Name: Bryan Matthews
Hometown: Douglasville, Georgia
Birthday: July 1, 1990
Interests: Music, Ultimate Frisbee, Chicken Wings, Cliff Diving, Maps, Firm Beds, Softball, Cultures, Linguistics, Hiking, the Florida Gators, Travel, Sarcasm, Reading, Chik-fil-a Sweet Tea.
Favorite Movies: Dumb and Dumber, LOTR, Good Will Hunting.
^ Authors: R.A. Salvatore, G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis.
^ Musicians: Kristian Matsson, Sean Carey, Dan Smith, Ben Gibbard, Cody Bonnette, Justin Vernon, The Avett Brothers.
Strengths: Spicy Foods, Height Advantage, Spontaneity, RPG's, Remembering Faces, Doing 'the Worm' Backwards.
Weaknesses: Pull-up Bars, College, Serving Sizes, Forgetting Names, Group Speaking, Doing 'the Worm' Frontwards.
Fun Facts:
I was rolled up in a carpet after church one sunday when I was 8 yrs old. Been claustrophobic ever since.
Ive busted my head open 3 times by way of a coffee table corner, falling down brick stairs, and the top of my best friend's skull.
If you stand behind me at a show or a concert, you're going to have a bad time.
I've got two older brothers (26 and 33) and a younger sister (15). At 6'4, Im the tallest of the outfit.
My great grandfather passed awat at the ripe ol age of 104 in 2008.
My mother is the best Christmas stocking stuffer ever birthed. Guiness Record still pending.
My father is a near 60 year old hoss who can still challenge me in a foot race… given he has his bag of tricks.
I've played in two christian metal/hardcore bands, even though I'm not really into those genres of music.
I consider Bamboo, Jamaica my second home. I have been involved in mission work there since 06'.
I will try any food twice (rule of Andrew Zimmern) and I have a feeling that multiple foodborne illnesses will be experienced on the course of this trip.
Favorite Memory: Stage Diving at an Underoath show in Atl, Ga. Feb, 2011.
Worst Memory: Eating the 'Pepper from Hell' in Bamboo, Jamaica. Aug, 2010.
