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Counting the days…

Ryan K. — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:43:09 +0000

I’ve made it to my final 90 some odd days left in my assignment here in Korea… what a long time it has been. Lots of things have changed in my time here. Most of them not for better. It is unfortunate but I guess its life – especially my life.

I work on the Game Seers podcast frequently and am always trying to improve things. Today I dished out $150.00 to get Final Cut Express 4 for my MacBook so I can work on doing some more interesting things with our episodes.

Speaking of Mac and Apple – I’ve been reading Steve Wozniak’s autobiography iWoz which is very interesting. I recommend it to anyone who loves computers, video games, or anything related to technology. It was also cool to see that yet another awesome person is a Freemason like me. Seems like I’m always finding more and more which is very cool.

I beat BioShock for the 360 – it was a pretty decent game… until the ending. Weak. I felt like something much cooler should have happened. But overall I can’t gripe too much. I doubt I’ll replay the game, maybe if I get super bored but since I’m always playing new games to review for the Game Seers – probably won’t happen anytime soon.

I’ve banked some decent money for a new car when I return home. I am deciding if I want to risk it on a new web project I’m fairly certain would be pretty new and revolutionary. I don’t want to sit on it too long because someone else will eventually think of it. I do own the perfect domain name though for it.

Guess that is all for tonight.

- Ryan

At least I still have internet

Ryan K. — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:10:07 +0000

Your online identity score is 10 out of a possible score of 10.

Congratulations. You are digitally distinct. This is the nirvana of online identity. Keep up the good work, and remember that your Google results can change as fast as the weather in New England. So, regularly monitor your online identity. Read Chapter 11 of Career Distinction for more ideas on how to continue to build your brand online.

http://www.careerdistinction.com/onlineid/step1.html

Just because I'm curious and also bored…

Ryan K. — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:00:30 +0000

How accurate is this quiz for everyone else, it nailed me.

What American accent do you really have? Your Result: Northern Your accent is Northern, which used to be the media standard in the ’50s and ’60s. Your accent could either be Inland Northern (Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo) or the more broadcasting-friendly Upstate NY/Western New England accent. If you have the Inland North accent, outsiders probably ask you a lot if you’re from Chicago or Wisconsin.
Mid-Atlantic
North Central
Midland
Northeastern
Southern
Western
Northeast New England
What American accent do you really have? Make a Quiz

Hmm…

Ryan K. — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:26:36 +0000

My blog is worth $564.54.
How much is your blog worth?

Darn, that’s it? Well… I checked a few other urls from some people I know and everyone else has worthless sites. I’m not getting rich anytime soon off of this though.

- Me.

Hmm… If only I owned land

Annoyed…

Ryan K. — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:41:57 +0000

Ugh. I can’t write what I want because there’s a stupid raven swooping around my site. I can’t even put out a repellant because this raven likes to change the colour of its feathers (or IP address in literal terms) – move on raven, there’s another bird with low standards out there for you to make ugly little chicks with.

The tangent universe collapsed 497 days ago.

Well, Darn…

Ryan K. — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:11:03 +0000

Its getting harder and harder for me to come up with clever titles. I can’t really categorize my life or line of thinking into any clever attention grabbing heading so I guess I will not even try today. I’m quite tired of living at home, perhaps leaving my apartment was a bad idea. If my ship date gets pushed back for any reason I will definitely move out, I don’t think I could handle much more. Aside from feeling rather annoyed being around so many people all the time, I have no internet connection and barely any cell phone reception. Everytime I see call lost I have to refrain from throwing my phone into a brick wall. I’m tired of Verizon sucking. I’m very exhausted with everything, I don’t even have the energy to do much. I did start writing something, but I will see if I have the ambition to follow through with it. So far I’m at four pages, I have another one hundred and forty or so to go. The concept is in my head roughly, it’s just transcribing it that can prove to be challenging. Oh, I’ve seen an increase in traffic lately – a lot of search engine hits so thanks google for moving me up on the ranking or something like that. Welcome new people, as you’ll see I kind of droane on a lot about stuff and sometimes do interesting things. Which reminds me, I have new stuff on my youtube account (youtube.com/user/ryankenward) so go look at that if you are feeling ambitious. More so than me that is. Anyway. Uhhh… I do have a few more projects I want to do, hopefully in the next few days. Uhhhhhhhh… That about does it really. Good day.

- Ryan

My Favourite Teas

Ryan K. — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:15:19 +0000

I thought that I would share this since I was just drinking my tea and thinking about this list – I’m opened to try new teas so if you have any you enjoy a lot let me know. These are my top 4.

This is my most frequently consumed tea, and probably my favourite of all the others mentioned below. It’s really good hot but if it cools down to much it has a bitter aftertaste (or so it seems to me) then I have to sort of gag it down. It’s very relaxing and helps me focus when I am sitting around typing numbers all day.

Second favourite – this tea rocks. It’s nothing fancy but it’s just really good all by itself and it smells awesome. Super relaxing and good.

It was never my intention to drink this tea since I hate all fruit flavoured tea – well, except this one. I bought it for someone and then just never got around to giving it to her, after sitting in my apartment unopened for a while I decided to try it and found out it was really good. I never gave her any of it, oops.

Okay, for the most part generic or cheap green tea is the worst tasting thing on the planet to me – especially since I don’t like to add things to my tea. However, this tea is really good. It’s been a few months since I drank it but my last box didn’t last long. It’s really good plain or with honey.

So yes, that is that – any suggestions?

- Ryan

Unexpected Day

Ryan K. — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:23:09 +0000

Today began just like any ordinary Wednesday, I got up early got ready for work and was on my way. I arrived at my desk in Amherst (coming from Medina) at 8:15 AM like usual. I had just sat down and began reviewing my e-mail when my boss came over and somberly said he needed to talk to me, instantly I became nervous. I hesitated but went over to his desk and said firmly, “I’m ready when you are.” he told me to have a seat. Then he looked around and decided we should talk in private. So I followed him to an empty managers cube and he told me that I was not in trouble, which was a relief and said instead – this was a good thing. His boss, had been looking for someone to join a much more difficult group that handles much (when I say much I mean like hundreds of millions of dollars much) larger transactions. He told me he was asked to select someone, and he decided to offer me the challenge – he then told me his boss had me in mind as well but wanted to see what he would suggest. So, I obliged and moved my desk to a much larger one and met my new group. I instantly sponged all of the information and began to work. Okay, does anyone else see the problem? I am an enlisted Air Force member and am leaving in a month. Unfortunately, I didn’t want it to be known to the company just yet that I was leaving as I have a few weeks until I even give my two weeks notice. So I kept quiet and took the position. The good news is I will be getting a lot of over time and will be making well over 20.00 an hour for it on top of my all ready good salary. I actually like the new position – unfortunately it is all ready too late. I’m very tired and am looking forward to eating tomorrow. Have a good thanks giving everyone, in retrospect I have much to be thankful for this year. Anyway, that concludes this entry.

- Ryan

I dislike Mondays…

Ryan K. — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:59:16 +0000

That is why I am taking a half day off. I am leaving in six mintues, yay! I have no idea what to write anymore, I start to type something and then backspace it because of whatever – I type the reason then I backspace that. I am so ready to leave New York, it is getting cold. I went for my usual walk last night and drank some green tea, it was super cold… 39 degrees is not for me. My legs got like itchy cold, as if frostbite were just starting to get a taste for my flesh. I am not a cold weathered creature. I never have been, I spend my winters inside muttering obscenitie at the coldness. I liked snow boarding but it is so damn cold, if only it could be like 70 and I could snow board then I think I would really love it. I have a stomach ache, I forgot to eat this morning – actually just decided sleeping 15 more minutes was far more critical for me. Hmmm. Well, I guess that is all for now… perhaps I will write more later.

- Ryan

A Warning:

Ryan K. — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:41:45 +0000

For the unworthy who will attempt to get a Nintendo Wii… Take heed: