Yeah .
It’s been a long time since I’ve written a blog on this . I guess I got pretty busy, huh ? Or maybe it’s the needlessly complicated design aesthetic of wordpress that i just didn’t like . Or the fact that I didn’t renew my paid membership and they gave away my URL to some vacuum company’s advert . I dunno why .. I just wasn’t feeling the need to go crazy on this thing .
BUT !
I decided to use this for a new thing .
This blog is basically going to be my secret place . I’m never going to advertise the existence of it anymore, and I’m simply going to type out my feelings, or current thoughts into this place . So let’s just keep this between me and you, ok ?
Anyway, in short numerical spurts, here’s what’s been going on lately !
1. As some of you know, we’re the dancers for LMFAO now . It all started when we met them at a concert, when we were fresh off ABDC . They told us they were watching us, and we kept running into them over and over that year . Once they had the idea to make a music video featuring dance, they asked Hok to help put it together . That was ‘Party Rock Anthem’, and since that day, we performed with them on certain shows, and eventually were hired to do their world tour . We’re still in the middle of all that, and having the time of our lives .
2. The Quest Crew is trying to cover more grounds by spreading out and taking on various opportunities . Right now, Steve and Victor are working on a SECRET PROJECT that some of you may have figured out . If you haven’t, do some research and you may find some tidbits . Lydia is doing an amazing job as a songwriter in Korea, making hits for the lead singer of 2NE1 and various other artists . We’re all hoping she gets her chance in spotlight and really showcases her true talents ! You all know how wonderful she is . Andy Luo is a working man, and is on the grind with his rocket science on the daily . I haven’t seen him in a long time, and that bums me out . I hope it hasn’t pushed our friendship too far apart . Nicky T still lives with Hok and we see him from time to time, although I have no idea what he’s doing . I always said I’d move back in with him in the future . It’d be fun, because he was the first roommate I ever had ! Everybody I didn’t mention, is currently working on the LMFAO performances . Oh, and Adil is a judge on X-Factor in Norway, or something like that . Of course, we only talk to him every blue moon, but he’s still Quest Crew to us .
3. I feel like I’ve been to more places this recent year than ever before . Thanks to LMFAO, I’ve been all around the US on an amazing tour bus with a grand cast of awesome people . Plus they brought me to Europe, Asia, all across Canada, and even to the Arab Emirates ! This world is crazy, people . I suggest you see as much of it as you can . I’m only saying this because I used to hate the idea of traveling . Back when I was 20, I would’ve never wanted to leave this country even if somebody gave me a free ticket to go around the world . I would’ve probably rather played videogames at home . No really . How ridiculous, right ? But it’s been a crazy life since I stepped out of my box . I encourage the rest of you to do the same . If you ever want to get a clue to where I’ll be next, just check LMFAO’s webiste http://www.partyrocklife.com for their schedule . And wherever you see them going, chances are, I’ll be there as well .
4. Everybody always wants to know what’s up with me and Dom . I get messages about that on my facebook or twitter ALL the time . Still to this day ! I guess a lot of people are afraid we don’t like each other or something . But I honestly don’t really know how he feels nowadays, we’ve all been pretty busy so I doubt anybody really stops to think about it all . Of course we’ve had our times when we didn’t agree on some very important things, but I have always cared for his life in general and if he’s doing good, then I’m fine with that . He’s the type of person I’ve always known would be fine in life, a true self-sufficient person . But we’re in very different places now and probably can’t connect as easy as we used to . People grow up all the time and move on to different things . Not that I’ve necessarily become any more mature, but our lives sure have changed . There’s nothing about today, that makes me regret what happened in the past . We’re all surprisingly very well taken care of . But he will always be my friend regardless of where we end up, or however further away we drift .
5. I’ve been single . Yeah, that last girlfriend was a big-time mistake . Pretty much embarrassed that I got into that . Haha ! But thank you everyone for the support and being too polite to point out that bad decision . But that was like a year ago . Since then, I’ve only dated one girl . And it just recently ended . But hey, this girl could’ve been the one . The one that stayed . It almost was . In fact, I wish it was . But sadly, it just didn’t quite make it there . I’ve been torn up about it for awhile now, but I accept the heartbreak that comes with this life .
6. I think I’ve built a horrible habit of not doing the things I planned to do . My youtube is just terrible ! I haven’t uploaded anything new in forever . I wanted to do hair tutorials, stupid short films, random interviews, and all kinds of stuff . But I just get sidetracked with a million other things . PLUS i haven’t uploaded any new music in forever ! A part of me just didn’t want to seem like another youtube music dude, which i feel like is over-saturating right now . I’m a weird person, because I love performing yet at the same time, I totally don’t like attention . Haha !
7. My secret dream at the moment is to play live keyboard for LMFAO on their next big tour . Someday I know my back is gonna crack in half or my neck is gonna fall to pieces . I really want to get my shot at real musicianship without having to wait for that day . I’m the type of person who’s going to keep dancing until the end ! But there’s so much more music in me, than there is dance . I treat music so much differently than I do dance . I’m a lot more reluctant to get down on a piano than a dance floor, only because I can’t stand making music a spectacle . That’s why I never show my face when I put up piano videos . I want it to be about the music, and I hate feeling like I’m trying to look cool . Haha . I’ll find a way to achieve this goal the right way . I would really like to be on the big stage wailing out on a keytar . Or hitting hard on a piano ballad . It’s a dream I have waaay too often to not become a reality . I feel like it’s getting closer !
8. I lost some weight ! Weird . Cuz i just shelled out on a 3 for 1 special on hershey bars at walgreens . Orlando has some good specials . And i ate like a lion at the downstairs buffet . Being a buff dude is still not a desire of mine . I’d rather have that skinny druggie rockstar body ! Haha, but I am what I am, and that’s always been good enough for me . What can I complain about ! Other than my psoriasis ! Please somebody find a cure for that thing already !
9. I know I’m known as the hair guy . As long as I can remember . But I need a change . Same vibe though .. just different delivery . Especially because everyone and their mamas decided to shave one side of their head . Which I totally did back when it wasn’t cool AT ALL . Plus there’s always Adam Lambert somehow being one step behind me . Whoever his hairstylist is, has definitely been looking at my pictures . It’s way more than a coincidence, people . So yeah .. I shaved my sides super short lately, as a bid to regrow a fresh batch to experiment with . I’ll think of something soon . I think I have an idea how this’ll go . But here’s a little secret fact for all of you . The only reason I decided to have big poofy hair is because I always thought I had a fat face . HAHA ! There, I said it .
10. I really wish I had a girlfriend . Okay let me rephrase that, because it’s easy for anyone to just HAVE a girlfriend, but i mean .. I wish I could find my mate in life, already . Haha ! I feel like I’m meant to give so much love and devotion and there’s just nobody to direct that to . I guess I’ll just save it all up and charge it for one huge love HADOKEN ! by the time she comes around, she’ll have something great to look forward to . Looks like all I can do is look out the hotel window and sigh . HAHA ! wow, super emo . and super embarrassing . But that’s what this blog is about .
Your personal view into my unedited thought process .
I also don’t backspace anything, as a personal rule . So there will be typos .
Fun Fact : If you want to see my blogs as a young teenager, i had two old XANGA accounts under the usernames: Ryanimay and Alkadrag
I also made a fake account for Aris who refused to make one . Username: Aerosole
I think .
Until next time …
Do not link this blog ! This is just between me and you !
. ryan

Wow, now that you’ve told us not to link this i feel so creepy reading this.
Hope your life stays exciting and you find “the one”.
I’ve missed reading your blog! You never fail to make me smirk at my computer screen hysterically.
By: mandy on October 15, 2011
at 5:00 am
About 7.02am here in SA.. Mad excited about the David Guetta concert I’m attending tonight , but still can’t help but think back on how I used to bug you on Facebook via messages lol. Point being , glad you’re back. Nothing like checking my emails this morning and stumbling upon a new blog post from well..you. Go crazy. We’re here. You’re crazy actually.. So unique , special. Whatever. Anyway.
Look forward to future posts. Xx
By: Chanelle on October 15, 2011
at 5:08 am
Wait , another thing. I have Psoriasis too… It’s so annoying! But at the same time , makes me feel special too.. Not many people I know have it..
By: Chanelle on October 15, 2011
at 5:11 am
Glad i kept your blog updates on my email,although i didn’t remeber it =)
Missed reading you =)
Always the same “a million thoughts on my mind”. The brain that never stops =) I know how tiring it can get.
Hope you find everything you’re looking for.
By: sOl on October 15, 2011
at 6:14 am
Maybe when you find “her” you can show her what you wrote for her…
http://www.myspace.com/ryanconferido/blog#!/ryanconferido/blog/289106880
By: sOl on October 15, 2011
at 6:36 am
i miss reading your blog! it’s a good thing that you are having the time of your life.. hope you’ll find the one you’ll share your love with soon!! fingers-crossed for you!
By: shobe on October 15, 2011
at 3:08 pm
I bet she out there but maybe you need to come to her. But i bet that you’ll find her soon.
By: Maria Navarro on October 16, 2011
at 5:53 am
So excited that you decided to blog again! I’ve missed your blogs… and your piano covers on YouTube. Beautiful cover of Cinema, by the way.
Though I am a stranger, I wish you all the happiness in the world! Seems like you’re having the time of your life. You are an amazing person, and one day, you’ll find “the one”.
Keep believing Ryan. XDD
By: kraziishiz on October 16, 2011
at 1:41 pm
Sometimes it’s just easier to talk to strangers then some of your closest friends.
Everyone that has read this has feels like you let them in on an inside joke. I like your rule of no backspacing.
On another note one of your past posts reminded me of myself AZN gangsta, why did we try to act so hard ? Especially when I listened to jukin music and tons of serious slow jam mix tapes HA!
By: Cheryl on October 18, 2011
at 5:31 am
This feels so awkward! Ive just found your blog just yesterday and you just posted 3 days ago!
I spent my whole night reading your freaking hilarious posts!!
O.O…i believe its fated! Love your blogs!! You are amazing and love your Assorted Tripes!! Hopefully more to come soon! I am inspired by QuestCrew and will always be!! Btw could u make a piano cover of Party Rock Anthemn?
Wishing u the best of everything!! You are an amazingly talented person!! <3 After reading all your posts..it makes me think about MY life and how id just found a way to live it. You were a key to all my confusion as a young kid
I LOVE YOU!! Wish to meet you some day <3 QUESTIEFORLIFE
By: Chevonne on October 18, 2011
at 12:20 pm
Hey Ryan,
Just found out who you were a few days ago after admiring some of your moves and stumbled upon your blog. And I’m happy I did….I’m a little enamoured with your encephalon right now.
For psoriasis: ever had IgE tests (not just on skin, but blood) to check for an immune reaction to foods? We’ve had good luck with it around here. The most dramatic: my friend went from both arms and legs covered to nothing, yeah, ZERO psoriasis in two weeks after getting rid of the foods he was reacting to. Later he just had to re-introduce the foods slowly so his body didn’t have an immune response again. Hope that helps!
P.S. Though you made me laugh until I cried, I have night terrors (aka frequently see “people” in my room at night). If I end up saddled with that little girl every night for the next month, I may seek retribution with my elite army of Canadian evil(ish) gnomes. Yeah. That’s right. It’ll be a flurry of tuques and EWWUUHH with extra maple syrup mofo!
By: Lorelei on October 20, 2011
at 12:03 am
Hey Ryan. I just wanted to say everyone at Quest Learning Center Misses you deeply. I didn’t know you felt this way, but then again we weren’t ever “super” close. I wish that could change. Hope to see you soon.
Oh yeah, I don’t know if you know but QLC has their own Junior team which I’m apart of. Hope you can see us perform.
Jeff
By: Jéff Conwi on October 25, 2011
at 7:56 pm
i feel off my chair when i first saw this update! fell not feel. no backspace rule sucks.
so interesting that you enjoying travelling now, california kid! and i laughed so hard when i saw aris’ blog!
good that you share what you wanna do. i heard that it’s important. like it’s in the bible. some tablet thingy. good luck, ryan!
By: Sow Wan Jing on October 27, 2011
at 9:51 am
WOW, why do I feel so sad and yet very hopeful after reading this. Ryan, you have a way with words and I really think after you accomplish all your goals, you should write a book.
Thank you for being you and doing what you do…
By: Shaghayegh on October 31, 2011
at 1:26 pm
oh baby, i read about you looking for your soulmate. Come to brazil and you will find that! haha
So, before I met you I felt lost, I was without direction,
I didn’t know what to do but
now I feel inspired to give life to projects that existed only in my mind.
Thanks for the motivation.
I hope to thank you one day.
/Sorry for the bad english/ ):
By: Andressa Agapíto (@foque_me) on October 31, 2011
at 8:47 pm
I’m glad I stumbled across this! Thank you for sharing little details of your life with us. It’s so nice to be able to know you on a more personal level.
You say in your post ‘I feel like I’m meant to give so much love and devotion and there’s just nobody to direct that to’. I’m not a relationship guru by any stretch of the imagination, but maybe you should first direct all your love and devotion to God. Maybe then you will find a girl who has done the same and you will have a deep connection with each other as you have both experienced God’s love. When the time is right, you will meet her
I found a verse several months ago that I am now trying to make into my life motto. I hope you don’t mind that I share it with you:
“Be joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
I found this one helpful too:
“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7
Thanks once again, and all the best for the future
God Bless
A.L.
P.S. When you come to Melbourne in Nov/Dec, is there any chance of a little meet and greet? Unfortunately I’m not going to Stereosonic, but I would like to say hello and meet you guys in person. Who knows when you’ll be back here again?!
By: AL on November 5, 2011
at 4:16 am
Poop, just realised you may have just wanted to let your feelings out instead of being given advise from someone you haven’t even met. Sorry Ryan
By: AL on November 5, 2011
at 11:52 am
So, here you are again. I’m proud I found this blog on my own, and I promise I’ll keep your secret. It’s such a beautiful thing reading those thoughts, the more I read, the more I understand how amazing you are. I’m not jocking man, it’s exciting for me to know there are still guys who can really love a girl like you in this world!
My heart is broken, and everytime I read something you wrote, everytime I listen something you played on piano and everytime I watch your videos, you make me laugh, you make me happy. Ryan, you fix me even if I never met you, and probably I’ll never meet you ’cause I’m in Italy, and I’m only 16 right now.
I really hope you’ll find the girl who give your love to, you deserve the best!
Thank you for everything.
By: Alessia ; (@Freakinalessia) on November 9, 2011
at 1:45 pm
Whatever may the problem between you and Dom, I dream of watching you all perform together someday in the future. I missed reading your stuff =( . I love how you write and also, I am amazed at the fact that you never backspace anything. I backspaced at least ten times whilst typing this much, haha =) Love you, Ry!
By: Nandini on November 13, 2011
at 10:51 am
Hadn’t thought about anything Quest Crew in a while, so I did a quick search and whaddayaknow? Ryanimay posted recently! (“Not a sign, not a coincidence” in my opinion.)
I enjoy your ramblings and look forward to reading more. You’re terribly eloquent, even if you don’t mean to be
By: May on November 14, 2011
at 11:40 pm
People are still wondering why DTrix isn’t in the crew though. Glad you guys are still bros,,but many people still wonder why he isn’t performing with you guys even after the SYTYCD tour. But Quest is still Quest,I guess.
By: Nagi on November 19, 2011
at 3:03 am
Hello Ryan, I mentioned you a lot on twitter today, I was, and I am stil very worried about your head concussion, even if you wrote on youro facebook you’re ok now!
We love you and your stunts, but be careful ’cause we really care about you!
Keep us updated please!
I hope you will be able to dance again soon
By: Alessia ; (@Freakinalessia) on December 4, 2011
at 5:11 pm