WOW!!!! its all i can really say. i just got back from shooting my first music video in austin, TX - it was by far one of the coolest things ever!! of course i did get to...well never mind , i'll wait and let you see it before i tell you what happens - but i will tell you that Ashlee Simpson came down to be in la video and was amazing... we had an amazing crew and i felt like derek zoolander for a sec with all the hair and makeup people always touching you up..it was really really rediculously funny - we shot the video for "On the Way Down" over two days and i can't wait to see the final thing - and i've discovered that austin is a very good place for extreme walking - you guys must try extreme walking....now its not for everyone but once you go pro, you'll never walk the same@!!!!

~ryan

allright so its been a while since i've written in this little section so i thought i might just start writin' in it a little more....i am writin' to ya live from the hotel lobby in east lansing, michigan where I just played last night ....first off i have by far the worst flying luck in the world cause something always happens to me whilsssssssssst flying ...they lost all five of our bags including both of my guitars when we landed...so that was not fun but we got 'em back for the show.....the show was awesome and the venue was insane...except it was sooooooooooooooooooo freakin cold.....anywho i played the show and then went to dinner with a big group of anyone who wanted to go to dinner and i caused quite a rucus in bennigan's.....i've always wanted to start a food fight so i told this girl next to me about my big plans!!!!!!!!! so she threw some chocolate sauce on my face....now i'm not one to back down so i proceeded to throw my asiago chicken pasta in her face and it went up her NOSE....it was AWESOME!!!!! by the way, i am still 12 i think..... well needless to say it got out of hand but you guys will be proud to know that I CAME OUT VICTORIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so if any of you want some...all i have to say is BRING IT ON!!!

hope all is doin great,
~ryan

allright, so check this out
this past weekend was insane - so I turned 21 years of age and i , of course,
went to Vegas Baby Vegas!!!!!! i went to win the rainman suite...can you
dig that money?

anyways, so here is the rundown from Vegas -
I get in on thursday cause i turned 21 on Friday and at exactly 12:03, i
hit up the craps table, and big daddy turned $40 into $360 -
the next day, were walking through the casino to go have lunch, and my brother
Marc tells me to put $50 down on black (the game is Roulette) , "right now"
he says - so me being the moron that i am puts it down - BOOM - gone...
so i think , o.k. i got to make that back so i put $50 down on black again....BOOM
- gone ... the day wasn't a lucky cause i lost all night and lost what i
won the day before..
o.k. so day two....i am at the bellagio and my friend Brad(the handball
God) puts $10 on black and he wins... so my brilliant thinking is to put
$100 down on black and then...... BAM - gone ...so i have to make that back
so I put $200 on black again and....BAM - gone!!!!! ouch i am hurtin and
i end up losing all night again and I am down $500 and its 5:00 in the morning
so the trip is coming to an end and I wasn't about to leave Vegas down $500,
so i go down to the casino at exactly 5:36 a.m. (it was like slow motion.....my
heart was beatin all fast) - I see the roulette table and i threw down
my money and yelled "$500 on black please" - the lady looked at me and
just laughed - so she spins the wheel .......................................BAAAAAAAAAM
- I win!!!!! i start yellin and goin nutz - it was beautiful - i wanted
to throw my shirt to the lady -
now i am definetly not encouraging any one to do this cause if i would of
lost, i would be cryin my whole ride home!!!!!!

Hi there hey there ho there. Harry's up in hear about to be all in your ear. So im in the studio working on Exit to Exit and as Im singing all of the sudden and out of now where but Johnnys rear Rzeznik drops a fart louder than Elton John's wearing a pink shirt in July. Im trying to sing and Rzeznik's over there droping em like its hot. More soon...signing off H.P.