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Sean

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About Me

A little bit about me? Hmmm... I'm 31 years old and still don't really know what I want to be when I grow up. I have been everything from a broadcast journalist to an IT telephone support technician to a game designer/writer/editor to an avionics technician, and have gone back to being a broadcast journalist again. I'd like to be President one day, but how does one get that job these days without being obscenely rich?
I'm married to Tracy (see my Friends Top 12 list) with two boys (Kyler, 7, and Jackson, 2). There are pictures of all of them in my photos.
I was, up until March of 2007, the Director of Sales and Marketing and Managing Editor for Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd. and Sovereign Press, Inc., both small game publishers. I loved that job, but didn't make nearly enough money to support myself and my family. We moved to Florida to be near my family, but the lack of good jobs in the area kind of forced our hand, and I have recently gone back into the military (the Army this time). I get to go back to another job that I loved doing, broadcasting, so hopefully this is a good move.
I'm orignally from the Kennesaw/Marietta area of Atlanta, GA. I spent 5 years in the Navy as a broadcast journalist, and was recently in the Air Force Reserve as avionics technician. I've had the opportunity to live overseas, 3 years in Naples, Italy and a year on an island in the Indian Ocean called Diego Garcia. I absolutely love to travel, especially internationally. Almost all of my family lives in Florida, though I do have some family still in Georgia, as well as some in California.
Oh... a couple of books I helped to write have come out recently. They're all from Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd. First, we have Dragons of Krynn , the source for everything dragon related in the world of Dragonlance. Second, we have the Battlestar Galactica Roleplaying Game, and third is Ed Greenwood's Castlemourn Campaign Setting. You should really go out and buy all of these books. It would make me very happy!
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My Interests

Gaming (computer, console, and traditional), reading, traveling, Atlanta Braves baseball.

I'd like to meet:

I was asked this question in a church group once. Everyone else had biblical answers. My answer then was the same as it is now. I'd most like to meet and hang out with Bono, lead singer of the band U2. He's one of the few famous people in this world who I think is genuinely worth looking up to.

Music:

My current favorite band is Audioslave. I'm not happy that Chris Cornell quit the band. Some other favorites are Tori Amos, Jimmy Buffett, John Mellencamp, Foo Fighters, U2, Sublime, and Barenaked Ladies. However, my musical tastes are fairly wide and varied so I can usually find some type of music I like anywhere I go.

Movies:

My favorites are The Lord of the Rings trilogy, followed by Contact. I now, however, must put in a plug for my friends, Dead Gentlemen Productions (www.deadgentlmen.com). Their new movie, The Gamers: Dorkness Rising, is not just a funny movie about the world I work in, it's one of the funniest movies I've probably ever seen! Check the stuff on their website, and then buy lots of their stuff, because, well, they're cool and I want them to make more movies.

Television:

I don't watch much TV, but Bones is by far my favorite show these days, and the only one I watch regularly. Though Supernatural is definitely a close second. I also like to watch Digging For the Truth on the History Channel.

Books:

I used to work for Margaret Weis of Dragonlance and Death Gate Cycle fame, so her and Tracy Hickman have to go here. It's a good thing I genuinely like their books. Neil Gaiman, H.P. Lovecraft, James P. Hogan, Orson Scott Card, and George R.R. Martin are a few of my other favorites. I love science fiction. I still like fantasy, though I don't read much of it besides stuff for work. I also like to read travel books, like Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods, and books on medieval, classical, and ancient history.

Heroes:

My grandpa, John Lee; Carl Sagan; and Bono of U2.

My Blog

Made it to Maryland!

I’ve made it to Ft. Meade, Maryland!  For a while it seemed like I’d never get here.  It often seems like that when you’re stuck in a crappy military training environment l...
Posted by Sean on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:57:00 PST

Update on Sean's PT situation...

Just wanted to let everyone know that I passed my PT test this morning (Friday, March 7th).  I did 45 push-ups, 50 sit-ups, and ran 2 miles in 16 minutes 35 seconds.  I cut 28 seconds from m...
Posted by Sean on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:33:00 PST

The latest from the Army life of Sean...

It's been a while since I've let everyone know what's going on in the life of Sean, so now that I actually have internet access again, I thought I'd post an update. I'm currently at White Sands Missle...
Posted by Sean on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:54:00 PST

Feed the hungry and improve your vocabulary... at the same time!

I wanted to share this website with everyone I know, because I found it to be really cool, and if they do what they say, you aren't actually wasting your time when you're on it.  You're helping t...
Posted by Sean on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:10:00 PST

Old job, new setting...

Well... I finally found a job.  It wasn't what I was really expecting to find, but with mine and Tracy's work and living situation here in Florida, it was the best thing we could figure out. ...
Posted by Sean on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:15:00 PST

Major life change in the works...

So I'm sitting here in a crappy hotel in Milwaukee trying to find any excuse not to be doing the homework I need to be doing for school or the writing I need to be doing for the Battlestar Galactica R...
Posted by Sean on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:04:00 PST

Moving and possibly looking for work!

Many of you know this already, but for those who don't, my wife, kids, and I are moving to Florida at the beginning of April. The reasons are many and varied. At some point in March, I will cease be...
Posted by Sean on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:53:00 PST

This is f'ing hilarious!

Okay... so my sister got this message sent to her here on MySpace actively soliciting her for sex. That's not so unusual. However, this message is fucking hilarious! This guy is trying WAY too hard...
Posted by Sean on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:07:00 PST

Stress Test...

This is something my current professor posted to our virtual classroom.  I thought it was funny.  Your mileage may vary. http://webpages.charter.net/hkirtley/stress/...
Posted by Sean on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:54:00 PST

Me and my car wreck...

Hi everyone, If any of you have checked out my page in the past couple of days, you'll notice a couple of comments about me and my son Kyler being okay and all of that. Well, on the 4th of July at a...
Posted by Sean on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:17:00 PST