The City of Tides is the hub site of me, Jeremiah Mattocks. My blog offers skewed perspectives and irreverent commentary. Expect an abundance of fiddle-faddle, flimflam, twaddle, tommyrot, balderdash, bushwa, and poppycock—which also happen to be my favorite words.
The Author
It’s like we’re having a really one-sided conversation right now. (Photo taken by Carissa Mann)
I’m an aspiring writer and an unapologetic geek. I love experimental fiction, technology, web comics, Internet culture, and classic sci-fi. I’m also an avid blog reader and on-again-off-again blogger with experience in Internet media marketing and website design.
When my brain isn’t plugged into the World Wide Web, I’m prone to scribbling like a madman in one of my writing journals. I also enjoy reading real books made from mashed up dead trees. Sometimes these books have pictures in them. In fact, I bet I read more graphic novels than anyone you know.
In 2009, I graduated from the Western Washington University with a BA in English with a creative writing emphasis and a double minor in philosophy and religion. I’m currently pursuing my dream of entering the publishing industry by interning at The Perseus Books Group in New York City, and I’ve been seeking freelance work on the side.
Interests
Storytelling, religion, technology, comics, music, psychology, movies, philosophy
♥ Authors
Kurt Vonnegut, Ray Bradbury, J. D. Salinger, Philip K. Dick, Alan Moore, Thomas Merton, Daniel Clowes, Emily Dickinson, C. S. Lewis
♥ Music
TV on the Radio, Sigur Rós, Broken Social Scene, David Bowie, Radiohead, The Protomen, Ratatat, The Polyphonic Spree, Why?, Brand New, Gorillaz, Idiot Pilot
♥ Movies
American Beauty, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Life of Brian, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Fountain, The Incredibles, The Matrix, Unbreakable
♥ Quotations
“Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.” —Gloria Steinem
“Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu. (A person is a person through [other] persons.)” —Zulu maxim
“I seem to be a verb.” —Buckminster Fuller
“Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose.” —John Adams
Socialize
I’m mostly active on my Twitter, FriendFeed, Posterous, and Del.icio.us accounts. Just in case you were curious, a full directory of my social media presence is available below.
