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Matthew C. Jenkins

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About Me

I don't like the following bands in no particular order. Bright Eyes, Pearl Jam, The Rolling Stones, Dave Matthews Band, Jack Johnson, The Greatful Dead, Phish, Jam bands in general, Radiohead(I don't really like the music, but I hate the fans more), Pedro the Lion, The Strokes, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, OAR, Panic at the Disco!, Nickleback, Three Doors Down, Hinder, Wal-Mart Country Music (Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Etc) and this list will continue to grow as I think of bands.

My Interests

I have elected to make a list of movies I have viewed this year (Yes, I know some of these are terrible excuses for film) (Star denotes theater viewing):Stay Alive*, Underworld Evolution*, Everything is Illumniated, Slither*, Must Love Dogs, The Cave, Waiting, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Taxi, Paycheck, Big Momma's House 2*, Some Kind of Monster, Can't Hardly Wait, Firewall*, V is for Vendetta*, 16 Blocks*, Dave Chepelle's Block Party*, The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio, The Aristocrats ,The Pink Panter*, Constant Gardner, Munich*, Domino, Lord of War, Amos and Andrew, Monster-In-Law, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Cost, Saint Ralph, The Benchwarmers*, The Truth About Love, Capote, Silent Hill*, Batman, American Dreamz*, R.V.*, 11:14, Mission Impossible III*, Posideon*, Jerry Sienfield: Comedian, Rumor Has It, X3: The Last Stand*, See No Evil*, Cars*, The Omen*, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy, Puff Puff Pass, Grandma's Boy, Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber, Nacho Libre*, Better Off Dead, Heathers, Winter Passing, Match Point, Zombie Night, Man-Thing, Superman Returns*, An Unfinished Life, Old School, Sleepless in Seattle, The History of Metal, Aeon Flux, Pirates of The C. Dead Mans Chest *, Repetillian, The Gingerdead Man, The Ballad of Ricky Bobby*, Lady in the Water*, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Be Cool, Pollock, Roadhouse 2, Snakes on a Plane*, Snakes on a Train, Bob Dylan, Invincible*, Final Destination 3, Hostel, High Fidelity, Little Miss Sunshine*, Hollywoodland*, S.P.U.N., Crank*, Green Street Hooligans, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Lucky Number Slevin, Idle Hands, Jesus' SonKill Bill 2, Monster House*, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, Van Wilder, Jackass II*, Human Nautre, The Rookie, Nightmare on Elm Street, Nightmare on Elm Street II, Nightmare on Elm Street III, Nightmare on Elmstreet IV, Nightmare on Elm Street V, Nightmare on Elm Street VI, Wes Craven's New Nightmare,Freddy vs. Jason, Shattered Glass, School for Scoundrels*, Police Academy, Way of the Gun, Stick It, Thank You For Smoking, Texas Chainsaw Masacare: The Beginnings*, The Tao of Steve, Crawlspace, Click, The Gift, Thumbsucker, Secetary, Santa's Slay, Beatle Juice, Chumscrubber, Edison Force, An American Haunting, PCU, Pootie Tang, A Dirty Shame, Office Space, Election, Texaschainsaw Massacre, Texas Chainsaw Massacre II, Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, Texas Chainsaw Massacre IV, How to Lose Your Lover, Drop Dead Sexy, Rodger Dodger, The Break-Up, Party Monster, Party Monster: The Shockumentary, Scary Movie 4, A Prarie Home Companion, The United States of Leland, Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny*, Mad Hot Ballroom, Sleepaway Camp, Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers, Breakfast on Pluto, Clueless, Clerks, Clerks 2, Word Wars, Transamerica, Spiderman 2, Yours, Mine, Ours,

Music:

This would take me forever, so I am going to name the top 10 cds I would like to be stuck on a desert island with (these aren't in any order).Vroom-Throws Like a Girl, Tuesday-Freewheelin, Weezer-Blue, The Redemption Song-Victims, Sherwood-Sing But Keep Going, Thrice-Illusion of Safety, MxPx-Life in General, Goo Goo Dolls-A Boy Named Goo, The Ataris-End is Forever, and Explosions in the Sky-The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place

Movies:

Fast Time and Ridgemont High, Say Anything, Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, High Fidelity, Dirty Work, Saved, Billy Madison, Phallus in Wonderland, Sleepaway Camp Series, Can't Hardly Wait, All I Want, Most Valuable Primate, Most Vertical Primate, Most Extreme Primate, Soccer Dog, Top Gun, How's Your News? and many more.

Television:

Mythbusters, The Office, Dirty Jobs, and Unwrapped.

Books:

The Bible, To Kill a Mocking Bird, 1984, Animal Farm,

Heroes:

Jesus, Abe Lincoln, The inventor of the switchblade kinfe.

My Blog

I don’t understand sometimes...

why God is so faithful. I made a mistake today, not something wrong, just said something that I didn't know was going to be an issue. I am so thankful that God can smooth things over. I am so glad ...
Posted by Matthew C. Jenkins on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:17:00 PST

I freakin' love my life...

I am sitting in Duluth, MN right now and I was just thinking about how much I love my life. I get to travel in van and see the country. I get to meet new people everyday and I get to share my music an...
Posted by Matthew C. Jenkins on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:16:00 PST

Behind the music made me cry

I am watching the 98 Degrees behind the music as we speak. First off, I want to say they were all four, hardworking dudes from the midwest. They had a dream and they went for it. Kudos to that.Nick...
Posted by Matthew C. Jenkins on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:57:00 PST

God is Good

There have been a lot of things in my life not go so great as of late. The awesome thing to know is that God is good. Even when things seem like the can't get worse, they usually can. I find comfor...
Posted by Matthew C. Jenkins on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:34:00 PST

When it rains, it pours.....

Today is the first day in a long time that I would say as a whole was a "bad day." First off, I get a show on The Apprentice tour canceled. Getting a show canceled isn't a big deal if you aren't on ...
Posted by Matthew C. Jenkins on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:08:00 PST