I have been posting here, seldomly, for a month now, and have hung around, just viewing the chat and the forums for quite a bit longer. Many of the question threads found throughout the board have been an immense help in my further understandings of Objectivism and it’s application to everyday life.
I suppose I will give a basic description of myself.. I am an 18 year old, fresh off my High School graduation and soon to be enrolling in College. As of now my plans for the next 8 years will be studying Political science at University and following through with education at Law school. Law has been an area of subject for me, and much moreso since my deeper understandings of Objectivism have unfolded. I became at least a student of Objectivism last summer with the slight coaching of a gentleman on another board. I was, in the spring of 06, a Christian of sorts but was also a fan of Rand’s writing. As her words grew on me more and more, and my disgust with Religion became more vehement, I immediately rejected the notions of my Christian faith, however I would not consider my true intermediate knowledge of Objectivism complete until this year when I stopped treating it as some immature philosophy of Hedonism and began understanding it’s tenets. My personal favorite work of Rand’s is not actually Atlas Shrugged, but the Fountainhead. I see myself connecting more with Roark, though I do understand that all protagonists in Rand’s major works of fiction are paragons of her philosophy.
I’ve read the Fountainhead 3 times and Atlas twice, and I don’t go a month without taking a day out and flipping through Anthem, and her works of Non-fiction touch my fingertips every so often as well, though I have yet to read the Romantic Manifesto.
My likes include a budding love for classical music, and an old-time love for that of punk and metal ( I am afterall just a teenager ). I enjoy writing poetry and short essays. I blog on current events and my views on the major issues of the day. That blog can be found here http://ryantheegoist.blogspot.com/
. Many of the entries focus on Islamic Fascism, but I also cover subjects ranging from immigration, to Liberal Fasicm and some of my own personal writings, though I rarely reveal what I write in private.
So, there you have it. A not-so brief introduction from myself. At this point I don’t think I can dwell as deep in the muck of philosophy as many of you do, but I hope to add as much as I can.
