Tuesday, November 20, 2007

pharrell & ferrell

Dear ---,

We met at south beach studios last week.  Sitting next to you on the couch in the lounge, I introduced myself and we had a great conversation for the next 10 minutes.  We talked about smelly old dogs and psychotic cats. Then xbox 360 and call of duty 3.  I thought we had a moment.. Things were going great until you mentioned that you're pharrell's girlfriend. damnit.  lemme know if things don't work out.

-Ryan

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this made me laugh today.


Saturday, November 17, 2007

teachers beware

I know a bunch of teachers who have myspace and/or facebook profiles.  It's hard not to now without feeling out of the loop.  But it seems like the tide is changing regarding whether it's ok for teachers to participate in social networking sites.


pandora

pandora is awesome.

Monday, November 12, 2007

my mentor and the best engineer in the world

I have to mention on here the only reason I'm working for busta rhymes right now. Mr. Robert "LB" Dorsey.  LB took me under his wing early on at Quad Studios in nyc after I helped him fix his mac. He showed me the ropes and taught me the right way to rock an SSL 9000 J. He has been in the recording scene longer than anyone I know, coming up engineering for The Roots and going all the way to the top as engineer for Beyonce. This man gives me both inspiration to keep going and a ton of headaches. Tough love has done me right though. He definitely prepared me for what I'm doing now and probably what I'll be doing for the rest of my career, so thanks son!!!





there's now a link to his myspace page over on the right. go there and thank him, because he probably worked on whatever you're listening to right now.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

blogs all over

I started this shiz just the other day, as you can see below. I guess I would say it's doing pretty well. I havent had any complaints yet, but probably not a single hit yet because I haven't told a soul this exists. Truth be told, I haven't been faithful to this young blog. I just uploaded an entirely NEWER one today. It's over at http://web.mac.com/gilliganr if you want to check it out. (link is to the right) Basically I'm just trying to compare this free blogspot chompie to iWeb and .mac. Which one will outlast the other?? If the suspense is killing you as much as it is me, please bookmark this. and my other page. i'll be back soon.

uncontrollable laughter


I have this uncanny ability to make my little brother Eric laugh hysterically.  Usually around dinner time, I make one stupid comment or another and it sets him off.  From there I can keep escalating it until he curls up into a teary-eyed ball on the kitchen floor and has to be carried out of the room.  I think it's his only weakness.

new blogs FTW

I'm just jumping on the bandwagon with this whole blog thing.  Let's see what happens.