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About Me

I consider myself deep, open-minded, and I try to be perceptive. My friends consider me very creative. I'm curious, and always pushing myself to learn new things.

My Interests

My greatest loves are the outdoors, physics, art, writing (thoughts and poetry / songs), hiking, cycling, culture, traveling, psychology, photography, astronomy, martial arts, trees, beer, new and interesting foods, but most of all... learning.

I'd like to meet:

Kind, open-minded, curious people. People with similar interests.

I'd also like to talk to people interested in discussing relativity, and ways in which it can describe quantum behavior. People to go bike riding with :)

Music:

I like to think I have a diversified taste in music, and I try to give all sounds a chance. I don't much care for the country twang, or other such forms of vocals. Here are some songs I do like...

Movies:

Comedies, Kung Fu :) Jackie Chan - Jet Li

Television:

Don't watch much TV I try to watch the Travel Channel, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Nova

Books:

Just finished "Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Moby Dick" and "Cabinet of Curiousities", currently reading "A Tale of Two Cities".

Heroes:

My parents of course. Almost every one of my teachers.

My Blog

so last night I paid a visit to myself?

So last night I paid a visit to myself? "My self" looked exactly like me and stated he was from the future, after which he made me hop into his flying time machine, and off we zipped.&...
Posted by Erich on Thu, 22 May 2008 10:14:00 PST

Now and Zen

Some things I've learned over the years... There is no magic number of steps to follow, or even any clear dogma to acquire a sense of Zen understanding in your life. It's more a path requiring p...
Posted by Erich on Fri, 02 May 2008 11:35:00 PST

The Philosophers Stone

Secret to the philosopher's stone: Is it a myth? Is there really a stone that can bring eternal life to its master, or change ordinary metals into gold? In the days of old, when chemical...
Posted by Erich on Fri, 02 May 2008 11:07:00 PST

bikes for girls

So I was in the bike shop the other day (looking to get a nicer bike finally)... and while discussing options, I asked the salesman why manufacturers continue making "girl's bikes". Don't get me...
Posted by Erich on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:14:00 PST

planes

I recently flew in a 777 jet, and thought to myself - "Self... wasn’t this built after the smoking ban in all planes?" In fact, haven’t they built any planes since the smoking band w...
Posted by Erich on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:33:00 PST

recycling

I have been trying to do a little research about biodegradable materials. One of my main concerns about the planet is the way we thoughtlessly plow through materials that only pollute the e...
Posted by Erich on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:39:00 PST

Earth hour

So I know at least 2 of my friends have already posted something about this, but I figured I should also make a special note. Earth Hour. http://www.earthhour.org/ Please take the time, no...
Posted by Erich on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:31:00 PST

Insulting

These glorious insults are from an era when cleverness with words was still valued, before a great portion of the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words, not to mention waving middle finge...
Posted by Erich on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:47:00 PST

NIU V-Day shooting

Hey friends... for those of you that worry about me... I did NOT get shot in the NIU campus shootings yesterday on Valentine's Day. I wasn't even on campus actually. On that same note... they ha...
Posted by Erich on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:03:00 PST

"Man in the Moon" and the eclipse

As many of you know, I love to look at the stars :) And so I'd like to remind people that there is a special event coming in just a few days! On the night of February 20, there will be a t...
Posted by Erich on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:25:00 PST