Shaun Johnson's Blog

Happy Valentine’s Day to @lyddz, my favorite superhero in the SCU (Shaun Cinematic Universe). ❤️🥰✨☄️🪐🌟 (at Des Moines, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8kP7bzAQbI/?igshid=qebsknyqfb9s

#tbt to Maui with the love of my life. #dejavoom2020 with @bazooka_nick @shaynectar_ @g0ldbizzle can’t come soon enough. ☀️🌴🌞🌈✨🌟 (at Lahaina, Hawaii) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Pj6PVAcCg/?igshid=huw9v3z4aq1k

#tbt Thanks to @tavner_d and Royal Hawaiian Surf Academy in Lahaina for the private surfing lessons last week! This was one of the MANY highlights from my honeymoon with @lyddz, my Queen. (at Royal Hawaiian Surf) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7ruKN8ghaW/?igshid=1w28u502llkmh

Maui has been life changing. Cliche. Don’t care. It’s gd true. (at Maui, Hawaii) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7fEu0mA657/?igshid=7rr3cqogxyek

New Year’s Eve was perfect and I sure as hell didn’t want it to ever end. Here’s just a few shots I’ve got on my phone. Late thank you to everyone who made it out to share laughs and conversations. @lyddz knows how to pull off a stellar Roaring 20s party! Back in the prohibition days, speakeasies needed to be code named and you had to use passwords to get in. I opened a speakeasy for one hour in Shauntelle’s honor called “Sissy’s Blind Tiger.” Members only, of course. To become a member, you had to bring a sock and use the password “take her socks” (friend group inside joke). What a perfect way to kick off the new year and decade. 🎨✍🏼 logos by @4ormoriginals and @bazooka_nick (at Des Moines, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B66IG3cgscB/?igshid=dass06o9z89x

Nick and I recorded our annual end of the year @FestFriendsPod episode this past weekend. Link in the bio! Top 10 albums of 2019: 1. @La_Dispute – Panorama 2. @TrippieRedd – ! 3. @LocalNatives – Violet Street 4. @AngelDustMoney – Pretty Buff 5. @Turnoverva – Altogether 6. @DJSammyGee – Viewfinder Vol. 1 PHOSPHENE 7. @Whitney – Forever Turned Around 8. @Glitterererer – Looking Through the Shades 9. @93Punx & Vic Mensa – 93Punx 10. @Chonofficial – chon Other favorites from 2019: Favorite TV shows 1. Succession Other great TV shows: I Think You Should Leave, Silicon Valley, The Mandalorian, and Game of Thrones Favorite Movies 1. Avengers Endgame 2. Joker 3. Midsommar Favorite Games 1. Slay the Spire Other great games – The Outer Worlds, Apex Legends, and Super Mario Maker 2 Favorite Music Festivals – @515alive, EF 2019, Soundset, Kosmic Kingdom Favorite Concerts Favorite concert of the year: La Dispute / Gouge Away (OH: The Waiting Room - Thursday) Other amazing concerts 1. Hanson / Paul McDonald / Joshua & the Holy Rollers (12/6/19 in Omaha at Sokol Auditorium) 2. Alison Wonderland and Dillon Francis (in MSP at The Armory) 3. Every Time I Die / Coheed & Cambria / Mastodon (6/15/19 in MSP at The Armory) 4. Knocked Loose / The Acacia Strain / Sanction (DSM: Wooly’s - DSM) 5. San Holo / (DSM: Wooly’s - Wednesday) Artist of the year: @trippieredd Happy New Year! (at Des Moines, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6wfvoNAB_C/?igshid=1s6vaxrn177g3

Top 9 of 2019 seems pretty accurate. I’m more than ready to close the door on 2019. I experienced the best and worst days of my life. I married my best friend and my sister @shauntelle_leona died. I did my best to become a better person, and I succeeded. I listened more to people that are unlike me. I learned I how to grieve and battle anxiety, depression, and pure sadness. I gained insight on how to help others going through those things as well. I admitted faults and opened up to more friends and family about past traumas that have attempted to overtake me. I found comfort in leaning on friends and family and joy in allowing people to lean on me. I kicked ass this year through it all, and I look forward to 2020 and a fresh new decade with my chin up. (at Des Moines, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6ouFMEgtCk/?igshid=wodfk36215mz

Today marks 4 months without my sister. My family and I are staying strong, but the holidays have been tough. Fortunate to still have a wonderful family to celebrate Christmas with next week. And a gang of friends in my life who’ve been super supportive and loving. You know who you are. Thank you. Hug your family extra hard, folks. There are no guarantees. (at Des Moines, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6UqQOqg9-c/?igshid=6plg25luxb1d

I’m getting the Xbox Series X on day one in November 2020! What a gorgeous machine. I can’t wait for the 9th generation of consoles! (at Des Moines, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6CUXg8Avu6/?igshid=16qkzoh0kazmb

Happy birthday to this Sagi Superstar. The best part about her is she is always her effin’ self. 100% Shayna all the darn time. We’ve got a lifetime of adventures ahead of us, and our next is seeing @bassnectar in Cancun! Can’t wait! https://www.instagram.com/p/B5x889PgCDY/?igshid=18gmrkb7ocl2d

I can’t wait to see @hanson this Friday with @shelby_veronica! Their Christmas album ‘Snowed In’ was the first CD I got way back in 1997! Seeing those songs live has been a dream of mine! Thanks for the birthday gift, Shelby! https://www.instagram.com/p/B5pq00zA0gy/?igshid=1fhks4r5193gc

It’s a boyhood dream to be @shawnmichaelswwe. Oh, and my manager is Satan. (at Des Moines, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4YYl96AMoC/?igshid=eulwyf8mdbek

✌🏻❤️🍄 https://www.instagram.com/p/B4GE4iugbuF/?igshid=rjlx1pc2dq1u

Ain’t she somethin’?? https://www.instagram.com/p/B3lA7JlgKdU/?igshid=18pebg5keocqn

THANK YOU to every single person who reached out and showed support in any way. So grateful for my friends and family. (at Des Moines, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3NZlX0gYLt/?igshid=jmk7n5dvx2bz

Current status: playing with power. 📸: @lyddz (at Des Moines, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B29oJWkAMme/?igshid=155nfpmu3c26p

Keep telling myself the future is bright and full of mushies 🍄✌🏻❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/B2koy0nAS71/?igshid=1bbbtis1iyf3o