Erik Elmshauser

Birth Announcement

2008-02-04T21:34:09Z

I am very happy to report the birth of my son.

His name is Kai-Mana Jusei
Born 2008-2-1 at 10:18pm
8lbs 12.5oz and 20 inches

Him and his mother are home now and doing very well.

Now I get what is so great about being a parent. He is amazing.

erikelmshauser @ 2007-12-24T22:43:00

2007-12-25T06:49:19Z

As I am sure you know, I am the brother of my sister, huggiblysoft.

She asked me to share with her LJ friends that last weekend she had her baby, my niece.

Amber Elizabeth Wanek
Born 2007-12-15 3:46pm CST
Weight 8lbs 3oz
Length 20"

Our Wedding Date

2007-09-22T04:41:02Z

We have set the date for our Wedding. The ceremony will take place on The Vernal Equinox, Friday March 20 2009. There will be stuff to do all weekend, locations and etc still to be worked out.

We are also starting to work on a guest list, so anybody who may want to come out please get me your contact info so you get an invitation and further details.

what's up

2007-09-10T00:09:25Z

So I got a nudge recently to update my journal, it's been over a year now i see...

I have entered into an apprenticeship program to be an electrician. I love my job and I am learning a lot and having fun.

I went to Maui, Hawaii recently with my partner, Rabbitt, and we got engaged on a tropical beach. We chose to get tattoos rather than rings to celebrate, the first piece we got is sea turtles. I'll post a picture on myspace.

We are also pregnant. Our child is due in late January and we suspect a girl.

We have a niceish house in SE portland where we are gardening and enjoying life. We have not yet set a date for the wedding, but it will be far enough out to give travelers plenty of time to make preparations.

I have met a couple guys I have been playing music with, it could turn into another band in the next few months, if we find a steady place to practice.

how are you?

MC Plus+

2006-08-09T14:57:07Z

http://mcplusplus.com/

I just got passed a link last night, this is amazing nerdcore hip hop.

Why I eat organic

2006-08-01T23:42:04Z

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/08/343665.shtml

there is scary stuff going on in our food supply. you are what you eat is not just a trueism, we constantly replenish our bodies using the materials we feed ourselves with, and just like any other system; garbage in, garbage out. Eat healthy y'all!

Home and back again

2006-07-27T05:59:09Z

I had fun in minneapolis. I am home again.

Next month: http://www.mutantfest.org/

Minnehaha Falls Picnic

2006-07-18T23:07:04Z

Here are the final details:

Thursday I have to go get my formal wear before I can come to the park, so it may be 5:00 before I get there.

do bring food. PotLuck is the way to go. I'll make sure there is charcoal to grill stuff, and I will bring something vegan and organic.

I plan to be at the picnic area below the falls, but I haven't been to the park in years, so i don't know how much detail i can give. I hope to see you there.

Picnic at the Falls

2006-07-03T22:40:40Z

Hey Minneapolis people:

I am going to be visiting in a couple weeks, and I was thinking about having a picnic at Minnehaha Falls park on thursday July 20. I am thinking of getting to the park around 4 or 5 and stay until the bugs drive me off. If enough people are interested it can be a potluck. comments are welcome.

who wants to join the army?

2006-06-01T20:43:58Z

US Mandatory MILITARY DRAFT 18-42 quietly snuck in!

As described at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.4752.IH:

on February 14, 2006, Congressman Charles Rangel (NY) introduced a bill (Universal National Service Act of 2006 - HR 4752 IH) aiming at drafting everyone - men and women alike - from the ages of 18 to 42 into the military for a minimum period of 2 years. Or to quote the bill: "To provide for the common defense by requiring all persons in the United States, including women, between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes." The House is to convene on June 6 (06/06/06] to debate and possibly adopt this bill, that is, unless a vast public outcry succeeds in derailing this insanity, which you can do by writing a letter of protest to your congress person through http://www.conservativeusa.org/mega-cong.htm or http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html

MoveOn.org campaign to preserve Network Neutrality

2006-04-21T14:44:20Z

Do you buy books online, use Google, or download to an Ipod? These
activities, plus MoveOn's online organizing ability, will be hurt if
Congress passes a radical law that gives giant corporations more control
over the Internet.

Internet providers like AT&T and Verizon are lobbying Congress hard to gut
Network Neutrality, the Internet's First Amendment. Net Neutrality
prevents AT&T from choosing which websites open most easily for you based
on which site pays AT&T more. Amazon doesn't have to outbid Barnes & Noble
for the right to work more properly on your computer.

If Net Neutrality is gutted, MoveOn either pays protection money to
dominant Internet providers or risks that online activism tools don't work
for members. Amazon and Google either pay protection money or risk that
their websites process slowly on your computer. That why these high-tech
pioneers are joining the fight to protect Network Neutrality [1]--and you
can do your part today.

The free and open Internet is under seige--can you sign this petition
letting your member of Congress know you support preserving Network
Neutrality? Click here:

http://www.civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet/

Me and the Pope

2006-04-14T17:07:58Z

I never suspected, but the pope and i have something in common. it's about time the catholic church does something I approve of...

http://www.goveg.com/f-popebenedictxvi.asp?pf=true

Show Me the Pink in Minneapolis tonight!

2006-04-11T00:48:43Z

http://www.myspace.com/showmethepink

I wish I had thought of this sooner, but my very good friends are on tour right now, and are in minneapolis downtown tonight. if you get a chance go say hi from "Number Nine", the show is great, I would go myself if I were there.

is this place cool, I think it is new since I left town?

show me the pink
April, 10 2006 at MEMORY LANES!!!!!!!!
2520 26th Av S Minneapolis, MN 55406

Memory Lanes & Flashback Cafe are located on the corner of 26th St E and 26th Av S in Minneapolis.

free iPod

2006-04-05T23:34:59Z

I even think this is pretty lame, but I want a free iPod, so I am doing it anyway. here is a link for you: http://ipods.freepay.com/?r=29169476

when you use it, and participate in one of the offers listed you help me earn a free ipod, and have the opportunity to do the same if you want. please help me get free stuff, I'd do it for you.

Hello Livejournal

2006-03-06T20:28:46Z

Dear Livejournal

I'm sorry i don't use you more often, It's not that i don't like you, just that i have been busy living my life not sitting here writing about it recently. My new job has provided me with enought idle time on lunch for me to post a badly needed update, so here we are.

I moved back to portland (SouthEast) with my girlfriend of a half year, Rabbitt. I work from home via the internet doing technical support, so i am online durring the day west coast time.

I'll write again on my next spare lunch break.

EDIT:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=SE+62nd+Ave+%26+SE+Harold+St,+Portland,+OR+97206&ll=45.483033,-122.599568&spn=0.01682,0.034761&t=h

Hello

2005-06-29T00:13:59Z

I don't update this very often. I think that is partly because most days I have nothing interesting to report, and on days that i do, i am often busy with whatever is intersting and not sitting here writing about it.

Kodama had three kittens in mid-May. Two of them have new homes, the third is still here. I am waiting to find out if it has a home or if it needs one still. Cats are cool, I like them.

E-Lie is going strong. We have upgraded a lot of our equipment recently, and are closing in on owning everything to start running our own events. we still need a few things, but generally everything is coming together. visit the bad site for more on that.

I have been doing temp work recently, helping produce a catalog of clothing products. I am going to be returning to the world of Pizza this week. The Godfathers Pizza near my house is going to hire me to make pizza crusts each morning, Monday to Friday. This works out great because it is close to home and does not interfear with band stuff.

I have been listening to the new Gorillaz album "Demon Days" a lot recently, it is good, and darn catchy.

It's been a while

2005-04-20T08:40:43Z

I just got reminded how long it has been since I posted in here, so i am checking in. I see a number of people have become my friends over the last several months, this is right, keep up the good work people.

Generally life has been pretty good for me. I feel much better than when my ribs were *VERY* broken, I am still sore and uncomfortable every day, but I feel like I am healing still, so that is going well.

The Nightmare Collective is amazing, I am learning lots of cool new skills here, and generally participating in art and projects which has been an amazing source of pleasure for me.

E-Lie is playing two shows a week now, pretty much constantly, so I keep busy with that. Our CD is in production now, we whould have the finished product in about three weeks, and we are looking to do the release party in mid-May sometime. I also updated the website so it is less lame now.

One of my Kittens (Kodama ) is pregnant, she has been getting bigger and bigger for a couple weeks now. This means that While i waited too long to get her spayed, I will have kittens to give away to anybody interested in about two months.

Homeward bound

2005-02-08T17:24:38Z

Today concludes my visit to Minneapolis. I didn't get to see nearly everybody i had hoped. I did get to see plenty of people I missed. next visit will not be a suprise so maybe the timing will work out better.

I have had a wonderful visit. I have caught up with my family and many of my good freinds from over the years. now that I am trying to see everybody in a few days i reralize how many people i left behind when i moved to the west coast. this is both sad and glad news however, because at least I have a lot of friends to leave behind, that is a far cry better than some people manage. :)

I am very excited to return to my crazy new home, full of awesome roomies. i eagerly await returning to band practice and making some music. I also need to get back to finding a job and earning rent and such, so off i go.

Suprise!

2005-02-06T00:05:55Z

I didn 't post till now to prevent word from spreading too fast. I am currently in My parent's house in Minneapolis. angelo arranged to sneak me into town for the weekend, where I have been suprising people by turning up at their doors. I don't know where everybody's doors are, and i do wantr to see people, so I am letting the secret slip. call or email or post a reply here if you want to see me, I fly home on Tuesday, so I have a couple days left, perhaps we can arrange a big gathering in the next couple days.

erik [at] E-Lie.com
503-998-3276

Alone Again

2005-01-31T21:01:22Z

It's funny to me what impacts me and what doesn't. I saw angelo and neugotik the other day. it was awesome, and it had been like a year and a half since I had seen them last, but it was strange how much it was just seeing them again. like with friends time and space don't seem to detract from our relationship, so when we are together again we just fall into being friends in the same place instead of friends far away. I was really glad to see you both, and i look forward to doing so again soon.

Then there are the things I don't expect to hit me so hard. I saw Becca again last night. She came out here to my place for the first time, and basiclly broke off our seeing each other and left. Now, I have only seen her a handful of times over the last couple months, and we were not in any serious relationship, but this really hurt. She is an amazing person, the likes of which I rarely meet, and I was/am very fond of her. I am sad about this. I hope I can get over it, there is no bad blood between us, and I want to keep her in my life because she is just an awesome person. That may or may not work out...

And to all my protective, err, psychotic friends, no blunt objects are required, but you are welcome to travel for a visit any time you like, I could use a hug today.

???

2005-01-26T23:57:19Z

I just wrote a nice p[ost, but it didn't get posted.

the short version:

I am feeling better
I think you are all cool, tyhanks for your kind thoughts

The band is in the studio, hope to have a disk in about a month

My house is great, we should have internet next week, then I can be more involved in tyhe internet.

gotta go, studio session tonight.

unexpected turns

2005-01-19T03:00:01Z

Life does the funniest things. I am sure many of you have heard by now that I was involved in an accident just a couple days after my previous post. I was riding the MAX here in portland from my new home into town, when a fire truck hit the train, derailing it and causing a big mess.

My memory of the accadent is gone, but from what I can tell from the medical records and the EMTs at the scene, I was able to extract myself from the mangled train, and I was sitting on the sidewalk nearby when the EMTs found me. I reported pain on my left side and back and that i was blacking out, then i started repeating questions to them.

I spent the night in the hospital, where I found out about my 8 broken ribs (top 8 on the left side, in back, abnout 3 inches left of my spine) and a punctured lung. I also had a concussion which was not serious. My left lung was about 1/2 colapsed because of the puncture, but since then my body has reabsorbed the pnumothorax (sp?) that was causing the problem so i can breathe easily now. The ribs are still very painful, but I am recovering quickly (I think) and each day is a bit better.

the whole thing is really wierd to me still, I'm not sure quite how to take it. generally, life is good, and things keep happening, but I think I will be sorting this out for a few more weeks as I finish healing.

The new house is awesome. my roomies are super cool and i am very happy here. the band is going into the studio this weekend, so we should have real studio quality tracks in a couple months. I have been broken the last few weeks, so i have not been working, but I was out today applying for jobs, I hope to get a part-time McJob soon so i can pay bills while I keep on pursuing the music thing.

Finally, I have met a girl recently who I am now seeing regularly. Not sure where that is heading, but I so rarely meet women I am interested in that it is a major event in my life even if it goes nowhere.

hello

2004-12-30T01:40:32Z

I recently got a request to update my journal, so here is an update.

so, since my last post I have been up to a lot. I started and finished a job at the Portland Peace and justice Center. I am in the Process of starting a new job now. I will be working for an interior design company helping their customers resolve problems with new installations, which promises to be educational as far as window blinds and area rugs are concerned.

The band is going strong. We won the 2004 New Copper Penny Battle of the Bands here in Portland a couple weeks ago. we are starting to meet with studios about recording a good demo cd, so we may finally get some good recordings online this spring.

I am also in the process of moving. I have become the 9th member of the Nightmare collective, which is located in Forest Grove, Oregon. The collective has a HUGE space with plenty of room for more development. This is a collective of artists of basically all types who share living and working space. I am sure you will hear more about this soon, but it may be a few weeks before I have internet working out there.

ok, back to moving. :)

I Voted

2004-10-22T07:15:02Z

I spent a few hours with my voter information books today and got my ballot filled out and dropped it in the mail. I feel better somehow now that I have cast my vote. If you don't have mail-in voting in your state, you are missing out, having weeks with the ballot and the books the send out with information about candidates and other state measures really lets me take my time to think over issues.

If you have mail-in voting, have you done it yet?

WOOOOO HOOOOO!

2004-10-18T08:03:49Z

SO, Tonight my band won our night at the KUFO (Portland radio station), Guitar Center, and New Copper Penny Battle of the Bands. We got a small cash prize and we advance to round two on November 7th. If we win again, we go on to the final battle on December 12th. This is all at the New Copper penny, there is no cover charge for these shows, so if you are in town, come see us in round two!

Other than that, life is good. I heard our name on the radio this week, which is a first for me. So far this band has done a lot very quickly. The five of us only met about eight months ago, and we have already been on ticketmaster, and the radio (our name, not a song), played a triple header, and several four hour shows. I can't help but pat myself on the back a little, a year ago I was barely willing to dream about getting another band together, and now we are advancing to the semi-finals in a high-profile battle of the bands. If i am dreaming, I am sleeping in.