A Little About Me

My name is Sean Cook, and I am 36, married and live in State College, PA. I work for Penn State University, where I am one of the assistant directors of Residence Life.

I am originally from Clemson, SC, another university town. So I guess I have always pretty much lived in college towns and I think they are really great places to live.

My wife Sarah and I just had our first son, Brendan. He was born on November 23rd, 2005. So I am walking even further into adulthood, which is kind of scary for a guy who has resisted growing up as long as he could. I am a rebel and a dreamer at heart, and I've always had a love/hate (mostly hate) relationship with responsibility and conformity. Which is funny, since my job as a college administrator makes me the very kind of authority I spent most of my time in college rebelling against.

I'm really into indie music, especially alt-country and folk-rock. I was a music writer in college and still maintain friendly relationships with some of the musicians I met back then. I love to write, especially poetry, and I am a now-and-then photographer.

I am very liberal in my politics and getting more and more interested in, and involved in politics. I also take part in community service, mainly through my church and my involvement with the State Theatre in downtown State College.

I hope that people who bother to read this blog will find it at least occasionally enlightening or entertaining. Sorry if this first post isn't exactly captivating. more to come.