I Am Dan
My name's Daniel Gierl. I was a plump, healthy baby with a full head of hair, and I went home from the hospital wearing little yellow socks.
In life, we often overlook the smaller, sentimental details. A person is readily reduced to their age and occupation, their parentage, their claim to fame... There's nothing wrong with this; it happens for a reason. If you're only going to remember one thing about a person, it makes sense to remember just their most salient trait. Sometimes, the salient trait isn't even what they would think is noteworthy: it's not uncommon in the annals of history to find a person whose existence is remembered solely because of the consequences of some rash action or small act of kindness. The passions, trials, and triumphs that they occupied their lives with are forgotten on account of being a bit too mundane, a bit too undocumented.
I do have a diary, but it's not on this website. If you read enough of this [1], you will surely get a great sense of who I am, but it's not really supposed to be about me. Given this opportunity to toot my own horn, I'd much rather be known as "the guy who went home from the hospital in yellow socks" than anything else.
[1]I tell a lot of stories, so it won't be that hard, if you can put up with my rambling [1-1].
[1-1]I'm partial to tangents, and tangents that go on tangents. The deep end of the pool is deeper [1-1-1] than you might expect.
[1-1-1]Hahahaha [1-1-1-1]
[1-1-1-1]It's worth noting that my tangents generally have a purpose. This one happens to be for testing, to allow me to check that deeply-nested tangents render correctly. I've decided to leave it, for sentimental archaeological reasons.
To reward your patience so far, here's some more about me: back in 2010, I chose three adjectives that I thought described myself, and were moreover things that I liked about me. They were: interesting, enthusiastic, and lovable [1-2]. Later on, in 2014, I expanded this list again, adding brave, compassionate, and just. It has been an excellent exercise in living a virtuous life, and I'd generally recommend that you try it, if it seems to be your cup of tea. But be warned: you should always expect to be tested over your principles; such badges are not won without work.
[1-2]I have since upgraded it to 'loving', to emphasize that it's more about what you give than what you receive.