Where the hell is Matt?
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This is really sweet.
From his website:
Matt is a 35-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.
Thanks for the link, Jan!
2 comments:
I love it! So fun and that people just got into it!
Thanks for sharing this!!!
Oh, and Happy Holidays!!!
@Cobalt Violet - Happy holidays to you too!
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