I like these things:
Love, Passion, Music, Creating, Nature, Adventuring, Climbing stuff, dancing...

I'm a pretty easy going person, I like to have fun and act goofy. I can be sarcastic and I tend to have a dark sense of humor. At times I'm also very serious and hard headed--I'm a skeptical person and question everything.
I like women with similar interests, they don't have to be artistic but like-minded would be nice. I tend to like alternative style and attitude. someone that goes against the grain somewhat ( Hipster girls are super cute...unless they're not or bitches. Also, I don't know what hipster means anymore--just be cool). I'm not interested in drama and I also feel that honesty is one of the most important things in a relationship as well as cuddling and hugs--also very important:)

Also important: If you claim to litter all the time-- do not bother writing to me because I will consider you a lazy, pathetic, wast-of-space human being...the end.

I'm an artist and have been since I was four--professionally trained (6 years of college, BFA from Webster University) and I'm currently finishing a new body of work (large scale figurative oil paintings). The plan is to shop this body of work around to different galleries in Chicago next year. In the mean time--crappy jobs for income:( The cliched--starving artist for now.

I do a lot of photography as well-- I'm trying to get job at SLU in their Museums department--I'm hoping to get an interview soon. I'm also looking for photo editing jobs or some kind of Graphic Design/ Art Director job--I've applied to several places--if you know of anything...hit me up:)

Website of my work: www.ericridge.com

Creating things, climbing things, watching things, dancing on things, eating things, kissing....things, sleeping...and more things.

That I still have all my extremities
That I'm apparently, not very approachable.
My Septum I guess
I have silver hairs--they have been developing since I was 18

[Books] Sirens Of Titan, Island, Breakfast Of Champions, Fever Chart, Cats Cradle, Grapes of Wrath, Catcher In The Rye, Slaughterhouse Five, A Brave New World, Diary, Survivor, Choke, 1984, many many artist books, comic books...anything Dr. Seuss, anything Shel Silverstein...

[Music]: MORE RECENTLY... Aesop Rock, Rio En Medio, MGMT, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Broken Bells, Dead man's Bones, St. Vincent, Niko Case, Belle and Sebastien, Goldfrapp, CocoRosie, Joanna Newsom, King Crimson, Explosions In The Sky, Devandra Banhart, Cat Power, Arcade Fire, Regina Spektor, Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah, The Decemberist, Muse,......RADIOHEAD is probably still my favorite band.

[Film]: MORE RECENTLY…Beauty Is Embarrassing, Moonrise Kingdom, Prometheus, Tree Of Life, Super Eight, Holy Mountain, Santa Sangre, Blow Out, Black Swan, True Grit, Bicycle Thief, Machete, Taxi to the Dark side, Man on Wire, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Avatar, Anti-Christ, Where the Wild Things Are, Let The Right One In, The Triplets Of Belleville, The Wrestler, Coraline, Watchmen, Encounters at the End of the World, Grizzly Man, My Winnipeg, Mr. Lonely...
(OLDER ->) The Dark Knight, Larz and The Real Girl, Juno, The Darjeeling Limited, There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old Men, Sweeney Todd, Micheal Clayton, The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes, Lily Chou Chou, The Life Aquatic, The GrindHouse, Tideland, The Squid and The Whale, Stroszek, The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada, An Inconvient Truth, Who Killed The Electric Car, Babel, Alice, Little Otik, Science of Sleep, Pan’s Labyrinth, Children of Men, The Proposition, The Fountain, Inland Empire, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, Elephant man, Eraserhead, Lonesome Jim, The Fastest Indian, Little Miss Sunshine, Dead Man's Shoes, Dead Man, A Scanner darkly, The Corporation, In The Realms Of The Unreal ....

Oxygen, Water, Good food, Love, sex, Art (Fine art/Music/film/writing...) This order is mixed around depending on the day.

Painting, drawing, photography, poetry, music, film, trees, climbing, love, truth, playing with hair, kissing, hugging, cuddling, sex, dreams, nightmares, color, people, coffee, black raspberry pie, apple pie, milk shakes, Italian food, Vietnamese food, Thai food, good food, spices, chocolate, soft skin, trampolines, good beer, vodka, dancing, acting stupid, sledding, sarcasm, dry humor, goofy humor, potty humor, weird things, gnarled things, sand castles, windy trees, exploring.

Rock climbing, hanging with friends, concert, bar, art opening, Movie, or just chilling at home.

Ummm fake boobs are a huge turn off! Also--fake people, fake face (overly used make-up) and fake plastic trees...however, that song is heart wrenchingly beautiful.

I can't stand the show Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia! The Charlie Kelly character makes me cringe. I do however like the show Workaholics--which is a pretty stupid show-HA

You read my profile and think we have like-minds.
You can support and understand my goals for art
which I take very seriously.
You're attractive, in good shape and like adventure.
I'm not interested in women with kids--sorry.
I'm not interested in religious close minded folk--not sorry.