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About Me

Heres is the quick and dirty summation of information about me:
I am a Mac-toting, Birkenstock wearing, overly liberal, heavy metal listening, pacifistic agnostic software engineer. And probably the craziest conglomerate of different personas you will ever meet.
Just be warned I am probably the biggest nerd and most sarcastic smartass you will ever meet. Since I take pacifism and agnosticism quite seriously its quite the interesting combo considering I grew up in an extremely conservative Christian town in West Texas. I tend to go against mainstream belief a lot and am extremely critical of those that hold onto those beliefs because they have never experienced anything to make them see the other side of it all, such as people that believe blindly in something because that is all they know. I am a huge advocate for being open minded and tolerant of other's beliefs.
I do a crapton (thats in metric too) of computer stuff including a ton of software development (mostly open source and some web development) and a bunch of Xbox hobbyist stuff. Other than that I play a lot of pool, hang out with my friends in Arlington, watch a few too many crazy ass movies, read random books, and just recently got back into the whole working out thing which will soon have mountain biking follow it (again).
I am also a software engineer in downtown Ft Worth for a pharmaceutical software company writing transaction processing software. So I deal with a lot of very interesting problems that I have to solve. When I am not doing that these days I am usually working on the house I just bought or nerding out in front of the computer or my Wii.
Other random things about me: I am a Mac person (and a hardcore developer too...amazing how much shit i get for being an engineer and carrying around a mac), I am a refined drinker in other words I will take a microbrew any day of the week before an american crap beer, so I hang out at the flying saucer a lot. I am somewhat of a car enthusiast, I prefer American muscle cars to foreigns. Or if its an exotic I admire it. I just recently got my dream car that I have wanted since I was like 5 years old which is a corvette. I would have loved to have gotten a stingray, but in times of high gas prices, insane insurance, and me not being a great mechanic I had to settle for something more practical than a 35 year old vette, I got a brand new 08 vette instead. Which still has me in awe when I walk out to the garage every morning and realize that wow it was not a dream I have it.
Here is some survey crap everybody else did so I am gonna be a poser and rip them off.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Sayle Matthews
Birthday: 12/10/82
Birthplace: Alpine, Tx
Current Location: Dallas, Tx
Eye Color: Blue with contacts, hazel without
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Height: Like 5'6" or 5'7"
Right Handed or Left Handed: Righty Ho
Your Heritage: El Pinche Gringo is how my Hispanic friends refer to me
The Shoes You Wore Today: My old ass tennis shoes
Your Weakness: Taking care of my friends
Your Fears: Losing more friends and family
Your Perfect Pizza: Meat Lovers
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Survive my first year out in the real world
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: wtf yo?
Thoughts First Waking Up: Fuck its too damn early to be up
Your Best Physical Feature: i dunno
Your Bedtime: whenever i feel like it
Your Most Missed Memory: "Game Nights" with the crew back home, aka lots of booze and us in the computer lab
Pepsi or Coke: Mountain Dew
MacDonalds or Burger King: Not a fan of either but Big Macs are the shiznit
Single or Group Dates: Single at first then groups ok
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Havent tried either
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Cappucinos hell yeah
Do you Smoke: Nope not anymore, unless I am drinking then a clove sounds awesome
Do you Swear: Like a mother fucking sailor
Do you Sing: Hahaha last time I did that they called an emergency evacuation
Do you Shower Daily: Who doesnt?
Have you Been in Love: Yeah a good 5 or 6 years ago...what the hell was I thinking back then?
Do you want to go to College: Been there, done that. Maybe go back for my masters or doctorate in 10 or so years
Do you want to get Married: Hmmm...good question.
Do you belive in yourself: I believe in that which I can prove exists and so how do we prove that we exist?
Do you get Motion Sickness: Only when Joe decides to go fucking 130 mph on the interstate
Do you think you are Attractive: doesnt quite matter to me i am who i am
Are you a Health Freak: Hahahaha hell no
Do you get along with your Parents: At times
Do you like Thunderstorms: Sure
Do you play an Instrument: Not anymore, played trombone in high school (yes i was a band nerd at one point)
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Does this even need to be answered?
In the past month have you Smoked: Nope
In the past month have you been on Drugs: Nope
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Yep
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Nope
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: Nope
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Nope, yuck terrible stuff
In the past month have you been on Stage: Nope
In the past month have you been Dumped: Not this month
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: Nope
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: Nopers
Ever been Drunk: I have never been drunk, but I have been innebriated, fucking wasted, and plastered
Ever been called a Tease: Not sure
Ever been Beaten up: Back when I was a non-pacifist in my younger years
Ever Shoplifted: Prolly
How do you want to Die: In a glorious way then I want my ashes shot out of a cannon
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Mommy I want to be a rockstar like Ozzy...lol inside joke
What country would you most like to Visit: I would like to go to the Netherlands
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Doesnt Matter
Favourite Hair Color: See above
Short or Long Hair: See above
Height: See above again
Weight: I am not picky so see above again
Best Clothing Style: Does this even matter? Before this job I dont think I wore anything other than tshirts from hot topic and jeans.
Number of Drugs I have taken: Enough...
Number of CDs I own: Dont do CDs anymore, go iPod
Number of Piercings: for me or them? if for them see top of section
Number of Tattoos: See above
Number of things in my Past I Regret: Enough
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Ozzy cause he fucking rocks. Also Maynard would be bad ass to meet also. Creative people that can think on their own and do not just believe something because the rest of the world does. Other than that cool people I dont know.

And this car:

My Blog

Confessions of the Young and Reckless

Ok so here is my tell all on my experiences of being a mid-20s professional getting his dream car and then selling it a year later.Ok for the uninitiated in my life here is the reader's digest version...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:49:00 GMT

It is a Good Day to Blog

It is a good end to a very productive weekend with plenty of ups and downs. I just wanted to put out some of my thoughts as I reflect back on them as I write this.The lesson I would like to pose of t...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:34:00 GMT

In the crossroads of life which path do we take...

I sit here and am again reminded of our own mortality. It makes me reflect on all the times before I was faced with the fact that we are only mortal and sometimes bad things happen to good people. I...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:23:00 GMT

Reflections in a mirror of black glass...

I sit here and reflect upon all that has transpired in this journey.I am where I pushed myself so hard to be, but still there if a void in my mind and my life.The more I think about it the more I real...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:21:00 GMT

Breaking out of the cocoon of life

As I sit here now and look at myself I reflect back on where I was in life just a 3 months ago. I look at how much has happened and how much I have changed.Three months ago I was at a company that di...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:25:00 GMT

A Trip Worth Remembering

A week has passed since I went down to Big Bend to do some self discovery. Since then I have really considered what I decided down there and acted upon a few of them and have thought more on things ...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:59:00 GMT

A Balance

In this blog i am simply going to post a simple question that has been eating at the edge of my mind for a few weeks now and I want input from everybody on their thoughts on it.How does one go about c...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:10:00 GMT

I will figure this thing called life out eventually

Well its been a while since I posted my last blog.Update since then I left the big ass company for a small one and it sucks worse. To make a long story short it is making me absolutely miserable and ...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:42:00 GMT

True Self Discovery

For those of you that have been around me the past month or two you will know that I have had quite an interesting time with tons of shit happening. Well its just been a very confusing time for me as...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:05:00 GMT

What Ever Happened to Saturday Night

Well saturday night was Halloween party night everywhere. So my ass started off by desperately trying to get my costume going at 7 in the evening (if it wasnt for the last minute then nothing would e...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:42:00 GMT