Wow... it's Vintage Matt!

Greetings all! I'm Matt, a native of Lancaster County, Virginia, up in the wonderful Northern Neck. Currently I'm living in Gloucester, Virginia, in a house that Tara and I bought in November of 2005. We will be getting married on November 18th, 2006, in Newark, Delaware. We have two cats, Cleo and Caesar, and are just living day by day.

I made a site for myself for a few reasons. I had purchased space for my Circle K club's website, but they changed servers. So I had space just sitting not being used. I got a new domain and voila! Here's my site. I've been doing websites since I was a freshman in high school (about 10 years now). I've never really had one dedicated to me before, only fan sites and such. This is a new venture, but I hope it'll be interesting. Please note that I am a different Matt Brent than the one who owns and maintains www.mattbrent.com. He's just not as cool as me anyway.

Well anyway, about me. I am a graduate of Christopher Newport University (class of 2004) obtaining a BA in History with a minor in Communication Studies. I struggled for a year after graduation trying to find a job. Quite frankly, it sucked. I started a graduate program in history at ODU, and eventually dropped out due to financial issues. I worked for about 3 months at the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, and again enrolled in a graduate program. This time it was a teacher preparation program through the University of Phoenix. The program sucked and was run by idiots. Yet again, I dropped out.

That summer I finally received a real job offer. It was for a Kindergarten Assistant position at General Stanford Elementary on Ft. Eustis. Granted the pay was crap (we're talking poverty level here...) I was looking forward to doing something, and hopefully getting my foot in the door. That's when the gods finally took pity on my poor soul, and an act of fate occurred. I received a phone call from my mom. The principal of Lancaster High School, yes, my alma mater, was trying to get in touch with me. Lo and behold, there had been a sudden vacancy in the history department, and school was due to start in less than a week. I was offered the spot, and voila, here I am still at LHS.

This site is basically an introduction to me, for anyone who may be interested. I won't guarantee that I'll be the most exciting person you've ever seen, but I surely won't be the most boring and mundane either! I'll have my journal, photos, and various other little bits and pieces about me, my family and friends, and other life aspects.

Regards,