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Her retainer...(HP high/MP low)

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About Me

I am one who travels through life and within to gain knowledge. I am a pharmacy technician who wants to become a pharmacist. I am a student, taking courses to carve out my niche in an attempt to successfully become accepted as a true pharmacy student, and eventually a true pharmacist. I am also a stocker by night to pass the time during those nights when nothing else is going on. I am a student of body, slowly restricting myself from the culinary pleasures that other men and women think nothing of, the same things of which I used to take in much too much. I am a student of mind, wanting to learn new things about people and places, as well as what our future holds. I am a student of spirit. When I was a teenager, I thought nothing of the evil streak within me, saying and doing things that some may dismiss as "boys being boys", yet would appall many others. Later, I learned to hide that streak, and say nothing when others with that same mindset would have lashed out. Hiding it was no longer an option as I got older. I knew I had to fight and overcome it, and the sooner the better. I slowly grew to despise the man I once was and the things I once represented, and I try to distance myself further from that being every day. I hope someday that others would look upon me and remember who I am now, and not what I was. I shall live honorably among my fellow man, and not tolerate the things I once stood for. I can only hope that one day, my soul will be truly purified and purged of the sins from my distant past.
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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Matt
Birthday: May 14, 1981
Birthplace: Holland, MI
Current Location: Muskegon, MI
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'9" (could be 5'10" depending on who measures. :P)
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right handed
Your Heritage: Pretty much American with a dash of German
The Shoes You Wore Today: I wore some old black dress shoes to work...yay!
Your Weakness: Pizza, DDR, hockey, MMA, tacos, PC games
Your Fears: Not succeeding, fire, losing honor
Your Perfect Pizza: Something with a lot of meat on it.
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Progress in my studies, be happier
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: ...
Thoughts First Waking Up: "It's time to go to work again?"
Your Best Physical Feature: Hair, eyes, face
Your Bedtime: Usually when I get home from the night job...
Your Most Missed Memory: The times when we were NOT stuck in a pointless war.
Pepsi or Coke: Neither, I've been a recovering addict for years now.
MacDonalds or Burger King: I don't really care for either one, but if I'm really hungry and there's one on the way to where I'm going, I'll stop in...
Single or Group Dates: Single dates, easily.
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: I don't like tea much, unless it's green tea.
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Neither, I can't stand coffee type stuff.
Do you Smoke: Hah! No way, dude.
Do you Swear: Sometimes, but usually it's the more mild words.
Do you Sing: In the shower.
Do you Shower Daily: As gross as it sounds, I've come home from working long hours only to crash in my bed right away...so no shower that night.
Have you Been in Love: A couple of times.
Do you want to go to College: I'm currently a student trying to get back on track after missing all of spring.
Do you want to get Married: Someday, yes.
Do you belive in yourself: Most of the time I do.
Do you get Motion Sickness: No.
Do you think you are Attractive: Usually, though I have my moments.
Are you a Health Freak: Moreso than I was last year.
Do you get along with your Parents: We don't talk much, but we don't hate each other.
Do you like Thunderstorms: Yeah, they're awesome.
Do you play an Instrument: No
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: No
In the past month have you Smoked: No way.
In the past month have you been on Drugs: Nope!
In the past month have you gone on a Date: No...
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: No.
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: Part of one, but certainly not the whole thing!
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: No.
In the past month have you been on Stage: No.
In the past month have you been Dumped: No.
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No!
Ever been Drunk: Believe it or not, I have not.
Ever been called a Tease: A couple of times.
Ever been Beaten up: Once or twice as a kid, not as an adult, though.
Ever Shoplifted: Once when I was really little and didn't know better.
How do you want to Die: Honorably...
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Pharmacist
What country would you most like to Visit: Japan, then France.
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Doesn't matter
Favourite Hair Color: Doesn't matter
Short or Long Hair: As long as she doesn't mind MY hair, I don't care.
Height: Doesn't matter
Weight: As long as she takes reasonable care of herself...
Best Clothing Style: Doesn't matter
Number of Drugs I have taken: Zero
Number of CDs I own: Way too many to count
Number of Piercings: Six, three in each ear
Number of Tattoos: None, though I'm debating getting one on my back.
Number of things in my Past I Regret: I don't think anyone can quantify their regrets in life.
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My Interests

I have a multitude of interests. I love 80's hair metal and listen to it whenever I get a chance. I actually like most rock in general, though I listen to other genres once in a while. I'm not a country fan at all, nor do I listen to the "Top 40" stuff. I'm also an avid gamer, and I play games of almost all types. I used to be mainly a console gamer, but over the last year I have defected to primarily PC gaming.

I'm a huge fan of mixed martial arts (MMA) as well as a rabid follower of Red Wings hockey. I haven't had as much time to follow them as closely as I used to, but I still try to keep tabs on them. I'm also a Detroit Lions fan, but it's almost comical to see that team perform as lousy as they do year after year. Perhaps they will rise once more. After all, most if not all teams go through the good/bad cycle.

I also like to think a lot about the oddities of peoples' minds. Not enough to be a psych major like some of my friends, but the psych classes that I took in college had me do enough research on things like that for me to develop at least a passing interest. It's quite intriguing to see how people develop weird interests through experiences and other influences. To look at things through the eyes and mind of another...can be scary sometimes, eh?

As far as the MMA interest goes, it is much more than two men (or women) going into the ring or cage to beat each other in hand to hand combat. It is the ultimate expression and proof of one's valor in the heat of combat, as well as a display of great honor between two combatants after the story has been told. Those who show up to the events and boo throughout the show completely miss the point. It is not about violence, it is competition in its rawest, yet purest form. In short, modern day Bushido principles.

I'd like to meet:

I'm open to meeting basically anyone. I have friends with all sorts of different interests, from gaming to martial arts to sports to anime to music...you get the picture.

As far as specific people go (from past and present): Bret Michaels, Steve Yzerman, Nobuhiro Watsuki, Kazushi Sakuraba, Miyamoto Musashi, Bill Watterson, Kawakami Gensai, Rick Allen, Georges St. Pierre, Rikki Rockett, Liu Bei, the people who were part of Working Designs, Zhuge Liang, Andrei Arlovski, Sebastian Bach, warriors from feudal Japan, Zhao Zilong, among many others.

And my favorite MMA fighter of all...
Slayer's Angel of Death in 8-bit glory!

Some people should just not play video games. WARNING: Contains offensive language!!

Music:

If it's 80's hair metal or classic rock, I'm probably listening to it. I appreciate almost all kinds of music, though. I am not a fan of country music by any means, but I respect artists from all walks of life and genres.

Movies:

I don't watch many movies, but anything fantasy or samurai related will probably hook me in.

Television:

I don't watch TV outside of sporting events or the Ultimate Fighter. Nothing else really interests me much. I do have a collection of MMA DVDs as well as a huge Beavis and Butthead compilation, though I don't flip through channels. I would like to start a South Park collection sometime.

Books:

I hate to say it, but I'm not much of a reader. That's not to say I'm an ignorant person, I just don't read many books.

Heroes:

As sad as it may seem, I really have no heroes. I didn't have any heroes growing up and that has not changed with age. I do like people, but I must grow and make myself my own hero.

My Blog

Chapter 1 and 2 commentary!

Wow!  It's been a long time between chapters 1 and 2 of my little story, but life has been very busy as of late.  Between school, work, playing Der Langrisser, catching up on long overdue ho...
Posted by Her retainer...(HP high/MP low) on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:15:00 PST

Chapter 2! Finally up...

Chapter 2:  Blaze of Glory    Jaiden is set to investigate Highland's capital city, the very same city in which he grew up.  Unfortunately, as it is late at night and a celebr...
Posted by Her retainer...(HP high/MP low) on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:56:00 PST

Finally...chapter 1 of the retooled story!

Chapter 1:  Earning Stripes    One fateful mid-summer afternoon, the sun shined over the capital city of Highland.  The townspeople were plying their various trades, and there...
Posted by Her retainer...(HP high/MP low) on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:19:00 PST