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Shawn

Speed kills.......But beauty lives forever

About Me

Hey hey hey! I'm Shawn I'm from South Bend, Indiana I am a Sophomore at Indiana University South Bend. I'm going to school right now to be a high school teacher (Secondary Social Studies Education) But I'm mostly earning that degree as a back up. My ultimate dream in life is to go to Graduate School after my four years here and earn a PhD in European History, and then hopefully spend my working life publishing articles in academic journals, writting history books, and lecturing at a University as a tenured Professor. I am a Christian (of the United Methodist variety) I currently work at Target I do a little bit of every thing there. I love road trips and am always down for one. I love bowling, shooting pool, being outdoors and overall just enjoying every day Hot Premade Layouts - Music Bands - Animals - Movies I edited my profile at HotPremadeLayouts.com . check out these Myspace Layouts!

My Interests

I enjoy exploring my religion, and of course.........History! Ancient Mediterranean, Medieval, Roman, Russian, Celtic History, World War I, World War II, Napoleonic, I like to play my music (who doesn't) I like bowling, shooting pool, spending money, going on road trips, periods of solitude, reading, football, baseball (Love the Cubs), I love being with my friends. .. check me out on facebook to!

I'd like to meet:



What Famous Leader Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.comGod, Jesus Christ, Hannibal Barca, Napoleon Bonaparte, Otto Von Bismarck, Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, Erich Ludendorff, Charlemagne, Augustus Caesar, Ty Cobb, Billy Corgan, Doug Martinez, Nick Hexum, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, all my ancestor's who have come before me, Someone who also operates on the same mental track that I do.

Your results:
You are Spider-Man Spider-Man 85% Superman 70% Hulk 65% Iron Man 65% Batman 55% The Flash 50% Wonder Woman 42% Supergirl 37% Robin 29% Green Lantern 20% Catwoman 10% You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.
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What MLB team are you most like? (w/pics)


Cubs
You have the longest standing curse in the MLB you haven't been in the World Series since1908. The curse of the billy goat haunts Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Kerry Wood, and Mark Prior. It haunted the likes of Ernie Banks and Sammy Sosa.
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Music:

Smashing pumpkins/Zwan/Billy Corgan, 311, Deftones, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Rage Agasint the Machine, Audio Slave, Velvet Revolver, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Alien Ant Fram, Muse, Eric Clapton, The Strokes

Movies:

The Shawshank Redemption, Cobb, O Brother Where art Thou?, Interview with the Vampire,Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, any prison or war movie, Garden State, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Oh how I wish that proceedure really existed!) Star Wars, Donnie Darko, Everything is Illuminated, American Beauty EMPEROR NAPOLEON BONAPRATE

Television:

Nip/Tuck, The Shield, Rescue Me (FX rocks) Sportscenter, NFL, NCAA Football, Chicago Cubs, Aqua Teen Hunger Force! (..1 in the hood G!), Simpsons, South Park, The History Channel, CNN, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Comcast Sports Net....catchign a theme here? value="http://www.ward404.net/clients/warner/deftones/defton es.swf" /

Books:

The Holy Bible, Hannibal Crosses the Alps, Russia and the Russians, Egypt, Greece, and Rome: Cultures of the ancient Mediterranean. The Illustrated History of World War I, The Last Kaiser: The Life of Wilhelm II, Alexander of Macedon, Caesar a biography, Genghis Kahn: Conqourer of the World, Napoleon on Napoleon, Napoleon's Millitary Maxims, The Atlas of World History, The Warlords: Hindenburg and Ludendorff, My Life in Baseball: Ty Cobb, Wrigleyville, Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit, Notes to Myself, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Communist Manifesto, Ethan Frohme, Hamlet, Wuthering Heights, Julius Caesar, Much ado about Nothing, Farheinheit 411, The court of the Red Czar, Stalin, Have a Nice Day, To Kill a Mocking Bird, The Adventuers of Tom Sawyer, Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Theif, Blood and Gold, The Vampire Armand, anything historical pretty much

Heroes:

God, Jesus Christ, Wayne Welcome (RIP), Robert Hill (RIP), John Welcome, Robin Welcome, Ty Cobb, Billy Corgan, Nick Hexum, Doug Martinez, Emperor Constantine, Moses, Martin Luther, John Wesley

My Blog

The Forum Vol. V: The Beginning is the End is the Beginning? (In Retrospect)

Alright so after another fun night of standing in the same spot for seven hours, and several hours spent in contemplation, I have decided that there is both light and darkness, positive and negative a...
Posted by Shawn on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:20:00 PST

The Forum Vol. IV: The End is the Beginning is the End

Today I had a meeting with my academic advisor, she ran fifteen minutes late, but that's beyond the point. We sat down to formulate my battle plan. Lay out what classes I need to take in the next thre...
Posted by Shawn on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:48:00 PST

The Forum Vol. III: At the Heart of it All

I'm on a serious reading kick again right now. My reading phases come and go, and lately I've been engrossed by that wonderful one thousand year period between the fall of the Western Roman Empire, an...
Posted by Shawn on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:12:00 PST

The Forum Vol. II: Shawn= Alexander, PRAXIS= Darius

Well the PRAXIS has come and gone, and I passed all parts of the exam (well I'm still waiting on the results of the essay portion of the exam but I honestly was not worried about that part.) All that ...
Posted by Shawn on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:18:00 PST

The Forum Vol. I

After seriously considering deleting myspace, I've decided to keep it. One thing myspace has always been good for is the blogging feature. I have in times past used it as an outlet to vent, create, an...
Posted by Shawn on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:41:00 PST

Strangers Game

It's not that I don't care Anymore But were just strangers At each others door   So if it's a stranger you want Then a mystery I'll be An enigma to everyone But me   Secrets we'll always r...
Posted by Shawn on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 09:39:00 PST

"Cause You Don't Want Me No More."

The truth of the manner is that right now at this moment, I'm at a complete stand still in my life. I don't know what I want, nor do I really have the desire to reach out for anything. I am indecisi...
Posted by Shawn on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:14:00 PST

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  Love is good and love is kind Love is good and love is blind Love is good and love is mine Love is good all the time..... Love is good and love is kind Love is drunk and love is blind Love is g...
Posted by Shawn on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:35:00 PST

Tarantula

"If it's a white hot soul they want......... It's a Black Heart they'll get!"
Posted by Shawn on Thu, 24 May 2007 08:25:00 PST

Beach

Anyone want to go to the beach on Wendesday (May 23) I got the day off and want to go! We can go in my new car haha!!!!!! Let me know   SCW
Posted by Shawn on Mon, 21 May 2007 07:33:00 PST