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(contracted; show full)my opinions tend to carry a lot of weight and it makes me feel important. A bit more about myself: I was born in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]], and lived in [[Mequon, Wisconsin]] until I was 14. I moved to Crystal Lake just in time to start high school. I lived in Crystal Lake for four years, at times both hating and loving my little suburb, but eventually completing high school. In my spare time, my hobbies are learning foreign languages, (I am currently teaching myself Russian) and playing laser tag
, which I have had to recently give up. I have been accused of having the strangest musical tastes of any person who has ever lived, with my tastes running from Spanish rap music ([[Daddy Yankee]]) to power metal ([[DragonForce]]) to the soundtrack from my favorite video game, [[Katamari Damacy]]. I have accepted a full-ride tuition scholarship at University. I attend the [[University of Pittsburgh]], where I am majoring in Finance and EconomLinguistics. I am currently a brother of [[Phi Delta Theta]]. I work at an amusement park. At least I get free admission.

<h3 style="background-color:#ffefa3; border-bottom:0px; border: 3px solid #a3b0bf; text-align:left; padding-top:4px; padding-left:4px;">Beliefs</h3>

;Political: I was a proud resident of the Midwestern United States, al'm a Liberterian through and through I currently live in another region, and a proud American in general. It doesn’t mean I'm arrogant, however. I think our current president is incompetent, corrupt, untrustworthy, and deserving of impeachment. I'm an equal opportunity complainer however, I think the same things about the [[Rod Blagojevich|current Governor of Illinois]] - who won reelection despite his habit of signing unconstitutional laws and being corrupt ethically and morally - even though the two belong to different parties. Obviously, I am very interested in politics, and perhaps less obviously, I would like to pursue it as a career some day. Politically, I have a strange set of beliefs, I am probably closest to being Libertarian, although in elections I tend to support the US Democratic Party because they expand government power and curtail freedoms in ways I generally find less offensive than what the US Republican Party does. Had I been of age at the time, I would have voted for John Kerry. Many of my political opinions are unpopular, but I have a reputation for being wise as well, if somewhat immoderate. I know more about politics than any 30 people put together. I can name the governor of every state, 90 members of the Senate, more U.S. Representatives than showed up at your last family reunion, the heads of state of countries you probably didn't even know existed, and tell you why all of these people are important. Naturally, I detest politics and refuse to talk to anyone about it except for my close friends.

;Religious: Always a complicated issue isn't it? If one wishes to split hairs, I am a non-practicing [[Roman Catholic]].

;WikiPhilosophical: My WikiPhilosophy is pretty positive, and after having read about various philosophies about Wikipedia, I have concluded that I was a fanatic [[Wikipedia:Inclusionism|inclusionist]], but then again I joined when we had only 330,000 articles. Today I skew deletionist. I used to hate userboxes and I always secretly wished to destroy them, but I have learned to l(contracted; show full) realized that specializing in something in Wikipedia is pointless. I still like to add climate sections to cities, especially those in my beloved Midwest, and I like to comment on [[Wikipedia:Requests for Adminship|RFAs]] when I get the chance. I am a member of the Spanish and German translation projects. I have successfully translated twenty-one articles from German to English at the present time, one from French, and one from Spanish. On July 26, 2006, I became an admin on a relatively narrow margin. I 
used ''[[de facto]]'' run [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion|TfD]], but schoolwork has forced me to become more sporadically active. I'm always around, even if I'm not editing.

In order to have ''something'' to celebrate, I like to set RyanGerbil milestones for Wikipedia's growth. The next RyanGerbil Milestone is:
*'''The top 10 language editions of Wikipedia comprising 10,000,000 articles.'''
**This goal was posted on June 8, 2006, and as of June 4, 2007 has not yet been achieved.

Previous RyanGerbil milestones, which have been achieved: (Congratulations!)
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