Dan the Climber Man

So, right! This is just a little tribute to a cool person. Tonight I went to the bar with Matt and Dan, one of his rock climbing buddies. I'm really diggin' Dan. He's so straightforward, guileless. I was totally struck tonight, because my temptation is to classify him as a stoner (he smokes pretty often), and all the negative baggage that goes along with that, but I was so wrong to jump to that conclusion. Even where I do disagree with him, I still like him, because he makes his drug use be less recreational and more spiritual. I appreciate that, whether or not it's realistic. Furthermore, I just cannot believe how much he increases the desire to love, simply, in the people he interacts with. He's the kind of person who makes you feel like you ought to be together. I do not mean this in a creepy way, I mean it in the companionship way. He doesn't have the nimby-pimby "if you want to come along, that'd be great, if not that's fine" way of inviting you to do things... he just says "you should come." He makes you want to do things. I like that. Dan has disarming simplicity and charm. I wish I could be more like him.

And that's all I have to say about that.