Wanna know about me, 'eh? Well let me tell it like it is. The name's DJ--Daniel James. Sometimes people know me as Dan, but thats usually because they met me in 7th or 8th grade when I thought changing my name to Dan would make me cooler than I really was. It didn't work though, and neither did slamming my hand in my locker so i could be publicly heard swearing. Now that I'm a nineteen year old sophomore at DePaul University in Chicago, IL- Originally from Brookfield, WI-- 20 minutes west of Milwaukee, I've come to terms with the fact that I'm a huge dork, and more often than not, consider the term a compliment.

When I'm not occupied with school or work, I'm a big photography-graphic design nut. I live for photoshop. I enjoy riding the "L," especially in the front or back car. I appreciate philosophy, poetry and music of all kinds with few exceptions. I'm very political. I don't stand for social injustice. I speak my mind and stand up for what is right. Elevators fear my name. I also enjoy sleeping naked.

alcohol, alternative, apple computers, backpacking, banana republic, being friends with scenesters, being myself, being naked, björk, black & white photograpy, boys kissing, chicago, choral music, compassion, conversation, cooking, cuddling, degrassi, depaul university, digital imaging, diversity, dreams, driving, electronics, equality, express men, eyes, facial hair, family, fantasy, fraiser, gamecube, gay boys, gay porn, gay rights, hair removal, ipod, kevin rose, kissing, being lazy, lightning, lord of the rings, love, mac os x, making out, marijuana, masturbation, movies, nature, page layout, partying, photography, photoshop, physics, poetry, pornography, psychology, radiohead, rain, reboot, scifi, sex, simpsons, singing, skiing, soda pop, sunsets, swimming, technology, the brown line, the l, the matrix, the oc, the red line, the woods, theatre, thinking, thunderstorms, tom juran, toronto, tv, vergos merlot, video games, web cams, writing...

Andrew Bird, Björk, denali, radiohead, the postal service, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Sufjan Stevens, Prefuse 73, Stars, Muse, Umphrey's McGee, Blonde Redhead, Colossal, The Go! Team, Keller Williams, skunk anansie, frou frou, death cab for cutie, the decemberists, damien rice, broken social scene, røyskopp, coldplay, ben folds, rufus wainwright, steve miller band, sublime, incubus, fischerspooner, nick drake, no doubt, lauryn Hill, guster, wilco, raffi, badly drawn boy, Josh Rouse, Jason Mraz, dispatch, joy division, guster, the shins, muse, bellalea, denali, Amon Tobin...

Stand By Me, Lord of the Rings, Waking Life, Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Memento, Amélie, Kill Bill, Back to the Future, City of God, Requiem for a Dream, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Harry Potter, X-men, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Spinal Tap, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, Fight Club, Dancer in the Dark, Trainspotting, Clockwork Orange...

Fraiser, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Futurama, The Simpsons, Family Guy, ER, Dead Like Me, SVU, Six Feet Under, Weeds, The OC...

A Brave New World, Wicked, House of Leaves, Fastfood Nation, 1984, Harry Potter, Lord of the Flies, Dune, Geek Love, The God of Small Things...