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Eric

White Magic is a religion dammit!

About Me

I guess I should just come out and say it. I'm a dork. You either love it or you hate it and much to my good fortune most people find me endearing. I'm the type of person who at least in person tends to come off as rather shy and aloof at first, but once I warm up to someone I have a hard time shutting up. I guess that is because I've had a lot of hard times in my life, so sometimes trusting people comes slowly for me. I was the outcast in grade school and the nameless face in high school. It wasn't really until college that I started to regain some self esteem and really come into my own as a person, and I owe a lot of that to my wonderful friends. It is nice to be at a point in my life where I am proud of who I am. Don't get me wrong I still have some hangups about myself...but I'm working on it. Life is a constant process and as long as we are constantly striving for improvement I think we are doing ok.So yeah, I am very warm hearted and empathetic. I will do anything for someone I care about without thinking twice about it. I'm romantic and passionate, and when I love I love with every fiber of my being. I'm smart and well-spoken...hell, after 18 straight years of school anyone would be. I'm open minded and strive never to make judgements because I cannot stand judgemental people. I'm a homebody to some extent but there are times when I definitely need to get out and have a good time, whether it be chilling at a friend's apartment or going out to a club/bar to drink and/or dance. It just makes me happy to be with people whom I love and respect and who I know do the same for me. I'm ambitious but rather passive sometimes, so it gets me into trouble when trying to accomplish certain things, but then my self-discipline takes over and I do what I have to..hense completeing my MA thesis.After many years of depression because I thought something was wrong with me, I've finally found contentment being single. I realized that I do have very high standards so for me going into a relationship isn't worth it unless everything is there and that is why I'm still single. So I'm still waiting for that dream guy to come around, but being hopeful rather than pessimistic. In the meantime I can do no more than just be me, which in the end is all any of us can do. Thus concludes my somewhat historical, somewhat philosophical self portrait. :)

My Interests

I have eclectic interests I guess...I like the quiet evenings at home playing video games as much as going out and having a good time with my friends. When I get the chance I like to swim and play tennis. And someday I'd love to learn how to be a diver. I like sitting outside and reading in the summertime...either on my front porch or even better on the beach. I am just a dork though a big RPG-head and yes I have played D&D. I also study and love Modern Japanese Literature...woot kanji! Told you I was a dork. :P

I'd like to meet:

Well one thing about me is that I don't keep numerous acquaintances. If I become friends with someone I am usually invested in that person. We talk, hang out, share things, get to know each other very well. So, I have a small number of friends, but I consider myself close to each and every one of them. Don't let this deter you from adding me though. :) If you put the time and effort in I will certainly give back just as much if not more. I like talking to various people and even my small group of friends is very ecclectic by nature. As long as you are open-minded and kind-hearted and willing to talk about things, we'll get along great, despite any differences.

Music:

Ayumi Hamasaki, Garbage, Evanescence, Jewel, Paul Oakenfold, Nobuo Uematsu, Utada Hikaru, Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, No Doubt, Smashing Pumpkins, Do as Infinity, day after tomorrow, Garnet Crow

Movies:

Dogma, The Princess Bride, Snatch, Cruel Intentions, Ghost in the Shell, Final Fantasy Advent Children, Clerks, Ringu, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Death to Smoochie, The Birdcage, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Labrynth, Robin Hood Men in Tights, History of the World Part I

Television:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Law and Order SVU, Law and Order, Charmed, Golden Girls (yeah I still watch it), The Nanny, Inuyasha, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Full Metal Alchemist

Books:

A Song of Ice and Fire, Lord of the Rings, Dragonlance Chronicles, Guin Saga, Emblem of Roto manga series, Tao teh Ching, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Shining

My Blog

Dating is a bloodsport

Well with singles awareness day stampeding towards us it's about time for me to post some blog decrying the whole damn issue.  I'd like to preface all of this by saying the nice thing about this ...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:06:00 PST

Ruminations

Only takes me six months to bang out an update!  Not bad huh? Not much by way of upheavals in my life.  I've been working and *trying* to save money, but college loans and car payments tend ...
Posted by Eric on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:17:00 PST

Full Circle

It's been a whirlwind of a week let me tell you.  I'm back in Delaware now....to stay.  The only part I'm particularly sad about is being away from Davey.  But in the end it's all for t...
Posted by Eric on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:00:00 PST

8 Valentines Days

....single! I need a date!!!  If you are a cute boy ask me out!!  If not, then set me up with one of your cute friends! XD I swear I think I am a magnet for like bigger guys or something; li...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 02:25:00 PST

New Locale

I'm just sitting in bed being pensive...oh I guess I should mention a couple things huh?  I moved to Columbus a couple weeks ago.  Long story short I  had to get out of Delaware...I was...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 02:13:00 PST

Things about me....

-I have a mirror-like personality when dealing with people.  I respond to outgoingness by being outgoing.  If I meet someone shy I act shy. -I like to feel like people give a damn about me.&...
Posted by Eric on Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:12:00 PST

Confusion reigns

My emotions are so conflicted right now.  Personally, at this very moment, I am at a good place in my life.  My thesis is done, I am working a job that is not utterly hellacious, and I have ...
Posted by Eric on Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:50:00 PST

Thesis Conferred!

Well, I am totally done school now.  I managed to get everything done (revisions, signatures, fees) on Wednesday after an impromtu trip to Massachusetts and I have an MA in Japanese now.  It...
Posted by Eric on Sat, 03 Sep 2005 12:25:00 PST

Employed!

So yes after job hunting for a couple weeks I finally have a job!  And more importantly an income!  I will be tutoring English to foreign students at the Univeristy.  It's close to home...
Posted by Eric on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Ok, the one time I'm going to complain about this

So, I have complained about this countless times to my friends and I am sure they are sick of hearing it so I am going to go into a long rant about this once and only once on here. So I have been sing...
Posted by Eric on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST