I'm Danny! A 4th year student at The University of Georgia, located in Athens, Georgia. I'm currently studying English Literature and plan to teach after graduation. A dream of mine is to teach English as a foreign language around the world. Another is to become a published novelist, which I think requires more life experience than I have under my belt.

I'm an optimist. Through and through. If there's a bit of sunlight to be seen you can bet your last dollar I'll catch it. I'm a highly energetic individual, and can thrive off of the energy of others! I love going and having a good night downtown--and downtown Athens, GA is something to experience! I do a lot of community service and philanthropy work, which is extremely important to me. We need to be the change we wish to see in the world, right? Specifically, right now I'm working with an organization which raises money for children in Georgia who are infected with HIV and AIDS, as well as an organization which plans and executes spring break service trips around the country for students at my school.

I don't want to live in one place for the rest of my life. I want to travel. I want to see the world. More of it than I already have. I've been all around the United States--Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Arizona! I've ventured out of the country to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Ireland, and France!

And that isn't nearly enough to quench my desires. :)

If you're going to visit my page, and read my profile, why not leave a message? It'll hardly take any time at all, and I'd love to speak with as many of you as possible!

Reading / Writing, obviously. That is not, however, the only defining characteristic about me! I'm a huge fan of the outdoors: I enjoy hiking, camping, and occasionally fishing. My Saturdays are often spent watching college football. Go Dawgs, sic em! I also like video games. Currently awaiting Star Wars: The Old Republic.

A poem I wrote, Valentine's Day, is in my notes... As is another, Swimming, a poem in prose.

Blues, Jazz, Classic Rock, Funk

I'm really open to just about anything. Those are just the genres I prefer.

Lord of The Rings, Star Wars, Moulin Rouge, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Dead Poets Society, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, Jurassic Park, Batman Begins & The Dark Knight, Dazed and Confused, Anchorman, Wayne's World, Blues Brothers

Glee, LOST, How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, The Wonder Years, Black Adder, South Park, The Simpsons, Pokemon

Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon), The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy), Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton), Child of God (Cormac McCarthy), Native Son (Richard Wright)

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." Albert Schweitzer

"Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others." Buddha

"It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic." Edgar Allan Poe