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Let's see...where to begin - that's always a tough decision...I am originally from West Chicago, a suburb about 30 miles west of the big city. I still refer to the house I've lived in since I was born on December 31, 1984 as "home". (For those of you who aren't mathematically inclined, that means I'm 23 years old). I'm a guy - if you didn't figure that out yet, you need help. You pronounce my name just as you would say Eric or Erik or Erick (or you can say it "e-rich" or "air-rich") and my last name sounds just like 'music' (NOT muhsick, as telemarketers generally think) - the k is not pronounced, nor does it change the pronunciation of the name even a little bit.

In June 2003, I graduated from West Chicago Community High School and in May 2007, I graduated from MSOE (Milwaukee School of Engineering) with a B.S in Software Engineering. I am currently working at Metavante as a software developer with the Electronic Payment and Presentment (Online Bill Payment) team. While at MSOE, I also picked up a German Studies Minor and consequently have somewhat of an interest in the language and the country. I am eagerly anticipating a my trip to Germany later this year with a few friends.

My appearance...I'm 6'2, 180lbs, i have blond hair (some say it's white...I'll admit it's light, but calling it white or transparent is going way too far), and blue eyes.

Interests - First and foremost, Jesus - He's the greatest and I owe it all to Him. I honestly could not tell you what my life would be like without Him - I've grown up all my life learning about Him and getting to know Him, so I really don't know what it would be like without Him, just that it wouldn't be cool. Second: girls - what guy doesn't like girls?? (well I can answer that, but any guy who doesn't like girls and resorts to guys instead has some BIG problems.) I'm also really into computers, especially the programming aspect (Java, C#, PHP, CGI/perl, SQL, C++, HTML, JS, CSS, etc.). I've been designing web sites for nearly 11 years now (my first one went live March 3, 1997) and that's a lot of fun. I'm not as good at graphics as many others are, so I focus more on the programming aspect. Back in the day (high school), I wrote a guestbook, a news manager, a counter, a content management system, and an online gradebook and had a little web design company I called MusickNetworks. Now that I'm working full time, I'm trying my best to keep my part time web development work to a minimum.

I also come from a "high-energy" family - sports are in my genes, even though I'm not that great at most of them. (If i really wanted to, I could be pretty good at any sport - I just don't take the time to do that - I have other things I enjoy more). My senior year of high school, I ran cross country for the first time, which was great because I enjoy running and it was great exercise. At the same time, though, it was very time consuming, which I didn't like. Overall, though, it was good - I improved my times a lot and gained endurance. I also love biking for fun (not mountain biking - you can't do that around Chicago) - like road biking on the prairie path. I also love baseball, throwing a ball or Frisbee around, and volleyball. I think all those hours I watched my mom play volleyball when i was little contributed to my skill at volleyball. Let's see...what else...I enjoy attending youth group and hanging out with friends from there. Because of the way schools are these days, I get stuck staying up late quite frequently and, as a result, I really enjoy sleeping and relaxing and reading.

As far as music goes, well I like music, but I get tired of it quickly. I generally listen to a wide variety of styles of Christian music. My favorite bands are or have been at one point in time Sanctus Real and Leeland, Relient K, Insyderz, Audio Adrenaline, Supertones, DcTalk, Newsboys, Jars of Clay, Keith Green, Jeremy Camp and Telecast. I've also recently gotten into some German Christian bands such as Allee der Kosmonauten and Echtzeit.

My favorite classes have always been in the field of mathematics. I guess it follows logically that I attended a school which concentrates heavily on Math and Science subject matter. Don't let this fool you, though. I don't enjoy school very much ... I never really have.

My favorite color is blue - look at the web sites I've designed - most of them are based on a blue color scheme - I have trouble making other colors look really good.

Well that's about all I can think of right now - if you want some more info, contact me, read my testimony, read my resume, or Facebook me.

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