Living in B flat

Hey all,

Just some little updates for everyone out there in cyberspace.

Kael is talking alot more, learning good words like "thank you" "please" "Sorry" "bunny" "Doggy" "Kitty" "car", you know all the stand by's your child should know at this age, but he also likes to learn words that daddy brings home from work....not so good. He's a crazy little baby making Daddy come home and immediatly commence running around the yard for the next four hours until we both pass out from exhaustion.

Kuala is looking for another job because Sears doesn't like to hire outside of their cult (the job sucked anyway) and that's a whole other story. She's also taken it upon herself to do the most insane projects on the planet because she's able to multi-task eight million things at once. One of the downfalls of having a beutiful and omni-talented wife is the fact that you feel very small in comparison at times...but i like it.

I got a call about a week and a half ago from the Army asking if I would like to play in their band. I'm considering it and working on my audition until my lips bleed. If I pass my audition I would be tossed into boot camp and then on the Norfolk, VA to go to music school, I'll keep you all posted on how that is going.

Other than that, life has been wonderful with my family and hopefully will be even better with time. Feel free to give me a call.

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Oh Myspace
Current mood: bouncy

Random thought; I don't blog anymore

Well...here we go again.

So I've decided to drown out the noise of Hillary Clinton trying to convince me she doesn't eat babies for sustainance by listening to "Reel Big Fish" which I've decided has to be put into a brand new catagory I like to call "Warm Fuzzy Rock" because that's what it does. For those of you who feel a need to check into my life here and there and find text more appealing than my voice (as most do), I've been at GC for almost a year and doing well, Kael and Kuala got to take a ten day vacation to Kentucky and should be arriving home tomorrow, and other than that I've taken my white trash to a new level and have fallen back in love with cops...whatcha gonna do?

I suppose the reason why I'm actually updating this blog is because Ian and I were having the discussion about trans-humanism, which is the ideal that humans can surpass life in their body by using technology, and not borg style or anything, were talking uploading your brain into a computer and exist within a circuit board as oppose to your brain, which brings me to my next idea...I'm starting a site called braintube..that's right braintube, I'm capitalizing on probably the biggest bunch of trash I've ever heard.

The idea of someone uploading into a computer only makes me worry that it's going to bring creedince to people who actually take WOW seariously and I'm going to have to actually care about who raided who, or where the fuck that stupid kid the balloon is because Bill Gates is looking for him so he can own a piece of my brain (WOW players know what I mean).

Moving on, having a Son is great. Randomly my cell phone rings and I"ll hear hard breating and then the loudes HI you could ever imagine making my ear drum feel like exploding into a deafining fury...it's cute, painful but cute.

Other than that I have nothing better to do but babble and I feel i've done enough of that. Have fun and all that good stuff.

That is all.

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The epitaph

The end is always bitter sweet, but it's always the end.

Tony, Wes, and I met up after rehersal this evening and they expressed to me that it's their beleif that Midnight Radio has gone as far as it can. Don't take this the wrong way I'm not angry with them, it was a calm and honest conversation, rather painful on my part, but somebody always gets hurt in these things and well...scars are scars.

Unfortunatly my can do attitude and constant attempt at positive thinking never really jived with Grand Rapids culture, probably because you can't make money off of happiness. Midnight Radio was never considered a capital gain in this area, granted with venues changing names every five seconds I'm pretty sure they don't know what capital even means. Michigan basically sucks asshole, the devils asshole to be exact. There is no money here, therefore, nobody really goes to shows anymore.

Well for those of you who kept the faith as long as I did I salute you, unfortunately the music sucks when I sing it alone so Midnight Radio actually has to come to an end. I'll still be around, I might even do something musical with my life to prove that I'm not a total failure at the only thing I'm good at....who knows maybe I'll buy a keyboard and tour around doing covers of Dashboard and something corporate......I'll get back to you on that....would grand rapids like that???? Yeah it's hippie and lame enough.

bitter.

Aaron

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Changing

things are changing and I don't know if I can change with them

Alot of things I've worked for over the years have failed and after awhile that really starts to drag a person down. I'm doing everything I can to keep what I have left close and secure but I don't know if I can.

I've screwed up alot of things...and now I'm sorry for it, I abused a good friend by making him do everything and didn't help near as much as I could...I would change that and never do it again if I ever get the chance...but I may not.

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Hmmm

I can't help but feel mislead and lied too.......

I don't understand what the hell happened but all of the sudden people can't seem to be even the slightest bit honest..one moment everything is ok, the next it was horrible to begin with...

Well, my dreams are mine, I suppose I'll keep doing what I've been doing, keep pushing through it and hope for the best.

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Hmmm

I can't help but feel mislead and lied too.......

I don't understand what the hell happened but all of the sudden people can't seem to be even the slightest bit honest..one moment everything is ok, the next it was horrible to begin with...

Well, my dreams are mine, I suppose I'll keep doing what I've been doing, keep pushing through it and hope for the best.

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Hot and Bothered

Hey all,

As I am sitting here on my sunburned ass smoking a cigarette I have to admit I saw the funniest thing about five munutes ago, a squirrel with the biggest balls ever, it was AMAZING, he couldn't even walk right...

Besides that, MR has completed a new song "Norelle" and will be finished within a week on another awesome tune "Pieces of Me" you can check them out at any of our upcoming shows, don't worry kiddos the rest are 18+ and we even landed an all ages gig, and just for the record we don't set the age, it's the venues that do that if we had our way anyone could go....why would we care?

So keep an eye out for me, either at GC or on the road with Midnight Radio.

Keep rocking!

Aaron

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Summertime

Hey kids,

The summertime is funny when you're in a band. While everyone else is thinking about going to the lake, or having a bon fire we're having meetings and constantly on the phone booking shows months in advance. I'm going to bring something up to the general Myspace community in the hopes that I can try and remedy this situation.

Why don't people come to shows anymore? I mean I understand the financial constraints for people but I don't really feel sorry for them, mainly because it cost us about $108 to go to detroit and got paid $20 for playing...a bit ridiculous. Anyway I just wish more people would come out to shows for Gods sake...honestly it's getting depressing.

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Dreams

Idealism is great it's when it becomes reality that it becomes very cost prohibative.

I want to beleive that dreams come true but I find more and more everyday that it is near impossible. I want so bad to take what I love the most and make it my lifes work, but the sacrifice involved currently seems to be too much. No matter what I do to balance reality and my dreams someone always seems to get angry and I don't know what to do.

Should I say "Fuck it" and do what I want how I want and screw those in the way

-OR-

Should I accept reality and live my life one responsability to the other?

Both are not bad lifestyles, I just don't know what I want anymore and I'm tired of hurting people.

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Happy Earth Day!

So it's earth day today. The day when we are charged to look at our planet as a being that we are in a symbiotic relationship with, you know the whole circle of life thing.

It's not that I have a problem with protecting the enviroment, i used to be a member of the EPA, I just don't agree with the psychotic reasoning and some of the stretching that "experts" do to try and make fact out of assumption. There is still the debate of global warming, nobody knows what causes it, you can't really find two people who can tell you the same composite of what greenhouse gas is, they just say it's there and it's our fault. I can agree that we have an effect on the enviroment, I think it's arrogant to think that man can have a huge effect on the planet but a small one is just as drastic, so here are my tips on making earth a healthier home.

1.) Use energy efficient lightbulbs, if not because they are better for the planet, then because they will save you money (duh!)

2.)Recycle: you get 10 cents for every can, collect your cash!

3.) Make sure your house is well insulated, it will cut down on your heat and AC bill and also uses less coal and other fuels to power your house.

4.) Don't just turn off appliences (computers, microwaves, toasters, etc.) unplug them, they still draw electricity even while they are off, that's how they turn on quickly, your energy bill can drop up to 40% just by doing this (money!)

5.) try using a cold water detergent, first your clothes wont fade as bad (colors look better when washed in cold and it doesn't wear on cotton as bad). using hot water for your laundry draws alot of electricty, and i mean alot!

6.) look around your house for waste, unused paper, cardboard, things of that nature, recycling these products not only help the enviroment but also drastically lower the cost of production on the products.

Just a few ideas for you kids on earth day, and don't forget! Go outside!!

Thank you

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