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Matthews

About Me

I was born in Texas. My mother is from Texas my father was from Indiana. I currently have a home in Albany the county seat of Shackelford County. My favorite place to go in the whole grand state of Texas would have to the retreat at the house named the Hoover after Martin Hoover built it in 1875 it was restored and remodeled by the Blanton family with its completion to its present state in the early 1990s. My formal education is as a historian. The majority of my work has centered around cattle ranches. I've dabbled in a great number of trades. Still the nature of agribusiness and how it shapes business entities is fascinating to me and I intend to attend TCU ranch management school in 2008.

My Interests

Cowboy culture, hanging with my friends, working horses, autoracing, outdoors, bird hunting, relaxed fishing, staying out at the Hoover, offroading, Texas history, and last but not least making new friends.

I'd like to meet:

Jesus

Music:

Texas Country Music like Bob Wills and Willie Nelson are old favorites. 80's music like New Order, Roxy Music, Bauhaus and The Cure. Anything by Nirvana, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, and The Doors.

Movies:

Giant, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, Indiana Jones Trilogy, The Searchers, Rancho Deluxe, Trainspotting, Howl's Moving Castle, Lord of the Rings, The Beach, Fandango, Bottle Rocket, Nausicaa, The Hidden Fortress, anything Star Wars.

Books:

Interwoven by Sallie Reynolds Matthews, Watt Matthews of Lambshead by Laura Wilson. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Heroes:

Watt R. Matthews, Bob Wills, General George S. Patton, President Ronald Reagan, President Harry S. Truman