Due to my usually subdued nature, I don't always make the best or strongest of impressions, but I think people, oftentimes, do seem to remember something about me. A friend of mine once said that I am the real life equivalent of Ralph Wiggum. Except for the fact that we are both naïve, good hearted, well meaning, and a bit socially awkward, I really do not see the resemblance... though I do love Lisa Simpson, have a fondness for eating paste, and my parents, too, won’t let me use scissors. Perhaps there is a little more Wiggum in me than I'd like to admit, but there's so much more to me.

Whatever people may think of me, I doubt that, although their perception of me may be apt given my outer “veneer”, they do not realize that there is a lot more to me than meets the eye... more layers to this onion, if you will. Well, here I am in a nutshell...

I AM RYAN. I like to read and I like to write, though I am painfully slow at both. I love listening to music, and I love making music and singing karaoke with a group of friends. I love movies made with thought and emotion and movies that inspire, yet I also favor movies that make me laugh and are completely ridiculous. I believe in truth, beauty, freedom, love, but above all things, God. And I love this world and time He has placed me in so very much, but I cannot help but shake my head oftentimes and wonder just where this world is headed.

I do consider myself rather unique and somewhat unusual in my thinking, yet I feel I am quite sympathetic to other people's perspectives and that there's always some sort of method to my own madness. I am what Goldilocks would call, "Just right." (Yes, if you hadn't noticed yet, I use odd and obscure references sometimes when I write, similar to Dennis Miller commentating on Monday Night Football.) I am just the right amount of machismo and sensitivity; compassion and toughness; serious and silly. I am what people would call "safe" and secure, yet I can be spontaneous and quirky. I am passionate about certain things and certain topics, but I always try to be open-minded and am willing to try almost anything... within reason. I am quiet and shy, but really, truly get to know me, and your life will never, ever be the same again... perhaps.

If you feel that I may be worthy of meeting your acquaintance, or renewing an old one, please message me. I'd be grateful to start any new, worthwhile relationships or catch up with an old friend.

The October Sky is an Alternative/Pop/Punk/Rock Band from Oregon.  The bands former name was Drive-By and changed their name later on.  The Members of the band are Weston Simonis, Tj Sudbrock, Travis Moran, and Collin Eder. Album release is coming out fall 2013.  

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