Hi, my name is Dan and I am from United States, 25 years old. 
[@tuck-fheman if you could please verify, would be greatly appreciated!]

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i get so excited, my tongue hangs out sometimes...

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putting a _stamp_ on this _post_, hehe...
# __Present__
To be honest, I am not sure how I got here. I was at work, staring at the computer screen, must have been around 2pm, this Wednesday afternoon. I think it was promoted on Twitter maybe? or maybe on google. I saw that it had rose 1000% according to Guardian which led me to the wonderful rabbit-hole, that has become a mysterious labyrinth, which I am now excited to explore (and create!). 

I currently live in the beautiful pacific northwest or #PNW, where you may find great hikes within an hour's drive. Here are some photos from my hike on July 4th:
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I like #trees 
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and especially love when my eyesight gets clear, which usually means I am present in the moment, and start to notice the small details of my surroundings.  "The pudding is in the #details" might be a suggestion for my tombstone, or "his focus was #unreal",  something silly yet serious like that. 

even something thorny as the weed below has a bright side to it if you look closely enough:
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This is Boise, ID, where I was stranded for about a year and fell in #love: 
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# **Past**
Since 2013, I have been a #bitcoin advocate. We've come along ways since. I am hopeful in my lifetime the amount of collaboration of #artists that may be possible as a result. 

I also enjoy consuming other's arts and life #stories. My go-to for news and reading thus far has been: 
1. new.ycombinator.com/news
2. https://twitter.com/0d_oh
3. techcrunch.com
4. https://www.facebook.com/danohfandango
5. quora
6. medium.com

Always enjoyed blogs, but the incentive just wasn't there on medium. Though, I also felt like I didn't have much to say as a recently graduated student with little to no experience in much of the professional world. 

# __FUTURE__
This, this feels right. This feels like building up a #community from the bottom up. I've never been part of something so early. My two early guesses are that this is only the beginning and that someone will create a better version of vote and payment, or that it will take the concerted effort of great management, recruiting, and philosophy on the part of the team at #Steem, and an undivided, passionate group of folks (that's us!) to create, collaborate, and spread our love and #passion, whatever that may be. 

And I am hoping that this exercise will also help me be more concise and less grandiose. To get to the important stuff. 
Remains to be seen, what I will dedicate my #steem to. Keeping doors #open! 

SO let's get __serious__.
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just kidding :)
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and most importantly, never forgetting that it is all about the __journey__.
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PS I'm a rebel, or I am not good at following directions, so here are two posts I made prior to my intro:
1. This first is about an 80's themed movie in reference to DriftStage, the PC game:
https://steemit.com/videogame/@screenplaydan/first-half-of-a-movie-script-idea-for-an-80-s-themed-video-game-car-racing-driftstage-tournament-characters-portraying-korean 
2. Secondly, I wrote a slam poetry piece:
https://steemit.com/life/@screenplaydan/wednesday-evening-slam

Be sure to check them out! and let me know of any feedback, 
particularly in regards to the video game movie script concept.

CHEERS! ^^