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Matthew Wilding

The Cleveland Indians played the MLB Civil Rights game?

About Me

I used to be a starving student. Now I'm a fat loser.
I am a disaster professionally.
I currently work for no one specifically.
I'm a freelance journalist. A collection of my published works can be found at: Matthew Wilding - A Jack of All Things
I am in a band: MUCKRAKER

My Interests

writing, stand-up, punk rock, reading

I'd like to meet:

Iconoclasts. State smashers.

Music:

fugazi, elliott, you and i, there were wires, the who, the beatles, elton john, billy joel, orange 9mm, quicksand, frank sinatra, billy idol, dillenger escape plan, coalesce, my enemy myself, querencia, old cave in, billie holiday, bobby darin, welcome the plague year, wagner, the hound, ames curve, dead prez, the grey album, brand new, now denial, they and the children, rye coalition, shanghai valentine, fiona apple, verse, beethoven, as long as we're all living we're all dying, backstabbers inc., ani difranco, franz ferdinand, dead prez, snake mountain, outkast, bear vs. shark, temple of the dog

Movies:

28 days later, manufacturing consent, any zombie movie, Mystery Science Theater 3000, blues brothers, ghostbusters, good night and good luck, why we fight, outfoxed, fog of war, the departed

Television:

Arrested Development, mst3k, aquateen hungerforce, Rescue Me, Project: Runway (I can't believe it either), The Office

Books:

Currently reading a writing book and Black Mass

Heroes:

batman, ebenezer mackintosh, howard zinn, Black Bart Roberts, little people that do big things

My Blog

Kelly Wallace

I know it's been a while. I see that you've deleted me from your friends. That makes me sort of sad.I am sorry that when you wrote to me that you were back in town that I didn't show up. that I didn't...
Posted by Matthew Wilding on Mon, 07 May 2007 06:48:00 PST

My first stand-up show ever

So I just got back from my first ever stand-up show. It went alright. I didn't get booed, I didn't get heckled. I could have done for some more laughs. It was alright. I will do it again. Thanks for c...
Posted by Matthew Wilding on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:36:00 PST

DIG article on Liberty Tree site

I wrote a new article in todays Weekly Dig.You can find it HERE!It will also be posted on my stories archive blog once I get the rights back.Thanks for reading,Matt Wilding...
Posted by Matthew Wilding on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:23:00 PST

Where I'm At

So I've changed a few things. I quit my job teaching. It just wasn't working out for me. The kids were great, but it wasn't a good fit for me. I have some different priorities as to who I want to be a...
Posted by Matthew Wilding on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:11:00 PST

I wrote an article in the DIG

You should read this!
Posted by Matthew Wilding on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:23:00 PST

dammit

I'm drinking wine and trying to figure out what I'm doing with myself. I feel like I don't really know how to do the things that I want to do, and I'm not really sure that I know what I want to do any...
Posted by Matthew Wilding on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 07:06:00 PST

I now teach kindergarten

as of september i will be teaching at St. Peter's Catholic School. Kindergarten. I'm pretty sure these are 2 things most people would never imagine me doing:1. teaching 5 year olds2. working for the p...
Posted by Matthew Wilding on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:32:00 PST

Back from my baseball adventure

So i went on a trip. I left monday night, and got back early this (Saturday) morning, and in the time in between, went to Philadelphia, Washington DC, and NYC to see baseball! The Mets beat up on the ...
Posted by Matthew Wilding on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 07:57:00 PST

I NEED ALL OF YOUR HELP!!!

Hey Family and friends,   I'm going to ask you guys to do something. I have never done this before, and quite frankly, I very much doubt I will ever do it again. I'm going to ask you to look at a...
Posted by Matthew Wilding on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 07:32:00 PST

George and Saddam: An Alliance of Action

America has been addressed today by terrorist al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who has offered a truce. According to him, it would be better if we just stopped fighting each other and govern ourselves...
Posted by Matthew Wilding on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 05:24:00 PST