my name is ryan o'mara.
i am now officially 30 years old. hooray for aging.
i was born in buffalo and have lived in arkansas, northern michigan, california, las vegas, chicago, and baltimore. i currently live in dallas and have to drive anywhere from 30 to 90 minutes to get here in the morning, depending on how many wrecks there are on the highway.
i am considering transferring to a college that is closer to home next semester, because i have had three cars die on the highway between home and denton and spend a fortune on gas (and yet somehow it's still cheaper than that overpriced a-train). i originally thought that "online class" meant i wouldn't have to drive to denton to take it, but i was wrong.
i was born in buffalo and have lived in arkansas, northern michigan, california, las vegas, chicago, and baltimore. i currently live in dallas and have to drive anywhere from 30 to 90 minutes to get here in the morning, depending on how many wrecks there are on the highway.
i am considering transferring to a college that is closer to home next semester, because i have had three cars die on the highway between home and denton and spend a fortune on gas (and yet somehow it's still cheaper than that overpriced a-train). i originally thought that "online class" meant i wouldn't have to drive to denton to take it, but i was wrong.
i used to be in the military.
Me, circa 2005
take my word for it - don't join the military if you can help it. now, i work for micro center selling computers. i probably know more about computers than you do. no, i will not be your free tech support.
i want to work with children because i spent many years depressed, drunk, and miserable about the state of the world until my wife (before she was my wife) told me to get off the couch and do something about it. teaching the next generation and hopefully having a positive ripple effect on humanity in general seemed like the best option. i don't care what grade or subject i teach. i know bloody well that i will just end up taking whatever teaching position is available.
i want to work with children because i spent many years depressed, drunk, and miserable about the state of the world until my wife (before she was my wife) told me to get off the couch and do something about it. teaching the next generation and hopefully having a positive ripple effect on humanity in general seemed like the best option. i don't care what grade or subject i teach. i know bloody well that i will just end up taking whatever teaching position is available.
i've been married for 2 1/2 years.
"Hey honey, can you take a
picture of yourself real quick?
picture of yourself real quick?
my wife is from england and i met her on the internet. we have no children, nor do we want any. we celebrate two anniversaries each year. february 20th is the anniversary of the first day we said, "i love you." august 20th is the anniversary of our wedding. we intentionally got married exactly six months after our "love anniversary" so they would be evenly spaced apart because we are both nerds like that.
i wear my wedding ring on my right hand because i am left-handed, and on my pinky finger because the one she bought me was too small for my ring finger.
i wear my wedding ring on my right hand because i am left-handed, and on my pinky finger because the one she bought me was too small for my ring finger.
i don't speak much in person.
as they say, “better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” however, i am nothing if not opinionated, and i will talk your ear off if i am comfortable enough and the subject turns to something i care about and am interested in, such as japan, internet culture, maps, history, geography, computers, and socialism.
i have almost no free time at all, but on the rare occasions i do, i watch anime (i.e. japanese cartoons) and play video games with my wife. i speak a little japanese, and can write your name in japanese if you want me to.
i have almost no free time at all, but on the rare occasions i do, i watch anime (i.e. japanese cartoons) and play video games with my wife. i speak a little japanese, and can write your name in japanese if you want me to.
last but not least, i have spent way too much time working on this website.
i hope you enjoyed reading all that.