Hey everybody!
My name is Matthew (or Matt, that’s what my friends call me,
so you can call me Matt J)
and I’m 21 years old. I’m from New Hampshire in the United States, but most of
my high school years my family and I lived on a military base on Kwajalein, an
island in the Marshall Islands. We’re not a military family my dad just got a
job out there. If you have no clue where that the Marshall Islands are, they’re
in the middle of the Pacific Ocean near the Equator about halfway between
Hawaii and Australia. My family moved back to the US about a year and a half
ago.
Right now, I’m a student at Knox College in the state of
Illinois. I’m in my third year of college, junior year, and I’m studying
philosophy primarily with a side focus on history and religious studies. I’ve
also taken creative writing classes.
Why study philosophy, history and religious studies? I love
to think and imagine. I enjoy thinking about philosophical issues and how they
relate to ethics, politics, history and religious beliefs. Knox is also a small
school and I really love it.
I’m a writer. I hope to become an author someday (John Green
is a huge inspiration to me). I’m currently working on a fantasy novel/series
about a boy named Aaron and his sister Katrina that is based heavily on the
Norse myth of Ragnarok, but it’s still my own interpretation and it’s not a
carbon copy of the original myth. I also have tons of other ideas I want to
work on. Haha.
I also run another blog, probably not as faithfully as I
should, but anyway… if you want to look at that go here: http://dmmaster42.wordpress.com/ .
I wrote a review of The Fault in Our Stars which you might particularly enjoy.
Some of the things I like to do when I’m not thinking about
or talking/debating about philosophy with friends or writing: Watching online
videos: Vlogbrothers and Yugioh the Abridged series are my two favorites, but
Scishow, Crashcourse, and Hankgames are right up there as well. I read a lot,
mostly fantasy and sci-fi but I do read other genres as well. I loved The Fault
in Our Stars of course. I watch the news a lot but I also love a lot of TV
shows and movies. I’m obsessed with Doctor Who and Merlin! I listen to music a
lot while I work (lots of Hank Green songs of course!). I play video games. I also
do a lot of role-playing, mostly D&D probably my favorite activity apart
from writing. Other than that I love just spending time with my friends and
girlfriend, who is also a nerdfighter (yay for nerdfighterlike!).
Things I dislike: Anything to do with increasing world-suck,
serious arguments and tension, and rap.
Random facts about me: I’m ginger and left-handed.
I think that’s pretty much it about me for now. Welcome to
this new blog! I’m really excited about it and can’t wait to see it grow and
get the chance to get to know you and lots more nerdfighters. So have a great
day and, as always, DFTBA!
Matthew
