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Ryan and stuff

About Me

"He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper armour shouting "All the Gods are bastards."
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I was born in Ciudad Real, moved to Madrid. spent 16 years in the capital of that sunkissed land, wandring down its ancient streets and plazas, its bustling boulevards and silent alleyways. took a year off after high school, and bummed around, playing some music.... then it was off to Boston for 3 great years One bangin' year in England Now I'm back in madrid, trying to figure my life out whilst I teach english.
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I am usually on a 24/7 shift of keeping it real.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The muppets

My Blog

Post-Collegiate Doldrums

You spend about 22 years of your life following a pattern, a map, that is laid out before you. When you are a child, you get up and go to bed when told. "Brush your teeth, eat your veggies, dont screa...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:45:00 GMT

a letter from mother russia

Its funny how the dumb things you do in college later come back to haunt you later in life. Today I received an email from an unknown sender. The name looked Russian, but I know very few russians, and...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:23:00 GMT

a sad excuse for a jail

as we speak (or write, I guess), I am a prisoner. And yes, if that would sound like a very angsty/emo introduction if I didn't mean it quite so literally. I Yes, it's true. I am stuck inside 4 walls a...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:30:00 GMT

Dress the monkey in silk....

I may wear a suit, but I only "seem" suave. It is all a clever ruse, an external appearance that I work for... well, work. Beneath the layers of fine wool and cotton lies the same slovenly t-shirt wea...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:25:00 GMT

because I only have 2 papers due today

Two Names You Go By1. ryan2. spaniard (awkward, but true)Two Parts of Your Heritage1. French2. EnglishTwo Things That Scare You1. Heights2. GermsTwo of Your Everyday Essentials1. music2. mayoTwo Thing...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 03:48:00 GMT

sunshowers

Life is finally starting to loosen up a bit. Last week was a stressful as trying to find a needle in a haystack, in the dark, during a blizzard, with polar bears chasing you around the haystack, and a...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 16:48:00 GMT

because I should be reading right now...

1. Spell your first name backwards: Nayr2. Story behind your name: Some dude my dad knew growing up who was awesome.3. How old are you: 224. Where do you live: Right now? Oxford, England... home base ...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:38:00 GMT

just a random afternoon

Homophones are fun. Eye think that aye should right like this four ever. Words r moor fun inn this whey. Jest imagine how grate simple lyrics could bee: "Eye can't take my aye's off of ewe"... of coar...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 01:22:00 GMT

The perfect band?

Below I have made up the band that I would like to make music together. Ideally, in my mind, I am singing for this band, but as you can see I put Jeff Buckley down as lead singer because he is the onl...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 06:42:00 GMT

procrastinate THIS!

What is your stance on..... Abortion?: I think it sucks to kill people... though I think if the pro-life side had been willing to make more concessions and compromises in the 70's then abortion may...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:20:00 GMT