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Matt

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About Me

I'm currently in Kenya, as part of B/489th Civil Affairs Battalion. We're supporting the counter-terrorism mission here in Africa as well as humanitarian aid. I'll be home in November hopefully, but until then, I'm also killing time.
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My Interests

Guns, women, and alcohol, never mix more than two at once.

I'd like to meet:

Frank Sinatra

Music:

O.A.R., Paramore, The Used, anything and everything I guess, you always need something different.

Movies:

American Beauty, City of God, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Blackhawk Down, Amelie

Television:

The Shield, Titus, anything on Adult Swim.

Books:

The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell, My War: Killing Time in Iraq, Hills and a Star, A Curious Incident of a Dog in the Nighttime, Waging Peace, Operation: Homecoming

Heroes:

Those overseas, FDNY/NYPD, and anyone who has given their life in service of their country, in the past, or in the future.

My Blog

http://matthewsmcclain.blogspot.com/

I hate the myspace blog system...so here you go:http://matthewsmcclain.blogspot.com/oh, and Oakley's still suck, so that's that...
Posted by Matt on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:21:00 PST

What a Day...

I'm sorry, I hope you know that.  I had a really bad day yesterday, and I know its a sorry excuse, but I have to see this person that came to town. I want to stay in touch, and see you when I can...
Posted by Matt on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:25:00 PST

Over the bump, not yet over the hump....

This seems like an odd no so favorite past time.  It's been a while since I've been here.  Anyway, this is just an update on how I feel, speak, and think.  My deployment in Africa is al...
Posted by Matt on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:30:00 PST

We're not in Kansas anymore Toto...

I've been in Djibouti for about three days now, and I realize there is nothing about this place that seems like home.  Its the cool season here, and is in the 90s by 10 in the morning.  I ca...
Posted by Matt on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 07:36:00 PST

Long time no see...

Been busy busy lately, no time really to post one of these.  I've come to the major realization that the first training brigade sucks, Ft. Bragg is way to big to take a taxi around and still have...
Posted by Matt on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:29:00 PST

My 25th Hour...

This is my final hour, and I feel as if I'm leaving forever.  Last night was almost surreal, and I didn't know how to feel, or who to feel for.  I saw someone I haven't seen in forever, and ...
Posted by Matt on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:13:00 PST

Here I stand...

    With the future before me...not knowing what to expect, or when to expect it.  I look at life as I see it before me, and how it basically...stops.  I'm walking away from l...
Posted by Matt on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 03:56:00 PST

Too bad for me...

Last nite was the Phi Sigma Kappa Bid Day event which turned out really well.  We have some great pledges, and I met a lot of them as well as a lot of new, interesting people.  One in partic...
Posted by Matt on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:23:00 PST

The effective range of an M16A2 assualt rifle is...

...580 meters.  That is how far away I can deliver the blow of death, without the recipient hearing or seeing me.  The noir of American films has made me realize something.  Violence an...
Posted by Matt on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:14:00 PST

Good morning New Jersey....

So I'm sitting in the MWR here at Ft. Dix watching the Simpsons, and it hit me.  This is a war and I'm going.  I watch the HMMWVs driving around post, and I see them locked and loaded, ready...
Posted by Matt on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:32:00 PST