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El Mateo

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About Me

I'm impatient. Easily distracted. Kind. Hot headed. A busy body. A people watcher. A potty mouth. An adrenaline junkie. Loyal to my friends. I Like to check-out, but love to be in the moment. A pseudo-spiritual practitioner. A rugged metrosexual. I like nice things. I'll try anything once, sometimes twice, even if I didn't like it the first time. I've made tons of bad decisions and a few good ones and wouldn't change a thing. Sometimes I throw proper grammar out the window. I aspire to be a vegetarian while eating a burger.But really, that's enough about me.

My Interests

Motorcycles. Well, anything with a motor. Actually, anything on wheels. Actually just things that are fast. Danger. I also like to visit places I've never been before and return to the ones that I liked. I like to meet new people and try and make memories with them.Every man dies. Not every man really lives.

This isn't how I broke both of my arms.

Streets of Willow 10/06

I'd like to meet:

You Again and Again and Again. ..

Music:

My all-time favorite band is Led Zeppelin.
Then, in no particular order: Wolfmother, The Format, Aqualung, Audioslave, Beck, Black Keys, De La Soul, Doves, French Kicks, Kings of Leon, Fugazi, Haiku D'etat, Keane, Phoenix, Pinback, Postal Service, Ray Lamontagne, St. Germain, Weezer, Zero 7, Talib Kwali, Freestyle Fellowship, Aceyalone, Abstract Rude, Queens of the Stone Age, Alexi Murdoch, Gary Jules, The Postal Service, Sunny Day Real Estate, Bent, Travis, Ima Robot, Jimi Hendrix, Fila Brazillia, Wagonchrist, DJ Shadow, DJ Krush, Operation Ivy, Radiohead, Elliot Smith, Kool Keith, Pete Yorn, Dandy Warhols, Sade - Lovers Rock, Flaming Lips, Jeff Buckley, Billy Joel, South, Bob Marley, S.O.U.L, Doves, Van Morrison, Sinatra, Dispatch, Strokes...and so on.

Movies:

A few favs: Shawshank Redemption, This is Spinal Tap, Best in Show, Trading Places, Old School, Spellbound & 40 Year Old Virgin.

Television:

Primarily non-fiction stuff: History Channel, Speed Channel, Discovery, etc. I also really like crime detective shows.

Books:

I'm currently reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - it's deep. Also in my pile is "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus", but I've put that book on hold for the time being.

Heroes:

People who take a different approach to life...

My Blog

A big realization came in a small package.

I had a profound moment in my life just recently. The best part about it was that it was that it was so simple and subtle. Not the burning bush variety epiphany, but more of a wink from the universe. ...
Posted by Matt Again and Again and Again on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:47:00 PST

Prayer Can Hurt...

Something to think about: Published On Wednesday, April 05, 2006 3:39 AMBy PAMELA T. FREEDContributing WriterStrangers' prayers for heart-surgery patients may have had detrimental effects on those pa...
Posted by Matt Again and Again and Again on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:41:00 PST

If I could do things over, I'd...

...maybe take a more 'salt of the earth' approach. Honestly, there's a part of me that wants to sell my shit, move to some Podunk town, maybe in Florida or Arizona. Once there, I'd: - buy a 3500 ...
Posted by Matt Again and Again and Again on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:26:00 PST