Daniel Joseph Allison was born on August 2nd, 1986 in Dallas, Texas. His childhood began with legos and crayons, progressed to bicycles and skateboards, and more or less ended with masturbation and an expanded larynx. His adolescence was spent at an all-boys, Catholic high school in Dallas where he drummed in the drumline, wrote papers, and did other high school stuff. After he graduated in 2004, Dan moved to Boulder, Colorado to work for the Integral Institute's media department, performing various tasks related to audio/video production. While he was there, he began his college education at Naropa University, studying music, but has since transfered to the Art Institute of Colorado in Denver to study media arts & animation.
Dan writes for POLYSEMY, and his email address is dan [at] danallison [dot] org.
Random facts about Dan:
-First word: "Ball"
-Favorite color: black
-Height: 6'4"
-Dan has an older sister named Haley and a younger sister named Aubrey.
-As a child, Dan practiced gymnastics competitively for six years, and at one point won 11th place overall in his age group at the Texas state competition.
-Dan was vegan for two years, then vegetarian for one year, and now eats meat just like everybody else.
-Once, while riding his bike at top speed in an empty parking lot, Dan crashed face first onto the concrete, and his body went into shock and refused to breathe. As he started to black out, he believed he was going to die. A few minutes later, he was fine, and he walked home to clean the blood off his face and elbow and knee.