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S h a u n

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About Me

Basically I am 29, have my life together, and I'm more than the average amount of interesting and funny, so to be friends with me you'd better love to laugh. I'm tall, which is my burden in life. Not a day goes by that an old lady doesn't ask me to bring down a box of Wheaties from the top shelf at the grocery store.
I am good at my job. Just know that I am intelligent and can hold my end of an exciting conversation. Keep the regular chit-chit for normal guys. I am not into videogames. So when you guys are telling me about some new game coming out with cool graphics, know that I am nodding my head only because I'm being nice. I understand life in general is mundane and that we all try to keep things positive and interesting, but don't have a heart attack when I have nothing to say. Sometimes it's just nice to shut up and share a moment of comfortable silence together. Remember that.
I love spending a night out in the city meeting random people and finding something interesting about them. For fun I like to do just about anything with friends. Cruising around town with no place to go, play poker, watch movies, just chill out, go out to eat, watch some hockey live, talk about kung fu, walking in the rain, hot tubing, observing the stars on a warm summer night drinking a cool Dr Pepper, and camping and fishing when I have (make) the time.

My Interests

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My Travels This 4th of July weekend was my first weekend home since March. I spent 3 months backpacking through Asia but did not bring home an Asian wife much to the surprise of many friends back home (she wouldn't fit in my backpack). I'd love to go back but I have to see the rest of the world first, so she's going to have to wait for now. I have big plans coming up for the next trip which will probably only be outdone by going to the Moon (Where did I put my Lonely Planet guide to the Moon?)

Stepping off the plane in a land where I knew very little about the culture, and even less about how to survive here and absolutely none of the language was intimidating. Yet, I still felt like Shaq walking down the street. Well, a white verison of him anyway without the rap albums to add to my resume. My head would be bruised for the entire duration of my trip as I hit my head on everything that was low enough to almost knock me out cold, always getting some laughs from the locals.

I was a rockstar in Asia. Every new stop brought more people asking to take a photo with me so they could show friends what they saw while they were out that day. If I was smarter, I would have started to charge for these photos... but I didn't want to do that to my fans! I stopped counting the number of times people ran into something or tripped over themselves as they stare at me walking by (count was at 8 when I got tired of keeping track).

My Blog

Goodbye Marian Gaborik

He is one of the greats in this game. Sidney Crosby's got nothing on Gabby. Heck Crosby isn't even the best player on his team! But Gabby is hurt way to much to be mentioned with the likes of the grea...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:34:00 GMT

Leaving the clean air in Laos and Thailand

Originally posted: Wednesday May 28, 2008 @ 9:00PMA quick talk with a Monk taught me some interesting things. Farangs (as us foreigners are called around this part of the world) are able to become Mon...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:00:00 GMT

Wrapping up Ulaanbaatar

Originally posted: June 15, 2008 @ 6:00amOne thing the Mongolians know how to do, and do well, is the BBQ. They start by adding the word "all you can eat" next to it. Then I get your options of pork, ...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:00:00 GMT

On to Xi’an

Originally posted: June 20th, 2008 @ 11:20PMI am getting better at ordering from Chinese restaurants with no English menus. Or at least I thought I was until Adam and I went to a local Hot Pot type pl...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Angkor Wat. Angkor What?

Originally posted: May 14, 2008 @ 7:10pmTwo nights ago in Phnom Penh was a fun one. We hit up a bar called "Sharkys" which felt more like a bar back home, just better. Pool tables, a cool bar, a balco...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:10:00 GMT

Well, its over: Final Thoughts

"A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it." I could post a huge blog on what the trip home was like, but it wasn't something I want to relive so here are the h...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:17:00 GMT

Shanghai Nights w/ Shaun

First full day (Wednesday) in Shanghai was a loooong one! Left at 7am and didn't get back till after 11pm. Annah and Ludvig were sleeping in together, so Kajsa and I went out early to check out the fu...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT

Out with the Old, in with the New

High on the top of my list of suggestions for those intending to travel to foreign places like I have, is "do not miss your train". On the other hand, what an experience you will come away with... so ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:00:00 GMT

Back in Beijing

The train back to Beijing was Chinese and horrible. No air-con, power, television, or soft bunks. Oh well, it's only for 30 hours so I managed. Met up with Noomi from Sweden after I woke up from a mo...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:00:00 GMT

The Mongol Empire Lives!

Not a whole lot to add to the Beijing blogs really. Went to see the body of Mao a couple mornings ago. The security was so much more relaxed, however with the Mausoleum being right in the middle of Ti...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:45:00 GMT