Tea time with Ryan Younes
Ryan Younes: a musician, an Eagle Scout and an aspiring pilot. His unwavering positivity and friendliness makes him one of the most approachable seniors on campus. I had the opportunity to share some tea and find out more about him.
What are you doing right now in preparation for becoming a pilot?
“So, my plan for that is I’m going right now to the EAA chapter in Camarillo and basically the EAA is this organization that helps young people like me get their pilot’s license; it gets them into aviation. You may know or you may not know about this but there’s a big pilot shortage, and it’s growing quickly, and airline jobs are getting to look a lot more on the market. You can become basically higher up member and get a good pay much quicker now, because of the demand for the pilots.”
Who is your favorite celebrity?
“James Hetfield. I really liked him because basically he is who I looked up to basically throughout my freshman/sophomore year and a little bit less now that I am moving into different interests, with the aviation thing, because that is pretty all encompassing. There is a lot less time for me to play guitar, but he is still a big role model for me because he is somebody that went through a lot of strife and trouble within the band, with himself, with all of that, and moved on to become one of the biggest rock stars around the world. Metallica sells out in stadiums everywhere. It’s crazy, and you watch him on stage, you go to a show, and there is something about the air there, and it doesn’t have to be in the music. You may not like the songs, but it is what he creates in that stadium that keeps him so electrifying”
What is your favorite melon?
“Watermelon, duh. What kind of a question is that?” “I could throw honeydew and cantaloupe out the window for a watermelon.”
What is your favorite movie?
“Interstellar. I was actually just watching it … the concept that people can travel time and that we will eventually evolve to be able to do that, just being able to travel dimensions. It is an extremely well thought out movie. Christopher Nolan’s a genius, I mean, think of like Dark Night or Inception, and you know the guy is a genius and all the filmmaking he does, he makes everything have a purpose. Nothing left unfinished.“
How does the pop music genre compare to rock music?
“It is obviously a different kind of music made for different reasons and I am not trying to legitimize one and delegitimize the other, but it’s a different art style for sure.”
What is your favorite video game?
“Favorite video game. Ooooh yikes. I don’t know. I’d say Terraria because it’s just got so much to deal with like you can play with your friends, one, there are a lot of possibilities you can run with, a lot of things you can explore, and it’s a challenge for sure. I mean, if you hadn’t seen it as a challenge you’d get bored of it just like that. I like Terraria, man, it’s good stuff.”
