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Whatever It Takes

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About Me


..Im Matt and 23 years old & live in West St. Louis. Im a Firefighter/EMT. I work on an EMS Unit in the STL area. I'm responsible, with several other firefighters, for Jr. Firefighters and their instructing their training drills for a fire district in St. Louis County.I love the Fire Service. I am working hard on getting a job. I just completed some fire education in March 2007 to make myself more marketable. I adjunct several times a year with a local fire academy to help with their recruits in training into becoming firefighters.I spend time in STL City, specifically on the North Side riding along with an Engine Company in the 6th District. It helps me get to learn how they operate and it gets me to meet some great people who do allot of work for small paybacks.I like going to bars, socializing and doing kareoke I love being outside and going to concerts. I like to fish, float and camp. I also like stiing around a fire having a good time.I am working on getting more into fitness and physical training. Firefighting is a very demanding job. You can find me in the gym almost everyday working out and/or running, working on cardio work. The Heart is the strongest asset to a Firefighter.

My Interests

Miss Ya Dad. Your The Drive To Do What I Do.

..Sitting on my patio and drink a beer as the sun sets and reflect on my day. Getting up at the drop of the hat to drive to the otherside of the earth. Im never 100% satisfied in the same place. If Im somewhere good, there is somewhere better.
Make your own Zing!

Beer and Cooking!!! Haven't you seen my pics. I'm very comforatble to lay on, especially for movies or bed time. I love music, who doesn't, if u dont, dont bother me.

I'd like to meet:

Well, you of course.I'd like to hang out with the 71st class again. Good Times.

Movies:

Backdraft.... Im all about the comedy movies.... U will just have to come over and look at them and pick one out. I like shit blowing up and I like watching scary movies, I hope u do to so when u freak out, ill be the one u will be digging ur nails into. I like Die Hard, movies with sequals and trilogies that don't get boring. Monty Python, Anchorman, Old School, Road Trip, Pulp Fiction, Office Space, Beverly Hills Cop, Falling Down, Dazed and Confused, Blow. The list goes on.

Television:

Geez, by now Im sure you catch on to the fireman theme, I love watching Rescue Me.I also like to watch sports

Books:

I don't read much, but I have been reading books about Firemen from NY who were working on 9/11. And everynow and then I'm reading a cook book on pasta and/or chicken dishes.... mmmmmy favorite.. And I don't need a book on bbq, Im a master of that on my own.

Heroes:

Any of the 343 firefighters that died on 9/11. They all knew as they were going to the scene that many of them were not going to go home. It was a sad and tragic day and there's still not one report of any firefighter saying no, or not going to help those people in need. I don't say I am a hero because I do my job everyday the way it should be done and I don't think I would ever phathom a fire like that where I live, but when duty calls, Im there.

My Blog

Another Year

Just another day. But this marks 3 years since my Dad died.  I know what people mean when they say that a day doesn't go by that you don't think of someone who has passed. My Dad probably had the...
Posted by Whatever It Takes on Tue, 22 May 2007 04:57:00 PST

Game.... Set.... Match

It's finally over! The academy actually ends....  It was a decent time.... Cold as hell sometimes.  As TI would say "It was god damn rediculous" Graduation is Monday.  Back to reality.....
Posted by Whatever It Takes on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:10:00 PST

Im Injured

So, if anyone knows me, I have a high pain tolerance.  But not on the morning of 8-25-06.  I am consistantly called to the same house in S. City for medical calls, actually a free ride, that...
Posted by Whatever It Takes on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:22:00 PST

LMFAO.....Yeah

SO explain to many people about my life and how complicated it is. It is how most of you get your hopes up for something and as soon as you are about to get something ......BOOM.. something happens, ...
Posted by Whatever It Takes on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 03:21:00 PST

SO I SAW DON VITO

So Im at the HIM concert with some home fries and my friend kAri, is like, Don Vito is here... I said....NO he's not, Shes like,, Yes he is.. Im like No he's not. We walked to the overpriced merch. t...
Posted by Whatever It Takes on Tue, 25 Oct 2005 03:15:00 PST