MEMBER: Matthew
Matthew
""Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be."
-Joseph Campbell"
San Diego, California
Joined 09/28/2007
About Me
I’m coming up on 30, and I think I’m close to finding my path in life, but not quite there yet.
After 5 unhappy years of grad school, I’ve finally found a job I love working as a freelance science writer. Freelancing affords me the freedom I need, and science writing constantly leads me to new, fascinating ideas. Once an assignment is finished, it’s over, and I move on to the next story, which is great, because I thrive on new experiences and quickly get bored with routines.
My second big passion is music. I started playing trombone at a young age, and continued that through college, but then music dropped out of my life for awhile. In the last few years, I’ve been getting back into music, and recently started playing bass guitar with a band.
The third passion that keeps my life interesting is physical activity, especially hiking and camping, surfing, and martial arts. Running are working out are good too, but not as fun. I love being outside and occasionally testing the limits of what my body can do.
I something of a loner by nature, but I think that’s mostly because I have trouble finding people I can relate to. It seems like most people like to talk, or complain, about the details of daily life. Conversations about why the world is the way it is, or how we experience life are what really engage me.
After 5 unhappy years of grad school, I’ve finally found a job I love working as a freelance science writer. Freelancing affords me the freedom I need, and science writing constantly leads me to new, fascinating ideas. Once an assignment is finished, it’s over, and I move on to the next story, which is great, because I thrive on new experiences and quickly get bored with routines.
My second big passion is music. I started playing trombone at a young age, and continued that through college, but then music dropped out of my life for awhile. In the last few years, I’ve been getting back into music, and recently started playing bass guitar with a band.
The third passion that keeps my life interesting is physical activity, especially hiking and camping, surfing, and martial arts. Running are working out are good too, but not as fun. I love being outside and occasionally testing the limits of what my body can do.
I something of a loner by nature, but I think that’s mostly because I have trouble finding people I can relate to. It seems like most people like to talk, or complain, about the details of daily life. Conversations about why the world is the way it is, or how we experience life are what really engage me.
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I want to be a firecracker
Friday, October 5, 2007 - 04:42I have a part time job as a GRE instructor at Kaplan Test Prep Services. I was surprised to discover5 CommentsI have no idea what to do about my current relationship
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 - 04:37My girlfriend of almost two years just moved 2000 miles away to Boston to start graduate school. If7 CommentsTo Write Fiction
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 - 04:48I'm starting to build a successful career as a science writer, writing about science for the general3 CommentsI did what the books said and found my dream job.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 - 04:29When I finished my PhD in molecular biology, I did something that was either very stupid, or very br4 Comments
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My last 5 comments
- Going against my nature... (in response to: I want to be a firecracker)
- Re-inventing yourself... (in response to: Re-Invent Yourself!)
- Waking up in a funk... (in response to: Funk or No Funk)
- Committed relationships... (in response to: I have no idea what to do about my current relationship)
- Listening to feelings... (in response to: I have no idea what to do about my current relationship)
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