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Erik

Smart and sophisticated people don't get trapped in cabinets.

About Me

I am a writer. I've got a novel in the works called "Down and Out in Vaudeville" and a poetry collection entitled "Robot Earth and Other Poems of this World." I own a beret, which I wear...often. Most of my clothes are from second hand shops, but I'm not a hipster, I just sound like one. I also play the violin, but mostly just for the girls.THESE COLORS DON'T RUN

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

People with enough originality to not post Jack Kerouac quotes.

Movies:

DRAMA: Almost Famous, American Beauty, American History X, Clockwork Orange, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fight Club, Garden State, Requiem for a Dream, Seven Years in Tibet, Waking Life. COMEDY: Borat, The Big Lebowski, Bulworth, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, I Heart Huckabees, Rushmore, Sideways. FORIEGN: Amélie, The Edukators, Europa Europa, Maria Full of Grace The Motorcycle Diaries, Run Lola Run, Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, Y Tu Mamá También.

Books:

Currently reading: Steppenwolf, A Coney Island of the Mind

Heroes:

Marthin Luther King, Gandhi, Tenzin Gyatso, Siddhartha Guatama, Jesus, Lao Tzu, Rosa Luxemburg, Muhammad Yunus, members of The White Rose, Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi,

My Blog

My first poem of 2008

I haven't posted poetry on the myspace since the great deletion of '05, but seeing as how everyone is writing blogs about how they feel about the upcoming year, I figured I'd post the first poem I wro...
Posted by Erik on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:09:00 PST