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About Me

i lack all social graces. most people think i suffer from an excess of smart. it's a widely held opinion that my nose is well-proportioned and just the right shape. thanks for the backup there, nikki.

i make regular use of profanity. chances are, if i'm swearing about something, then i'm not being serious about it. understanding this is key to not being offended by about 90% of my actions.

i play battlefield 2 with america's elite fighting force . check the website for forums and server details, or stop in and play.

My Interests

philosophy, clouds, backpacking, buddhism, yoga, stumping my 20Q, scrabble, espionage, apophysis, fractal art, LOMAC/LOFC 1.12b

I'd like to meet:

night owls, pool sharks, diggers, conspiracy theorists, secret shoppers, people to fire my imagination, the marshmellows in hot cocoa

Music:

orbital, long range, paul hartnoll, the white stripes, imogen heap, autechre, proem, richard devine, secede, polar, peter gabriel, depeche mode, monolake, the cardigans, failure, ralph vaughan-williams

Movies:

bladerunner, children of men, close encounters of the third kind, man on fire, minority report, solaris, spy game, syriana, the thin red line

Television:

the x-files, millennium, american gothic, ninja warrior, bones

Books:

ghostwritten by david mitchell, point counter point by aldous huxley, the constant gardener and our game by john le carre, the end of the affair and travels with my aunt by graham greene, drop city by t.c. boyle, the elements of style by william strunk and e.b. white

Heroes:

oleg penkovsky, shere hite, salman rushdie

My Blog

new gear time!

spring time... it’s warmish and sunny during the days now, and i’m contemplating my first trip of the year :P i was in EMS today, trying on a new backpack. my foray in the fall led me to a...
Posted by ryan on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:29:00 PST

children of men TV series

this excites me almost as much as the new x-files movie (of which there’s new info from chris carter, too). you may have seen the movie with clive owen... i checked this out as the second half o...
Posted by ryan on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:36:00 PST

fractal renders

for your desktop background, for general consumption: a few of my noodlings with chaotic maths. thumbnails link to full-size JPG files hosted on imageshack. if you want really hires shit, i'll email y...
Posted by ryan on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:58:00 PST

on why i’m not type-A compatible

i graduated from high school with honors... at a school recognized nationally for its academic excellence. i collected a regents diploma, and walked as a member of two prestigious national honor socie...
Posted by ryan on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:17:00 PST

a (real) situation report

this amuses me to no end. i have a pair of phone conversations with someone resembling the hypothetical person i described previously. phone call no.1 entails her talking about how busy her life is, a...
Posted by ryan on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:34:00 PST

a hypothetical situation

you are vaguely interested in a girl. you've gone out a few times recently and she invites you over to a bar. the same bar you were at last night, but whatever. you're going out for a social drink, to...
Posted by ryan on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:28:00 PST

shoppin after dark

i've been learning how to use the GIMP. here are a few of my recent creations. i will probably do a bit of abstract stuff, maybe something with a few of my photos... who knows? well, there you go. ...
Posted by ryan on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:08:00 PST

white lake

we wait on white lakefor november to come we wait for novemberwe know it will come we waitand we waitand we wait for november to come sitting on the shorewhile waves break below other days this fallth...
Posted by ryan on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:35:00 PST

fairly tales wry_smiled

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Posted by ryan on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:25:00 PST

PAC-TAC: wander the wedge with me

i feel like walking around, and i'm looking for people to stroll with. can't think of a better thing than PAC-TAC. if you're unfamiliar, rochester PD runs a volunteer program to help with crime preven...
Posted by ryan on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:32:00 PST