Erin The Great

Welcome to the insane rantings of my life’s experience. For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Erin and I’m from the lush green metropolis that is Oregon.

I’m very proud to say that I’m from a place where the air is clean and the water is clear. Where you can go swimming in a lake and not wonder if you’ll come out with an extra eye or limb. A place where the 60’s hippie movement never died and people still fight to save things that won’t really matter in about 10 years or so. I guess as long as you’re fighting for something, it makes it all worthwhile.

In my 25 years on this planet I’ve seen a lot of things. I was alive when computer screens where still green and white and the game ‘The Oregon Trail’ had the coolest graphics. Where the Atari ruled the world and sporting the mullet/rat tail combo was the height of sophistication, with it’s clean business like front and a full on party in the back.

I remember watching Vanilla Ice getting down and funky with the ninja turtles and thinking ‘wow, that guy has got some moves’ while I joyfully tried imitating him in my tank top and wannabe ‘hammer pants’.

Life was more simple back then. I remember turning my brother’s bunk bed into a time machine and capturing dinosaurs while using his ‘pop-iods’ as dinosaur capturing glasses. My brother and I could create darn near anything with just the earth a few materials at our disposal. I remember making mansion-sized forts in the living room/kitchen/dining room/stairs/ any other room we could get our hands on. Yes, life was good back then.

Today you could say that life is less easy and I dare say more difficult. Making a living working as a bank teller while putting myself through school has been both frustrating and beneficial. Soon I will reap the benefits as I work my way toward Medical School one class at a time.

I have many aspirations and dreams but the one that I won’t falter on is becoming an Oncologist, finding a cure for cancer, and ruling the world in my 6-inch heels and perfect French manicure.