Matt Hew - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I am built for cold climates.

My Interests

Ankle-strengthening exercises.

I'd like to meet:

All the crescent fresh chicks and dudes in the universe.

Music:

Ted Leo, Rilo Kiley, Novillero, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Hot Snakes, The Wrens, Low, The New Pornographers, Yo La Tengo, Superchunk, Built to Spill, The Magnetic Fields, Teenage Fanclub, Sloan, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Aislers Set, Go Home Productions, The Wedding Present, Fonda 500, Neil Young

Movies:

City of Lost Children, Barton Fink, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Party, Rushmore, They Live, The Princess Bride, Undercover Brother, Trust, Donnie Darko, Grosse Point Blank, Withnail and I, Chinatown, Candyman, The Wild Bunch, FUBAR, Superman II, Batman Begins

Television:

Now: Deadwood is the best show on TV. Also: My Name Is Earl, Little Britain, Veronica Mars, Trailer Park Boys, The Office, Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show, Miami Ink, any number of cooking shows
Forever: Buffy, Angel, Futurama, Homicide, Law and Order (until Claire died), The Fast Show, Aeon Flux, Sifl and Olly, Arrested Development, and naturally the Simpsons and Twin Peaks

Books:

I just picked up a home repair guide which I hope turns out to be useful.

Heroes:

Jan Lazowski
1944-2006

My Blog

Celebrity lookalikes

Not-smiling versus smiling, and the results are unsurprising: just as I've always told my mother, I look better when I don't smile. Still... Gregory Peck. But where's the Travolta, celebrity lookalike...
Posted by Matt Hew on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:18:00 PST

Dogs love me 'cause I'm crazy sniffable

I've been house-sitting for my sister for the past week, which includes cat- and dog-sitting in the bargain. As an exceedingly lazy, sedentary person, it's been great to have to get out and walk the d...
Posted by Matt Hew on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 11:15:00 PST

What am I doing?

So I have to be up and functional in three-and-a-half hours, as my 8:30 lab full of first years will need me to be able to competently explain the haplo-diplontic life cycle in mosses and ferns. Why a...
Posted by Matt Hew on Thu, 03 Nov 2005 01:47:00 PST

I can't believe I drank the whole thing!

If you ever have the opportunity to drink a litre bottle of grenadine, allow me to give you some advice: abstain. I have to go now.
Posted by Matt Hew on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Matthew 1, Fucking bastard ticks 0

One of my least favourite things about doing a research project in a forest is the fact that ticks live there. I hate ticks. They're creepy because they bury their head in your flesh and breathe throu...
Posted by Matt Hew on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

For the first time ever

I recently purchased a baseball-style cap. To my knowledge, I have not owned one previously. It's plain, with no insignia, and army green in colour. My mom said it makes me look like a Cuban revolutio...
Posted by Matt Hew on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

No pocky for kitty...

But plenty of pocky for Matty, as I just discovered an Asian food store just over the St. James Bridge from me. Who knew? And Men's Pocky is only $1.99 plus tax -- that's 82 grams of dark-chocolate-co...
Posted by Matt Hew on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

A sad day for the discerning music geek

I just found out that Let It Be, one of the greatest record shops in Minneapolis and the world, is closing later this year. I'm glad I get to go back one last time, but this is very sad news indeed.
Posted by Matt Hew on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

It's all about the red sparkle, people

So I bought a new drum kit. Well, it's a vintage 1969 Ludwig Standard kit, but it's new to me. It looks like this: It just came in the mail today, so I'm about as excited as I can get! That is a...
Posted by Matt Hew on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST