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RICK

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me


My name is Rick. I currently live in Tampa and work in Clearwater, Florida. I relocated to this area in April from Delaware. Definitely looking for things do do and to make new friends in this area, so give me a shout if you're interested!
I love the outdoors.. some things that come to mind are hiking, sports (lacrosse, basketball, football), going to the beach, off-roading...
For nightlife I prefer bars over clubs.. you're my best friend if you take me to a bar with quality beer, pool tables and dart boards... I also don't mind just chillin at home with friends, hanging out on the deck with a few beers and just talking into the night... just getting out there and doing stuff and having a life rather than just living is important for me.. I like to have friends who don't mind me calling them up at 8:00 PM on a weeknight to go out.
I love to travel, be it a one day road trip, and flying cross country for the weekend... and take advantage of every opportunity to get away and see new places and meet new people.
As far as relationships go, since i just moved to the area I'm not interested in getting heavily involved right now, although I am a realist and understand that can't always be put on a schedule... I am definitely focused on making new friends through, rebuild a social life closer to home, and continue to travel more.
I've been told many times I'm a great friend to have. I'm honored to have touched so many lives in a positive way. Oh yeah, based on others' comments my most memorable physical feature is either my eyes (blue with sharp white streaks in it, which makes them look like broken glass) or my height (a nudge over 6'3").
Ok, I'm running out of things to say here... if you really want to get to know me, read my blog , it provides far better insight on the of the type of person I am than you can get from the few paragraphs here.

Your No. 1 Match: ENFP


The Inspirer
You love being around people, and you are deeply committed to your friends. You are also unconventional, irreverant, and unimpressed by authority and rules. Incredibly perceptive, you can usually sense if someone has hidden motives. You use lots of colorful language and expressions. You're qutie the storyteller!
You would make an excellent entrepreneur, politician, or journalist. What's Your Personality Type?
You Are 6: The Loyalist
You have strong relationships and are intensely loyal.
People find you easy to love and care for.
You like your world to be stable and secure, no surprises.
You're cautious. You prefer your inner circle to the outside world. What Number Are You?
Am I cool or uncool? [CLICK] You are Super-Cool
Woah! Step back - the future's so bright for you it's blinding me! You are the coolest of the cool. Everyone looks up to you as the benchmark for being coooool. The fonze was your grandfather. Any cooler and you'd freeze! WOO it's chilly in here.
Cool quizzes at Go-Quiz.com
Your Seduction Style: The Natural
You don't really try to seduce people... it just seems to happen. Fun loving and free spirited, you bring out the inner child in people. You are spontaneous, sincere, and unpretentious - a hard combo to find! People drop their guard around you, and find themselves falling fast.

Your Political Profile


Overall: 65% Conservative, 35% Liberal
Social Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal
Ethics: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal How Liberal / Conservative Are You?
You Have A Type A Personality
A You are hyper, energetic, and always on the mood You tend to succeed at everything you attempt And if you don't succeed at first, you quickly climb your way to the top!You could be called a workaholic, but you also make time for fun As long as it's high energy and competitive, you're interested You have the perfect personality for business and atheltic success Do You Have a Type A Personality?
Your Summer Ride is a Jeep
For you, summer is all about having no responsibilities. You prefer to hang with old friends - and make some new ones. What's Your Summer Ride?
Support our troops!

My Interests

Outdoor Activities Bars/Pubs Music Jeeps Sports Lacrosse (Univ. of Delaware Blue Hens, Princeton Tigers, Philadelphia Wings, LI Lizards, Baltimore Bayhawks) Baseball (RED SOX!) Football (Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Bucs, UD Hens and USF Bulls) Archeology Photography Off-Roading Ancient History Military Strategy Camping/Hiking Travel (Road Trips!) Thursday Nights at The Slug Sundays at Ft. DeSoto

Only in Florida....

Welcome to Delaware!!!

Here's something all those shirtless male "models" on MySpace can't do.

I'd like to meet:


Friendship means a lot to me. True friendships are built over time, getting through good times and bad times, and still coming out of it respecting one another and seeing value in the relationship.. and takes more than a clicking on a button on a MySpace page.

So all that being said... what I looking for now? New friends.. here and there and all over... I'm looking for positive, energetic people who bring something new to the table and enhance my life. Someone into the outdoors, sports and traveling is always a plus. I have a very diverse group of friends from all walks of life, and feel I'm more open-minded in that respect than most are. Hell, just browse through the growing list of people adding me on here and you can confirm that! When I look for a true friend, I look past the facades and find honorable people who are down to earth, honest, sincere, have a weird sense of humor, and aren't stuck up on themselves are the types I get along with the best.. I don't concern myself with distance too much since I like making new friends all over and out of state, and I like to travel...

If you want to add me as a friend, please drop me an email and say hello too. I like to know who is asking to add me and why. Also, don't expect me to be too warm to the idea of adding you if your profile includes fake photos (ie, model shots and one photo wonders), or contains content that is in bad taste... but otherwise don't be timid about adding me and giving me a shout. I'm actually a pretty nice guy or so I'd been told.. =o)

.. and yes because of that my friends list may getting big, but if you want to stand out to me it's really easy, if you post a lot of Blogs let me know about it or invite me to read it (it's an option in the blog menu if you never noticed).. I love reading those and I subscribe to the blogs of people I like... or just post a comment below.

Music:

Coldplay Staind Maroon 5 Dave Matthews Band Papa Roach Linkin Park Weezer The Offspring Jane's Addiction The Used Alice in Chains Red Hot Chili Peppers Soundgarden Audioslave Hoobastank Blink 182 U2 System Of A Down 311 New Found Glory Incubus Green Day Taking Back Sunday Three Doors Down Jimmy Eat World Box Car Racer Lenny Kravitz Slipknot Adema Trapt AFI Something Corporate Yellowcard Chevelle Switchfoot Finch The Killers Gavin Degraw Garbage Seether

Movies:

Citizen Kane, Pulp Fiction, Alien, Aliens, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Fifth Element, Kill Bill parts I & II

Television:

South Park Family Guy [adult swim] CSI Stargate SG-1 History Channel Law & Order Comedy Central Fox News ESPN The Static on Channel 156 at 0400

Books:

Currently Reading: 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and What Every American Should Know About Europe

My Blog

November Rain

When I look into your eyesI can see a love restrainedBut darlin' when I hold youDon't you know I feel the same'Cause nothin' lasts foreverAnd we both know hearts can changeAnd it's hard to hold a cand...
Posted by RICK on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:08:00 PST

Things I learned this week&

Things I learned this week& Although my honesty will sometimes give me the short end of the rope compared to those to choose to lie their way out of problems.. in the long run I am better off and will...
Posted by RICK on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PST

Tampa Bay Bar Loops, USF Football, Beer, and Friends...

Friday I went out barhoping with Brian and his friend Phil... ended up doing a complete loop around the Bay.... Went to my first USF game on Saturday with Mark and his friends to watch them stomp UCF ...
Posted by RICK on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:25:00 PST

Quote of the Week...

"Aw, don't worry about him... He just had his heart ripped from his chest, stomped on by a pack of elephants, chomped on by a dog and spit onto a pile of manure." -mp...
Posted by RICK on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:23:00 PST

Yet Another ADHD Blog&

I went hog wild at the PetSmart in Clearwater Friday and spent almost $100 of toys, leashes and other assorted stuff for my 4-legged roommate. Although I've been hurt and lied to in the past, I will...
Posted by RICK on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:52:00 PST

wow...

WOW.. what a great day today... (I know, you're expecting one of my usual long sinded explanations on why it was such a great day, but I'll have to leave y'all in suspense). Oh yeah, greetings from th...
Posted by RICK on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:45:00 PST

How Many Things Have You Lived Through?

OK, You know I must be feeling better if I'm begining to post cheesy survey results again... How Many Things Have You Lived Through? I have read a lot of books. I have been on some sort of varsity t...
Posted by RICK on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:00:00 PST

Quote of the Week...

Health food makes me sick.  - Calvin Trillin
Posted by RICK on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:24:00 PST

a long overdue update....

For the last few months I didn't really have much good news to report, which is why I got rather quiet lately.. but that has been quickly changing and I figured it was a good time for some quick upda...
Posted by RICK on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:04:00 PST

...a paper moon over a cardboard sea

You say it's only a paper moonSailing over a cardboard seaBut it wouldn't be make believe if you believed in meYes, its only a canvas skyHanging over a muslin treeBut it wouldn't be make-believe if yo...
Posted by RICK on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:32:00 PST