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About Me

I'm a Personal Fitness Trainer and Conditioning Coach. I'm also a contrarian and a son-of-a-bitch sometimes. I love theatre and movies and innovative architecture. I Otherwise, I'm out here in L.A., a highly skilled actor pursuing the craft. I'm in love with the big city and the desert and have a pretty strange personality which becomes clearer when you read any 3 or 4 of my blog entrees. I also am interested and curious about things like environmental architecture, astronomy, largescale engineering projects, history, et al. Our lack of social justice makes me furious and I write about it often as an outlet. If you're interested to know more about me just read my blogs and find and listen to Clifford Brown playing "A Night in Tunisia". You'll get the picture.a:hover, a:active, a.navbar:hover, a.navbar
You scored as Marcus Aurelius, Your attention to duty even when the going gets rough has earned you the identity of Marcus Aurelius. A philosopher-emperor, he used Stoic musings to steel his resolve against a hard lot in life. You know few years of peace, and believe the only final answer to the empire's problems is a complete conquest of Europe. Despite this, you are probably one of the most human and thoughtful emperors in the history of mankind. Hail Caesar!

Marcus Aurelius

89%

Augustus

82%

Nerva

71%

Nero

71%

Hadrian

64%

Tiberius

61%

Trajan

57%

Claudius

54%

Commodus

54%

Vespasian

43%

Domitian

43%

Caligula

43%

Vitellius

43%

Antoninus Pius

43%
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My Interests

Training people to better lives. Jiu Jitsu. Boxing. Love hiking. Otherwise, I like... Acting The pursuit of sanity and health. Social Justice. Good literature. Large scale public works interest me a lot for some reason, too. Architecture. Astronomy. Rain in the city. The ruffled quiet of a good museum. The electricity of college football and professional fighting events.

I'd like to meet:

Architects. I'm, thinking of becoming one, but I have some questions.

Music:

Jazz and anything else that I feel in my heart or my feet or my ass. Camera Obscura, REM, Seu Jorge, Beyonce, Steppen Wolf, Led Zeppelin, Missy Elliot, Clifford Brown, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, Willy Nelson, Prodigy, all the one hit wonders of the world...and on and on.

Movies:

So many. Recently, In the Valley of Elah, No Country for Old Men, Gone Baby Gone, 3:10 to Yuma, Children of Men. Casablanca to Kung Fu Hustle. Star Wars to Gone with the Wind. In the Company of Men. Elizabeth. A Beautiful Mind. Polluck. Ghost in the Shell I and II. St. Elmo's Fire. Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Look Who's Coming to Dinner. Wait Until Dark. Ancorman. Fight Club. Lost in Translation. My Fair Lady. Halloween. Serenity. The Matador. The Dancer Upstairs.

Television:

Modern Marvels. The Weather Channel. The Shield. Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Books:

The Abs Diet. Tolkien. Ayn Rand. Herman Hesse. Bukowski. Stephen King. Tom Robbins. Victor Hugo. many others. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Skinny Legs and All. Harry Potter was fun. We'll miss you! Factotum. Howl(Ginsberg). Shogun. Tai Pan.

Heroes:

Dad. Jim Tressel.

My Blog

Buckeyes 24, LSU 38

Fuck man. Hurting man. Guts are bleeding. Not again. Fuck.
Posted by Matt on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:20:00 PST

Butterflies

Don't know when or if I've ever been nervous before a football game like this. I usually enjoy Buckeye football, but I take it pretty lightly. Tonight my stomach is tumbling. Or tha...
Posted by Matt on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:53:00 PST

Manifesto genesis

The world is changing. 100 or so years ago cars were new, obscure and expensive. And yet common sense ruled the marketplace. Getting from point A to point B in a car soon be...
Posted by Matt on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:38:00 PST

Home

Home for Christmas. So much to reflect on. And time and rest to do it. I love the muted colors of winter. And the slightly frantic energy in the city. Out here in the suburbs it's just quie...
Posted by Matt on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:31:00 PST

Heard the bells toll yesterday

I was sitting in my car outside the luandrymat in my hood yesterday and the sun was going down. A very golden light this time of year, when the sun's path is low in the sky and must shine through the ...
Posted by Matt on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:57:00 PST

I wish I were tres cool

Been a long time sinse I stopped by the Casba Cafe in Silverlake. I knew the hood had changed and before it had it wasn't my style anyway. Went from a hardcore, reeling, down and out gay neighborhood ...
Posted by Matt on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:16:00 PST

Math was always upsetting.

Studying for the GRE's which only require a good 9th grade math level. I recall working my ass off and getting D's in 9th grade algebra. Even had a tutor. Always struggled with math....
Posted by Matt on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:40:00 PST

All we millions

I glanced at the tv while sitting here studying(I keep the Weather Channel on low volume. That with the calm whir of my space heater makes my little studio oh so compfy and later, sleepy) a...
Posted by Matt on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 05:45:00 PST

Another November day. Buckeyes beat Michigan

It's funny. This game just wasn't the same this year. It's also funny how important a place College football has in my life and the lives of other Buckeyes and Wolverines. As i star...
Posted by Matt on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:08:00 PST

Architecture or Stuff that goes through Matt's mind

The country is going to change in spite of the howling idealogues who disagree that climate change is occuring. But in 100 years or so, our living and working spaces will be radically different ...
Posted by Matt on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:47:00 PST