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Ryan

stopidiocysoon

About Me

I'm Ryan. AIMMe @ stopidiocysoon. Or find me at my blog .

My Interests

Sports, writing stories and poems, listening to music, watching movies, bowling, dancing, hanging out with friends, road trips, hosting a talk show...good times...

I'd like to meet:

I meet people all of the time, whether I want to or not. So, if you want to talk to me, just join the crowd.

Music:

I like almost anything really...alternative, hard rock, classic rock, rap, R&B, pop, techno...even country! Some of my favorites include: Foo Fighters, Nirvana, The Academy Is, Something Corporate, Ben Folds (with and without the Five), Gabe Dixon Band, Pat McGee Band, Queens of the Stone Age, Saliva, Staind, Coldplay, Ludacris, DMX, Jay Z, Linkin Park, Fuel, G-UNIT, Franz Ferdinand, Eve 6, Eminem, Death Cab for Cutie, Steve Miller Band, Carbon Leaf, Elvis, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendirx, Jimmy Eat World, Bloc Party, Billy Idol, Sean Paul, Talib Kweli, Jason Aldean, Keith Anderson, The Rolling Stones, The Police, The Eagles, Audioslave, AC/DC, 311, Incubus, Less Than Jake, Live, Local H, Pepper's Ghost, Lostprophets, Switchfoot, Midtown, Moby, Social Distortion, The Offspring, The All-American Rejects, OK Go, Our Lady Peace, POD, Outkast, Puddle of Mudd, Pete Yorn, Reel Big Fish, The Music, Remy Zero, SNOW PATROL, Taking Back Sunday, The Beatles, The Cure, Third Eye Blind, Three Doors Down, TV on the Radio, Juliana Theory...you get the idea?

Movies:

Monty Python films, Happy Gilmore, Caddyshack, Saving Private Ryan, Old School, Wedding Crashers, 40YOV, Dodgeball - comedies mostly.

Television:

The Simpsons, The Flying Circus, Family Guy, The Daily Show/Colbert Report, 30 Rock, 24, game shows (Yeah, I was on Jeopardy!, wanna fight about it?), Scrubs, The Office, The Loop, Deal or No Deal, SVU, sports on TV, The West Wing, Arrested Development, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Anthony Bourdain, Boston Legal (Denny Crane!)

Books:

JD Salinger, Jack Kerouac, Ernest Hemingway, F Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, sometimes a weakness for John Grisham...anything that strikes my fancy. But, I usually read nonfiction - life's crazy enough with facts, I don't need to read made up stuff!

My Blog

Knowing the Good Things

So, I feel like a number of good things are happening to me lately.  I don't need to go into all of the details, but things are on an upward trend.  In having good things happen to me on the...
Posted by Ryan on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:10:00 PST

Loving the Pesky Things

August 10, 2007I haven't had a lot of time to think lately, but I have had a lot of time to notice that people are not as beautiful as they appear if you let yourself feel that way.  People...
Posted by Ryan on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:21:00 PST

Who to Love, What to Chase

Sometimes you just know when something great is going to happen.  You can feel it.  You can sense it in the air.  It's so palpable you could swear it is something physical.&nbs...
Posted by Ryan on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:53:00 PST

Good Riddance

I've become a lot more assertive lately and it's something I'm pretty proud of doing.  I've always said that I don't care if people like me, love me, or whatever, so long as they respect...
Posted by Ryan on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:00:00 PST

Reflections on Being Alive

So, I've wrapped up another year of being alive.  It's really amazing to get one day per year where the people you care about most and a bunch of random people wish you congratulations o...
Posted by Ryan on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:56:00 PST

C'mon! Fight me!

April 5, 2007 Whatever happened to common courtesy?  I know I have discussed before that people generally work in their best interests, but does that natural selfishness extend to how ...
Posted by Ryan on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:28:00 PST

Just Like That

It is remarkable to me how quickly I can sour on someone.  I don't mean about the people I have established friendships with and know and love.  I mean, sure I have soured on some o...
Posted by Ryan on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:50:00 PST

The real me is back...to stay!

February 13, 2007Entries in back to back days is almost unheard of, but I have realized something that I'm not too happy about with myself.  I'm not confident like I used to be.  I use...
Posted by Ryan on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:01:00 PST