Cracklin' Rosie

Back in 2002 Dan tried to set the world record of breaking into his neighbors' townhouse (we were friends so it was ok). Since there was no previous recorded time, it was going to be pretty simple to set the record, so old friend Matt, one of the Neighbor's boyfriends, set a time of five minutes (or so, I'm rusty on the memory) for Dan to break-in. Matt mainly wanted to get into the house so he could hangout. He had been locked out by Brianne because she was out doing something.

Dan, determined as ever, climbed through the Pienad ceiling and went right through the firewall, which had a nice whole cut through it to make fires spread more easily. He was well on his way to coming down and opening the door in well under two and a half minutes when he decided to hot dog it. Dan jumped down the last 5 or more steps and in the process tore his ACL. After he collapsed, he had to crawl to the door to unlock it, since we couldn't get in to help him. Once the door was open, Matt immediately stepped over Dan to go eat Doritos. I being, the good friend that I was looked at him, then I tried to help him up. Dan was having none of that.

Six years later, after saying he would have surgery for the last three years, Dan had surgery on Cracklin' Rosie. For more information on how that went, visit www.lubsenfamily.blogspot.com. Craklin' Rosie is dead, long live Cracklin' Rosie.

Update: Dan wanted to add that in addition to his torn ACL, he also bruised his pride.