All About Me

I'm not one for introductions so let's keep this one short and sweet, shall we? My name is Jared Matkin, I am 31 years young, and struggling to find my identity in this strange existence. Over a year ago I quit my corporate job in Public Relations and traveled around the world for 11 months with my lovely wife (more on that here--www.escape29.blogspot.com). Now back in my home city, I face the grim challenge of trying to figure out how to keep enjoying myself without completely selling out to the whims of a conditioned society (partial sellout has not been ruled out entirely). Since I've never really been a writer, but would like to be, this blog will be a hodgepodge of literary prose and originality aimed at stimulating my creative juices.

Disclaimer: This site is dedicated to nothing in particular. Rather, it will be an anthology of thoughts (coherent or otherwise), nonsensical gibberish, rants, raves and the occasional dose of unfiltered blasphemy. Topics will cover whatever is on my mind when I sit down, from the political fodder of federal and state government, to my assessment of a complete stranger, or the deep animosity I have for motorcycles that are way louder than they need to be. Who knows. I could be offensive or I may be pleasant; I might be irrational or maybe I'll be level-headed, it will just depend on the day--and perhaps how many pundits I have encountered via consumption of mass media while sipping my morning coffee. 

Let the record state that I'm not a narcissist so much as I am an ordinary observer, who believes that for the sake of my own well-being some things just need to be unloaded from head-to-page so I don't explode as a result of life's absurdities, and the consequential emotions they are packaged with (i.e. rage, shock, awe, amusement, fear, joy, etc.). With that said, and like the title of this page suggests, this blog is all about me and my observations. As the old maxim so neatly summarizes, 'Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one." Hope you enjoy mine.....opinions that is, not asshole.