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Erik

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About Me

I'm an ogre.

My Interests

Skip this. I'm a fountain of raging indifference. I do like hiking, though. And every once in awhile, I scrape the dust off my bass and assert that I haven't totally lost my ability.

I'd like to meet:

Other ogres?

Music:

Funk/Soul shit from the late 60's to the early 80's gets me. There's always room in my heart for pure, shameless metal. I grew up on a diet of Zeppelin and Hendrix, and I stick by it. I have at least something from every genre but ska and polka somewhere, and I do listen to it all.

To be clear, I'm not one of those people who claims to like all music... I'm picky as shit. Different brands for different moods, that's all.

Movies:

I dig Terry Gilliam flicks. 80's post-apocalyptic films. A Life Aquatic. Eternal Sunshine. Die Hard. Various big epic type films. Whatever I find on TV... I like to be surprised. I eagerly await Indiana Jones 4, and the end of Arnold's governor gig so he can make Conan 3.

Television:

Alton Brown. Food science is fascinating.

Books:

I read what I have to, and I have to read nonstop most of the time. I've read Bjarne Stroustrup's The C++ Programming Language cover-to-cover multiple times, in multiple editions, because I needed to know that shit for work. I wouldn't waste 2 seconds on Moby Dick. That's just me.

I've also read every issue of Discover magazine from the past decade or so. It's one of the few things I read just because I want to.

Heroes:

Indiana Jones. No shit. When I was a kid, I wanted to be Indiana Jones.

I kinda still do, but last time I tried playing with a bull whip I slashed a chunk out of the back of my leg. Fuckin' hurt.