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eric steven

i can't wait to marry her.

About Me

i used to have a lot of faith in the human race. even as a cynic. i believed that people had the ability to show you something wonderful if you gave them the chance. now i'm not so sure. there must be something to it ...

or is it just me?

don't get me wrong. i don't hate everyone. i have people that have never betrayed me. people that care for no better reason than they do. people who laugh at my romantic, and yet cynical rants. who have never lied to me to "protect me" which in all realities means they are just covering their own ass. and these people in my life are cherished. they are the measure to which i hold the rest of the world...

... and the rest of the world is sorely lacking.
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My Interests

music, run-on sentences, seeing live bands of all shapes and sizes, actual cds & records, blue jeans, black t-shirts, motorcycle boots, liquor, literature, movies, sad songs, coffee & cigarettes.

I'd like to meet:

besides her?

robots, ninjas, c.h.u.d. (s), goonies, people who like to be cynical, people who don't get annoyed when i talk too much, people who'll talk to me without that certain disdain, friends i can relate to, people who won't try and insinuate that my age and the level of progress in "life" are entirely disparate and fans of foriegn genre/crime/detective/noir films.

... and David Eggers.

These people make Scranton an interesting place. In fact, it is so interesting (and cheap!) that we'll be staying to save up some bucks.

Music:

ryan adams, icarus line, damien rice, kings of leon, snow patrol, seu jorge, arcade fire, rolling stones, led zeppelin, eagles of death metal, queens of the stone age, mastodon, jawbox, devendra banhart, lucero, iron & wine, modest mouse, beck, rufus wainright, jawbreaker, jets to brazil, tv on the radio, my morning jacket, van morrisoon, otis redding, sam cooke, tom waits, gogogo airheart, t.rex, royal trux, pussy galore, holy kiss, black rebel motorcycle club, murder city devils, hot hot heat, buzzcocks, ministry, skinny puppy, damned, bauhaus, pretty girls make graves, joy division, these arms are snakes, jesus lizard, minus the bear, television, public image limited, milemarker, chromatics, soiled doves, blood brothers, ilya, morrissey/the smiths, the mars volta, the faint, the rapture, del the funkyhomosapien, atmosphere, sage francis, rjd2, aesop rock, canibal ox, pharcyde, mc paul barman, anticon, dead and gone, high on fire, slayer, converge, jeff buckley, radiohead, elliot smith, ours, portishead

Movies:

closer life aquatic, royal tenenbaums, rushmore, bottle rocket (I like Wes Anderson!), intolerable cruelty, i heart huckabees, shaun of the dead, clay pigeons, se7en, fight club, basquiat, wild at heart, blue velvet, foriegn films, anything with kung-fu, ninjas or whatever, really lowbrow humor, and then a bunch of "good" stuff. You know, CQ, Fear and Loathing in LAs Vegas, Skinny Puppy vidoes, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Brazil, Munchausen, Time Bandits, Goonies, Lost Boys, any of the Bond films, donnie darko, state of grace, man bites dog, naked lunch, .... Its a long list. I've seen a lot. Can you tell I have no life?

Television:

food network, mythbusters, LOST

Books:

house of leaves, kerouac, nick hornby, the odyssey, howard zinn, william s. burroughs, HELLBOY, john constantine: hellblazer, the sandman, please kill me: an oral history of punk, irvine welsh, bret easton ellis, hemingway, faulkner, t.s. elliot, series of unfortuneate events, harry potter, cometbus, how i became stupid - martin page, chuck klosterman, books about france and the french language, biographies ...

Heroes:



jay ryan

my dad in the seventies. rockin' a full beard, torn jeans, a lumberjack shirt and knee high black leatheer mocasins. fuck , he USED to be cool. now he's just my dad, but i love him. oh and .... jeff buckley, morrissey, jack keruoac, bruce springsteen, tom waits and james dean. men who were capable of a range of emotions and generally didn't give a fuck.

My Blog

i'm dancing around in my seat.

this is the greatest news ever. now I can relax about getting one of those awesome phones and then not be able to use it fully since i run OSX and most smartphones run on Windows Mobile. as soon as th...
Posted by eric steven on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 05:18:00 PST

suggest something.

So my taste has swung again.  I do this all the time, but this time I'm going to experiment.  I have been listening to mostly hip-hop, downtempo, trip-hop (late nineties represent!) & so...
Posted by eric steven on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:47:00 PST

best unintentionally funny website ever.

http://www.culthelp.info/
Posted by eric steven on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:30:00 PST

updating

Kelly & I have been trying to figure out what we're doing come this summer when we both graduate.  Obviously we're getting married in July and before that, seeking gainful employment.  W...
Posted by eric steven on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:37:00 PST

drinking is fun when you follow the rules.

Things a Man Should Know About Drinking   1.       There is no such thing as a chocolate martini. 2.       There is no shame in club s...
Posted by eric steven on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:54:00 PST

what i'd like to do for the rest of my life.

gnarls barkley are responsible for some of the most creative pieces of motion video i've seen in a while. if i could somehow end up doing this for $, i'd be one happy man....
Posted by eric steven on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:26:00 PST

discuss it amoungst yourselves.

I am asking for a response to a question.Should there be ANY restriction to the first amendment at all?  This comes in response to my feelings about the websites described in the following newswe...
Posted by eric steven on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:55:00 PST

beats is life.


Posted by eric steven on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:17:00 PST

apparently i'm not cool enough to be their "friend"

i've had a standing request with the bands wolf parade and okkervil river for at least a month now.  they have logged in since my request.  what the hell?!  in my mind the disemination ...
Posted by eric steven on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:21:00 PST

Funny if you like kids. Which I do ...

Things a Man Should Know: About Fatherhood   1.       Don't worry, your dad didn't know what he was doing, either. 2.       No, no--no...
Posted by eric steven on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:27:00 PST