I am not now, nor have I ever been a member of the Communist Party. I'm a vegetarian, but not the preachy kind. I'm a bit of a hedonist. I spent essentially my entire adult life in Duluth, MN, followed by a brief stint in St Louis, MO, and am now settling in in the Bay Area. I play with databases for money and the heads of small-minded people for my own amusement. I travel a lot for both work and pleasure. I take more pictures than any 3 people you know. I spend a frighteningly large amount of my time reading or in art museums, and I can name all 7 dwarves.
I like to accost random people (preferably, though not always with the above average Jonathan - ladies, he's single) and make them get their picture taken with my Justin Timberlake bobblehead (read about it here ). A fitting hobby for a former phone psychic (they're all frauds, kids)
I'm an horrid grammar snob, and delight in dropping British idiom and Bob Dylan references into my day to day conversation just to see who notices.
I blog a lot - you can see some of my better blogging here and here . Meantime, here's some general info in a quiz from August 2006:
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Ernie
Birthday: 6/26/73
Birthplace: Two Harbors, MN
Current Location: St Louis, MO
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blond/brown
Height: 193 cm
Right Handed or Left Handed: right
Your Heritage: ½ Italian/½ everything else
The Shoes You Wore Today: $10 flip flops
Your Weakness: kryptonite used books
Your Fears: Dying alone.
Also Trix
Your Perfect Pizza: Spicy mock duck, pineapple, garlic, banana peppers
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Get a Victrola and some Al Bowlly 78s
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: "Yeh" because I guess I don't want to type 4 whole letters
Thoughts First Waking Up: Sweet christ - is it morning already
Your Best Physical Feature: I'd say eyebrows, my ex insisted it was my eyes - let's say the region between my nose and forehead
Your Bedtime: 2-3 am
Your Most Missed Memory: Helping my Gram w/wordfinds
Pepsi or Coke: Coke - in fact, for all "Pepsi or x" questions, it'll always be x where x is anything less disgusting than a glass of warm ferret spit. Depending on the ferret. Not that Coke isn't great.
McDonalds or Burger King: BK - they have a veggie burger and better toys
Single or Group Dates: Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: I have no preference - I usually make my own
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate everything else
Cappuccino or Coffee: neither
Do you Smoke: no
Do you Swear: like a drunken sailor er-lie in the morning
Do you Sing: I wouldn't grace the noises I make with that term, no
Do you Shower Daily: usually
Have you Been in Love: yes
Do you want to go to College: not really
Do you want to get Married: not really
Do you belive in yourself: in everything except matters of the heart
Do you get Motion Sickness: only on amusement park rides
Do you think you are Attractive: more so than Joseph Merrick was, anyhow
Are you a Health Freak: somewhat, but I love chocolate and cheese (the Ween album and the actual foods)
Do you get along with your Parents: Yes
Do you like Thunderstorms: More than just about anything
Do you play an Instrument: I can sound ok on the harmonica. But so can you. Or your dog. Or your ceiling fan.
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: no
In the past month have you Smoked: no
In the past month have you been on Drugs: no
In the past month have you gone on a Date: maybe - it depends on how you define date, I guess
&..39;In the past month have you gone to a Mall:' no
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: Dear g-d no. Oreos aren't good. I know you disagree - you're wrong
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: yes
In the past month have you been on Stage: no
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: yes - salt and pepper shakers from an awful restaurant
Ever been Drunk: yes
Ever been called a Tease: yes
Ever been Beaten up: once when I was 9
Ever Shoplifted: yes
Favorite Grain: Barley
How do you want to Die: peacefully in my bed 80 or 90 years from now
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: content
What country would you most like to Visit: I've been most places I'd like to visit. Maybe Russia, otherwise Italy or France again.
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Green
Favourite Hair Color: Red
Short or Long Hair: either
Height: shorter than me is all I care about
Weight: slender to a few extra pounds
Best Clothing Style: anything distinctive
Number of Drugs I have taken: zero
Number of CDs I own: 2 or 3 hundred
Number of Piercings: 0
Number of Tattoos: 0
Number of things in my Past I Regret: let's say 6
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