User:RockNWrite82

Hmmm, where do I start? This pressure is killing me!...

So, my name is Matt, and I am originally from North Carolina (with Michigan roots, so I guess I don't really qualify as a "true" Southerner). I am currently living in Washington, DC, where I recently finished my Master's degree in Linguistics at Georgetown. While I am fascinated by really all aspects of Linguistics, particularly accents and dialects and the advocation of their legitimacy (in addition to doing impressions of all sorts of characters/people who speak these dialects...), I've recently also become interested in the more "discourse-y" components of Linguistics, including writing. I always place a lot of value on communicating an idea as clearly as I possibly can, and in as appropriate of a manner as I possibly can, considering the context.

I also have a serious passion for music. Not only do I enjoy listening to a variety of genres, but I also love creating music; I sing and play piano/keyboards and guitar (the latter, rather poorly...) and love doing Open Mic Nights when I can. I have also been in several singing competitions, and I consider my voice to be my primary "instrument." In addition, I am a complete music "geek" when it comes to little tidbits of music knowledge about various bands (mostly obscure/relatively forgotten ones that not a lot of people seem to care about), such as when albums were released, who was in the band's lineup (you know, the sort of useless stuff that really only becomes relevant in trivia games). In this way, you can find me constantly adding/attempting to update or correct information about various artists. Hopefully, I'm not too picky about that in editing Wiki articles!

My other major passion is running. The sense of exhilaration you feel after a long race is incomparable! That's really all I need to say about that at the moment.

In any event, I'm always up for getting feedback on my edits or just chatting with people, so feel free to hit me up!

More to come. In the meantime, peace and love to all! Cheers.