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®yan

What's that in the corner? Is that a monkey? Look out, he's got a gun!

About Me

I am an actor and stunt performer (especially sword work) living the hustle in Orlando. I think I'm pretty cool, but I'm biased.
The best fortune cookie I ever received read, "The simplest answer is to act." Truer words, my friends, were never spoken.

(The second best --or maybe the oddest-- read, "Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow." Huh?)

My Interests

Swords & Dinosaurs.
What else is there?

I'd like to meet:

William Hobbs, Jon Stewart, Henry Rollins, James Urbaniak, Stephen Colbert, Robert Bakker, Steven Spielberg, Alex Lifeson, all three Arrogant Worms. The "Ask a Ninja" guy. Garth Marenghi.

Music:

Rush
Jonathan Coulton
Beethoven
John Wesley Harding
Colin Hay
Ted Leo + the Pharmacists
Puscifer

Movies:

Dr. Strangelove
Jaws
Ghostbusters
Cloverfield
Aliens
Tombstone
the Manchurian Candidate
Iron Man

Television:

This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box. There is a great and perhaps decisive battle to be fought against ignorance, intolerance and indifference. This weapon of television could be useful. --Edward R. Murrow.

Books:

A Game of Thrones, George RR Martin; Around the World in 80 Days, Jules Verne; The Dinosaur Heresies, Robert Bakker
Bref Instructions Upon my Paradoxes of Defence, George Silver; War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells

Heroes:

Jon Stewart, William Hobbs, Robert Bakker, Bob Anderson, John Horner, Roy Chapman Andrews, Sandor "The Hound" Clegane, Beta Ray Bill

My Blog

Common Phrases

A couple of phrases have entered common everyday usage, and I'm kind of horrified. They both have such specific original meanings that I cannot understand how people use them as if they were perfectl...
Posted by ®yan on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:02:00 PST

October Goodness

Life is relatively normal (for me) at the moment. Work in general has been quite nice lately, relatively stress free. Disney and Sleuths has been pleasant and fun. Long live the Land of Unicorns & R...
Posted by ®yan on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:18:00 PST

Labor Day in Harveysburg, OH

Skull & Bones spent the weekend performing at the Ohio Renaissance Festival, and had a great time. The fabulous Tim B. joined me for the show this time, and was marvelous. Not bad for a guy who had ...
Posted by ®yan on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:12:00 PST

A Busy Weekend

Hey Gang!I'm off this weekend for the wilds of Harveysburg, Ohio were the Skull & Bones Sword-Fighting Comedy Show will entertain the masses at the Ohio Renaissance Festival.I'm looking forward to a c...
Posted by ®yan on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:15:00 PST

Big Day Tomorrow/ Today

Ooooo... it's an exciting time here at ®yan's-blog-ville! Tomorrow is a big day (or maybe today, by the time you are reading this; or maybe yesterday, if you don't check your myspace very often; ...
Posted by ®yan on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:22:00 PST

MMISCellaneous Ramblings

I've been in a weird mood lately... some sort of wanderlust kicking in. Last month I read Roadshow: Landscape with Drums, by Neil Peart. It's all about his travels for a recent tour (he is the drum...
Posted by ®yan on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:33:00 PST

The Morning Blog and a Ladder

I'm back from the gig in the Bahamas, where we had a darn awesome time. It was not without its challenges, but it turned it out mostly great. And hey, even with problems we were in the Bahamas.Tonig...
Posted by ®yan on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:22:00 PST

Stuff! The Blog

Hey everybody!Stuff:1. I'm going to the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas for a sword-fighting gig this weekend. They pay me to go there. Life is good. I'll get lots of pictures.2. The Iliad, the Od...
Posted by ®yan on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:40:00 PST

Excuse me, misc.

Reporter in the Field Visit us at myspace.com/mmisc_comedySee you there!...
Posted by ®yan on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:04:00 PST

Hit or Misc.

Hey gang! I've been a-workin' on the videos, all the live long day...The fabulous Tom Z, Zeb, and Jason M. and I have been writing sketches, editing video, and otherwise creatively diving into a cool...
Posted by ®yan on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:42:00 PST