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About Me

I'm a pretty interesting fellow. I train in Muay Thai Kickboxing and fight in amateur competitions. I set up a site for my trainer, Matee Jedeepitak, which you can visit if you are interested in Muay Thai Dragon Leg Muay Thai . There are also pictures of me getting my butt kicked from a few fights ago, so that's always fun.
I play lacrosse regularly, which I picked up a few years ago.
I run a semi-popular DVD Review website (I see a lot of movies) - The Jackass Critics . I bought the domain and started whipping up the code and design at work (Sssshh! Don't tell my boss) and it's just grown ever since. 4 years and running strong.
I like a wide variety of music and go to concerts as often as I can. I hope to some day slam dunk a basketball. I go to Bo Rics, and shouldn't (the last haircut was a doozy). People say I'm funny.
I'm in my first year of my Masters program at Walsh for Economics. Trust me, economics is cool. Ok, you may think not, but really... Walsh is awesome, very pleased thus far. Economics is kind of a funny fit with my day job, where I am a computer programmer. But over the past few years I have been taking a class or two a year at the local Community College and really dug the Macroeconomics class I was taking, so I decided to learn some more about it. I really enjoy learning and imagine I will be in an institution of higher learning for the rest of my life. Be cool, stay in school.
I really dig chili, so me and my coworker set up a website to review the local chili joints... Matt and Mark's Chili Trek .
As mentioned before, I am a computer programmer for the 9-5. I work for a small company that makes software for call centers. It's pretty much a completely normal job (assholes, cool people, annoyances, some laughs, the usual Dilbert-esque existance) but the development team I work with are all really cool guys. Plus work is about 2 miles from my house, so I am completely spoiled. I could make more money somewhere else but I am not too much into the rat race. I have pretty much everything I could want..
I have somehow manage to stumble my way into working part time at the glorious Hapros Concert Theatre doing roadie and security work. Yeah it's really a funny thought indeed. Lookit me, your mom is more intimidating.
See how diverse I am?

My Interests

Music:

Clutch, Five Horse Johnson, Hatebreed, Slipknot, Matthew Sweet, The Thorns, Pantera, RATM, Godsmack, Chris Isaak, Type O Negative, Biohazard, Stone Temple Pilots

Movies:

Dawn of the Dead (the original, of course!), Anything by Fincher (se7en, The Game, Fight Club), The Shining, American History X, Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen, Bergman), Most anything from the Coens (Fargo, Lebowski), Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, The Third Man, Following, In the Bedroom, Mulholland Drive, Re-Animator, Pulp Fiction, Spartan (Mamet!)

Television:

I watch a lot of TV on DVD. Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Tick, Rescue Me, The Shield, The Wire, The Job. I don't have cable/satellite and don't watch much TV. If my TV is on there's a DVD in my DVD Player.

Books:

I read mostly non-fiction. I've been on a macroeconomics roll lately, pounding in about 10 macro books over the past year. When I do read fiction I like trashy noir novels (the Hard Case Crime books are good). Of course I read a lot of graphic novels as well.

My Blog

Bigots and Idiots

I am an extremely optimistic, positive guy. I find the human species to be endlessly fascinating in it's ability to love and care for one another. People have done such tremendous acts of kindness for...
Posted by Matt on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:32:00 PST

Five Horse Johnson, Clutch, State Theatre March 15, 2007

Alright, so I ventured down to the State Theatre un poco solo to see Five Horse Johnson and Clutch. The night started out not so great.. I pulled into the parking garage across the street from the Sta...
Posted by Matt on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:33:00 PST

The Sword, Lacuna Coil, In Flames at Harpos December 15, 2006

So The Sword rolled into town again last night. They were just here October, but don't take that as a complaint. Both times they were opening acts so I don't even get a full set. Anyway, I got to Harp...
Posted by Matt on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:59:00 PST

Clutch and Novadriver Headliners Toledo

Hey all,Here are the pictures of Novadriver and Clutch. They played Thursday, September 14, 2006 at Headliners in Toledo. Not too bad of a place. They seemed to have a ton of beers on tap, but only ac...
Posted by Matt on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 04:07:00 PST

Five Horse Johnson - Windsor Chubby Pickle Aug 11, 2006

FHJ played the Chubby Pickle August 11, 2006. Cool venue, nice stage, easy to get to from Detroit ( Cross border, turn left, go two blocks). All bars in Windsor are now smoke free. I've never smoked, ...
Posted by Matt on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 01:07:00 PST

Are you a nerd? I am...

If you're into nerdy writings on economics, then feel free to check out my write up on our current US / China trade situation.The China Problem, or, Is China a Problem?...
Posted by Matt on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:14:00 PST

Fight and whatnot

So I fought May 13 at Warrior Way. Things didn't go as well as they could, and I lost via decision. I only have myself to blame. The dude I fought was real tough but... ah well... I'll just chalk it u...
Posted by Matt on Mon, 22 May 2006 06:20:00 PST

Ugly Pictures

Band Ugly played at the Token Lounge April 28, 2006. Pictures: early in the night - openers Blush, X Equals Y and some other band that wasn't my tastes and early Ugly pictures - Early Later in the nig...
Posted by Matt on Mon, 01 May 2006 06:47:00 PST

First Fly Fishing 2006, Mighty Huron

Well April 1st marked the beginning of the fishing season here in Michigan. Me and co-worker Meverest went out the Friday before the 1st to see the Michigan DNR stock the Huron River. They do this yea...
Posted by Matt on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:20:00 PST

New Level of Stupidity

In spite of being a little broke (had some large expenditures in the past 30 because I'm stupid) I made a dumb snap decision and bought a PC Engine Duo from Dean at MultiMods. The PC Engine Duo is the...
Posted by Matt on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:27:00 PST