so much to ponder...: December 2009

2009 STATUS UPDATE.
(a year of status updates)

I used some Facebook App that collected all my status updates from this year.

**JANUARY**
-necista usar su espanol mas.

**FEBRUARY**
-is not Jesus - no matter how many people call him.
-wants to create, imaginate, and travelate.
-misses Jackie.
-resembles Frodo Baggins.
-wants to know how and when he will die. Preferably in his sleep at the age of 60 en route to his vacation pod on Mars.
-misses the busy, productive life
-will wait until he is 94 before he skydives. There are equal thrills to be had on the ground.
-is wanting to start something BIG.
-is thinking the wise words of The Beets "BIG! Think BIG!"
-is selling crack cocaine. Who wants some?

**MARCH**
-is wondering if its weird to make friendship cards instead of business cards... ...like the asians do.
-Matt is Vote for Shit Sandwich.
-has had it up to HERE with compassion
-is missing Tally faces and places
-is in a state of optimism
-loves chance encounters
-wishes he could be sponsored by letters, like in Sesame Street. If given the proper amount, I would wear all things "M" and speak only in words beginning with "M" or had "M" in them. And end all conversations with "This interaction was brought to you by the letter "M"
-peed his pants once in the first grade. i was wearing my teenage mutant ninja turtle pants that day. who would've thought a day that started off so ninja would end in such disaster.
-I just blocked my mom on Facebook. I mean, come on, Mom! Its like SO embarrassing! Being friends with your mom on Facebook is like having your mom chaperone the middle school dance.... ...I should probably block her friends, too.
-prides himself in parallel parking
-had an Amelia Bedelia moment today
-the first 10 seconds of staring at the sun hurts, but after that... its not that bad...
-... when the music hits you, you feel no pain
-made a funny typo tonight while charting on a patient... My patient was on a "low fart diet". Hehe. Fart = Fat

**APRIL**
-April Fooled himself this morning. He thought he had to work tonight but then found out he didn't. What a jokster he is to himself.
-está lleno con vida.
-Truth is a horrible partner to play hide and seek with... it can't stand to stay hidden for more than a moment.
-just got to translate Hail Mary's and an Announting for a Spanish Patient and an African Priest. Work can be fun sometimes.
-If my plane crashes today... its been a wonderful life and I love you all very mucho. And... Bethany can have my iPhone. :-)
-wonders why people save dreaming for sleep
-knows it's full of dangers but can't help but talk to strangers.
-cannot wait for clowns, cotton candy, and the FSU Circus tonight.
-misses Quito and his Ecuadorian family.
-thinks long car rides are the best catalysts for creativity.
-wonders what applications his friends would have if they were iPhones applications
-is so happy he got to meet his favorite family band, Save The Ship.
-thinks his visit to Tally couldn't get any better... unless he found a million dollars under his airplane seat.
-has a Tallahassee shaped void in his heart again.
-is boycotting Facebook today by only updating his status 3 times today. Join me!
-give me !'s not ?'s.
-is gonna blink and hold it for the next 6 hours.
-can't find this new website called "gooogle.com"... is it 3 o's or 4o's?
-wants to save the world one tourniquet and tape at a time.
-loves lives, licks, and lyrics...
-we're always gonna be kids... its just that some of us grow to hate recess or fear drawing outside the lines.
-... must... be... productive...
-Nuevo Pelo = Nuevo Mateo
-can't wait for mates...
-felt like his patients were taking CRAZY pills!!!
-has a new stance on cussing. Cussing is like farting - it's OK to do it around some people and when you're alone driving in your car.
-is matt, his mate, and mates - todate.
-caught like two an a half Z's this morning. Maybe. How frustrating. I need to get my sleeper checked.

**MAY**
-flowers in space.
-writes his name on his toothbrush and is proud of it.
-needs his ideas to turn from caterpillars to monarchs.
-has made monarchs. :-)
-it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright... i cannot wait.
-chase dreams, not damsels.
-loves real world recess and nap time.
-every thought a thought of you...
-psycho killer, kiss of death...
-is living the life: 3 days drug-dispensing / 4 days day-dreaming.
-work sucked last night.
-is sun kissed and Barton dipped. Whose up for some hacky sack?-
-is raising rims and fixing flower trims.
-my mom is ecto-cooler than yours!
-late night brainstorms are the best to go to sleep to.
-life sucks. but life's great. there's beauty in the balance.
-is thankful that he worries about things higher up on Maslow's Pyramid than what others battle for on the base.
-needs a light.
-shadow am I! ...cause I'm not something, more like the absence of something.
-i'm always RW, when you're FF.
-needs a blackcat. pow!
-wrote a song - one more life goal accomplished.
-come January 2010... anyone wanna teach English in South America? or Raid the streets of London? Or cross the sea and get some culture?
-I don't know how, but I can.
-wants to live like Joe Chandler... live off my savings for a year. i need to number crunch and see if that's possible.
-work = work.
-feels like he's on an end of the year field trip to UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. He kinda wants to join the group riding Back to the Future but also wants to join the group riding JAWS. Choices...
-Barton Springs tomorrow afternoon. Who's in or who's a fish out of water?
-the new mewithoutYou album... like Bible stories on a Sunday School felt board. The sound is soft and childish, yet the meaning runs so deep.
-is so so SO thankful he has the time to star gaze, freedom to ponder, and the resources to express... things people have died for and that i take for granted every minute.
-had been needing a good impromptu dance house party. more on the radar i hope.
-dance rock parties in small living rooms = good times. reminiscing and missing potluck dance parties of old.
-wants knowing without going.
-communication is the easiest major but the hardest thing to do well.
-hardly art, hardly starving.
-is preparing for Armegedd-Your-Groove-On Terminator Dance Party tonight.
-Summer Camp Arrakis!
-Now I gotta unpack this crap.

**JUNE**
-... your aquarium beats 20,000 leagues under the sea.
-freedom starts with zzzzzz.....
-is now carless and debating whether to buy another or just live by bike.
-i need to be a pond not a puddle, a rapid not a river
-sleep now moon...
-wants to stay in the Realms of the Unreal.
-mewithoutYou tonight at Emo's. Who's gonna be there?
-wants to add "can rollerskate backwards" to his resume.

**JULY**
-i hope mewithoutYou will still write songs in Heaven...
-is thankful for sound and music... and so many other things. (I finally got an audio device installed on my computer... imagine a computer without functioning sound.
-camping is intents.
-wishes he had the ability to fly whenever he laughed, like in Mary Poppins
-grrr... life's unexplained endings... like the feeling of leaving an A.C.T. question blank.
-why save dreams for sleep? dream with eyes wide open.
-tyypo.
-wants his super hero friends to stop what they're doing and come save him from his boredom.
-random road trip to the beach to shoot a music video. why not?
-sunrise & filmsets this morning.
-truth be told, i love falsetto.
-lives in an aquarium of clouds...
-thinks the Hawaiian shirt is more a costume than an actual shirt.
-I'm on a plane! (with my flippy floppies)

**AUGUST**
-I used to judge a person by how many toys they had in their room. Does that make me shallow?
-I ain't know nothing about birthing no babies!
-24 to freedom.
-today is crammed with creativity.
-finger painting ideas in my head today...
-is working on videos...
-using the power tools in my brain.

**SEPTEMBER**
-i can watch the trailer for Garden State for eternity. what a great trailer.
-i grow more creative as i tire... i think its because i become so close to sleep, i can peak into a dream
-Halloweenus.

**OCTOBER**
-is somewhere in los nubes.
-i asked my sister what song she wanted for her wedding video. She responded, "Kings of Leon. Your sex is on fire".
-Love the clima.
-wHy DoN't i TyPe LiKe ThIs MoRe OfTeN?
-Pam starting a vomit chain reaction.... the best Office opener ever.
-Jim & Pam's Wedding. Hands down... the best episode yet.
-is anyone familiar with the new internet craze... a "chat" "'room"? who wants to join mine? my user name will be "soccersupertonesdude7" - it'll be fun.
-Any ideas for fun, creative meals to serve for 20 people?
-ya know what we need??? a lil party in the USA.
-What's everyone gonna be for Halloween?

**NOVEMBER**
-"New York, I Love You" is to "Paris Je Taime" as "Matrix 2" is to "Matrix 1". (aka. Don't waste your money on it. Big actors, horrible story lines.)
-is practicing the choreographed Chris Brown "Forever" wedding procession for my sister's wedding tomorrow.
-sitting on the plane, I just realized Northwest Airlines has a great logo - simple yet very creative.
-sleep is the line that splits night from morning.
-wants ideas for a children's book concept or storyline. i'm wanting to complete another life goal.
-Improv in Austin. I feel so Austiny right now. My finger on the pulse of the city.
-I continually fall more in love with mewithoutYou everytime I listen. A great line... "The strawberry said to the tangerine / "my face is red but our hats are green"
-Never get into staring contest with a kid. They always win. :-/
-spent thanksgiving dinner with his patients, not his parents. :-/
-i want to climb up the side of the mountain... i want to swim in the river and lie in the sun, i want to try to be nice to everyone.

**DECEMBER**
-Man. It's a crazy night at Crackenridge.
-me gusta migas.
-don't hurt my fillings... I visit the dentist today :-(
-Hey! It's snowing in Austin!
-when Tebow cries, God cries.
-does anyone know how much a miniature pony costs? (christmas shopping)
-inspiration only comes at night... man! no sleep... but it was worth it.
-if someone leaves facebook, they cease to exist. fact.
-i update my status, therefore i am.
-called off from work for the night. I feel like a kid sent out for recess.
-all I want for Chistmas is to not hear 'Christmas Shoes' this season.
-art holiday in the hizzouse.
-arrakis art holiday = success
-art holiday and finished a song in one day... wow. talk about a creative climax for the year.
-let's cross the sea and get some culture...
-Julieta... me casarás?
-the only thing that keeps Austin from Heaven on Earth is beaches, peaks, and golden streets.
-To all the jews out there... happy harmonica.
-Santogold never ceases to snag my ear by the drums
-Orlando has a major a rodent problem.
-In Orlando for the day... hoping to run into a member of N*SYNC or O-Town. (fingers crossed)
-I'm at Karaoke Night, and I'm really tempted to interrupt the first person to sing Taylor Swift to say that Beyonce had one of the best songs of all time.
-Watching "Far & Away"... I wish I was Irish.
-Sometimes all I want for Christmas is to see it all with fresh eyes. Thanks, Tiny Tim. Thanks, George Bailey. Thanks, Sufjan Stevens. Merry Christmas Everyone!
-Man. I love my old high school friends...
-Hey Guys, when Santa comes to your house tonight, can you let me know. I want to know when he's getting close to Port Charlotte.
-its official. i am a website. www.dearmattmiller.com
-i completely agree with Pitchfork's #1 song of 2009 ::: Animal Collective "My Girls"
-merry present-giving-holiday-of-your-religion everyone!
-My conclusion after seeing "Nine" and "Me and Orson Welles": I would rather be a man of great character than a man of great creativity. Its sad to see greats so few, with both of the two.
-the addiction of creation is the questioning of what's next and the excitement that comes with that.
-old friends and new food.
-i hate inside statuses... its like not getting picked in kickball.
-I want a three-name name, like Jonathan Taylor Thomas.
-My sister: "Matt, you need to stop that bad habit..." // Me: "...What bad habit?" // My sister: "Singing... randomly...high pitched like that." // Me: " That's not gonna happen."
-is doing some self life-coaching.
-being away from Arrakis makes me miss the house love so much. i dont think i'll ever be able to move out... marriage... first child... retirement... funeral... memorial... statue. :-)
-I will run my future family like a co-op. We will take turns cooking, have labor hours, have dance parties, have around the world with milk and baked goods, and have art holidays.
-up in the air... heading home to austin.... yeah, "home" sounds like the right word.

(besides music references... all status updates are original and copyright of matthew gregory miller :-)