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]]> ~Matchaz http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/10063558/ http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/10063558/ Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:30:44 PDT ]]> ~Matchaz http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/9367416/ http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/9367416/ Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:10:53 PDT
Also, I am deleting past journals, just to clean things up. ]]> ~Matchaz http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/8972386/ http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/8972386/ Sun, 04 Jun 2006 20:15:54 PDT
In other news I had a date yesterday and it went well. I like it when good things happen to me. ]]> ~Matchaz http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/8879821/ http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/8879821/ Fri, 26 May 2006 02:40:27 PDT
Honestly there were two parts of the movie which really stood out, both based on internet meme (did I use the word right, I was never quit sure what it meant). The first, not chronologically but rather in terms of importance, was the phrase "Don't you know who I am, I'm the juggernaught bitch!" Thanks to director Brett Rattner for that little bit of nerd food. The second, which had no importance to this particular movie, but was possibly the highlight of the evening for me was the preview for [link] starring Samuel mother fuckin Jackson. I have to say that after seeing that clip it is no wonder the following movie was a bit of a let down.

I liked it, don't get me wrong. I love all things X-men. They could have filmed Hugh Jackman drawing a yellow x in the snow and I still would have liked it, such is my devotion to the very idea of X-men. Thankfully the movie was better than my idea, it still fell short of the second film.

Things I liked: fastball special, Kelsey Grammer as Beast kicking ass, nods to comic book geeks such as my self, the fact that they weren't afraid to kill a main character.

Things I didn't like: The movie seemed as though it could have been truly awesome, but kept falling short, whether it was in the acting, cinematography, or writing department, the drunk sorority girls behind me who talked through the whole thing and had that oh so annoying habit of looking down on the people who shared the theater with them and being too drunk to quiet their condesending remarks to a whisper.

To be fair a large part of my underwhelming experiance may be due ot the fact that the theater I saw the movie in was little better that a big TV. The screen was adequate, but what really ruined the experience was the sound. The movie really lacked the power I think it would have had if the theater had a decent sound system. Also the bitches behind me sort of ruined the mood.

While I did enjoy the movie and I would recommend that X-men fans and non-fans see it, I fear this may have killed the franchise. The first two films managed to hold me in emotional moments and get me excited during the action. In this movie the emotional moments seemed cheasy. The action was good when fancy special effects were used, but I felt they skipped out on the basics of making a fight scene look good.

Well, enough of that. Bottom line, see the movie but go in with expectations on par with a typical summer action movie. Prepare not to be blown away, but to feel a brisk breeze tossle your hair and leave you 7 bucks poorer. ]]> ~Matchaz http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/8715900/ http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/8715900/ Mon, 08 May 2006 22:59:13 PDT
Besides doing the necessary stuff to live, eat, pay for internet etc.; I want to work on my writing...a lot. I have believed since elementary school that i was going to be a scientist and while the details have changed many times throughout my life, the basic goal never has. I always enjoyed writing in high school and my teachers told me I had something of an aptitude for it. Even so I never concidered writing a viable way to support myself in life, it has always been a hobby, not a career choice and thus it has been pushed to the back of my mind for a long time know. With this time off I want to explore that side of myself in a way I never allowed myself to when I was younger.

Ideally I would get paid to write, clearly that is not going to happen. But even so, I plan on spending most of my free time exploring the literary aspect of my personality. ]]> ~Matchaz http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/8409294/ http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/8409294/ Sat, 08 Apr 2006 15:13:15 PDT
I am very nervous about submitting it. Poetry is safe. I think I mentioned this in a Journal entry a while ago. Prose is far less subjective than poetry and if someone thinks it is poorly written or terrible in some other way I can't pad my ego by saying they just didn't get it. Scary or not here it is, it is my first time, so please be gentle.

Also, I am waiting on a particular someone to submit their promised prose. I hope this will encourage them to do so.

Now I am just stalling because I don't want to submit.

The weather sure is nice right now, sunny and warm. It was rainy and cold only 30 minutes ago. That is Moscow for you.

If you have any questions about the story, or constructive (and gentle) criticisms please message me, or comment. I am happy to explain.

This is getting ridiculous, here it is. ]]> ~Matchaz http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/8251253/ http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/8251253/ Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:34:59 PST
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Anyway back to the present. I am in the process of writing a short story/ series of stories starring the same character and with the same basic style. I am quite excited about it, not because I think it will be particularly good, but because I feel creative for the first time in a long time.

I am still taking pictures too, hopefully that will pu my page views. I was very excited when i hit 300 until a friend purchased me a month subscription and I noticed that even though my page views were increasing I could not see any new visitors to my page. I recently realized that I had bookmarked my page, not the deviant art main. I was giving myself more page views just by signing in each morning. Oh well. Now I want to earn all those (possibly hundreds) of page views the right way...by drawing naked anime chicks. Just kidding. But I will be submitting a few more pictures by the end of the week. Hopefully the pictures will encourage new people to read my poetry or even better my new story

In non-art news, I have a migrain. For some reason all light save that from my laptop monitor hurts like hell, so I am sitting in the dark typing. That is also the reason my post is so long. I really need to learn some new emotes smily and frowny are getting old.

I imagine most people have stopped readin this by now, I would have. So I will wrap it up. It snowed today. This is not relly news worthy, except that it is supposed to be the first day of spring break.

I hope ya'll have a good spring break and I hope you never know what a full on migrain feels like (I don't have one just yet, but it is coming)

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If anyone does go to the site, try not to think less of me.

[link]

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I am working on my photography. It is slow going because I don't really understand the basics of photography. I would like to eventualy get into photomanipulations, can anyone out there recommend a good program to play around with for a beginner like myself. Currently I am trying to learn gimp.

Thanks for the help, and thanks again for the subscription.

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There were so many good poets there I was suprised that I made top three. Moving to the second round I did "Close your eyes". I have something of a love-hate relationship with that poem. I really like the idea of it, but I have never really given a good performance of it.

I think if I had chosen one of my more tried and tested poems I would have done better. Though I have to be honest, the girl who took first totaly deserved it.

It is a typical Moscow day right now, meaning it is really cold and the wind is blowing at nearly 30mph. Two days ago we had gusts of 50mph. Bleh. ]]> ~Matchaz http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/7742984/ http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/7742984/ Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:21:24 PST
that is all... ]]> ~Matchaz http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/7700664/ http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/7700664/ Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:29:58 PST ~Matchaz http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/7550259/ http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/7550259/ Mon, 09 Jan 2006 01:25:27 PST
I will try to show restraint, honest. I am a poet first and foremost, not a photographer and I will not subject people to endless pictures of things I think are pretty. That said, once I learn how to take a decent picture I may throw a few up here to see what people think. One more warning, I cannot promise that at somepoint in the next four months I won't get drunk and post naked pictures of myself. If this unfortunate event happens I promise they will all be tasteful and artistic and and most likely deleted the next morning once my hangover goes away.

Happy New year to everyone, and to all my friends in Moscow I hope to see you on campus. ]]> ~Matchaz http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/7308910/ http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/7308910/ Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:21:37 PST
On a happier note U of I is hosting another poetry slam this year (thankfully, I had heard it was cancelled). Because I won last year I have been invited to either perform again, or sit on the judges panel. I am not sure which I want to do yet. Any ideas? I need to give an answer by Friday.

Well I had better get back to that take home, have happy holidays.

Clubs You should check out:
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Right now I am sitting in a coffee shop looking out at the snow and I realized that I have not been this happy in a while. It is just peaceful.

On the lawn of one of the dorms here at UofI someone tried to build a giant snow man. They were a bit to ambitious however and all that is left of their work are two large balls of snow sitting next to each other by the road. The smaller of which is still far to large to lift onto the larger snow ball.

I have two hours before class, but it is too cold to walk home so I will just sit here in the warm coffee shop looking out. I love the feeling of knowing there is nothing I can do. No assignments over my head, no reason to fret about school or work, so I might as well enjoy the snow.

Matt

Clubs You should check out:
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Oh, and I think I got the picture thing down. Thanks for the help.


Clubs:

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They are drawings, made by dripping wax. Mostly I was playing with technique, but I will post them anyway because I like them even though they are kind of gross looking.

I have so much work ahead of me. I took a GRE practice test and scored a 630 on the verbal and 570 on the math. That means I will most likely make the min requirments for any school I am likely to go to. That was without any practice what so ever so after a week or two of studying I hope to up both scores by 100.

I think I made my boss (one of my bosses) mad. Basiscally I have not shown up to work for nearly two weeks. I have the kind of job where I am not on the clock and no one looks over my shoulder, thus is is easy to forget I work there sometimes. I have a lot of catching up to do before the meeting tomorrow morning.

I will be posting the new pieces when I get around to it. ]]> ~Matchaz http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/6784916/ http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/6784916/ Sun, 16 Oct 2005 16:32:48 PDT
Not that I had time anyway. I have grad school applications, the GRE, two lab studies, classes, and graduation to worry about. Oh yeah, and my newest hobby- fencing.

I really wish I could stop time, get all the my work done, take a nap, and start time again when I was done. Dear santa- please bring me a time-stopping-machine for Christmas, better yet bring it now because by Christmas I have to have most of this shit done.

Still, at least I am not bored. ]]> ~Matchaz http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/6714766/ http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/6714766/ Sat, 08 Oct 2005 18:22:23 PDT
I have written a few things, but none of them are polished enough yet to post. Typically my writtin gprocess goes something like this...
1.) Idea- Lying in bed I decide something would make a good poem, or story
2.) Free Writing- just dump all the fragmented ideas onto my computer, the point is just to keep typing
3.) Lose Enthusiasm- The previous step is the most fun, afterwhich I either abandon the project because I am sick of the idea, or I decided none of my stuff is very good
4.) Polish- if I ever get to this step, thi sis where I start to make things rhyme and make some sort of sense
5.) Delete- I get sick of the idea again and delete everything
6.) Repeat

I need to take a writting class so I have consequences for not working. Oh well. ]]> ~Matchaz http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/6594863/ http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/6594863/ Sun, 25 Sep 2005 00:40:09 PDT
My parents are sending me for of my essays from high school. I mention that because some of them are almost worth reading, thus I will be posting them once they get here.

I read a journal recently which reminded me of my youth (23 seems so old). I would flitter away the days in huge sweety orgies of aggression, dance, music, and violence, also known as mosh pits. I have belonged to many 'scences' in my time, though never to any one exclusivly. Ska, punk, goth, straight edge, and swing have all held places near and dear to my heart. Really I am a pretty big fan of any club/concert where the dancing is easy and energetic. Ska will always have a special place in my heart, as that was the first 'scene' I identified with, and I have stuck with it stubbornly for nearly a decade (so very old).

I think it is time to put on some skeletones, grab my checkered jacket and sigh audibly to myself while reminicing about the good old days. ]]> ~Matchaz http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/6572941/ http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/6572941/ Thu, 22 Sep 2005 13:21:33 PDT
I have a ton to be doing right now, but I am too sick to form a coherent thought so I decided to post a journal instead. As I said I am sick (I always pick the best times to get sick) and have two tests and a scientific paper to write by tomorrow. My head hurts, I cannot breath and I want to die (or get better, that seems like the better option).

I am going to start putting up some prose. I read a particular someones prose on this site and actually got into it. My snap judgment on the prose here was that it was little more than fanfic (which to be honest usually scares me). However like most snap judgments I was wrong. Once I began reading some of the stuff I actually started liking it. I am still warry of fanfic, but I am really warming up to the idea of original short stories etc.

That said, prose is a little scarier to write than poetry, in my humble opinion (isn't that better than saying IMHO?) Poetry is largely open to interpritation and you can hide certain unpleasant truths in vague descriptions. Plus so many people write poetry, that no one expects it to be good. Don't get me wrong there are excellent poets here, but (and I include myself here) most of the stuff you come across is really high school level. Parts are good, parts aren't, poems often seem meaningful to the author, but nobody else gets it. [link] Is one of the best poets I have ever read, period. But that is the exception rather than the rule.

Prose on the other hand requires a much higher level of writting ot keep people interested. I am not saying Poetry is easier than Prose, just that I will finish all 15 lines of an okay poem. I will not sit through 15 paragraphs of a decent story. It has to be good. Maybe it is just me. Sometimes I get bored halfway through my own poems. My attention span isn't what it used to be.

More rambling, I think I may be running a fever, that mixed with the variouse cold and flu medicines I have been taking are making me a bit loopy.

I love lamp!

See told you

What was I saying...oh yes. Prose=I will be posting some once I find my old stuff, higher standards, my current interest. Poetry= I will be posting more, more common, when good, awesome, when bad, still okay.

A girl asked me today what I was sick with. I told her either a cold or herpes. I don't think she knew I was joking. (I could have both)

I should really stop typing now. ]]> ~Matchaz http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/6560120/ http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/6560120/ Wed, 21 Sep 2005 01:35:43 PDT
On a related note, why is it that I get the most done when I have somethingvhuge looming over my head? For example I did not post these poems until the week I had three tests and a paper due.

Oh yeah, I am kind of baring my soul in some of these poems, so be nice. If you have a critique of the style or content make it honest. You suck, you are gay, etc. are not acceptable answers. ]]> ~Matchaz http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/6506870/ http://Matchaz.deviantart.com/journal/6506870/ Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:26:28 PDT
My name is Matt (that is all you get) but for here you can call Matchaz (pronounced, matches)

I had an account here on dA a while ago, but then I started writing lame poetry so I stopped being that person and started being someone else

I mostly do spoken word, but I will try and give you some sense of the intended flow through line breaks

Though I used to only do poetry, I hope to post some of my other art here, eventually.

I like comments.

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If you have any questions on genetics, molecular biology, or evolution, I can probably answer them.

If you leave me a comment, I will visit your page and comment on something of yours.

I was in love once.

I think I might be a little crazy, but I don't like doctors so I can't really know for sure. ]]> ~Matchaz