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ryan

I'm THAT guy...

About Me

Illustrator who likes: film, art, architecture, music, booze, coffee...A few of my interests include working so I can afford to see bands, go to dive bars, collect cocktail shakers, and sometimes paint. I like mid-century style, mid-century cars, working out, and lounging. I'm in to bad movies and good wine, tattoos, and time off. I also like unpretentious people...
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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Ryan
Birthday: December 15
Birthplace: Winter Garden Florida
Current Location: New York
Eye Color: green
Hair Color: brown
Height: 6'- 3"
Right Handed or Left Handed: right
Your Heritage: Northern Isles- standard Heinz 57
The Shoes You Wore Today: Vans
Your Weakness: yes
Your Fears: yes
Your Perfect Pizza: banana peppers, onions, green peppers
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: finish what I starte
Your Favorite Artist: either Max Beckmann or Francis Bacon
Thoughts First Waking Up: why did I drink so much?
Your Best Physical Feature: I've been told my eyes but who cares
Your Bedtime: too late
Your Most Missed Memory: my father
Pepsi or Coke: Coke...wait...what?
MacDonalds or Burger King: neither
Single or Group Dates: single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Long Island
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee -daily
Do you Smoke: sometimes
Do you Swear: swear on what- what's the fuckin question?
Do you Sing: I'm a rock star in the shower
Do you Shower Daily: yeah, I'm over my gutter punk days
Have you Been in Love: sadly, yes
Do you want to go to College: been there
Do you want to get Married: been there -maybe
Do you belive in yourself: someone needs to
Do you get Motion Sickness: no
Do you think you are Attractive: Jennifer back in sixth grade doesn't think so... that bitch...but I've moved on...yeah
Are you a Health Freak: sometimes, discount the cigarettes and alcohol
Do you get along with your Parents: yeah
Do you like Thunderstorms: hell yeah
Do you play an Instrument: bass guitar, used to play sax
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: well...yeah
In the past month have you Smoked: yup
In the past month have you been on Drugs: naw, unless crack isn't just recreation...
In the past month have you gone on a Date: I think
In the past month have you gone to Starbucks: No, I try to avoid them
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: yes...(Publix sushi is bad)
In the past month have you been on Stage: in my mind
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: Do people read this?
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: a fly-swater from some lame party
Ever been Drunk: too many times
Ever been called a Tease: no
Ever been Beaten up: no
Ever Shoplifted: ...yeah
How do you want to Die: I can't imagine
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: I don't want to grow up
What country would you most like to Visit: Japan
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: blue, hazel, brown, green
Favourite Hair Color: dyed pink
Short or Long Hair: think Joan Jett
Height: erect
Weight: slim
Best Clothing Style: punk, goth, stripper pole
Number of Drugs I have taken: oh...jeez...uh
Number of CDs I own: a lot I'm bored with
Number of Piercings: none
Number of Tattoos: six with more on the way
Number of things in my Past I Regret: I can't recall
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My Interests

Imitating life while making it up as I go...(don't we all) and having some laughs along the way

I'd like to meet:

Other open-minded people, artists, bands, bee keepers, etc... and oh yes- my maker.

Music:

(In no order...) Supersuckers, Reverend Horton Heat, Big Sandy, Go Cat Go, Social Distortion, Detroit Cobras, Frank Black, Ramones, Three Blue Teardrops, Jawbreaker, The Specials, X, The Ergs, Pixies, Carl Perkins, Roland Alphonso, The Knitters, The Blasters, Hepcat, The Slackers, Fugazi, J Church, The Allstonians, The Racketeers, Desmond Decker, Prince Buster, Tom Waits, Stray Cats, Laurel Aitken, Madness, The Makers, Elvis, The Crumbs, Stiff Little Fingers, The Vibrators, The Meteors, Amazing ROYAL Crowns, Johnny Cash, Flogging Molly, Smoking Popes, The Pogues, Nashville Pussy, (punk rawk...bands that count to four-) Misfits, 7 Seconds, Pink Lincolns, Buzzcocks, Descendents, yeah...yeah...yeah...

Movies:

(In no order... ) Big Lebowski, Young Frankenstein, Ghost World, Dr. Strangelove, End of the Century, A Clockwork Orange, Reservoir Dogs, Decline of Western Civilization, Taxi Driver, Stranger Than Paradise, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Fight Club, Spirited Away, Pulp Fiction, (Spaghetti westerns), Down by Law, Carlito's Way, Miller's Crossing, North by Northwest, Trainspotting, Heavy Metal, Waking Life, Shaun of the Dead, 28 Days Later, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Rushmore and more...

Television:

Metalocalypse, The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Young Ones, Reno 911, The Daily Show, The Cobert Report

Books:

Zen Flesh Zen Bones, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Lloyd Lewellyn

My Blog

Back in New York! Again...

ooOOO.k.- it's been two years now since I moved to New York, and collectivelly I have LIVED in New York about 9 months. Pethetic. I am tired of giving money to sleazy landlords for an over priced st...
Posted by ryan on Fri, 09 May 2008 10:18:00 PST

New-New York apartment

...or: "How to cram a three bedroom house into a single studio". The best compliment I have received so far: "Hey, it's a New York apartment." Atleast I have a window, the other day there was a squi...
Posted by ryan on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:19:00 PST

SCARLET:

Scarlet is a woman I met at the R Bar, who just left another bar around the corner that was robbed at gun point. Fucking anarchy. (If you haven't read- New Orleans! READ, than please read for the co...
Posted by ryan on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 03:14:00 PST

CHARLY:

Charly is the first person I met here who volunteered his story. (If you haven't read- New Orleans! READ, than please read for the context of this story.)I'm paraphrasing...so bear with me- it's REAL...
Posted by ryan on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 02:23:00 PST

New Orleans! READ

O.K. kids, I'm listening to a live recording of the Slackers, feeling good, but not all is well here in the Crescent City of New Orleans. I will say that since the last time I was here (pre-Katrina) ...
Posted by ryan on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 01:43:00 PST

Newest Illustration!

Too bad this scene is already cut from the script (story of my life)... I'm still satisfied with how this one turned out so maybe I'll save it for my imaginary huge epic one day......
Posted by ryan on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:44:00 PST

Latest Illustrations! New work!

My latest illustrations for my current project, a feature film version of the book "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay"!...
Posted by ryan on Wed, 24 May 2006 08:43:00 PST

It's been one year today -shit!

February 8, 2006 I don't post blogs much but I feel this one's important. It's been one year today since my father past away. He had prostate cancer then it spread to his bones which caused him m...
Posted by ryan on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 06:31:00 PST