Dan Sullivan

            My first experience with Dan Sullivan was in middle school. I used to play games on the internet and Skype with my friends. I went to Parker for middle school, but I had some friends who knew kids who went to Coolidge who also enjoyed Skyping and playing computer games. Dan was one of these kids, and I remember thinking he was pretty funny and cool. Fast forward to freshman year; the middle schools collide. I didn’t have any classes with Dan, but he was in the only other block of freshman that my English teacher had. When we got to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, our teacher, Mrs. Correa, assigned each character to a student and had us read aloud the book. My classes read-aloud was a bit awkward and unenthusiastic. My friends in the other block told me that Dan asked to have the part of a fairy, and proceeded to read all of his lines in a high pitched voice, much to the delight of his peers.

            This story, in my eyes, embodies the true nature of Dan Sullivan; a free-spirited, fun loving kid who always has a smile on his face. I’ve had several classes with him over the past few years, and we’ve become good friends. Whenever I see Dan start talking to him, his face lights up and the gears start turning- eager to hatch his next joke. Dan is also smart, and has been very helpful with homework whenever I’ve consulted him.

            If you’re reading this Dan, you’re a pretty cool cat. If anyone else has made it this far, I think it’s pretty clear the idea well for these blog posts went dry long ago.

            Tell me, what do you think about Dan? 

Tasty E-Coli

            I went to Chipotle last week for the first time in a long time after their e-coli scandal several months back. The first thing I noticed was that it was very empty, something usually very uncharacteristic for Chipotle, but quite understandable given the circumstances. The line went quickly, and soon it was time to order. I’ve eaten many burritos from Chipotle, perhaps more than I’d care to admit, so I have my order down to a science.

Each time I get a burrito and get brown rice. White rice is probably healthier, but I don’t like how it tastes as much as brown rice. I don’t get any beans (scandalous, I know) because I like how my burrito tastes without them better than with them. The next step is meat, where I get barbacoa. It’s like pulled pork, but with steak, and is to die for. I’ve dabbled with other meats, but none of them were as good as barbacoa. Next I get medium salsa. This was the toughest part of my order to narrow down, as all of the salsas are good in their own right. I’m not a huge fan of tomatoes, so I decided mild wasn’t for me. The same fate befell the hot salsa, because I felt it overpowered the flavors of everything else in the burrito. Thus, I settled on medium because it adds just enough of a kick and doesn’t have any tomatoes. I then get cheese because I love cheese and lettuce mostly to add some volume and color to my otherwise brown burrito.

What do you get on your burrito?