tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51213532011-07-08T04:59:06.575-04:00This is somewhere for me to recount happenings in my life or just put to "print" some of the thoughts running throught my head.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-73572173911413665842009-09-11T14:57:00.000-04:002009-09-11T14:58:50.129-04:00

Actual fortunes from cookies served with recent take-out Chinese food."All the darkness in the world cannot put out a single candle."

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-80764583614054686072009-09-04T15:46:00.002-04:002009-09-04T15:49:19.291-04:00

Actual fortunes from cookies served with recent take-out Chinese food."The time is always right to do what is right."

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-20809494387600372202009-02-24T17:02:00.003-05:002009-02-24T17:04:44.886-05:00

Rules:1 - Go to “wikipedia.” Hit “random” or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomThe first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band. 2 - Go to “Random quotations” or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album. 3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-16104438997284219222009-01-17T23:37:00.004-05:002009-01-17T23:49:32.942-05:00

I've been playing Half-Life 2 lately. When the game first came out a few years ago, my computer wasn't up to the task of displaying the graphics, or even loading levels in an un-agrivating amount of time, so I only played probably the first 25% of the game. Now that I've got my brother's pc, which is a few years newer than mine was, I'm able to enjoy the full experience. Lately, though, I've

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-6322239485205592042008-12-04T13:50:00.004-05:002008-12-04T13:55:27.598-05:00

Now that I'm updating this blog again, I think it's time to give it a new name. Back when I started it, in 2003 (wow!), the Matrix movies were big, and I was trying to reinvent myself as a philosopher, so that worked for a title. Now I'm just being me, and don't necessarily want to tie myself to a pseudonym.Any suggestions for a new blog title are graciously accepted.ThanksMatt

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-33639022684401542672008-12-04T13:44:00.001-05:002008-12-04T13:48:25.708-05:00

Part Three: Saturday – Hockey ReduxSaturday was a pretty lazy day, spent mostly in front of the two glowing picture boxes. I was being torn in a few directions at once. Part of me needed some time on my own to chill out after seeing everyone at my reunion, while another part of me wanted to go to the Otters hockey game that evening. Another part of me wanted to save up my cash for less

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-64225232700069115142008-12-01T15:09:00.002-05:002008-12-04T13:47:54.720-05:00

Friday - 10-Year Reunion Most of Friday before the reunion was spent in bed with achy joints, from napping on too-short couches, though I did manage to crawl out of bed after having sufficient levels of pain-killers in the afternoon. Had a second TG dinner, from all the leftovers, and got all dressed up for the Reunion. When I first heard about the reunion this summer, I was 85% certain I’d go,

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-61689515770151149412008-11-30T00:35:00.001-05:002008-11-30T00:38:10.949-05:00

I’ve been looking forward to this weekend for a while; I enjoy the pageantry of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, helping dad prepare the feast, and sharing that feast with my family, then going to the hockey game that evening, getting together with friends over the long weekend. This year would be extra special, with my 10-year high-school reunion held Friday night. Part the first: ThursdayI

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-8764375271723310102008-08-29T00:13:00.003-04:002008-08-29T00:43:32.026-04:00

I've been meaning to get to a Seawolves game all summer, but either they've been out of town when I had the time to go, or I was busy with other things, or I just let time go by without thinking of going to a game. So, since this week was the last games of the season I made a concerted effort to get to a game. When I checked their website to see what promotions were coming up, I discovered that

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-38509751365663471512008-08-08T14:55:00.001-04:002008-08-08T14:57:02.209-04:00

I've been thinking lately that I need to have more things to do during the week that are me-time, to give me a break from the seemingly always-on-call nature of taking care of mom during the day. My initial thoughts were toward doing things in the evening, after my shift, so to speak. But looking around the kitchen today, searching out some lunch, my prospects weren't that great, so I pondered

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-40523628916083372612008-08-06T16:42:00.001-04:002008-08-06T16:44:25.821-04:00

Saturday, July 19th was Justin and Sally's wedding. Since Andrew was his roommate at Behrend for so long, he got to be one of the groomsmen. Leading up to the wedding day, I wasn't specifically invited, so I wasn't sure if I would be able to attend the wedding and reception. I wanted to go since I'd gotten to know Justin a bit through seeing him when I'd visit Andrew, and also at church.

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1134096782829683182005-12-08T21:52:00.000-05:002005-12-08T21:53:02.840-05:00

When I picked up my cap and gown, and graduation announcements at school today, it finally began to sink in that I’ll be graduating in eight days. I mean, yes, I saw the days of the term ticking down on the calendar, and yes, I knew when graduation was, but holding the wrapped and folded gown in my hands was a tangible sign that the graduation is almost here, it’s not just a day on the calendar.

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1129653667031456232005-10-18T12:40:00.000-04:002005-10-18T12:42:03.266-04:00

I got to go to the Penn State game against Minnesota on Oct. 1. Now that it’s been over two weeks since the event, I thought I’d better get to writing about it, since I had such a great time. Things didn’t get started too smoothly, but everything worked out in the end.Thursday morning, my mom woke up with trouble breathing, and the symptoms of high blood pressure. She went to the emergency room

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1127775047108483652005-09-26T18:49:00.000-04:002005-09-26T18:50:47.113-04:00

There’s lots to talk about, relatively speaking. I’ve started my final semester at EBC, and begun working as a computer lab monitor there in the evenings. The Otters’ season began last weekend on the road. This weekend’s the home opener; that Saturday, I’ll also be attending my first ever Penn State Nittany Lions football game in Happy Valley. You can’t imagine how excited I am about that. I’m

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1126140192834319762005-09-07T20:45:00.000-04:002005-09-07T20:43:12.840-04:00

Went for a walk with the dog as the sun was setting this evening. As I was standing at the bluff, admiring the colorful glow that remained after the orb of the sun crossed the horizon, the firefighters from the station a few blocks away drove up in their pumper. Four men got out to view the fiery sky. Shortly thereafter, a family of mom, dad, infant son and grandmother reached us. I walked

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1110334555091027442005-03-01T21:45:00.000-05:002005-03-08T21:15:55.096-05:00

At 5 am on Monday, February 28th, I was woken up by my mother, whereupon she said that she was having difficulty breathing and dad would be taking her to the emergency room to get checked out. The initial thought at the er was that fluid had built up and dialysis would help settle things. In the course of coming to this decision, a CAT scan was taken, and after mom finished dialysis at the

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1108670482018145872005-02-17T15:01:00.000-05:002005-02-17T15:02:50.936-05:00

I can't wait for the movie to come out. Must go to theater and stand in line... now...

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1108587544170670602005-02-16T15:59:00.000-05:002005-02-16T16:01:14.566-05:00

Yeah. It's official. I'll talk about it after a self-imposed cooling off period has elapsed.

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1108336291824029092005-02-13T18:09:00.000-05:002005-02-13T18:11:31.826-05:00

The expression “Couldn’t see the forest for the trees” may be clichéd, but it’s certainly accurate, and can be used in the reverse. Especially when you’re a beginning VB programmer and you’ve been asked to find and fix an error in a code sample. Two weeks ago, I was given a program that had a number of errors involving the logic used to navigate an array to display the array’s records. One of

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1107535506671777802005-02-04T11:45:00.000-05:002005-02-04T11:54:24.736-05:00

EA corrupting game industry - Washington Square News Reading news like this concerns me about working in the game industry, but it also is a call to arms, to do my best as a programmer, and try to fight the good fight against the big quasi-monopolies like Electronic Arts. Companies like Cyan, which created the Myst series of games, began as a small entity, and changed the way people thought

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1106970709925823362005-01-28T22:50:00.000-05:002005-01-28T22:51:49.926-05:00

The past week and a half to two weeks have been exciting on the weather front, with temperatures dropping into the single digits, heavy snow and winds dumping a good bit of snow, and when it wasn’t snowing, one day I woke up to freezing rain and a serious layer of ice to scrape off the car. Having the sun out and temps in the twenties for a change helped clear the roads quite a bit, so I’m ok

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1104640663764785002005-01-01T23:37:00.000-05:002005-01-01T23:40:28.866-05:00

Lately I've been spending insane amounts of time smacking penguins upside the head, or tossing other polar creatures up glacial canyons. What strange games can be found at www.yetisports.org!

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1104124267638142952004-12-27T00:10:00.000-05:002004-12-27T00:12:18.136-05:00

I’m feeling quite a bit sleep-deprived, but energized, listening to old Cake albums on Rhapsody, on this day-after-Christmas; a little chicken-shit on the side too. I don’t understand why I’m so afraid of chatting with girls online, that’s gotta be one of the lowest-pressure situations out there. (I’m feeling rather hyphen-y tonight too, it seems)

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1104043952241935432004-12-26T01:52:00.000-05:002004-12-26T01:52:32.240-05:00

Me, cropped from a photo taken July, 2004 at Mysterium: Toronto. To be used in my profile.

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1104041934247201392004-12-26T01:18:00.000-05:002004-12-26T01:18:54.246-05:00

Merry Christmas!

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1104044920396864712004-12-13T22:06:00.000-05:002004-12-26T02:08:40.396-05:00

So…Yes. The term is ending Wednesday, and I’m writing my final government paper tonight that’s due tomorrow morning. This will be (I’m fairly certain) the first multi-page paper I’ll actually complete for a college class. So, that’s good. I’m just afraid that I’m quoting a bit too directly and will get an F for the course for plagiarizing. I’m not really able to care that much, because it’s

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1104044683014242232004-10-25T02:03:00.000-04:002004-12-26T02:04:57.296-05:00

Friday evening…went to Andrew’s and installed Visual Studio there…Watched Foster’s…had institutional-style chicken strips and fries…went to improv, had a decent time, and almost participated this time…ran into someone I knew while I was a student there…watched Anchorman, was funny if you enjoy Will Farrell…came back home. Saturday…got up at 12…went to brunch with dad and Andrew…listened to PSU

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1104044584960377692004-09-28T22:00:00.000-04:002004-12-26T02:06:00.383-05:00

This is a 15 minute free-writing exercise I had to do last week for my composition class. The prompt I chose to write about was to describe the special place you go for rest and relaxation. I thought it turned out pretty well, and I haven’t posted anything here in a long time, so here it is. Just two blocks from my house is a steep bluff that overlooks a bay on Lake Erie made by the Presque Isle

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1085005815457872762004-05-19T18:29:00.000-04:002004-05-19T18:30:15.456-04:00

Today marks the beginning of week three of term two at EBC for me. Spring break has come and gone; now I’m in full swing, taking five classes this term. Mondays and Fridays, I’m taking classes on operating systems and computer concepts, as well as Intro to Business. Tuesdays and Thursdays, it’s Accounting and Keyboarding/math and English skill development. My toughest class is accounting,

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1080919259725925782004-04-02T10:20:00.000-05:002004-04-02T10:24:34.356-05:00

If you can believe it, my first term at EBC is nearing an end. There are just ten more class days left. Today was hard to get going for though. I’ve got a lingering clogged sinus condition that’s either an infection or the beginnings of my spring allergies. So last night, I had no energy, even after an afternoon nap, which, honestly, was catch-up for not sleeping well the night before.

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1079049860426821752004-02-26T19:03:00.000-05:002004-03-11T19:07:26.653-05:00

Everything has come together. My new school accepted my loan application today, clearing the way for me to start classes on Monday. For the next eight weeks, I’ll be taking two classes a day, four days a week, working toward an associate degree in computer programming. The past 4 or five weeks have been really stressful regarding the whole school thing. In the back of my mind, I knew I would

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1065670310549154712003-10-08T23:31:00.000-04:002003-10-08T23:31:50.270-04:00

Got my tool mp3’s copied over to the pc from the laptop today. They disappeared from the pc somehow, and I wasn’t sure I still had them on the laptop, but they were there. God! That was a great concert last fall. Today wasn’t all that great, tho. Mom threw off my groove deciding not to do dialysis right as I woke up. Instead of doing the wise thing, and waking up as usual, I just rolled

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1061076114707742202003-08-16T19:21:00.000-04:002003-08-16T19:21:54.676-04:00

After two weeks of the job search, some progress has been made. I have applied to five of the six companies on my initial list, with varying degrees of activity thereafter. At FedEx, I applied on their in-house application system, and had an initial interview on the 13th of August. I’m waiting to hear back about a sort-observation/2nd interview. I sent my resume by email to Coca-Cola August

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1060324755424045722003-08-08T02:39:00.000-04:002003-08-08T02:39:15.393-04:00

As a steppingstone to the ultimate goal of going back to school, I’ve started applying for work. I’ve put in applications at the local fedex shipping facility, the coca-cola bottling plant, panera bread, a local supermarket, and have to fill out an app. For a furniture outlet store. This plan of action came about after I discussed with my dad the feelings and thoughts I had about returning to

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-1059877278380064042003-08-02T22:21:00.000-04:002003-08-03T05:56:15.410-04:00

In a sleep deprived state early this morning i thought about very nearly almost practically running back to my old school and seeing if they can let me in this fall. I even looked to see if the classes i need to take to get into the software engineering curriculum were available, and they were if i hurried. I think it's related to the fact that my brother starts college the end of this month.

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601473004541728861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121353.post-913957592003-03-26T01:10:00.000-05:002003-08-03T05:56:40.243-04:00

Once again, I've permitted myself to bottle things up inside until I was immobilized with worry. So, here begins the releasing of as much as possible the gunk that's taken residence inside my head. We've gone to war. On the night that the US launched the attack on unnamed 'leadership targets', I was watching the live coverage on cable tv, waiting for the president's address. Just minutes

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