Eddie Matson (Spring 2003 - September 16th 2025).
My mom got him at a Petco the Summer I turned 17. He was the runt of the litter and I think thats why he stayed so kitten like his whole life. He was always a funny and CHATTY creature - hiding in our front yard in Virginia and keeping watch over the neighborhood, cuddling with his older/chunkier brother Elvis and begging for chin scratches.
After my parents moved to an apartment in DC, Eddie and Elvis came to live with me in New York at the sprite young age of 11 and 12 respectively. And respectively, I thought “Great, I’m getting old ass cats who are going to die in a few years” But Elvis lived another 5, Eddie another 11.
I moved to Brooklyn where Eddie and Elvis got a backyard again and I think that gave them a second life. Eddie would climb trees, jump into the neighbors yard and bask in the sun. I lost Elvis in 2020 and worried how Eddie would do alone for the first time but he just became more chatty and more loving, something I needed during the darkness of living alone during Covid.
I debated getting another cat….until I saw a picture of a kitten who’d become my Winona. So once again Eddie got a sibling, but this time at 19. The beginning was a little rough but soon sweet Eddie accepted his new sister and id catch them grooming each other between light chasing around the house.
Eddie never bit, scratched or hissed at a person in his life. He adored people, quick to find a hand to give him a scratch, a lap to stretch out on or a face to rub his gums on. And people adored him, including an old cat sitter who dedicated a chapter of her book to him. He loved car rides and would look out the window the whole time. He took his first plane ride at 21, days after a stroke which doctors said they’d never seen an animal recover from. But Eddie did. Another 8 months with the sweetest boy. What a legend.
He died peacefully at home on September 16th - outside, in the sun and eating vanilla ice cream.
Thank you for 22 amazing years Eddie. Winona and I are going to miss you very much.
Thrilled to announce I’ve now broken both thumbs (and almost 7 years to the day). This time it was softball (guy sliding into my tag at 3rd) but experience helped me realize it immediately. So fun, so dumb and can’t wait for April 30th 2029
Redneck rave is up and boy howdy was it a wild one. A long weekend of mud music and mayhem thanks to @whotfisjustintime - one I’m still recovering from
It’s a crazy thing to go into a unfamiliar situation with a camera not knowing what to expect and no one worked harder on the ground than @danzabs@jaymoneygreen and Ben Ainsworth with @danieflerry bringing it all to life in the edit.
Go watch it on @vice
Back in December, I celebrated my 1 year anniversary as Supervising Producer of the long form digital team and wanted to acknowledge just how incredibly lucky, proud and thankful I am for this wildly talented group of creative storytellers.
I’m genuinely impressed by the ideas that come out of this team. Getting to see what starts as curiosity and then transforms into beautiful documentaries has made me a better storyteller and I’m forever thankful for that. The care and compassion for subjects and community’s they’re allowed into is very real, they understand the stakes of holding a persons story in their hands.
2020 was relentless, cruel even. And while work had moments of wonderful distraction, it had other moments of crippling anxiety - but this team never stopped. It wasn’t easy and that will never be lost on me.
But, I actually want turn to 2021 because this past month might be the best so far. If you checkout the VICE YT page, you’ll see a cross section of amazing storytelling from all over the world. And if you swipe right, you’ll see what the incredible members of my team contributed JUST this month.
*@maxytiberi edited VGTS: BDSM (slide 2) - sorry my dude 😭BDSM love
Yesterday I had to say goodbye to my sweet kitty boy Elvis. I’m so very heartbroken. My buddy from High School, I loved that funny, chatty creature so, so much.
He loved food, chin scratches, laying out in the sun and being around people. He purred at everything, including in his last moments. I know everyone says this about their pets but Elvis really was everyones favorite chunk. And he loved people just as much as they loved him. Like a dog, really.
His origin story was as special as he was. One Friday morning, some 18 years ago, my mom was working out of her DC office when a co-worker stopped by with a purring sack of fur and asked “can you watch him few hours?” They both knew that was a lie.
We named him Elvis so my dad would like him, he ended up loving him. I’d often catch them watching basketball alone in the basement. At night, Elvis would sleep on my head, purring until we both fell asleep. 2 years later we brought home Eddie and they became inseparable. Eddie and Elvis, my two kitty boys.
Furry friends have always been so important in my life, this year more than ever. I feel really lucky to have had Elvis as long as I did but man, this hurts something real. Eddie and I are going to miss him very much.
So cheers Elvis, I hope you’re feasting on all the treats and stretching out in the endless sun. You really were the sweetest boy.
4 weeks, 4,000 miles, 14 states, 4 people and 1 mini van later, “States of Unrest” is here!
In this 5 part series, I talk to people in communities across the country about the issues that matter most and see how far they’re willing to go to bring about change.
Protest and fires in Portland, indigenous land sovereignty at the border, veterans flipping voters in Arizona, defunding the police in Minneapolis, God and guns in Colorado, the last abortion clinic in Montgomery, a MAGA conference in Miami...It’s a literal journey from start to finish. So while you wait for the results to roll in on November 2nd, why not check out this little moment in time (link in bio)
I can’t even BEGIN to express how thankful and appreciative I am of everyone who came on this journey with me. But I’m especially in awe of my road crew @james.burns@jaymoneygreen@mariamdwedar HOW did we come out the other side in (almost) one piece? I’d do it again in a heartbeat. Thank you @dema_gabby and @sashafiercey for your stellar post skills on this and huge ups to @danieflerry Daniel Fetherston, Diego Siragna and Shane Annas - best editors in the business. And @lexmansfield and @fractal_freak y’all keep me young ;)
@leander.adams hosts an important conversation between police officers whose jobs, backgrounds and actions are currently at the center of debates across America. These roundtables are meant to confront and discuss issues and actions within a group by members of that group. They have always been insightful, nuanced and at times surprising and this one is no different.
Congrats to the team - Showrunner and producer @mollyrosew , host/producer @leander.adams , associate producer @itspimpkins and @sashafiercey , and editor @maxytiberi . This took an incredible amount of work from casting to filming to the final product, it’s a compelling watch from start to finish. Part 1 and Part 2 are now live on Vice’s YouTube channel.
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