Who I Am
This is me, circa November 2013. Taken at a gathering of online forum friends.
The Anagrams of Eric PetersonEric Peterson anagrams to many phrases, including:
Why Wumpus? Just a nickname I started calling him online when we first met. I call him Mr. Man online now, and other things in private.
That's us in Sorrento, Italy, in 2005. We travel a lot.
Oh, yes, and then we got married. That was fun! Aug 2019 was our fifth wedding anniversary. Jan 2020 will be our 25th anniversary together.
Work
During grad school, I discovered how easy it was to earn money knowing just a little bit about computers. I did word-processing and other computer stuff for a Baltimore law firm part-time. Once in Philadelphia, I started doing tech support and eventually training. I managed to weed out the tech support (hurrah!) and segue into technical writing. Now I'm a Senior Business Analyst. I was in the same job (sort of) for over twenty years, but got laid off in Nov 2018. Got a new job in Feb 2019, but it was a poor fit and they mercifully laid me off in Dec 2019. (what's next? Good question)
Performing
Although I never attempted to go pro after grad school, I've always been performing in one way or another. Acting, musical-directing, band directing, opera chorus, chamber music, a whole bunch of stuff. I spent my first few years in NYC playing horn with a woodwind quintet, and performing on and off with the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps band, the sister band to the one I conducted in Philadelphia. In '98, very suddenly, I became the BAC's artistic director and spent seven seasons with them, conducting over twenty concerts and leading the band in its Carnegie Hall debut. Band took up all my time until I stepped down on Maestro Eric Peterson Day. Since then, I've played with the band as much as I can, and ran a chamber music conference for them when they hosted the 2008 LGBA conference.
Since retiring from the band, I've returned to the theater, hurrah, music-directing ten shows and serving a couple of seasons as a choral director. I also won a major award. See Eric Peterson Music Services for more info.
Online Haunts
I spent years handing around online forums and have many many invisible friends. Mostly I'm on Facebook now ("toastpoint"), Twitter (also "toastpoint"). I've also blogged since the early 2000's - see stanharding.livejournal.com.
Last updated December 2019 Explore The Toast Point Page!, Eric's virtual world.
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