About Us

Matt and Alison met at USC Film School (now called the 'School of Cinematic Arts'. Fancy). They had similar friends circa Junior Year but didn't know each other very well until Matt moved into Alison's apartment (where she lived with two other boys) in their Senior Year. Alison lived in the closet in Matt's room. And I still hold that he didn't speak more than two words together for the first six months.

Here's Matt's take:

There are certain things that, by the laws of nature, do not mix. Oil and water. Cats and dogs. Cheese and Chinese food. Orange juice and toothpaste. Electrons and positrons. Alison and Matt. If you were to tell anyone who knew the two of us before 2003 that we would one day be married, they would probably punch you in the face, then run away, fearful that such a thing might one day come to pass. How could a talkative, opinionated, sociable, messy, well-read, intellectual, Catholic-raised, Pepsi-drinking, classicist humanoid girl and a quiet, easy-going, shy, obsessive-compulsive, illiterate, lowbrow, Protestant-raised, Coke-drinking, Classic-Rock-loving, break-dancing robot man-child even be attracted to each other, let alone form a bond of the type and strength that would result in marriage? We didn't, don't, and may never know. Was it money? Definitely not. Love? Maybe. But movies helped.

Whatever the cause, it happened. And somehow, Matt, Alison, and the rest of the universe survived this bizarre fusion reaction. Over the years, we have even found ourselves becoming increasingly similar, to the point that we may actually now share more similarities than differences. Pespi, Coke, whatever – we don’t even really drink soda anymore. We are two healthy-eating, media-watching, often-reading, California-hippy-becoming, peas in a pod. The successful blog Stuff White People Like often describes us with scary accuracy.

So, we’ve decided to make it official. The aforementioned pod will be sealed on September 9. The unknown future rolls toward us. We invite you to face it, for the first time, with a sense of hope. Because if the two of us can learn to love, maybe you can, too.

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About Matt

Matt works for a company known as PSI, but he can't really tell you what it is, or what he does there. When he is not there, he enjoys music (like the Beatles!), films (such as those by Martin Scorsese!), and more recently, classic works of literature (Tolstoy!).

A little over a year ago, he began to consider vegetarianism, and shortly thereafter, began to practice it, and currently enjoys it very much. He also enjoys learning and speaking foreign languages, and plans to do those things quite often during the next several months.

Finally, he must recommend to all the fine television program, Degrassi: The Next Generation, which transcends all previous standards of greatness in art and entertainment.

About Alison

Alison has worked a gaggle of jobs since college (ah, freelance), but mostly does video editing. She likes stuffed animals, hiking and singing pop songs but changing the lyrics to narrate the mundane tasks she is doing.

She grew up in Weymouth, Massachusetts and went to Catholic schools for 14 years. She wore a uniform so long that she was pretty lost with the whole dress-yourself part of college.

Alison likes a pretty wide array of music including both Japanese pop and Bollywood dance songs, both of which will be making an appearance at the wedding. She really likes Korean soap operas. She hopes to one day open a small tea company.