Introduction

My name is Erin, and I come from a very large, very red-headed, Irish Catholic family.  I imagine my Christmas vacations to be similar to those of the Weasley's.  I'm from Austin and a piece of my heart will always be there.  It is my inspiration for everything and no matter what, I will end up back there eventually.  I house a commune of close friends in my mother's living room during the Austin City Limits music festival every year and hoard Kerbey Lane's pumpkin pancake mix in my kitchen cabinet.  

I like dresses, tattoos, drumming (I am not good), dance parties, Shirley Temples, nail polish, Archie comics, yearbooks, Andy Warhol, karma, Oprah Winfrey, recycling, Wabi-Sabi, fashion, macaroni, pumpkin flavored things, writing, music, and reading.  

People tend to make me turn off my choice in music a few minutes into most road trips.  Some of my favorite bands are The Format, Tegan and Sara, The Kings of Leon, and Jefferson Airplane.  I have two favorite books.  The first is Peter Pan by J. M. Barri, and the second is Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer.  I don't like talking about either book because they make me feel weirdly vulnerable. 

I love writing.  I have worked as a Writing Associate at TCU for the past year and have wanted to work (not necessarily write) for a magazine since I was 12.  I still have the magazine article that planted that idea in my mind.  People either love what I write (my mother and my freshman year writing professor/boss), or hate what I write (every teacher I have ever had prior to college, and my sophomore and junior year writing professors). My writing style has been described as sassy and haiku-like, which I like to think means I write with rhythm. 

I secretly love blogging. 

-E