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Eric

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About Me

** DISCLAIMER: The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government or The Peace Corps.** I have many interests, many passions, and many opinions... Lately I have been separated from my significant other and we are forced to separate. She goes by the name Marlana. We reunited at a very difficult time in our lives. We met in High School, then lost touch. Seven years later we found each other again, and its like we didnt skip a beat. Now life throws us another obstacle: She's in the Air Force where she is to be stationed in Aviano, Italy. Im in the Peace Corps, in Namibia, Africa for two years and three months. We are miles, oceans, continents apart, and so the story goes. At one point she was my world, now I have to focus my attention to my humanitarian effort in Namibia. Its hard and I miss her dearly.

My Interests


I have a Pre-Med degree in Biology and Chemistry. I am a Peace Corps Science Teacher for country of Namibia, my assignment is to keep African children from shooting guns or dieing from AIDS. I must shape these young men and women into successful human beings. I will also be doing some projects concerning HIV/AIDS. Im also into science, humanitarian efforts, free speech, human rights, progress, politics, all forms of Art that arent income-inspired, Indie Music, Texas sports (UTEP, Texas Tech, San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks, and the one and only Dallas Cowboys)

I'd like to meet:

I WANT TO MEET PEOPLE WHOM ARE LIKE MY CLOSEST FRIENDS AND FAMILY. (People who are genuine, people whom tell it like it is, but can also find that middle ground that doesnt make them pretentious. People who love and strive for good without expecting anything in return. People whom do not have hidden agendas, and whom will actually listen and not just wait for their turn to speak.) I KNOW WHAT I LIKE, BUT I ALSO LOVE TO LEARN NEW THINGS, TEACH ME SOMETHING NEW, THE WORLD OFFERS ALOT TO THOSE WHO WISH TO EMBRACE IT.... I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MEET:


Music:

BOB DYLAN BLOC PARTY STRUNG OUT NOFX THE NEW AMSTERDAMS VIVA DEATH JOE STRUMMER / THE CLASH GUSTER JOHNNY CASH BAD RELIGION SUFJAN STEVENSBad Religion, NOFX, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Face To Face, The Soviettes, The Flaming Lips, The Distillers, Guster, Dave Matthews Band, A Perfect Circle, Strung Out, Dave Brubeck, Propagandhi, Hot Water Music, The Mars Volta, Sparta, The Stranglers, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Mad Caddies, Rancid, The Eyeliners, No Motiv, Tsunami Bomb, The Vandals, Less Than Jake, Anti Flag, The Clash, The Shins, Al Green, Outkast, The Giantz, The Police, The Roots, Dredg, Kings Of Convenience, Yann Tiersen, Bloc Party, Public Enemy, Alkaline Trio, Pansy Division, Millencolin, The Postal Service, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros, Against Me!, No Use for a Name, The Get Up Kids, Filter, Authority Zero, The Ramones, Ben Harper, Social Distortion, Frou Frou, Iron and Wine, The Weakerthans, Viva Death, Yeahs Yeah Yeahs, Wilco, Silversun Pickups, Calexico, etc, etc, etc...

Movies:

Fight Club, Borat!, Munich, American History X, Grindhouse, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, The Last Samurai, The Boondock Saints, The Marx Brothers (Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera, Monkey Business, A Night in Casablanca), Shaun of The Dead, Batman Begins, Leonard Part Six, Spiderman 1 and 2, The Matrix Trilogy, Snatch, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, Lost In Translation, Thank You For Smoking, The Bicycle Thief, Nosferatu, Animal House, My Cousin Vinny, Scarface, Punch Drunk Love, Billy Madison, Coming To America, A Beautiful Mind, Requiem for a Dream, Pi, The Crow, Predator, Aliens, The Evil Dead Trilogy, Bubba Ho-Tep, Night of the Living Dead, Signs, 28 Days Later, Box Of Moonlight, Thirteen, Bowling for Columbine, The Big One, Akira, Amelie, The Exorcist, Crash (both the one about racial tension and the one about car crash sexual addiction!), American Psycho, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Aftermath/Genesis (fucking hardcore horror), The Abandoned, Clerks 1 & 2, High Fidelity, Grosse Point Blank, Better Off Dead, The Believer, Apocalypse Now, Boyz In Da Hood, Jungle Fever, Do The Right Thing, Taxi Driver, Napoleon Dynamite, Super Size Me ...too many to mention! GARDEN STATE EVIL DEAD 1, 2, & 3 BATMAN BEGINS (Quite possibly the finest comic film adaption EVER!) CITY OF GOD SHAUN OF THE DEAD SEVEN SAMURAI 28 DAYS LATER 28 WEEKS LATER THE PROFESSIONAL NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD AMERICAN HISTORY X THE MARX BROTHERS HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS

Television:

CNN, pro/college football, pro/college basketball, Ghost Hunters, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Da Ali G Show, and Six Feet Under.

Books:

Chuck Palahniuk is my favorite author: (In order of my favorite first) "Invisible Monsters" "Choke" "Fight Club" "Survivor" "Stranger Than Fiction" "Lullaby" "Diary" I also like "The Damnation Game" by Clive Barker "If Chins Could Kill" by Bruce Campbell "More, Now, Again" by Elizabeth Wurtzel CURRENTLY READING "The Dragons of Eden" by Carl Sagan AND "Haunted" by Chuck Palahniuk

Heroes:

*See my "I'd Like To Meet" section.

My Blog

The Real World: Namibia

Yeah, cheesy subtitle... But its what we've all been saying since we got to our host families locations on Tuesday!  My family is VERY nice and hospitable.  At first it was awkward, the lang...
Posted by Eric on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:03:00 PST

Thanksgiving in 90 degree weather and lots of dust...

Hello again everyone!  Im using the internet at the Peace Corps Headquarters in Downtown Windhoek (pronounced 'Vindhook'), about a mile or so from the U.S. Embassy.  I have traveled quite a ...
Posted by Eric on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:02:00 PST

Postcard from Washington D.C.

Hey everyone, This is Eric's brother Daniel, just thought i'd share with you all one of his postcards that he sent us.  There will be more to come!  ...
Posted by Eric on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:43:00 PST

FIRST BLOG FROM OKAHANDJA, AFRICA!

Goeiemeddag, hoe han dit met ju??? (Good afternoon everyone, how is it going???).  This blog is going to be quick because Im paying alot at this little internet cafe in town.  I just wa...
Posted by Eric on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:40:00 PST

PEACE CORPS BRIDGE To PRE SERVICE TRAINING

BRIDGE TO PRE-SERVICE TRAINING..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />   Welcome From the Training Director  Linda Shiimbi   The Peace Corps staff and curre...
Posted by Eric on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:48:00 PST

Pitbull Ban Argument

Marlana started a new Sociology class on Monday and one of the first topics of discussion was on the banning of pitbull dogs from certain places.  While most of the people in the room agreed that...
Posted by Eric on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:34:00 PST

Letter from currently serving Volunteers in Namibia

Mweyapo, Wayurarua, //Hore //hare, Mwawiza, Mumelele, Welkom, Welcome!We wanted to be among the first to welcome you to the start of your Peace Corps service in Namibia. The Volunteer Support Network ...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:22:00 PST

My 7 State Vacation with Marlana (long blog)

This vacation was inspired by the love and companionship that my friends and loved one wanted me to take...  We all had alot of fun!  Note that Marlana spent ALOT of money on it, so I just w...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:13:00 PST

A poem for Marlana.

I wrote this poem for Marlana... "The Distance Is Not To Scale" by Eric Villasenor African textbooks and Italian wine, Fear of disease and driving cars that aren't mine. Living in huts and hostels a...
Posted by Eric on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:54:00 PST

Concert List...

Recently I found this list I kept of all the shows/concerts Ive been to in my life, plus I added a few more that I will be seeing this month.  Here we go... Theres no way I can remember the dates...
Posted by Eric on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:54:00 PST