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Erica

Sophisticated mouth.

About Me

New in town.

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My Interests

Booze,
burning bridges,
caffeine in any form,
cobblestone,
collecting useless degrees,
debate,
electric blankets,
etymology,
hyperanalysis,
magazine addiction,
metro-area sarcasm,
misanthropy,
new anything,
night drives,
pen chewing,
phenomenology,
red lipstick,
relearning to sew,
reverse tracking,
Salada green tea,
shelter mags,
silver shoes,
trompe l'oiel,
and vintage lingerie.

I'd like to meet:

Stranded east coasters.
A tour guide who'll ride the Duck.
Badass ladyfriends.
Pedantic linguists.
Fuzz-rock enthusiasts.
A drumming instructor.
Syd Barrett lookalikes.
Lightning.
Still.
Next.

Music:

Currently in rotation:

Books:

Fiction that reads like non-fiction, and non-fiction that reads like fiction.

Heroes:

Mia madre, circa 1973.

My Blog

"If its true that our species is alone in the universe,

 then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."-George Carlin...
Posted by Erica on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:46:00 PST

Cul-de-sac

My childhood [home] goes up for sale Monday; the ultimate uprooting.
Posted by Erica on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:14:00 PST

Sayin.

"It costs $482.79 to get a decent pizza in San Francisco  $17 for the pie, $85 for cab fare, and $378.80 for the flight to New York."-from Wired...
Posted by Erica on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:29:00 PST

Sometimes

it’s worse when it’s not that bad.
Posted by Erica on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:24:00 PST

Whenever I think I'm over SF...

inevitably, something appears that kinda rules.
Posted by Erica on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:22:00 PST

So easy

to conceive, but so hard to create.Oh, hello, my dear face.
Posted by Erica on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:51:00 PST

Se la mia vita fosse un movie

Haha. Oh man. Ok, I never do this nonsense but, frankly, anything's preferable to job hunting, and these came out so ridiculously badly, I had to share...If your life was a movie, what would the sound...
Posted by Erica on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:41:00 PST

The Lisa Frank unicorn sticker of bikes:

Oops. New photo of the white awesomeness upon delivery.
Posted by Erica on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 05:15:00 PST

You know it's Fleet Week in San Francisco when...

... you're awakened by the crack of a Blue Angel which in your sleepy stupor you conclude is your apartment crumbling to pieces.... waiting in your inbox is a random request from a naval officer attem...
Posted by Erica on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 04:24:00 PST

Last call for alcohol

Today I had a random stranger, functioning under the guise of a gentleman helping a very tiny girl with very large packages, request to be my slave for 8 hours in return for a brief report back t...
Posted by Erica on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:33:00 PST