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Eric

starshineq

About Me

As I continue to mature and settle I am relishing the contentment with my surroundings and the role of mentor and guide for my younger friends. I feel I am taking just a short break as I prepare for the next, more responsible but much more spectacular, step in my life. I am living as a very Desperate Housewife in north Orange County. I prepare a meal at least five times a week and have taken to not showing up without something anywhere I go. I alternately love and hate the woman I have become.

My Interests

Cooking, reading, cats, pigs, chickens, deglazing pans and finishing the Saturday crossword.

I'd like to meet:

Martha Stewart on my terms, which means I better get off my ass and accomplish something big! Please visit www.EricsRantOfTheDay.com

Music:

Feist (My obsession right now),They Might Be Giants (TMBG rocks), Barenaked Ladies, Bette Midler, Peggy Lee, but not Bette Midler singing Peggy Lee, Pizzicato Five (P5 I love you!), Grace Jones, Donna Loren, and of course the inimitable Nancy Sinatra!

Movies:

Six Degrees of Seperation, Postcards From The Edge, and anything starring Annette Funicello or Judy Holliday

Television:

Desperate Housewives, Project Runway, Survivor, Nip/Tuck and The Family Simpson

Books:

I've read too many to list, but Carrie Fisher is the greatest author of modern times! Read Alan Greenspans book, it's great!

Heroes:

Annette Funicello, the woman who taught me to enjoy every moment, much the same as my grandmother Pauline, a true American heroin. If I grow up to be as cool as my dad, I will be a very happy old man (with a pot belly, that's the only drawback to aspiring to be dad)

My Blog

Two things

So I have two items to report; I will start with the nonembarrassing one. I finally did what I have been threatening to do for many years.  No, don't worry, Fang is still fat and among us.  ...
Posted by Eric on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:02:00 PST

Thanksgiving

So I must admit that I was a bit sentimental as I drove home tonight.  To be truthful, Fang and I are reaching a point where we are realizing that we have to treasure our differences as much as a...
Posted by Eric on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:46:00 PST

For the first time "Thank god my husband is a bastard."

So I was on a game show this week.  It aired on Wednesday and thankfully nobody knew.  I auditioned for, and got on, Merv Griffin's Crosswords.  When I saw the ad for contestants I imm...
Posted by Eric on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:43:00 PST

Straining

So there is a reason I have not been on a scale in years, or at least I have just discovered that there is a reason.  Sure, I am married now and not so obsessed about how I look, but there is ano...
Posted by Eric on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:43:00 PST

Martha

So I have really kind of reached a breaking point with Martha Stewart.  It's not that I don't worship her, subscribe to all of her magazines, and watch her show, it is that any pretense she tried...
Posted by Eric on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:35:00 PST

Hiatus

Where to begin? Well, first of all.  My blog passed the 4000 views mark while I had my thumb up my ass. (Not really, figuratively, no, really, it's a turn of phrase.  Don't give those homoph...
Posted by Eric on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:39:00 PST

Trial

So I am coming out of a two week (or more) funk.  I have been horribly depressed, spurred on by my dismal conclusion to my Target interviews.  Not only did I not get the position I was going...
Posted by Eric on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:23:00 PST

The vortex of summer

So things are a little hectic here right now.  I feel a bit out of control of my life and I haven't even been drinking.  So I am being transferred to the Glendale store with my company to p...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:07:00 PST

Here, there, and everywhere

So I'm sorry that I have been so out of touch.  Things are a roller coaster ride over here. Plus, on top of all of the shit going on I started a Fitness Camp with my friend Jackie.  It is aw...
Posted by Eric on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:15:00 PST

Done

So the deed is done.  Fang and I went to couples counseling together today to see if we could work things out.  I was happy to have our very productive and informative session, and then stew...
Posted by Eric on Sat, 12 May 2007 10:02:00 PST