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Shawn

My humble corner of the Net

My Interests

Music:

U2, REM, Wilco, Ryan Adams, Lucero, Alarm, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys, Springsteen, Counting Crows, Coldplay, Jesse Malin, Killers, Old 97's, Hold Steady...

Movies:

Godfather 1 & 2 (Godfather 3 doesn't exist), The Untouchables, The Usual Suspects, Lost in Translation, Dog Day Afternoon, Goodfellas, Shawshank Redemption, Casino, Black Hawk Down, Pulp Fiction, Resevoir Dogs, Se7en, Fight Club, Bowling for Columbine, Caddyshack, Animal House, Stripes, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, The Jerk, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Bull Durham, Spies Like Us, Fletch, No Way Out, JFK,

Television:

Arrested Development, Scrubs, The Shield, West Wing, Lost, 24, The Office, Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Rome, Deadwood, Rescue Me

My Blog

Home again...

Well I've returned from my journey, fairly tired and ready to re-charge. As I've told a number of folks, it was EVERYTHING. It was fun, it was sad, it was depressing, it was uplifting, so much destruc...
Posted by Shawn on Sat, 14 Jan 2006 08:48:00 PST

Lettin it all hang out... Spuv on the Bayou part 5

SLEEP! We got to sleep in! Since today was Sunday and we are living in a church, we didn't leave for the job sites until after 1pm. I had planned to sleep until at least 10 but at 9:45 I heard some ta...
Posted by Shawn on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:06:00 PST

Meal fit for a king... Spuv on the Bayou part 4

Today we were given a new assignment not very far from our last job but the situation was much worse. The family literally walked out of the house right before the storm and didn't return til early De...
Posted by Shawn on Sun, 08 Jan 2006 12:21:00 PST

Day 4... Spuv on the Bayou part 3

Today was our 1st FULL day of work. We were at the site by 9am. We were given the same site as the day before. Personally I was pretty torn about going back, mainly because we knew that our owner wasn...
Posted by Shawn on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 12:25:00 PST

Gettin to work... Spuv on the Bayou part 2

Well it was our 1st day of work but it got out to a slow start. We couldn't get to the rental car place til after 8 then once the 20 of us got our cars and our job assignments we didn't leave the comp...
Posted by Shawn on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:32:00 PST

Homilies and grits... Spuv on the Bayou part 1

Well we arrived in Kenner, La at about 8:30pm wed nite. The bus ride was remarkably comfy and we had tvs to watch movies. Tuesdays movies were Benji 2, Two can play at this game and Executive Power....
Posted by Shawn on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:28:00 PST

Insight.com Bowl and Leaving for New Orleans

I'm sure I've told most of you but our trip to Phoenix was outstanding. The weather was great, the scenery was great, the people were great, even the RU fans were great. RU didn't win but they played ...
Posted by Shawn on Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:40:00 PST

Phoenix or bust

Well I leave for Phoenix in approximately 5 hours to what could be the 1st of many bowl games for Rutgers football. But more than likely, it could be the last in many years (not 27 mind you but it cou...
Posted by Shawn on Mon, 26 Dec 2005 10:28:00 PST

THANK YOU

    I just wanted to thank everyone that donated, money or supplies for my trip to Louisiana. I hopefully will be able to show all of you the good things that came of them and that they...
Posted by Shawn on Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:30:00 PST

Where I'll be staying while I'm in Metairie, LA

The floor I will be so humbling using will be the: St. Matthews United Methodist Church6017 Camphor St.Metairie, LA
Posted by Shawn on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 07:14:00 PST