My name is Matt.

DISCLAIMER: The following are simply the views and opinions which I hold dear to myself. Please respect them. No one is asking you to agree, or to even consider.

I love very little, very much. I don't mind being alone most of the time, but a select number of individuals are able to instill a feeling of wholeness when I am with them. Those who inspire me command my utmost respect, everyone else I try to approach with an unbiased opinion of before getting to know them.

Music. Is something at the center of my soul. I find it difficult to operate without it, in an everyday functioning sense, and a greater, deeper, philosophical sense. I am currently in a band with four great bandmates that I am able to look up to and learn from, and share many musical experiences with. I've always sung, and have just recently taken up guitar, and have been playing bass for a couple years now. I was in choir, vocal jazz, and a concert band as well.


My Band: www.amishwarfare.com
www.myspace.com/amishwarfare

Love. Is a concept lost to many, never found by even more. Love is not linear. It does not follow guidelines or conventional rules. You cannot control or predict love, more importantly, if you do not let it control you, you may never be truly happy. Love is man's truest purpose. The pursuit of it, and the exponential expression of it.

Religion. Is human-kind's way of turning faith into a tangible, catergorized, solidified piece of human mechanized creation. It may be the least respected of all elements of human civilization to me. Faith, on the other hand, which is not part of human civilization, but of human essence, may be the highest. Any deity or other-worldy being that exists does not exist as a translatable, recognizable structure, but as a fluid movement of energy and profound influence.

Sports. Are over-rated. Excercise is, of course, incredibly healthy for one, and one's sense of confidence and competition. But the double-edged sword inflicts damage to those who don't make the team, can't run all the laps in gym, and are made fun of in the locker room.

Peace. Is an achievement the world may never see, but every individual can strive for. The easiest way to find peace in yourself, and peace amongst others is also the bringer of the greatest distress: We, as individuals, are only a single element of an instantaneous population of 6 billion, living on a planet that has been in existence for 4 billion years, in a galaxy with trillions of stars, in a universe that may be collapsing upon itself, or stretching out beyone infinity. We are inconsequential. Our lives are meaningless, except to our selves, and to one another. We will not leave a mark, except for the time we are alive.

Life. May be as abstract or as concrete as you choose to make it. The most powerful element will be finding values you believe in, yet never closing yourself off to others, which may be equally correct.

Music:

The following are bands/artists I do/have liked in my life. This list is by no means exhaustive. Feel free to breeze by it.

30 Seconds to Mars
311
54-40
A Perfect Circle
Aerosmith
AFI
Alanis Morissette
Alice In Chains
Andrew W.K.
Audioslave
Avenged Sevenfold
Barenaked Ladies
Beatles, The
Beastie Boys, The
Bee Gees, The
Bif Naked
Big Wreck
Black Eyed Peas, The
Black Sabbath
Blind Melon
Bloodhound Gang, The
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Bon Jovi
Bradley
Brand New
Bruce Springsteen
Bush (X)
Byrds, The
Cake
Chevelle
Chris de Burgh
Coldplay
Collective Soul
Counting Crows
Cranberries, The
Crash Test Dummies
Creed
Creedance Clearwater Revival
Cult, The
Cure, The
Cypress Hill
Dave Matthew’s Band
David Bowie
David Usher
Days of the New
Disturbed
Donovan
Doors, The
Dr Dre
Drowning Pool
Dust for Life
Edwin
Elton John
Elvis Presley
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Eminem
Enrique Iglesias
Eric Clapton
Eve 6
Everclear
Everlast
Faith No More
Fantomas
Finger Eleven
Foo Fighters, The
Fuel
Garbage
Godsmack
Goo Goo Dolls, The
Green Day
Guns n Roses
Hanson
Hives, The
Hole
I Mother Earth
Incubus
Janis Joplin
Jim Croce
Johnny Cash
Justin Timberlake
Kanye West
Kid Rock
Korn
Kylie Minogue
Led Zeppelin
Limp Bizkit
Linkin Park
Lit
Live
Louis XIV
LTG
Mad Season
Marc Anthony
Marcy Playground
Marilyn Manson
Matchbox Twenty
Matt Dusk
Matthew Good Band
Metallica
Michael Jackson
Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The
Misfits, The
Moby
Modicum
Moist
Monkees, The
Mr. Underhill
Muse
My Chemical Romance
Neil Young
Neverending White Lights
Nickelback
Nightwish
Nim Vind
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
No Doubt
Oasis
Offspring, The
Orgy
Our Lady Peace
Ozzy Osbourne
Pearl Jam
Pennywise
Pink
Pixies, The
Placebo
POD
Powderfinger
Prozzak
Puddle of Mudd
Queen
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Ramones, The
Rancid
Red Hot Chili Peppers
REM
Remy Shand
Richard Cheese
Righteous Brothers
Rob Zombie
Robin Black and the Intergalactic Rock Stars
Rolling Stones, The
Roy Orbison
Sarah McLachlan
Savage Garden
Scissor Sistors
Sean Paul
Semisonic
She Wants Revenge
Silverchair
Smashing Pumpkins, The
Smiths, The
Snoop Dogg
Snow Patrol
Soundgarden
Stabbing Westward
Staind
Stone Temple Pilots
Strokes, The
Sublime
Sweatshop Union
Swollen Members
Synthetic Minister
System of a Down
Tea Party, The
Tenacious D
Thrice
Thursday
Tragically Hip, The
Travelling Wilburys, The
Tool
U2
Used, The
Usher
Van Morisson
Velvet Revolver
Verve, The
Vincent Black Shadow, The
Watchmen, The
Weezer
Who, The
Zwan


Food: Ha...anything and everything Mexican
Sushi
Perogies
A really good sandwich
A really cold beer
COKE (not Pepsi...unless i have to....)
Sweet n Sour Pork
Most things really......I'm not too picky

Movies: Top 20

Natural Born Killers
Trainspotting
Scarface
Interview with a Vampire
Devil's Advocate
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Serenity
The Matrix
Pulp Fiction
Number One Gangster
Fight Club
the Karate Kid movies
the Back to the Future movies
Almost Famous
This is Spinal Tap
The Doors
High Fidelity
Wayne's World

Books: The Chosen - Chaim Potok
My name is Asher Lev - Chaim Potok
1984
Brave New World
The Long Hard Road Out of Hell - Marilyn Manson
Love, Janis - Laura Joplin
Jim Morrison: Life, Death, and Legend - Stephen Davis
Scar Tissue - Anthony Kiedis
Ishmael

Colours: Black and red

Sensations: A warm bed, a strong hug, a passionate kiss, a gentle kiss, bleeding, hot wax, a really good high, a powerful chord, completeness

Katherine, my angel.

Anything that lacks inspiration, integrity, or compassion. And anyone who feels they are above others as a person, or as a people.

A closed mind.


Things of slightly less consequence:

Waiting for late buses that still go by.
Failing grades.
Broken friendships.
People who are unable to think for themselves...and worse, those who choose not to.
Alarm clocks.
Trends that attempt to define people.
Miller Genuine Draft.
Taking out the garbage.
Ungrateful people.
Small tips.
Time.