CELLULOID HEROES FOR REAL LIFE INSPIRATION, DANIEL SIMPSON DAY . . . . SPECIFIC IMAGES LODGE IN THE MIND LIKE CHEWING GUM ON THE SOLE OF YOUR BOOT . . . . MY MOST LOVED CHARACTER FROM 'ANIMAL HOUSE' . . . . 'D-DAY' REPRESENTED EVERYTHING I FELT ABOUT UNI IN 1980; I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE . . . . HIS CRAZINESS, HIS DISREGARD FOR AUTHORITY, THE LOVE OF BIKES AND CARS, THE SLICKED FLAT-TOP . . . . IT WAS RAMMING SPEED TIME !!!

"FREEDOM LIES WITHIN YOUR SOUL . . . . ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS LET IT OUT"

D-DAY'S CHARACTER RESONATED POWERFULLY WITH ME FROM THE MOMENT I FIRST SAW THIS EPIC FLICK IN FEBRUARY OF 1980 AS A FRESHER AT UNI ON MY FIRST NIGHT IN COLLEGE, AND IT HAS DONE EVER SINCE . . . . EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS FUN LOVING, ANARCHIC, DROPOUT-TO-BE APPEALED TO ME, THAT'S PROBABLY A PISS POOR ADMISSION FOR A FIFTY TWO YEAR OLD BLOKE TO MAKE BUT IT'S THE TRUTH, ALL I KNEW IS THAT THE ENTIRE UNI CAPER WASN'T GOING TO WORK OUT FOR ME . . . . I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS I WANTED TO BE BUT I DEFINITELY KNEW WHAT I DIDN'T WANT TO BE, AND THAT WAS WHAT MY PARENTS, MY OLD SCHOOL AND SOCIETY EXPECTED OF ME, A TEACHER, A LAWYER, A SUIT . . . . NAH, THAT TRIP WAS NEVER MY BAG, THIRTY THREE YEARS LATER AND I'M PERFECTLY FINE WITH HOW THINGS HAVE ALL TURNED OUT . . . . D-DAY, THANKS A MILLION MAN, YOU REALLY WERE AN INSPIRATION, FOLLOW YOUR HEART AND YOUR INSTINCT, GO WITH YOUR GUT . . . . WHITELINEPSYCHO, GOT NO GRADE POINT AVERAGE . . . . DANIEL SIMPSON DAY, WHEREABOUTS STILL UNKNOWN.