Where the Hell is Matt?

**cop1991** · 06-23-08, 12:08 AM

Excellent video, story below and it really gives you a sense of perspective.

About Matt

Matt is a 31-year-old deadbeat from Connecticut who used to think that all he ever wanted to do in life was make and play videogames. Matt achieved this goal pretty early and enjoyed it for a while, but eventually realized there might be other stuff he was missing out on. In February of 2003, he quit his job in Brisbane, Australia and used the money he'd saved to wander around Asia until it ran out. He made this site so he could keep his family and friends updated about where he is.

A few months into his trip, a travel buddy gave Matt an idea. They were standing around taking pictures in Hanoi, and his friend said "Hey, why don't you stand over there and do that dance. I'll record it." He was referring to a particular dance Matt does. It's actually the only dance Matt does. He does it badly. Anyway, this turned out to be a very good idea.

A couple years later, someone found the video online and passed it to someone else, who passed it to someone else, and so on. Now Matt is quasi-famous as "That guy who dances on the internet. No, not that guy. The other one. No, not him either. I'll send you the link. It's funny."

The response to the first video brought Matt to the attention of the nice people at Stride gum. They asked Matt if he'd be interested in taking another trip around the world to make a new video. Matt asked if they'd be paying for it. They said yes. Matt thought this sounded like another very good idea.

In 2006, Matt took a 6 month trip through 39 countries on all 7 continents. In that time, he danced a great deal.

The second video made Matt even more quasi-famous. In fact, for a brief period in July, he was semi-famous.

Things settled down again, and then in 2007 Matt went back to Stride with another idea. He realized his bad dancing wasn't actually all that interesting, and that other people were much better at being bad at it. He showed them his inbox, which, as a result of his semi-famousness, was overflowing with emails from all over the planet. He told them he wanted to travel around the world one more time and invite the people who'd written him to come out and dance too.

The Stride people thought that sounded like yet another very good idea, so they let him do it. And he did. And now it's done. And he hopes you like it.

Matt lives in Seattle, Washington with his girlfriend, Melissa, and dog, Sydney. He hasn't had a real job since Stride called him up. Matt doesn't mind working, but he doesn't much care for having to show up at the same place every day.

Matt is not rich. Matt also doesn't have some magical secret for traveling cheaply. He does it pretty much the same way everybody else does.

Matt thinks Americans need to travel abroad more.

Matt was a very poor student and never went to college. When he got older, he was pleased to discover that no one actually cares. Matt doesn't want to imply that college is bad or anything. He's just saying is all. There's other ways to fill your head.

Matt is left-handed.

When Matt was younger, he could hang seven spoons on his face at once. Sadly, puberty made Matt's face less conducive to spoon-hanging.

Matt's Xbox Live screen name is BadDancer. He plays a lot of Rock Band.

Matt has a little piece of extra cartilage sticking out on the rim of one ear and a little hole in the same place on the other ear. Since saying so on this page, he's been informed that the extra piece of cartilage is called a Darwinian Tubercle. Matt thinks this is pretty much the greatest name for anything ever.

Matt has never lost a staring contest.

**Cojiro** · 06-23-08, 12:21 AM

i dont know why i couldnt stop watching it was disturbing and interesting at the same time

**Spike** · 06-23-08, 12:35 AM

He went to Austin and i missed him

, i will not have lived till the day i dance with him and a crowd of people.

Originally Posted by Cojiro

i dont know why i couldnt stop watching it was disturbing and interesting at the same time

Made you all warm inside to

**ninja|oaklandr** · 06-23-08, 08:35 AM

I think the whole idea of what he does is pretty kick ass. I know when not dancing he has his own set of life issues to deal with, but watching him makes it seem like I am missing something. I am not saying that I want to go dancing everywhere, but there are times that I think of doing something else.

I have a friend that I have worked with for the last 10 years. He is planning on leaving and just winging it. His ultimate plan will probably take him to Portland, but how long that takes and where he goes in between might change. The work we do is not high pay so it's not like he's going to fly everywhere and stay in hotels. He plans on camping, living cheap and blogging his mini adventure. He has been tired of the same old routine and life and wants change. He just turned 30 and says that the last tens years have went by and he has nothing to show. He has no wife or kids so it makes it easier to just make a sudden change. It might not even work out for the best, but I admire him for trying it.

**ALPINESTAR** · 06-23-08, 01:51 PM

such an extensive post... why dnt you game anymore

**Panic** · 06-23-08, 03:18 PM

nice he made another

**cop1991** · 06-23-08, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by ALPINESTAR

such an extensive post... why dnt you game anymore

TTP doesn't host every game.

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