Roomate Profile: Chico

Ricky Thomas Rodriguez is my real name whereas Chico is the nickname bestowed upon me by the roommates. It's a little ironic considering chico means boy because I am the oldest one of the group... almost 11 years, to be exact, and I dig the men. I have a gutter mind and it does not take much for me to make something "gay". Sometimes, I worry if my dirty mind and mouth could be trouble but the truth is that I am just a crazy bitch and the perverted banter is just part of that equation: take it or leave it, it really has little effect over me.

Zatch and I have a thing in common and that is our love for horror movies, although I am admittedly more of a movie snob than he is. I prefer originals to remakes and found the "Nightmare on Elm Street" reboot to be a huge pile of doo-doo. Still, it is rare for me to turn away the chance to see a horror flick, remake or not. I enjoy the thrill attached to them.

I love all kinds of music but I lean mostly towards electronica. Techno is only a facet of that style of music and in all honestly, it is not my favorite branch of the electronica tree. I like it rough with pulsating beats and powerful lyrics, if need be. I love pop music as well and I tend to avoid country, though I do have some Cd's, mainly because the country music scene is known to be quite homophobic. See, it does have something in common with the hip Hop scene. Not that the music industry in itself isn't 'bad', it is known to be quite on the side of keeping acts in the closet to prevent dampening of record sales. The whole entertainment arena is actually like this, to varying degrees.

I am an aspiring novelist though my primary focus now is short stories and the occasional foray into poetry. As you may imagine, horror is my focus, and some of it will have an admitted queer twist. Write what you know, right?

Ah. As I write this, Ricky Martin is serenading me in the background. What a silky voice he has. Anyway, this is just a brief introduction to who I am. CHICO!!! That's me!