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Erin

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

About Me

I'm a disgruntled perfectionist struggling with the ever-present knowledge that I am too lazy to be perfect and too fond of my flaws to change.

Someday I'll be a street sweeper / secret agent in Disney World.

Don't tell me the two aren't related.

You don't know.

My Interests

Art, design, music, animation, books, gaming, old movies, new movies, graphic novels, sci-fi/fantasy, theatre, Virginia Tech, World of Warcraft, piano, concerts, daydreaming...

I'd like to meet:

People with the power to amuse. Unique individuals. Daring personages. The dissenting proletariat. Foolish mortals.

Music:

Aerosmith, Arcade Fire, Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Billie Holiday, Billy Joel, The Bravery, Cake, Cassandra Wilson, Chicago, Collective Soul, Corinne Bailey Rae, Danny Elfman, David Bowie, Disco Biscuits, Dream Theater, The Eagles, Ehren Starks, Elton John, Final Fantasy, A Fine Frenzy, Flaming Lips, Fleetwood Mac, Fountains of Wayne, Franz Ferdinand, Genesis, Gipsy Kings, Gorillaz, Grateful Dead, Green Day, Guano Apes, The Hush Sound, Incubus, Jamiroquai, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Julie London, Led Zeppelin, The Mars Volta, Matchbox Twenty, Matisyahu, Mindless Self Indulgence, Muse, Nightwish, Nine Inch Nails, Opeth, The Orb, Oscar Peterson, Our Lady Peace, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Phantom Planet, Phish, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Queen, REM, Radiohead, Ratatat, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Reel Big Fish, Regina Spektor, RJD2, Rolling Stones, Ronald Jenkees, Rufus Wainwright, Sage Francis, Sex Mob, Smashing Pumpkins, Some By Sea, Stone Temple Pilots, Stroke 9, Sublime, Tool, Toto, Van Morrison, Vanessa Mae, Wilco, and Within Temptation.... to name a couple.

I also like a lot of classical music, dorky game soundtracks, movie soundtracks and OCremixes... Oh the remixes.

Movies:

Across the Universe, Amadeus, Amelie, Benny & Joon, Clue, Harry Potter, Hook, The Illusionist, Indiana Jones, Little Miss Sunshine, Memento, Moulin Rouge, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Pink Panther (original), Pirates of the Caribbean, The Prestige, Sin City, Stranger Than Fiction, The Usual Suspects, V for Vendetta, What Dreams May Come........ Too many to list... also a fan of Disney movies in general, Mel Brooks, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, silent movies and anything Charlie Chaplin.

Television:

Arrested Development, CSI: Las Vegas, Colbert Report, Daily Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, Family Guy, House M.D., Little Britain, LOST, Mr. Bean, NewsRadio, The Office, Scrubs, Seinfeld, The Twilight Zone... also, lots of old cartoons. 3nostalgia.

Books:

My Autobiography by Charles Chaplin, Brave New World, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Sirens of Titan, Catch-22, The Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Screwtape Letters, The Catcher in the Rye, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Phantom of the Opera, The Dark Tower, The Talisman, 27 Short Plays by Christopher Durang, The Bunny Suicides, Jhonen Vasquez comics, Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and other Stories... etc.

Heroes:

Charlie Chaplin & Victor Borge

My Blog

All the cool kids were doing it.

.[one] what is your natural hair color?Dark brown.[two] where was your myspace default picture taken?At work! (VTSF).[three] what's your middle name?Keeley.[five] does your crush like you back?I don'...
Posted by Erin on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:34:00 PST

Cats vs. Dogs

The Dog's Diary8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing!9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing!9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!12:00 p...
Posted by Erin on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:35:00 PST

Ode to a microwave

It never ceases to amaze me how the microwave in my dorm room will burn the hell out of half a bag of popcorn, while leaving the other half miraculously unpopped.Or how it will melt the outside of a c...
Posted by Erin on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:26:00 PST

If you're looking for the perfect gift....

... that gift would be a stainless steel spork.
Posted by Erin on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:30:00 PST

Yep. It's Friday.

It's a cold and rainy day in BlacksburgAnd guess who didn't bring an umbrella to class.Yeah, that would be me.Maybe I'll start writing all my blog entries like JustinWith a new sentence/thought on eve...
Posted by Erin on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:40:00 PST

What the internet has to say

My Personality..Neuroticism14Extraversion49Openness To Experience75Agreeableness62Conscientiousness90....Test Yourself Compare Yourself View Full ReportFind your soulmate / pysch twinMySpace Layouts, ...
Posted by Erin on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:08:00 PST

O_O

I need less stress in my life.Or maybe a pet bunny...Yeah. I think that might help.Also, I've decided I don't like my eyebrows.fyi
Posted by Erin on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:15:00 PST

A non pirate-related blog? Surely not.

So people are bugging me about the "you never blog anymore" and "you never talk about yourself" thing. Okay. I'm bored anyway, I'll ramble a little. So here it comes: All About Some Erin (in a nuts...
Posted by Erin on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 09:47:00 PST

Captain Jack gets a new boat

So in honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, I took this picture of Captain Jack Sparrow in a Shelby Cobra outside of Squires. I love this school....
Posted by Erin on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:54:00 PST

Exploding pirates

It's hard to believe summer is already drawing to a close. I've spent plenty of days doing absolutely nothing--and enjoying it--and now I'm ready to go back for another semester of grueling labor. E...
Posted by Erin on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:46:00 PST