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eric

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About Me



I am an artist. I'll draw you naked if you pay me enough.
I am a video filmmaker. Check out some of my work HERE (click!).
I am an author. I pimp books in my spare time:
Days of the Meek

www.myspace.com/daysofthemeek

available through any online bookseller
BUY MY BOOK HERE (click!)

My Interests

reading, writing, illustration, twee, cuddling, fruit snacks, cereal, coffee, mustaches, rodents, hedgehogs, the woods, the beach at night, my goldfish, team zissou, evolution, napping, self-destructive behavior, burning bridges forever and ever, and not giving a shit anymore.

I'd like to meet:


Amazing new people, always. But specifically, people with an interest in working with film & video, both in front of and behind the camera. And if you've ever thought about acting or modeling, we should probably be friends. Say hi.

AIM = slowaesthetic
xoxo.

Music:

BELLE and SEBASTIAN, bishop allen, isobel campbell, camera obscura, nick drake, donovan, neil halstead, hello saferide, i'm from barcelona, the frames, the legends, jens lekman, looper, the lucksmiths, for squirrels, pas/cal, polyphonic spree, the new pornographers, radiohead, sigur rós, the smiths, the softies, the sundays, the kinks, the velvet underground, etc.

Movies:

american beauty, annie hall, back to the future, before the rain, being john malkovich, boogie nights, bottle rocket, rushmore, the royal tenembaums, the life aquatic, the darjeeling limited, dead poets society, the shawshank redemption, STAR WARS, lost in translation, midnight cowboy, once, view askew films, etc.

Books:

catcher in the rye, franny and zooey, portrait of the artist as a young man, a seperate peace, lord of the flies, the chocolate war, zombie, etc.

Heroes:


Steve Zissou

Stuart Murdoch

Timothy Treadwell

Willard Stiles

My Blog

03/12/08 -- Updated Video Portfolio

"Eric’s Video Portfolio""To Eternia" (Autumn 2005) The first video I did with Josh D. I dress-up like HE-MAN and run amok through Providence. I’ve been in pubs and such and had complet...
Posted by eric on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:57:00 PST

12/03/07 -- NEW VIDEO (Heinz Blooper Reel)

Remember those Heinz videos I did over the summer? I had some free time today, so I threw together a blooper reel. It's fun, plus tons of eye candy. What more could you ask for? :) Thanks for...
Posted by eric on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:50:00 PST

10/27/07 -- "TO ETERNIA 2" (Brand New Video)

PLEASE NOTE... Although what you're about to see is a work of fiction, it should nevertheless be played at MAXIMUM VOLUME."To Eternia 2" People have been asking about this for a couple of ye...
Posted by eric on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:54:00 PST

7/13/07 -- Watch my HEINZ "Top This" TV Challenge!!!

AIM = "mufambo"I'm doing the Heinz "Top This" TV Challenge, and my video needs good buzz!  Watch!  Rate!  Comment!Commercial 3Featuring Laurawritten & Directed by Eric Simmonshttp:/...
Posted by eric on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:11:00 PST

05/22/07 -- Watch my "Above the Influence" Spoof

Is it just me, or do those commercials look like they were made by someone who was stoned out of their mind to begin with?  Check out the new video starring me & Isobel... --Eric xox...
Posted by eric on Tue, 22 May 2007 12:07:00 PST

04/23/07 -- 94 HJY's "FIFTEEN SECONDS OF FAME"

Well, I'm already starting to see bulletins & such campaigning for videos in the 94 HJY "FIFTEEN SECONDS OF FAME" competition.  And It kinda makes me sad because I'm not in it...  Like b...
Posted by eric on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:11:00 PST

3/06/07 -- NEW VIDEO!!! (plus a favor to ask)

I've been working on this video in my spare time for the past couple of weeks.  It's sort of a sci-fi/fantasy thing using animals as characters.  Let me know what you think...  &nb...
Posted by eric on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:11:00 PST

1/23/07 --- NEW VIDEO: "The Quietus"

Hey, everyone. I just made a new video, so check it out.  Give it a few seconds to load, and make sure you've got the volume up!     Let me know what...
Posted by eric on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:54:00 PST

01/13/07 -- NEW VIDEO/Book Crapola

Actually, it's a commercial for my book, Days of the Meek, starring Adam. Check it out... He wades across a brook for his coffee & a book! Pretty sweet, right? This is my way of letting everyone ...
Posted by eric on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:10:00 PST

12/01/06 -- So I'm a weekend novelist...

So as you might know, I'm into writing & literature & such (*cough*English Major*cough*). Anyway, I wrote a book called Days of the Meek, and it's got a myspace page, and I think you should...
Posted by eric on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:59:00 PST