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Friday ~ April 04, 2007 by matt.d.smith Posted in Uncategorized

lately i haven’t been “blogging.” It requires 1. emotional energy 2. time 3. an interesting life 4. introspection and reflection. In that order. I finally have excess reserves of all those components so i will give you a brief overview of the last six weeks or so.

  • Easter- went to alex’s house and his crazy aunt made me go on an easter egg hunt complete with scripture references. Also go to see Sufjan Stevens complete with string quartet formed expressedly for the occasion {which happened to be in the beautiful, historic memorial hall}. This is where my path crossed with Shara Worden, but we’ll get to that later
  • weeks passed, went to work, went to school, got panicky, calmed down. the usual
  • Journeyed to Chicago to see The Decemberists, again. Always a good time. This time was better than usual because it involved Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond. She is captivating and lovely and rocks out. A trifecta of feminine perfection.
  • I graduate in 8 days. I am done with school on monday and my whole future is layed out before me with as much clarity as a technical drawing of the power grid from Maine to Memphis. I at least hope to hit the bright spots.
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    12 days…

    Monday ~ April 04, 2007 by matt.d.smith Posted in Uncategorized

    and i will be a college graduate.
    This is more interesting

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    Post #24

    Sunday ~ March 03, 2007 by matt.d.smith Posted in trivial

    Today, for the first time since August 24th, 06, I went fishing. sort of. I essentially just got a line wet but I did manage one small bass. It was like inhaling after escaping a burning building. Church was really awesome today too. Not that the message was spectacular, it was, but I think I’m really starting to get the point of “church.”
    I pine for this summer. It will be spectacular.

    –itunes
    —Belle and Sebastian-The Life Pursuit-Another Sunny Day

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    foward thinking

    Monday ~ March 03, 2007 by matt.d.smith Posted in important

    I have begun the fourth week at my first job and given the nature of my work, have had a lot of time to think about life after graduation. It has been a really, really, really, really good process. Its been kind of like taking inventory of my life thus far and how I want it to look in 5, 10, 20, 50 years. One thing I know about myself is that I eat a lot of crow.
    I said:

    I wouldn’t go to “Grace Community College”
    I did
    I would transfer after a year
    I stayed five
    I would move out of this state May 5th, 2007
    I’m not
    I would never be a graphic designer, professionally.
    I am

    Thusly, I also said I would never go to Grace for grad school. Well, I spent all last night looking at grad schools online and I realized that I don’t have the street cred to go anywhere else. Also, Grace has a program I am really very much interested in with a faculty that I took 9credit hours I didn’t even need because I was so intrigued and stimulated by them. I just sent in my pre-application for Spring ‘08, Masters of Arts in Intercultural Studies.

    So: goals for the next 5 years

    1. finish 7/9ths of my MA
    2. get a dog
    3. make a plan for the 5 years after
    4. fall in love
    5. go to India and prang around with my cousin in Jerusalem
    6. read 75,000 pages out of books worth reading
    7. grow up
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      e-resignation

      Sunday ~ February 02, 2007 by matt.d.smith Posted in Uncategorized

      i think i may be the first person to have quit a job over facebook

      message to Nate Munson-
      sorry for not getting to you sooner. i stopped in after i found out to talk about it but you were catering and then i just got hella busy. i dont think i can really handle 40 hr work weeks, school and cerulean, as much as i regret it. Working for you has been a pleasure and i will miss it but i just dont think it would be prudent to continue

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      matt smith got a job

      Tuesday ~ February 02, 2007 by matt.d.smith Posted in Uncategorized

      i have a job
      bowencenter.org

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      prang

      Tuesday ~ February 02, 2007 by matt.d.smith Posted in Uncategorized

      it seems this semester my classes are canceled all the time. this i like.

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      I’m going to kill Alex

      Sunday ~ February 02, 2007 by matt.d.smith Posted in Uncategorized

      if he doesnt turn off that damn flute music

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      Things I regret

      Saturday ~ February 02, 2007 by matt.d.smith Posted in Uncategorized

      I regret having an amazing time last night with good friends and good fun. I regret not going to a night on the town because “if you liked Jazz Night (not the real name), you’ll love “A Night on the Town.” I regret working my ass off to establish something big, something (for crabtrat) authentic and then letting it go to seed, to bad seed. I hope my lineage died out last night.

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      chasing lions

      Sunday ~ February 02, 2007 by matt.d.smith Posted in Uncategorized, design

      Just finished some sketchs for the Chasing Lions corporate identity. tell me what you think

      read on…

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