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My name is Shawn Whyte. I'll be honest with you. This is basically a long ramble I went on one night four years ago when I was a freshman in college. Yes, the majority was originally scribed in November of 2004. I know, quite a long time ago. I really can't bring myself to delete this though. I've been updating it bit by bit cause writing a new one just seems out of the question. A lot of this is pretty ridiculous, and it's fairly random, but people have really liked it, so here it sits. I was born March 21st, 1986. I am Irish and Scottish mostly, but am also French, German, Dutch, and Cherokee. I graduated from Penn State University with a degree in photography (If you are here looking for my drawings, shoes, and/or photos, they are below my about me). What will I do after that? Don't ask me... I do small random photoshoots and draw on shoes to pay my bills, but I don't know how long that can last. I can be quite charismatic, but I'm also very shy. It might take a little time for the charismatic side to show through, unless you catch me in a rare situation where I completely disregard any feelings of being shy. My hometown is Athens, PA. I have the normal mom and dad, and I have two sisters. One two years older. the other six years younger. I also have two dogs . Siberian huskies, only the best breed ever. I wrestle with them, as seen here and here . I enjoy being affectionate. Like everyone claims to be.. I'm a hopeless romantic. I've been told I'm too sweet. I like to do the little things. I don't like confrontation. My favorite sandwich when I was little was a cheez whiz sandwich. I took one to school almost everyday, unless I bought that day. I laugh when people drop/break their cell phones. I have a cell phone. I have only dropped it a few times.. the first time was only because I was with a girl I really liked and I was nervous. Classic nervousness. I don't have a car. I don't have a favorite food, and I don't like much. I drink Pepsi and Propel. I don't have a favorite color. I like different shades of different colors though. Pale colors are really attractive, like pale green and pale purple. Lately, I have been becoming more and more of a fan of red, and have been drawing with red and black a lot. And I don't have a favorite band either. I like and hate sitting in my room. I sit all day in my room, in class, outside, in cars, on the toilet... I listen to the music in those places too. I listen to music almost 24/7. I'm afraid of heights. I'm afraid of being upside down. I'm afraid of going fast when I can't control the speed. Naturally.. I'm not too fond of rollercoasters. I was hit on the head with a metal baseball bat when I was 11. I still have a bump from it today. I have had long hair since then to cover that bump. The one summer I cut it short was the only time I've had a girlfriend. When it grew back, we broke up. That was 9th or 10th grade. And I really don't think it counts as an actual relationship since we didn't go to the same school and barely saw each other. Not only have I never had a real girlfriend, I also cannot recall a real best friend ever either. I have a lot of love to give, just no one to give it to. And no one has ever really said they wanted it. I'm a bad artist. I'm a bad poet. But I try. I was a horrible student... study wise. I never studied, but somehow managed to grab my fair share of A's and B's and I graduated with a 3.2 GPA from Penn State University . I don't like the idea of the future too much. I'm was a fine arts/photography major, but um... I didn't take any art classes in high school at all. I first got into photography in 9th grade though, when I took a class in high school where I got to use a dark room for the first time and then I went to a photojournalism course at Penn State's Institute for High School Journalists for a week one summer. And then I took another the next year. And then the next summer as well. And after I graduated high school, I helped other students there. When I first came to college, I was a journalism major hoping to go into the photojournalism direction. In the middle of my sophomore year, I simply dropped the journalism aspects of my major. I still can do photojournalism, but I feel within the arts major, I will be taught much more. I cannot say that I know everything there is to know. I know enough at this point to do what I want to do right now, but I'm definitly still learning. I really hate talking about school though... and the future. I watch too much TV. I can go a long time without blinking. I went 30 minutes watching TV without blinking once. I have two moles on my nose. One I have had as long as I can remember on my left side of my nose near my tear duct, the other on the bridge of my nose. Luckily, they are light enough that they aren't very visible. I also have two well placed moles on my chest, that I am quite self-conscience about. I have no skills when it comes to talking to girls. I'll go to a party and stay around the person/people I came with. When everyone gets drunk, it can both be easier and harder to be social. I'm really shy, but its hard to tell since I joke so much. But I can only joke when I have people around that I know will laugh. I think too much... about every little thing. I tend to walk where I think I might run into someone. It's like.. alternate stalking? It never seems to pay off though. I wear my heart on my sleeve and my penis in my pants, for the most part. I've always wanted a girlfriend to be my best friend, but how rare is that? I'd settle for the normal girlfriend... or a normal best friend. I'm the boy in the Pepsi can costume. (Not literally people.) Where is my hot dog? I feel like my never having a relationship is caused by where I live and grew up. I've looked the same since I was 16, and I guess, that was just never very desirable. Here at Penn State it isn't really in high demand either. I have made more friends since coming here though, which I am very thankful for. A group of people that actually include me is a very nice thing. But I can't help but think about how my life would be different if I would have grown up in a more populated, urban area. Let's see... My favorite part of a girl's mind is her sense of humor. My favorite part of a girl's body is her hip bones and tummy. I started drinking socially on my 21st birthday. I figured... why not? And I did it. It's fun with friends. I don't smoke. I don't see a point in it at all. I don't do other drugs. I never called myself straightedge before I drank because people only use that term now-a-days to make themselves look better than others. I mean, it is a personal choice. It doesn't really make you better than anyone, and it is so fucking annoying when "straightedge" kids rag on others. You can drink all you want around me. Smoke all you want around me. Cigs or pot. I'd prefer that you didn't, but if you must, then go for it. It's not my place to tell them what to do. I also hate hardcore dancing. First of all, if you're going to hardcore dance, please do it to hardcore, and not forms of metal. Beatdowns, not breakdowns. When I'm at a show, I'd like to be able to watch the fucking band without having to watch out for some fat guy trying to do spinkicks. I'm all for having fun at a show, but take it easy asshole. I don't work well in small groups. I'm no sort of leader. I'm the jealous type. But not aggressive jealous. The sit-back-and-not-do-anything-about-it jealous type. I like to be alone. I hate to be lonely. I'm lonely a lot. I'm alone a lot. I'm not anti-social, but I can be anti-most people. Well actually, I just have no where to go, and no way to get anywhere. I don't like to get a lot of random IMs from myspace people. Many times, they are all just the same words, different people. Send a myspace message instead. Don't mention Shaun White, I won't reply if you do. I'm fucking sick of it. I don't reply to all the messages any more really. I used to reply to all of them, So I am very sorry if I don't reply to your message. But I do read everything that is sent to me. I don't really like being told I'm cute over the internet. I feel that it only counts in person, or at least someone who has seen me in person. I'm only photogenic because I delete the bad ones. I don't like it when girls act surprised when I tell them I don't have a girlfriend cause that just makes me feel bad like I should have one. I don't like distance. I wish I could go anywhere at anytime. I have too much hope in people. I tend to be clingy to anyone nice to me. I can lie about certain things without guilt, but only small lies. I feel responsible a lot of times when it wasn't my fault. I say "sorry" a lot. I don't have any piercings. I don't have any tattoos. Don't plan on getting any. I look down when I walk. I hold my own hand when I walk, or to stop that, put my hands in my pockets. I have bad posture. I hope you are reading this. I can't read things that don't keep me interested. I hope you are interested. I love movies. I can like any movie. Show me a foreign film in a language I can't understand. I will like it. I fall asleep at night watching CNN when Adult Swim turns to anime and Comedy Central goes to infomercials. I like to make jokes. 75% of the jokes are very bad. 15% are bad but people laugh anyway. 9% are genuinely funny. 1% are jokes that I don't mean to be jokes, but turn out really really funny, so I just say that it was a joke. I like when people visit me for no reason. I like when people call me for no reason. I don't like the phone though. Calling people who aren't expecting a call makes me very nervous, and hope I'm not bothering the person I'm calling. I'm going to stop now. This is too addicting to write. But it felt good to write it. I feel like I know myself better now. And before you say we are really alike, you might want to read the rest. It goes a bit deeper.
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