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RYAN

Better to be dead and cool, than alive and uncool

About Me

Hey!My name is Ryan Onstad, Jesus, Music and Movies are what I am all about!I’m a musician in my spare time, I’m a proficient bassist, guitarist and drummer. I used to play in a couple of local bands, Frequency 4:9 and back in the day Waiting For Gabe, maybe you know me from there?Besides music, I also love watching movies, I mean LOVE, I own over 1200 DVDs and counting...is that wrong? I also can swing dance.I've also been thinking about possibly going back to school to become a youth pastor, but that is a big fat giant maybe.I'm currently working fulltime at a Bryan LGH West and part time at KIBZ 1041 The Blaze where I'm a DJ, my on air name is "Ryebread"...When I was 15 and started working there, "Ryebread" was cool, I'm 28 now, the name is alot less cooler...Lets see what else....I am a bad tyyper and spellerr, I am about as real as they come, I always tell it to you straight, some say I am TOO Honest, which can burn me, and has, otherwise I am a really nice guy (Is that arrogant to say that about yourself?).In the end, I am just a guy who is seeking God in all aspects of my life. I may make mistakes along the way that everyone can notice and use to question my faith, like swearing or whatever, but I’m still just running the same race as everyone else and I know I will still finish at the same line…that being God’s promised kingdom. Wanna know anything else, talk to me!Online Geek Info (where else to find me on the web): My AIM name is "anthraxnut", XBOX LIVE name: ILOVEDANASCULLY, Mike Portnoy Forum name: Volume8

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My Interests

Music, Movies, Dancing, sports, poker, card games, chilling, i don't know, I like doing so many different things!

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Music:

my favorite bands in no order what so ever: Dream Theater, Stavesacre, Frequency 4:9 (R.I.P.), Visual Aura (R.I.P.), Waiting for Gabe (R.I.P.), Filter, Van Halen, Extreme, Aerosmith, System of a Down, Killswitch Engage, Alter Bridge, The Juliana Theory, Anthrax, 30 Seconds To Mars, Stabbing Westward (R.I.P.), God Lives Underwater (R.I.P.), Machine Head, Anberlin, Project 86, Embodyment (R.I.P.), Green Day, Dredg, Muth Math, Sum 41, Orgy, Incubus, Blink 182 (R.I.P.), Finger Eleven, Angels & Airwaves, etc. I do listen to alot of rock, but I dig alot of other artists like Coldplay, Kelly Clarkson, Elton John and to many other to rememeber off the top of my head! I listen to alot of music, got it!Godspeed

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Movies:

Too many to list! Movies are something that I’m passionate about, I own over 1200 DVD’s ! I love just kicking back and watching a movie. To say that I have a favorite movie wouldn’t be fair to the many others I watch, because there are so many I like, but at gunpoint I’d probably say “The Shawshank Redemption”. Well, ok, I love “Star Wars” (which could explain why I am single!) I also love “The Lord of the rings” films. I have no shame admitting I own every movie starring Kurt Russell, Jean Claude Van Damme and Arnold Schwarzenegger, no seriously I do, is that TOO geeky, I guess I don’t care! To try list all my favorite movies would take too much space, so I guess I should just tell you my favorite actors, and just know that if a movie has them in it, I probably like it! Anyway, my favorite actors are Al Pacino, Robert Deniro, Val Kilmer, Christian Bale, Edward Norton, Kurt Russell, Bill Paxton, Tom Cruise (He maybe nuts in his personal life, but I still Love his movies). For actresses I’d say probably say Laura Linney, I have a crush on her and I have no idea why? Cause it sure as hell ain’t for the movie “Congo”! However she is way hot in “Primal Fear”, “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” and “The Mothman Prophecies” Alright enough on this subject already!

Television:

Anything on HBO, Big Love, Autopsy, Deadwood, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Larry Sanders Show. I also enjoy Roseanne, The Fresh Prince of Bel-air, Survivor, Dog The Bounty Hunter, The X-Files and of course Flavor of Love! Flavor Flav! I Love New York and Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School and Rock of love!

Books:

"The Bible" God, "Simplicity" Mark Salomon, "It's all downhill from here" Andrew Schwab, "Save me from myself..." Brian "Head" Welch, "Blue like jazz" Donald Miller

Heroes:

Jesus, my mother, my birth mom, Erik Hustad, David Jane', Mike Portnoy, Prof. Chuck, John Candy, Chris Farley, Phil Hartman and Detective “Dirty” Harry Callahan S.F.P.D.

My Blog

Finally, some good news to report!

I'm very excited to fill everyone in on this, this has been in the works for the past couple of months and now I finally get to spill the beans... One of my favorite websites is joblo.com, the site is...
Posted by RYAN on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:56:00 PST

My family and I are in need of prayer

Friends, My family and I are in need of your prayer. 2 recent extreme unfortunate events have transpired in my personal life, that have drained me, both mentally and emotionally. Therefore, I need you...
Posted by RYAN on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:34:00 PST

20 most influentail bands to my life so far (Pt. 2)

20 most influential bands to my life so far...continued. Orgy When a band is named after a sexual term, you can’t get more rebellious than that, can you? Based on the fact, that was the first t...
Posted by RYAN on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:01:00 PST

20 most influential bands to my life so far (Pt.1)

20 most influential bands to my life so far. My new blog (more like an essay/thesis) has been a labor of love for me. Since I’ve started to become more of a music journalist as a new side job, I...
Posted by RYAN on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:59:00 PST

What is this world coming to?

Something been on my mind, so I thought I would share... On Monday, the big news story was then New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s love for high priced hookers. Supposedly he spent 39,000 on them....
Posted by RYAN on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:44:00 PST

4 minutes of your time, or however long it takes you to read this...

I'd like to take a few minutes of your time to tell you about my friend John. I'm really excited for him and his future and he can use your help, so here is why&I have known John for 3-4 years. John h...
Posted by RYAN on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:17:00 PST

My interview w/ Ryan Clark from Demon Hunter

Recently I got the chance to interview Ryan Clark from Demon Hunter for a website I sometimes write for:http://www.soconline.netThe link to the interview is right there on the front page, if u get los...
Posted by RYAN on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:44:00 PST

The answers to my "Ask me anything blog part 2"

Austin: "When and How did you become a Dream Theater freak?" I first got into Dream Theater in the summer of 1993, I was on vacation with my family and while passing through Kansas City, I was listeni...
Posted by RYAN on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:28:00 PST

Ask me anything blog part 2!

"Ask me anything blog part 2"Alright Amigos, for this edition of my blog, we are going to repeat something I did a year ago at this time and had a lot of fun with, my "Ask me anything blog".Just as it...
Posted by RYAN on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:55:00 PST

What did you expect? We helped create her?

What did u expect? We helped create her! I saw this really interesting news piece on "20/20" a couple of weeks ago that got me thinking& It was about how the paparazzi is starting to get outta hand an...
Posted by RYAN on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:47:00 PST