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Ryan

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About Me

My name's Ryan, I'm a student at Utah Valley State. I love rugby, football and baseball. I enjoy listening to music and playing it. I enjoy long walks on the beach or to the kitchen. Im a Giants, Niners, and New Zealand All Blacks fan. Any other questions jus holla at me. Rest In Paradise: Keena and Cuddles USA Rugby! 2007 All Star Game!!!!
You Know You're From Hawaii When...
You can understand and speak PIDGIN english.You go to dinner and "make one plate" with all the extra food leftover.You automatically take off your shoes in people's homes.You wear rubber slippers to the beach.You eat rice every single day.It's "shave ice" not"snow cones".When you know NEVER to turn your back facing the ocean.You know what ukus are and have had them at least once before when you was one little keiki.You've been to almost all of the other islands.You get impatient with all of those bikers on the road that came from Haleakala.When someone says to "dress up" it means one nice aloha shirt and jeans.You eat coconuts straight from the shell - and drink the juice.You went to the War Memorial Stadium parking lot to learn how to drive.You've worked in the pineapple fields.You know where all the creepy places (like burial sites) are in the islandYou know you aren't supposed to whistle at night time, cross your chopsticks, or stick your fork straight out of your rice.You have highlighted hair.You eat Arare.You know what "tutu" means.You learned to play the ukulele in elementary school.It's SHOYU, not soy sauce.To you, sushi means sushi, not RAW FISH!You eat malasadasYou have a billion pairs of slippers in front your door when your family gets togetherYour house has residue from the salty ocean air.You eat portuguese sausage, eggs, and rice for breakfast.You buy large quantities of toilet paper in case theres a longshoreman strike.You don't understand why anyone would buy less than a 20 lb bag of rice...You would serve spam as a meat for dinner...You can taste the difference between teriyaki and kal-biYou know why there are alphabets on trees on graduation dayYou know what lei day is.You know what the "stink eye" is; and how to give it.You can correctly pronouce kalanianaole, kalakaua and aieaYou know what a "Huli Huli Chicken" is.You can name 3 varieties of mangos.You know the difference between being hapa and being hapaiYou give directions using mauka and makai.You know what it takes to get into kamehameha school.You say, "Nori" not seaweed paper.You say "Brah" not "Bro".You know why Sharks Cove is called Sharks Cove.Your jokes are about Portugese not Polish.You know what "Morgan's Corner " is ... (And it still scares you!)You think 70 degrees is freezing coldYou call it "saimin" not "Top Ramen"The surf report is on your speed dial...Rainbow Drive-Inn is a special date.You know pineapples don't grow in trees.When you hear the words "fund raiser", you know it means Zippy's ChiliYou have said "wat, owe you money?", "karang your alas", or "dakine"You call public transportation "da BUS"You go to Neiman Marcus "jus fo look"The mainland people no can understand your language.You eat mango with shoyu, vinegar, and pepperYou like ume, daikon, and kim chee better than pickles.You never understood why adding pineapple and ham to a pizza made it Hawaiian to the rest of the worldYou have a separate circuit breaker for your rice cookerYou measure the water for the rice by the knuckle of your index fingerThe condiments at the dinner table are shoyu, ketchup, chili peppah watah, kimchee, takuwan, Hawaiian salt and pickled onionYou go to Maui and your luggage home includes potato chips, manju, cream puffs, guri-guri and fresh saimin from Sam Sato'sA balanced meal has three starches: rice, macaroni and breadYou call everyone older than you "Aunty" or "Uncle" even though they aren't related to youYour philosophy is "Bumbai"You are barefoot in most of you elementary school pictures.Your only suit is a bathing suit.You drive barefoot.You feel guilt leaving a get-together without helping clean up.The idea of taking something from a heiau is unthinkable.You'd rather drag out the compressor and fill that leaking tire every single morning than have it fixed.The only time you honk your horn is once a year during the safety check.You can live and let live with a smile in your heart.Nobody is sure exactly where "north" is.Your cousin is Japanese-Chinese-French-Filipino-Korean-Scottish-Portuguese- Hawaiian, plus some stuff too manini to mentionYou watch your favorite shows "on top the TV"The best cooks all use lots of mayonnaiseAn approaching hurricane means only one thing surf's up, brah!"You like beef" has nothing to do with what's for dinnerBeans are the perfect condiment for ice creamYou actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Hawaii.
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My Interests

Football, Baseball, Rugby, and Music.....Fui n My man Nas1 Waisale Serevi and William Ryder The Haka

I'd like to meet:

Jonah Lomu, Ray Lewis, Jerome Bettis, Emmitt Smith, Tana Umaga, Troy Polamalu and John Elway

Music:

Chicago (not the musical, the band), Tower of Power, Earth Wind and Fire, Hawthorne Heights, Yellowcard, Bob Marley, AC DC, Alter Bridge, Journey, Boston, 50 Cent, Xzibit, The Beatles, Barry White, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Green Day, Sublime, Aerosmith, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (my cousin), Snoop Dogg, Tenacious D, UB40, Guns N' Roses, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Pink Floyd, Queen, Lynrd Skynnard, Santana, Outkast, Eazy E, Dashboard Confessionals, The Used, Aphasia, My Chemical Romance, All American Rejects, Sugarcult, Fallout Boy, Andre Nickatina, 311, Ziggy Marley, Adam Sandler, Elvis Presley, Keali'i Reichel, and more......

Movies:

Remember the Titans, Pirates of the Caribbean, Walking Tall, The Rundown, Field of Dreams, For Love of the Game, Bull Durham, The Rookie, Dumb and Dumber, Night at the Roxbury, Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, Big Daddy, 50 First Dates, Whale Rider, Both Ace Ventura movies, 61*, The Replacements, School of Rock, Both Shrek movies, The Waterboy, All 3 Major League Movies, Mr. Baseball, Monte Walsh, Blazing Saddles, Rush Hour, Corky Romano, Barbershop, The Original Kings of Comedy, Van Wilder, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Both Wayne's World movies, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Dodgeball, Napoleon Dynamite, SUPER TROOPERS, Undercover Brother, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, and more that I can't think of........

Television:

ROB N BIG,Mad TV, SNL, Everybody Loves Raymond, Pimp My Ride, Viva La Bam, Best Damn Sports Show Period, and more..... Tana Umaga

Books:

When Pride Still Mattered, A Life of Vince Lombardi.....

Heroes:

This looks like tons of fun Hawaiian Ha'a

My Blog

Close Call

In case you didnt know, Patriots linebacker and one of my favorite football players Tedy Bruschi, suffered a mild stroke. He lost feeling in his whole body but since has recovered, thankfully. They ...
Posted by Ryan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

RIP Best Defensive End of All Time

Rest in Peace Reggie White, you were a great player and you will be missed Reggie White #92 12/19/61-12/26/04
Posted by Ryan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST