"A happy-go-lucky child, always dressed in black" - Siouxsie and the Banshees Since this bio is long, and rather wordy, I've cooked up a Short Attention Span version. Just the facts, with none of that annoying "thought" crap. ;) I'm Ryan. I'm [old] at present. My birthdate being April 27th, 1974. If you're into astrology, I'm a Taurus with Scorpio rising and a Cancer moon. Supposedly, this means I'm stubborn, driven, loyal, creative, and moody. Strange combo, but I'm a strange guy so I guess it all makes sense. *shrug*. I'm also an ENTP, on the Kiersey test. My personality type is found in a mere 2% of the population... Just like every other personality type in that silly test. I hail from a miserable little hole in the road known as Spokane. Though I have sought greener pastures, as it were, and currently reside in Seattle, Washington. How long I'll stay here remains to be seen, but I have no plans to leave this paradise of the perverse anytime soon. At least living here has allowed me to drop the hatred I had for Spokane. In fact, it's a very nice place to spend a day or two... just a day or two, mind you. As for ways I spend my time and things that tickle my fancy as it were, there's: music, flirting, writing, photography, drinking, art, history, theology (I'm Catholic >:P), politics (liberal democrat >:P), watching hockey, doodling on my websites etc. I study hauntings, folklore, and cryptozoology. It's a weakness... the drive to seek knowledge of things on the fringe of the world one sees everyday. Anyway, I think I'll rattle on about musik now. Basically, I'm obsessed with musik... always have been, really. I've been playing guitar and bass for roughly 10 years now (DAMN! I'm old...), and I'm starting to work on my voice, as well. I'm currently working on putting some stuff together. I've always had particular ideas on the type of music I want to do... so now that I live in a city where I have at least a snowball's chance of finding musicians that are into it, I'm gonna give it the proverbial go. We'll see what happens, eh? In short (HA! *As if* this damn page is short!) There are a lot of things I like to do. Life offers a great deal, and I love to indulge... hedonistic little taurean bastard that I am. You see, living in a place like Spokane teaches one that there are distinct advantages to being easily amused. It's one's only hope of keeping the dreaded "chihuahua of boredom" at bay.... Yo quero this you little fu-... oh, heh heh... sorry.... Yeah, I know... I don't live there anymore. But I just didn't want to erase that passage yet, for some reason... it's been on my site since late 1997. Think I'll keep the Chihuahua around, for posterity. Any objections? If you're still curious, then quite frankly, you scare me... Regardless of that, however, you can check out the 25 Fun Facts about me. Or, you could skip it, turn off the damn computer (after signing my guestbook, of course) and go out and get some air... maybe a hot dog, I dunno.. just live! Geez, life's too short to spend too much time couped up inside reading my shitty website. ;) "Back to the house of pain!"