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Erica

Life is like the surf, so give yourself away like the sea.

About Me

"Strong, happy, bodacious, spiritual, impulsive, fiery, tempestuous, thoughtful, impassioned, tumultous, invincible, uncontrollable, secure, accomplished, creative, compelling, spicy, full of life." The things I value most are my amazing family, friends and my health. I am a professional dancer and avid traveler. How lucky I am that I can travel to exotic and interesting places and get paid for it. I have been to the Forbidden City in Beijing, a bridge in Sarajevo where Bishop Ferdinand was shot, seen the clear water and pink sunset in the Caribbean, hung my feet over the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland, drank in a pub in Munich where Hitler planned his war, flown in a Blackhawk over enemy lines to see the devastation of the Balkan war, got lost by myself in Picadilly Circus, visited my great-grandmother's grave in Wales, conquered a waterfall in Maui (thanks Mark,) met my deity Bono at a restaurant in Malibu. I was Madonna's body double for "Music" and I got to kiss Michael Easton in a scene for "Port Charles." I LOVE MY LIFE! I live four blocks from the beach and go down to the water EVERY day. I just started my own company and I love everyone involved. I will forever have music and dance in my life. I will always have fun no matter how old I am. Work and play are the same thing. Laughing till it hurts is the best thing ever. I love the sex scene in Dirty Dancing with Otis Redding playing in the background. I want to have a cheetah someday. I don't eat meat, don't watch reality t.v. and live for the ocean. I am not afraid of anything and I am fiercely independent. You will never find me sitting behind some desk. I have enough money to live the life I want to live. I don't answer to a boss and I don't like to follow rules. I'm all about the environment and animal-rights. I never get sick, I don't touch drugs and I never use "lol." I always take the stairs, I think smoking is repulsive and I believe that life can be just like it is in the movies.

The secret "Four" society: It has two members.
Look at my bad-ass bro, Ramsey

My Interests

Dancing, yoga, the stage, surfing, skiing, hiking, partying, swimming, foreign people, World War II, the beach, ZJ Boarding House, my cowboy boots, the Titanic, Filipina women, Barbie shoes, Gael Garcia-Bernal, Lula Happy Hour, the sunset, TED, wine, black licorice, old people's stories, kid's stories, driving on the PCH with the sunroof open, my ghetto kids with hope in their eyes, the sun on my face, sleeping with the fan on, TRAVEL, being lost by myself, Fukui sushi, my room, free-falling, country clubs, ANIMALS. The tikis!!
Kara and I at the "Babel" premiere. No Gael...

With Vince at 3 of Clubs

Lisa and I after the Broncos/Steelers game (we're still friends)
Our group of friends. Our bond goes deep. We'd die for each other. Shallow peeps need not apply...

I'd like to meet:

I already met Bono, so I'm set.

Music:

U2, Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, Green Day, Eminem, Bush, Flogging Molly, Noella Hutton.

Movies:

Anything latin or Italian. Cinema Paradiso, Lucía y el Sexo, Hable con Ella, Abre los Ojos, Y Tu Mama Tambien..ANYTHING with Gael Garcia Bernal!GREASE, Dangerous Beauty, Kill Bill, Dead Poet's Society. I also made a pretty kick-ass documentary called "Reviving Bosnia" about entertaining the troops. ( revivingbosnia.com ),

Television:

sucks.

Books:

Pride and Prejudice, The Alchemist, Where the Wild Things Are, The Four Agreements, Not Fade Away.

Heroes:

Bono, Ma, Dad and my Bros!!
Baryshnikov....
My dad won this triathalon in Houston!
T and I in the Jerk Cool Bentley
Rest in Peace Justin............We heart you! justincolonna.com

My Blog

The portal

I am doing a gig on a cruise ship for four weeks and we arrived at the Mayan Coast today. So beautiful. I was walking down the pier looking at the beach and wondering why no one was swimming. I couldn...
Posted by Erica on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:02:00 PST

NYC

What is it about NYC that is so electric?  Is it because there are things going on at every inch of the city?  Is it the history?  Is it the fact that you can get anywhere fast and easi...
Posted by Erica on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:39:00 PST

Broncos

I remember back in the day when we lived in the mountains of Colorado and the Broncos would play.   My dad thought there should be a small TV in the bathroom just in case someone was in ther...
Posted by Erica on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:37:00 PST

Weathering in the face of challenge

When I hear people complaining about how rough they have it because of their debts, work, etc.,  I tell them about my dance students in South Central whose fathers were shot, or my Irish friend w...
Posted by Erica on Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:41:00 PST

Standing in Sarajevo

Hard to believe this same city hosted the Olympics years ago.  It must have been beautiful then.  Now, there is nothing left.  Just ruins.  A brown cloud hangs over the city. ...
Posted by Erica on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST