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erica

Inshallah.

About Me

My name's Erica, but most of y'all know me as "Turtle." I react the same way to each one. I like to think of myself as a "work in progress." I believe you dont "find" yourself, you "create" yourself. So, that usually means I like making up my own rules and my own personal theories as I go along in life. I love learning new things on a daily basis usually from friends, printed materials, or trash celebrity gossip (

My Interests

Going to concerts and/or live music, hanging out with friends, traveling, politics, current events, conversationalists, reading, philosophy, writers, musicians, drinkers, velvet, sushi, text messages, knit caps, "research", astronomy, "erica" time, going out and drinking the bourbon, gym, kickboxing, bonfires at Patty's, 4-wheeling at night, going tubing, etc. (Anything that's fun and different....and spur of the moment---those are usually the best times.)

I'd like to meet:

Old and new friends are always a favorite. I also enjoy meeting and knowing people that like to have fun and discussing topics from the absurd to different forms of culture and philosophy. Plus, in a world where this could actually happen.....Willie Nelson, Aragorn (Lord of the Rings), Julian Mcmahon (Nip/Tuck), Clive Owen (Closer), Colin Firth (Briget Jones' Diary), and Daniel Craig (Casino Royale).

Music:

U2, Janis Joplin, Tracy Chapman, Beth Orton, Pearl Jam, David Gray, Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews Band, Theresa Anderson, Jack Johnson, Percy Sledge, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Gerry's Mix Cds, Love Song for Bobby Long Soundtrack, Chuck Prophet, Guy Clark, Bon Jovi

Movies:

Crash, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 , Shawshank Redemption, any Kevin Smith movie, Bridget Jones' Diary, Notting Hill, Dream for an Insomniac ("Anything less than extraordinary is a waste of my time."), Love Song for Bobby Long, Pump Up the Volume, Napoleon Dynamite, Closer, Saved, Dodgeball, Citizen Kane, Goonies

Television:

Nip/Tuck, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,(Love the FX channel), Lost, and Ugly Betty (guilty pleasures when I actually get the chance to watch television)

Books:

Everything is Illuminated, The Catcher in the Rye, Beloved, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Bridget Jones' Diary, The Silence of the Lambs, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close....2 authors that I read absolutely anything I can get my hands on are Oscar Wilde and Jonathan Safran Foer. I'm also a huge classics fan.

Heroes:

My "clients" =)

My Blog

Inshallah.

I recently came across the word "Inshallah" in a literary work....ok, so it was this month's Self Magazine.  Anyhoo, it originates in Morocco, and means "if God wills it." Like the auth...
Posted by erica on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:54:00 PST

March is "Intellectual Disability" Awareness Month

At work, I've been working on a "small media blitz" letting the public in Terrebonne Parish know March is "Intellectual Disability" Month.  It's been such a wonderful project! While working on th...
Posted by erica on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:26:00 PST

Moving on up and out...

My friend Paul and I have decided to find a place together.  We've been house hunting around downtown Houma....which has been an interesting experience so far in itself.  lol&...
Posted by erica on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:39:00 PST

I'm proud of my "old man"....


Posted by erica on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 02:41:00 PST

"Freedom's just another word...

&for nothing left to lose."  I believe it's the truest words/lyrics from Janis Joplin.  I just can't say enough how truly happy I am in life.  There's no greater feeling than finding th...
Posted by erica on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:39:00 PST

To my friends...

I have been blessed with at least four "more than awesome" birthdays in my life.  They were my 13th, 21st, 25th, and just the other day, 29th.  The irony is that I know many of you here...
Posted by erica on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:33:00 PST

Random Quote...or not so "Random" Quote

"There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential." Rusty Berkus...
Posted by erica on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:02:00 PST

Back to Blogging...well sort of

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Posted by erica on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:17:00 PST