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Ryan

I am here for Friends

About Me

I like to breathe

My Interests

the rock n roll, lawn games, nonsense, self reflection, the sun, hot air ballons, questioning reality, nature hikes, beer, wit, dreams, surrealism, stargazing, reverb, reminiscing about Nickelodeon, hot beats, rainstorms, unusaul animals, free jazz, boardwalks, playgrounds, telling people to do the cabbage, dancing to terrible music..

I'd like to meet:

artists, believers, dreamers, revolutionaries

Music:

les beatles-- bob dylan-- pink floyd-- apollo sunshine-- motown-- at the drive in-- common-- mos def-- jeff buckley-- tv on the radio-- van morrison-- iron and wine-- the june spirit-- broken social scene-- nada surf-- wilco-- john coltrane-- gorillaz-- my morning jacket-- the strokes-- david bowie-- elvis costello-- death cab for cutie-- ryan adams-- bruce springsteen-- sam cooke-- ray lamontagne-- jimmy eat world-- weezer-- mf doom-- the bad plus-- sole-- elliott smith-- the get up kids-- neil young-- radiohead-- flaming lips--

Movies:

life aquatic-- waynes world-- american beauty-- slacker-- what about bob?-- donnie darko-- adaptation-- pulp fiction-- high fidelity-- pee wee's big adventure-- amelie-- eternal sunshine of a spotless mind-- dazed and confused-- waking life-- shawshank redemption-- willy wonka-- blue velvet-- stranger than fiction--

Television:

saved by the bell-- the price is right-- stella-- america's funniest home videos-- freaks and geeks-- the simpsons-- the office--

Books:

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller-- Chuck Klosterman-- Chuck Palahniuk-- Kurt Vonnegut-- David Foster Wallace-- Jonathan Franzen-- The Beach by Alex Garland-- Ishmael by Daniel Quinn-- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck-- Harry Potter

My Blog

autobiographical moments in music

Songs playing at random, 3AM on a fine Tuesday morning while reading Chapter 2, " Linguists and Contenders" Rilo Kiley-Love and War Bright Eyes-Seashell Tale  1:31, the point at which ...
Posted by Ryan on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:21:00 PST

Uncertainly Certain

Well, my first three weeks of post collegiate adulthood have been interesting to say the least. I'm fortunate enough to have the month of June to weigh my options, consider the possibilities, and figu...
Posted by Ryan on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:58:00 PST

Careful With That Axe, Ryan (Remix)

i chopped some wood the other day. for others, this isn't the kind of thing worth mentioning, but I'm 21 and had never been given the opportunity. i've realized their's something a...
Posted by Ryan on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:59:00 PST

Where's Waldo,..I Mean Ryan

i sit here typing from the university of fairbanks alaska where the weather is roughly 65 degrees and where i recently spotted a greasy haired man checking out mature porn. you should have seen how fa...
Posted by Ryan on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:19:00 PST