as i type this i am nearly reaching my 24th hour in bed. i am sick with some sort of chest infection. well i worked a couple of days this week. i hate working. i got some good responses to the new drawings i made. last night i went to this mexico city record label showcase, the music was crazy. but it was super loud and in a tiny gallery. my ears still hurt. it was supposed to be dance music but for whatever reason it only inspired people to take pictures with digital cameras. the whole front of the audience was people taking pictures… i don’t understand peoples obsession with documenting everything all the time. at the very least just take a couple pictures and put the thing away. why go out if you are going to watch entire events through you viewfinder, which is essentially a 2 inch television as far as i am concerned.

i hope that robotussin is the cure to what ails me.

Hi.

Friday I went to a show at this new venue around the corner. So new it isn’t finished and doesn’t have a name… The stage was sent on top of a stack of sheetrock and the bathroom was on a platform near the front, maybe 4 steps up, and it was just a toilet (no seat) and a tarp around it, with a halogen light in there. Pretty weird, but the place was packed–which was good cause there was no heat either. So I am there minding my own business, binge drikning, there is a really terrible band playing. Then a more interesting band. Then the last two were hardcore bands, and since I was kind of near the front anyhow I ended up in the mosh pitting. It was kind of fun and warmer doing that than just standing there, so I took part. However my face and neck were pretty sore the next day, on top of the usual bumpin of the forehead. Saturday it snowed a lot, so I stayed in. Actually I drove my car around the block (on the way to my gf’s), decided it was stupid to drive and on the way back into the parking lot got my car stuck. I felt pretty dumb. Last night I watched the movie Dogville and it was pretty painful to watch. I asked Peter to rent Euro Trip and he comes back with Dogville. I suppose I will have to get membership to the video place.

Still cold. Today I went outside to get the mail. . . that is it. I also watched Oprah and baked 3 dozen cookies. I told that to this friend of mine on IM today and he said “that is wierd” — i guess so. I suppose I should get a job, or sell my car. I need money. I have to get busy on some drawings for this sketchel thing, I am thinking about recycling some old sketches and mixing them up, then using brooke’s sewing machine to sew them all together. We will see how that goes. I guess it has to work as I have no other plan.

I hope I have a fun weekend. I have been thinking about work and money too much lately. Kills me creatively.

Everyone is talking about how cold it is. Man, it is really cold! Like 15 degrees or something. Today I made a list of things to do, and it worked pretty well.

x Saline
x Fix Glasses
x Pay Bills
x Stamps

The other night I rented some videos, White Chicks–exactly as expected, Mean Girls–a little better than expected (watch with girls), Fishing With John–pretty good.

Last night me and Peter (August) went to the midnight pajama jam, except it was the midnight panini jam this week. It was really funny.

They are filming a Volvo commercial down the street today.

I found a hair in my slice of chicken pizza.

It is pretty cold.

Dear blog, what a crazy night i had last night, i watched this movie with val kilmer called spartan it was quite the action adventure thriller. i don’t want to spoil it, but he doesn’t die at the end. then i watched some more tv and then i went to a couple of bars. Only in New York!!! that is right television and beer. The culture is overwhelming sometimes.

If you find that you are lagging in conversation at the dinner table with your family, get a regular bowl (any vessel will do) and fill it with suggestion topics. These little slips of paper are quite useful and at times magical. Be sure to promote positivity in your suggestions, stay away from topics of sexual nature and/or bathroom humor.

Things I worry about:
-Will my favorite bar change when those luxury condos get finished?
-Is it healthy to be home alone all day with little or no human contact?
-Will I ever get sick of pizza?

Today I am wearing some shoes I bought off the net:

and a grey hoodie, a shirt from wal-mart that has a big monster truck on it that and says UNSTOPPABLE in lettering that looks like diamond plate. and some old jeans that should be retired. They are getting pretty holy. praise god.

Would you like to go to a party with a motivational speaker? How about a motivational stripper? That is some next level shit.

good night, matt.

Hello everybody,

I just realized how much my last entry sucked… and that I should type in here more often as it is pretty wild to take a look back every once and a while to see where I am in life. Secondly, I put together another one of my zines today and there are hardly any words in it. I need to collect more words.

Today: woke up. actually had breakfast (banana, cereal, juice!), breakfast makes me hungrier than I would normally be come lunch. So, no more breakfast this year.

I am pretty stoked on this new stapler I purchased today:

It is similar to this one (mine is a Swingline). Basically you can staple really deep. For only $30. Now I can staple virtually anything. A little side note: The first stapler was broken, so I had to exchange it. I was all prepared to tell the girl at the office supply store (Staples) a big story about how it wasn’t my fault that this stapler was broken (I stepped on it really hard), then I realized that she could care less, so I said “I need to exchange this.” She was all “ok, get what you need.” I just pressed on the second one with my hand instead of my foot and it worked pretty smoothly. I’d say I used about 125 staples today, which means I have maybe 3,700 left!

In other news–I am a model of effenciency.

Since I last updated this page it has gotten very cold, I have worked at 4 or 5 different jobs ranging from republican propaganda to urban clothier propaganda. I am currently thinking about jobs that don’t involve the computer… I look at it way too much. Not sure what else to type here… it has been a while, and I feel kind of boring right now. Rest assured I have gotten drunk a few times, danced a little, and traveled some.

MONTAUK

4TH OF JULY IN VERMONT

KICKBALL

Well, I turned down the job at Slam… which is code for they hired someone else. I think the art director felt shitty about it, I am going to try and get them to hire me for some illustration though. I have a few other freelance opportunities out there, but I have an overwhelming fear that people are trying to screw me over. I really need to get in gear and hit the pavement or at least do some kind of self promotion / art / something.

I went to Massachusetts for a fun Memorial Day weekend. My buddy Nato curated a show of political/activist art called “the interventionists” — it was a pretty rad opening and he was on top of the world. Lots and lots of clapping all weekend.

Last weekend I went back to KS for Jake’s wedding, which was a lot of fun. I was sitting at the dinner the night before and thinking about how I woke up in New York and now I am eating chicken dinner with all of my friends. Really made me excited for a future when we all have jobs and we can fly somewhere just for a weekend party. I hope that happens anyhow.

Today I actually went into the city for a bit and ran into 2 people that I know. I also picked up some magazine called Loyal and flipped through the pages and there was an illustration by my olde english roomate Rich. Then I went to McDonalds – which is sort of a big deal b/c I haven’t done so in maybe 3 years. I got sick of being the guy who says “I haven’t eaten McD’s for 3 years.”

The battery went dead on my car, I got it charged, I hope it stays charged. I was telling people all weekend what a great car it is.

Aw dog. I just got a call from this Slam place, because I have been having trouble getting them to call me. My potential boss was all “sorry I haven’t called you…I have been real busy and I have to choose between you and one other person. I’ll let you know on Monday.” My question is; what the fuck is up with that? She called me a week ago and said that I was her “favorite” — what could be better than favorite? I just don’t get it. If I don’t get this job I will feel like such a fool. If it comes down to that and all of the people I told that I have the job already ask I am going to say that I turned it down. Lying is better than sounding like a loser.

Well, I mentioned that I wasn’t going to drink until Memorial Day, buy not drinking I meant drinking moderately. I don’t feel guilty about it, I haven’t gotten drunk or anything, maybe 1-2 drinks total.

I guess I had bettter start looking for other jobs. I am more bummed at the prospect of having to look for another job more than I am at not possibly not getting this job… I hate the job search.