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Matt

I did not achieve this position in life by letting some snot nose punk leave my cheese in the wind

About Me

If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.

My Interests

Basketball, Baseball, Books, other things that may or may not begin with a B

I'd like to meet:

Someone that will recite "Who's on First" with me

Music:

Outkast, Bob Marley, U2, Radiohead, Common, Bowie, MF Doom and lots of other fun stuff

Movies:

The Royal Tenenbaums, Fight Club, Forrest Gump, Goodfellas, Office Space, Dead Presidents, Back to the Future

Television:

LOST is back

Books:

Go read You Shall Know Our Velocity, The Beach, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Stand and a whole bunch of Bukowski.

Heroes:

..

My Blog

bein bitter

I was walking down to the train after work, and there was a young child and his mother walking ahead of me.  They were both walking pretty slowly, and more importantly, they were spread out just ...
Posted by Matt on Fri, 09 May 2008 04:18:00 PST

the eagle has landed

If you're standing in a public place, let say a highly trafficked place, and a kind of strange looking fella places his briefcase on the ground; is there any reason you shouldn't be looking around for...
Posted by Matt on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:00:00 PST

I speak internally, you are talking out loud

  ME: Oh hey! It's you. YOU: Hey how's it going? ME: We don't talk very much but you seem like a nice guy YOU: Pretty busy today huh? ME: I don't want to get to know you right now though YO...
Posted by Matt on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:48:00 PST

To: Insert key; Re: your purpose

I hate you.  I dare you to be of some use, and not just a square centimeter burden.  I hate you.
Posted by Matt on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:33:00 PST

Open Letter to Folks Utilizing the Door Atop the Escalator

Yes, I know that the rug is blocking the door.  Yes, I have tried to fix it.  No, I do not deserve the disapproving looks for my indifference.  Let it be known that I did not create t...
Posted by Matt on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:46:00 PST

I picked up a DUI

Imagine you've been to the bar, a few bars maybe.  Of course, while at these bars, you had plenty to drink.  Imagine you're leaving the last bar, it's a dirty hipster bar and on your wa...
Posted by Matt on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:55:00 PST

Feed me Seymour

For whatever reason, one thing my neighborhood doesn't lack, is little fat kids.  Every group of kids running or riding bikes down the street has a little chubster behind them sweating and pantin...
Posted by Matt on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:14:00 PST

Sec. 120 Row 30

Apparently the erroneous information club meets at Comiskey Park.  I don't know if this is a regular thing, but it certainly is thorough.  I'd like to express my dislike of this club again h...
Posted by Matt on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:25:00 PST

because it’s neat

I've found twenty dollar bills on the ground on two different occasions this month.  Yep.
Posted by Matt on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:43:00 PST

blue eyed homeless(?) guy

He's always sitting on the same corner.  Sometimes with his headphones on, mumbling Spanish gibberish that I can only hope has something to do with whatever music he's listening to.  Other t...
Posted by Matt on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:41:00 PST