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Matthew

For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, It might have been.

About Me


Hi there, so I've been living in Canada for two out of the past few years, I just moved back to the UK this January and have decided to settle in Brighton for a while.
I love Budapest, Russian novelists, wine, working overseas and drinking vanilla lattes. Oh and I also like watching cartoons with my friend's kids and my cousins.
I was once upon a time ago an archaeologist and travelled Europe digging up things. Now I work as a background analyst for a big US company digging up dirt on people. This is not as sinister as it sounds.
Planning to spend the next year learning French and German before either going back to University or landing my dream job. Although this does appear unlikely unless I find a sugar momma or develop a desire to be an administrative assistant.
I like to go salsa dancing at Casablanca's in Brighton, although since I always seem to be wearing a pink shirt when I go there it would appear that everyone thinks I am gay. This is somewhat negated by my natural lack of rhythm.
My most recent goal is to get more politically involved, and attempt to give something back to the community. This is aided I believe by the fact that I am an opinionated wanker.
Having spent the last few years in a society that seems hell-bent on doing away with the need for walking, I have recently decided to get fit. So if you see me running around Brighton, please stop shouting and throwing stuff at me....you know who you are!!
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My Interests

Travelling, reading, archaeology, new cultures, international politics and current affairs, horror films, foreign languages, formula one racing, football, running, eating out at little known restaurants, hanging out with friends at bars and late-night coffee houses.

I'd like to meet:


Well I'm a great guy with an amazing personality, chiseled good looks and a body to die for who is looking to meet people who don't believe everything they read. Oh - and you have to like Family Guy.
I'm also feeling the need these days to meet my nemesis, equal to me in every measure but totally evil. I'm leaning more towards a Moriarty type than a Lex Luthor type at the moment, but hey any type will do.
It would appear that moving to the gay capital of the United Kingdom has delivered a swift blow to the happysack for my dating life...are there any straight women in Brighton??

Music:

Damien Rice, Jack Johnson, Feist, Ben Harper, Snow Patrol, Keane, Dashboard Confessional, Stars, The New Pornographers, We Are Scientists, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Maroon 5, PJ Harvey, KT Tunstall, The Arcade Fire, Depeche Mode, The Killers, Green Day, Moby, Nine Inch Nails, The Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Placebo, Kill the Lights, Regina Spektor, Metric, Architecture in Helsinki, Nouvelle Vague, Hot Chip, Ladytron, LCD Soundsystem, Nitin Sawhney, Massive Attack, Rogue Wave, Our Lady Peace, Kate Nash, The Foals, The Long Blondes, The Shins, Bright Eyes, Albert Hammond Jr, The Strokes, Rjd2, Thievery Corporation, Coco Rosie.

Movies:

Before Sunset, Before Sunrise, Run Lola Run, Welcome to Sarajevo, Swallowtail, Indiana Jones, Dirty Pretty Things, Martha meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence.

Television:

ER, 24, Alias, Lost, Black Books, Spaced, Peep Show, The Mighty Boosh, Red Dwarf, Big Train, The Office.

Books:

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, Birdsong by Sebastian Faulkes, Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov, Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres, Snowstorm by Neal Stephenson, A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby, The Company by Robert Littell, Bel Canto by Anne Patchett, The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum.

Heroes:

Cats - they have the best lives as far as I can see. They eat, crap, shag and sleep wherever and whenever they want. They pay no rent, they do no work and still everybody loves them. How many people do you know who can do that?

My Blog

Romanian pop

My yahee, my yahoo, my yaha, my haha.  Total gibberish and yet I find myself singing along to this song on subways, walking down the street, in bars.  And I'm wearing a pink shirt at the mom...
Posted by Matthew on Sun, 28 May 2006 11:34:00 PST

Hmmm Baby.....

Hmm - the new telephone number for Zoom airlines is interesting.  1-800-FLYZOOM.  Someone actually left this as one of the numbers to call for one of their job references at my work.  E...
Posted by Matthew on Sat, 27 May 2006 07:50:00 PST

Dentists (aka Thieving Gits!!)

So, went to the dentist today.  Never had any problems before - not so much as a bit of plaque.  Well -it's been a while I admit so I was expecting them to find something.  Apparently I...
Posted by Matthew on Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:15:00 PST

EDD - 29th November 2005

24 weeks and counting till my arrival in Toronto.  Still in the planning stages at the moment
Posted by Matthew on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST