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Eric Schmerick

i just like to smile, smiling's my favorite

About Me

life is like a mop. sometimes life gets full of dirt and crud and hairballs and things and you gotta clean it out. you gotta stick it in here and rinse it off and start all over again. And sometimes life sticks to the floor so much that a mop, a mop, it's not good enough. you gotta get down there with like a toothbrush, you know, and you gotta really scrub 'cause you gotta get it off. but if that doesn't work, you can't give up. you gotta stand right up. you gotta run to a window and say, "these floors are dirty as hell, AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!"

My Interests

movies would be a big part of my life, and music kinda comes in second. also love comic books. who doesn't, actually? so why did i even bring that up? everyone reads them, so when i pull my new grant morrison trade paperback out and start reading it on the subway, i feel like i'm conforming to everyone else's idea of fitting in. drat!

I'd like to meet:

amazing larry. someone who knows why things are the way they are. and john carpenter to kick him in the ass and tell him to start making good movies again. yeah.. he really could use a good kick in the ass. but, so could i!

Music:

the mars volta, serj is pretty damn amazing, flogging molly and felix da housecat (well the cd with miss kitten on it more or less) postal service, faithless is good times, fischerspooner, thursday, the rapture, machine gun etiquette, peaches, vnv nation, the yeah yeah yeah's, and combichrist. muse and radiohead are my top favorites. the terrible twosome. two of a kind. lol yeah they are good. abba kicks serious ass. system of a down, moby, creadance clearwater revival, the cure, coldplay, kmfdm, the beatles (best band ever), stevie wonder, rem, the propellerheads, aerosmith, roni size, the underworld, prodigy (old AND new), weezer, elton john, rage against the machine, orbital, and old madonna and oh yeah... and badly drawn boy too.

Movies:

the usual suspects, punch-drunk love, pee wee's big adventure, what is it?, dog day afternoon, glengarry glen ross, before the devil knows you're dead, no country for old men, death to smoochy, ghost dog: the way of the samurai, lock stock and two smoking barrels, raging bull, nightwatch, falling down, slc punk, fear and loathing in las vegas, broken flowers, leaving las vegas, trainspotting, requiem for a dream, high fidelity, 12 monkeys, brazil, shaun of the dead, happiness, ed wood, let it ride, there will be blood, magnolia, velvet goldmine, priscilla: queen of the desert, superman 1&2, batman, on the waterfront, boogie nights, willy wonka and the chocolate factory, better off dead, election, snatch, hackers, and the following.

Television:

the daily show, the simpsons, whose line is it anyway? (british version), south park, insomniac, sealab 2021, six feet under, seinfeld, the colbert report, and mostly anything on adult swim.

Books:

the watchmen trade paperback, 'cash' by johnny cash.

Heroes:

willy wonka, ghandi, henry rollins, moby, andy kaufman, stephen wright, and stephen colbert.

My Blog

right when he gets into the city

so my cousin is here for the week.  we ate gray's papayas as soon as he touched down in new york. funny thing is when i say 'we', i mean 'me'.  hehe  he didn't really touch his hotdogs,...
Posted by Eric Schmerick on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:09:00 PST

Check out my friend Louis’s new book!

http://groups.myspace.com/themagicianandthemythtamer
Posted by Eric Schmerick on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:49:00 PST

my favorite SNL skit ever!

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/a3f356b587
Posted by Eric Schmerick on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:11:00 PST

i went from nothing, to a shitload

so a couple of weeks ago my soccer team lost in the playoffs in this horribly shit game.  i got hurt twice in it but managed to stick it out, and we lost.. even though the game was pushed back an...
Posted by Eric Schmerick on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:07:00 PST

7 minutes of ’Wanted’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vw1IfC6aDM
Posted by Eric Schmerick on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:13:00 PST

Which celebrity anagram from this list is your favorite?

A pal, icon -- Al Pacino I'm so cuter -- Tom Cruise Genuine class -- Alec Guiness Groan madly! -- Gary Oldman Wooed all NY -- Woody Allen Old West action -- Clint Eastwood...
Posted by Eric Schmerick on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:05:00 PST

3 websites which help make me happy in each of their own, special ways

http://youtube.com/watchmenmoviezach snyder (the director of the upcoming watchmen film) offered up a contest to get a commercial of anyones up on a tv in the background of the upcoming watchmen film....
Posted by Eric Schmerick on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:48:00 PST

’100 years to recover from Bush’

Madrid - It will take the United States a century to recover from the damage wreaked by President George. W Bush, US writer Gore Vidal said in an interview published on Saturday."The president behaved...
Posted by Eric Schmerick on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:04:00 PST

kickball all star pictures

my friend kim took these, and they are wonderful!http://flickr.com/photos/kimberlyand/sets/72157605 582363160/
Posted by Eric Schmerick on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:53:00 PST

charles nelson reilly

Check out this video: Saturday Night Live - Inside the Actors Studio<
Posted by Eric Schmerick on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:01:00 PST