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Erin

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About Me

I have been down many different paths during my life... my most recent being joining the Army when I was 26. Yeah, that decision suprised even me, but that is another story. I would not have chosen to live up here in NY on my own! Anyways...prior to that, I was a veterinary technician, which I miss. I don't think I am qualified to write an "About Me" section, that should be left to those who know me. For the most part, I live my life in excess, in all aspects. Moderation is missing from my dictionary. Sometimes I try, but what's the use. I procrastinate, but always get the job done. I guess that is what makes me neurotic, and some mistake that for psychosis. I wouldn't live any other way. I am pretty straightforward and up-front. I guess that makes me a bitch. I am a pessimist and sometimes cynical. My favorite question is "Why?", but I receive very few answers. I love my life. I have made some bad decisions but I DON"T regret a single one. Well, 99.7% of them. Family, friends, music, and brief glimpses of sanity are what I hold dear.
"I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it." ~Voltaire


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My Interests

tea, white linen, the ocean, and anything you can do with it (surfing and fishing, and just sitting by it), giraffes, robin egg blue, new socks, black coffee, paintball, down pillows, hammocks, authentic cuban food, science, motorcycles, sand dunes, nail polish, football, conversations with my grandfather, poetry, gardening, lemons and limes, pen & ink, tulips, poppies, classical music, sad movies, weird movies, teapots, postcards and stamps from foreign places, pistachio ice cream, rainy days, Rocky and Bullwinkle, art museums, trains, architecture, cooking, big cities, pineapples, fireworks, fire, notebooks, fishing, shoes, traveling, sweaters, jeeps, libraries, humid nights, quotes, cameras, grilled cheese sandwhiches, scarves, the Portuguese and Japanese languages, opera, classic cartoons, Key Lime Pie, tennis matches, Spanish missions, grapefruits and oranges, tattoos, things that fly, a good drink with good friends, my cats Mr. Marvin Sir Marvelous, Buyo, and Zuchinni, finding happiness.

I'd like to meet:

Beautiful people who want me to take their picture.

Music:

I like a lot of everything. I like music that tells a story, by someone with life experiences. I go through phases in what I like. Top on my list are always punk, trip-hop, blues, indie, rockabilly, classical minimalist, and recently alt. country. Shit, I like it all I guess. Here we go...

Also...Beth Gibbons, Billie Holiday, Circle Jerks, Craig Armstrong, The Cure, David Bowie, Dead Boys, Dead Can Dance, Deftones, The Distillers, Echo & The Bunnymen, Elliott Smith, Face To Face, Flogging Molly, Frank Black (and his catholics), Go Betty Go, Goldfrapp, Grant Lee Buffalo, Hooverphonic, Jane's Addiction, Jeff Buckley, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Kathleen Edwards, Koffin Kats, Kristen Hersh, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Less Than Jake, Lou Reed, Love Spirals Downwards, Mazzy Star, Me First & The Gimme Gimmies, The Meteors, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Mustard Plug, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Nekromantix, The Peacocks, The Police, The Ramones, Rancid, Refused, The Rolling Stones, Royksopp, Sigur Ros, The Slackers, Sleater-Kinney, The Smiths... Morrisey Too, Sonic The Sugarcubes, Susan Tedeschi, Swingin Utters, Thievery Corporation, This Mortal Coil, Throwing Muses, Tiger Army, Tim Buckley, Tom Waits, Tool, Tori Amos, Tracy Chapman, Tsunami Bomb, Older U2, The Vandals, Voodoo Glow Skulls, X...I am sure I forgot a few!

Movies:

I haven't been able to sit still long enough to watch a movie lately. If it is sick, twisted, or utterly depressing, then I probably would like it.

Television:

I love the Food Network because I love to cook. Any interesting (or even boring) documentary. Between the months of August and February Saturday, Sunday, and Monday nights my tele is reserved for football. I don't really watch TV outside of those programs.

Books:

Currently reading... The Secrets of a Fire King by Kim Edwards This list could be dangerously long. I like a wide variety of books. I read both fiction and non-fiction (mostly science and medical). Pretty much anything that catches my interest at the time. My interest in books changes with my mood (quite often). Some of my favorite authors at the moment are: David Sedaris, Augusten Burroughs, and Haruki Murakami. I also enjoy reading short stories, flash fiction, and poetry also.

Heroes:

Besides Wonder Woman. My Mom and Dad. Anyone who makes the world a better place to live.