Howdy! My name is Erika, and I think my name is much cooler with a "k" than all those other "c" Ericas out there. It's more appealing to write and look at. Now that we have that established...
I am 19 years old and I'm currently on break from college for the summer. I have no idea what I want to do with my life. I've changed my major three times now? Yeah, that sounds about right. This stems from the fact that I'm not a very decisive person. Just ask anyone who has ever gone anywhere with me. "Where do you want to eat?" "I don't know where do YOU want to eat." "I don't know..." Actually, it doesn't sound like my friends are very decisive then either!

I don't really want to write out an actual autobiography here. That would be boring for you and very difficult for me because my memory is faulty. I guess it could make for an interesting fictional piece if I really set my mind to it! So I'll just do one of those listy things like everyone else to give you a small snippet of who I am. I've got a list going in my journal that could take up pages. The following is the "abridged" version. Really.

Loves: My family, my kitties, food, my LOTR action figures (I'm not even going to tell you how many I have now - it's disgusting) Survivor, The Mole, macaroni and cheese, grilled stuffed burritos, Scrubs, Christmas, Halloween, anything with cream cheese, iris, bluebirds and hummingbirds, baseball hats, oyster dressing, quiche, playing piano, Good Eats (it's a show), reading, spinach artichoke dip, stuffed animals, raw cookie dough, my brother (sometimes), alone time, fettucini alfredo, books, kayaking, manicotti, card/board games, video games (Zelda!), Chinese food, cat massages, fireworks, verbena, dangly earrings, and correct me if I'm mistaken, but did I say food?

Books: The Golden Compass trilogy, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, the Harry Potter books, Empire Falls, John Grisham books, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Giving Tree, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Chris Van Allsburg books.

Movies: Lord of the Rings trilogy, Signs, About a Boy, Gattaca, Nicholas Nickleby, Eternal Sunshine..., Panic Room, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Matrix, Anne of Green Gables, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, That Thing You Do, and Jane Austin movies.

Music: NICKEL CREEK, Chris Thile, Sean Watkins, Sara Watkins (whenever she puts out a solo album!), Ben Folds (Five), Coldplay, Josh Groban, ALL Christmas music, BNL, John Mayer, Keane, Third Eye Blind, Alison Krauss + Union Station, Gavin DeGraw, Eva Cassidy.

Abhor: People who spit their gum onto the ground because I will inevitably step in it. Jason Alexander (why do they keep giving him shows?), Carrot Top, Eminem, and all the other completely annoying people out there. Donald Trump's hair because when you have that much money, you shouldn't look that bad. Old men that marry young women. Young women that marry old men. Cold feet (in the literal sense, and maybe the other one...), mail in rebates, commercial breaks that last so long I've forgotten what I'm watching, and formal school dances. I shudder at the thought.

ouch! :: be good