RIIIIIIIP!!!

I was taking a shower this afternoon to clean off because… well, I needed cleaning off. (That’s usually a constant state for me, but that’s beside the point.) I turned off the water, grabbed my towel and started to dry off. After rubbing down my chest and stomach and other areas for an extensive period of time, I flipped the towel over my head so I could start drying my back.

RIIIIIIP!!!

It took me a few minutes to stop laughing, at which point I finally realized what had happened: There was a loose thread on the hem that snagged my external genitalia and refused to let go as the rest of the towel continued its lengthy journey to the other side of my body. Consequently, the thread was barely holding on at the ends and I started getting a little cocky (pun intended, of course).

“Heh heh… look at the power of my penis! Strong enough to rend fabric! Imagine what it could do to pubic hair!”

Then I realized there might be negative implications as well. I could be walking down the street, some hot girls would see my huge package and instead of appreciating the view, they’d whisper to each other, “He must have gotten a sock caught down there this time.” Damn… another lonely night with only the towel to keep me company.

Egocentrism and “Confessions”

I wish I could remember why this feeling struck me (ouch!), but a couple days ago, it occurred to me how… self-centered having a blog like this can be. “Look at what I write! See how important it is? It’s worthy of public consumption! You should all read it! I’m so cool, my pee-pee has frostbite!” Okay, maybe that last one is a little extreme, but hopefully, you get the idea. Continue reading “Egocentrism and “Confessions””

Thank God for web archives!

[Originally posted on shawnbakken.blogspot.com]

Brent, a gentleman who used to write comments on shawnbakken.com on occasion, alerted me to the “Internet Archive Wayback Machine” website, which has a whole bunch of ooooooold versions of the site. There are some large gaps between posts, some not-so-appealing designs, some really ugly-ass colors… trust me, this is a serious improvement. It’s still “(almost) shawnbakken.com,” but it’s still an improvement. So thanks to Brent for his help as well—hopefully, it’ll have all the old dates along with all the old posts. I don’t think it’ll be possible to preserve all the comments (which is a shame, considering some posts were made specifically for the purpose of leaving comments…), but that just means you’ll get to provide input all over again! If you said something dumb the first time around, this will be your chance to vindicate yourself and make up for past failures! Or at least it’ll take up less space at the bottom of all the posts…

Oh. My. Gawd!

I was waiting for a phone call from someone in Toronto on Monday. In the middle of the afternoon, I did get a call, but I didn’t recognize the number and the area code was 818—San Fernando Valley (a.k.a., Los Angeles). “Who would be calling me from there?” Continue reading “Oh. My. Gawd!”

Thank God for web feeds!

[Originally posted on shawnbakken.blogspot.com]

A wonderful lass named Helly has had a web feed on shawnbakken.com since waaaaaay back in the good ol’ days of close to two years ago. Not quite waaaaaay back enough to preserve the entries from when I was on Beauty and the Geek, but hopefully, I’ve got a bunch of those still saved on my laptop’s hard drive.

If everything works out properly, we might have pretty much everything back where it started, though because of the different software on Blogger vs. WordPress, I’m not sure how all of the entries and the organization of the blog will work. Suffice it to say that this will be new and (hopefully) interesting for everyone involved and that you’ll all stick with me until we get things straightened out completely. And thanks again to Helly.

P.S.—You may remember my having mentioned Matt, the guy who ran the server for the original site. Well, he’s also technically the owner of the web address, so if he was killed in a tragic big-screen-TV-falling-on-his-head-in-his-home-movie-theater accident (and I’m sure we all know a couple people like that), it could be a while before shawnbakken.com gets back on the map again. Sorry for any inconvenience that his death may have caused all of you…

See? No flakes!

I emptied my gym bag a while ago so I could pack for an overnight stay at my little brother’s place. Consequently, strewn about my room are my gym shoes, swimsuit, heart rate monitor and a nut cup that I use to cover my face. Hey, if you’re running on a treadmill and you slip… sometimes it’s worth all the stares as I walk through the locker room… and the gym area… and the hot tub… Continue reading “See? No flakes!”