December 30th, 2002

Well I have become what I hate...I am a cell phone user. I used to say I would never be one of them...those people who have those cancer boxes pressed tight against their faces. Saying things like "i'll call you back" and "whats going on"....well now here I am. I have a cell phone. I can now say super awesome things like "call my cell" and "im cool now because i have a cell phone therefore i am cool"

Now I see people looking at me as I used to look at them. "look at that guy, he thinks he's so cool because he has a cell phone" ..."bla bla bla" ... "etc etc etc". I hate it.  I can't sit now without being called every 10 minutes. I'm always "connected" which with its convenience comes annoyance. I would shut it off, but then call forwarding would just send it to my other phone anyways so now I'm trapped. I have a constant vibrating in my pants (which freaked the hell out of me the first time but since then has become oddly exciting....)

 "complaining gets your nothing but whining gets annoying" -Ryan Jackson

....so...how bout that snow storm outside eh?   It snowed 6", so I spent an hour shoveling my driveway and then it snowed another 6"!!!  But something I realized today is that shoveling snow (at least I find) is one of the most relaxing physical things you can do. Its so easy and rewarding, you have accomplished something at the end of it, and it really gives you time to think.....NO I WILL NOT SHOVEL YOUR DRIVEWAY! But yeah....snow is good.

I took some pictures around my house tonight of all the SNOW. It's kinda cool so check it out. As well:

Tonight I saw the dumbest/funniest/wishihadacamera'est thing ever.... as Diller and I are driving down Central Avenue we see this kid making snow Angels ON THE TRAIN TRACKS!  It would have been such a funny picture, but alas "its when you DON'T have your camera...."

Anyways I think I might be putting my webserver back up pretty soon = more videos pictures to come.

The end.

December 27th, 2002

Anything Funny about this picture?

So I finally sold out and bought a cell phone *booo!* well I know I know, but I was working at Future Shop on Boxing Day and they had this sweet phone for $20 (after rebate of coarse) and it came with 4 months of free service. So I got it and come May it can be a cool paper weight!

So I was lined up "for the deals" on boxing day at 8am, and while standing in line for 2 hours I came to a realization of how ignorant people are when it comes to consumerism. Now I work at Future Shop for HP so I know how it all works, but it wasn't until I stood there for 2 hours and saw how people buy things on Boxing Day just because "its a deal" that I really saw how consumerism affects people. People were buying things that weren't even on sale, or that were that price every day, but because it was boxing day they "had to get it". Now of coarse I was a victim of this too, (and don't tell me you weren't either!) but for a second think about why you really bought all that crap that you didn't really need but just bought because it was a "deal" and then the next time you see a sale think "is this them giving me a deal, or just enticing me to buy more stuff?"

I'M A HYPOCRIT!

December 25th, 2002

Christmas is here and the punkoryan.com is back up!!!  Thanks to some web space from my good friend Arlin punkoryan "lite" will have to be run for a while till I can figure something out with my webserver. So there nearly as many pictures or video as there used to be, but I'll still have the bands and current "friends" stuff up for now.

But for now I have to get back to "family stuff" so MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

I got Puffed Wheat Cake!!! Thank You Grandma!!!

    Mom couldn't find the stockings so I got a McDonalds bag and my brother got Zellers.

December 14th, 2002

Whew!!! So I went to Brett's party on Friday night which was quite fun, but when I went to leave I couldn't find my CD case that I brought in...hmmm.....I looked all over the house and tore up all the couch cushions and yet nothing! I was quite distraught to say the least over the idea of someone stealing 20 CD's from me....but I couldn't find them so that was the reality that I had to face.

When I got home I laid down and retraced all my steps and realized that I had the CD case in my hand when I went upstairs! In a furry of anticipation I called Brett's house and asked him to go upstairs and.....THEY WERE THERE!

I was so relieved, because it wasn't just that it was 20 CD's = $400 but that it was all of my favorite CD's in 1 case and a CD collection isn't something you can throw together in a day. It takes years of buying CD's here and there, and having a story for every CD and where you got it from. Half the CD's in that case I wouldn't be able to buy in the city because I got them at shows when I saw the bands live and to just "burn" all the CD's wouldn't be the same nor would just going and buying them all at once again.

Speaking of BRETT'S PARTY <--- Here are the pictures!

So what else is new? Well I finally got around to having the GO TEAM JACKSON! shirts made for Jarrod Jackson and I. Jarrod and I always talked about how we should get shirts made that say "go team Jackson!" and I was in Schmatta today and thought to myself, "its either do it now or a year from now" so I had them made. I knew the girls there (HI Erica!) and so they gave me 20% off. (THANK YOU!!! :)

In other news I got a new digital camera! My 715 camera broke (I'll miss you!) and they don't make it anymore so I paid the $26.49 difference and got the hp 850 camera which is like a WAY better camera so I'm super happy about that....now if only I wasn't in finals I could take pictures with it :( 

Speaking of finals...yeah.....4 down / 2 to go.....I'm *optimistic* (as always) that I passed all my classes (so far) so lets hope that I keep that up! Anyways its 4:11am and I need sleep so I can study tomarow and hopefully if I get enough done go see Polk and SIXTY STORIES at Amigos tonight (Saturday)....*HEY YOU SHOULD GO TOO!*

-Ryan

December 8th, 2002

Well if you didn't notice I haven't been updating or anything lately. This would be due to the fact that I'm only home for about 8 hours a day and I'm sleeping for 6 of it.

There won't be many updates in the next two weeks because I'm in finals. So there's my excuse!

For the time being though...WISH ME LUCK ON FINALS!!!

December 1st, 2002

I've added some more NIGHT SHOTS I took last night at the University and on Central Ave.

Today was my last day to use my CDplus card which I thought only needed 1 more stamp to get me "my 10th CD free" but alas... it was "buy 10 get $10 off a CD"... I almost didn't buy anything but then I started browsing and found Green Day - Kerplunk used for $10.99 (yes that's right folks Dookie wasn't their first album, they had two albums along with 2 E.P.'s before anyone even heard of them. (sorry to anyone who already knew that, but most people don't.) I also found Straight Faced - Conditioned, Blindside - self titled  (<--- BLIND SIDE KICKS ASS! If you like fast/heavy/hardcore/awesome music check them out) and System of a Down's new CD "steal this cd". I think thats a good name for a cd because it seems no one buys cd's anymore since Napster/Kazaa. All my friends think I'm a sucker because I actually "buy" CD's. But I would so much rather have the real CD than "just burn it" because I care more about the CD, and I am supporting the band so that they can make more albums  (though 3/4 of the CD's I bought today were used so none of that money is going to the bands, but you know what I mean). Kazaa is great because you can discover new bands but if you like them you should go and BUY THEIR CD'S!!! It will sound better and you wont go to hell! :)

It's study'n season again! I spent my Saturday night at school studying EE201 and it was great. That hypnotist CD I listened to really worked on me because I can study now!

One last note. Tostitos new flavor "Salsa & Cream Cheese" is amazingly tasterific! Go get some!

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :)