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Matteo

My thoughts shall become your thoughts.

About Me

Who am I? That's a long and difficult question to answer. Perhaps the better question is, "Who am I not?"But, then again... that's a rather long question, too.Maybe it's best not to ask such questions.

My Interests

Life, Nature, World History, Philosophy, World Religion, Art, Music, Travel, Writing, Farm Animals, Trucks, Trains, Planes, Poetry, Porcupines, Pineapples, Propaganda, Meditation, Marshmallows, Oranges, Apples, Evil, Empires, Endives, Pears, Plums, Pollywogs, Psychology, Acrobats, Orang utans, Elephants, Rhinoceroses, Octopi, Squid, Snails, Salamanders, Soup, Sleep, Slugs, Cars, Books, Bison, Buffalo, Ghosts, Ghouls, Goblins, Demons, Ducks, Dogs, Devils, Levels, Bevels, Shovels, the Sun, the Moon, the Earth, the Sea, the Sky, the Stars, the Ground, the Good, the Bad, the Ugly, the Misunderstood, the All-too-well Understood, Linguistics, Giant Mechanical Ants, and stuff in the Universe in general.

I'd like to meet:



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Music:

Rap, Electronica, Emo, Indie Rock, Hardcore, Techno, Thai Music, Khmer Music, Chinese Music, Indian Music, Western Classical Music (especially Romantic composers), Jazz Musics (especially your Diz, Bird, Miles, Mingus types), Trip Hop, Funk Music... I think you get the idea...

Movies:

Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Legend of Suriyothai, Fight Club, 1984, Citizen Kane, Onmyoji...

Television:

House, Family Guy, Chappelle's Show, the Simpsons, the Critic, the Daily Show, BBC World News, good documentaries, and, really, whatever else is on.

Books:

Damn, this is going to take all day, isn't it? Well, here's some of my favorite authors:Nietzsche, Borges, Eco, Goethe, Voltaire, Emerson, Achebe, Naipaul, Mishima, Orwell, Sartre, Camus, Mann, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Joyce, Chogyam Trungpa...

Heroes:

Maytinee M. Pramawat.

My Blog

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Half a world away from meThe sons of peace are moved to angerThe homeless ones are surging forwardBegging bowls in place of shieldsPeaceful groves and old viharasAre now the place of soldiers marching...
Posted by Matteo on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:20:00 PST

Back By Popular Demand: Another Insomnia Poem!

At two in the morningEverything is a regretEvery half spoke secretEvery half forgotten friendIn the twilight silenceBetween dream and despairAching to sleepOr at least to forgetCalling upon stillnessT...
Posted by Matteo on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:33:00 PST

Blog Poem 2

Another sleepless midnightHeavy eyes unclosingRacing thoughts unceasingDestruction and becomingWondering what shall be
Posted by Matteo on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:39:00 PST

Blog Poem 1

If only words could make the worldThen I would every pleasure knowIf only dreams could alter heartsThen I would live so free of woeIf only thoughts could come to beThen I would have no need of tearsIf...
Posted by Matteo on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:34:00 PST

Some random items

1.  Sometimes I pretend I'm a dinosaur. 2.   I once ruined my friend's chances of getting with a girl because I was talking about scrambled eggs. 3.  I named my car "The Glory of ...
Posted by Matteo on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 08:18:00 PST