Here’s to Matt as it is his birthday today.
I remember his birthdays of yesteryear – it marked the end of the school year at Algonquin and we always went on a good party – usually at the Cabin. Man, I miss that place. It’s still there, but there are better bars out there nowadays, that’s a fer sure.
I also remember a particular night where Matt was introduced to his then unknown but soon to be favourite drink – the Purple Haze. I have no idea what was in this thing but it left his lips purple which was a giant unattractive quality to the ladies but we never told him. Matt, I’m kidding, there was never any purple on your lips. That wasn’t the unattractive quality.
Matt’s the kind of the guy who you can’t debate with because he stands his ground firm. However when he realizes that I am actually right (which is pretty well 99.9% of the time) his face makes the o-face and he just says “Oh.” when he realizes once again, that I am right. Then he challenges me to a game of Street Fighter 2 where if I concentrate, I can beat him, but I must admit he has the slight advantage over me.
Anyhow, Matt, have a good birthday. I’ll buy you a drink on Saturday night at Larisa’s post-doc party.
Feel free to leave comments about Matt in the comment section on his birthday. If you’re stumped, here are few things to get your mind jogging:
– Recall a time where Matt says “Hey, I can make better! (aka he wants to customize it to how HE likes to have it because he automatically assumes that if it’s the best for him, then by jove, it’s the best for everyone!). Bonus points goes to the ones that had a broken object after he ‘made it better’.
– Talk about how his sole sustanance during his years at Bayshore were weiners on a piece of bread.
– Talk about how in the end, Matt is a swell guy and he knows we’re just razzing him on his birthday.
