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Hey there,
My name is Eric Carl and I’m interested in meeting nice people as friends or more, who are kind and can add warmth to my life. I’m originally from Portland and I recently moved back after having been away awhile. I spent the last ten years chasing my career and promotions while living in Seattle and Chicago. Now that I’m back in Portland, I’m so grateful to be home again. I work as a bank fraud analyst producing reporting for executive management right now but my dream is to pursue acting. I recently finished an acting class and I plan to continue taking classes and see where that goes.
I’m an active person and I like to take care of myself with diet and exercise. I was born and raised on tennis and loud rock music. Music is my greatest passion – I love going to shows and all the excitement. Nothing else exists in the world during a good show for those two hours. A great show can unite thousands of euphoric strangers at the same time and place and there are no differences between anyone. I enjoy comedy shows a lot too. Some of my favorite comedians are Paul Mooney, Sam Kinison, Bill Maher, Dave Chappelle, Katt Williams and Sarah Silverman. I love to make friends laugh – that always makes me feel good. That’s the best. To me, making friends laugh is like sharing and it’s my favorite way to be generous. But maybe the best way to be generous is to listen.
I volunteer at a local grade school mentoring underprivileged kids in an Adopt a School program. I have a long history of doing volunteer work since high school with hospitals and grade schools, working with kids at a community center, at a pediatric unit in a Seattle hospital and with an animal shelter there too. Animals were definitely the most fun to work with and I still donate to animal causes. I believe we must use our hearts to care for those who are weaker, more vulnerable or less fortunate than us. That it should not be a chore but a joy to do that. To do the best we can to channel the fullness of our compassion.
My work ethic tends to be pretty strong; my ambitions are focused on forward progress and growth, moving upward and onward. I enjoy learning and I’m curious about a lot of different subjects. I often take very diverse classes such as kickboxing, real estate, meteorology, massage therapy and most recently, an acting class. I watch a lot of documentaries and biographies, especially of people who have faced tremendous adversity. For the better, my life has run a full gamut of lows and highs so I have a strong sense of what I like and dislike, what types of people I want around me….and what types of energy or life force that I want around me.
My favorite movies right now are Before Sunrise & Before Sunset; they’re a part one and two of the same story – you won’t be disappointed! Animal Planet is my favorite channel – I also love the Soprano’s, the Muppet Show, watching my Oregon Ducks, following the Blazers (even if they can’t close the fourth quarter), Real Time with Bill Maher, the Sarah Silverman show, Big Cat Diary, IFC & TCM, etc. I like to read but I have a hard time sticking to one book the whole way through.
I like to fall asleep to the sound of rain and I appreciate the beauty in the world. I have a deep admiration for nature’s subtle mysteries…the sunset you know you’ll never see exactly the same way again, that there’s never going to be another of. Or ocean waves that look greener than usual…the rainbow you can never find the end of…the electricity under my skin, the rush when I hear my favorite songs. The uncertainty in fate…how two people can miss meeting each other by seconds. People watching is fun too, especially watching people parallel park, in awkward situations or trying to look cool. And I’m a huge fan of key lime and lemon meringue pie….if you can make those; you have a new friend in me!
My favorite place is the Oregon coast. I love lighthouses and the beaches at Gleneden, Heceta Head and Florence. I spent most of my summers there so I guess I’m kind of a beach bum. I like to hike Mt Rainier and the Columbia Gorge and go snowboarding at Mt Hood. I haven’t done much international traveling but I plan on changing that soon. My first destinations will probably be Sweden and Ireland.

Well, that’s a bit about me. If you think we might have fun, write me sometime.

Take care,
Eric Carl