Erik - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I am 21. My photos on this site are about 3 years old. Right now I am listening to Johnny Cash on low, and taking a break from writing a poem. While that doesn't sum me up, you can frequently find me doing that exact thing (Though Johnny Cash is not always the weapon of choice). I am an aspiring poet, yet I refuse to call myself a "poet" now because I do not feel I have earned it yet. I love poetry and reading, and I am currently trying to learn about classical music. I am honest. I am loyal. I expect a lot out of people. I try to give a lot. I am outgoing but not in the I go clubbing way... in the I want to drive and take in the stars kind of way.

My Interests

Poetry, writing, music.

I'd like to meet:

Someone intelligent. Someone who has passion for something in life. I would love to meet someone either in my field of interest, or out of it. Reguardless of what the person is into, I would love to share ideas, to learn about them and their interests, and to help each other grow.

Music:

Recently Johnny Cash has taken hold of me. My favorite singer/songwriter of all time, however, is Tori Amos. After that, I mostly tend to enjoy music in the vein of the above mentioned artists, but I like most kinds of rock (though not the recent stuff so much, except U2 and Coldplay to name a few). My taste is rather subdued in style, I really like languid vocals such as Tori Amos, and Sarah Mclaughlin. But, Cream and Black Sabbath and other heavier things pop into my song list every so often too.

Movies:

The Hours, Moonlight Mile, Old School, The Lord of The Rings trilogy, Northfork, Memento, Insomnia, Mystic River, Batman Begins, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Rear Window, Everything is Illuminated.

Television:

Batman the Animated Series, The Critic, Family Guy, Aqua Teen.

Books:

Novels- The Plague- Albert Camus. Interpreter of Maladies/ The Namesake- Jhumpa Lahiri. Invisible Cities- Italo Calvino. The Waves/ To the Lighthouse- Virginia Woolf. A Gesture Life- Changra Lee. Love/ Beloved- Toni Morrison. Absalom Absalom/ Light in August- William Faulkner. Poisonwood Bible- Barbara Kingsolver. The Known World- Edward P. Jones. Portnoy's Complaint- Philip Roth. The Unbearable Lightness of Being- Milan Kundera.Poets- Billy Collins, Philip Levine, Marc Doty, Franz Wright, Sharon Olds, Alice Fulton, Robert Lowell, James Wright, James Merrill, Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, Robert Penn Warren, Kevin Pilkington, Mark Strand, Louise Gluck.

Heroes:

My Father. George Carlin. Bruce Willis ( In that specific order ).