stitch the lip: fyi mister shawn- you're a great catch, you're a very talented, interesting person, you have a fun rare personality, i hope that this next year, being your birthday coming up, brings you better luck, because someone with such a intriguing smile and an insane amount of depth deserves someone to dive into that with. I really hope you aren't sad on your birthday, or for any day come to think of it, because its one day you'll have your head down when someone worth it walks by. so chin up, and have an amazing everyday, because you're pretty rad. just had to say that. i dont expect anything, just dont want you moping around thinking you're not worth anything because self-indulged little girls are too busy trying to see if theres bigger, but theres definitely not better.
A
The Academy Is...,
Acceptance,
Across Five Aprils,
Adair,
Alanis Morissette,
Albert React,
The Album Leaf,
Alesana,
Alexisonfire,
Alive in Wild Paint,
Alkaline Trio,
The All-American Rejects,
All Time Low,
The Almost,
Ambry,
American Football,
Anadivine,
Anatomy of a Ghost,
Anberlin,
Angels & Airwaves,
Anthony Green,
Appleseed Cast,
The Arcade Fire,
Armor For Sleep,
As Cities Burn,
As I Lay Dying,
As Tall As Lions,
As The Sun Sets,
Asteria,
At the Drive-In,
Audience of One,
The Audition,
August Burns Red,
Augustana,
Automatic Love Letter,
Awake and Dreaming,
B
Bayside,
Bear vs. Shark,
The Beautiful Mistake,
BEDlight for BlueEYES,
Ben Folds (Five),
Belle and Sebastian,
Beloved,
Between Home and Serenity,
Between the Buried and Me,
Between the Trees,
Billy Talent,
The Bled,
Bleed The Dream,
The Bleeding Alarm,
Blindside,
Bloc Party,
Blonde Redhead,
The Blood Brothers,
Bob Dylan,
Botch,
Boy Hits Car,
Boys Like Girls,
Boys Night Out,
Braid,
Brand New,
Brazil,
Bright Eyes,
Brighten,
Bullet For My Valentine,
Burns Out Bright,
C
Calico System,
Cartel,
The Casket Lottery,
Casket Salesmen,
The Chariot,
Chiodos,
Circa Survive,
Circle Takes the Square,
City and Colour,
The Classic Crime,
Coheed and Cambria,
The Color Fred,
Converge,
Copeland,
Cursive,
Cute Is What We Aim For,
D
Dallas Green,
Dameria,
Dance Gavin Dance,
Daphne Loves Derby,
Darkest Hour,
Dashboard Confessional,
Dave Mellilo,
A Day To Remember,
Days Away,
Dead Poetic,
Dead to Fall,
Dear and the Headlights,
Death Cab for Cutie,
Death From Above 1979,
Deep Enough To Die,
Desaparecidos,
The Devil Wears Prada,
Dillinger Escape Plan,
Down to Earth Approach,
Dredg,
Drop Dead Gorgeous,
Dusitn Kensrue,
E
The Early November,
Edison Glass,
Eisley,
Elliot,
Elliott Smith,
Ellison,
Emanuel,
Emarosa,
Emery,
Envy on the Coast,
Escape the Fate,
Ever We Fall,
Every Time I Die,
Explosions in the Sky,
F
The Faint,
Fairweather,
The Fall of Troy,
Fall Out Boy,
Fear Before the March of Flames,
Feeling Left Out,
Feist,
Fielding,
Finch,
Fire When Ready,
Firescape,
Flee the Seen,
Fordirelifesake,
The Forecast,
Forever the Sickest Kids,
Forgive Durden,
The Format,
Four Letter Lie,
Four Year Strong,
From Autumn to Ashes,
From First to Last,
Frou Frou,
Funeral Diner,
Funeral for a Friend,
Further Seems Forever,
G
Gatsby's American Dream,
The Get-Up Kids,
Glasseater,
Glassjaw,
The Gloria Record,
The Good Life,
Good Old War,
Goodbye Tomorrow,
The Graduate,
Gratitude,
Greeley Estates,
Green Day,
Gregory and the Hawk,
Gym Class Heroes,
H
Halifax,
Haste the Day,
He Is Legend,
Head Automatica,
Heavy Heavy Low Low,
hellogoodbye,
Her Space Holiday,
A Hero From A Thousand Places,
Hidden in Plain View,
High and Driving,
The Higher,
Hit the Lights,
Holiday Parade,
The Honorary Title,
Hopesfall,
HORSE the band,
Hot Cross,
Hot Hot Heat,
Houston Calls,
The Hush Sound,
I
I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business,
I Hate Myself,
I Killed the Prom Queen,
I Was a Cub Scout,
Idea of Beauty,
Idiot Pilot,
If Looks Could Kill,
Imogen Heap,
The (International) Noise Conspiracy,
Iron & Wine,
Is Grace Enough,
It Dies Today,
Ivoryline,
iwouldsetmyselfonfireforyou,
J
Jack's Mannequin,
JamisonParker,
Jawbreaker,
Jeremy Enigk,
Jet Lag Gemini,
Jimmy Eat World,
Joe Wilson,
Jonezetta,
Joshua Radin,
The Juliana Theory,
June,
The Junior Varsity,
Just Surrender,
K
Kane Hodder,
Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground
Keepsake,
Kevin Devine,
Kind of Like Spitting,
The Kinison,
L
The Legion of Doom,
A Life Once Lost,
Like Lions,
The Locust,
Lorene Drive,
Lost Ocean,
Lovedrug,
LoveHateHero,
Love Like... Electrocution,
Lydia,
M
Mae,
The Maine,
Manchester Orchestra,
The Mars Volta,
Matchbook Romance,
Matt Pond PA,
Mayday Parade,
Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster,
Meg & Dia,
Men Women & Children,
mewithoutYou,
Mineral,
Minus the Bear,
Misery Signals,
Moments In Grace,
Moneen,
The Morning Light,
The Morning Of,
Motion City Soundtrack,
Mutemath,
My American Heart,
My Chemical Romance,
N
New Atlantic,
New Found Glory,
Nightmare of You,
Norma Jean,
Northstar,
Number One Gun,
The Number Twelve Looks Like You,
O
Oasis,
October Fall,
On the Might of Princes,
onelinedrawing,
Orchid,
Owen,
P
The Panic Division,
Panic! at the Disco,
Paper Rival,
Paramore,
Park,
Paulson,
Pedro The Lion,
Permenant Me,
Pierce the Veil,
Pistolita,
Plain White T's,
PlayRadioPlay!,
The Plot to Blow up the Eiffel Tower,
Poison the Well,
Portugal The Man,
The Postal Service,
Q
Q and not U,
Quiet Drive,
R
Race the Sun,
Rainer Maria,
The Receiving End of Sirens,
Recover,
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus,
Reeve Oliver,
Refused,
Reggie and the Full Effect,
Regina Spektor,
Remy Zero,
The Rocket Summer,
Rocky Votolato,
Rookie of the Year,
Royden,
Rufio,
S
Saetia,
Samiam,
Saosin,
Saves the Day,
Say Anything,
Scary Kids Scaring Kids,
The Scene Aesthetic,
Search the City,
Secret and Whisper,
The Secret Lives of the Freemasons,
Self Against City,
Senses Fail,
Set Your Goals,
Shai Hulud,
Sherwood,
The Shins,
Shiny Toy Guns,
Silent Drive,
Silverstein,
Silversun Pickups,
Since By Man,
Sky Eats Airplane,
A Skylit Drive,
The Sleeping,
Sleeping At Last,
Small Towns Burn Alittle Slower,
The Snake The Cross The Crown,
So They Say,
Something Corporate,
The Sound of Animals Fighting,
Sparta,
The Spill Canvas,
Spitalfield,
The Starting Line,
A Static Lullaby,
Steel Train,
Straylight Run,
Sufjan Stevens,
The Suicide Pact,
Sullivan,
Sunny Day Real Estate,
Superstitions of the Sky,
T
Taking Back Sunday,
Tegan and Sara,
Terminal,
Texas is the Reason,
That Was Something,
There For Tomorrow,
Therefore I Am,
These Arms are Snakes,
Third Eye Blind,
This Day & Age,
This Day Forward,
This Providence,
A Thorn For Every Heart,
Thrice,
Thursday,
Time Spent Driving,
A Times Beach Crush Factor,
Tokyo Rose,
Tool,
Trophy Scars,
A Trunk Full of Dead Bodies,
TV on the Radio,
Twilight City Fracture,
Twothirtyeight,
U
Umbellas,
Underoath,
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start,
The Used,
V
Valencia,
The Velvet Teen,
Vena Amori,
Versus the Mirror,
W
Waking Ashland,
Wax On Radio,
We Are Lions,
The Weakend,
The Weakerthans,
Weatherbox,
Wings of Azrael,
Wolftron,
The Working Title,
X
Xiu Xiu,
Y
Yellowcard (One For the Kids era),
Yesterday's Rising,
You and I,
You, Me, and Everyone We Know,
YouInSeries,
Z
Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer
recently played
Movies
movies.
I really love movies. Unfortunately, I don't own as many as I would like. My favorite movie is Angus. I mostly like comedy because movies and tv are more of an escape from drama for me. Something to get me laughing. But I also absolutely adore movies that make me think. I have always been a fan of The Fugitive and movies like Donnie Darko. There is just something about a movie that has good twists and turns without seeming forced. Horror films have never really been my thing, but Saw, Saw II, and Saw III were very kick ass. And for the ridiculous comedy, nothing beats BASEketball. But following that, are movies such as Anchorman, Old School, Wedding Crashers, and The 40 Year Old Virgin. And I love movies filled with little quirks like The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic. I adore Little Miss Sunshine. And while I am thinking of it, I love Jason Schwartzman. And c'mon, who doesn't like Garden State? I have been told that I remind people of Jim Carrey a lot. In looks and in some behavior. One individual, upon meeting me, instantly made the connection between me and Jim in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The next day he made me watch it, which wasn't hard because I had been trying to see that movie for the longest time even before him telling me this, and I was quite surprised how similar Jim's character Joel and I appeared to be. I also absolutely adore The Truman Show. The whole movie is just surreal and the shots in the movie are brilliant. And how could I forget High Fidelity? Well, I can't. I adore this movie. It's a good book too. And a good movie, with good music, with good actors. John Cusack and Jack Black. Oh boy. Oh boy. I've gotta get an old movie in here. 12 Angry Men is an awesome movie. It's funny when people get pissed off, and that movie shows people getting pissed off for everything little thing. It's great. Anyway, I can like any movie in any genre though. I could like a chick flick if it is a good movie. Cause really, that's what matters. Whether it is a good movie, or just plain shitty.
Television
tv.
It's always on, but it's not always watched. It will be tuned to either Comedy Central, TBS, FOX, Adult Swim, or ESPN and on football weekends, or any other channel that has a game on. It's a nice escape when needed. Just a turn of the head away from something other than my life. Some shows: The Office, Scrubs, Seinfeld, Famliy Guy, Friends, Everybody Loves Raymod, Kids in the Hall, American Dad, Futurama, Sex and the City, Entourage, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report
Books
books.
The required high school english literature. Well, most of it. I'm a slow reader, so the time it takes to read frustrates me. I can read faster, but that reduces comprehension and increases the amount of reading errors. But if you wanted me to name something, Blindsight by Robin Cook; Oedipus Rex by Sophocles; Revolution on Canvas; and America: The Book by Jon Stewart and The Daily Show.
Heroes
My older sister, Kate, is my hero heh. She just is, ok?
If you are interested in acquiring my services for either photography or something of the drawing nature, feel free to send me a message with some info. I'm pretty versatile, and I'm not looking for a big pay day, but just fun work with fun people. I have a great amount of experience with live photography, if you are a band playing in Philadelphia and want it documented, let me know, I might even do it for free.
about me. (I know it's long, but people seem to really like it.)
One.
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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Cameras I use, for digital, I started with a random assortment of digital SLRs. I've used a wide variety of Nikon and Canon SLRs until I settled down with a Nikon D300 of my own. For film, an old Canon Canonet 28, and the fisheye is just from lomography.
other. (random things that aren't particulary amazing, but I still like them.)
Sometimes, when sailors are sailing, they think twice, about where they're anchoring. And I think, I could make better time of my time on land.
I'll drink less cause lord knows I could use a warm kiss
instead of a cold goodbye.
I'm writing the folks back home to tell them,
"Hey, I'm doing alright."
Who I'd like to meet:
It's always nice to find people that are genuine and true. I know this can be hard to find in everyone. Deep down everyone has a small amount of it somewhere, but how many stay consistent? It's hard to remain nice and polite to everyone when the same respect isn't given back. It's very to easy to enter my life. I'm very open to new people. Just depends on how open others are to me. I have a lot of acquaintances, some friends, and few close friends. I'm not really the social butterfly that you would think I am.
Myspace isn't an accurate representation of real life.
Drawing. *thumbs up* Photography. *thumbs up* I love you already! jk...but really 2 of my most favorite things right there. :) P.S. I'm Elizabeth, glad to meet you!
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