EyesonYou is a dish best served with whipped cream nuts and those lil Garland things

01) What is your REAL name?
Matt Turpin

02) What are your nicknames(online and offline)?
Online: Matt and I suppose Garland since I use the name in so many places.

Offline: Matt and Matty (only if you're an Australian girl)


03) What is your Birthday and current Age?
December 20, 1978 and I'm 24 years old

04) Where do you currently live(City, State/Country)?
Plainfield, Connecticut, USA

05) What is your height and weight(weight is optional for those of you who do not wish to disclose this information)?
I'm 5 feet 11 inches, and I have no idea what that equates to in meters, and have no desire to get a conversion chart. I weigh 130 LBS, and you metric folks are out of luck again.

06) What color are your eyes and your hair?
Brown and Brown

07) What is your favorite color?
Green

08) What is your favorite food or meal?
Cinnamon buns and Coffee

09) What are your hobbies and/or interests?
reading, writing, videogames, playing the piano, and movies

10) Do you have any brothers and sisters? If yes then how old are they?
One sister three years younger than myself


11) What is your current occupation(student is an occupation)?
Greyhound park racing official, and trying to get into a Master's degree program somewhere for history


12) What are your favorite type of clothing to wear?
jeans, a polo shirt, and brown work boots

13) What is your favorite style of music to listen to(the general style and specific style if you can)?
Any of the Final Fantasy orchestrated CD's (Pray, Love Will Grow, Black Mages, Generation N, Celtic Moon, ETC)

14) What is your favorite band/group/singer?
Risa Okri, though I spelled her name wrong most likely - she sang Pray and Love Will Grow (see above)

15) How many languages do you speak and what are they?
English and mediocre French (early college level). I'm trying to teach myself Latin, but can only learn to write it.


16) Have you ever met anyone from the internet? If yes what was it like?
Yes, and she made a brief appearance here afterwards as "Garland's Girl". It was pretty fun. This summer from August 15 to October 5 I'm visiting her in the UK. I'll be in the Northampton area.

17) If you could describe yourself in just two words what would they be and why?
Average and dissatisfied. I'm so average in every way (solid B grade student all through school, passable in lots of things, but standout in none) I've been described as the most average looking joe people have ever seen. At first I thought this a good thing, since if I'm average, half the world is dumber than I am. Still, I'm dissatisfied at not excelling at anything.


18) If you could be anywhere in this world/universe/andother dimensional plane of existence...where would you want to be and why?
Probably Medieval Europe, just out of incredible interest. Lots of people fantasize about being a brave knight at some point - I suppose I aught to grow up.

19) What do you want to do or be when you grow up...or if you are grown up then what do you wish you could be or do?
I hope to teach Medieval History (mostly the Crusades) as a professor at a university

20) What is the one thing on this planet that makes you happier than ANYTHING else?
Those rare (rare being an understatement) times when I have a gf (or think I will shortly, as is the more common situation). Also when I actually see a project through to completion, since my life is full of big ideas and good starts that fizzle out halfway through.

21) What do you most desire to do at least once in your life time?
At the moment, get into grad school and eventually get a professorship, so that the money my parents put towards my 5 years of college already weren't wasted. I don't want to be a failure.


22) If you can have any one thing in life this very instant what would it be?
A castle for a home, I suppose. I plan on having a small one built eventually - but we'll see what happens.


23) Have you ever been in love with someone or had a crush on a person? If so then who(if you feel uncomfortable saying who don't worry about it)?
Yeah, and more times than I've had a gf. I don't really want to list all the names though - it's a sizable list, and still growing.


24) What is the happiest moment of your life to this point?
When I finally saved the $4,000 dollars for my trip to England for 7 weeks by working 60 hours a week (seven days, 8-13 hours a day) at minimum wage (6.90 an hour) for several months. It's the first time I really worked hard and saw something through to completion, and in a few weeks I'll reap my rewards.

25) What do you think others think of you?
I hope they like me, but I know most people at least don't dislike me. At worst they don't care, and I can live with that.


26) What do you feel your best trait is?
Modesty (some call it self-deprecating humor, but I'm also trying to be more of an optimist)

27) What do you think your worst trait is?
Being such a pessimist to the point of harsh cynicism. My mouth gets me into a lot of sticky situations, not for being rude, but for saying something so bluntly true that it cuts with sarcasm.

28) Where do you see yourself in 5 years from now?
Working towards a degree

29) Where do you WANT to be in 5 years from now?
Teaching

30) What is your favorite type of movie to watch?
Epic films like Braveheart, Gladiator, Lord of the Rings and Seven Samurai

31) What is your favorite movie?
Lord of the Rings - Two Towers

32) What is your favorite television show?
The Daily Show

33) What is your favorite Final Fantasy game?
FF1

34) What is your favorite game?
Elder Scrolls III The Morrowind, with Tribunal, Bloodmoon and all the Bethesda official mods.

35) How did you find Eyes on Final Fantasy?
I had been clicking the forum link at Final Fantasy Classic and browsing the FF1 forums for months, and finally decided to join.

36) Why do continue to come here to Eyes on Final Fantasy?
It's the largest congregation of people alot like myself (no offense) that I know of

37) What is your favorite feature that Eyes on Final Fantasy has?
A semblance of order. Things aren't allowed to get out of control, and since I don't cause trouble, I like that noone else does either.

38) What is your favorite forum here at Eyes on Final Fantasy?
Eyes on Each Other - it's where all the good conversation is.

39) The ever so thriving question that just begs to be answered...Soda or Pop?
Soda. Anyone who is right agrees with me. The only people who say Pop are the ones who are wrong.

40) Is there anything else that you would like to add?
Thanks for reading this. I hope it was interesting.

How difficult was it to play the lead character Dorothy in the huge film Wizard of Oz when you were so young?

What would you say if a Norwegian girl called you Matty?

Is spandex a right or a privlege?

If you were a fireman and Hooters was jumping out of a burning building, what color trampoline-thingy would you catch him with?

If dogs had wings would they try to hump in mid-air?

Have you ever danced with the devil in a pale moonlight?

Why do you get cooler questions that me?

Is that you I saw lurking in the bushes outside my house?

Another Matt! How many Matts would you suspect are members of EoFF?

Are you really a Matt or did the secret Matt organization "persuade" you to say your name is Matt?

whats your biggest objective for the comming weeks ? How do you plan to gather the necessary funds to build a castle ? Do you phantasm a lot about the medieval Europe ? (If so,know that your not alone in that domain). What kind of girls attracks you more then other ?

What is your favourite soda?

What do you want to be remembered for when you leave...

...EoFF?
...this world?

Hooters
How difficult was it to play the lead character Dorothy in the huge film Wizard of Oz when you were so young?

- The acting was no trouble at all. Keeping Munchkin pervs out from under the dress was a job in itself. Luckily the Cowardly Lion managed to find his courage when the need arose.


The Dude
What would you say if a Norwegian girl called you Matty?

-Is she cute?

Is spandex a right or a privlege?

- Privelege, definitely. It's the same for certain bathing suits and undergarments.

If you were a fireman and Hooters was jumping out of a burning building, what color trampoline-thingy would you catch him with?

- Red, the color of the fire. Black, the color of the char.

If dogs had wings would they try to hump in mid-air?

- Yes, and even worse, when a dog might have humped your leg, it'd now be on level with your face. Thus, dogs don't have wings.

Are you really a Matt or did the secret Matt organization "persuade" you to say your name is Matt?

- I'm really God on earth. My real name is impossible to pronounce with only one tongue.


Mik
Have you ever danced with the devil in a pale moonlight?

- If I did, then I probably stepped on her toes, and am accordingly damned to hell for eternity. Let's hope not.


The Abominatrix
Why do you get cooler questions that me?[QUOTE/]

- Because you're cooler than me, and as a result I feel the need to compensate. It's like guys who drive big cars or carry big swords - all compensation.

[QUOTE]Is that you I saw lurking in the bushes outside my house?

- Yes, and you should close your curtains.


El Mariachi
Another Matt! How many Matts would you suspect are members of EoFF?[QUOTE]

-I only know of myself and Matt/Gau. I'd suspect there are at least 10 though.


Emperor Grahf
[QUOTE]whats your biggest objective for the comming weeks ? How do you plan to gather the necessary funds to build a castle ? Do you phantasm a lot about the medieval Europe ? (If so,know that your not alone in that domain). What kind of girls attracks you more then other ?

- I'm first off going to readjust from flight lag. I still feel 5 hours ahead of what I am. Then I resume work on Sunday.

- To get the money to build my very small castle-like house, I'm going to save alot of money. I'm good at saving, and hardly spend a penny from my paychecks.

- Yeah, I fantasize a bit about the middle ages now and then - it helps me write my novel in progress.

- As for girls, I'm not picky. Natural hair color is a plus. Unlike many, I like darker hair over blond. Conservative haircuts are a plus. Obesity is the only complete turnoff. I don't care about chest size. Good hygiene is a must. I don't mind crazy girls, but she should be at least well behaved (no delinquents). Being a bit shy and bookwormish is a plus. Common interests are a nonissue, as I'm pretty moldable and will try and make her interests common either way.


Leeza
What is your favourite soda?

- Pepsi

What do you want to be remembered for when you leave...

...EoFF?
...this world?

- I'd be flattered beyond belief to be remembered at all. I don't have the memorable personality as the well known members around here. I figure they're memorable for a reason, and I like many simply lack that same spark. If I'm remembered, being remembered as a nice guy with a few odd views on certain issues would be fine.

- I hope I'll be remembered for some sort of achievement in the field of history, but barring that, just being remembered positively at all would be great.

You were in the Wizard of Oz too, huh? I was Auntie Em when my school did this one in 6th grade.

What'd you like so much about Gladiator? I hated that movie. It was boring and gross.

Gladiator? I liked it for the battles. It needn't have a plot. As a matter of fact, on the DVD, I skip from battle scene to battle scene, skipping the dialogue and plot.

Is being evil all it's cracked up to be?

Do you think being sane is over-rated?