My name is Erin. This is my website.
My name is Erin. I'm 23. I live in Cambridge, Massachusetts in a really cute apartment with my equally cute fiance. I love giraffes, knitting, gaming and reading anything from Denis Johnson to Noam Chomsky. I hope to learn how to crochet and make jewelry sometime in the near future. My friends are amazing people, and my family isn't half-bad either. I graduated from a small liberal arts college with a useless English degree, because it's foolish to think an eighteen-year-old actually knows what she wants to do with her life when she picks her major.I am living with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. I was sexually assaulted in my junior year of college, about two years ago now. It has been truly debilitating, and I spent about a year out of work as a result. The anxiety and my preexisting depression fed off each other enough that I never wanted to leave my house unaccompanied. What works for me is guided imagery and mindfulness. Both helped me heal in a way that talk therapy never did, and I'm discovering new strength within myself every day. Finding the right medication helped too. I'm not "cured," but at least I don't have panic attacks in the grocery store anymore.
This website is (sort of) a chronicle of my recovery.
This website has at least sort of existed since February of 2000. It is lovingly hand-coded on a MacBook (named Scooty Puff Sr.; RIP Ho-Ju the iBook) for that "old school" feel. It hosts two of my best friends, and an old band site for nostalgia (read: humorous) purposes only.
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