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Matthew

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About Me



My Interests

I'm just a guy in a place doing some things. I grew up in NorCal, and have since made SoCal, NorCal (again), Vegas, and SoCal (again) my homes. I have a lot of people I like to consider friends, but a pretty small inner circle of friends inside that larger group. More than anything, though, people know me as a sarcastic s.o.b. who is so good at it, that you're not quite sure when he's joking and when he's serious.

I'd like to meet:

Anybody witty enough to keep up with me in any one of my odd conversations...and Bigfoot.

Music:

I feel like I've got a really eclectic taste in music. Rock is probably my favorite form of music. I like a bunch of bands, from Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, and Live to Velvet Revolver, Incubus, Oleander, the Killers, and Foo Fighters. I LOVE crappy 90's music. Crap Rock is also a favorite (Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Motley Crue). I even listen to a little Sinatra or Dean Martin from time to time. Above all though, I have a special place in my heart for 80's music. Every sunday when I was a kid, my dad and I would go to the store, and on the way there we would listen to Casey's top 40. I pretty much pride myself on being able to name almost any 80's song inside of about 15 notes.

Movies:

Ocean's 11/12 (including the original 11), the Matrix, Casino, Murder in the First, and I, Robot are all good ones. I also seem to have a special place in my heart for the teen dramadies (drama/comedies). I don't know why, they suck, but nonetheless, I'm addicted. I've been a fan of almost any movie that comes in threes. 61, Field of Dreams and Miracle fill my sports movie fix. I also absolutely love WWII movies like Enemy at the Gates and Saving Private Ryan. The Star Wars saga I could watch all day...and did once. The Shawshank Redemption and Road to Perdition are epic. I guess I just love movies.

Television:

The Simpsons and Smallville...and let's not forget It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It's freakin' hilarious!

Books:

Moneyball, Prelude to Foundation, and A Wrinkle in Time are three faves...

Heroes:

There used to be a lot, and there are still a few, but now it all starts and ends with my dad. You may not know how great it is to wake up every day, and know you've got one of the best heroes out there in my immediate family, but it's awesome. To fight off the same disease for 8+ years more so for your family than for yourself boggles my mind. He did it, though, and it's amazing to think that after all those years he finally got the surgery he needed and should be back to "normal" soon...wow.

My Blog

The Foo and my dad

So I went to see the Foo Fighters last night for the first time in over 10 years, and what a freakin show they put on.  As amazing as they were the first time around (and they were unbelievable),...
Posted by Matthew on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:27:00 PST

Why Saving Private Ryan was the perfect movie for Vin Diesel

Cause he died...early.
Posted by Matthew on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:03:00 PST

Oakland/East Bay/San Jose Athletics of Fremont

So word leaked out yesterday that next Tuesday, 11/14/2006, my beloved Oakland Athletics will tell the world that they are intent on moving to my hometown, Fremont, California. As someone who was bor...
Posted by Matthew on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:08:00 PST

2006 Baseball Hall of Fame Vote

This was posted by Jim Caple on the "Page 2" section of ESPN.com...---------------------------------------ST. LOUIS -- The road signs here still declare the stretch of the I-70 freeway near downtown t...
Posted by Matthew on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:35:00 PST

Brian Kuntz

So I was sitting here at home, looking at myspace (as I'm prone to do), and I decided to go to my buddy Brian's page, because I hadn't in a while.  I try not to get overly mushy about anything in...
Posted by Matthew on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:14:00 PST

an ammendment to my car stickers blog...

So, I've decided it's time to let loose on car stickers again, because I saw one a couple days ago that somehow I forgot to mention..."In loving memory" stickers, and here's why.  In loving memor...
Posted by Matthew on Fri, 07 Oct 2005 09:36:00 PST

Women's "Basketball"

Evidently, I'm doin a lot of hating today, but I'm not quite sure why. I'm pretty happy about things, so this is all confusing. However, I would just like to take this space to tell everybody that w...
Posted by Matthew on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Merry Chrismeastgivingweememarbor Day

So this is it...my holiday, the one as important to me as all others put together is here. There is, however, a bit of frustration that comes from this holiday for me. First, let me start with t...
Posted by Matthew on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I wanna play a little game...

it's called hide the...no no...that's disgusting. it's called "what's matt looking at". here's how to play: 1. Look for me in your friends section on myspace (If I'm not your friend yet, and you...
Posted by Matthew on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Vehicular Paraphernalia

A number of weeks ago, I kind of started off on this discussion with my "Calvin" peeing/praying piece, and I figured now was as good a time as any to follow up... Stick figure families - Now this i...
Posted by Matthew on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST