Dan in Real Life Questions

1.) Dan writes a column on parenting advice but has a lot of trouble parenting. Do you think it’s important to write about what you know? – I do think it is important to write about what you know. If you try to write about love, and you’ve never been in love, it can sound fake and shallow. I’m not saying, of course, that a person has to have been in love to write about it, I just think they should have some knowledge about it, or at least some background information. I feel this way about most things though, if you’re going to be an expert on something, then actually become an expert. I think one of the most dangerous things in the world is people pretending to know about things they don’t.

9.) What makes someone a ‘hottie’ to you? – Everyone has a ‘type’. I don’t know anybody who doesn’t have some sort of preference in what they find attractive. For me, there is nothing more attractive than kindness. A sparkling personality, one that radiates and brings people to them, is something I find to be very attractive. I admire people who are comfortable with themselves and couldn’t really care less what other people think. I admire people who stand up for themselves and what they believe in, and I admire intelligence and class. These things are often too rare in modern society.

15.) What is something most people don’t know about you? – I have these bizarre nightmares most of the time. I don’t really tell people about it, and it isn’t something to bring up in everyday conversation, but I have nightmares almost every night and they are some of the most bizarre experiences of my life. Once, I had a horrible nightmare that my friend took me to a church where they worshiped vampires and everybody was walking on the ceiling, and once I woke up in a blind panic because apparent the ACT had a question about dogs that I didn’t know the answer to and I was kicked out of the county.

21.) Does your family do large gatherings with interesting sleeping arrangements and lots of activities like Dan’s? – I have a fairly large family – mainly gathered in New York, Kentucky, and Colorado. When I go to Kentucky, I always have two choices. Choice One – to sleep in one of the oldest beds in history that happens to be infested with spiders. Or Choice Two – sleeping in the mosquito filled cabin on a dusty (I’m allergic to dust) couch with eight stuffed deer heads staring down at me from the high living room wall. Either way, I never get too much shut eye. Sometimes, if there simply isn’t enough room, I’ll end up on the floor, which isn’t terribly bad considering my other two options.

29 Where would you like to have a vacation of getaway home like the one Dan’s family has? What would the place be like? – I would love to have a getaway home somewhere in the city of Versailles, France. I went there once to view the Palace of Versailles, and I though the little, wealthy city itself was one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been too. I’ve always wanted to go back. I would love to have a small place, not too close to the Palace of Versailles. One room could satisfy me, with plush furniture and lavish foods at the ready for me every morning. In fact, I might never want to leave this tiny getaway paradise!