~~~~~~~~~~About Me~~~~~~~~~~
- What is your entire name? Eric Rodriguez
- How old are you? 27
- Your zodiac/horoscope and if you think it fits your personality: Taurus, it usually reflects qualities I have but it’s just coincidence. The zodiac/horoscope is hokum.
- What did you do on your last birthday? There was a zombie pub crawl in my town. So I dressed as a Zombie Golfer and bar hopped with a friend.
- What is your hair color? Auburn/Red
- Have you ever dyed your hair? Yes, I dyed it green because I went as the Joker from The Dark Knight for Halloween ‘09.
- What is your eye color? Dark Brown
- If you could change your eye color, would you? Blue or green eyes would be nice to have and go well with my red hair.
- Do you wear contacts/glasses? No, but I probably should.
- Your opinion about your body and how confortable you are with it: I feel it’s quite average. I’m happy with what I have, but I could improve it.
- Have you ever considered plastic surgery? What would you alter about your body? I think my lips are too big and have thought about having them reduced, but I will never do it.
- Say 8 facts about your body: I’m 5’9”, 165lbs., I have red hair, I’m half Mexican and Norwegian with a little German on each side, I have a 4x2 in. birthmark on my left arm, I have 3 scars and they each took 8 stitches to sew up, I have bad knees from wrestling, I have had facial hair since November ‘09.
- Do you have any tattoos? No
- Do you have any piercings? No
- Left or right handed? Right
- What’s your sexual orientation? Straight
- Do you drink? Yes
- Do you smoke? I used to occasionally smoke cigars, I now smoke a tobacco pipe from time to time.
- Do you have any pets? A cat named Cole.
- Do you have any “rules” about food? I’m a little OCD so I do things like eat the ends of hotdogs and oblong sandwiches and the outside of hamburgers saving the middle for the last bite.
- Where are you from? I was born in Mission, Texas. Lived in Monterrey, Mexico until I was 5. Then moved to Moorhead, Minnesota and have lived here since.
- What would you say is your best quality? I’m helpful, if someone needs help moving I’m willing to help, if they need a ride somewhere I’m happy to take them where they need to go.
- What do you think you’re really good at? Nothing, I’m quite average at everything and I’m quite fine with that.
- What do you think you’re really bad at? Art and music, I can’t draw/paint and I’m bad at keeping time with the beat.
- What talent do you wish you’d been born with? To play musical instruments.
- Are you a bad person? No, I try to be as helpful as I can be even if there is no benefit to me.
- Are you nice to everyone? Yes, unless they do something to hurt someone.
- Has someone ever spread a nasty rumor about you? Not that I can think of.
- What is your ideal bed? Why? A king size memory foam bed, so I have lots of room to stretch out in.
- Did you wake up cranky? If I don’t get enough sleep sometimes I do.
- Do you sleep with a stuffed toy? No
- What do you think about the most? Religion is my main focus right now I’m a staunch atheist.
- Share 2 habits: I crack my joints a lot and enjoy playing with the end of material like on shirts.
- What you want to be when you “get older”? I enjoy delivering. I have worked at a pizza and sub shop as a delivery man.
- What are your career goals? Find a job that will make me enough to support a family and give health benefits.
- What is your ideal career? Working for a package delivery company like Fedex or DHL.
- Is your life anything like it was two years ago? Yes
- Do you replay things that have happened in your head? All the time
- Have you ever had an imaginary friend? No
- Say 10 facts about your room: I have 16 boxes of comic books in it, it’s about 25x20 ft, it’s in the basement, there is a fruit room connected to it, I have an ironing board in it, I have a mini-fridge in it, it’s usually cold, the walls and ceiling are white, the door won’t close properly, it is quite messy.
- Do you have any phobias? No
- Have you ever been to a psychiatrist/therapist? No
- Are you allergic to anything? If so, what? No
- Ever broken any bones? No
- Ever come close to death? No
- Things you like and dislike about yourself: Like: red hair, mustache, I’m pretty strong. Dislike: Lips, I have short fingers, I’m currently very out of shape.
- A random fact about yourself: I’m half Mexican.
- Do you have a facebook? Yes, here, add me if you want.
- Do you have any pictures on your Facebook? Yes
- A quote you try to live by: With great power comes great responsibility.
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~~~~~~~~~~Favorites~~~~~~~~~~
- What is your favorite thing to do? Currently it’s Tumblr, I’m meeting some good people here.
- What’s your favorite color? Red
- What’s your favorite band/singer? Currently it’s Josh Ritter.
- What’s your favorite movie? The Dark Knight
- What are your favorite books? The Lost World by Michael Crichton, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, all of H.P. Lovecraft’s stories.
- What is your favorite quote and why? I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious - Albert Einstein. It describes me perfectly.
- What is your favorite type of food? Pizza
- You favorite ice cream? Vanilla
- What’s your favorite animal? Wolves
- Dogs or cats? Dogs
- Describe your favourite texture: Any shirt material that I can play with the edge of.
- What is your favorite season? Summer
- What are the top five places you wish you could go before you die? Southern California, New York, UK/Europe, Africa, India.
- What are four things you can’t live without and why? Milk, I love the taste. Computer, it’s a revolutionary invention. Pizza, I love the taste, I could eat it everyday. A pet, they are great companions.
- What’s your favorite television show? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Favorite place to shop at? Thrift Stores
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~~~~~~~~~~Family, childhood and places~~~~~~~~~~
- Say 4 facts about your parents: My mom is a Spanish teacher, my dad is a football coach, they have been married 29 years, my dad was born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Are you more like your mom or your dad? Mom
- Do you have any siblings? A younger brother
- What’s your relationship like with your family? I argue with them a lot, if I had a mortal enemy it would be my brother.
- Say 7 facts about your childhood: I grew up in Monterrey, Mexico, I was bi-lingual until we moved to Minnesota, I had a seizure when I was a couple months old, I had tubes in my ears beacause of bad ear infections, my first video game system was an Atari, my grandparents helped raise me, I was the main character in a home movie my cousins made when I was a couple years old.
- The best and the worst childhood memories: Best: In a junior high wrestling practice everyone competed to see who could last the longest supporting themselves on their hands with their feet up on a wall and I lasted the longest. Worst: I was sledding and went off a jump when I landed the back of the sled hit me in the back and I couldn’t get my breath back, I thought I was going to pass out.
- Say 6 facts about your home town: It’s on the western border of Minnesota, we won the worst weather in the US last year, it has a population of 30,000, The Red River makes up the border and separates us from Fargo, ND, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper died on their way to Moorhead to play a show, 10,000 years ago it was under the Lake Agassiz glacier.
- Where would you like to live? California
- What would your dream house be like? A converted missile silo.
- Where would you go on your dream vacation? Africa to go on a safari.
- Where you want to be right now? The UK, I’ve met people on here I want to visit.
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~~~~~~~~~~Relationships~~~~~~~~~~
- The last person you hugged? My mom
- Who was your first kiss with? A girl that lived on the corner of the block my grandparents lived on. We were 6 I think.
- Do you like kissing in public? No, I don’t think other people should have to see me kissing.
- Have you ever kissed someone older than you? Yes
- You have a preference for men or women? Women
- Do you believe in love at first sight? I believe in lust at first sight not love. You have to get to know someone before you can love them.
- Do you believe in soul mates? No
- What is your idea of the perfect date? Dinner and a movie
- What is the first thing you noticed in someone? Their nose, I don’t know why.
- Are looks important in a relationship? Yes, you have to be attracted to the person you are with.
- What’s the most superficial characteristic you look for? I like women with a strong jaw line.
- What’s your opinion on age differences in relationships? I find the formula half your age plus seven is a good rule. If a woman shares a lot in common with me then as long as they are over 18.
- Would you ever date someone off of the Internet? Yes
- Five guys/girls whom you find attractive: Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Alba, Emmy Rossum, Lizzy caplan, Kat Dennings
- Do you have a crush on anyone? I’m always crushing on someone.
- Do you think someone has feelings for you? Probably not
- Do you think someone is thinking about you right now? Probably not
- Have you ever cried over a guy/girl? No
- Have you ever wanted someone you couldn’t have? Yes
- Have you ever liked someone you didn’t expect to? Yes
- Have you ever liked one of your best friends? No
- Has anyone told you they don’t want to ever lose you? No
- Is there a boy/girl who you would do absolutely everything for? Yes
- Is there someone you will never forget? Yes
- Say five ways to win your heart: Play video games, like to debate, like science, like to read, be athletic.
- What turns you on? When they can keep up to or beat me in video games, a woman that takes charge, a woman that is sarcastic.
- What turns you off? Women who care mainly about their looks, that don’t like to read, and aren’t open-minded.
- What is the sexiest thing someone could ever do for/to you? I love having a massage.
- Have you ever written a song or poem for someone? Have you had one written for you? No
- What’s the sweetest thing you’ve ever done for someone? I drove to another state to see a girl.
- Are you in love? No
- Are you in a relationship? No
- Are relationships ever worth it? Yes
- Can you commit to one person? Yes
- Do you think you can last in a relationship for 6 months and not cheat? Yes
- Do you ever want to get married? Yes
- Do you think you’ll be married in 5 years? Probably not
- Future names of your children: Boys: Alexander (I want to call him Zander though), Oliver. Girls: Isabel, Sophia, Alexandra, Alice.
- Do you get jealous easily? No
- What is your definition of cheating? Kissing someone without the person you are with knowing or consenting to it and everything more then that.
- Have you ever been cheated on? No
- Do you forgive betrayal? Depends on what they did.
- Have you ever cheated on someone? No
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~~~~~~~~~~Music, movies and books~~~~~~~~~~
- How often do you listen to music? Daily
- What kind of music you like? Folk and Bluegrass
- Do you like to dance? No
- What was the first concert/show you attended? The Eagles when I was 10 or so, my moms church was doing concessions.
- Share a song that takes you to a certain memory in the past: The album Crash by the Dave Matthews Band. I would play it everytime I played the video game Oddworld.
- A song that’s been stuck in your head: Adele’s Someone Like You.
- A book you want to read/have recently read: The Hobbit and Atlas Shrugged.
- Last movie you just watched: The Dark Knight
- Do you like watching what type of movies? Superhero movies
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~~~~~~~~~~Situations and crazy things~~~~~~~~~~
- You’re in a tattoo parlor about to get inked. What are you getting done? The spider on the front of Spider-Man’s outfit in the middle of my chest.
- If you could be any character, from any literary work, who would you choose to be? Legolas from The Lord of the Rings.
- You’re given $10,000…under one condition: you cannot keep the money for yourself. Who would you give it to? Give it to my parents, but if I can’t give it to family I would split it among atheist organizations.
- If you had to go back in time and change one thing, what would it be? Go to some point in the 1400-1600’s and explain all the science and medicine we’ve learned.
- If you had to delete one year of your life completely, which would it be? The last one, I really didn’t do anything.
- What is the first curse word that comes to mind? Damn it
- What the last party you went to was… and when the next will be… I went to a bar for New Year’s. A girl I know went to India, I will probaly see her when she gets back.
- Halloween costume idea? Viking
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~~~~~~~~~~Opinions and beliefs~~~~~~~~~~
- Is the cup half full or half empty for you right now? Half Full
- Do you believe in fate/destiny? No
- What you wish for on 11:11? Nothing
- Do you consider yourself lucky? What’s your good luck charm? Yes, I don’t have one.
- Do you believe in aliens or life on other planets? Yes, but I don’t believe aliens have ever made contact with us.
- What is your religion, if any? I’m an agnostic atheist/anti-theist
- Would you go against your moral code for money? No
- What’s more important to you: strength of the body or strength of the mind? Strength of the mind
- How important you think education is? Very, why someone wouldn’t want to learn everything possible is beyond me.
- If you were the president, what would you do? Get rid of the current system we have and change to more of a council system. The council would be made up of advisers from: Military, Science, Economics, and a few other sectors. They would be elected by people in their own field.
- If you could change one thing in the world, what would you change? Work towards unifying the world and getting rid of hunger and sickness.
- Is it the thought that counts? Or is that phrase circumstantial? There are times when there is nothing you can do, but saying something positive shows that you care.
- If you only had 24 hours to live, what would you do? Say goodbye to all the family members I can then go have a drink with my friends.
- Which movie character do you most identify with and why? Spider-Man I try to live my life by the same code he does.
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~~~~~~~~Feelings and Others~~~~~~~~~~
- Are you a procrastinator or do you get things done early? Major Procrastinator
- Say 5 things you love unconditionally: Animals, my mom, information, making someone else happy, talking.
- What motivates you in life? It’s the only life I have so I have to do what makes me happy for as long as I can.
- Share the story of something that makes you smile: Beating two guys that had better records then I did in my last high school wrestling tournament.
- Something you always think “what if…” about: What if my parents ha stayed in Mexico and I grew up there.
- Something/someone that you miss: My dog Tootsie she was the best pet I have ever had.
- What is your saddest memory? My mother’s grandparents dying.
- One of the hardest moments in your life: Death of my mother’s grandparents.
- Is there something that happened in your past that you hate talking about? No
- Share one of your fears/insecurities: Never finding someone to have a relationship with.
- Something you’re currently worrying about: Finding a job.
- Have you done something you regret very much? Dropping out of college.
- Does anyone hate you? My dad or brother.
- Do you hate anyone? My brother.
- Are you good at hiding your feelings? Yes
- What’s something you hide about your personality? I’ve been depressed lately.
- How do you approach social situations? Awkwardly
- Are you a social or an antisocial person? Social, I like to talk to talk to people I know or that talk to me but I’m terrible at talking to people I don’t know.
- Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Extrovert with friends and family. Introvert with people I don’t know well.
- Do you care if people talk badly about you? If I care about the person, yes.
- How do you deal with criticism? I’m pretty good at assesing what they are saying about me and making changes accordingly.
- How you hope your future will be like? Find a stable job, marry, and have kids. I don’t need much.
- What’s something that scares you about the future? Finding a job I don’t do well with finding jobs and rejection from jobs.
- One thing you’re excited for: Beard and mustache contest in February and Zombie Pub Crawl in May.
- Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? Yes
- Who is your celebrity crush? Lizzy Caplan
