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Matty

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About Me


"True Budo is done for the sake of building peace. Train every day so as to make peace between this spirit [Budo] and all things manifested on the face of the Earth."
- O Sensi - Morihei Ueshiba
I'm 32, a rabidly green semi-socialist suburban refugee living in the Rocky Mountains with my gorgeous and super intelligent mountain woman wife and amazing mountain baby-girl, working for my father-in-law as a health care consultant (who woulda thunk it?). I want to be building environmentally friendly eco-houses, drinking good beer on porches, raising organic livestock and produce, fly-fishing, doing aikido, spinning fire, hiking a 14-er with the wife and dog, riding my motorcycle, playing bass and writing songs, and working toward postive peaceful change, but I only get to do all of that stuff every now and then. I originated in these mountains, a few states to the north, spent some years in Cali, moved to the land of blessed-liberalism and civil-unions (Vermont) where I spent my formative years (Blessed be!), went to college in Bean Town, bartended back in Vt, decided it was time to go to grad school, got a degree in Environmental Law, and followed the woman I soon after married down to DC, where I got an environmental consulting job. After three years in that damn place of partisan politics, veiled racial and socio-economic tension, snipers, terrorist attacks, unfriendly people, and blind patriotism, my wife and I strategically retreated to the mountains which we both love. Here I kept working for the DC enviro-firm until I got offered a job I couldn't refuse, working for the Father-in-law doing Health Care Consulting and growing a small business. We're now loving living in the environmentally friendly house we designed and built up at 9,000 ft asl, hanging with our dog, raising our little Mountain Grrl, trying to travel and scuba-dive as much as possible, while retaining our optimism, good senses of humor, and trying not to become defeatist at the alarming trends in our nation. Luckily we have amazing family and friends with us on this journey, and they make it all that much better. Some live on the opposite coast, some live across the valley, some live the next town over. Its an amazing place to live, and an exciting time in our lives. We are blessed.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Other rabid greens, political activists, peaceniks, nomads, Burners, gypsies, fire spinners, environmentalists, bikers, hikers, campers, wanderers, world travelers, teachers, beer aficionados, chefs, foodies, people who love to cook, Luddites, artists, musicians, photographers, builders, carpenters, farmers, organic gardeners, homesteaders, liberals, moderate conservatives with a brain in their head, disgruntled catholics, and dog owners.



You Are 9: The Peacemaker
You are emotionally stable and willing to find common ground with others. Your friends and family often look to you to be the mediator when there is conflict.You are easy going and accepting. You take things as they come. Avoiding conflict at all costs, you're content when things are calm.At Your Best: You feel connected, trusting, and fulfilled. You feel at peace with your place in the world.At Your Worst: You compromise your values to make sure peace is maintained. You give in to bullies.Your Fixation: HarmonyYour Primary Fear: Causing conflictYour Primary Desire: To preserve things as they areOther Number 9's: Marge Simpson, Ronald Reagan, Audrey Hepburn, Jerry Seinfeld, and Abraham Lincoln. What Number Are You?
You are 100% from Vermont! You are a real Vermonter born and bred. You get angry when M*ssholes ask if you lived on a farm and milked cows every day. You can also do a perfect imitation of a redneck accent because it's hilarious.

How Vermont are you?
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In a Past Life...

You Were: A Gentle Warrior.

Where You Lived: Japan.

How You Died: In Battle.
Who Were You In a Past Life?

You Are An ENFP
The InspirerYou love being around people, and you are deeply committed to your friends. You are also unconventional, irreverent, and unimpressed by authority and rules. Incredibly perceptive, you can usually sense if someone has hidden motives. You use lots of colorful language and expressions. You're quite the storyteller!In love, you are quite the charmer. And you are definitely willing to risk your heart. You often don't follow through with your flirting or professed feelings. And you do break a lot of hearts.At work, you are driven but not a workaholic. You just always seem to enjoy what you do. You would make an excellent entrepreneur, politician, or journalist.How you see yourself: compassionate, unselfish, and understandingWhen other people don't get you, they see you as: gushy, emotional, and unfocused What's Your Personality Type?

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