Helloooooo, nurse! My name is Matt, and I’ll be contributing the occasional food review to this here website. I hope you’re ready to impulsively buy all the delicious edibles that I will be impulsively eating. (Get it? Because the name of the website is…? Oh, nevermind.)

I’m a proud resident of New Jersey and a student of Rutgers University. I’m currently studying computer science and mathematics, but food has always been a passion of mine. I enjoy the finer things in life, such as McRibs, fat sandwiches, and deep-fried Oreos. It’s a miracle that I don’t weigh three hundred pounds.

My desire to write about food spawned from my unhealthy obsession with researching junk food more frequently than any sane person should. My friends became tired of hearing me rattle off the names of unusual Japanese Kit Kat flavors. I received strange looks when describing the effects of Twinkie Overdose Syndrome. My colleagues shunned me as I mourned the loss of the Nestlé Wonder Ball. I hope I will be able to share this fervent food fascination with the community on The Impulsive Buy.

One of my goals in life is to eat McSpaghetti, a dish found exclusively at McDonald’s restaurants located in the Philippines. And no, I’m afraid that Jollibee spaghetti is not going to cut it. I want the real deal.

You can find my personal food website at Snacken.net. I promise that the food reviews I post on The Impulsive Buy won’t be as strange as the ones found over there.

Actually, I retract that promise. Got a problem?

Hey! If you didn’t get chance to see me on Hawaii News Now Sunrise this morning (or afternoon, if you live on the east coast) because you had more important things to do than watch an obviously nervous blogger have two minutes and thirty seconds of local TV airtime, there’s good news. Hawaii News Now put up the video of today’s segment on their website.

Here’s the winner of our Hey! I Wouldn’t Mind $150 Sunglasses Drawing:

Brian

Congratulations, Brian!

Thank you to everyone who participated!

Be on the lookout for another prize drawing later this month. You can get a sneak peek at what we’re giving away on The Impulsive Buy’s Instagram page.

If you live in Hawaii and happen to be near a television at 7:40am tomorrow (Tuesday, March 5th), I will be on Hawaii News Now Sunrise (the local NBC/CBS affiliate morning news show) talking about new products on grocery store shelves and looking as awkward as someone who has never been on television before would look. (Humblebrag.)

If you don’t live in Hawaii, but are near a computer at 7:40am Hawaii Standard Time (9:40am PST, 11:40am CST, 12:40pm EST) and want to see it, I believe the Hawaii News Now website livestreams their morning show. Though, I’m not 100 percent sure about that.

The segment is called Sunrise Test Kitchen and tomorrow’s one isn’t live, we shot it a few weeks ago. Actually, we taped one in January, but they wanted to change it a little bit, so we taped another version in February. Right now, we’re planning to do one of these segments every month.

I’m super excited about this opportunity and it finally allows my parents to brag about me…if they were the bragging type. They totally aren’t. But it gives them ammo if they wanted to.

This wouldn’t have happened if not for my friend Catherine, who helped me get a meeting with the morning show producers. So go read her awesome travel/food/life blog, The Cat Dish.

Here’s The Impulsive Buy’s Random Stuff Prize Pack drawing winner:

Jerry

Congratulations, Jerry!

After searching around my house for items companies have sent me, I ended up adding a few extra stuff to the prize pack, like a t-shirt I received earlier this year.

Thanks to everyone who participated!