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Erika

Even the planless have a plan

About Me

My YIM/AIM/MSN name: idefydescription. 'Cause it's true. Hence, this isn't very long.
You can always ask if you want to know more, really.

Visit The Pop Cult, occasionally there are good articles and reviews to read.

My Interests

Pretty much the same as stated in the "About Me."

Music:

    Matthew Good Explosions in the Sky Ryan Adams Elliott Smith Oasis Sufjan Stevens The Beatles Ben Folds The Decemberists Radiohead Rufus Wainwright Okkervil River Among several others, particularly composers like Thomas Newman and James Newton Howard lately

Movies:

No order, and not necessarily my favourite ten:

    JFK The Shawshank Redemption Back to the Future The Truman Show Unbreakable The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind The Godfather (1&2) Schindler's List In the Name of the Father

Television:

    The Shield Lost The Office Arrested Development Deadwood Rome 24 South Park Aqua Teen Hunger Force Quantum Leap The Simpsons Seinfeld Firefly

Books:

    Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Antigone by Sophocles Stephen King's Dark Tower Series To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Prince by Machiavelli Catch-22 by Joseph Heller The Wars by Timothy Findley Animal Farm by George Orwell

Heroes:

Totally Davy Crockett. From his bear fighting abilities to his awesome fashion sense, I live every day trying to emulate his example.

My Blog

For the sake of.

Here are a couple cute pictures of Colby.
Posted by Erika on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:40:00 PST

Holidays!

I'm bored out of my mind, the one good reason for coming to my parents (illegal American satellite) is not working, and dial up is the devil. And not a sexy devil or anything interesting at all, reall...
Posted by Erika on Sun, 25 Dec 2005 07:15:00 PST

In this entry I shall talk about freedom.

I am done with French forever. French classes, that is, certainly not French fries and any other pleasant things that begin with the adjective of "French." I can only blame myself for taking it, and i...
Posted by Erika on Tue, 20 Dec 2005 07:54:00 PST

How my heart goes back, suffocating on the pines

Heh. I just lost a longish myspace entry, and I'm not pleased. I'll sum it up briefly. I'm sorry that I convinced them to get you, Reuban. I'm sorry that I have to come back here and leave y...
Posted by Erika on Sun, 27 Nov 2005 12:27:00 PST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMANDA!!

She's 22. Which has no real meaning, I guess, but all the same. Except that she's getting old. I'm getting old too, one month away. :( 
Posted by Erika on Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:03:00 PST

:(

Poor Winston. No more rats.
Posted by Erika on Thu, 20 Oct 2005 02:47:00 PST

Can't stop the signal

Joss Whedon is a cruel man. It makes me not want to go much further into Angel. He is somewhat forgiven because he has otherwise made a great movie. Buy, rent, borrow or download Firefly and defi...
Posted by Erika on Sat, 01 Oct 2005 05:08:00 PST

I can tell you, the telling gets old

First week of school is over, and it was pretty uneventful. 4 of 5 classes were just introductory things, so next week is the real beginning. I'm not sure yet how this year is going to go. Children's ...
Posted by Erika on Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:47:00 PST

And I certainly would never read anything written by Erika..

I need to start remembering not to use this stupid browser for myspace, since it doesn't give me a paste option. Anyway, it's my blog, so as per usual, I can shill. http://www.thepopcult.com/index.ph...
Posted by Erika on Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:24:00 PST

As a warning to my friends and online acquaintances

SociopathYou are 85% rational, 14% extroverted, 57% brutal, and 57% arrogant. You are the Sociopath! As a result of your cold, calculating rationality, your introversion (and ability to keep qui...
Posted by Erika on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST