Welcome to my SBYou!

My full name is Danny Yang Zhao and my birthday is December 6th, 1995. I was born in Stony Brook hospital actually, so it’s cute how I’m attending college here now. I am an art major, which can be rather puzzling to most people at first because Stony Brook is a science oriented college. I am of Asian decent, or more specifically, Chinese.

I have a rather nerdy selection of interests and hobbies that range from reading comics, watching anime, and playing a large amount of video games. I also have more “normal” interests like drawing/painting and eating food. But obviously, there is more to someone than just their interests. I am an EXTREMELY shy person in the beginning. I don’t like speaking in front of crowds, and making important phone calls or talking to strangers gives me anxiety so that is one of my top priorities to fix during my college career. Another big issue I have is that I tend to procrastinate too much, which is normal I suppose. BUT, this creates headaches for me in the end so I would like to get rid of this tendency as soon as possible.

Music is something that (almost) everyone enjoys. For me, music has been a savior in many, many situations. Whenever I’m on transportation for an extended amount of time, I get motion sick, but ever since I got an I-pod and brought it on those long rides, the motion sickness magically vanished without a trace. Whenever I’m unable to sleep at night, I pop my ear-buds in and listen to music in bed. Its something that I do nearly every night, and it usually helps me fall asleep. Music genres that I enjoy include pop, rock, Korean pop, indie, and Latin, but more recently, I’ve been having a deep appreciation for classical music. Classical music is very soothing to listen to, and it has a great knack at giving you emotions.