My name is Matt but most people call me by my last name Butters. I was born in New York City in March of 1988. Oh yeah, and it’s probably important to note that I’m a twin. My wombmate, Sarah, is in fact a girl. While we’re on the issue let me just address to the public that we are not identical. In fact, it’s impossible for any set of twins of different sexes to be identical. I am absolutely amazed at the amount of people who, after finding out I have a twin sister, ask me, “Oh wow, are you identical?” This query comes from the old, young, and seemingly educated. In my younger days I would respond with an overly-long, scientific explanation of how there are two separate eggs and blah blah blah… Now I just say to the offender, “Yes, my sister and I both have a vagina.” I have found that the latter explanation works just as well and saves me loads of time.
Before preschool began for me my folks moved our tiny family of four to the town of Sommerset, NJ where my sister Katie and brother Michael were born. In that little town I experienced chicken pox and became aware of a hairstyle known as the “rat-tail”. Everyday there was a time when all the kids in preschool would sit on a giant mat together. What we ever did on that mat, I have no idea. Our teacher probably read to us but apparently if she did I never really payed attention. I was too focused on something else! The same boy would sit in front of me every single day and I would just STARE at the back of his head completely mesmerized by this thin tuft of hair he had shooting down his neck. I mean, girls had ponytails right? Not boys. But this “thing” was neither a ponytail nor was it the clean-cut, part-in-the-hair, mama’s boy look that I and many of my classmates shared. In my older years I am well played into the stereotype that people who sport a rat-tail have either 1) lost a bet or 2) decided to sell their soul to the devil.
My family moved again within NJ to a place which would become my childhood. Summit! I honestly don't know if there was a better place I could have grown up. Summit is one of those well-to-do communities where most everyones' parents work in the city and bring the income back home to the suburbs. For the most part, I don't feel like the kids I went to school with were all that spoiled. If anything I'd say we were all fairly independent. I had a lot of fun with school and I viewed high school as another place to socialize so I really liked going to school. After high school I went off to BYU (I'm LDS) and finished up my freshman year. Then I took a two year break to serve a mission in Australia for my church. It was a blast and I'm sure I'll refer to it a lot in this blog. I got back about a year ago and I just finished up my sophomore year. I've got lots to say about it too.
As for now I'm in Southern California selling Pest Control for who knows how long.
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