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Erika

That would be Mrs. Tucker to you

About Me

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My pirate name is: Dread Pirate Bonney .. Like the famous Dread Pirate Roberts, you have a keen head for how to make a profit. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate's life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr! Get your own pirate name from fidius.org. ..

My Interests

SCUBA diving, photography, karaoke, live bands, dive bars, music, movies.

I'd like to meet:

divers, bands, cool people in general that don't take life too seriously. But I only add people that I ACTUALLY know or have at least met, so don't be offended if you're request gets denied.

Music:

By no means an exhustive list, but...The Shins, Sia, Revis, KT Tunstall, Natasha Beddingfield, The Caesars, Cary Brothers, Death Cab for Cutie, Frou Frou (Imogen Heap), The Fray, James Blunt, Iron & Wine, Josh Rouse, Snow Patrol, Adema, AFI, Amber Pacific, Apoptygma Berzerk, Audioslave, Bowling for Soup, Breaking Benjamin, Bush, Chantal Kreviazuk, Chevelle, Chris Issack, Chronic Future, Coheed And Cambria, Cold, Concrete Blonde, CoyoteShivers, The Cure, Dashboard Confessional, Default, Depeche Mode, Dido, Die Trying, Disturbed, Eminem, Enigma, Enya, Evanescence, Finch, Fisher, Garbage, Gavin DeGraw, Good Charlotte, Heather Nova, Hole, Hoobastank, Howie Day, Jimmy Eat World, Johnette Napolitano, Lifehouse, Linkin Park, Liz Phair, LostProphets, Maria McKee, Maroon 5, Nickelback, Nina Gordon, No Doubt, Ok Go, Pasadena Grifters, Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers, Plush, Poe, Ra, Refreshments, Remy Zero, Revis, Robert Miles, Saliva, Sarah McLachlan, Shinedown, Silverchair, Simple Plan, Smile Empty Soul, SR-71, Stabbing Westward, Stereomud, Subway to Venus, Tantrik, Tatu, Three Days Grace, Tonic, Tori Amos, Trapt, Trust Company, Unwritten Law, Yellowcard

Movies:

Fifth Element (ok, anything with Milla), Pirates of the Caribbean (ok, anything with J.D. in it) .. .. What 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Character Are You Like?..Take this
Plus Empire Records, Practical Magic, Love Actually, Usual Suspects, Fools Rush In, Desperado, Assassins, Matrix, Bring it On.....many, many more....

Television:

How I Met Your Mother, Dexter, Bones, Nip Tuck, Lost, Rescue Me, The Closer, Standoff, Heros, Coupling (BBC version), Entourage

Books:

Anything by: Helen Fielding, Anne Rice, Dan Brown, Elizabeth Peters, Candace Bushnell, Douglas Adams, Jasper Fforde

Heroes:

“Do you know what the definition of a hero is? Someone who gets people killed. ”

My Blog

What do I do?

Please read this, and tell me what I should do.
Posted by Erika on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:35:00 PST

I still blog!

Your're just missing them because you don't check my Live Journal page. You should.http://sweet-insurgent.livejournal.com/(posted by Mark at Erika's request...)...
Posted by Erika on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:49:00 PST

no more myspace for me :(

Some asshole degerate fuckhead control freak at work decided that we pee-ons didn't deserve to have access to this site anymore and blocked it. Since I am almost NEVER online at home (the one exceptio...
Posted by Erika on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 11:39:00 PST

Writing my vows.....

When you're pouring out your soul to the one you love and plan to do it in front of your family and all your friends, do you dare hold back? But what if just TYPING the words makes you cry... how are ...
Posted by Erika on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:14:00 PST

Existing on no sleep... except for that bit with the cat/reptiles

So less than a week to go, and my KJ/DJ backed out. And that was after a terribly stressful day of shopping for jeans (and bathing suits and sandals for Mark) and discovering just what attrocity has h...
Posted by Erika on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:32:00 PST

Cider... Part 2

As I did some extensive cider research in preparation for The Great Cider Tasting of 2006, I got some disturbing news from the California distributor for Bulmer's. Woodpecker will no longer be availab...
Posted by Erika on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:51:00 PST

Contribute a Song for the Wedding CD

So my cousin got married last month and one of their little wedding favors was this cd of love songs and next to each song is the name of their friend or relative who suggested the song for the mix. I...
Posted by Erika on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:55:00 PST

Woodpecker Cider

It's no surprise to anyone who's been drinking with me (outside of Corbin Bowl) that I am a cider freak. I bring it to every party, order it at every bar/pub that carrys it, and keep my own fridge at ...
Posted by Erika on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:01:00 PST

Ok, I was going to leave this one alone

but.... Karmen asked for a blog...and I just read the article by Germain Greer in the UK newspaper the Guardian...... and I TOTALLY AGREE WITH HER.Steve Irwin had it coming.Does anybody really think a...
Posted by Erika on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:24:00 PST

Aging...

So, when I get older, I should by all probability look like the woman on the left.BOY, do I hope so.For one, look how skinny she is.... I'd LOVE to be a perma-size 5 like she's always been.Two, you wi...
Posted by Erika on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:00 PST