| Well, I suppose that as long as you are visiting my site, it is only fair for me to tell you a little about myself. I am a sophomore in college, at the University of Kansas, and can honestly say that I have never had more fun in my life. Don't get me wrong, I miss my family and friends back home an awful lot, but there is something to be said for one's independence. It is great to be able to go where I want, do what I want, whenever I want. Plus, I have the good fortune to be living in Stephenson Scholarship Hall. Now, by the name of it, you might assume that Stephenson is a place where refined young men gather under the same roof to enrich and enlighten each other in their pursuit of academic excellence, and you couldn't be further from the truth. To quote the all-wise Obi-Wan Kenobi, it is a "..wretched hive of scum and villainy," a place where anything can and will happen, a place where miscreants and mischief makers thrive, a place where any guy who has seen "Animal House" or "P.C.U." would love to be. I think I'm technically a Theatre major or something, go figure. I havn't the foggiest what I'm going to do with my life, so I'm just sort of leaving it open. I thought for a while about doing the whole English thing, maybe some creative writing, in fact, that's the reason why I started this site, to get a feel for it. But it turns out I'm not very consistent, and tend to have a rather limited audience appeal, so back to the drawing boards on that one...maybe something with stuntman work. Since I have a tendency to ramble forever, I'll just close with a laundry list of personal facts. *ahem* Comic books are the greatest accomplishment of mankind, their only equals being video games and cartoons. I'm Catholic, and proud of it, and if you have a problem with that, I suppose you can take it up with the Big Guy. I think puppies are cute, and kittens too, but cats don't seem to like me. I am the laziest person on the planet. Modern action figures are nowhere near as good as the ones when I was a kid, you just can't top He-Man and G.I. Joe. I enjoy drawing, mainly superheroes, but have no great skill because I've never had the iniative to practice. I've often found myself staring off into space and wondering why they ever stopped making "Gummi Bears" cartoons. I have cataclysmically bad luck in regards to girls. I lost a year and a half of my life working at a movie theatre, and can tie anything that happens to me to an inane theater anecdote. I go through phases of either intense hibernation, or complete sleep deprivation, and can never figure out why I'm doing either. I've never watched an entire episode of "The Andy Griffith Show,' "Who's the Boss," or "Speed Racer." One of my favorite pastimes is ballroom dance. "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" is cinema's most prestigous accomplishment, followed by the Star Wars Trilogy, "Gladiator," and "Coyote Ugly." I enjoy long walks on the beach. When I was in eighth grade, I purposely got myself kicked out of Spanish class so I could take the drawing elective twice. Coincidentally, first semester I was forced to drop Spanish or suffer the consequences of failing and having a low GPA. Raisinettes are awesome. No matter where you go...there you are. I was never one of those kids who said they wanted to be a fireman when he grew up. I always wanted to be a pirate or a ninja...still do. Why doesn't the univeristy have programs for those? Not a personal fact, really, but why the hell would anyone commit a crime in Gotham City? Seriously, you have to KNOW that if you rob that jewlery store, your ass is getting kicked and you're getting dumped in front of the Police Station giftwrapped. Smallville...amazing show. I know it's just Dawson's Creek with superpowers, but that was all it took to get me hooked. Ask me some time about my theories on how plot deviations in episode 7 would have changed everything and Clark and Lana would TOTALLY be going out by now. The Impossibles rock, and it's a travesty they broke up. When I make the 'Metal" sign I refuse to do it "correctly", but instead hold my thumb slightly out from my hand, so it's more like Spider-man. I find myself making this metal sign at the oddest times, like I'll be sitting and my computer and flashing at the monitor everytime I get done chatting on Messenger. Why? |
| A Fireside Chat with Matt |
| (I didn't rhyme that intentionally) |