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About Me

chef, musician, friend, foe. well, not really foe. mostly just friend I hope. I love the simple things, music, books, movies, quantum mechanics...did I say the simple things? Life is about knowing that you are not alone, that each of us have the same needs, the same desires, the same goal of finding happiness. And what better place to find happiness than in the simple things? Really, I'm not going to find happiness in quantum mechanics, but I might find it in hiking on an island in a lake in northern saskatchewan, or appreciating a really beautiful bassline or watching the northern lights or one of those crazy thunderstorms that light up the sky and the horizon. That feeling of peace and contentment that envelopes us when we realize that we are small is what keeps me going. Your results:
You are Spider-Man Spider-Man 85% The Flash 75% Iron Man 70% Catwoman 65% Robin 65% Green Lantern 65% Supergirl 55% Superman 55% Hulk 50% Wonder Woman 45% Batman 30% You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.
Click here to take the "Which Superhero are you?" quiz...
You're Totally Sarcastic
You sarcastic? Never! You're as sweet as a baby bunny.
Seriously, though, you have a sharp tongue - and you aren't afraid to use it.
And if people are too wimpy to deal with your attitutde, then too bad. So sad. How Sarcastic Are You?Myspace Backgrounds

My Interests

Music, music, music. Bass guitar as lead instrument art, design, buddhism, theatre, dance, film, cooking, hiking, camping, canoeing, Irony, absurdist humour.

I'd like to meet:

hh the 14th dalai lama tenzin gyatso, batman(only during daylight hours in the company of my most honest friends), jack white, leslie feist,the person who coined the term "scrunchy" what a great word. Richard Gere, Ringo Starr so I can give him a pat on the back and tell him that he's not the crappiest beatle. Chairman Mao so I can tell him to snap out of it and get over himself--religion isn't poison but it can taste kind of acrid at times. God, so that I can tell him to his face that I don't believe in him. john Lennon so that I can say thank you for "a day in the life"Tina Fey...I love her.Anyone interested in promoting arts and culture

Music:

the beatles, the clash, benny goodman, beethoven, mozart, the raconteurs, the white stripes, the yeah yeah yeahs, bandwagon device, chili peppers, sarah harmer, feist, brendon benson, anything motown, fishbone (best live band I've ever seen), mr. bungle, john zorn, jurassic 5, public enemy, the arcade fire, the killers, duran duran, beck, loretta lynn, blondie, broken social scene, buddy holly, the cars, dead kennedys, fIRHOSE, nomeansno, dysrythmia,elvis costello, glenn miller orchestra, the go-gos, johnny cash, minutemen, oscar peterson trio, patsy cline, the police, serena ryder (what a voice!), stevie wonder (the world would be a happier place if everyone listened to more stevie wonder), tiger army, the jackson 5, the supremes.

Movies:

Raging bull is my all time favourite movie, King Kong 1933, what about bob, the princess bride, batman begins, Mr. and Mrs. Smith (just kidding, it sucks hard), who killed the electric car, Stewie Griffin the untold story,

Television:

Right, since I broke my leg tv is all about CSI--it's not my fault, it's on 50 fucking times a day! and can you believe that there are 5 different series of star trek all in re-runs right now? It's fucking stupid...however, on a bright note--the scrubs musical episode was on tonight and 30rock...Tina Fey is so hot!

Books:

100 years of solitude, the elegant universe, shakespeare, the art of happiness. spiderman comics. the time of new weather, Freakonomics, the harry potter series, Popular science, new scientist, discover magazine, anything written by the dalai lama or thich nhat hanh.

Heroes:

hh tenzin gyatso the 14th dalai lama, john lennon

My Blog

a little anatomy lesson. Oh, and a challenge

you may have already heard...and what you've heard is true! Last friday night I slipped on some ice causing an "eversion" (The anatomical term of motion denoting the movement of the sole of the ...
Posted by Matty on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:52:00 PST

jiffy-pop

Yowza!! where have you been all my life? I feel a little like Neo waking up from the machine world only to discover a whole new world that's completely new...and delicious.
Posted by Matty on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 06:25:00 PST

rip friend

Have any of you had or seen one of those goldfish cubes? you know, the ones that are sold for fundraising with 2 little, itty bitty goldfish, a couple of rocks and a snail to keep the cube clean...
Posted by Matty on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:28:00 PST

The Rolling Stones (fans) are Ruining my Weekend

Oh my god, there is too many of you. You've taken my fair city of roughly 180,000 people and turned it into a Metropolis of 220,000! That's an increase of about 22%. And hey, that's ...
Posted by Matty on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 09:09:00 PST

an open letter to the person who decided I can only give a maximum of 2 kudos.

Just who the HELL do you think you are?! I'm beyond flabergasted that the myspace juggernaut--bastion of free speech--dares to limit the number of Kudos that I can issue. And w...
Posted by Matty on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:12:00 PST

talent pool

So, Bandwagon Device played a show on Friday with Hot Little Rocket, from Calgary, and I was pleased to touch base with the drummer from said band, Joel Nye. I hadn't seen Joel since he moved aw...
Posted by Matty on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 06:58:00 PST

Why can't I have ADD?!

when I was a kid if I daydreamed too much in class, or drew complicated sketches on my desk for 20 minutes of a 60 minute math class, I would get a figurative slap upside the head and be told to...
Posted by Matty on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 10:27:00 PST

myage

I used to think that working with people much younger than me, helped to keep me young....Now I've been realizing that that is not the case, and that working with people in their late teens and early ...
Posted by Matty on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:55:00 PST

I'm sad tonight

an open letter to two of my very favourite people: I've just come from a going away party for 3 women, one of whom I know only just in passing,an acquaintance, the other two I hope that do, and will ...
Posted by Matty on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:27:00 PST

Blogging, Will wonders never cease? or...what I did with my summer vacations

let's see, what did I do on my summer vacation? well, in actual fact, I only took a week off this summer but I did do some fun stuff. I took a canoe trip (too short) and climbed some rocks (see...
Posted by Matty on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 02:00:00 PST