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Ryan

About Me

"By learning to obey, you will learn how to command." "At the end of the game, The king and the pawn go back in the same box." "Buy me a drink sing me a song take me as I am cause' I cant stay long." "Leaders are not more knowledgeable then the ones they lead." "Ambition is like love, impatient of both delays and rivals." "It is human to make a mistake it is stupid to persist in it." " Virte is a moderate position, not an extreme one." "No one ever plans to sleep out in the gutter. Sometimes thats just the most comfortable place." "Without expectation there is no disapointment." " The tongue is like a sharp knife, it kills without drawing blood." "Though the flame be put out, the wick remains." "No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness. " "We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all. " "Fortune favors the bold." "The greatest risk is not taking one." "Life is a zero-sum game." "The only true paradise is paradise lost." "Fate is the hunter and we're the prey." "We all start out as strangers. It's where we end up that counts." "Tomorrow shall be love for the loveless, and for the lover, tomorrow shall be love." "Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need." "love to live and live to love" "industry and patience are the surest means of plenty" "One must always ask themselves, 'How do I want to be remembered' and live according to the answer." "We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are." "we are the people our parents warned us about." "My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular." "When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it." "Bacco, tabacco e Venere riducono l'uomo in cenere." "Non tutti quelli che hanno lettere sono savi." "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" "A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling." "Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised." "Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something" "A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world." "There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness."

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Jesus Christ, Brandon Boyd, Conor Oberst, Jim Morrison, Richard Clarke, Abraham Lincoln, Eddie Rickenbaker, George S. Patton, John McCain, Machiavelli, Socrates, Plato, Thomas Friedman,

My Blog

This is the end

The final candidate training has passed and wow has it been a crazy 11 weeks.  A third of the class dropped out. We graduated 17 of them and we started with 28.  All and all it was a good tr...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:33:00 GMT

2000 Views

I have 2000 views! I am so popular. Haha yea right.
Posted by on Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:00:00 GMT

Going to California . . .

Hey guys it has been a while but I am still alive. This semester has definately taken its toll on me. But at least this weekend should be fun. I am going to San Fransisco with Arnold Air Society for a...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:11:00 GMT

And the beat goes on

This past weekend was awesome. It was Nicci's b-day. We had an awesome time. We ended up seing each other Wed - Mon. That is 6 days! We never get a chance to spend that kind of quality time together.&...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:48:00 GMT

Candidate Training

So this week during candidate training we are going to . . . Haha yeah right. Candidates I know this is a public website so I know you have access to this. I know you are viewing my page.  I am ...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:41:00 GMT

the beginning

classes started last week. im still trying to figure out what i am taking. its good to be home in prescott. i cant wait for candidate training to really pick up. its going to be a busy semester.
Posted by on Mon, 05 Sep 2005 14:43:00 GMT

I'm Back !

Hey guys I am finally back from Ellsworth III. I had a really interesting time. Some of it was fun while some of it was well, not.  All and all I cant wait to see or at least talk to all of you. ...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:50:00 GMT

FT Address

I am going to be at camp from the 27th of July to the 25th of Aug.  The only outside contact I will have is the letters my friends and family send to me.  Now I heard the brightest part...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:11:00 GMT

Awesome Quote

"When you men get home and face an anti-war protester, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy." - LT GEN James Mattis, USMC
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jul 2005 15:47:00 GMT

Missing It

So there are two awesome things happening this weekend in Chicago and I am going to miss both of them. One is Warped Tour. Which is happening tomorrow. I invited my sister to go with me 3 months ago a...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:53:00 GMT