Dan Keplinger Event at Uni

Once, I did a very stupid thing. I jumped (or dropped) off the first story of a building, fancying myself a badass. Instead, I proved myself to be a dumbass because I dislocated two metatarsals in my left foot. I registered with Disability Services at my uni, something I never thought myself doing. But then, there you go.

The semester after I spent the semester on crutches, I was invited to join a student organisation that made life easier for disabled students on campus. "Why not?" I said to myself. It was for a good cause. Last year, Disability Services told us that Dan Keplinger was coming to our campus in February.

Us (the student org) had the job of doing most of the advertising. I set up a facebook group page and our administrator linked her event page to it. As I expected, not a lot of people showed up. Dan, interpreted through his wife Dena, said that small groups were best. It allowed them to be more personal with small groups.

This is a video he put up on his profile page on Disaboom - sort of a social networking site for disabled people.

It's funny how we end up doing things we never saw ourselves doing. All because of a dumbass decision, I met an amazing man, and an even more amazing artist. I do, however, discourage the audience from jumping off buildings.