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Ry

"change" is not a destination ... just as "hope" is not a strategy.

About Me

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is: Infinite. - Huxley (but do your homework Antoyan it's derived from Blake)

i don't like people so consumed with the fear of their own shadow they forget to live.

Baby Shoes put it best: "Ryan, you're like beer. The first time anybody has an encounter with you they most likely throw up, and swear you off forever. However, over time you slowly grow on them, and after enough abuse, they can never seem to recall how they were able to live without you."

My Interests

PAMPLONA 2008! get ready boys... but 1st HI, , CDA & Maybe Costa 2008?!!and of course meeting people that actually do what they want with their lives instead of always wondering what it would have been like to have tried. it's easy to be a critic from the cheap seats - get in the game...

I'd like to meet:

people that don't suck... oh, and Claire Forlani and Zooey Deschanel
You Belong in Rome
You're a big city soul with a small town heart
Which is why you're attracted to the romance of Rome
Strolling down picture perfect streets, cappuccino in hand
And gorgeous Italian people - could life get any better? What City Do You Belong In?

Music:

SRV. Some others that qualify as well Jack Johnson, The Band, Skynyrd, N. Jones, Tom Waites, Townes Van Sant, Pat McGee Band, CCR, Cream, Muddy Waters, Marvin Gaye, P.J., Jimmy Buffett, Black Happy, a bunch of classic rock, a bunch of country, and a bunch of other random ass shit that everybody loves but nobody admits to.

Movies:

indeed.

Television:

Entourage, College ball, The Office, Family Guy and some other random shit (esp the Discovery/Travel Channel/History Channel)

Books:

Waitress: "whatchya reading for?!"

Hicks: "WhatCHYA reading for?! WhatCHYA FUCKING READING FOR!!!! Maybe it's so i don't end up a fucking waitress in a Waffle House"
thank you Bill Hicks

Your Political Profile:
Overall: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Social Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

Ethics: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal

Defense and Crime: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal How Liberal Or Conservative Are You?

Heroes:

Richard Branson, Milton Freidman, Kurt Vonnegut, Hemingway, Glen Plake, and the new edition: Nabokov

My Blog

we can all agree on one thing

This is so fucking creepy.  If you don't study history (which apparently a lot of Americans don't) I recommend renting "Triumph of the Will".  Back then it was a summer camp with like 15,000...
Posted by Ry on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:40:00 PST

Balls, Zoos and other smart shit on a Friday morning

Here are a couple of thoughts to close this week out: My dog has balls.  I've left it up to him to decide if he want to keep them or not.  I think he's pretty attached to them which is good...
Posted by Ry on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:24:00 PST

a response to morons and a call to idiots everywhere

Some people on here post stupid shit.  If you've never had to invest in a company and support it you probably won't get this - and that's fine.  But maybe you will and you'll appreciate the...
Posted by Ry on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:33:00 PST

eVery dAY!

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Posted by Ry on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:47:00 PST

Half Dome Weekend!

Here are some pics from our "walk" up to the summit of Half Dome this weekend.  From now on Zach is not to be trusted planning shit - b/c i almost had a heart-attack 4 goddamn times - and a panic...
Posted by Ry on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:43:00 PST

big swells in LA?!

Ok - a lot of people think the swells on the west coast are only large @ Mavericks - but check these out from last Thursday in Malibu!  Definitely click on them to see the larger pic b/c the spee...
Posted by Ry on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:14:00 PST

"so it goes" - farewell to a hero

Nov. 11, 1922 - April 12, 2007"I will say anything to be funny, often in the most horrible situations,""My father, like Hemingway, was a gun nut and was very unhappy late in life. But he was proud of ...
Posted by Ry on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:44:00 PST

the baja sessions

the dirty hippie brigade is back from Mexico!Everybody is alive - only a couple minor injuries (some stitches and 2nd degree burns)!  Stay tuned for the bulletins - we were down there photographi...
Posted by Ry on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:20:00 PST

HEADS

We're in the Christmas shopping section of Heads Magazine!  It's a smaller Skate/Snowboard mag out of Canada that has like 60,000 subscribers but for us it's kind of a big deal considering they a...
Posted by Ry on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:04:00 PST