Wednesday, December 5, 2007

29 Answers

Today my body turns 29, I say my body because my mind is infinitely wiser than any other 29 year old and cannot be measured in years. As a gift to you I will answer 29 random questions about my life that I sense you all are curious about.

1. Yes, I had an MRI on my hip this week because my dance moves are so incredible mere perfect human hips can't handle them.

2. No, I did not get claustrophic in the MRI machine...I napped.

3. No, there does not exist a good reason for shaving chest hair (Applicable only to Males).

4. Yes, Man Crushes are acceptable for men (I'll explain further and define the parameters of the ManCrush in my next post).

5. Of course I'm excited for my wife's company's holiday party where I will eat copious amounts of awesome shrimp and mildly partake in the open bar.

6. Yes, I have sung karaoke using the super sappy song from "Nottinghill."

7. No, that is not girly. I followed the ManRules for karaoke and thus the song selection was negated (I'll explain karaoke rules at a later date).

8. Yes, I did once run down Chicago's Navy pier barking at the tourist boat called "The Seadog."

9. Yes, the boat captain honked the horn.

10. No, I did not surf in the Pacific Ocean when I was there and it was 46 degrees, I thought about it though.

11. Of course I at least ran through the ocean surf in nothing but rolled up jeans humming "Chariots of Fire."

12. Yes, Courtney and I flashed the Pacific Ocean from a cliff.

13. Yup, there's photographic evidence....from behind.

14. No, you can't see it.

15. No, I did not like having two dogs chase my wife and I while on a shaky scooter on some back streets in the Bahamas.

16. Yes, I have been to Prague and yes Ben and I chased down two drunks fighting over passports, Ben pushed one guy over, there was wrestling about and I sat on one guy while the cops came.

17. Naturally, I went snowshoeing in British Columbia and of course Tim and I faked a fight and make-up in a series of photos on the way up.

18. Yes, I did moon the mountains while skiing in Colorado.

19. Again, yes there is photographic evidence and you can't see it.

20. Definitely! Jumping out of a hot air balloon at the same time as my soon to be wife was the best "rush" experience of my life.

21. Actually yeah, I have ridden the Stock Market bull in lower Manhattan, Luke did too and of course there are pictures (you can see those if you want).

22. Most Cetainly, I drove with Jeremy to why-not Minot, North Dakota to buy cowboy hats and yes we listened to country music and rode horses and went to the Blind Duck.

23. Yes, during road trips I've been known to remove my shirt and hang out of a window and/or sunroof and howl and/or fake box to the Rocky soundtrack, it wakes people up and can lead to a few laughs.

24. No, Jeff and I did not feel bad for driving to Chicago and totally mooching off Luke as he was on a company trip, gotta love friends who have expense accounts.

25. What kind of person do you think I am??? Of course I avoided the guy selling cocaine in Jamaica and yes I said no to the guy who waded out to me while I was snorkeling and pulled a bag of weed out and told me I could pay him later.

26. Alpine Valley, that's my favorite place for concerts and I think I've gone to 4 (all Dave Matthews Band).

27. Yeah it was kinda crazy when my wife and I were in Palm Springs getting snowed on up on a mountain and then 30 minutes later we were down and hot in the sun.

28. Strange but true, I did see a man with a machine gun tell Jesse he couldn't use the handicap bathroom while we were in Amsterdam on a layover.

29. Of course, I know you had a great time reading this and yes I will be back next year with 30 more answers that you will thoroughly enjoy as you have these.

15 comments:

colkri said...

Dan, you must've learned the stunt in #16 from me (re: EP church BB league)

Jeff said...

Dan, happy birthday. I am looking forward to your posts explaining rules for manly man-crushes (I have a pretty big one on AP right now), as well as manly rules for karaoke. Is there a rule that Bon Jovi's "living on a prayer" is the greatest karaoke song ever? I don't know how that could be disputed. Again, happy 29th birthday. I hope you enjoy it.

il Dan said...

YES KRIS YES! Although I was 16 at the time so you must have learned from me, although you did add the ever important finger point and yell of "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" That was awesome.

Jeff, I too look forward to posting on those issues and filling you with Man-confidence. Just so you can sleep peacefully know that your ManCrush definitely falls within the Manly ManCrush rules and your karaoke song is totally legit.

Anonymous said...

I forgot about our fake fight/make up photo montage sequence.

Happy Birthday Big Guy. Happy Birthday.

Anonymous said...

I forgot about our fake fight/make up photo montage sequence.

Happy Birthday Big Guy. Happy Birthday.

The Portas said...

I can't wait to hear you describe your "man crush" on Dr. Gremmels to the world. Dan and G-man, sitting in a tree.....let me smooch your sharp nice tie......

jdmill said...

For your 30th birthday perhaps the new thing you should learn can be summed up as follows...

Yes you DO know that Minot is NOT in South Dakota... but North Dakota? Don't you?

I thought the trip(s) had more of an impact on you... perhaps I was wrong. The state of North Dakota is weeping tonight... along with The Jer.

il Dan said...

Megan, without giving away too much: Yes I do have a ManCrush on Dr. Gremmels but NO I do not want to kiss his tie, that would negate the ManCrush and make me a girlyman, which I am not. Check back soon and learn the truth about the ManCrush!

ps. Never use my name in that song again...unless it involves you!

il Dan said...

Jer, I weep for my typo.

jdmill said...

I'm officially worried about you. Planning emails for the next Man Weekend have been in play for the past two and a half weeks, and you STILL haven't blogged about it.

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