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Ryan

Temet Nosce

About Me


I found my myspace layout here

My Interests

The human condition, leadership, history, aikido, kempo, writing, symbolic logic, San Diego, anything to do with The Matrix, RPGs, Axis and Allies, laser tag, the beach, the ocean, humor, good food, and good company.

I'd like to meet:

Seth MacFarlane, the Wachowski brothers.

Music:

Amber, Aqua, Boys II Men, Breaking Benjamin, Bubbles, Caprice, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Daddy DJ, Darude, Lydia Denker, Dido, Evanescence, Greenday, Harajuka, Enrique Iglesias, The Killers, Linkin Park, Matchbox 20, Ewan McGregor, Metallica, Kylie Minogue, Mr. President, Nightwish, Offspring, Plumb, Rammstein, The Rasmus, Real McCoy, Savage Garden, Shakira, Skillet, Smashmouth, Sonia y Selena, 2 Unlimited, Within Temptation, and of course, Final Countdown and Eye of the Tiger (and may your forces prevail).

Movies:

My DVD collection includes the following movies: Air Force One, Airplane, Analyze This, Anger Management, Antz, Armageddon, As Good as it Gets, Austin Powers 1-3, The Big Hit, Black Hawk Down, Blade, Blazing Saddles, Borat, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, Braveheart, Broken Arrow, Casino Royale, Cats & Dogs, Clue, Collateral, The Count of Monte Cristo, Crank, Crimson Tide, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Dead Poets Society, Death to Smoochy, The Devil’s Advocate, Die Another Day, Dogma, Don’t be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Down With Love, Enemy at the Gates, Enemy of the State, Equilibrium, Family Guy: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, The Farce of the Penguins, A Few Good Men, For Your Eyes Only, Formula 51, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Friday, Full Metal Jacket, Galaxy Quest, The Game, Get Shorty, Gettysburg, Gladiator, Glory, Go, Gods and Generals, Gone in 60 Seconds, Good Will Hunting, The Great Raid, Groundhog Day, Harry Potter 1-5, Hot Fuzz, House of Flying Daggers, The Hunt for Red October, Independence Day, The Italian Job, Joyeux Noel, K-19, Kill Bill 1-2, Knocked Up, Kung Fu Hustle, Ladykillers, The Last Castle, The Last Samurai, Let’s Go to Prison, The Lord of the Rings 1-3, Malice, Mall Rats, Master and Commander, The Matrix, The Animatrix, The Matrix: Reloaded, The Matrix: Revolutions, Meet the Parents, Mel Brooks’ History of the World Part I, Men in Black, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Moonraker, Moulin Rouge, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Munich, My Cousin Vinny, Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve, Office Space, Opportunity Knocks, The Patriot, Payback, The Peacemaker, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Princess Bride, The Rock, Saving Private Ryan, Scary Movie, Scream 1-3, Shallow Grave, The Shawshank Redemption, Shriek if you Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th, The Simpsons Movie, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Sliding Doors, Snatch, Sneakers, Spaceballs, The Spy Who Loved Me, Star Wars 1-6, Starship Troopers, Start the Revolution Without Me, Stripes, Super Troopers, Taps, Terminator 2, Trading Places, The Transporter, Troy, U-571, Up the Academy, The Usual Suspects, V for Vendetta, We Were Soldiers, The Wedding Singer, Wild Things, Wise Guys

Television:

The History Channel. My DVD collection includes the following shows: Arrested Development Seasons 1-3, Band of Brothers, Family Guy Volumes 1-5, Family Guy: The Freakin' Sweet Collection, Family Guy: Blue Harvest, Law & Order: SVU Seasons 1-3, The Simpsons Seasons 1-3

Books:

About Face, Starship Troopers, Ender's Game, Steel My Soldiers' Hearts, Born Red, The Illiad, Where the Sidewalk Ends, American Shaolin.

Heroes:

Omega Man. (Can you taste the sarcasm?)

My Blog

That’s a good day, Sergeant Savage.

It has been a phenomenal day. I suppose I can think of one or two things that could have made it better, but it was nevertheless pretty close to perfect. I started my day with aikido, and after that, ...
Posted by Ryan on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:24:00 PST

Minneapolis

As previously mentioned, I had a great time in Minneapolis. It was great seeing those of you I saw, I'm sorry I didn't get to see those of you I missed, and it was wonderful meeting those of you I met...
Posted by Ryan on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:35:00 PST

Do not fly US Airways

I'm back from Minneapolis, where I had a wonderful time and had the honor to help my friends Mike and Gloria celebrate their wedding. I didn't take many pictures on this trip unfortunately, but I'll p...
Posted by Ryan on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:09:00 PST

Graduation

Well, it's completely official. You may now call me Master. I've posted a couple of pictures from commencement. By the way, some of you may recall that I've been working with a doctoral student (now a...
Posted by Ryan on Tue, 27 May 2008 11:29:00 PST

Third Draft

Yesterday morning I received some feedback from my committee chair, and I sent in my second draft before leaving for work. I closed the store last night and opened today, and when I got home, I w...
Posted by Ryan on Sun, 04 May 2008 09:28:00 PST

Setback

Remember that finished draft of my thesis that I sent to my committee two weeks ago? Well apparently my chair didn't get it. I wasn't expecting to hear back right away; these things take time, and the...
Posted by Ryan on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:48:00 PST

And the sea will grant new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home.

"And the seventh angel poured forth his bowl into the air, and a voice cried out from heaven, saying: 'It is done.'" I just turned in a completed draft of my entire thesis.
Posted by Ryan on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:41:00 PST

Introduction

That's right. I finished a draft of my introduction. That means tomorrow I get to work on the conclusions section. And if I finish that--as I anticipate I will--then I will have a complete draft of th...
Posted by Ryan on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:13:00 PST

Discussion

I just turned in a draft of my discussion section. I haven't heard back yet about my results section, but my committee loved my lit review and method sections--they didn't ask for a single change...
Posted by Ryan on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:31:00 PST

Results

I turned in the results section and the appendix for my thesis an hour ago. That section turned out to be a lot longer than I had expected--at 18 pages, it brought the text of my thesis to 53 pag...
Posted by Ryan on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:13:00 PST