"Who the SHiiiT is Dane D.!??"

Not your typical dude; that's a decent way to explain myself, Dane D...  A refreshing exception to your average Joe, that would work as well...  Excelling at the task of life, yet another. 

"Why?" you ask.. Well, it's because I am motherfucking awesome.

The other day I had a friend tell me, "Dude, you're borderline insane and, at the same time, borderline genius..."  In response, all I could do was laugh, because, he's probably right.  He then went on to say he highly enjoyed it because it was entertaining.  Dane2theD.com is the mesh where these two meet; insanity and brilliance.  Why they meet is to entertain you.  It's the musical compositions, drunken debauchery, comedy, writing, insights, and whatever else that composites the man, who is, Dane D. 

As for my background.. I was born and raised in Seattle, WA and the surrounding suburbs.  The oldest of five children.  I had a decent childhood, full of all that normal suburban childhood shit, like; building tree forts, fighting with the younger siblings, coloring with crayons, playing Ninja Turtles, catching frogs, legos, little league and soccer practice, watching scrambled porn, etc.  I was a dreamer and always wanted to do the impossible, create something no one else could..  Well, except when I was really young and really wanted to work at the Cinnabon so I could make cinnamon rolls.. that's primarily cause I just like cinnamon rolls a lot and it was fun to watch those teenage dropouts roll them through the glass.  Anyways, all of these happenings continued right up until my parents epically fucked me up by getting a divorce.  It was then that they determined the only way to really make sure I was emotionally inadequate would be to go forth and embark in a full on courtroom battle, which, could only be outdone in the fantasy world of religion by Hitler and Jesus.  I was about twelve and the oldest of four at this point in time.  I could go into this a lot more, but, I'll save that for the book I'm writing; tentatively titled, "Emotionally Attached to Detachment."

So, moving forward... A few years later I found refuge, from the turmoil at the home front, in hip-hop and started writing daily.  I believe I was in about 8th grade; fourteen or fifteen.  It was more poetry about my life.. yada, yada, yada.. Rarely did I listen in class after I started writing.  Attention Defficit Hyper-Active Disorder helped me focus only on things that truly intrigued me, so, I would regularaly tune out everything else except writing.  I would zone out through an entire class period three times daily.

Softmore year of highschool, I packed my shit and moved to my dad's house because my mom and me didn't get along, then I graduated highschool, went to college, failed at showing up or paying attention in college, moved back to the city, moved back to dad's, moved to Indiana to open health clubs, moved back to Seattle, released my first official project as a musician, "Perfection Perfected," released my second project, "For the Love of Lyrics and a Dream," and, that brings us to now.  Of course everything in the middle is what is truly interesting... The real read... Pages of insightful advice, drunken antics, women, good times, bad times, sad times, criminal activities, a murder, a car arsoning, DUI's, parking lot blow jobs, fights, relationships, love, hate, music, revelations, growths, losses, inadequecies, successes... and everything else that makes a person great. 

And, that is who I am...

Sincerely,

Dane D.