{"id":38780,"date":"2016-02-24T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=38780"},"modified":"2016-08-04T10:30:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T14:30:20","slug":"uncommon-personalities-meet-matthew-monsees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2016\/uncommon-personalities-meet-matthew-monsees\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Personalities: Meet Matthew Monsees"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MattMatthew Monsees, UncommonGoods Online Marketing\u00a0Manager<\/em><\/p>\n

My hometown…<\/strong>
\nAsheville, NC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m inspired by…<\/strong>
\nPeople who are stubborn when it comes to standing up for what they believe in while being open to understanding alternate viewpoints.<\/p>\n

My favorite food of all time is…<\/strong>
\nEating fresh mango with my hands in the grass after exercising.<\/p>\n

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The cheesiest thing I\u2019ve ever loved is…<\/strong>
\nThe film Love Actually<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/em>I cry every time.<\/p>\n

The best luck I\u2019ve had in my life so far…<\/strong>
\nAfter sparking a conversation with a stranger on the subway, I was given a job that eventually led me to work in Nigeria and Ghana supporting communication campaigns.<\/p>\n

The most beautiful thing I\u2019ve ever seen was…<\/strong>
\nWith friends on a high bald mountain called Max Patch<\/a>. There had just been a forest fire below, so the ground 4,000 ft below was glowing red with embers, and the Perseid<\/a> meteor shower<\/a> was peaking during sunrise.<\/p>\n

If I could meet anyone, living or not, I would choose…<\/strong>
\nGandhi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If I could throw the perfect party…<\/strong>
\nI would invite the 1%<\/a> to a field under 100 degree sun where we would all dig holes before eating bland rice porridge and drinking potentially infected water together.<\/p>\n

If I could travel back in time…<\/strong>
\nI\u2019d go back and stop whoever invented a way for me to travel back in time. The world is complex enough without time travel.<\/p>\n

If I won the lottery…<\/strong>
\nI\u2019d found a 501c3<\/a> that would use PR, business development and lobbying to help improve energy efficiency, preventative healthcare, and critical thinking at the household level.<\/p>\n

An uncommon fact about me…<\/strong>
\nI chose to squat<\/a> (live without a home) for about three months one summer, mostly on roofs and storage areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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