[QUOTE=SMTnyu;124182]I tried Baya, Scott and Chet also and I think they all reached their limit. Chet even said on twitter his second account was deleted because you can only have one account.
If only I knew how to hack into facebook...oh well.[/QUOTE]
Yeah I remember I friend requested Scott a while back, but he already had too much friends. So he sent me a friendly message to join his fan page, since facebook won't let him have more friends.
[QUOTE=dplayer18;124195]Yeah I remember I friend requested Scott a while back, but he already had too much friends. So he sent me a friendly message to join his fan page, since facebook won't let him have more friends.[/QUOTE]
yeah I got the same message.
[QUOTE=IndySkye;124089]He needs someone to advise him on what to do. He can handle soldiering and real life on his own of course, but he needs someone to advise him on what to do with the people following him. It's the kind of thing that goes beyond what you are used to in normal life. I think I could provide him a short, "Simplified guide on how to feed and care for your fans." They are actually very low maintenance, but there are a few specific requirements to keep them happy.[/QUOTE]
Perhaps but this is truly what I sort of like the most about Ryan in a bizarre sort of way. He could have just told people from the outset that was what he had done but he seems to have tried to cover up his initial cover up which I suspect is starting to blow back onto some of the other casts members since he avoided saying which roommate he called first in his blog and Scott put out an apparently hasty "I appreciate you video" followed by a video of Ryan and references in more than 1 tweet since about how much he appreciates people. It would be far easier just to say "Sorry" to people with hurt feelings rather than go through this whole song and dance to say you are sorry without saying you are sorry.
[QUOTE=jjlucash;124188]Are you serious?? It's bad enough that you have limited privacy on Facebook, but MySpace has been a ghost-town since 2008--you'd think that Facebook would one-up them with this whole "friends limit" bull-'S.'[/QUOTE]
Last year someone said they were going to remove the limit on FB but obviously they never did. I think it would be better for the others just to change their privacy settings like Chet did so anybody can view their profile even if they cannot be "friends". Having profiles and then fanpages, then myspace, then youtube is a little too much for them to service equally IMO. I would just as soon they each create their own website and let that website be their single principal way of communicating with all the fans equally.
In the Ryan/Scott/squirrel video, Ryan speaks of learning from Scott about doing videos for a YouTube channel. With Scott mentoring, I wonder if Ryan will adopt the shirtless + loose gym shorts style that Scott uses. It works for Scott. In any case, I'm always impressed how well Ryan speaks extemporaneously on camera. I thought he did a good job at the Fairway market doing the bit with the turkey carver, and of course in all the confessionals. He could be a host or a reporter or a commentator.
I am eager to see what he creates for his YT channel. Also, I wish his book would come out sooner. Now it's not until April. I want the additional insight that the book will surely show into the always fascinating mind of Ryan.
[QUOTE=IndySkye;124675]In the Ryan/Scott/squirrel video, Ryan speaks of learning from Scott about doing videos for a YouTube channel. With Scott mentoring, I wonder if Ryan will adopt the shirtless + loose gym shorts style that Scott uses. It works for Scott. In any case, I'm always impressed how well Ryan speaks extemporaneously on camera. I thought he did a good job at the Fairway market doing the bit with the turkey carver, and of course in all the confessionals. He could be a host or a reporter or a commentator.
I am eager to see what he creates for his YT channel. Also, I wish his book would come out sooner. Now it's not until April. I want the additional insight that the book will surely show into the always fascinating mind of Ryan.[/QUOTE]
who are your sources from your latest blog?
[QUOTE=XOKittieXO;124950]who are your sources from your latest blog?[/QUOTE]
Ryan's MySpace; Paul, Scott, Baya, Chet, Ryan's Twitter, and a fan group on Facebook.
It would appear as if Ryan and Baya's romance has ended since he changed his myspace status today back to being single after not long ago having put it as being in a relationship, and Baya hasn't tweeted in a couple of days which is unusual for her.
Maybe it's just a spat. Or maybe the "in a relationship" was only intended to be temporary. Did he change it to that at the time of the Carbie video, or was was it set to that earlier?
[QUOTE=IndySkye;129778]Maybe it's just a spat. Or maybe the "in a relationship" was only intended to be temporary. Did he change it to that at the time of the Carbie video, or was was it set to that earlier?[/QUOTE]
He changed it to in a relationship when he did his R&R blog and just changed it back to single yesterday so far as I know (it was something I just noticed changed by chance). He later did his "I'm feeling down" tweet. Who knows. maybe just a spat maybe not. I pretty much figure its the stress of them being apart in 2 very different worlds.
I must say he doesn't seem too down in his port-a-potty dancing video that he posted today, (although he definitely 'gets down'). He is fantabulous.
To paraphrase him, nobody can get him down. He's Ryan. He's happy... (for the most part).
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I really hope he and Baya didn't break up. Couples do have little spats, but they get over them with just a little time. But considering the situation they're in, with him in Iraq where so far, he's had good luck on his side as far as staying alive goes, but it really is an unpredictable future until the service time ends.
When he does get back, if he and Baya manage to officially start their romance without any worries of war, i predict they could be the next RW married couple. Of course, i believe even during a romance, Baya might have to help Ryan if he does start to suffer from P.T.S.S. (Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome).
I have two uncles who went to Vietnam, and they have had to deal with that type of psychological stress but i'm fortunate and happy to say that they are still alive and well. I don't think Ryan would kill himself like some of his soldier buddies unfortunately did, since i think Ryan is mentally tough enough to last a full lifetime. He's doing a second tour that he could've gotten out of by faking sickness, so he surely has the mental toughness to go through retraining and going back to the war zone he toured years ago.
[QUOTE=Francid;129945] [B]He's doing a second tour that he could've gotten out of by faking sickness[/B], so he surely has the mental toughness to go through retraining and going back to the war zone he toured years ago.[/QUOTE]
Trust me it's not that easy...
Ryan never seemed like the type that would fake a sickmess to get out of the war. He didn't want to go back to back but he always seems very proud of serving his country.
This is pure conjecture, but maybe going back to Iraq has a silver lining for Ryan, with it being like getting back on a horse after you have been thrown. When he returned to the U.S. after the first tour, it was going from heavy stress directly and immediately back to civilian life. That's a tough transition that because it is done so quickly, it takes a long time to process. This time he will be returning from a more peaceful situation (God willing) and so maybe it will be easier to leave Iraq behind, mentally. It's a way to confront past experiences and achieve your triumph over them.
I really think he's going to come out whole and a better man for having gone back a second time (not that I would have wanted to see him go if there had been a choice). Thinking positively.
[QUOTE=IndySkye;129955]This is pure conjecture, but maybe going back to Iraq has a silver lining for Ryan, with it being like getting back on a horse after you have been thrown. When he returned to the U.S. after the first tour, it was going from heavy stress directly and immediately back to civilian life. That's a tough transition that because it is done so quickly, it takes a long time to process. This time he will be returning from a more peaceful situation (God willing) and so maybe it will be easier to leave Iraq behind, mentally. It's a way to confront past experiences and achieve your triumph over them.
I really think he's going to come out whole and a better man for having gone back a second time (not that I would have wanted to see him go if there had been a choice). Thinking positively.[/QUOTE]
I think you are right about that. A combination of being older and having what I assume is a more laid-back tour while getting to see the progress that has been made should do him some good.
[QUOTE=OtherPplsDrama;129948]Trust me it's not that easy...[/QUOTE]
Faking sickness won't work. Extreme hardship would work (not in his case). About the only shot he would have had was hiring a lawyer and flooding them with paperwork until they finally gave up, but then he would have gotten a stepped-down discharge which I was sure wouldn't have flown with him.
So Ryan says that his dating relationship with Baya, which had officially begun in September, is now over for good. It seemed like one of those relationships where opposites could attract and love could conquer all, but at the same time, a more practical review would have to note that they didn't clearly have a lot in common. Ryan says about both the relationship and the break-up, "it is what it is."
He's already looking past it. He's ready to play spin the bottle and/or anything else the single women of America have in mind to do with him. Women who are in the process of a divorce and just thinking about one might want to hurry it up so they are free by the time Ryan sets foot back on American soil in January. Oh, and if you think your case would be helped by plying him with alcohol first, remember that he is partial to appletinis. Good luck.
His new video on you tube channel explains all.
Although many people in this thread lately seemed to have speculated otherwise, Ryan & Chet are obviously still close friends if in Ryan's youtube video that he posted five days ago, he said he would only seriously consider doing a challenge if it were a partner challenge with Chet.
[QUOTE=jr588;133106]Although many people in this thread lately seemed to have speculated otherwise, Ryan & Chet are obviously still close friends if in Ryan's youtube video that he posted five days ago, he said he would only seriously consider doing a challenge if it were a partner challenge with Chet.[/QUOTE]
Yeah that was cute. If I can't have Baya/Ryan, at least I still have the Ryan/Chet Bromance. :D
[QUOTE=OtherPplsDrama;133129]Yeah that was cute. If I can't have Baya/Ryan, at least I still have the Ryan/Chet Bromance. :D[/QUOTE]
Please don't make me cry now OPD. That would be horrible in so many ways.
[QUOTE=GoldenWarrior;133152]Please don't make me cry now OPD. That would be horrible in so many ways.[/QUOTE]
What would be horrible?? He and Chet being Bro's 4 Life?? LoL I think it's great they have such a unique bond!
[QUOTE=IndySkye;133086]...His new video on you tube channel explains all.[/QUOTE]
....which apparently has since been taken down (yeah I saw it this weekend though) as it is not there this afternoon. Not sure which surprises me more--that he made it or that he took it down. Very clearly passive-aggressive toward Baya in that little ditty. What really really really threw me was that an American soldier in uniform would do a ****** impersonation (which is probably why it is no longer there.)
[QUOTE=SeanDaniel;133250]....which apparently has since been taken down (yeah I saw it this weekend though) as it is not there this afternoon. Not sure which surprises me more--that he made it or that he took it down. Very clearly passive-aggressive toward Baya in that little ditty. What really really really threw me was that an American soldier in uniform would do a ****** impersonation (which is probably why it is no longer there.)[/QUOTE]
He logged on to YouTube this morning around 6am Eastern and removed the video. I too assumed it was because of the ending. I can understand making the video as a way to answer the question about his relationship, because it gets asked all the time and he is probably tired of seeing that question. He didn't say anything negative about Baya, so other than he was hurt that it ended, the ending still seemed to have been amicable. Since the dating relationship had ended he had no reason to continue to be coy about it and so he could just tell it like it is.
The real odd thing is, why would someone dump a serviceman while he was in harm's way in Iraq, especially when there is less than 3 months away from when you could do it person? It's just so different from my nature and character that I find it quite inexplicable. Perhaps its a good example of just how greatly we don't know much about who these people really are or what is really going on.
Ended before it truly began! A real shame Ryan/Baya didn't work out.:( But they're still one of my favorite couples. Maybe when he gets back, instead of starting something with Baya, he could try to see if he can make things work again with Belle since even though she broke up with him, it was because of his being called back and she couldn't handle it. Now that it's guaranteed that when he gets back, he doesn't have to worry about getting the dreaded call a third time, maybe Ryan/Belle can bounce back. Who knows?
[QUOTE=IndySkye;133278]He logged on to YouTube this morning around 6am Eastern and removed the video. I too assumed it was because of the ending. I can understand making the video as a way to answer the question about his relationship, because it gets asked all the time and he is probably tired of seeing that question. He didn't say anything negative about Baya, so other than he was hurt that it ended, the ending still seemed to have been amicable. Since the dating relationship had ended he had no reason to continue to be coy about it and so he could just tell it like it is.
The real odd thing is, why would someone dump a serviceman while he was in harm's way in Iraq, especially when there is less than 3 months away from when you could do it person? It's just so different from my nature and character that I find it quite inexplicable. Perhaps its a good example of just how greatly we don't know much about who these people really are or what is really going on.[/QUOTE]
On the one hand, I feel that Baya ending the relationship while Ryan was away was pretty harsh and on some level thougthless to the guy. The break up could have waited until he returned given the way he clearly felt about her (from all appearances completely head over heels for her) and the guy's loneliness and state of mind while thousands and thousands of miles away from his family and home life. However, on the other hand I ask myself, "Why would she prolong what wasn't working for her?" Maybe she rushed into something that she really didn't feel comfortable living with and pretending otherwise felt dishonest to her. Maybe she didn't want to stay in a relationship with someone who was completely okay with making it a public one. Although she posts things on FB about what she is doing, she seems to be very private which appears to be the opposite of what Ryan is.
I feel for Ryan. Poor guy. I think that he is a really great guy that happens to be impulsive and at times immature. He's a contradiction. Mature on some levels but immature on others. Not giving a thought to how the impact of his words or actions have on others doesn't win him any points. I, for one, believe that he means no harm. His true intent is not to hurt or insult, he just intends his comments and actions to be taken as 'honest' ones.
And Baya...great girl but really young and doesn't appear to be no where ready for the commitment Ryan was seeking: Long steady girlfriend. Who knows really. This is where I completely agree with IndySkye. At the end of the day we really don't know these people. We can speculate until we're blue but in the end we're just shooting in the dark.
[QUOTE=SundayMornin;133506]On the one hand, I feel that Baya ending the relationship while Ryan was away was pretty harsh and on some level thougthless to the guy. The break up could have waited until he returned given the way he clearly felt about her (from all appearances completely head over heels for her) and the guy's loneliness and state of mind while thousands and thousands of miles away from his family and home life. However, on the other hand I ask myself, "Why would she prolong what wasn't working for her?" Maybe she rushed into something that she really didn't feel comfortable living with and pretending otherwise felt dishonest to her. Maybe she didn't want to stay in a relationship with someone who was completely okay with making it a public one. Although she posts things on FB about what she is doing, she seems to be very private which appears to be the opposite of what Ryan is.
I feel for Ryan. Poor guy. I think that he is a really great guy that happens to be impulsive and at times immature. He's a contradiction. Mature on some levels but immature on others. Not giving a thought to how the impact of his words or actions have on others doesn't win him any points. I, for one, believe that he means no harm. His true intent is not to hurt or insult, he just intends his comments and actions to be taken as 'honest' ones.
And Baya...great girl but really young and doesn't appear to be no where ready for the commitment Ryan was seeking: Long steady girlfriend. Who knows really. This is where I completely agree with IndySkye. At the end of the day we really don't know these people. We can speculate until we're blue but in the end we're just shooting in the dark.[/QUOTE]
There are some things that need to be corrected. If there have been appearances of "head over heels", I haven't seen it. That's a very high level I don't think is supported by the record. He may have felt that way, but he didn't reveal that level publicly. One time saying "Baya, my love" plus a couple of Facebook remarks is considerably less than a demonstration of head over heels.
They had a pseudo-relationship for at least nine months prior to deciding to be a couple. It would hard to characterize that as rushing into something.
You can count on one hand the number of sentences since April that he has (briefly) mentioned her publicly. They both since the reunion show have been very coy about their relationship, keeping it relatively very private. The first admission of them being boyfriend/girlfriend wasn't made until after they broke up. So, not public. Oh, and her kissing the camera in Scott's video message to Ryan wasn't exactly private.
"I think that he is a really great guy that happens to be impulsive and at times immature." That could describe most men, so I don't see how it necessarily applies here.
I just want it to be clear that there is no evidence at the moment that Ryan felt more about her than the other way around, or that there was something in word or deed from him that pushed her away. There's nothing to point to to go in those directions.
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