Trivia

Some people love trivia, some people hate it with the fiery passion of 10,000 suns. I for one love trivia. A lot. Which is excellent, because this weekend I'm heading up to my roommate's hometown of Port Edwards, which is right next to Wisconsin Rapids. Port Edwards has a radio station that holds a 10 hour straight trivia contest. They'll ask a question and then play two or three songs while you find the answer and then call in to the radio station to answer the question. I've never done this contest before, but I have done something like it last year, but more extreme. Last year, in late spring, I went to Port Edwards with my roommate once again, for another trivia contest. This contest is much more intense though. 72 hours straight through a weekend, of sleepless googling, finding answer after answer with a huge group of friends. It might not sound like your thing, but it'sdefinitely one of the funnest experiences I've had in the past year. Tons of caffeine, great music, surrounded by friends for 72 hours, sitting on a computer, free food and snacks. What more could a college student ask for really... So anyway, that's what my weekend will consist of, and probably a lot oflongboarding with the beautiful weather. Well, until next time bloggers!

The Times They Are A-Changin'

This week I've decided to blog about some of my plans for this upcoming summer, and even just the near future. We'll start with spring break! Spring break is so close I can smell it. I have no real plans for it, but that doesn't make it less enjoyable. The two days I have anything planned are the night of Hairspray at the La Crosse Center, I have to work 4 hours to clean it all up... which kind of sucks, but hey, it's better than 8 hours. And then next Sunday a group of friends and I are heading up to the cities to see Eric Whitacre preform some of his pieces. Eric Whitacre is a choral music composer, and has made several beautiful pieces of work. I geek out to good music like that, as do a select few of my friends. My next big plan isn't until school is out, and that's moving out. Currently I live with 5 other guys, which really isn't that bad, we're rarely all home at the same time, so it doesn't get too packed. This upcoming summer though, I'm only living with 3 of the 5 guys, in a much nicer house. It's over on Johnson street, by Jackson Plaza, for those of you who know the neighborhood. It's far from campus, but we're fine with that, because we're all sick of dealing with drunk people every weekend yelling and being ridiculous. Going back to the warm weather now, it opens up so many things to do, I'm so excited! I'm one who can enjoy winter for about a week, and that's it, so spring has been long awaited by me. It opens up so many activities, like longboarding, hanging out down at Riverside, going to the pearl and not freezing, frisbee, and I may even start paintballing this summer. Well that's it for this week bloggers; until next time!

An ever-changing list

After not being able to think of what to blog about for the life of me, I went to check the class blog that Mrs. Allard told us about, and it gave the idea of making a list of something. So I've decided to do what the easiest one for me is, bands/musical artists. Of course this list is always changing, even hour by hour, so I bring you, in no particular order; My 15 favorite bands (At the moment), complete with commentary!

Rush- Rush is a classic band, made up of three brilliant musicians. Who can deny listening to a band with 24 gold records and 14 platinum ones? I often listen to Rush when I want some inspiration in playing music, the play very different then most bands you hear nowadays.

Reel Big Fish/ Streetlight Manifesto- I say both of these bands because I love ska and I never really listen to just one or the other, I usually just mix the two and put it on shuffle. These guys easily give me my ska fix when I need it.

Brand New- Sometimes, I just need a good band that can relax me a bit, and Brand New does that while not being too weak.

CAKE- I never really know what kind of music these guys are classified as, they've got a very twangy guitar sound, and a very mellow vocal track, but it's just so enjoyable to listen to, I'm almost always in the mood to listen to these guys.

GreenDay- Who doesn't love a good dose of GreenDay every once in a while? I grew up to my dad listening to these guys a lot, so I learned to love them pretty quickly. As often as I hear people complain about their newest album, American Idiot, I'll admit that I really don't mind it at all, and enjoy it often. Of course I love their old stuff, and would choose that any day, but who wouldn't?

Death Cab for Cutie- Yet another band who is good to listen to while relaxing, very laid back, yet awesome to listen to.

Dream Theatre- Most of you probably haven't heard of these guys. They're a very technical band, and very, very skilled. The only reason I stumbled onto these guys is because my musically inclined friends found them and brought them up to me, giving me yet another band to listen to.

Ludo- For those of you who didn't know, Ludo has been coming to the Warehouse in La Crosse for years, but only recently became a pretty well known band. These guys put out an awesome sound, and a different one at that, they've god a moog player! And if you don't know waht that is, you should Google it! They also have a fantastic live performance and are really hilrious people. My old band actually got to open for these guys a few times before they made it big, so that's pretty exciting.

Motion City Soundtrack- Oh man, I love these guys. They're very up beat in most of their songs, and also put on a sweet live performance. One of my close friends introduced me to these guys after they came to the Warehouse about 4 years ago, and really got me hooked pretty easily.

MAXEEN- This is another band I found from the Warehouse, and once again got to open for them. They never really made it big, and are no longer a band, but they made really cool music, and the singer was very Michael Jackson-esque, but the rest of the music wasn't, so it made for an awesome mix.

Muse- My love for Muse has grown exponentially over the years. My mom first introduced me to them, as she has for plenty of other good bands, such as Queens of the Stone Age, Disturbed, and NIN. Anyway, I digress. Muse is a trio of guys who make some kickass music. They've got a DVD out of them playing at Wimbley Stadium, and it's just mind blowing to watch. If you've never heard of these guys, I suggest you do soon.

Paramore- Sometimes you just need a good fast paced band like this. They're fun to listen too, plus the lead singer is a babe. haha

Primus- What a weird band... The bass player is one of the best out there, and are just weird and fun to listen to, you should at least check them out once.

Protest the Hero- I wouldn't consider myself a metal head, but a lot of the time, I just need some metal to listen to. These guys surely do that, and they add a very technical aspect to it, which I love in music, plus these guys recorded a CD at 18 that's better than many CD's out there. They're very skilled musicians.

System of a Down- Yet another band that gives me my metal fix when necessary. These guys are a blast to listen to.

Well that's it for my list. I hope some of you maybe find a new band thanks to the list. But if anything I hope it gives you a little more in depth picture of what I like. Well, I'm off for this week. Until next week!

Work work work...

Well, this week I've decided on writing about my place of work. I work at the La Crosse Center, and am starting to not enjoy it at all. It's not really the worst place to work, I work mainly weekends, setting up shows, working them, and then cleaning everything up afterward. So far I've gotten/had to work Toby Keith, Lord of the Dance, City Prayz, and some others, all of which I haven't really enjoyed. Another part of the job I hate are the hours. Every shift is 8 hours, sometimes mid day, but other days I have to work 11pm-7am, which completely throws off the sleep schedule... All in all, I'm going to start finding a new job, and if that doesn't work I've always got my summer job over at Riverside Amusements. Well that's my rant this week. Later bloggers.

Another week of me.

I know last week I introduced myself a bit, but this week I'm going to attempt to talk a little more about what I like to do, maybe a few things that I don't like at the moment, we'll see.
I'll start by throwing this out there; I'm a pretty big geek. I love computers, video games, movies, electronics of all sorts. I think the fact that technology is moving so fast these days is mind-blowing. Whether it be at school or at my apartment, a lot of the time you'll find me on a computer. I really used to be kind of embarrassed by how big of a geek I was when it came to video games, but I've learned to embrace the inner gamer in me. I don't usually go out my way to play video games by any means, but if I've got nothing better to do, a good video game can keep me entertained for quite a while. Of course everyone liked movies, and I'm no different. I'm not really a movie buff, but find me the right movie, and I can watch it over and over again. At the moment some of my top movies are Transformers, Paycheck, National Treasure 1 and 2, Serenity, Wall-E, LOTR, Boondock Saints, 300, and Mystery Science Theater 3000. Another honorable mention is 2001: A Space Odyssey. I say that because I believe everyone should see it, but probably only once or twice. Now while it may sound like I stay indoors 24/7, that's completely untrue, just mainly in winter, because I hate the cold. Now that the weather is warming up quite a bit, it's finally time for me to begin my new found love. Longboarding.
Longboarding is one of my favorite activities. It gives me a natural high everytime I go somewhere on it, which is always nice, considering I don't drink/ smoke/ or do drugs of any sort. I need all the natural highs I can get, haha. I started longboarding this past summer, about midway through. I had been looking for a means of transportation that didn't include gas, but I could get far on. I was extremely close to buying a bike, when a friend told me he was looking into buying a longboard. I used to skateboard when I was younger, but hadn't really looked into longboards at all. Later that day we ran to the mall, Zumiez to be exact, to check out different types of longboards, what was good for city riding, things like that, and as soon as the worker started explaining them, I was sold, literally. I bought one that day, because I had the money for the bike I was planning on getting. The board I bought was about $200 and absolutely beautiful. We came back the next day too, so a few more of my friends could get boards too. We spent the majority of our summer out boarding, usually until 2 or 3 in the morning, enjoying the lack of traffic. The rush of wind in your face, watching the world whiz past you, the adrenaline rush from knowing one wrong move could land you face first on the concrete. It's really a wonderful feeling. I suggest anyone with a decent amount of coordination try it at least once.
Well it was nice announcing a couple more of my interests to the internet world. Tune in next week when we throw in plot twists and toilet humor! Not really...

And the rest is history...

Well, I guess I'll just use this first blog to introduce myself a bit. The name's Aaron Frost, I'm in the Visual Communications program, then I'll be going into Graphic Design next year. I love drumming, playing bass guitar, playing video games, body modifications (Piercings/tattoos), playing ultimate frisbee, and longboarding. I've got one tattoo and two lip piercings at the moment, and I want more piercings. I play drums in a local band, called the Second String Dinosaurs, and just released a CD. If you want to check out a couple songs you can check out our myspace!
www.myspace.com/thesecondstringdinosaurs
I hate winter for a few reasons. The first and most obvious reason is the temperature, who likes being cold? The snow can sometimes make travel difficult is rough storms. The final reason is due to the snow, I can't longboard anywhere, which is a big deal because I drive as little as possible. Winter often keeps me cooped up in my apartment watching movies every night, which I don't mind, but I'd much rather be out being active.
Music plays a massive part in my life. Whether it be making it or listening to it, music can almost always put me in a better mood. I can enjoy most genres depending on the day, minus country and rap, like usual. Some of the bands on my ever changing "Favorites" list at the moment are Protest the Hero, Motion City Soundtrack, Muse, and Streetlight Manifesto. I've been into drums and drumming since I was really young. At my first opportunity, which was 6th grade, I joined the percussion section of the band. That was also the year I bought my first drum set. Ever since then, I've been in just about every school band I could for more experience. My first drum set was a Yamaha stage custom, which is a pretty decent set for a 6th grader, but once junior year rolled around, I started to be a more serious drummer, trying different styles and everything, so I decided to buy a new, better drum set. I chose a Pearl Masters MMX set, which is a very nice set and is the one I still have today.
That's all I can really think of at the moment, so that'll be it for this week. Over and out.