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About Me

Hi, I'm Matt. I'm a geek of many trades, but most of all, I am a self-professed Music Geek. I'm constantly seeking out & listening to new songs/bands/musicians (as well as great older stuff I missed along the way) that cross my path in some way. Recently I had the chance to cull all the music I possess into a single itunes library and was still slightly disappointed to discover that it would only take about a 1/3 of a year to listen to my entire collection (for now anyway). And if I'm motivated & in the company of people who are interested, I can prattle on for hours about all sorts of music history & band trivia (occasionally this can happen without provocation though). I also play guitar, but mostly at an amateur level, what I really enjoy is collecting them; searching for a new guitar is like seeking out a fine painting or sculpture.

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I'm 5'7", in decent physical shape, have 2 medium tattoos on each arm (one a Tom Petty tat, the other the Pink Floyd hammers from The Wall). I'm a nerdy referential t-shirts & jeans type of guy; also like to wear Vans alot.

College Graduate

Heritage High School / University Of Utah (Film Studies)

I'm an Online/Finishing Editor for an outdoor television production company in Littleton.

Barnes & Noble Music Dept. (Employee for 3 years, Manager for 3 more)

I also geek out for many things sci-fi related: Doctor Who, both the old & redux series (the Fourth Doctor is my favorite with the Fifth a close second, although I'm also partial to the Eleventh [same first name and all]); Star Trek (primarily the Original series & Next Gen, I wouldn't consider myself a Trekkie or a Trekker but I wouldn't turn down the chance to attend a convention, in fact it's my goal to attend Comic Con at least once), and Futurama, which is the show I willfully geek out the most for. I also grew up on a fairly steady diet of Monty Python & Fawlty Towers, so it practically goes without saying that I'm a huge Brit-com devotee; my recent favorites have been The IT Crowd, The Mighty Boosh, Spaced & Look Around You.

I love delving into the world of science (even just saying the word out loud, emphatically... "SCIENCE!" [like in the Thomas Dolby song]). I primarily go about this by reading amazing (and relatively [not an intended pun] complicated) books about space, time, physics, quantum mechanics and the history of different scientific fields & people (particularly Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil DeGrasse Tyson & Michio Kaku). I'm particularly fond of books that incorporate science with elements of pop culture, history & sociology.

Outside of work I spend a moderate amount of time playing Geeks Who Drink pub quizzes around Denver; it's the one place where all the random crap knowledge I retain can actually make me feel like a god. I also enjoy going to lots of small venue concerts. In the summer I try to get in as much hiking & biking as possible.

My interests are fairly esoteric, not eccentric, but it would be amazing if I could meet a fellow geek girl who not only understands them, but digs them as well.

The occasional couple of beers, mostly when I'm at a quiz or the 1Up. Or a glass of wine when I'm at a classy restaurant. But not all that often.

Pretty much mostly willing to try about anything.

Lots of hiking and biking in the summer, but I like to have fun doing it, so nothing ridiculously strenuous.

Grew up with cats, but dogs are cool.

"Don't follow leaders, watch your parking meters."

ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!

Smoke if you've got 'em, however, I have wicked allergies to the smoke, so I don't do it, nor do I like to be around it.

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