50 Random Facts about Dylan

Considering the quarantine that we are all going through, it's good for people to still meet their candidates at a personal level. We have plenty of policies for you to browse in the issues tab, but not a lot of random personal information. So here you can find 50 facts about Dylan.

1. What is your full name? Dylan Patrick Dailor

2. Are you named after anyone? My father wanted me to be named after the poet Dylan Thomas, but Dylan Patrick was preferred by my mother

3. Where are you from? I was born and raised in Greece, NY

4. Who did you look up to growing up? I definitely looked up to my parents, but also my favorite president, Theodore Roosevelt

5. What is your eye color? I actually have heterochromia and both of my eyes are multiple colors

6. Who are your favorite actors? Jeff Daniels and Sterling K. Brown

7. Who are your favorite actresses? Jennifer Jason Leigh and Brie Larson

8. Who is your favorite musician? Patrick Watson

9. What is your favorite food? Cheddar and Bacon Burger

10. What is your favorite ice-cream flavor? Vanilla

11. What is your favorite song? God Only Knows by the Beach Boys

12. What is your favorite sport? Baseball ever since I was young

13. What is your favorite type of clothing? Button down shirts

14. What is the name of your favorite restaurant? Wild Willy’s Burgers

15. What is your favorite candle scent? Eucalyptus Spearmint

16. What was your favorite subject in High School? I always loved English class, especially my journalism and creative nonfiction writing courses

17. What was your least favorite subject in High School? Chemistry, I was an incredibly average student in that class

18. Are you scared of heights? Incredibly and it may be because my father used to raise me up to the smoke detectors as a baby

19. Are you a dog person or cat person? A dog person, as you might be able to tell by the campaign’s Stitch page

20. Are you a fan of any sports team? Yes I am! The Chicago Cubs, the Dallas Cowboys, and the Cleveland Cavaliers 

21. Are you a good cook? I would like to imagine that I am, but you’d have the ask the people I cook for

22. Are you an early adopter or late-adopter? I’m either a very early adopter or a very late-adopter

23. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen in your life? A man rolling down his window to flip me off in the middle of a torrential downpour

24. Do you save old greeting cards and letters? Throw them away? I keep them, but I’m not sure where they go in my house, maybe a box

25. Do you sing in the shower? Depends on the song, but if it’s the Beatles then I definitely will

26. Did you ever have a nickname? Yes, my brother called me Webster when I was younger because of dictionary-like vocabulary 

27. Do you have a garden? I do have a garden! Two years ago I carried nine yards of mulch into my backyard and I hope to never do that again.

28. Do you have any allergies? Seasonal, gluten, and peaches

29. Do you carry a donor card? No, I’m on the national registry for donating my body once I die

30. How many pairs of shoes do you currently own? 1 pair of everyday shoes, one pair of outside work shoes, two pairs of dress shoes 

31. How many rings before you answer the phone? About three rings, that’s how long it used to take for the caller ID to show up when I was younger

32. How many days could you last in solitary confinement? It’s less a question of how many days and more a question of how many hours

33. Have you ever suffered a fracture? Yes, in my collarbone and my big toe of my right foot

34. Have you ever taken self-defense lessons? I took kung fu all the way up until my purple belt

35. What flavor of tea do you enjoy? Earl Grey tea with milk and honey

36. What is the worst grade you got on a test? I got a 55 on my first Latin test in the seventh grade, I vowed never to get a grade that low again

37. Are you a morning person or a night owl? I was a morning person, but now I’m much more of a night owl

38. What book are you reading at the moment? I just finished reading The Journal of Best Practices by David Finch

39. What was your first ever cell phone? I had a flip phone that I really didn’t want in the seventh grade because in 2012 I thought seventh graders shouldn’t have cell phones 

40. Do you remember your dreams? I do, sometimes for years after I have them

41. One thing you know now that you wish you had known as a kid? I wish I had known that Amazon stock was going to be worth $2,000 some day...if only

42. What is the longest period you’ve spent in a hospital? 3 and a half days when I was diagnosed with myocarditis 

43. What non-profit do you believe in supporting? The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network

44. What piece of art did you see that you’ve never forgotten? Nighthawks painted by Edward Hopper 

45. If you could eat lunch with one famous person, who would it be? I would probably have to choose President Obama or Governor Baker of Massachusetts 

46. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation where would you go? Dublin, Ireland

47. When was the first time you were on a plane? When I was five and my family went to Disney World

48. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Why? The egg because of mutations and evolution

49. Pick one, IOS or Android? I have an Android phone but a Macbook computer, so I think I’m split 50/50 on the question

50. Would you rather have to change your clothes five times a day or wear the same outfit five times in a row? I would rather wear my outfit five times in a row because it’s way too inefficient to change clothes five times in one day