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About Me

I'm Matthew. My friends call me Matty.
The first thing that you should know about me is that I have pretty much nothing but contempt for humanity.
I adore cats.
I am a complete and total geek.
I am a sarcastic ass.
I have a sick, sardonic, morbid sense of humor.
I enjoy being perverse, vulgar, and offensive.
I find it amusing to convince people that I worship Satan.
I like to hiss at people.
I'm a human being. Most of the time I wish I was something else.
I've been told that I appear to be intimidating. In reality I am intimidated by everyone else.
When I'm bored at work I tend to fantasize about the occurence of some sort of catastrophic, yet absurdly amusing event that causes everyone around me to flee in terror.
I think that people who forget how to have fun or take life too seriously are usually not very happy. Not that I'm an especially happy person, but at least I don't drive a minivan.
I'm mostly driven by my emotions.
I'm obsessed with Doctor Who (the original series, not the new one), the Cure, and Transformers.
I not only collect Transformers, but I also do custom painting and kitbashing of said Transformers.
My mind is kind of like a television that is constantly changing channels.
I tend to be a negative person.
I am self conscious and awkward.
I'm kind of hard to get to know because, as stated above, I'm self conscious and awkward....and also shy and stand off-ish.
If I make the effort to go out of my way to get to know you then I must really think you're cool.
My favorite band of all time is The Cure.
I proposed to my wife at a Cure concert during 'Lovesong'.
She said yes.
I have two cats. Their names are Juniper and Willow. I did have a cat named Hamlet, but he died last year. I still miss him very much.
I was once an artist:
Pandora (1998)
In Decline (2004)
Untitled (1997)
I need to start painting again.
I have ADD.
I suffer from sleep apnea.
I think that the world would be a much better place if, instead of smoking or non-smoking sections, restaurants would have a 'no children' section for those of us who wish to eat in peace.
I am a gourmet cook.
I wish I could remember my dreams in greater detail.
I have reoccuring dreams of approaching tornados.
I'm pretty passionate about my beliefs and opinions, most of which lean to the liberal/progressive.
I live in my grandmothers old farmhouse. I saw ghosts here as a child.
I would probably rather be sleeping.
I despise: the Bush administration, religion, dominionist christians, arrogance, hubris, banality, pretention, capitalism, corporations, Republicans, corporate america, reality TV, social darwinism, greed, dishonesty, ignorance, stupidity, cruelty, bureaucracy, corruption, stress, anxiety, selfishness, oppression, Fox News, Ann Coulter, televangelists, MTV, injustice, waking up.
I do like Muppets:
You Are the Swedish Chef
"Bork! Bork! Bork!"
Your happy and energetic - with borderline manic tendencies.
No one really gets you. And frankly, you don't even get you.
But, you sure can whip up a great chocolate mousse The Muppet Personality Test

My Interests

painting, art, dreams, absurdity, irony, coincidence, synchronicity, sleep, consciousness, seeking meaning, nightmares, macabre, experiences, rainy days, dusk in August, dancing to cocteau twins, heat lightning, beauty, old houses, abandoned buildings, thunderstorms, rituals, rites of passage, birds, flight, gothic horror, bird skeletons, skulls, the paranormal, conspiracy theories, being left alone, the occult, volkswagen karmann ghias, kite flying, watching old Doctor Who episodes, liberalism, idealism, populism, politics, religion, mythology, philosophy, cooking, history, cats, bathing, video games, movies, anime, hedonism, traveling, partying, drinking, general debauchery, irreverence, biting the hand that feeds me, punk rock, black metal, ambient, dark ambient, goth, industrial, ebm, comics, reading, drawing, rebellion, speaking truth to power, resisting authority, non conformity, dining out, getting drunk, intelligent conversations, making tasteless jokes around people who are easily offended, daydreaming, being well-informed on useless information, driving fast, being in love, chinese food, beer, bowling, laughing uncontrollably, warmth, contentment, playing pool, candles, kissing, dyed hair, touching, intelligence, goth chicks, honesty, passion, biting, scratching, oral sex, nerdy punk girls with lots of tattoos who shave their pubic hair, porn, erotica, spanking, rough sex, collecting toys, cartoons, sick humor, dirty jokes, british comedy, sarcasm, cynicism, tattoos, gardening, procrastination, wasting time, sensuality, indulging my senses, birdwatching, horror, sci-fi, bats, dried flowers, hammer films, the writings and philosophies of Joseph Campbell, the writings of Noam Chomsky

I'd like to meet:

Music:

the cure, cocteau twins, interpol, joy division, the smiths, submarine fleet, robin guthrie, bauhaus, sex pistols, the damned, cradle of filth, boards of canada, dead kennedys, frontline assembly, jello biafra, swans, siouxsie and the banshees, cranes, this mortal coil, dead can dance, iron maiden, smashing pumpkins, the clash, this ascension, lycia, funker vogt, the creatures, nitzer ebb, skinny puppy, dimmu borgir, mike vanportfleet, green day, slowdive, coil, sky cries mary, death in june, lush, legendary pink dots, morrissey, the offspring, rancid, nofx, cannibal corpse, christian death, shadow project, black flag, ramones, autechre, bel canto, moonspell, the doors, charlatans UK, love and rockets, the pixies, faith and the muse, love spirals downwards, operation ivy, audra, (old)misfits, my life with the thrill kill kult, minor threat, the cut offs, mortiis, trance to the sun, samael, jesus and mary chain, blade fetish, the cramps, angels of light, aphex twin, morbid angel,led zeppelin, mcrad, beastie boys, tear garden, nick cave and the bad seeds, johnny cash, the vandals, cursive, the cult, berlioz, muse, jimi hendrix, peter murphy, beethoven, my dying bride, harold budd, bad religion, schubert, lisa gerrard, the kinks, vice squad, edward ka-spel, bloodhound gang, the dead milkmen, 45 grave, portishead, mudhoney, tom petty & the heartbreakers, (early) R.E.M., mogwai, leiana, guns n roses, mozart, sonic youth, butthole surfers, the shroud, white zombie, system of a down, david bowie, new york dolls, tom jones

Movies:

Batman Begins, Silence of the Lambs, the Red Violin, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the Corporation, Se7en, the Prestige, Nausicaa Valley of the Wind, Spirited Away, Shadow of the Vampire, Lost Highway, Ichi the Killer, the Audition, Howl's Moving Castle, Serenity, Porco Rosso, Dragonslayer, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Princess Mononoke, Star Wars, Hellraiser, Lord of the Rings, Snatch, The Others, Pulp Fiction, Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Secret of NIMH, Labyrinth, Jackie Brown, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Dawn of the Dead, Dumb and Dumber, Mallrats, Memento, Dogma, Clerks, the Dark Crystal, the Muppet Movie, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Raising Arizona, The Exorcist, Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Mulholland Drive, Millenium Actress, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Shawshank Redemption, Secondhand Lions, Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling For Columbine, The Human Stain, the Aristocats, 101 Dalmations, Shaun of the Dead, Napolean Dynamite, The Maltese Falcon, Harry Potter, Delores Claiborne, Event Horizon, The Big Lebowski, Mysterious Island, Jason & the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans, Transformers: the Movie, Casablanca, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, the Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Urotsukidoji: the Legend of the Overfiend, High Fidelity, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, Godzilla Vs. the Sea Monster, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, V For Vendetta, the Changeling, Power & Terror, the Lost Boys, Red Dragon, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Girl Interrupted, the Good the Bad and the Ugly, Fist Full of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, Manufacturing Consent, Scars of Dracula, Bubba Ho-Tep, Casino Royale, the Satanic Rights of Dracula, Donnie Darko, Zoolander, Orgazmo, Jurassic Park, the Goonies, Fight Club, Super Troopers, Pecker, the Believers, American History X, American Beauty, Office Space

Television:

Doctor Who, The Young Ones, Aquateen Hunger Force, the Squidbillies, Mystery Science Theater 3000, the Daily Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Democracy Now!, the Discovery Channel, Robot Chicken, WWII Documentaries, Spongebob Squarepants, Daria, SouthPark, Talk Sex with Sue Johansen, the Colbert Report, Red Dwarf, Black Adder, 'Allo 'Allo, Are You Being Served, The Benny Hill Show, The Muppet Show, Thundarr the Barbarian, Dangermouse, Venture Bros., Sealab 2021, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, the Brak Show, Washington Journal, Kids in the Hall, Metal Mania, My Name is Earl, Cold Case Files, Forensic Files, the Tom & Jerry Show, Screwy Squirrel, Dark Shadows, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, Firefly, basically anything to do with the paranormal, Nazis, conspiracy theories (especially the Freemasons), UFOs, the occult, serial killers, etc

Books:

HP Lovecraft, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Watership Down, Sandman comics, horror, politics, science fiction, fantasy, art.

Heroes:

Robert Smith
Tom Baker
Joseph Campbell (1904-1987)
Jello Biafra
Noam Chomsky
Cocteau Twins

My Blog

doomy doom

I laid out of work Friday....mostly due to stress. I'm thinking I am going to need to get some more FMLA time from my job. The stress is probably due to a number of different things....I've been...
Posted by MattyBatty on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:26:00 PST

lately....

I keep meaning to or starting to type a journal entry. Actually, I'm supposed to be keeping a journal entry every day. My psychiatrist thinks I may possibly be mildly bi-polar and he is wanting ...
Posted by MattyBatty on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:33:00 PST

fucktardedness

Here's a link to a positively brilliant editorial someone posted in the Livejournal community Dark Christian: As a Christian, I think it's time to rid ourselves of this notion of freedom of religion i...
Posted by MattyBatty on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:18:00 PST

in response to Bush’s plans to sell arms to Saudi Arabia

You'd think that something like this would only exist in some type of Bizzaro-World where the exact opposite of any logical, sensible, or morally sound decision would be applicable. I guess only the B...
Posted by MattyBatty on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:06:00 PST

I posted this in my livejournal acct a little over a week ago...

Our Democratic controlled congress just caved into Bush's demands and authorized "enhancements" to the FISA act. This pretty much legalizes Bush's illegal NSA wiretapping program and makes the prospec...
Posted by MattyBatty on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:53:00 PST

Trailbreaker....nearly complete.

I've got my Alternators Trailbreaker nearly finished. There's still a few touch ups, a few more decals, and some other minor details to complete. For now here are the latest pics:...
Posted by MattyBatty on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:21:00 PST

hangover tomorrow

Coookout party + approx 1 six pack of Killians + several shots of brandy + a few glasses of wine + deep philosophical discussions on spirituality, politics, & personal demons = likely hangover tom...
Posted by MattyBatty on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:35:00 PST

Kitty pics always make things better.

Such a sad, lonely, gray evening.....A forboding sense of doom...I have a constant anxiety that the end is near, but it's more pronounced tonight than usual. I almost had a panic attack tonight,...
Posted by MattyBatty on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:27:00 PST

For an early birthday present....

.....I got *drumroll*.................................................. .................................................2 4th ROW TICKETS TO SEE THE CURE IN PHILADELPHIA ON SEPTEMBER 21ST!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Posted by MattyBatty on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:36:00 PST

lately...

1) Struggling to stay awake.2) Grumpy.3) Debating Socialism vs. Libertarianism with my friend Jamey.4) Gardening.5) Having cookouts.6) Continuing work on turning my Transformers Alternators Nemesis Pr...
Posted by MattyBatty on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:12:00 PST