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Shawn

There's no basement in the Alamo

About Me

First..just let me answer the myspace critics who say my page is..well..a little boring...I happen to work in a profession where I must remain upright and civicly virtous at all times...However..just to show you I have a sense of fun and adventure...you can't see it right now, but I am running around with scissors while playing with fire..and oh..watch out..I am about to cross the street without looking...and all of this an hour after eating... Well..I am proud to say that I lived a life that I can hang my hat on. I grew up in Wyoming and was lucky that found myself on journeys to Russia, Europe, all over the US. In high school I had an agent(Looks/McFarland Entertainment) and even did some acting. I worked in Union, NJ for 4 years as a history teacher to a great (but large) group of students. I have just finished up a Masters at Miami University where I was also a Graduate Assistant and am heading towards a PhD.I am a huge fan of history's underdogs. Ask me about my passion for the redemption of Aaron Burr and Shoeless Joe Jackson.In July of 2000 I married my beautiful and talented wife Adriane. We have two happy and healthy boys, Sullivan(March 20, 2002) and Theodore (Aug 28, 2005) and we all live in a farmhouse in the Ohio countryside. I am currently a teacher at Connersville High School in Indiana where I get to teach history/sociology to another great group of students.
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My Interests


Create your own friendquiz here My wife tells me that I love doing the dishes,my two boys, travelling, movies,singing, Aaron Burr (check out the Association ), reading, the New York Yankees, history(baseball, movies, American(Gilded Age, 1920's), Russian, Mafia)

I'd like to meet:

The cat who first decided that you could open an egg and then cook it

Music:

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Over the Rhine, Billie Holliday, Puccini, Sinatra (the king of music), Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Harry Connick Jr, Broadway musicals, Black Eyed Peas, Pink,The Bangles, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, Garth Brooks, De La Soul, Madeline Peroux, Diana Krall, Thelonius Monk, Eminem, Isaac Hayes, Jesse and the Rippers, Raffi

Movies:

so many...want the list? Click on titles to go to movie info pages The Greatest Movies of all time...in no particular order, based on the Curtis rewatchability factor

    1. Real Genius 2. Chaplin 3. Planet of the Apes 4. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 5. Less than Zero 6. Blazing Saddles 7. Johnny Dangerously 8. A River Runs Through it 9.Life of Brian10. Three Amigos11. Time Bandits 12. Ghostbusters 13. Superman II 14. 12 Monkeys 15. Wrath of Khan 16. Poseidon Adventure (the original)17. Oceans 11 (the original) 18. Robin and the Seven Hoods 19.To Have and Have Not,20. Ben-Hur21. Mr Mom 22. Gung-ho 23.Far and Away 24. The Adventures of Robin Hood 25. LA Story 26. Emmet Otters Jug-Band Christmas27.Roxanne 28. Rocky IV29. Happy Gilmore 30.Billy Madison 31. Big Daddy 32. Joe vs the Volcano 34. League of Their Own35. Cast Away36. Big 37. Volunteers 38.Nothing in Common39. Dragnet 40.The Money Pit 41. Forrest Gump 42. Philadelphia 43.Mazes and Monsters 44. Everytime we say Goodbye 45. Radio Flyer 46. Say Anything47. Delirious 49.Young Guns50. Soul of the Game 51.The Natural52. Legends of the Fall53. Pulp Fiction 54. Reservoir Dogs 55. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 56.Airplane! 57.The Naked Gun 58. Shawshank Redemption 59. Casablanca 60. Raiders of the Lost Ark 61.Temple of Doom 62.The Last Crusade63. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure 64. Song of the South 65. Lady and the Tramp66. Fox and the Hound67. The Muppet Movie68.Back to School69. The Breakfast Club70. Weird Science 71.The Godfather72. Sixteen Candles 73.The Godfather II 74.Stalin 75.Citizen Cohn 76.Indian Summer77. *61 78.Manos Hands of Fate79. Frankie and Johnny 80.The Goonies81. Back to the Future 82.The Great Bunny Picnic 83.Summer School84. The Great Outdoors85. Tommy Boy86. Airheads87.School Ties 88.Good Will Hunting89. Dogma, 90.Chasing Amy91. Clerks92. Committed93. Swingers 94. Lord of the Rings trilogy95. Manchurian Candidate(original) 96.Sabrina 97.The Rat Pack 98.Moon over Parador 99.Rebel without a Cause, 100.Paper Moon101.Bad News Bears (original), 102.The Firm 103.Hoosiers104. The Guide to the Married Man 105.Dr Strangelove106. Empire Strikes Back107. Uncle Buck 108.Boy who could Fly 109.Crooklyn110. Malcolm X 112. One Crazy Summer113. Better off Dead114. The Sandlot 115.Empire Records 116.Dutch117. A Time to Kill 118.Do the right Thing119. Doc Hollywood 120.Dave121. A Bronx Tale 122.A Mighty Wind 123. Best in Show124. Spinal Tap 125. The Princess Bride 126.Labyrinth127. Dark Crystal 128.Batman II 129.Liscence to Drive 130. Bullets over Broadway131. Die Hard132. The Hudsucker Proxy 133.The Doors 134.Willow135.Top Secret 136.Major League 137.The Road to Perdition138. Four Rooms 139. Schindler's List140. Saving Private Ryan 141. The Great Escape 142. Fletch 143. The Goblet of Fire144. Quiz Show145. Tomb Raider146. PCU 147.the Untouchables 148.Office Space149. The Two Ninas150. Leaving Las Vegas151. Elf 152.Vertigo 153.Dead End 154.Scrooged 155. Edward Scissorhands 156. Mars Attacks157. Pewees Big Adventure 158.Ed Wood 159.Point Break160. Road House 161. Norma Jean and Marilyn162. Heathers 162.Ferris Bueller's Day Off 163.On the Waterfront164. The Big Sleep165. Key Largo 166. Tales of Manhattan 167. On Golden Pond168. French Kiss 169. SoapDish170. Darby O'Gill and the Little People 171.Watcher in the Woods172. Field of Dreams 173.Animal Crackers 174.The American President 175.My Blue Heaven 176.The Jerk177. Village of the Giants 178.His Girl Friday179. Pleasantville180. The Cider House Rules 181.Bend it Like Beckham182. Sixth Sense 183.American Beauty 184.Mr Smith goes to Washington 185.To Sir With Love186. Lean on Me187. Mr Holland's Opus188. Revenge of the Nerds189. Fast Times at Ridgemont High 190. Nuns on the Run191. High Spirits192. The World According to Garp 193.Footloose 194. He Said,She said195. The Big Picture196.Only the Lonely 197.Cotton Club 198. The Outsiders 199. The Terminal 200. Things to do in Denver when you are Dead201. Radioland Murders202. Stand by Me 203.Toy Soldiers204. As Good as it Gets 205.Annie Hall 206.The Worst Witch207. Congo 208.Shaft 209. The Freshman 210. War Games 211. Kill Bill 212. How I got into College 213. Can't Buy Me Love214.The Incredibles 215.Sullivan's Travels216. Diner217. Superman Returns218. Fight Club219.The Great Muppet Caper220. Citizen Kane221.Inherit the Wind222.Sidewalks of New York223.The Singing Detective224.She's the One225.The Hudsucker Proxy226. Liberty Heights227. Man on the Moon228. Bamboozled 229. Hollywood Shuffle230.Brewster's Millions This one is for you Andy... Clownhouse Elmer Gantry (just watched it, took my breath away)No Country for Old Men Pan's LabyrinthThe Departed

Television:

click on links for complete episode guides
Fifteen , Saved by the Bell , Boy Meets World , Gilmore Girls , Grey's Anatomy , Sesame Street , Desperate Housewives, The Muppet Show , Star Trek , Full House , Webster , Punky Brewster , 24 , House , CSI , Danger Mouse , Count Duckula , Out of Control , Mystery Science Theater 3000 , Farscape , Lost , The Road to Avonlea , Jeff Corwin , Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , Reading Rainbow , Everwood , King of Queens , MADTV , Dobie Gillis , Mr Ed , Clarissa Explains it All , You Can't Do that on Television , Dick Van Dyke Show ,SCTV, Smallville ,30 Rock, Heroes

Books:

The Sun Also Rises, Garden of Eden, IN our time,Count of Monte Cristo, Les Miserables, Huckleberry Finn, Ragtime, Farenheit 451, Animal Farm, Harry Potter series, The Puppy who Lost His Way, Dandelion Wine, Fatal Friendship, Wizard of Oz series, Teacher Man, The March, A Time to Kill, The Firm, Billy Bathgate, The DaVinci Code, Lies Across America, 900 Days, Death of a Salesman, Lost in Yonkers, The Way we Never Were, When Harlem was in Vogue, Confederates in the Attic, Shoeless Joe, Wait 'til Next Year, Where the Sidewalk Ends, The Lorax,Burr, 1876

Heroes:

Bob and Bev Curtis,Jim Henson, Aaron Burr, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Hemingway, L Frank Baum, William Jennings Bryan, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Josh Gibson, James G Blaine, Benjamin Harrison, Sid Caesar, Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn, Andrew Jackson, Joe DiMaggio, Mark Hamill, Billie Holliday

My Blog

Top memories of the next 30 years (knock on wood)

So I decided to document the top memories of my next 30 years so far...only because I know it is very likely that by the end of this 30 I will have lost my mind...but  I guess it won't matter bec...
Posted by Shawn on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 05:10:00 PST

top memories of 30 years of life (the first 30)

I had been thinking  about my 30th birthday which many of us in my class are about to experience or already have experienced. For awhile I dreaded the approaching day..then an ex student wro...
Posted by Shawn on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 04:56:00 PST

Index of friends

I have decided to index my friends on myspace. If people are swinging by looking for certain people, they don't want to have to wonder "I wonder if that is the same (name here)  from (group). So....
Posted by Shawn on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:25:00 PST

pictures of my boys

Hello.. I keep getting requests for more pictures of my sons. Truth be told...I don't want to put them on myspace..it is a sad fact of our modern world that deviants troll the internet. I don't want t...
Posted by Shawn on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:54:00 PST

Cheyenne Memories

Golly I have become so nostalgic.... In this blog I thought I would give the Cheyenne kids a chance to comment on their favorite memories of our mother city. I know most of us growing up wanted to esc...
Posted by Shawn on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:30:00 PST