Patrick Gavin is good at a lot of things: Directing, cooking, giving to those in need, losing his own bets.

The list goes on.

Scoring an interview with the President? Not one of them, but GOSH DARNIT he’s trying and he’s dedicated 500 days to proving it.

We interviewed Patrick to find out the method behind his madness, what style of dad jeans he likes to rock, and to ask him the one question on everyone’s mind.

You can follow Patrick’s progress HERE