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Ryan

Carpe Diem, over-used but yet still wise

About Me

My name is Ryan. I'm originally from Green Bay, WI. I'm middle of five kids ranging from 21 to 27. I love my family, they're great. I am enlisted in the Army, one more year to go, yay for me! I have finished 3 years of college and I hope to one day teach HS Chem and Coach Cross Country and Track. I would consider myself a down to earth person for the most part and a self proclaimed dork but that is a term of endearment so don't get the wrong impression. I am motivated and have a multitude of life goals (first on the list is getting out of the Army). I wouldn't trade any of my friends for the world. I would consider myself spiritual but definately not religious at this time. I choose to do right because that makes me feel good, not because someone or thing told me I had too. I hope to one day figure out what exactly I believe but until then I'm going to live life to its fullest and keep on learning.


A 121 Question Myspace Survey
Basics
Name: Ryan Raymond Gries
B-Day: August 10, 1981
Age: 24
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'9
Best Feature: winkles in my eyes (or so i'm told)
Shoe Size: 10.5ish
Ring Size: no idea
Addictions: eating and speading money
Pets: do little brothers count?
Piercings: had 5 (two in ears, cartilidge, eyebrow, tongue)
Tattoos: nope
Nickname: grieser, grieslightning, griesmonkey, griesy, and teddy
Car: 2003 chevy malibu
Parents still together: 28 years and counting (they actually love eachother)
Siblings: 4 (Eliz 27, Ben 26, Nick 22, Ann 21)
Live with Parents?: Nope, would if that means I'd be in Wisco
Favorite/Most Important
Feature of the opposite sex: face...you haveta look eachother!
Spot to be kissed: below the ear where the cheek and neck meet
Sports Team: Green Bay Packers!
Holiday: Christmas, my family might actually be together
Alcoholic Drink: AmberBock right now
Non-Alcoholic Drink: Carmel Macchiato
Quote: "To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift" - pre
Lesson Learned: there are better people worse off than me
Thing a friend has done for you: they visit me when I'm home
Thing you have done for a friend: been someone who can listen
Baby names (girl): ah...
Baby names (boy): too many...
Ben & Jerry's Flavor: moose tracks?
Starbucks Drink: dammit, already answered
Season: fall: football, cross country, leaves and campfires
Have You Ever
Wished on a star: often
Been in love: I don't really think so
Been out of the country: sadly and not to italy or ireland
Talked on the phone all night: yep, when mel can wake me up
Bungee jumped: nope
Driven cross-country: parents, stationwagon, 5 kids, Wisco - AZ
Had surgery: yep, I've broken several bones...opps
Been told you might die: nope
Told someone you love them: yes
Wished you HAD told someone you loved them: I wish I knew what I felt, when I felt it
Asked someone out: yep
Kissed someone (made the first move): yeah but I'm occassionally a pussy...dammit
As a child, had a skip-it: I think I've played it
What about a sock-em-bop: nope
Kissed the same sex: Nuthals...I hate you
Gone out in public with you PJ's on: not really
Laughed so hard that a liquid came out of your nose: capt morgan (it work for a week I swear!)
Had sex in a car: nope
Past Relationships
Who is the person you last broke up with: casey
How long did you date that person: a couple months
Was it love: closest I've come
Were they older/younger: younger
Were they shorter/taller: shorter
Have you had other boy/girlfriends?: yep
Any you wish you could talk to: sure
Any you hate: not at all
High School
Public/Private: public
Best Friend: scott, jeff, chris, steph
Boy/GirlFriend: a couple...
Job: Mickey D's
Prom Date: Steph Almquist
Best Memory: last day of school (I filmed it)
Worst Memory: last day of school (it was over)
Graduate(?): with honors (me a dork)
Leave a virgin: yep
College
Away/Commute: dorms
Best Friend: scott, jeff, josh, mel
Boy/girlfriend: a couple more
Major: biochem...never finished
Job: GC Service (IP Relay, 3rd shift)
Greek?: German :-P
Graduate(?): nodda
Leave a virgin: nope
This or That
Strawberries/Blueberries: strawberries
Meat/Veggie: meat
TV/Movie: bedford diaries/garden state
Hugs/Kisses: hugs (they mean more and last longer)
Guitar/Drums: guitar (I only play the air)
Chinese/Mexican: Mexican (Japanese would've been a closer call)
Day/Night: I honestly enjoy both
Cheerios/Corn Flakes: smart start or kashi
Snickers/MilkyWay: snickers
Gold/Silver: silver
Black/Brown: brown
Elvis/Beatles: beatles
Sprinkles/Icing: sprinkles
Cookie/Donut: donut
Cake/Pie: pie
Coke/Pepsi: cherry coke
I
am: honest, loving and a good friend
thought: 4 years in the military was a good idea...
need: attention, true story
want: so many things we don't have enough time
love: my family, friends, and making out
hate: fighting and ignorance
wish I was: at ease in my mind (it never stops thinking)
will always: attempt to be true
Your Job Dissatisfaction Level is 85%
Your job is a disaster - it's surprising you've lasted this long.
You need to quit if you can, even if you don't have another job lined up.
As far as stressful work situations go, yours is off the scale brutal.
Almost any job would be better than what you've got!
You Passed the US Citizenship Test
Congratulations - you got 9 out of 10 correct!

My Interests

Friends, Food, and Fun...with sports, cards, learning and reading up there too.

I'd like to meet:

pretty much so anyone thats willing to chat, talking is goodtimes, true story!

Music:

Country is number one with 90's and current rock/pop following...i'm willing to listen to most anything that i can understand

Movies:

Good Will Hunting, Seven, Dead Poets, The Shawshank Redemption, The Man in the Moon, Dogma, Big Daddy, 50 First Dates, Contact, Silence of the Lambs, Indepdence Day, Black Hawk Down, Con Air, The Rock, The Sandlot, Star Wars, Garden State, American Pie, Van Wilder, Meet the Fockers, Batman Beginnings, Wedding Crashers, Crash...and many more

Television:

football...unless im on a deployment

Books:

My cabinet is full and yet i still feel overwhelmed that I will never get all the books i need to read, read...

My Blog

answers

are answers so difficult?  if you want information why isn't it plastered up all over the place like a stop sign?  maybe it is and i'm just as answered-blinded as I am color-blind.  if ...
Posted by Ryan on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:41:00 PST

nothing...or is it something?

ok, random thought process and maybe im the only one...maybe im just weird (i know we already know this...)  so i have this need to be constantly doing something...i seem to attempt to schedule j...
Posted by Ryan on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:08:00 PST

friends

so what i've determined recently is that besides family, friends are by far the must important thing in our lives.  They are seriously priceless and very often taken for granted.  my friends...
Posted by Ryan on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:28:00 PST

why do i care?

I find myself pondering situations that I have no direct involvement in lately.  I then seem to want to project my own imagined senario of what I want to happen...truth be tol...
Posted by Ryan on Wed, 03 May 2006 11:16:00 PST

disappointment

i suppose every emotion and every lesson is supposed to teach us something...or so I claim to think.  So i guess asking the question why makes no sense but I feel compelled to ask it....pretty mu...
Posted by Ryan on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:35:00 PST

the most important and underrated things I can't touch...

....are music and laughter.  I might not be able to physically grab ahold of these guys but they are priceless none the less.  Each effects my mood good or bad every day, true story.&nb...
Posted by Ryan on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:18:00 PST

have you ever annoyed yourself....

have your personal flaws ever become so apparant that you notice them???  when you witness a person who is so annoying you want to slap them silly, its upsets you right (at least it can bother me...
Posted by Ryan on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 07:18:00 PST

so I watched Rent last nite...

after hearing about 525,600 moments now for over the last 3 million moments I finally understand to a small degree the rave about Rent.  Being surrounded by the ignorance I face on a daily basis ...
Posted by Ryan on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:49:00 PST

friends

i hope anyone who would read this has the privledge of having many great friends.  Obviously friends are priceless.  Some after awhile even become family.  I never had too many friends ...
Posted by Ryan on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 01:55:00 PST

Sudoku

Yes, the japanese are taking our minds over!  This game is rather addictive and if all else fails kills time.  My friend gave me a new puzzle today so we'll see how talented I really am.&nbs...
Posted by Ryan on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:47:00 PST