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Erick

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

So about "Erick"...
I'm not your typical...anybody. At least I don't think so. ...eh, mostly.
I’m down-to-earth, boring and with me…what you see is what you get. I don’t hide my flaws or emotions behind a fad, music, movie quotes, brand of clothing or anything of the like. I enjoy life as much as I can, sitting down to taste the fine points of it and roll with the punches when it gets rough. Most of my generation seems to enjoy (or not realize) that they’re a bunch or pretentious, trend-following nit-wits without their own opinion.
Just so you know, I have a “tell it as I see it and I don’t put up your shit, you damned asshole" attitude. So if I say something you don't like, sorry. Just deal with it, you're not the only jackass I've pissed off. Which includes friend, foe, stranger, colleague or family.
I joined the Navy in fall 2002. I've been to many places from here to there. Spain is my home away from Pittsburgh, and I hope to return to that base so I can enjoy my time there. All over again. Right now I'm a photojournalist for the Navy's deployable construction force.
I grew up as an only child with my father away a lot (he was a trucker) and my mom slowly drifting away from the two of us. My late grandparents also helped in raising me, thus I have a large emotional attachment to them, what they represented and what they left to us.
Don't mess with my family, dammit. They are who made me who I am today.
If you really want to get to know me, shoot me a message.

My Interests

I enjoy music (read below). Always singing to myself.

Emily once said I really should turn down the music in my head…

Movies are fun (also below).

Photography (It’s my job, too. How lucky am I?)

Traveling (Check out the map).

Reading. From books, magazines, newspaper, internet, the writing on public restroom walls…

Alcohol. I like European and micro-brewed beer and whiskey, the most. An earthy-tasting dry, red wine always suits my needs.

Murphey’s Irish Red , Judas, Grimbergen Blonde, Jameson 12-year and Red Breast. Yum.

Bagels, with creamy-cream-cream cheese!

Morning showers followed by a hardy breakfast.

This studded belt from Hot Topic my friend got for me almost seven years ago. I still wear it!

Turner’s Iced Tea.

Cádiz CF.

Tattoos (Sixteen and counting, over here).

My friends and family, who are my world.

Peter Parker, your friendly, neighborhood Spider-man!

Eye glasses. They’re neat!

Food. I love Spanish, Irish, Greek, Middle-Eastern and Filipino cuisine. Seafood=yum! Erick hearts potatoes. And my favorite, Pata Negra Jamón.

Beaches. Loved ‘em sine I was little guy.

I want to buy an acoustic guitar (my bass isn’t cutting it, anymore).

Vinyl. That’s right, records. I just need a new turntable, now…

Aim = Effing Erick

Yup.

I'd like to meet:

Good people who won't back stab me or be judgmental. People who care and support their friends, family and loved ones. You?

I edited my profile with this freaking program !

Music:



Music has always been a part of my life. From listening to grunge on 105.9 in Pittsburgh in middle school, to skimming through metal magazines and buying self-produced demos high school, to my massive network I use now, I'll always love my music. I listen to many bands, styles and genres. Rock is where my heart beats and always will. My favorite bands are:

1.) Slayer
2.) boysetsfire
3.) Flogging Molly
4.) Mindless Self Indulgence
5.) Covenant
6.) Amon Amarth
7.) Burzum
8.) The Traditionals
9.) Tommy Gutless
10.) White Zombie
Plus this list:

And in alphabetical order: (because I’m a neurotic bastage)

9 Shocks Terror
Acumen Nation
Against Me!
Amanda Woodward
Amen
Aus-Rotten
Avail (to include Tim Barry)
Black Flag
Blitz
Bloodhound Gang, The
Cannibal Corpse
Captain Beefheart
Caustic Christ
Celtic Frost
ClitEater
Coalesce
Curl Up and Die
Dillinger Escape Plan, The
Doom
Drain STH
Dubliners, The
Electric Eel Shock
Eve 6
Evergreen Terrace
Evil Incarnate
Funker Vogt
Goatsnake
Gogol Bordello (to include J.U.F.)
GOTO80
grim faeries
Guano Apes
GWAR (to include X-Cops and DBX)
Hanzel und Gretyl
Hocico
HORSE the band
Human Ground
Hüsker Dü
In Flames
Johnny Cash
Lady Sovereign
Lead Belly
Leatherface
Led Zeppelin
Miles Davis
Mill a-Huile Rud
Monster Magnet
Nirvana
ohGr
Oi Polloi
Old Man’s Child
Opeth
Poe
Poison the Well
Rammstein
Shai Hulud
She Wants Revenge
Sheep On Drugs
Singine
Skids, The
Slipknot
Soilwork
Soundgarden
Static-X
Stone Sour
Symphony X
Tsunami Bomb
Uruk-Hai
Vampire Mooose
Wall of Pins
Who, The

I could keep going, but I'll cut myself off before this list resembles a phone book. In short: I'm a Metal Head. I also listen to various genres of Punk, Hardcore, Industrial, Blues and Folk.

Movies:

Band of Brothers
Clerks
Clerks II
Donnie Darko
Texas Chainsaw Massacre [1976 & 2003 versions]
Billy Madison
The Butterfly Effect
Snatch
Sin City
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Boondock Saints
Platoon
Falling Down
Garden State
Dr. Strangelove (or How I learned to Stop Worrying and the Bomb)
Fight Club
X-Men
X2: X-Men United
Spider-man
Spider-man 2
Daredevil
The Player
Batman Begins
Superman Returns
The 13th Warrior
Jarhead
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Flushed Away
Little Miss Sunshine
Cannibal Ferox...

Television:

Honestly, I haven’t watched much TV since 2002 (I blame the Navy). But between the military’s AFN, Spanish and United Kingdom broadcasts, I picked up a few shows that I like. Here in Mississippi, I don't watch TV anymore. Too Yankee.

Braniac: Science Abuse
Mythbusters
The Drew Carey Show
Bones
House
CNN News
BBC News
Sky News
Late Night with David Letterman
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Simpsons
Family Guy
American Dad
American Chopper

And I watch DVDs of:

Scrubs
Batman: The Animated Series
Invader Zim
Penn & Teller’s Bullshit!

And so much more…

PS: I hate reality TV. Simply sick of it, is all…

Books:

Anything that provokes me to think, really. Craig Ferguson's "Between the Bridge and the River" is my latest read. I've also been reading non-fiction WWII books. Oh, and I like comic books, 'cause I'm a friggin' dork.

Heroes:

Many people I look up to aren't popular, but I know who they are and that's what counts, right? Now of course my father, Scott , and his parents, Ann and Scott , are numero uno.

My grandmother, Ann, was one of the strongest people I've ever met. My grandfather, Scott, was great at making me get off my butt to study and work.I'll miss those two.

My Blog

Fanboy Erick

Iron Man has Nick Fury talking about The Avengers.  The Incredible Hulk had Tony Stark making a cameo.  Iron Man 2 will have Thor making a cameo.  Then Thor will be released.  The ...
Posted by Erick on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:31:00 PST

Out of the Blue

Today at Squad challenge, I laid down in a field with my squad laeder, we were drawing up a fire plan.He left to deliver the fire plan.  I felt my hand being bitten...Then swell.Then I got hot.&n...
Posted by Erick on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:33:00 PST

Leave: Part Seven (Family Tree)

My twenty four-day day sabbatical away from NMCB 11 is nigh finished.  It's Wednesday.  Tomorrow I trek back to Mississippi.  Friday morning, I wake back up at 5:00 AM, put on PT clothe...
Posted by Erick on Wed, 28 May 2008 11:59:00 PST

Leave (Part Six)

My trip home has been...  So great.After last Monday's MSI show, I crashed at my house in Mississippi.  The next day, I drove from Long Beach, Mississippi, thought the bottom half of the sta...
Posted by Erick on Tue, 20 May 2008 10:27:00 PST

Leave (Part Five): Mindless

The New Orleans show was steller, though a bit spoiled after I watched Uncle Max's videos. My fault.But because I knew Jimmy's shtick for the night, I was not only singing to all of the songs, but wa...
Posted by Erick on Tue, 13 May 2008 12:22:00 PST

Leave (Part Three)

Well, I'm feeling better today.  Just  down moment, I guess.Everybody's at work, so I'll got to the beach.  Lay around.  Swim.  Hve a drink or two.  Dozen.Wha-?I'm drinki...
Posted by Erick on Fri, 09 May 2008 10:03:00 PST

Leave (Part Two)

Note:I feel like one of the worst people on the planet.While I'm not sure why, I have an idea at the same time.Should have done better.
Posted by Erick on Fri, 09 May 2008 06:38:00 PST

Leave (Part One)

After dumping an ass-load of money for a spare tire, gas, kitty supplies and to pay my storage rent, I came up with a small budget and I'm ready to ROCK AND ROLL on LEAVE!I'm going to play beach bum i...
Posted by Erick on Tue, 06 May 2008 10:58:00 PST

Fax Machine

Wait!I masturbate. Let another motherfucker come and share my fate and pray. Catastrophe! Imma kill a motherfucker with a fax machine and break... it down... for you... to see. This is my weapon I hav...
Posted by Erick on Mon, 05 May 2008 09:35:00 PST

Family

I have family.Cousins, aunts ans uncles I don't talk to.I don't know if my final grandparent is still alive.A mother who's...  Yeah.The last bit of family I have left that I care about is my fath...
Posted by Erick on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:39:00 PST