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Last Updated 05/21/2005

Meet Dante!

Dante - click to enlarge

This is my friend Dante. I have been chatting with him for a long time online and I finally met him last fall. It was great! Dante is a Journalism major and he is currently finishing up his last semester at PSU.

We went out to some of the restaurants there, and Dante showed me around the university's campus. I also got a tour of the gym where there was a fencing competition happening. Did you know that you could just buy those swords like you can a pencil? How cool is that?!? Unfortunately, I didn't see a credit card machine...darn!

I also asked for a copy of Dante's resume in case anyone wanted to hire a great journalist. :-)

My visit, to put it mildly, was too short. I liked hanging out with him and it would be really great for him to come see my neck of the woods. I think he would enjoy some of the sites here in Michigan. Unfortunately, he's still not certain as to his future after graduation. That's a topic we touch on a lot. Anyone need a journalist? E-mail me if you do and I'll pass the job lead along to him, although he was recently hired by a newspaper in Pennsylavania, it's always good to know that you're wanted.

What most people can't tell about Dante by looking at him is that he's very much into his music. I managed to talk him into performing a song of his for me (yes...it took some convincing! He's a little shy about it.). I got to hear him play guitar and sing one of his songs. It was really cool, but then I love it when people sing or play for me. Apparently, he had some songs recorded on my computer and he was kind enough to burn some onto a CD for me to listen to later.

He sent me the following picture of him out on the town with a friend of his. I thought it was a good picture so I decided to post it. At least you get a good shot of a genuine smile. :-)

Dante's involved in a cool rugby team in Pennsylvania. Check out their website. Here are some pictures he sent me of him in action:

Dante in the scrum (click to enlarge)
Working hard (click to enlarge)
Playing hard (click to enlarge)
Dante in the scrum!
Working hard
Playing hard
Dante relaxing after a game.
   
Dante relaxing after a game.