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Matt

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About Me

I'm 22 years old, caucasian, 6'4, with big poofy red hair and a lanky build. For those of you who happen to have a good imagination, that does indeed mean that I look like the following people:Napolean Dynamite, Ronald McDonald, Ferguson from Clarissa Explains It All, Pete from The Adventures of Pete and PeteI'm a math major (pursuing a B.S.; how appropriate) at Arizona State University. No, I'm not a masochist. The most fascinating thing I've seen recently is the series {0,-1,1,0,1,0,-2,-1.9,-1.8,. . .1.9,2,-3,-2.99...}, which is a sequence of rational numbers (a countable set) that has subsequences converging to every real number (an uncountable set). That's nuts!I'm also a big fan of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. And yes, I really am 22.

My Interests

I play the Magic: The Gathering TCG, both online and in real life. I also play the occasional video game; I prefer RPGs, but also enjoy the Soul Calibur series, at which I can beat you, your friends, and your dog. One-handed. I enjoy reading, generally novels by Stephen King and the occasional interesting piece of non-fiction.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who willingly took time out of their day to read about me.

Music:

I enjoy lots of music. When people ask me what kind of music I like, I always want to answer "I listen to good music." Here are some choice artists, so you can see the variety: Rise Against (my current fav), Lisa Loeb, My Chemical Romance, The Wallflowers, NoFX, Nirvana, Van Halen, Ben Kweller, Fiona Apple, The Beatles, Shakira, The Postal Service, AC/DC, Jimmy Eat World, Weird Al Yankovic, Death Cab for Cutie, Green Day, and They Might Be Giants.

Movies:

My movie interests fall into two categories: the mindlessly cool ones, and the ones that make you think. Some examples of both follow. Mindlessly cool: The Lord of the Rings trilogy by Peter Jackson, the even-numbered Star Trek movies, the Star Wars trilogy (the old ones; the prequels suck), and most mystery movies. Ones that make me think: Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and the odd-numbered Star Trek movies (which make me think "How could anyone make any movie this bad?")

Television:

I don't have a lot of time for TV, but when I do I almost invariably turn to dramas, such as Law and Order, ER, The Sopranos, etc. I like legal dramas especially since I used to want to be a lawyer; unfortunately I later discovered that I have a soul. I've also recently enjoyed Grey's Anatomy. As far as comedy goes, I like the occasional sitcom (few and far between), the Daily Show, Sex and The City, and Saturday Night Live. Also, I hate reality television. Except for Beauty and the Geek, which I would win.

Books:

I like anything by Stephen King. I also like the Lord of the Rings, and several bad descendents of Tolkien's fantasy, most notably the DragonLance Chronicles by Weiss/Hickman. Yeah, I'm a big geek.

Heroes:

Spider-Man and Batman.