brag, but hopefully to inspire, as I know it has and some people have told me.  But I would be naiive to think I am unique, I’m sure there’s 1000s of other Dan’s out there, doing more interesting and inspiring things out there, but I feel like there’s a lack of connection between us, so maybe this Xanga thing will help bring together those who really do want to have a fun and meaningful life, instead of just dreaming about it.

  
  

  For those of you who don’t think i’m crazy, but are thinking, this isn’t quite the Dan I know, trust me, I’m still here.  I still think the Giants should be 10-0, I still think all-you-can-eat brunch after a night of drinking is one of the greatest inventions in the world, I’m still fairly unorganized and would lose my head were it not attached, and Wayne’s World will probably be my most quoted movie forever.   

  
  

  “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
  
  

  
  

  ~ Apple Computers

  
  

   

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