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matthew

Sometimes, in situations like this, the simple act of being in love with someone has to be enough.

About Me


pretty please?

My Interests

family.
friends.
music.
movies.

I'd like to meet:


Dennis Kucinich 2008

Music:

30 seconds to mars, 311, a dozen furies, a perfect circle, a static lullaby, a wilhelm scream, ac/dc, the academy is, acceptance, action reaction, aesop rock, afi, alexisonfire, alkaline trio, the allman brothers, amber pacific, and the hero fails, angels and airwaves, ani difranco, the animals, aphex twin, apiary, armor for sleep, as cities burn, as night falls, at the drive in, atmosphere, atreyu, august burns red, augustana, the aurora rebellion, the autumns, badly drawn boy, the beach boys, the beatles, beck, bella, between the buried and me, bird york, the bled, bleeding through, the blood brothers, bob dylan, bonnie rait, boys night out, brand new, brazil, briertone, bright eyes, brighten, brother ali, brown eyed deception, cage, cartel, the cary brothers, cassinni division, the chariot, chasing victory, children of bodom, circa survive, codeseven, coldplay, colin hay, the color turning, comeback kid, common, cream, crosby stills and nash, crosby still nash and young, the cure, cursive, curved air, damien rice, darkest hour, dashboard confessional, david bowie, days away, death cab for cutie, deftones, diana krall, dredg, the early november, eighteen visions, elliott smith, elton john, emanuel, emery, eminem, eric clapton, etta james, eva cassidy, evergreen terrace, every time i die, the exit, explosions in the sky, facing new york, the faint, the fall of troy, fall out boy, felt, fight paris, finch, fleetwood mac, foo fighters, forever amber, frank sinatra, from first to last, frou frou, funeral for a friend, further seems forever, the gamble, gary jules, glassjaw, goodbye tomorrow, gym class heroes, he is legend, hidden in plain view, the honorary title, hopesfall, horse the band, hot hot heat, i can make a mess like nobody's business, i got shot in the face, idiotpilot, imogen heap, in flames, incubus, interpol, iron and wine, ivory, janis joplin, jeff beck, jeff buckley, jenoah, jimi hendrix, john lennon, john mayer, johnny cash, joni mitchell, journey, justin timberlake, kanye west, kelly clarkson, the killers, killswitch engage, lamb of god, led zeppelin, the legion of doom, lorene drive, lydia, lynard skynard, mae, the mafia, mark isham, the mars volta, marvin gaye, massive attack, mewithoutyou, mf doom, minus the bear, misery signals, missing manchester, mogwai, mokole mbembe, most precious blood, motion city soundtrack, murder by death, muse, mute math, my chemical romance, nas, nathan johnson, neil young, nevea tears, the new amsterdams, nickel creek, nine inch nails, nirvana, norma jean, oasis, onelinedrawing, p.o.s., pale new dawn, panic! at the disco, pantera, park, patti griffin, paul oakenfold, pink floyd, poison the well, the postal service, prince, queen, queens of the stone age, radiohead, rage agains the machine, the receiving end of sirens, the red hot chili peppers, remy zero, rilo kiley, rob dougan, the rolling stones, the roots, roses are red, roy orbison, sage francis, saosin, sarah mclachlan, say anything, scenic attraction, secret lives of the freemasons, shai hulud, the shins, sigur ros, simon and garfunkel, slipknot, something corporate, the sound of animals fighting, the spill canvas, stevie ray vaughn, the stiletto formal, still remains, straylight run, sublime, taking back sunday, tear the sails, this day forward, thomas newman, thrice, thursday, tupac, u2, the umbrellas, underminded, underoath, unearth, the used, the valentine, van halen, vedera, waking ashland, winterdale, yesterday's rising, you in series, zao, zero 7.

Movies:

the salton sea, traffic, wonderland, go, the machinist, resevoir dogs, pulp fiction, the patriot, garden state, spinal tap, kill bill vol.1, kill bill vol. 2, the godfather, the godfather pt. 2, fight club, se7en, saving private ryan, that thing you do, school of rock, american history x, a bronx tale, shawshank redemption, the american president, l.a. confidential, bowling for columbine, requiem for a dream, dumb and dumber, field of dreams, the matrix, the matrix reloaded, the matrix revolution, high fidelity, edward scissorhands, sin city, crash, the green mile, bully, kids, goodnight and good luck, american beauty, road to perdition, jarhead, the texas chainsaw massacre c.1974, spy game, the last boy scout, man on fire, gladiator, donnie darko, jfk, natural born killers, u turn, the shining, capote, munich, cinderella man, walk the line, syriana, match point, ocean's eleven, death proof, brick, almost famous, the departed.

Television:

pti, the west wing, family guy, robot chicken, studio 60, grey's anatomy, project runway.

Books:

high fidelity, in cold blood, survivor, fight club, choke, invisible monsters, lullaby, you shall know your own velocity, a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, running with scissors, sex drugs and coco puffs, all quiet on the western front, the outsiders, brain droppings, napalm and silly putty, when will jesus bring the porkchops.

Heroes:

anyone who has ever been willing to use a pen as his weapon. anyone who breaks down barriers and defies stereotypes. and quite possibly the strongest, most resiliant person i know, my sister Sara ♥

jeff jensen. and his band.

My Blog

greatest survey ever (as quoted warmly and accurately by miss kaia leathers)

1.Do you prefer to be called sexy or beautiful?kaia:sexymatty:sexy2. What is your favorite nickname someone has made for you?matty:grizzle sticks.kaia:haha what?matty: cory called me that one day.kaia...
Posted by matty.net on Fri, 25 May 2007 02:13:00 PST

21g

i watched 21 grams for about the tenth time in my life tonight and i realized... i don't think any other movie has effected me so consistently every time i see it. it's haunting, beautiful, gritty and...
Posted by matty.net on Mon, 07 May 2007 01:02:00 PST

take the stage, for it is only a stage.

for whatever reason, weeks of sitting around in santa clarita couldn't give me the perspective that two days in san diego did. i drink now? what the hell is that? i never drank. i never wanted to. the...
Posted by matty.net on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:27:00 PST

the greatest lovers were murderers first.

it's days like today and conversations like the one i had tonight that make me wonder why the fuck i even bother.big up to the people who still give a fuck. about me. about life.cory.max.sara.mollie.j...
Posted by matty.net on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:36:00 PST

champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends vol. 2

i hid my top friends for about a month... maybe longer. i was tired of all the bullshit and drama that came of it, so i took it off.well... it's back. with a fucking vengeance.sara -you are my sister....
Posted by matty.net on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 04:10:00 PST

rambling...

so i wrote this at 2AM when i couldn't sleep. it's not about anyone, so don't ask. its just me rambling. let me know what you think. it's not finished so i just want some outside opinions.I will exist...
Posted by matty.net on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 01:11:00 PST

all or nothing fucking sucks

i haven't felt this way in a long time...i've slowly and selfishly pushed away one of the most important people in my life, and i've just now realized that it may be too late to take any of it back; t...
Posted by matty.net on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:05:00 PST

just one day.

it's a pretty frustrating feeling...never being able to be happy together. never having even one day where things seem to be going right for the both of us. or how about knowing that there are people ...
Posted by matty.net on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:32:00 PST

self evident - step by step

step 1.if at all possible, access LimeWire or any similar illegal mp3 downloading software.step 2.download ani difranco's "self evident" (if you preview it and it's a woman's voice reciting something ...
Posted by matty.net on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 01:17:00 PST

a faithless endeavor

Let's sip this holy waterHope for ghosts and sons and fathers.Tip your hat to this human race.Tilt the glass and cheer this paper chase.Here's to the stained glass saints,all suffering for salvation.W...
Posted by matty.net on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:38:00 PST