6 reasons Dyland is the biggest hipster you know

Happy Birthday to my good friend Dyland,

who through thick and thin has kept it real.

Here's a blog post in his name.

1) He (fake) smokes a pipe to just help himself think.

2) He swing dances.

3) He wears 1940's clothes.

4) He wraps gifts in brown paper bags as his signature gift giving "thing."

5) He writes old school poetry (and he is good at it!).

6) He makes 1920's chivalry a discipline of his.

How is Dyland NOT a hipster??

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