Blog
Writing since 2008 — 48 posts and counting.
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Reboot, Again
I have had trouble keeping this blog up consistently. It's been almost 7 years since my last post. Sometimes I feel like a completely different person…
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Hunger Games
I read the entire Hunger Games series in a week. I can't believe it's already over. It was pretty incredible. I am not quite done processing it to wri…
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Back from the Dead
I'm reviving this blog in the near future. It's been a crazy year. Trying to figure out what to write and how. More coming soon…
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Service Battery
So yesterday I talked about decompressing and what it looks like for me as well as how it’s an integral part of rest. If decompressing is largely focu…
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Squished
So this quarter has been tough. Not because Greek is exceptionally hard. Doing it as an intensive is just a bit demanding. Having one's brain so thoro…
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Quick Update
Catalyst West was awesome. This week was actually pretty awesome as a whole minus last night's getting rear ended on the 5 Freeway. I've been collecti…
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Pacing
Two weeks into the New Testament Greek Intensive and things are pretty crazy. Like really crazy. It's a back and forth pattern of getting up really ea…
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#OneWord2011: Grow
So thanks to a genius idea from my friend @gritandglory, I'm joining in on a new way to look at New Year's resolutions. Let's be honest, they don't us…
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Californiated Me
For a final project in one of my classes this quarter, I was tasked with doing a creative interpretation of a self portrait or self revelation. I set …
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On Music
I really like music. I have 7,248 songs in my iTunes library. I listen to music while driving, doing chores, walking to class, etc. However, I don't t…
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Divide And Conquer
I've noticed this interesting phenomenon here at seminary. Very few people go to church together. Everyone seems to split up into smaller groups and a…
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Tick Tock
So, I'm having an issue with this blogging thing. I find myself inspired to blog somewhere between 12–6 pm PT. By the time I get it posted, it's more …
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Soccer Moms
My mom was never a soccer mom—both literally and figuratively. She did drive a mini van for much of my childhood. Neither my sister nor I played socce…
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Weasley
Quick post to share a photo from Halloween. I reprised my second best received (I couldn't find my Tigger suit) costume ever. I'm not sure where I was…
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Deconstructing
So during orientation in September, the most popular word we heard from the various people talking was "deconstruction." I was deconstructin…
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The flirty elevator at the Fuller Library. She loves the first floor.
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Golden
I live in California. Finally. I do have to remind myself a little bit every day. It's not hard. I walk outside and see foothills in the distance. Som…
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First video on iPhone. #nhldraft
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The Quest: Deus Ex Machina, an Epilogue
Deus ex machina is a literary device that introduces God or the gods into the plot to solve all of the problems at the story's conclusion. It's consid…
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The Quest: Story That Burns Like An Olympic Flame, But With Four Arms
Chapter 4 People swear I'm part Canadian. I took six years of French and I love hockey. I thank Disney for that one. I don't know what I thought was s…
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The Quest: Vampires, Dragons and Greek Gods
Chapter 3 On to one of the oldest forms of story—the written word. By far, the best gadgety purchase of 2009 for me was my Amazon Kindle. I convinced …
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The Quest: Why I Don't Watch TV At Your House If Your TV Is Too Small
Chapter 2 I am a TV addict. I have a tape somewhere of my second birthday. My parents came in to my bedroom toting a video camera. I think it was one …
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The Quest: How I Got Here
Chapter 1 I'll see if I can make this relatively short. I was born in the West Texas minor city of Abilene. It's not too big, but not too small. My pa…
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The Quest: A Sort of Prologue
I am a storyteller. I haven't always described myself as such. I mean I went to film school and all. That should have made it pretty obvious that I li…
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Ending Hiatus
Hello, my name is Matt, and it's been 93 days since my last jump. I've been trying to get a jump in for a couple of weeks now. The weather has not coo…
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A Break
So, I decided to skip a week between jumps. I went to Academy to buy an exercise ball on my mom's suggestion. I ended up with two of these strange pea…
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Jump #7
Well, I ventured out to the drop zone for another Friday jump. I was determined to get this one right. Things were running a little slow at the DZ, so…
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Jump #4
So I failed L1. It happens, but I don't like things like that looming over my head. Knowing that winter (and cloudy skies) is nigh, I know that taking…
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Jump #5 & Jump #6
Well the weather cleared up Friday after all. It was a beautiful jump. So I made it out to the DZ at 10 to make it on the first load. My second instru…
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Jump #3
Well I got up nice and early to drive to the DZ for ground school. I got there an entire 15 minutes before I had to be there. Which, for those that kn…
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SMS Business Cards?
Thanks to a recent post by @adamwc, I'm trying out Contxts. With Contxts you can send an SMS business card. It's cheaper than having cards printed, th…
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Upgraded!!
I can finally post from the iPhone again!! apparently WordPress MU version 2.8.1 had a few major bugs that wouldn't let me post from my phone or tell …
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New Server
I've moved my blog to a new server and switched to WordPress MU to make my life better. So far so good. I'm really liking things here. It's a lot fast…
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Portfolio
Things are changing at mattred.com. mattred.com is now my portfolio site (currently under construction) and blog.mattred.com is my personal blog which…
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To Do List
- read more - blog more - listen to more music - enjoy summer I'll keep y'all posted on how that goes.
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GTD
Today is finally one of those days where I'm getting things done. Laptop hard drive checked. Oil changed. Wonder what's next.. Hockey tonight. Both pl…
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Bad Dog
Okay. So I've been a bad dog when it comes to blogging. I know I should really do more writing because I enjoy it, but I've been a bit busy taking car…
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On Social Networking
An article originally published in the November Encourager. On Social Networking | u|news live! | University United Methodist Church | San Antonio.
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Vancouver/Seattle 08: Day 1
This is going to be short, I'll write more as soon as I get a chance. After church at Mars Hill downtown, I had lunch at 5 Spot in the Queen Anne area…
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T- Less Than 6 Hours!!
My flight leaves in 5 hours 45 minutes. I'm stoked. I'm also getting tired. Seeing as how I leave for the airport in 4 and a half hours, sleep seems l…
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October
October has arrived and I have not blogged since August. Oops. It's been busy times. I tend to not use my computer at home very much anymore. The arri…
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Olympicing
Well, I know I haven't blogged anything lately. I've been watching too much of the Olympics. I'll post something thoughtful after Sunday night. Michae…
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Vantage Point
So I got to spend some time playing with the Vantage Point tool in Photoshop CS3 today. It's pretty stinkin' sweet when you get it figured out. I was …
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Thievery
So I love my TV. I watch it all the time. Between hockey and the countless shows I watch live or DVR, I spend many hours a week using my cable which a…
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Addicted to WordPress = New Church Blog
I continue to grow fonder and fonder of WordPress. Were our church website less complicated, I'd consider finding a way to using WordPress as our CMS …
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On Twitter And Social Implications
I've been a fan of Twitter for a few months now. It's an easy-to-use, fun way of keeping up with friends new and old. I already snagged an account for…
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Link: "Deafening Silence"
Great post by Chad: http://chadjarnagin.com/2008/07/deafening-silence/
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The H in ADHD
For my first official post on my blog dubbed eADHD, I thought it wise to list the characteristics unique to the H in ADHD. For those of you that know …