Daily Spotlight-Danny

I've been taking a lot more grief than I thought I would by not posting anything in awhile. I promised Casey I'd have something up by today, and I've never broken a blog related promise before so here it is!

So again, I don't even really know how to start with this because I know him way too well...but it's time that we pay tribute to the baby brother named Danny Pitt. In my family, Danny kind of started out as the lovable, sweet one. It's not that he's not still lovable, but when he was a kid people couldn't get enough! He was always smiling, hugging people, he couldn't say his "R"s (which Brian will insist went on until he was about 19), and he never fought with anyone. We used to give him so much crap and he'd just sit and take it and be nice back. He had all the ingredients for being the favorite kid. He still might be, but lets just say the hilarious rudeness towards the retarded opinions of others has narrowed the gap. I guess rudeness isn't really the word, but everyone who knows Danny knows that he doesn't hold back on letting his voice be heard. So we'll call him assertive. I sometimes wonder how long it took Savannah to just give up on the "don't rock the boat with the family" request...six weeks into the marriage maybe? But in all honesty, I admire Danny's passion when it comes to making a point, regardless of the relevance. I'm sure none of this will offend you Danny, but if it does, just remember that you called me vain when we were playing the Color Code personality test at Megan's.

When we were younger, our dad would always say that Danny just thinks of life as a party. It's funny when I think about it because he really used to just be down for whatever. Spending a hundred dollars in one night on the Wal-Mart claw machine? Sure! Going to Albertsons at 2am to buy every single snack or non-snack food that looks remotely good so we could eat it and get sick? Why not?! Getting a job for the sole purpose of buying a back pack with built in speakers? Yep!

There were a few years there between '01 and '03 where Danny and I lived life to the fullest. And by lived life to the fullest, I mean did absolutely nothing worthwhile. I worked the swing shift at Convergys, from about 1 am until the sun was coming up, it was our time to shine. I'd usually come home, Danny would greet me with one of his prize picked avocados, we would play ping-pong (21 games to 21) go to 7-11 for a drink and a cheese, come back and watch Comedy Central until we cried, and then do it again the next night. Literally, for two years this was our lives. I think if my mom ever hated us, it was in this era. It was during this time that Danny convinced his band teacher to let a 22 year old Jim Pitt be a "chaperone" on a trip to San Diego.

One of the greatest things about Danny is how long it takes him to tell a 30 second story. It's like he has this need to give so damn much background and context in everything he relays...it just cracks me up. I'd give an example, but it would be even longer in type. And then, without fail when he's done, he will go "yeah that was stupid and way too long". But then we are already at Noodles or something so I don't care.

No one has made me laugh-cry over stupid jokes more than Danny. Danny is famous for coming up with something that he says is too stupid to even say, proceeding to say it, and it being a hit almost every time. Where Brian gets his laughs off of just repeating something stupid until it magically turns funny, Danny gets them off of just saying words that sound kind of like other words and being monotone. One of my favorite moments in laugh-cry history was when Danny ripped his pants as he was getting out of my car on the way back from lunch, panicked, and insisted that I needed to take him home. I'm actually laughing as I type this! Somehow, because he ripped his pants, I had to drive this totally capable grown man home... despite the fact that we were 10 yards away from his car.

In conclusion, I say this alot, but Danny really is one of my very favorite people in the world. He has an enormous heart and is a good person over-all. Good job, Baby Beanstack