Sunday 11 September 2011

Where the Hell is Matt?

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Matt is a 34-year-old deadbeat from Connecticut who used to think that all he ever wanted to do in life was make and play videogames. Matt 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 Asia 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 an idea. They were standing around taking pictures in Hanoi, and his friend said "Hey, why don't you stand over there and do that dance. I'll record it." He was referring to a particular dance Matt does. It's actually the only dance Matt does. He does it badly. Anyway, this turned out to be a very good idea.

A couple years later, someone found the video online and passed it to someone else, who passed it to someone else, and so on. 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 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.

In 2006, Matt took a 6 month trip through 39 countries on all 7 continents. In that time, he danced a great deal.

Here is a couple of his videos to show you his dancing skills.

Where_the_Hell_is_Matt.mp4 Watch on Posterous

Where_the_Hell_is_Matt.mp4 Watch on Posterous
FOR THE VIDEOS THINK WITH A GEOGRAPHY CAP ON.

FOR EACH DANCE LOCATION IS THE BACKGROUND DEMONSTRATING HUMAN OR PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

FOR EACH LOCATION ADD IT TO A GOOGLE EARTH DOCUMENT AND ADD INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION THAT YOU CAN RESEARCH.

MR SAYERS IS GOING TO HAVE A GREEEN SCREEN IN HIS ROOM. OVER THE YEAR WE CAN CREATE OUR OWN VIDEOS OF

USING VIDEO OR PICTURE CLIPS OF PLACES YOU RESEARCH. 

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