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Profile Edited by MPS MySpace Editor 2.0 .. My name is Kyle J. Pubols, I’m a junior at Stanford right now, working on an economics degree. I might add polisci as well because I'm sort of a masochist. I used to be on the wrestling team but had to stop due to dual knee injuries.
I am your classic walking contradiction. I love people but consider myself pretty anti-social. I truly love to have fun; problem is I’m a major workaholic. I’m confident but fear uncertainty. People know I value discipline, but they usually don’t see me get sucked into 5 hours of YouTube the night before finals.
I’m highly driven, I just don’t really know what direction I’m going. I pursue security and fear regret but constantly crave freedom. I speak my mind flawlessly to crowds of people for hours but mumble to new people at a party. I can remember details about Russian strategy in the Battle of Stalingrad, but I really just wish I could find my wallet.
The two phrases people most often use to describe me are “He has strong morals,” and “That guy is friggen’ crazy…”
Kyle Pubols: drummer with no rhythm, player with no game, exhibitionist often without a show. A Radical who usually plays it safe. For the love of punk rock elevator music, Unwritten Law is next to Van Morrison on my iPod!
My respect for authority often leads me where I ought not to go, but my rebellion often deprives me of what I need. I’m great at observation but terrible at searching. As an athletic klutz, I will prevail in competition and then trip over my own feet. Literally. It happens all the time.
I have too little patience for details in a project, but despise oversimplification of a complex issue. My deepest thanks go to people who help me learn in my struggles, but I fall into a confrontational rage when I’m patronized. Nothing motivates more than people who tell me I can’t.
I often live in the words of the Apostle Paul. I don’t do the things I want to do, and the things I do not want to do, those are the very things I do. I deprive myself of what I want most. Case in point, I’m eyeball-deep in love with my girlfriend but have chosen a life away from her. This is me at my most masochistic.
I’m a nerdy, meatheaded, curious, passive, conservative, free-thinking, intense, laid back, opinionated, conciliatory kind of guy who would really like to meet you. You’ll just probably have to take the first step. Ask Kellie.
In the end, I think I’m the luckiest guy on the planet. Honestly, I really can’t think of a single person I’d trade places with. I’m eternally grateful to my friends, family and especially my God. My happiness comes from knowing people who would die for me. My peace comes from knowing someone who already did.
Welcome.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who a) likes the same stuff I do and wants to tell me how cool I am or b) thinks the stuff I like sucks and wants to let me know.

My Blog

Honor, Courage, Commitment

This is an article from the Stanford Daily about Ryan McGlothlin, the only Stanford student to be killed in Iraq so far. Below it is a transcript of an interview with his parents shortly thereafter, a...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:40:00 GMT

goodbye to wrestling

So some of you know this already, but my competitive wrestling career is officially over. After tearing my rotator cuff in a match against Cal Poly, I sat down with my coach and we decided it was time...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:39:00 GMT

Thus always to terrorists

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8FMcWVkogI
Posted by on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:47:00 GMT

Living in the bay area can be funny.

So my roomate Ben was really cold one day and sent out an email to the dorm list. The following comprises the several responses he got. Some were amused, others offended, but I think we all learned so...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:18:00 GMT