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Erica Doering-ism

Sea monkeys come and go, but it never gets any easier.

About Me

I like throwing lit matches at people. I once wore a fake mustache while committing a crime. I burn toast consistently. I have 999 dead sea monkeys. I can’t find my socks. Have you seen my socks? Chances are I think you hate me. I’m a writer and a stand up comic with an acting and voice over background. I wrote, directed and acted in a short film called "Deadline". For behind the scenes pix and stuff go here: http://www.geocities.com/deadlinethemovie or see a trailer on my site I don’t know jack about html in case you haven’t noticed....I also have a blog that’s not on myspace. Or I did here for awhile And then it disappeared. After 3 years. Just like that...Now I’m blogging on blogger and on myspace here’s the blogger link Please make a note of it.Also for some reason I was in a horror movie. There were many things about it that were hilarious. I was once trapped inside the arm of a turtleneck sweater for 2 hours.My dog has a blog. Her name is Punkin. You should add her.Oh, and THIS. And of course this:

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.. width="425" height="350" .. Hi Kids, here’s episode 2. Yay! Big World of Little Adam is the cartoon, the show features me and Frank Conniff Yippeee!! Good one! PLEASE REPOST GET ADVANCED TIX For CARTOON DUMP HERE!


Episode 3: Ask the Universe! Compost Brite asks the universe for what she wants and gets a reply. Moodsy and Compost sing "It’s All For the Best" and screen a crappy cartoon. yay!
Episode 4: Mediocrity! Compost Brite sings a song about the benefits of mediocrity. Buff Bagder the Rageaholic Animation Historian teaches us a few fun facts, and we watch the craptastic "Captain Fathom" cartoon. Yippeee!!

My Interests

Punching people in the face, stand up comedy, sketch comedy, thrift stores, the east coast, my dog, old photographs, misproniuncing words, getting mail, kissing, books, haunted houses, making stuff up, eating, making movies, wearing disguises, singing songs, adventures, finding money, smelling stuff that smells good, doing stuff that's scary, sitting next to people on the couch, squishing things.

I'd like to meet:

I LIKE: People who like me a lot. Even more than peanut butter. Comics, writers, filmmakers, dreamers, dorks, oddballs, movers, shakers, people with dogs, women who are cool, guys who are into me, and more people to set on fire.

Music:

My favorite song at the moment is "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath as performed by the guy at The Drawing last Sunday at kareoke... As for the rest of the question...Joe Henry, Will Oldham, Bonnie Prince Billy, 80's stuff, Dandy Warhols, Queen, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Styx, The soundtrack to "Liberty Heights", Gov't Mule, Etta James, Tom Petty, Beck, Willie Nelson, Uncle Tupelo, Daniel Johnston, Elvis Presley, Elvis Costello, Billie Holiday, old school rap, blue grass stuff, Stephen Bishop, Tenacious D, local blues singer Mickey Champion, Violent Femmes, David Bowie, The Jay Hawks, some Billy Joel, Janis Joplin, some Wilco, Roger Waters, Ray Charles, The Kinks, the tragically Hip, the Specials, Blur, The Silver Jews, The talking heads, david byrne, The Doobie Brothers,Superman Loses The Girl,Johnny Cash, songs from the 70's especially ones that include talking, cool shit my roommate likes, Paul Simon, a bunch of other crap that I can't remember, songs that tell long rambley stories, and also stuff that rocks.

Movies:

Battle Royale, Brazil, Tootsie, Harold and Maude,The Warriors, Bowfinger, Amelie, Annie Hall, Napolean Dynamite, Barfly, City of Lost Children, Young Frankenstein, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Evil Dead 2, The Life Aquatic, 1984, Marathon Man, Rushmore, Happieness, Airplane, My Dinner with Andre, The Indian Runner, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Incredibles, Lost in Translation, Team America, Old School, Office Space, What About Bob, The Star Wars Trilogy, Punch Drunk Love, Naked (Mike leigh), Memento, Logan's Run, Fantasia, The Graduate, Rosemary's Baby, The World According to Garp, The Fisher King, The Truman Show, Ed Wood, Battle Royale, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Bob Roberts, Planes, Trains, Planes and Automobiles, Once Around, Raising Arizona, Say Anything, The madness of King george, The Indian Runner, The Aristocrats, Futureworld.

Television:

Lost, The Office, Simpsons, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Aquateen Hunger Force,, That 70's Show, News Radio, Freaks n Geeks, Mr. Show, Greg the Bunny, Abott and Costello, Old SNL, Johnny Carson, Creature Double Feature, PBS/Discovery channel stuff, that soap where everyone was a vampire and then it got cancelled, the old twilight Zone, Southpark, Family Guy, bugs bunny cartoons, vintage cartoons, I delight in poorly thought out commercials, especially every time that woman in the Restatis commercial says, "Resatsis: more of your own tears!"

Books:

Robert Benchley stuff, Infinite Jest, The Prophet, The Places You'll Go, A Wrinkle in Time, Swiftly Tilting Planet, Wind in the Door, The Missing Piece, The I hate Mathematics Book, Ecotopia, Dispossesed, Letter's From the Earth, The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy, A Course in Miracles.

Heroes:

Ms. Hough my 8th grade teacher, Bob Newhart, Bill murray, Ellen Degeneres, Richard Pryor, Steven Wright, Mitch Hedburg, Cosby, Hicks, Terry Gilliam, Larry David, Woody Allen, Johnny Carson, Phil Hartman, Gilda Radner, Steve Martin, John Candy, Lily Tomlin, the gun that shoots jelly in the land of misfit toys, The Beedle, and my grandma.

Reading kept me from turning into a total screw up. Be a hero. Volunteer to read to kids

My Blog

Oct. 28 Patton Oswalt is coming to a very Cartoon Dump Halloween!

Hi Kids! Yay! Halloween is almost here and you know what that means? It's almost time to start taking candy from strangers!This month's show is gonna be great and we can't wait to see you! Feel free t...
Posted by Erica Doering-ism on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:14:00 PST

My job is hiring someone

The show I'm currently working on is hiring someone to replace another logger for two weeks, maybe more mid October. It's a night shift. M-F. If you have experience logging and you're interested let m...
Posted by Erica Doering-ism on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:21:00 PST

McCain Proposes Rock Paper Scissors Game on Skype to Take Place Instead of Debate!

McCain Proposes Rock Paper Scissors Game on Skype to Take Place Instead of Debate!McCain told our staff, "Let's just skip it this year. I mean debates are so creepy and boring and I think we can reall...
Posted by Erica Doering-ism on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:34:00 PST

Cartoon Dump next Tuesday 9/23 w/ John Fugelsang!

Hi Kids! Next Tuesday is Cartoon Dump! September is oldies, but goodies monthplus we have John Fugelsang as our special comedy guest. he's done cool things like The Bill Maher show and stuff. You'll l...
Posted by Erica Doering-ism on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:02:00 PST

Dear Unknown Caller,

I am simultaniously intrigued and disgusted by your call. And I know who you are! Or rather, at least I know who you might be...I already know that you are a gambler; someone willing to wait and see t...
Posted by Erica Doering-ism on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:10:00 PST

Tonight is Cartoon Dump, yay!

Cartoon Dump is tonight at 8pm. We're having two of my favorite comics this month Andy Kindler (brilliant) and Jim Turner's (2 Headed Dog) doing something nifty too, yippee! I hope you can make it.Her...
Posted by Erica Doering-ism on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:36:00 PST

Myspace feels unmanageable

I dont know about any of you, but my myspace page feels unmanageable. I feel like if there's no way to find the posts that I may actually want to read anymore and that I'm just swimming around in some...
Posted by Erica Doering-ism on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:45:00 PST

Information that diabetics everywhere should know, but probably dont

I never copy and paste stuff into my blogs, but I'm doing it today (below) because I think this information is really important to share. To be honest it sort of makes me angry that it hasn't made new...
Posted by Erica Doering-ism on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:09:00 PST

Jim Turner (brilliant comic) has a show about diabetes on DLife which I appeared on

I tried to embed this earlier, but it was too confusing, so here's a link to the video. I haven't watched it, but I know I'm sprinkled throughout. I hate seeing myself on stuff, but let me know what y...
Posted by Erica Doering-ism on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:55:00 PST

Maria Bamford, Blaine Capatch and J. Elvis Wenstein added to Cartoon Dump tomorrow!

Hi Kids! Maria Bamford and Blaine Capatch will BOTH be performing at this month's Cartoon Dump. And J. Elvis Weinstein will be manning Dumpster Diver Dan,  and of course Moodsy and Compost Brite...
Posted by Erica Doering-ism on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:35:00 PST