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mat

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I'll fess up- I think that most people on this site are here for the "gotta catch 'em all" style of friends collecting. Hell, I originally thought that this was just last year's friendster- man was I wrong.Whoring, bad cam shots, and silly hair aside, this thing is great for networking, and rather decent at chasing boredom away. Don't expect any depth here- that's what livejournal is for. As for me? I live in the Hollywood area. Socially, I shmooze like a mother, pay my tithe to Bacchus, and generally thrive in social settings. What can I say, unlike Randal from Clerks, I love both people and gatherings.Professionally, I deal with internet weirdos for a living. Every day I'm surprised at the down right weird things people will do when they're safe behind their monitors. I certainly love my work.Academically, I'm a Religious Studies/Political Science dual major, with a penchant for Art History. Pragmatically, I'm a student of life- classic over-thinker with a driving desire to consume information, understand people, and generally get to the root of existence and revel in it.

My Interests

Art History, Suprematism, Vorticism, Vienna Secession, Die Brücke, Supply-Side Economics, System Level Analysis, Politics, Libertarianism, The Great War, Existentialism, Religion, Shiva, Khepher, Dichotomies, Bacchus, Clubbing, Good Conversation, Open Discourse, Amusing Happenstance, Random Conversations and Situations, World Domination (only on the weekends), Secret Nerd-Stuff

I'd like to meet:

A bunch of stodgy, old guys, whom after meeting, I would probably realize that they, like all geniuses, may have contributed great ideas to the world, but are social friggin retards.Seriously though, I'm a social creature and as such enjoy all sorts of people, as everyone has something interesting to share, whether it be a fresh perspective, a story, or an insult.If you really want to catch my interest, say something witty, something obtusely academic, or something niche-nerdy. Find a way to combine all three in normal conversation, and I'll be left drooling on myself.As for those that I want on my friends list, usually I only add people that I've actually met and talked with. If for some reason you add me, don't expect an add in response, unless you take some time and engage me first.

Music:

Coldwave, EBM, Industrial, Ethereal, Ambient, Shoegaze

My Blog

API-phany

Here is what people should be developing:Integrate Flickr Geo tags with Maps Yahoo or Google. You input your start and end points- the maps service gives you the standard, turn by turn, directions.The...
Posted by mat on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:13:00 PST

The Social Graph and Open APIs

The concept is really flawed. In theory the Open APIs exist to bridge the gap between platforms- creating a 'true' reflection of the Social Graph [sic].The reality of the matter, is that it's an act o...
Posted by mat on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:36:00 PST

Points

There are really only two things that I've can elicit that state of silent monologue clarity, the moments between the realization and the impact of a car accident and a rare sort of person.One certain...
Posted by mat on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 06:31:00 PST

My ACTUAL, REAL blogish thang

If you're actually interesested in the innanities that I post about, head to my livejournal.
Posted by mat on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST