Hello, my name is Travis. I have had my one year anniversary on the 16th on Fictionpress and Feb. 14th my birthday occured. Also check out my new C2. "Unsigned Work". Link is at the bottom of my profile page. Also check out the C2 I am staff of "Work That Should Be Noticed". Also check out "" It is a great site. My profile page is on the homepage link and right here. Also, check out my new myspace page at /travisceckert Also, if you have any codes on bottlecaps that can be redeembed on give them to me if you do not want to use them! It would be greatly appreciated.

http:///user/TravisEckert

Age: 16

Sex: Male

D.O.B.: 2/14/91 (Valentines Day)

Current Grade: 9th (Freshman)

Inspirations: Myself, I am not telling my secret of how I write, otherwise that may ruin things for me and not make it as original. I do my own so I am comfortable in what I do, maybe later in life I will learn about the others, but until then. I have my own thing going for me now, and it seems to work.

To Contact me by MSN/Windows Live Messenger: Alchemist411@

Sexual Orientation: Straight

Status: Single (And simply looking for a person right for me, rather have no one and just have my own standards, at this age at least.)

Height: 5'7''

Religion: Protestant/Cumberland Presbyterian

Drink/Smoke: No/No

Zodiac Sign: Aquaris

Occupation: Student/Aspiring Writer

Music: Goo Goo Dolls, AC/DC, System of Down, Taking Back Sunday, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Papa Roach, Pantera, My Chemical Romance, Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Green Day, Plenty of others, trust me, but these hold most of my interest.

I will say as far as musical inspirations go mainly is The Goo Goo Dolls, they relate to what I write, though there not my favorite band of all time, there great, and been out since 85'

Place of birth: Nashville, Tennessee

Current Location: Middle Tennessee

My Statistics as of 2/16/2007 - You are on the favorites list of 23 members.

You are on the author alert list of 11 members.

You have submitted a total of 620 signed reviews.

Total words archived : 12,962 words.

Average number of words per entry : 125.

Number of hits to your profile page : 656.

Thank you people who added me to their favorites list and those who reviewed me: angel953, beauangel, Black and White Dreams, Dawn-N-Dusk44, DIAMOND in tha ROUGH, Elegant Swan, i.am.the.winter, Lacrymosa, Leighanna, Manu Vaanikia, Mikomi Hatake, Mock Orange, Shei Raine, Shookie Smiles Sweetly, tears-of-redemption, Terence, The Terrible, the unreal, the-foresight, the.self.accused, Three Girls Same Ambition, Tori31, VELVETxKISSES, and WhenShadowsBleed. Once again thank you to those who enjoy my work and especially to those listed who added me to their favorite author's list, its an honor to be on it. And also, thank you for adding me to your author alert list, although I will keep that disclosed.

"Don't quit, but if you must, quit correctly."

"Its kind of you own work, and you do what you want with it."

"For A Love Is a Hate, and a joy is a death."

"The Beatles were like the punk rock of their day, parents thought they were punks because of their long hair."

"Hoping for the best, expecting the worst."

"The Bigger the shit, the dumber they get." (Not necessarily true, and don't get the wrong idea, but might not refer to body parts, think about that.)

My Favorite Quotes (that others say)

"Life must be understood backwards; but... it must be lived forward" - Soren Kierkegaard

Marty DiBergi: "Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?"

Nigel Tufnel: (pause, blank look and snapping chewing gum) "These go to eleven." - "This is Spinal Tap" film

"Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax" - Charles Kettering

"It takes a great man to be a good listener" - Calvin Coolidge

"I believe that every single event in life happens in an oppurtunity to choose love over fear." Oprah Winfrey

"Stupidity rules" Chris Eckert

"Could you please explain no talking without talking?" Richard Hayes

"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are" Anais Nin

"What you get free costs too much" Jean Anouih

"I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators" Gerald R. Ford

"KKK stands for Kill Krazy Korean ; KFC stands for Kill Fucking Cracker " Some random guy in the JROTC program at my school.

"There is still no cure for the common birthday" John Glenn

"Eighty percent of success is showing up" Woody Allen

"The mainstream comes to you, but you have to go to the underground" Frank Zappa

C2 "Unsigned Work"

I have been away for some time, so sorry, I am starting up my C2 for real, its a general archive. If you see a anything really good, send me a message and link me to it so it can be added. If you are interested in being staff please contact me as well. A link is found below. Called "Unsigned Work". Check it out. And any suggestions are helpful.

http://www.fictionpress.com/c2/107/3/0/1/

http://www.fictionpress.com/c2/693/3/0/1

Travis C. Eckert

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