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Ryan

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About Me

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My Interests

Kickball, film, literature, random stuff, science, ice cream, and music.

I'd like to meet:

people who play kickball

Music:

An Albatross, Annabel Lee Murders, Black Eyes, Chinese Stars, Claremont Trio, Crispin Glover, Darker My Love, Dave Douglas, Dr. Doctor, Fantomas, Ground Unicorn Horn, Holy Molar, Locust, Man Man, Mika Miko, Mr. Quintron, Shostakovich, Silver Daggers, Some Girls, Ken Vandermark, XBXRX, Yuma Nora, John Zorn

Movies:

Mulholland Dr., Erasurehead, 12 Monkeys, Happiness, Ghost World, Brick

Television:

Deadwood, Carnivale, Rome, John From Cincinnati, Battlestar Galactica, Dead Like Me, Strangers with Candy, Newsradio, Arrested Development, SCTV, Wonderfalls, Freaks & Geeks

Books:

Geek Love, Angelwings & Finerthings, Metamorphosis

My Blog

SPS acceptance speech, draft the first

alas, of the three people who give a damn about the sps i'm the only one who hasn't served as president for a year (we have term limits!). as such, i'm basically going to be forced into the position....
Posted by Ryan on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:11:00 PST

meditations on lonely mountain passes

whilst bumper to bumper on the 15 friday night i attempted to formalize that proof i don't like to talk about in detail that's been a hermit in the rear left lobe of my brain for over a year now. ...
Posted by Ryan on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:26:00 PST

portents of apotheosis

dr. wei is going to be in the lab tomorrow.  i figure, seeing as he's from the u of toronto, i'll make him feel at home by breaking out my "aboot"s and "eh"s.i'm feeling much more confident in my...
Posted by Ryan on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:41:00 PST

thrice she wept upon the steps to bablyon

so dr. kwon wants me to read three quarters of an assload of papers on high tc superconductor experiment theory.  it's like i'm suppose to know my job or something.  some bigwig experimental...
Posted by Ryan on Sun, 19 Feb 2006 05:28:00 PST

seraphim

my first abstract went out friday.  i guess i'm officially a physicist now, seeing as i'll have published data and all that jazz.too bad it's not any research i care about.  hopefully i'll f...
Posted by Ryan on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:27:00 PST

the bookends, part three of five

i hate driving. i drive recklessly. i am a danger to myself, to my passengers, and to other motorists. i am a statistical anomaly. i want to know the former moniker of every scrap of fur on th...
Posted by Ryan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

something you may not have known about me

every time i go into a hot topic it makes me itch like crazy. that's why i avoid them. maybe!
Posted by Ryan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

All I want for christmas is...


Posted by Ryan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

that's it

i've gone off the deep end. i don't think i'll make it back haunted by dreams (or what i assume are dreams) bring on the edge!
Posted by Ryan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST