About Me
Shawn. Assistant Scoutmaster. Geek. “Hey, you!” I’ve been called all of these at one time or another and they all seem to fit.
There’s the whole “name on my birth certificate” thing, working with the Boy Scouts and the first half of a sentence that ends with “Drop my purse!” The other one? Yes, I was a cast member on Season 1 of Beauty and the Geek.
When my partner Scarlet and I left the mansion (2nd place losers!), I quickly escaped and returned to Minnesota. (Visiting L.A. isn’t a big deal, but living there… too hectic for someone as low-key as myself.) But I could only stay escaped for so long. When a TV show plays on the WB, the CW, MTV, VH1 and Fox Reality Channel, you’re bound to get recognized eventually.
A few thoughts about life:
Go ahead and ask me for an autograph, a picture or questions about the show. It’s a couple minutes out of my day, but you’ll get to brag about it for months.
It’s best not to take life too seriously. If you do, life will eventually smack you upside the head and it’ll be much harder to laugh about it afterwards.
Take some time once in a while to sit back and watch the clouds. Man was not meant to spend its entire life hunched over in a cubicle and staring at a computer monitor. 90% of it, maybe, but not all.
Laugh long, laugh loud, laugh hard. Laugh until your cheeks hurt and tears are streaming out of your eyes. Laugh as if your life depends on it. Your sanity certainly does.
People say you should plan for the future. I say that as time moves forward, I move forward and… well, I’ll get to wherever I’m going eventually.