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So what's with all the nicknames?

Nicknames tend to be bookmarks for actions you take in life as well as for time periods of your life. All of the nicknames above were given to me...not just generated for some sort of self-image modeling. Here they are with a brief story of how I got them.

Sean The Shark - In the summer of 2002 at the skydiving school, a lot of people were throwing around the word "shark" as a term for someone who was a player or a flirt. Right before I graduated from the program, there was a party at Liam Lineover's house. Myself and a girl named Heather Johnston were joking around like mad and really drawing a bit of attention. Not many people there knew us just yet but a few people knew we were new students under Nickie Feegan. Nickie notice me chatting it up a while with a girl and just yelled out "Sean The Shark!" saying that I was hitting on the girl. Heather had been flirting a lot that nite and looked at me and laughed...so I yelled at her saying..."What are you looking at, SharkGrrl?!?!" Heather responded by putter her hand over her head like a fin...I did the same and we charged each other (fins up!) and smacked our (fin) hands together and almost clocking our heads. That's how we became Sean The Shark & SharkGrrl.

Sean The Sheep - So how did I go from a cool nickname to the more subtle and corny Sean The Sheep title? Nickie Feegan...The woman from England who taught me how to skydive thought I was too "cuddly & nice" to bear the "Shark" title which was really a term for more ruthless player-style flirting. She calls me Sean the Sheep based on a "Wallace & Grommett" character. Nowadays, people at the DZ use either nickname depending on my behavior.

The Sean- This one was the consolidated nickname at the dropzone. It's actually the name that ended up on my skydiving graduation photo. A guy named Gabor who Sharkgrrl really had a crush on for a bit started calling me that. This one really stuck last year...lately they've been callin me SeanTheShark again while Nickie stays true to her SeanTheSheep name for me. The "The Sean" nickname seems to be used a lot more at karaoke nowadays. My friend Rachel Cohen who did Karaoke DJing really helped to promote that nickname.

Seeen! - This nickname was started by Kelly Simon (Kellis). Kellis was always nicknaming people and always had an entourage. I think I saw her alone twice. She's the only woman I ever taught to fire-breathe. Kellis nicknamed people so much I don'n know the names of some of her friends to this day! This was my longest standing and most widely used nickname. The Dunkin crowds and Amy (No)Moore's groups still call me Seeen to this day. I have a thousand great memories associated to this name. Thank you Kellis....Enjoy the roadsign...I'm sure no one noticed it's missing...LOL.

Boca De Fogo - This nickname is Potuguese for "Mouth Of Fire". I earned this name through the Capoeiristas. Every person who plays Capoeira ultimately gets a "street name". This tradition is based on the history of the game. Some of the names can be brutal. names like "Dormanjoco" (Sleepy) and "Gaza" (A frantic flapping bird) are common. I got this name by firebreathing 27 times at a capoeira batizado fund-raiser. My friend Rob got the nickname Sargento for having been in the military and for how adamantly he vocalizes when we have to do sit-ups or crunches.

I have other nicknames that I've gained over the years, too. Not all of them were good either....but I still appreciate them as bookmarks for points in my personal history.


	Name: Sean Patrick Fowler Nicknames: The Sean, Sean The Shark, Sean The Sheep, SEEEN, Boca de Fogo Height 6'1" / Weight 225 Eyes: Brown / Hair: Brown My Perspective: Life is meant to be lived. I've got a strong sense of play and I'm very into building new life experiences. I want to eventually get a weekend job doing Skydiving Camera Work. My present job as an Art Director is challenging but great. I have no desire to leave such a job, honestly. Art Directing was a life-goal to me as Skydiving is to me now. I was fortunate to be surrounded by a very intelligent group of friends in my high school years. I think that many of their behaviors formed my own. My childhood friend more than helped along my crazy/thrillseeker side. My IQ is supposedly 147, but you wouldnt know it from how I act at times. I was my class Valedictorian at the Connecticut Institute of Art.

So what's with all the nicknames? Nicknames tend to be bookmarks for actions you take in life as well as for time periods of your life. All of the nicknames above were given to me...not just generated for some sort of self-image modeling. Here they are with a brief story of how I got them. Sean The Shark - In the summer of 2002 at the skydiving school, a lot of people were throwing around the word "shark" as a term for someone who was a player or a flirt. Right before I graduated from the program, there was a party at Liam Lineover's house. Myself and a girl named Heather Johnston were joking around like mad and really drawing a bit of attention. Not many people there knew us just yet but a few people knew we were new students under Nickie Feegan. Nickie notice me chatting it up a while with a girl and just yelled out "Sean The Shark!" saying that I was hitting on the girl. Heather had been flirting a lot that nite and looked at me and laughed...so I yelled at her saying..."What are you looking at, SharkGrrl?!?!" Heather responded by putter her hand over her head like a fin...I did the same and we charged each other (fins up!) and smacked our (fin) hands together and almost clocking our heads. That's how we became Sean The Shark & SharkGrrl. Sean The Sheep - So how did I go from a cool nickname to the more subtle and corny Sean The Sheep title? Nickie Feegan...The woman from England who taught me how to skydive thought I was too "cuddly & nice" to bear the "Shark" title which was really a term for more ruthless player-style flirting. She calls me Sean the Sheep based on a "Wallace & Grommett" character. Nowadays, people at the DZ use either nickname depending on my behavior. The Sean- This one was the consolidated nickname at the dropzone. It's actually the name that ended up on my skydiving graduation photo. A guy named Gabor who Sharkgrrl really had a crush on for a bit started calling me that. This one really stuck last year...lately they've been callin me SeanTheShark again while Nickie stays true to her SeanTheSheep name for me. The "The Sean" nickname seems to be used a lot more at karaoke nowadays. My friend Rachel Cohen who did Karaoke DJing really helped to promote that nickname. Seeen! - This nickname was started by Kelly Simon (Kellis). Kellis was always nicknaming people and always had an entourage. I think I saw her alone twice. She's the only woman I ever taught to fire-breathe. Kellis nicknamed people so much I don'n know the names of some of her friends to this day! This was my longest standing and most widely used nickname. The Dunkin crowds and Amy (No)Moore's groups still call me Seeen to this day. I have a thousand great memories associated to this name. Thank you Kellis....Enjoy the roadsign...I'm sure no one noticed it's missing...LOL. Boca De Fogo - This nickname is Potuguese for "Mouth Of Fire". I earned this name through the Capoeiristas. Every person who plays Capoeira ultimately gets a "street name". This tradition is based on the history of the game. Some of the names can be brutal. names like "Dormanjoco" (Sleepy) and "Gaza" (A frantic flapping bird) are common. I got this name by firebreathing 27 times at a capoeira batizado fund-raiser. My friend Rob got the nickname Sargento for having been in the military and for how adamantly he vocalizes when we have to do sit-ups or crunches. I have other nicknames that I've gained over the years, too. Not all of them were good either....but I still appreciate them as bookmarks for points in my personal history.

Sean Patrick Fowler