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About Me

I eat blocks of cheese like candy bars! I collect ties, scarves, and old cameras. I love to shop, read political autobiographies and discertations (though you can't trust them all!), and spend time with my family, as rare as that is. I have a beautiful nephew named Braxton and he holds my heart! I miss Auburn and all my friends there so badly! But I'm in a place now that will hopefully leave me more prepared to do what I'm supposed to do. I'm really OCD. I tend to be really dense and airheaded, erego, I'm pretty easy to be picked on. But I do my share of picking! Haha! I love to be in downtowns of big cities! I've had enough of these small towns! I'm definitely geared towards a metropolis. One of my favorite things to do is to find a good band in a small bar downtown somewhere! My life is lead according to music. The piano is my therapist and nothing makes me happier than to sit in a practice room all by my lonesome, just playing and singing away. You can find me walking around with a gallon jug of water almost anytime during the day! I LOVE winter and cold weather. I HATE Summertime and hot weather. Well, the end. :) My pictures are a pretty good tell of who and what I am. Enjoy. :) PUT YOUR ABOUT ME SECTION HERE! Changes may take up to 2 mins to show on your profile

My Interests

Performing, dancing, camping, art, AUBURN TIGERS, baseball (BRAVES), watching ice hockey, running, going to the gym, swing dancing (thank you Jan Dempsey!) snow skiing, shopping, building things, music competitions with lots of people, being outside at night, especially in the winter, laying in the grass, swimming, reading, photography, politics, being competitive, electronics, going to see Broadway shows, musicals, plays, concerts, cars, home projects, eating out, movies, etc. If it's fun for you, I'll probably try it.

I'd like to meet:

Someone who's in tune with who they are, as I am with myself. It's the only way to truly invest in someone. I love people who have something to offer me, whether wisdom, humor, or a challenge. I'll try to return some! I'm "the uItiMAT" on AIM and the L in uItiMAT is an i. Confusing, I know... :) PUT YOUR I'D LIKE TO MEET SECTION HERE! Changes may take up to 2 mins to show on your profileView All Friends | View Blog | Add Comment

Music:

Any Broadway Cast Album (Aida, Wicked, Rent, Brooklyn, Piece, Chorusline, Songs For The New World, Spelling Bee, Jersey Boys, Boy From Oz, The Wedding Singer, Altar Boyz, Spring Awakening, Sweeney Todd, Godspell, The Last 5 Years, Hairspray, about anything by Jason Robert Brown, Scott Alan, William Finn, Schwartz), Michael Buble, Sinatra, Dean, Nora Jones, Joshua Payne, Jamie Cullum Gavin, DMB, Mraz, Josh Kelley, Damien Rice, Joss Stone, Kelly Clarkson, Gnarls Barkley, Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, , any jazz, a LITTLE bit of country, classical stuff, club music, whatever Delilah and John Tesh play, and anything that gets me groovin! I love my XM too (9, 20-30, 50, 81, 150). The "random" button my iPod is cool. I also have a huge space of my heart loyally devoted to American Idol. :)

Movies:

Ferris Bueler's Day Off, 16 Candles, Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, Finding Forrester, Finding Neverland, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, Mighty Wind, Spinal Tap, The Lion King, Toy Story, Sister Act 2 (sometimes 1), Footloose, Drumline, Man on Fire, Chicago, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Moulin Rouge, Rent, Newsies, Ice Age, Cars, Overboard, Hoosiers, The Terminal, 10 Things I Hate About You, American History X, Fight Club, anything with Adam Sandler, The Sandlot, Life as a House. The list grows on a weekly basis! :)

Television:

The Today Show, Nip/Tuck, Will & Grace, Lost, Seinfeld, Reno 911, HGTV, Sportscenter, Family Guy, C-Span, News Channels, The Nanny, Golden Girls (Please don't make fun), ANY reality show, namely American Idol, Next, and Made. :)

Books:

I LOVE TO READ! Anything that E. Lynn Harris writes is amazing (Invisible Life, Just As I Am, Not a Day Goes By, etc). Here are some other fav's: The DaVinci Code, Angels & Demons, Deception Point, Digital Fortress, The 5 People You Meet in Heaven, Tuesdays With Morrie, Tears of a Tiger, Rifles for Watie, The Giver, Four Trials, Worth the Fighting For (John McCain's autobiography), Wayside Stories from Wayside School, Hatchet, Flowers for Algernon, Nothing but the Truth, Cold Sassy Tree, Farenheit 451, Brave New World, Wicked, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Scarlett Letter, Beowulf, This list also grows weekly!

Heroes:

My parents are the strongest and most incredible people I've ever encountered. Other than that, I really don't esteem people too often I guess! I guess my hero would just be anyone who does what they believe in their heart is right, no matter what the consequences. You don't find many folks like that.

My Blog

Working actor...

I just feel blessed that I'm about to start getting a PAYCHECK for doing not only what I've been trained to do, but for what I LOVE. It just seems too good to be true. How many people can say that? Ho...
Posted by Mat on Thu, 31 May 2007 10:52:00 PST

COLORADO!!!

I have had an AMAZING past month of my life...I auditioned for "Hairspray" and got called back twice. It was the most accomplished I had ever felt. Someday I still have to do that show. I love it... E...
Posted by Mat on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:45:00 PST

Lent.... It belongs in the BELLYBUTTON!

So. Here we are at the start of Lent season. I don't really care for "giving something up" for the sake of being bettered. Because I'm just going to go back to doing whatever it is when it's over. I'm...
Posted by Mat on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:03:00 PST

Ya'll, where does the time GO?!

Well, I'm not even sure how long it's been since my last little blog, but I'm procrastinating studying, so here goes. So much has changed I feel like I'm introducing myself to someone! Last semes...
Posted by Mat on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:20:00 PST

Summer Update!!

GEEZ, oh so long since I've written. Not too, too much has happened. I went to New York again in the middle of May for about a week. It was great. We performed on The Today Show. I don't think it was ...
Posted by Mat on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:39:00 PST

Formal, political motorcaid, and the such....

Okay, so Singers Formal was pretty much amazing. Our band was AMAZING. They were pretty contemporary jazz. SUCH good background music. Everytime I get an e-mail notification from Facebook telling me n...
Posted by Mat on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 01:02:00 PST

These days...

Spring Break has come and gone and I did absolutely nothing for it in lieu of a job managed by a mindless bitch. I'll have a halfway decent paycheck though, and that will be nice since I'm going to Ne...
Posted by Mat on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 01:40:00 PST

It's been a while...

Well, where to even begin with this one. I dropped a class. In regards to academics, I'm now stress-free and bound for a 4.0 gpa this semester. That rocks. I got hired as the Childcare Coordinato...
Posted by Mat on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 06:25:00 PST

Brother Mat...

So I was awoken at 8:00 this morning by the cute little jingle my cell phone sounds when it receives a call. It was from Brother Max of First Baptist church of Reeltown, Al. He told me that he called ...
Posted by Mat on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:43:00 PST

Mr. America, anyone?

So I found out today that I've been nominated for Big Man on Campus and I'm totally stoked. I haven't been this excited in a LONG time. This is the biggest thing to happen to me while here at Auburn! ...
Posted by Mat on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:37:00 PST