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Matt

Life in every breath

About Me

Graduate student, military officer, and future doctor. 19 years of education and 1 more to go. Thank God. The dude abides...

My Interests

soccer (Liverpool FC & LA Galaxy), NPR, Japan, human thought and behavior, snowboarding, drums, existential realities - death, freedom, isolation, meaninglessness, free will/ responsibility

I'd like to meet:

I can find something inside just about anyone or any background/culture that interests me. I want to meet (steal) this little guy right here.

Music:

Nobuo Uematsu, the mars volta, the doors, bjork, DREDG, marley, the police, The Dear Hunter, Flight of the conchords

Movies:

Spirited Away, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr/Mrs Vengeance, Brotherhood of War, Spring Summer Winter Fall and Spring, Seven Samurai, Life is Beautiful, Baraka, Imprint, Audition, Once Were Warriors, Boondock Saints, Big Lebowski, Lilja 4-ever, The Professional, Bowling For Columbine, Anchorman

Television:

Futbol, family guy, chapelle show, reno 911

Books:

Brave New World, Stupid White Men, Night, Man's Search For Meaning, Invisible Man, 1984; T.S. Elliot, Irvin Yalom, David Sedaris

Heroes:

Dr. RON PAUL

My Blog

Brave New World

"A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, bec...
Posted by Matt on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Wisdom

I add to this as I come across statements that strike me: THIRTEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING It's perverse, isn't it? people spend years developing their minds and educating themselves, but in the...
Posted by Matt on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Hollow Men

IWe are the hollow menWe are the stuffed menLeaning togetherHeadpiece filled with straw. Alas!Our dried voices, whenWe whisper togetherAre quiet and meaninglessAs wind in dry grassOr rats' feet over b...
Posted by Matt on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST