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Matty

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About Me

I'm a senior at GSU but I'm taking the semester off. I'll graduate one day, though with a degree in Public Relations and French. After that, who knows?...Right now, however, I'm extremely flighty and I can't make decisions without consulting at least seven to ten people. I've been told that I have the best smile in the world. I am extremely social. I let people run over me a lot. I am a proud socialist and I consider people more important than excessive financial gain. My time is usually spent doing a whole lot of absolutely nothing and it's amazing. I speak French pretty fluently, mais je deviens nerveux quand je parle aux etrangers. I love to laugh, and I hate being surrounded by negative people. I am very honest and heart-felt, which can work both for and against my own best interests. I love being in the company of friends not because I have to but because I enjoy it. I love the idea of simplicity but I've never been able to really pull it off...On the flip-side, I am very, very, very averse to change and my life is basically devoted to decadence. I am also foul-mouthed and black-lunged, as well as pretty selfish and a tightwad from way back. I am terrible at returning phone calls, and I never check voicemail. I used to weigh 308lbs and I am still absurdly self-conscious, but I'm getting better at it. I thought I was going insane for a couple of years and subsequently realized that a large part of being sane is being okay with being a little neurotic. I was diagnosed with OCD when I was 12, and I still get pretty hilariously anal when I'm extremely stressed out, which can be pretty entertaining (I like to laugh about it). If nothing else, then, I'm fun to watch.

My Interests

Sleeping, games that I make up, travel, fish, decadence, French, joints, letting it all soak in...

Music:

David Bowie, Ryan Adams, Dixie Chicks, Rufus Wainwright, Ratatat, Pink Martini, Ladytron, anything bluegrass, Joni Mitchell, Sufjan Stevens, Louise Attaque, Reba, Yelle, Tori Amos, The Radio Dept., Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vanessa Paradis, Joy Division, Air, Patty Griffin, The Smiths, Yann Tiersen, Tegan and Sara, Renaud, Nina Simone, Fleetwood Mac, Heart,Keren Ann, The Pretenders, Kelly Clarkson, Kate Bush, Goldfrapp, They Might Be Giants, Cat Stevens, Indochine, Placebo, Patsy Cline, Keane, Bloodhound Gang, Cat Power, Shakira, T-Rex, Charlotte Gainsbourg, White Stripes, CCR,Alain Souchon, Talking Heads, Garth Brooks, The Sounds, John Vanderslice, BT, Alison Krauss, Mika, Rolling Stones, Crash Test Dummies, Joseph Arthur, Depeche Mode, Yelle, Loretta Lynn, The Cure Phil Collins, Mickey 3D, Dolly Parton, Fiona Apple, Francis Cabrel, Led Zepplin, Johnny Cash, Coldplay, Elton John, REM, Annie Lennox, Janis Joplin, Michelle Branch, ABBA, Journey, James Blunt, George Michael, Raphael

Movies:

Chocolat, Pan's Labyrinth,The Labyrinth, Silence of The Lambs, TransAmerica, Delicatessen, On The Waterfront, Flight of The Navigator, Misery, Queen Christina, Pulp Fiction, Batman Returns, Barefoot in The Park, Camille, L'Homme du Train, Alice in Wonderland, Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters 1 & 2, The Family Stone, Grand Hotel, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Edward Scissorhands, Requiem For A Dream, Mean Girls, Mr. Wrong, The Wizard of Oz, The Princess Bride, Practical Magic, Amelie, Un long dimanche de fiancailles, The Sound of Music, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, The Neverending Story, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, Parent Trap (the original), V for Vendetta, Zoolander, Dirty Filthy Love, Billy Madison, Marie Antoinette, Wayne's World, A Clockwork Orange, Dumb & Dumber, The Wedding Singer, I *Heart* Huckabees, Le Diner de Cons

Television:

Snapped, anything on the History Channel, Jeopardy, Reno 911, The Bad Girls Club, The Agency, etc. etc.

Books:

Anything ever written ever by David Sedaris, Pablo Neruda, Baudelaire, Prevert, and Stephen King; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Candy, No Exit, Good Omens, then entire Sandman comic series, Metamorphosis, Angels and Demons, Le Petit Nicolas, DaVinci Code, L'Etranger, Wuthering Heights, Rhinoceros, Wayside School is Falling Down, Oh, The Places You'll Go, The Great Gatsby, many, many more...

Heroes:

Anyone that would seriously consider murdering Ann Coulter.

My Blog

Driving Nails

I don't know if everyone has been following the news about Jimmy Carter's remarks about the Bush Administration but I just saw an interview with him on CNN and was reminded once again of the great amo...
Posted by Matty on Mon, 21 May 2007 10:32:00 PST

Karma Police

I want to take a moment to just comment on how the world is a much better place than people give it credit for I believe.On Wednesday night I was doing my thang at MJQ and I found a really nice Blackb...
Posted by Matty on Fri, 11 May 2007 07:10:00 PST

My Letter To God

God,Please stop conservatives from taking over the world.  Otherwise I'm moving to "c" in constellation Libra and I'm never coming back to Earth because this is getting ridiculous. And if you all...
Posted by Matty on Sun, 06 May 2007 12:59:00 PST

Fuck.

I just wrote the longest stream of consciousness bullshit on here and fucking closed the fucking screen.  Fuckety fuck.  Fuck fuck fuck.  Whatever.  It didn't matter anyway I guess...
Posted by Matty on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:33:00 PST

I Have A Dream...

My dreams seem to grow more and more ludicrous and absurd these days.  Alas, they give me a good reason to look forward to slumber...Last night I dreamt that Julie converted to Catholicism and ha...
Posted by Matty on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:32:00 PST

Welcome To The 800, Baby Garbo!

Josh and I got a new fish today.  It's a three-stripe damsel named Garbo .  He's amazing and beautiful (not to mention my first-ever saltwater fish).  No fish will ever replace Scylla (...
Posted by Matty on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:42:00 PST

My article

So a lot of you have asked to see my articles at some point or another.  I decided to share this one that I got back today.  Upon having it returned by the teacher and reading it over again,...
Posted by Matty on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:04:00 PST

Ta cage j'abandonne...

Does anyone else ever feel like running away?  I get so disenchanted sometimes when I think of how big the world is and how confined I am to this goddamned city....and it's not that I don't love ...
Posted by Matty on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:29:00 PST

My Favorite

Je ne t'aime pas comme rose de sel, ni topaze Ni comme flèche d'oeillets propageant le feu: Je t'aime comme l'on aime certaines choses obscures, De façon secrète, entre l'ombre et l'âme. Je t'aime com...
Posted by Matty on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:26:00 PST

It don't snow here. It stays pretty green...

Does anyone else feel like the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas is absurdly stressful (and undoubtedly the longest on the calendar)?  I swear to God, if I can make it to Katie's return on...
Posted by Matty on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:53:00 PST