{"id":1381,"date":"2014-12-31T22:05:33","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T22:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2014-12-31T22:05:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T22:05:33","slug":"who-are-you-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/2014\/12\/31\/who-are-you-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Are You Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In which you and Daniel become acquainted, if it has not happened already.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Fun fact about me: Not only am I snappy dresser, but I also have a talent for color coordinating with my friends.<\/p><\/div>\n

To my dear reader,<\/p>\n

If there is anything that I love, and love to collect, it\u2019s get-to-know-you questions. Given my complete lack of shame, I frequently fire them en masse at someone that I have just met, hoping that at least one of the questions will spark real interest in them. Usually, I fail, but at least I get some entertaining anecdotes out of the person. Every once in a while, however, I succeed and the questions come in terribly handy.<\/p>\n

A complaint I\u2019ve begun to receive recently \u2013 especially from my fraternity brothers of Beta Theta Pi \u2013 is that I spend so much time asking others about themselves, they don\u2019t get to know me. I beg to differ \u2013 I spend more than enough time talking about myself. I blog, after all. The university is paying me to talk about myself. While this is all I\u2019ve ever wanted, I began to see their point and considered the fact that I don\u2019t necessarily have answers to all these questions myself. I shall take this chilly afternoon on the last day of December to answer seven of my favorite questions \u2013 if not for your edification, than for my own.<\/p>\n

1) Are you the favorite person of anyone?<\/p>\n

I believe (and very much hope) that I am the favorite person of my best friend, and I am possibly the favorite person of the younger of my two older sisters.<\/p>\n

2) You have a big event to get excited for. What song do you listen to?<\/p>\n

Katy Perry\u2019s \u201cBirthday\u201d, as its retro guitar riffs, suggestive lyrics and celebratory nature put me in such a good mood.<\/p>\n

3) If you had an autobiography of your life up to this very moment, what would its title be and what would the cover look like?<\/p>\n

It would be entitled \u201cMixed Bag\u201d, and there is a specific reason for this. At the end of my sophomore year, I had a meeting with my advisor \u2013 who was also the teacher of a class that I had great difficulty in \u2013 over my junior year schedule. The exchange went as following:<\/p>\n

HIM: Daniel, did you have a good year?<\/p>\n

ME: Well, what do you mean?<\/p>\n

HIM: I mean, in a nutshell, how was your year? Was it good or was it bad?<\/p>\n

ME: Well, I suppose that it was\u2026 kind of a\u2026 mixed bag.<\/p>\n

HIM: Well, no offense, but YOU\u2019RE kind of a mixed bag!<\/p>\n

Well played, advisor. After such a conversation, all I can see as the cover of my autobiography is a picture of me sitting in at an arbitrary table, an expression of amused exasperation on my face. I hold a brown paper bag with the words \u201cMIXED BAG: The Daniel Wolfert Story\u201d written on it with Sharpie.<\/p>\n

4) Of all the compliments you\u2019ve ever received, which would you consider your favorite and why?<\/p>\n

This is a three way tie between the following compliments:<\/p>\n

\u201cI like your voice. You\u2019re like Santa Claus mixed with those radio people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDaniel is happy\u2026 but also angry. Angry happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI once described you as being the manifestation of the word \u2018jolly\u2019, because you\u2019re like a jolly gay Santa Claus trapped in the body of Napoleon.\u201d<\/p>\n

5) If you were to become world famous for one thing, what would it be?<\/p>\n

I would want to not only have written an epic, perspective-changing, intellectually stimulating fantasy series that was \u201cHarry Potter\u201d for a new generation, but ALSO record myself as the narrator of its audiobook, which is how the book would REALLY take off.<\/p>\n

6) If you were a tea, which kind would you be and why?<\/p>\n

I would be Hairy Crab Oolong, because I am rarely anyone\u2019s first choice and I also frequently remind people of the woods and children\u2019s fiction. Similar to Hairy Crab Oolong, I am not quite reminiscent of anything else and, like the flavor of oolong, I am difficult to match well with anything else. Oolong and I both are a little whimsical and a little strong and a little odd. And a little hairy.<\/p>\n

7) What is your six word memoir?<\/p>\n

\u201cSilly disappointments strung together by hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

So now, dear reader, both you and I know these answers. Who knows \u2013 maybe they shall come in handy for future reference! Probably not, but just in case, you know them now and I have my answers ready should someone else ask such questions. Even if they don\u2019t however, at least I had a chance to answer them for myself here. I don\u2019t get paid to answer them in real life.<\/p>\n

With all due respect,<\/p>\n

Daniel Wolfert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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