I'm a Ramblin' Man...
I have a tough time considering myself as an actual American. Probably because I lived most of my life outside the continental U.S.; if you ever talked to me you would have a tough time pin-pointing where I'm from because my accent is so screwed up; I jsut recently found out what IHOP and Sonic were (within the past year or so); on the way to school in Italy, we counted prostitutes; I've been able to drink legally since I was eleven, but have been driving legally for 8 months; I just hopped on a train to Rome for my 18th birthday; I'm well aquainted with every race, religion, and culture; fieldtrips in Hawaii consisted of whalewatching, in Naples we went to operas and hundred-plus year old museums, and in Indiana, we ewnt to farms and a cow almost ate my jacket; I can insult you in about 5 different languages; I've built playgrounds in Slovakia during 3 of my spring breaks; I never knew what White Castle was until Harold and kumar went there; just to get on base for school or shopping or what have you, I had to go through a highly secure gate that was constantly guarded and I had to show identification everywhere; i had more frequent flyer miles by the time i was 2 than most adults today; my friendships face-to-face tend to last a few months to three years; my relatives call me The Foreigner; I'm not used to hanging out with a majority of white people; I'm probably the most eclectic person you'll ever meet; I drive and eat like an Italian; I've gone to more markets than malls; I've had my fine share of road trips; I went to Dublin, Ireland for St. Patty's Day; my softball tournament was held in Poland; when school was canceled in naples, it was usually due to trash strikes; when I graduated, my whole class (which only consisted of 65 people) dispersed across the world; I grew up in a third-world country; I was Captain of the only Marching Band in DODDS Europe schooling; I've had thousands of close call accidents in the streets and on the tangenziali in napoli; I hate American pizza; during 9/11 my housing was under strict guard by our military for about 2 months; I've seen countless vespas/mopads with four or more people on it; there are speed-limits, but they aren't inforced in Naples; back in naples, we only had 8 channels; I graduated in a castle and my prom was at a hooka bar (including a camel); I know how to hit on someone in Slovak... whateverlife.com
I've never had a song written about me.
I've never had a childhood friend.
I've never heard of White Castle until Harold and Kumar did.
Check me out on Myspace or Facebook, under the name 'Alicia Eckert'
MSN: chinese_chipmunk12@yahoo.com
Jul 31, 2008
So i truly can't believe I don't write about my life more often? I mean, just so I can blab about nonsense, rather than stare at my baby yellow and white walls or throw things into my fan to see what happens. It's summer I guess? I mean, I remember summers being fun. …
How To Steal a Million, Eagle vs. Shark, The Science of Sleep, Transformers, Little Miss Sunshine, all Will Ferrel movies....
M.I.A., Santogold, !!!Devendra Banhart!!, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Sigur Ros, Madonna, !!!Sufjan Stevens!!!, Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Simon and Garfunkel, Flogging Molly, Gnarls Barkley, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Ratatat, Busdriver!!!, Explosions in the Sky, Steve Miller Band, Foxy Shazam, Metro Station, Circa Survive, Underoath, Bloc Party, Forgive Durden, Sky Eats Airplane, Dance Gavin Dance, FREEZEPOP, Frou Frou/Imogen Heap, From a Second Story Window, Gym Class Heroes, Heavy Heavy Low Low, Wolfmother, Adisson Road, Bob Dylan, Catpower, Three Thirty Plan, Razorlight, pretty much any band starting with 'The', such as The Strokes, The Vines, The Used, The Cure, The Sounds, The Umbrellas, The Thermals, The Shins, The Eagles, The Aquabats, The Knife, The Arcade Fire, The Audition, The Ataris, The B-52's, The Bens, The Cardigans, The Cramps, The Cranberries, The Cure, The Darkness, The Deer Hunter, The Donnas, The Dresden Dolls, The Exies, The Films, The Flaming Lips, The Format, The fratelli's, The Get Up Kids, The Graduate, The Horrors, The human Abstract, The Hush Sound, The Killers, The Klaxons, The magic numbers, The magnetic fields, The Mile After, The Mint Chicks, The New Pornographers, The Notwist, The Number 12 Looks Like You, The oohlahs, The Pipettes, The Postal Service, The Promise ring, The Radio Dept., The Rakes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, i'll keep goin.
Shifty Imp, Mar 16, 2009:
Oh. Well I figured since you lived in Huntington that you would go to HU, because that is apparently what a lot of you Huntington Northers do. Or so I've learned. :)
HU is treating me real nice. I enjoy it. How's IPFW treating you? What's your major?
Shifty Imp, Mar 14, 2009:
I sure do. Do you?
Ragz, Feb 2, 2009:
Do you like it?
Ragz, Feb 2, 2009:
Dag, that's some weekend. Way busier than mine. I hate closing and then having to open the next morning. It sucks. Then work on your B-day? *sigh* At least you have a party. =D
Where do you work?
Ragz, Feb 2, 2009:
Awesome! Happy 20th!
Things are busy with school as always. These two major related classes take up a lot of time. I'm already looking forward to the end of the semester. heh
Ragz, Feb 2, 2009:
Is it for serious your birthday? I just so happened to check out MySpace and I saw your birthday was today. HAPPY B-DAY!
Ragz, Feb 2, 2009:
Hey, it's been awhile. What're you up to? How've you been?
Jairoglyph, Sep 10, 2008:
I didn't even get a happy birthday text from you. super sad face! and I thought we had a connection!! hahaha!
Jairoglyph, Aug 29, 2008:
definitely! I'm actually going on my own road trip starting tomorrow. just driving aimlessly (sort of) in search of adventure. who knows where I'll end up. if you have any suggestions on where to go I would love to hear them :)
Jairoglyph, Aug 29, 2008:
the band is starting t o do some out of town shows. it has been a slow process, but we are getting there. who knows? maybe indiana will be on the itinerary for some much needed rocking out!