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Ryn

I am here for Friends

About Me


I was born a poor black child. I remember the days sitting on the porch with my family singing and dancing, down in Mississippi. Okay, I'm kidding. Really I was born at Andrews Air Force Base in MD and was an only child for four glorious years then my younger sister came along (just kidding Becky, you know I love you). We lived in Alexandria, VA for most of my life (except for four years in Kansas). It's right near D.C. and I love that area, everyone should visit. Anyway when I was looking for colleges my parents told me they were going to move to the south and they wanted me to apply to southern schools so I could be near them. So I did and I got accepted to Centenary in Louisiana (where my parents both graduated from) and went there....then my parents didn't move. So I was stuck in Shreveport. I hated it. To be honest I met some really good people there (including the guy who would become my husband) but I also met some really crappy people there. But I stuck it out for four years. I was engaged to a guy named Chet but that didn't work out to well. So I was horribly lonely and looking to get back to Virgnia as soon as I graduated but then I was introduced to
Chris (aforementioned husband). Our courtship was an intersting one to say the least but it turned out we made a pretty damn good couple. We have a lot in common and both of us can be pretty childish, he makes me laugh all the damn time so that's good. Anyway, the economy wasn't doing to well in Shreveport so we decided to move to Colorado Springs, Chris' mom even paid for me to move out there even though she'd only met me once. We lived in Colorado Springs for 2 years. In May of 2003 Chris and I got married because I just couldn't handle living in sin anymore ;)
Then in September of 2003 we loaded up a uhaul and moved to Long Beach, CA where we currently reside. I like Southern California despite the expense. I'm currently employed as an office/personal assistant for a great company called GreenCoast Hydroponics. They own and operate two stores and one online store that sell hydroponic gardening supplies. I've recently adjusted my plans for the future and now I"m going to pursue my Masters in english and eventually my doctorate so I can teach college...because I have come to the realization that there's no way I can deal with high school kids. Plus that means I can get the tattoo sleeve I've always wanted. I play lots of video games although I am bad at them cause I wasn't allowed to have any when I was growing up. I love to watch movies and have a rather extensive dvd collection. I will kick your ass at most trivia games. I'm a HUGE dork, but you'll love me anyway. I also like to play board games but I don't get people to join me very much so I don't play them as often as I would like. We have two cats Crackhead and Zelda and a rabbit named Walter. Ok, I believe I have rambled on enough about me here.

My Interests

PEZ! theatre, music (punk mostly), reading, writing, movies, sewing, designing clothing

I'd like to meet:

Old friends, old enemies who may want to become friends, current friends whom I'm just too far away from img src="http://suicidegirls.com/media/albums/3/20/1203/54

Music:

Authority Zero, Guttermouth, Rise Against, Dropkick Murphy's, One Big Lie, The Arrivals, Pennywise, Social Distortion, Bad Religion, Sublime, Bloodhound Gang, The Bouncing Souls, Chris Isaak, George Clinton, Fiona Apple, Massive Attack, Bonnie Raitt, Big Brother and the holding company, Outkast, Soul Coughing, Q-tip, Tribe Called Quest, Lyle Lovett, Blood Sweat and Tears, Three Dog Night, The Beatles, Raised Under Reagan, Flogging Molly, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dave Matthews Band, Outkast, System of a down, George Clinton, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Johnny Cash, The Cars, Dire Straits, George Thorogood, The Beatles, Parliment, Queen, Doors, Sneaker Pimps, Beastie Boys, Joni Mitchell, Blondie, Dr Dre, Faith No More, Fishbone, Gorillaz, Green Day, Letters to Cleo, Save Ferris, LL Cool J, Lords Of Acid, Scott Henry, Keoki, Marcy's Playground, Pantera, Queens of the Stone Age, Portishead, Josie and the Pussycats, Prince, Rancid, Rick Springfield, Monique Powell, The Roots, Digable Planets, They Might Be Giants, The Who, Gravediggaz, Wu Tang Clan, Rage Against the Machine, NOFX, Propaghandi, Kayne West, NERD, Fatboy Slim, Bon Jovi, Public Enemy, Ice T, No Use for a name, Huey Lewis and the News, Mos Def, Rusted Root, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys, Eric Clapton, Soul Coughing, Mike Doughty, Guns N Roses, Metallica, The Violent Femmes, Eagles, Antiflag, Dr Teeth and Electric Mayhem, ACDC, Citizen Cope, Tori Amos, Busta Rhymes, Brian Setzer, Citizen King, The Commodores, Nikka Costa, Cowboy Mouth, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ray Charles, Dido, DJ Kool, Deee-Lite, Eagle Eye Cherry, Elastica, Eurythimics, Kenny Loggins, Freestylers, Garbage, Prodigy, Incubus, Iron Butterfly, Jamiroquai, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, K.D. Lang, Lo Fidelity All Stars, Lust, Morcheeba, Meatloaf, Perry Como, Funkadelic, The Byrds, The Yardbirds, Sly & The Family Stone, Steppenwolf, The Sundays, TLC, Salt n' Pepa, Zebrahead, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, The Kingsmen, Righteous Brothers, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Van Morrison, Lovin' Spoonfuls, The Association, The Mamas and the Papas, Joe Cocker, Mitch Ryder, Jimmy Soul, 5th Dimension, The Supremes, George Michael, Mr. Big, Poe, Poole, Poison, Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, Dick Dale, Dusty Springfield, The Statler Brothers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blue Swede, Blue Oyster Cult

Movies:

Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Cannibal the Musical, Heavenly Creatures, Meet the Feebles, Donnie Darko, Evil Dead, Dead Alive, Army of Darkness, Last Supper, They Live, Nightmare on Elm street series, Identity, Labyrinth, Legend, Dark Crystal, Last Unicorn, Muppet Movie, Muppets Take Manhatten, The Great Muppet Caper, Muppets from Space, Raising Arizona, Serial Mom, Pecker, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Orgazmo, Cemetary Man, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Evolution, Scotland PA, 10 Things I Hate About You, O, Dead Alive, Serenity, Brothers Grimm, The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, Harry Potter films, King of the Hill, Summer of Sam, Monty Python and the meaning of life, S.F.W., 28 Days Later, Amadeus, American History X, An American Werewolf in London, Big Trouble in Little China, Boondock Saints, Clash of the Titans, The Commitments, Death to Smoochy, Drop Dead Fred, Empire of the Sun, Drop Dead Goregus, Explorers, The Fisher King, Foxfire, Fraility, Farden State, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Heathers, House, The Hole, Hellraiser, Killing Zoe, Last Supper, Manic, Me Without You, Newsies, Omen, PCU, Pleasantville, Practical Magic, Saved, Stir of Echos, The Stuff, Teen Wolf, Thumb Wars, The Blair Thumb, Bat Thumb, The GodThumb, Thumbtanic, FrankenThumb, Titus, UHF, Wet Hot American Summer, What a Way to Go, Way of the Gun, World According to Garp

Television:

Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, Arrested Development, Chappelle Show, The L Word, Oz, Six Feet Under, Family Business, Penn & Teller's Bullshit, Simpsons, South Park, Fairly Odd Parents, Degrassi Next Generation (don't knock it, Kevin Smith is such a big fan he guest starred), Lost, CSI, Veronica Mars, Entorauge, Family Guy, Project Runway, Surface, X Play, Attack of the Show, Gilmore Girls

Books:

The Incarnations of Immortality series: Riding a Pale Horse, Bearing An Hourglass, Wielding a Red Sword, Being a Green Mother, With a Tangled Skein, For Love of Evil, And Eternity, Flowers in the attic, Petals in the Wind, Garden of Shadows, My Sweet Audrina, Shakespeare, The Handmaids Tale, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The World According to Garp, Carrie, Practical Magic, The Dark Half, Firestarter, The Stand, It, Night Shift, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Preacher, Animal Farm, Stupid White Men, Wicked, Alice In Wonderland, The Princess Bride, Grimms Fairy Tales, The Puppet Masters, Starship Troopers, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Gulliver's Travels, Harry Potter, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wadrobe, A Horse and his boy, Prince Caspia, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Last Battle, A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, Many Waters, Preacher (although that's really a comic)

Heroes:

People who stand up for what they believe in. People who help others in times of need.

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My Blog

I'm a little disturbed...

Yesterday someone posted a blog on my myspace....and it wasn't me. It was a stupid blog, just said dum da dum dum over and over again. If it was a friend you'd think they'd own up to it. If it was ...
Posted by Ryn on Fri, 26 May 2006 08:42:00 PST

How to Win Friends and Influence Strangers on Myspace (with special thanks to Zach)

So I didn't write this, my brilliantly funny friend Zach did. But it's so great I decided it must be spread more throughout this thing we call myspace. He's a fucking genius that Zach...so read, enj...
Posted by Ryn on Mon, 15 May 2006 01:34:00 PST

My shower

So as many of you may know my tub kicks your tubs ass. Seriously, it's wide and it's a jacuzzi tub. But now, thanks to my loving husband, my shower kicks your showers ass too. It has an 8 inch diam...
Posted by Ryn on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:20:00 PST

MySpace= Work free

Ok, so I have removed all my coworkers from  here.  I just have to be able to vent about work on here and I don't want to have to worry about what may or may not get reported to my managers ...
Posted by Ryn on Mon, 03 Oct 2005 07:20:00 PST

high school meme

[What year was it?] 1993-1997 [What were your three favorite bands?] Rage Against the Machine, Metallica, and Fiona Apple (there were more but those are the ones I can remember) [What was your favor...
Posted by Ryn on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Other Day....

Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang (the sound of what seems like the police about to bust into my apartment to search for fugitives I open the door, our cranky old manager is standing ther...
Posted by Ryn on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Origin of my quote

Everyone must watch this, it's super funny.  And I took my current quote from it. http://www.killsometime.com/humor/humor.asp?humor=RetardedAn imals
Posted by Ryn on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

yet another survey

1. Full Name: Kathryn Vail Shelton-Welch 2. Were you named after anyone? my first name is someone in my dads family, they had to change my name b/c it was first spelled wrong on my birth certificate...
Posted by Ryn on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

San Diego & Authority Zero

I had a great fucking time last night.  Chris and I drove to Escondido and got our comp hotel room there.  We got there with enough time to hang out for a bit and get something to eat. ...
Posted by Ryn on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Survey fun at work

YOUR LIFE they call me: Kathryn sex: female my first breath of air: March 28th 1979 occupation: front desk/student best friends: Chris, Matt, and C REWIND most memorable memory: either my weddin...
Posted by Ryn on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST