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Matt

I am here for Friends and Networking

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

You! Or anyone who is willing to drive the 4+ hours to come hang out with me in SLO.

Music:

Currently in rotation:1.) Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova2.) Broken Social Scene3.) Damien Rice4.) The Chieftains5.) Modest Mouse6.) Morrissey7.) The Maritime8.) The Decemberists9.) Grateful Dead10.) Alkaline Trio11.) Beck12.) Tom Waits13.) My Morning Jacket14.) The Clash15.) DJ Shadow16.) CCR17.) Freezepop18.) Arcade Fire19.) The Ramones20.) Kings of Convenience

Movies:

Once (find it, see it!),Pulp Fiction, Killing Zoe, Romero's "Dead" (Night of the Living, Dawn of the, Day of the, Land of the), Trainspotting, Garden State (I liked it. Boo hoo.), Punch Drunk Love, The Labyrinth, City of Lost Children, Amelie, Dirty Pretty Things, Hotel Rwanda, Intermission, The Station Agent, Shaun of the Dead, 28 Days Later, LOTR, Leon: The Professional, Antonia's Line, The Dark Crystal, Get Carter (the original), White, An American Werewolf in London, Batman Begins, Swingers, Nightmare Before Christmas, Cronos, I'm Not Scared, The Devil's Backbone, Rear Window, Together, The Big Blue, Happenstance, City of God, Unleashed, Spirited Away, Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, Elf, Deliverance, HP 1-3, Murder on the Orient Express, Devil in a Blue Dress, Crimson River... enough for now....

Television:

Prison Break, Heroes, Scrubs, The Daily Show, Arrested Development, The Office (BBC and NBC), Simpsons, Futurama, Home Movies, Extras.

Books:

A lot of travel books lately. Rick Steves (he needs to update his stuff, really), Bill Bryson, Frommer's Series, etc. Most anything by Neil Gaiman (especially Neverwhere), All 5 Harry Potters, The Eight, Shipping News, Nick Drake, Emma, Beowulf, Ethics, H.P. Lovecraft, anything by Tolkien, Piers Anthony, Eureka Street, Hells Angels, plays by Brendan Behan, JM Synge, Erasure, Ceremony, The Fugitive Kind, Are You Somebody?, Where the Wild Things Are, archaeology, Patrick McGrath, and many more....

My Blog

What might drive me to quit my job (aside from boredom)

I hate modern country. Oh god, how I truly hate it. I’m pretty sure that if it’s current and sung by someone under 60 I don’t like it. This is an example of what I have to ...
Posted by Matt on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:17:00 PST

My CSET exam

So I don't know if most of you are familiar with the CSET exam. It stands for California Subject Examination for Teachers. All people who intend to teach K-8 have to take this exam. It is comprehensiv...
Posted by Matt on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:47:00 PST

Vacation photos

Hey everyone, I finally posted a few pictures from my trip this summer. Check 'em out! Matt
Posted by Matt on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:05:00 PST

Crimes against man...wtf?

  This was taken from geekologie.com: In one of the saddest turn of events I have read recently, some guy managed to secure a direct casting of Han Solo in carbonite from the original prop, and ...
Posted by Matt on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:47:00 PST

Hot Fuzz DVD Extras!

Hey all, My friend Jamie alerted me earlier to the fact that me and my friend Micah were on the Hot Fuzz DVD's extra footage. A while back when they had their San Francisco premiere (complete with S...
Posted by Matt on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:54:00 PST

Goin on vacation!

Hey everyone, I'm leaving for about 3.5 weeks to Ireland, Wales, England and Scotland. I will be flying out on June 28th and returning July 23rd. I'll probably be checking this very infrequently but...
Posted by Matt on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:00:00 PST

Sidewalk art

Kids grow up so fast in San Francisco.    
Posted by Matt on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:27:00 PST

WonderCon

Yeah, I went to WonderCon. Here are some pictures! Hilary Swank talking about "The Reaping." Ernie "Winston" Hudson kept his autograph money in a fanny pack. Oh Winston... Ali Larter talking about ...
Posted by Matt on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:01:00 PST

Why I love Japan: Reason .2,342

...the other 2,341 reasons being various sushi rolls and Spirited Away.     Trying to post videos in my blog is always a successful way of making me feel like an idiot....
Posted by Matt on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:06:00 PST

San Francisco, the run down

DISCLAIMER: The following list is put forth for the sake of juxtaposition/comparison, and not to be mistaken for bragging. It's a ying/yang thang.   So since Danielle and I have lived in San Fra...
Posted by Matt on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:45:00 PST