I'm somehow Occupied and Idle at the Same Time

About Me

In the beginning there was nothing. This is not exactly true. You canâ€™t have nothing without there being something for it to be nothing to. In the beginning there was nothing, which was everything. It was, in a way, the same everything that we have today. You canâ€™t make new everything, you just have to move it around until you get it like you like it. Everything was a lot smaller back then, though. In the beginning there was nothing, which was everything, which was really small. Then it exploded. How can nothing explode? How can everything be the same everything but really small. These questions, only the gods can answer. Unfortunately theyâ€™re too busy sifting through all the prayers for new cars, pretty girls, snow days and long, painful deaths of enemies to get around to answering. In the beginning there was nothing, which was everything, which was really small, which exploded. It made a soft â€˜popâ€™, not the loud â€˜bangâ€™ normally associated with this particular explosion. After the Soft Pop, everything started to spread out and cool down. Bits of everything started to spin around other bits. Particles formed into atoms, which joined with other atoms. Fission and fusion, inertia and entropy. Physics. In the beginning, after nothing had exploded, there was time, which passed. Some stuff happened, I was born.

My Interests

Movies:

Oh man, this ones tough. Well, in no particular order: American Splendor, Six String Samurai, Death to Smoochy, Ray, more that i can't think of, i'm blanking...

Television:

Pretty much all of [adult swim], but Venture Brothers. Home Movies, Mission Hill, and Family Guy in particular. Also, Red Dwarf, Numbers, Daily Show, Myth Busters, Good Eats, Monk. Stuff like that.

My Blog

Thanksgiving

What I have to give thanks for:"My eye hasn't been twitching much today."I'm not wearing my underwear on my head...yet."I haven't gotten a serious case of food poisoning from my gra...
Posted by I'm somehow Occupied and Idle at the Same Time on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 01:01:00 PST

Mr. Nice Guy

I apologize in advance for this rant:I'm a nice guy. Ask anyone who knows me. "Matt's a really nice guy."It's my downfall. my fatal flaw.It's gotten me in trouble on a number of occasions. I end u...
Posted by I'm somehow Occupied and Idle at the Same Time on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 03:39:00 PST

The Only Time

i'm drunk and right now i am so in love with you and i don't want to think too much about what we should or shouldn't do lay my hands on Heaven and the sun and the moon and the stars while the devil w...
Posted by I'm somehow Occupied and Idle at the Same Time on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:30:00 PST

Game Day

Here's the first piece I wrote for a creative writing class I took last fall. It gave me the idea to write more about the things that have made me the...person I am. It also gave me the idea for the...
Posted by I'm somehow Occupied and Idle at the Same Time on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:41:00 PST

25 - 5 = Story

He came one night, searching for something. We watched as he looked everywhere - under every stone, in every drawer. Down the sides of the couch"Who is he?" Some asked. "What is he looking for?" Qu...
Posted by I'm somehow Occupied and Idle at the Same Time on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 10:45:00 PST

Warning: Reading This Could Give You Ideas

While I set up my new website (theoverexaminedlife.com) here's something like what might show up on it! Its amazing what people will get worked up about. The things that rea...
Posted by I'm somehow Occupied and Idle at the Same Time on Tue, 23 May 2006 10:44:00 PST

Flash! Ah-ah!

Bored, tired, depressed and lonely. I need to write more. So here's some flash fiction: She gave me her "last chance" look, and this time it was true. It was my last chan...
Posted by I'm somehow Occupied and Idle at the Same Time on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:29:00 PST