lema de vida

A nossa mais recente aquisição na "república", o grande Dj Big Fish :) apresentou-me há umas semanas um site de um jovem cheio de coragem! Chama-se Matt e tem um vídeo que já correu a Internet e o transformou num ídolo para muitos. Como é preferível que sejam as palavras dele a explicar o que o faz ganhar o título de homem cheio de... coragem :), ao invés das minhas, aqui vai um excerto retirado do seu site. Para mais informações é só clicar no nome dele ;)... e o vídeo de apresentação está no fim!

"Matt is a 30-year-old deadbeat from Connecticut who used to think that all he ever wanted to do in life was make and play videogames. He 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 the planet 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 the idea of dancing everywhere he went and recording it on his camera. This turned out to be a very good idea. 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 long-lasting 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.

At the end of 2005, Matt left on a 6 month trip through 39 countries on all 7 continents. In that time, he danced a great deal.

Matt dances very badly, but most people don't seem to mind.

Matt is not rich. Matt also doesn't have some magical secret for traveling cheaply. He does it pretty much the same way everybody else does.

Matt thinks Americans need to travel abroad more.

Matt was a very poor student and never went to college. When he got older, he was pleased to discover that no one actually cares. Matt doesn't want to imply that college is bad or anything. He's just saying is all. There's other ways to fill your head.

Matt currently lives in Seattle, Washington, where he still works in videogames from time to time as a writer and designer. Matt recognizes that this is not the worst job in the world, but he prefers traveling."

O texto continua com algumas informações engraçadas sobre ele, mas descubram vocês. ;) No site encontram respostas a algumas perguntas que podem ter e um diário. Agora, eis o vídeo... muito bom! :)