  Writing a biography sounds like an incredibly easy thing to do until you sit down and start to write it. What normally follows in my experience is a period of furious typing interspersed with the occasional chuckle as gags are conceived and then finally, satisfied sighs. The next stage is to read through it, followed by a series of winces, gasps and groans which culminate in some feverish tapping of delete and a fresh attempt. My name is Matt as you may have already gathered. I was born in 1983 and this meant I got to live in, experience and ultimately remember the 80s. This is a truly enviable thing, I assure you. I grew up in the county of South Yorkshire in Britain, a county associated with Mining, Miners strikes, mine closures and unemployment. There’s also steel production in there somewhere along with interesting accents and a collection of mediocre football teams. I grew up as was to be expected and went to school followed by college. After that I took a scintillating year off before starting University to study English and History and this brings us more or less to the present.
I could go on about my writing experience but I can't think of a particularly clever way to disguise "I wrote this and that but nothing very good". As for my interests, I separate them into two areas. One is the 'fad' and the other is the slightly longer-term pursuit. A current fad is exercise and keeping fit along with various other things I won't bother mentioning.
Interests that have stood the test of time include playing video games (a habit I continually fail to shake), reading as well as numerous others but I've forgotten them. Anyway, I feel it's the perfect time to bring this to an abrupt end and I hope you find whatever I end up writing here to be at least reasonably entertaining. 
