Sean's Wacky World of Wingnuts!

Am I so wrong?

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:47:18 GMT

We're having a WW2 themed dance in a couple of weeks.

Today we went to get costumes for it. I found a dashing Commodore's uniform, complete with a fuckin' awesome hat and white gloves. As a backup, there's an air force uniform.

I suggested that all the girls dress up as nurses. We found about a dozen white red cross nurse uniforms.

I seem to be the lone voice calling for this.

Jinkies

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:34:02 GMT

Wow, it's been a long time since I last updated this thing. Let's see.

I finished my internship, it was awesome and great.. lots of good recommendations from it, and I got a lot of good experience.

I'm back at school, living with a good friend, and working on my last semester before I graduate. It's a pretty easy semester, truth be told.

Got back into the swing of things with swing club, and I'm happy because of it.

Busy as heck, but I'm sleeping (kinda) well at night. I'm very glad to be back up here at Boone.

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 02:49:03 GMT

If you comment here:

1. I'll respond with something random about you.

2. I'll challenge you to try something.

3. I'll pick a color that I associate with you.

4. I'll tell you something I like about you.

5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.

6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.

7. I'll ask you something I've always wanted to ask you.

8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours.

New stuff

Mon, 15 May 2006 11:50:56 GMT

So what's new?

Well, my dad got a motorcycle and I'm learning how to ride it.

I'm also starting my new internship this morning (with the Raleigh PD detective's division). I'm a little nervous.

I've also gotten a character on Sagas, which seems like a rather fun place to play. Also got one of my friends to app there. Fun stuff.

That's about it for now. Time to eat and get on with the day.

Mmm

Sat, 29 Apr 2006 05:54:56 GMT

I love Blues. Both the style of dancing that goes with it, and the music.

Stuff!

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:34:27 GMT

http://www.theapp.appstate.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1168&Itemid=43

That's what I'm doing on campus all day. And it made front page news.

Update

Sun, 09 Apr 2006 05:06:40 GMT

So.. Wondering what's up with me?

I'm happy. I've found who I want to be. I'm pushing myself harder everyday while still enjoying life to the fullest. I'm getting rained on and smiling about it. I'm breaking up with girls and feeling content. I'm realizing that I can do anything I want to if I put my mind to it. I'm healthy, I'm happy, I'm carrying myself in a professional manner, I'm doing the Right Thing.

I sleep very, very well at night.

Dance!

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:13:40 GMT

WHEE! I just got done with the dance and some other stuff... It was mucho fun, and although we made a few mistakes I think it was really good for a first performance. As for the video, we're gonna put it on DVD. I can get a bunch of copies to send out, but I don't think we're gonna be able to put it online (I don't know how to rip from a DVD sadly).

Here's the song we danced to:

http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1GX0N447X4WG816X0I12YY71Q2

The first 15 seconds is a Jimmy Luxury song, it's great fun to dance to. :D

I -really- love it, and this Saturday Michelle and I are gonna dance to Love me or Leave me, I can't remember what version it is though. It's got a lot of cool bounces and stops in it that I can really groove to. :)

Performance!

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:54:19 GMT

So for the past month or two a small group of us have been working on a lindy hop performance piece (choreographed dance to a song). We're doing it to "Is you is or is you ain't my baby", and we're performing it tonight. I'm nervous/excited, but I know we've got the routine down perfectly. It's a 4 minute 30 second song, which is a lot of moves to remember when you're doing an 8 count dance. If we get a video to put online I'll link to it from here... Maybe you all can actually see me dance!

ATLX

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 05:53:59 GMT

ATLX3. www.atlx3.org

This was so freakin' fun. Blues dancing. Lindy. Doing an 8-count dance to a 300+ bpm version of "Bugle Call Rag" has me worn out a full day afterwards. So much fun, though. I am depressed that it is over, but also happy to sleep in a real bed. Getting up tomorrow will suck. A lot.

Everytime I close my eyes I still feel like I'm dancing.

Oh, and after driving to all sorts of places at night in and around Atlanta... I feel confident about getting to Dragon*Con. ;)

Update, I think

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 01:32:14 GMT

So my life has gotten a bit more complicated recently.

I had a wonderful spring break, with lots of time spent by myself in the wilderness or with a good friend just... being quiet. That, strangely enough, was awesome. Took a lot of pictures, ate a lot of good food, learned some things.

All in all, it was a great vacation. But my life changed completely once I stepped foot inside a classroom again. Gone were the days where I thought about girls and spent my time planning my next hike or social event. Instead, my mind immediately snapped back into academic mode. So I rolled with it, and studied hard in my classes and even took a girl out for a date on Monday, to see V for Vendetta.

Later that night I told her I wasn't interested in anything other than a friendship, which is true. She's just not my type. But for the next day, I mulled over that decision, trying to figure out if I would rather put my effort into the relationship (which would likely be doomed and not land me anything other than a lot of drama), or work on more school or work-related projects? Well...

Lo and behold, I took up two more projects. Both are working with the university and community, but are with different schools. Plus, I think they're going to tap me for the core curriculum committee, which is a volunteer group who are looking at ways to improve the university's core curriculum. I've got a couple of ideas for that, too.

So life is pretty good. I'm happy, for the most part, and I'm definitely working to make a difference each day. It's a good feeling, but fairly exhausting. I've got a lot of work ahead of me.. If it pays off, though.. It'll be environmental law at Chapel Hill. So I can be a tree-hugging lawyer.

As for the relationship thing... something will happen eventually. Just not right now. :)

Beep

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:16:37 GMT

Whee!

Time to play a new game, rather than lets-work-Sean's-ass-off. I woke up today and very nearly slept through every class and responsibility I had.

kthxbye

It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 02:26:47 GMT

So the search continues. I've talked to more and more professors about law schools and stuff like that, and talked to the attorneys I volunteer with, and talked to a lawyer that works with my parents, and talked more with professors. What about? Well, about a variety of things. I end up repeating a lot of things to different people, such as my GPA and past/future plans. I've borrowed books on law schools, read them, picked out about 6 that look awesome to me. NC Central, University of Akron Law, Thomas Jefferson Law, John Marshall Law School, California Western, and Florida Coastal.

I've got a lot of things to do, I really need to research out these law schools more fully. But I also have a few things to do for swing club soon, and I also really need to work on a few things for the volunteer thinger. They've got me interviewing potential clients, and I'm really not used to asking total strangers about their mental health/health issues, amongst a plethora of other things I'd not ask my closest friends. Gonna have to get used to that, and I'm sure I will, it's just uncomfortable. And does anyone know what the 'right' course of action for me would be when a victim begins crying on the phone? Do I comfort her, do I just press onward with the questions despite the fact that they might be unsettling, do I hand it up the ladder after politely leaving the conversation? I am planning on asking the attorneys when I get back there on Thursday, but we'll see. I really like helping these people, it's a service that is really necessary and quite challenging... but it's gonna be emotionally draining if I don't get a hold of this pretty soon.

On a more personal note, I'm gonna love getting spring break this year. It's going to really help me out to just relax and forget about school and everything else for a week. Except those of you who live up there in the White Salmon area. I suppose I will be paying a bit more attention to you. ;) I'm really starting to wear down. This weekend I'm going to have to dedicate to papers, studying, and reading up on law schools, as well as trying to figure out if I can apply to a school that has a joint JD/MPA degree. I think I'd go that route if I can get into a law school that offers it.

Oh, as far as love goes? I'm happily off the market.

WTF is up?

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 05:21:28 GMT

Well, since I am all professional now, I shall place this in the form of a list:

I have:

1. Decided I am going to apply to law school. This means that I am busy as heck trying to figure out what law schools I am going to apply to, start figuring out what to study for the LSAT, figure out what classes might help with the LSAT/Law School, and a few other things. It also means that I need to buckle down and hit the books far harder than I've ever hit them before, in order to try to bring my GPA up before I really have a hard time getting in.

2. Continued dancing. I'm Event Coordinator in the swing club, so that means that I've been busy coordinating events. Weekly meetings, dances, etc. I've been up to my ears running around campus and getting stuff done, as well as actually dancing (I'm teaching Lindy Hop now!)

3. Started volunteering. Albeit a small amount of time. I'm volunteering with an organization called Legal Aid of North Carolina. www.legalaidnc.org. It's a group that provides legal assistance to those who can't afford it in matters such as restraining orders, lawsuits, and the like. So far, it looks like we handle a lot of domestic violence cases and tenant/landlord issues. Mostly on the side of the victim or tenant. They're treating me like an intern, which is fun, and so far I've worked on two separate cases, finding a way to win one of them. Whee!

4. Taken to yoga. Yep, that's right. I do yoga, whenever I can.

5. Hike. I hike, hike and hike some more. I'm getting outdoors more and more on the weekends.

6. Re-opened ROE. After 2 weeks of some intense work, ROE is ready and open to the public. Hopefully I'll get the first event run this weekend when I've got some time, but thankfully the rest of the staff is really picking up the slack and getting things done while I'm off getting a life.

7. Oh yeah, classes. I'm taking 17 hours. 1 hour less than the absolute maximum the university will allow in a semester.

8. Internship. My -real- internship, which will net me 12 credit hours, will be going on in Raleigh. I've been getting their application filled out, as well as other things done for it. I'll be interning with the Raleigh Police Department. Probably the North Raleigh substation, since that's close to where I live.

9. Job hunting. I've begun hunting for a new job to do on the weekends during the summer, as I need to start saving up money over the summer. I really need the income, and if I can start saving some money for law school that'll be great... although I'll probably end up going into debt by about 100k anyway.

10. Death. I have taken up a temporary position harvesting the souls of the recently departed. It kills time. Hah-hah.

Wow

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:39:15 GMT

40-60 mph winds, with gusts higher.

10-20 degrees, with wind chill pushing it into single digits.

What do I do? At 10:30, I and a pair of friends put on our warm gear, hike to the top of a mountain (with wind so strong at parts that it seriously stopped us in our tracks, we couldn't walk a little, or were even pushed off the side of the trail. There were even some trees that were just snapped in two on the trail), and break out my backpacking stove to make some -tea-. Tea = good. The water getting cold again in 2 minutes, not so good.

But I'm back and it was an awesome trip. And I survived. ;)

Mememe

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:58:57 GMT

Grabbed from various journals.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Do what's actually next to you.

My sentence:

Note that few suspects who are arrested and then prosecuted, tried, and convicted.

The crap abides

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:55:21 GMT

So I stumble in from a hard night of drinking, hoping to pee and then go to sleep and thus avert any hangover.

Instead, when I flush, my toilet overflows and puts pee-crapwater EVERYWHERE. I have to use all of my towels to clean it up (thank god for extra strength Gain) and have to scoop out the water by hand so I can try to plunge it. Argh. Can't even throw up in the thing, or take a shower because the room is filled with stench.

All this because my goddamn roommate's friend had to try to put 8 condoms down the toilet. Yuck.

Beep boop

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:13:41 GMT

Today seems to b one of those days. I'm bored alrady, my next class is cancelled, and I still haven't had a chance to hang out with my friends since getting back to school. It's rainy and dark outside, plus it's cold. This does not really equal a happy me. Hrm, wonder what I should do today to make my day better...

Music to soothe the soul

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:31:09 GMT

Music always makes me feel better. Listen to this music and feel better.

http://s58.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0KC9B0K9Y5NPS2I21MP6CQKRTX

Ain't love a kick in the head?

Anywho, I've had a great weekend aside from getting hurt physically. Did some dancing, did a tiny bit of romancing, slept on a waterbed, generally had a wonderful time all weekend. I'm sad that it's over, but there's pictures and stuff to help me remember it.

That is all.

So I did a stupid thing tonight

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 03:25:13 GMT

I went out hiking, when it is the coldest night of the season thus far. Probably 10-15 degrees minus wind chill (which was considerable at moments) where I was hiking. I put on every bit of cold weather gear I had, and drove out to a spot where I could easily get lost in the woods. The gear worked well (except for my camelbak, since the water in the tube was frozen solid when I went to take a sip) as I barely noticed the temperatures. And I managed to get a few well-earned bumps and bruises along the way. Good for stories.

I don't know what the hell is up with me otherwise. All my chances for a date just seemed to evaporate before my eyes today and I can't just shake the misery. I'm tired of playing the games, I'm tired of playing it safe, and I'm -really- fucking tired of biting my tongue in order to keep the peace. I feel like a loser, even though I know I'm not. How many guys would go hiking on the coldest night of the year alone? That's one thing I know I do well. Anyway, I guess I need to study now.

I want an adventure

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 03:37:35 GMT

Today, I found this really interesting site:
http://www.undergroundkent.co.uk/maunsell_towers.htm

It revived in me a curiousity that I have been smothering with all other sorts of stuff for awhile. I really love to explore and have adventures. I know how to rappel, I know how to climb, I know how to tie all sorts of knots and camp and all that sort of stuff... So I really want to use all that and just go explore somewhere that is difficult to get to. Those forts would be an awesome usage of it, especially because I've never seen anything quite like them before.

I've also thought about just rappelling or just going out climbing, and that doesn't seem as interesting to me.. Backpacking has lost all appeal because I've seen so many awesome views around here, so there's no real payoff at the end of a day's hike. With mountaineering or something, I'd get to be doing different things everytime I went out.

Anyway, I wouldn't mind just exploring an old house of some sort or something. I was thinking about taking a trip down to Charleston and trying to figure out a way out to the old Charleston lighthouse at Folly beach.. it's about a quarter mile out in the ocean due to erosion and the currents are so strong around it that swimming is forbidden. So we'd have to figure something out, like kayaking or using scuba gear. I dunno, it probably wouldn't work out too well. Plus I know there's a TON of caves and the like out here that I could certainly explore. Things that are pretty off the beaten path.

Anyway.. I wanna go to those forts!

Neat pics!

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:42:53 GMT

http://s60.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2SG94DFEKVGL61CC2YYP8IGZGC

Some of you already have seen this, but this is from Sunday. Michelle, Rebecca, Matt and I all went to a swing dance in Raleigh. Beforehand, we stopped by my parents' house to get changed. Then we took a bunch of pictures. This is my favorite, since I was an FBI agent.

http://s60.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=05FTL4K756XXG2S8TR6HZUJDDZ

That second one is also amusing. Darth Vader and Amidala dancing.

http://s60.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=34AIX78G1RWOO2UYPNRGYCYJD9

The third one is probably my favorite pic of the night. It was at the end of the dance.

Holy shiznit!

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 04:16:17 GMT

They're actually making Minoriteam! Sunday at 11:45 is the premier!

Reflections

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 18:56:14 GMT

Yesterday was the beginning of the end.

I met with my advisor, and we planned out the rest of the semesters in my academic career. I have a full semester in Spring, my internship over the summer, and then only 7 credits left to take next Fall.

One full year is all I have left in school, then I get to graduate and move on. It seems so surreal, although it is still some time from now. I'll use the old cliche, but it really does feel like yesterday that I was stepping up into the dorms at Charleston Southern, fresh out of High School and apprehensive about everything from classes to roommates.

I made some good friends, who all promptly vanished from my life after my Freshman year. Then transferred up to Appalachian State.

I've been rather happy up here recently, having found a group of friends to hang out with and starting to finally get away from this little computer box more and more. Although, don't get me wrong, I still spend a good amount of time on here doing various things. Nowadays it's more and more school-related though, rather than MUSH related.

And now I can start looking at college and saying that I'm done with it. I've really learned a whole lot about myself and other people during the past several years, and I actually feel ready to go out and start doing the job I've been preparing myself for. I'll be a great cop, and I'll go far enough to really make a difference to the people I come in contact with.

Lindy exchange

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:08:13 GMT

Went to the Knoxville Lindy Exchange.

Spent over 30 hours dancing (spread out over the entire weekend). I am a true lindiholic. Ha ha ha. I am much with the tired, and have many many stories. Also: A video to prove that I truly can dance. ;)

Leave me a comment if you want the video/pics, or whatever. I am also much with the tired, and still have swing music in my head.

Oh. I danced to everything from Armstrong to rap to sweet home Chicago this weekend. Was tres tres awesome. Ask me for the stories, some are great!