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Jestem Matt Ford!!!

I'm still straight edge... are you?!?!

About Me

Crazy Canuck, dreamer, eternal optimist, professional as well as amateur breeze shooter- I actually get paid money to hang out with amazing people and drink coffee. I'm probably too old for it now, but I still play air guitar all the time, I still pat myself on the back when girls flirt with me, and I still think that maybe I have an outside chance of doing something to make this world a better place. I'm not sure if that makes me the world's biggest fool, or the coolest motherfucker on the planet. Probably both, and I'm totally OK with that. My thoughts on life include keeping the faith, keeping hope alive, keeping pockets on the ass-side of girl's jeans, and keeping extended sword fight scenes the fuck out of films. Who's with me?I'm pondering walking around the world to raise money for charity starting next summer...don't know if that'll pan out, but if you like the sound of it, get in touch. Fordcore in 2007- Nie wystarczajaco : Nie Wolno (Not enough : Not allowed)... Feel that shit!xo,Matt aim - AlmontePride MSN - [email protected] Sens Go!

My Interests

All kinds of music, Ottawa Senators hockey... and hockey in general, my edge, animal friendly appetites, Buffalo Bills football- even though they always let me down, my cat, Toby (and probably yours too), Kansas Jayhawk basketball, airports, daydreaming, obscure references to historical figures and blips on the pop culture radar that nobody remembers but me, late 80s/early 90s sitcoms and sketch comedy shows, finding true love, dedication, real friends, late nights, large coffees- black, with no gimmicks, road trips, Rideau Canal, trying to learn how to speak Polish, walking all over the place, politics, unions, working out, pretending I can play soccer, Jim Rome's jungle, maps and globes, Sweden, hometown pride, the cactus, cuddles, love and understanding, never settling... never giving up hope, never being ashamed of wearing my heart on my sleeve.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who wants to have a good conversation... I'm way into that. Also, anyone Polish who can help me get a grasp of your beautiful, yet absolutely mindwarping language. Anyone who wants to learn English... I can teach you.I dig girls, but I'm way gay for two dudes right now (non-sexually of course):Marcin Rozynek:Sugar Ray Emery:

Music:

Lifetime, Jimmy Eat World, Ten Yard Fight, Soul Asylum, Bon Jovi, Springsteen, Count Me Out, Mineral, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jawbreaker, Chain Of Strength, U2, Horace Pinker, John Mayer, Poison, Strife, Screeching Weasel, face to face, Christie Front Drive, Right Brigade, Pavement, Third Eye Blind, The Roots, Superchunk, Matthew Sweet, D'Angelo, Outspoken, Pink Floyd, Europe, Skynyrd, A Tribe Called Quest, Grade, Reach The Sky, Public Enemy, Sugar, The Who, Jejune, In My Eyes, Weston, Path Of Resistance, Rage Against The Machine, The Sounds, R Kelly, Wool, Faith No More, Journey, Strike Anywhere, Jurassic 5, Bane, Kid Dynamite, tons more.Current playlist includes Motion City Soundtrack, Mae, Sinking Ships, Betrayed, Right Brigade, Soundgarden, and The Sounds.I also listen to a lot of Polish music that I see on the local TV stations. A lot of it is pretty terrible, but some of it isn't too bad.

Movies:

Goonies, American Movie, Shawshank Redemption, Transformers, Clerks, Platoon, Breakfast Club, The Green Mile, The Notebook, Thin Red Line, Cool Runnings, lots more

Television:

In Poland, I watch a lot of Russia Today (English language news channel from Moscow), football as much as I can, often on Real Madrid TV- even though I don't really like that team all that much, Polish music stations, Jay and Conan on CNBC, and when I feel brave, I'll try to sit down and watch a Polish comedy or soap opera.

Books:

I read a lot of books about learning Polish... but also lots of books with lessons for my students. I read Polish kid's books, and tourist information guides.

Heroes:

My students. Seriously... so absolutely put together in so many ways... I'm in awe of (most of) them all the time.

My Blog

The summer of Slovakia

  So for those of you who follow at home, I thought I would write a 'little' account of my experiences this past summer in Slovakia. For the most part, it was an awesome time...meeting a lot of c...
Posted by Jestem Matt Ford!!! on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:16:00 PST

The stuff I need to find next year...

I'm making a list of things to do next year... get in touch if you can help me out: - Poland NHL crew...well maybe just a hockey crew in general.  I'm talking like I need to find people who want ...
Posted by Jestem Matt Ford!!! on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:48:00 PST

Ottawa- I need a summer job, OK?

So I'm I've come to a point where I need to think about what I want to do in the next year or so.  There is a part of me that wants to come home, but there is also a big part of me that has some ...
Posted by Jestem Matt Ford!!! on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 03:27:00 PST

Babes, brawls, and Mozart

This past weekend, my boy Chris and I rolled out to Olomouc, a small city about 2 hours away. I didn't expect much, but I was very wrong to do so... Olomouc is top notch in every way!First of all, we ...
Posted by Jestem Matt Ford!!! on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:18:00 PST

Big Boss Man/Zywiec, PL

I went to Zywiec, Poland on the weekend.  It's an alright town, has a castle and some cute girls who offer me corn as a substitute for cheese on a pizza.  I accepted the offer.  Yes, fo...
Posted by Jestem Matt Ford!!! on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:12:00 PST

Ipod awareness

So before I came over here to Poland, I finally broke down and bought an Ipod so that I didn't have to drop like a cool thou on shipping over my CDs.  It was a great idea, but also a fucking huge...
Posted by Jestem Matt Ford!!! on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:31:00 PST

This is a time for hope, xo

OK, so I know it has been a long time since I wrote an update.  Many of you probably don't even read this, but some do, so I write things from time to time anyways... and besides, it's therapeuti...
Posted by Jestem Matt Ford!!! on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 02:39:00 PST

Most of the time, life is pretty damn good

So it has been well over a month now...sometimes when I think about living here it still doesn't seem real.  That being said, I think I have finally come to terms with the fact that I'm living in...
Posted by Jestem Matt Ford!!! on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:38:00 PST

Ramblings

So I guess maybe it's time for an update about what has been going on with me.  First of all, I should point out that my life is very busy, despite the fact that I don't 'really' know anybody he...
Posted by Jestem Matt Ford!!! on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:37:00 PST

Adventures in Ski Jump City

So, after a few weeks here in Poland, I have started to get settled in...although in so many ways it has been (and continues to be) very challenging.  It is very difficult sometimes to have the o...
Posted by Jestem Matt Ford!!! on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:25:00 PST