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About Me

" He's an engaging weirdo", those were the words spoken on a summer night in the coffee shop. That can be taken in many ways. Odd, eccentric, awkward. Who knows. I might be those. I have many fascinations in this life. Cigarettes top the list. A deck of cards will always keep my hands busy, there's something calming about them that I can rarely find anywhere else. The constant shuffling and changing of patterns might be the trick to it. I speak what's on my mind, but I also say things just to see the reaction in someone's eyes. It is how I guage who this person might be. The written word and the drink will always be my mistress. I am now sitting here, staring at the screen wondering what else I could put, and it's a struggle to find what truly matters enough for myspace. HA-HA!AIM = xxmellorlivesxx Yahoo= [email protected] live the Panda!

My Interests

Movies, comics, literature, cigarettes, and guiness

I'd like to meet:

Someone to keep up with my quick wit, sarcasm, and library of useless knowledge.And of course...

Music:

The Clash, Elvis Costello, The Pogues, The Specials, Sex Pistols, Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, P.I.L, Crass, The Killers, Dave Matthews, Weezer, The Beta Band, Tenacious D, Billy Joel, and The Banana Splits.

Movies:

The Star Wars Saga, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead ( original), Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Evil Dead ( 1 & 2), Army of Darkness, Texas Chainsaw Massacre ( original), The Hitcher, The Punisher ( 2004), Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Blue Velvet, The Hudsucker Proxy,Bubba Ho-Tep, Barton Fink, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Return of the Living Dead, Shaun of the Dead,Devil's Rejects, True Romance, Heathers, Near Dark, Hook, Dogma, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Clerks, Death to Smoochy, The Wolf Man, Highlander, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Uncle Buck, Who's Harry Crumb?, Harry and the Hendersons, Armed and Dangerous, and Spaceballs.

Television:

Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Office, South Park, The Daily show, Rescue Me, The Critic, The Simpsons, Upright Citizens Brigade, and Family Guy.

Books:

Crime and Punishment, American Skin, High Fidelity, If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor, Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolf, Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, A Raisin in the Sun, and Dr. Faustus. I will say right now that the Perks of Being a Wallflower was basically overly expensive, irritable toilet paper.

Heroes:

Hunter S. Thompson, Joe Strummer, The Coen Brothers, Casey Jones, John Candy, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Denis Leary.
how jedi are you? :: by lawrie malen

My Blog

Being For the Benefit of a Platypus and the Sound of a Sinner.

One missed call on both ends of the phone. There was a phone tag, but not for long. I found comfort in that I was showering when the phone rang. I couldn't hear it, but I tried not to listen. It took ...
Posted by Matt the Irish on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:22:00 PST

The Ballad For Those Without Names.

Upon walking I came to a field, blinding with golden wheat. I couldn't look upon it straight, so I turned my back to it. I kept on my way down this road. The dirt was so worn to a point that it was gr...
Posted by Matt the Irish on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:38:00 PST

The Routines of Oceans and Deserts.

This evening into the early hours of morning, my mind started the domino effect as it usually does. I was humming the song Veronica by Elvis Costello, which led me to remember his performance of Let&r...
Posted by Matt the Irish on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:30:00 PST

Straight to Hell For a Swan Song.

I’ve seen your film before. A couple times, actually. The characters are familiar. They’re stale like this beer, and is all the more unsettling on the stomach. The plot was somewhat creati...
Posted by Matt the Irish on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:30:00 PST

Let Them Go, Boys. Let Them Go.

Coffee, my comfort and most bitter of mistresses. They’ll stain teeth to remind you of your time together, and then send you in a frantic rush to the bathroom in oder to be expelled. Then, with ...
Posted by Matt the Irish on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:53:00 PST

A Not So Eternal Spin

This balcony is starting to crumble, and it is snowing in front of me. I rest my head on the black railing, looking down at the concrete below me. Where did the cracks come from, which was the first o...
Posted by Matt the Irish on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 06:19:00 PST

And the Waters Curve For Us All.

Who was Danielle. Not many could answer that, not even she could. And that was the way she preferred it. She, since her formulative years, would watch the black and white films of yester year. The sim...
Posted by Matt the Irish on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:59:00 PST

Fleeting Thoughts on Driving.

Jonus was an odd bird. He lived in a series of contradictions that any attempt at description would appear to be hypocritical after time. He was both strong and vulnerable. There was conviction in him...
Posted by Matt the Irish on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:14:00 PST

Battered Old Birds and FM Waves.

Here we sit, spinning in our chairs in this office. You catch the gaze of someone across the cubicles. What an attractive forehead they have, and don't they use conditioner. Are they looking to you o...
Posted by Matt the Irish on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:08:00 PST

Whatever Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stranger.

What kind of a world will you find when the vacation's over. When you've used all your sick days, and work calls you'll wonder what you'll find when you punch in. Left, right. Or was it right, left. I...
Posted by Matt the Irish on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:19:00 PST