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Matthew

Sometimes I will just stand here and watch television for hours. I love it. I love this tv! - Michae

About Me


Hello folks, I haven't updated my intro portion here in quite some time. So, we'll work on updating a few things here. I'm a laid-back, open-minded type of person that enjoys many things. As you can see I stay fairly active within the Internet community and am an avid weather enthusiast. I am a forecaster for Meridian Environmental Technologies , a private company here in Grand Forks. We cover many areas across the country, providing forecasts to mainly state departments of transportation for maintenance decision-making and for 511 services .
In my spare time, especially lately, I've been gradually working on an extensive web-project, however, also enjoy enjoy hanging out with my friends and co-workers when I get that extra time to myself and don't feel like being on the computer any longer! Yes, it happens! Listening to and playing music is a big part of my life and digital photography is also a big passion of mine. Spending time outside and traveling are also things I enjoy when the weather is cooperative...
If you're interested in getting to know me a little better, you can always check out my blog posts on here, or on my other blogs found below. I typically keep those updated better than that of my blog here on MySpace, so you may want to check those out first! I also have a photo gallery and PhotoBlog linked from my personal web-site if you are interested in seeing some of my photographical work.
Here are links to my other web-sites and blogs:
» Personal Web-Site
» My Photo Gallery
» Personal Blog
» PhotoBlog
» My WeatherBlog - "gravity Waves"
Hope all is well... and take care!

My Interests

Digital photography, music, movies, traveling, storm chasing, fitness (walking/running/swimming), trying ethnic foods, blogging, and fantasy sports... And of course, love my Indianapolis Colts (Go Blue!), Indiana Hoosiers, and Chicago Cubs!

I'd like to meet:

I would love to someday meet Billy Joe Armstrong (Green Day), David Draiman (Disturbed), Jonathan Davis (KoRn), Dave Matthews (or any of his entourage), Shirley Manson (Garbage), Martina McBride, Jennifer Aniston, Tom Hanks, Jim Carey, Paul Giamatti, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes...

Music:

I have a very eclectic interest in music... and there just isn't enough room to provide a huge list of my favorite artists (and songs) here... It may be easier for you to simply see the complete list of songs that reside on my laptop!

Movies:

Pirates of the Carribean, Braveheart, Schinder's List, Sideways, The Shawshank Redemption, Office Space, The Big Lebowski, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Billy Madison, Desperado, Face/Off, The Great Outdoors, High Fidelity, The Last Boyscout, The Rock, Seven, Top Gun, The Matrix: Trilogy, Gladiator, The Girl Next Door, 50 First Dates, Animal House, Arlington Road, Big Daddy, The Bourne Identity, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Gone In 60 Seconds, The Green Mile, Ice Age, Ice Age 2, Green Day: Bullet In A Bible, Ocean's Eleven, Rudy, Saving Private Ryan, The Score, Idlewild, The Departed

Television:

The Office, Family Guy, "Friends" re-runs, "King of Queens" re-runs, South Park, Deadliest Catch, Man vs. Wild, or pretty much anything else on the Discovery Channel or History Channel... Oh, and ESPN!

Books:

Tony Dungy - Quiet Strength, Elie Weisel - The Night Trilogy, Erik Larsen - Isaac's Storm, David Wagler - The Mighty Whirlwind, Wallace Akin - The Forgotten Storm

Heroes:

Family, friends, Dwight Schrute...

My Blog

Pictures!

Hiya folks,I thought I'd shoot a quick blog entry at you to let you know I've uploaded photos from my chase-vacation last week.Manuever over to my Photo Gallery, if you are interested in looking throu...
Posted by Matthew on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:54:00 PST

Vacation Reminder

Hello folks,Thought I would send out a quick reminder that I will be out of town beginning early tomorrow morning.If all goes as planned, I'll be on the road southward towards Sioux Falls by 7:00am.As...
Posted by Matthew on Sat, 24 May 2008 10:01:00 PST

Chase Vacation...

Just to let you all know, beginning late Friday, I will be out of town on vacation...I will be departing on a storm chasing adventure with some former colleagues of mine from the 24th through the 31st...
Posted by Matthew on Tue, 20 May 2008 02:20:00 PST

nevermind...

It doesn't appear to be a problem whatsoever with MySpace - regarding the profile settings...  It's destiny, apparently...Maybe MySpace was telling me something...Or maybe it's just me, once agai...
Posted by Matthew on Mon, 12 May 2008 10:56:00 PST

Stupid MySpace!

Yeah, I don't know what it is, but for some reason or another, when trying to update a few things on my profile this afternoon, they aren't saving correctly.So, if you notice that my status is set to ...
Posted by Matthew on Fri, 09 May 2008 04:09:00 PST

Capcha!

Hey people’s...I apologize I am now requiring you to enter a capcha to add me as a friend and (I think) comments...  Lately, I’ve been receiving a shit-load of bogus profiles as frien...
Posted by Matthew on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:59:00 PST

Pumped!

I am...  Are you?I recently read that Disturbed will have their new album at the ready in May.  They also very recently provided a link for a preview of one of their newest songs.The song is...
Posted by Matthew on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:57:00 PST

Cowards!

I really don't know what is up with kids these days...Apparently, they think it's okay to barge into a classroom full of kids and open fire with a shotgun and two hand-guns and get away with it. ...
Posted by Matthew on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:41:00 PST

another upgrade...

Hiya folks,I have another upgrade to announce.  This time, I've got the WeatherBlog upgraded to something much more attractive and more efficient.If you're ever curious as to my forecasting abili...
Posted by Matthew on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:52:00 PST

Blog Upgrade...!!!

Heya folks,I'm not sure who all reads this thing, but I figured I would let you all know.  I have upgraded my personal blog at http://mwx.blogspot.com.  I keep my personal blog updated much ...
Posted by Matthew on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:35:00 PST