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About Me

I'm restless these days....trying to figure out a way to do the things I want to do...at some point the things you want to do become the things you need to do, right?Put pen to paper again, travel, read, teach, make fucking kick-ass music I love with people I like, design, create, laugh 'til I get a cramp, kiss, love and so on... make
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My Interests

Books; writing; scents; EOs; music; singing; violin (played and sang in a band for 3 years); food; cultural and literary criticism; humor, affection; "chemistry"; laughing very hard; short stories; novels; movies; B movies; cult classics; horror; color; fabric; living spaces; home design; eclectic tastes; different combinations of mod, contemporary and antique furnishings and styles; vintage objects; thrift stores; suspension of disbelief; empathy; giving a shit; forgiveness; restorative justice; and why people do what they do...

I'd like to meet:

I don't even know anymore.

Music:

Nick Cave, The Birthday Party, John Doe, "X" (check this: http://www.punkvision.com/TRG/XLateNight.mov ), Exene Cervenka, P.J. Harvey, The Dirty Three, Firewater, Einsturzende Neubauten, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, The Who, Patti Smith, Liz Phair, Brother J.T., Velvet Underground, The Cramps, old school hardcore & punk (Circle Jerks, DK, Misfits, 7 Seconds, Youth Brigade, Dag Nasty, Minor Threat, Scram, etc.), Dead Boys, The Jam and more...

Movies:

Short Cuts, Trees Lounge, Breaking the Waves, Wings of Desire, Freeway, Secrets & Lies, Brother of Sleep, The Ring, Calendar, Crybaby, Evil Dead, Army of Darkness...I'm a huge fan of Christian Bale, Steve Buscemi and Martin Donovan, and like most Hal Hartley and Atom Agoyan films.Horror is also good stuff.

Television:

Clean House, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm...

Books:

Books and Authors:Joyce Carol Oates, Palahniuk, John Varley, Nabokov, Salinger, King, Morrison, DeLillo, Ray Bradbury, Alice Miller, D.H. Lawrence, bell hooks, James Gilligan...

My Blog

Just news about my life...nothing profound or creative or clever.

Finally, I have a permanent job. It's official, and I start next week...Wed. or Thursday. I'll be writing which is great...not my absolute dream writing job, but Magee Rehabilitation Hospital does g...
Posted by Erica on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 05:13:00 PST

Save Me..

Aimee Mann -- Save Me You look like... a perfect fit, For a girl in need... of a tourniquette. But can you save me? Come on and save me... If you could save me, From the ranks of the fre...
Posted by Erica on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Lonesome Jim and Steve Buscemi

I was fortunate enough to see Steve Buscemi's new (sold out) film, Lonesome Jim, last night at the last evening of the Philadelphia Film Festival. He graciously accepted the American Independents Awa...
Posted by Erica on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

some writing...

Once, late at night, it occurred to me that there is a hole in your wall. A Peony flower is what it resembles Creamy and graceful, with fissures that bloom into The movement of air. It breath...
Posted by Erica on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I am afraid at times like this

Desperately seeking anesthetization before the clock strikes twelve...not faring well as we approach the new year...hoping this one is better than the last...than the past.
Posted by Erica on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Christmas, Christ, & St. Nick, "The Gift Giver"

Christmas has become enormously commercialized and it's meaning and significance neutralized...indeed, the holiday has a long and strange history...no, Christ wasn't born in December, etc. But it i...
Posted by Erica on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Brilliant words from R.S.

Dear brothers and sisters, I want to respond to the question where we go from here when far too many Black people are in the theological and christological grip of white conservative Christians....
Posted by Erica on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

wish i could take credit but prior 2 articles aren't mine!

Hi all, I realized that I didn't make it clear that the first of the two articles I posted, Confessing Christ in a World of Violence, in my most recent blog is not mine. Both articles were sent to me...
Posted by Erica on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Confessing Christ in a World of Violence & RELIGION AND THE ELECTION

Confessing Christ in a World of Violence Our world is wracked with violence and war. But Jesus said: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God" (Matt. 5:9). Inn...
Posted by Erica on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Brief response to Kurt Vonnegut's comment re: Bush, Hitler, and Christianity

I affirm Vonnegut's comments except for the following: " Our president is a Christian? So was Adolf Hitler. " Adolf Hitler was not a Christian, he was an occultist. He had no love for organized r...
Posted by Erica on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST