Aaron - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Where do I start? I was born and raised in the mountainous state of Colorado. During my time here I developed a knack for all kinds of music, distance running, boxing, hiking, trying new food I can find, road trips, and almost anything spontaneous that comes my way. After my twenty-two year stay I emerged from Colorado State University with a degree in Biology and a minor in Biomedical Sciences. Problem is, I had no idea what I was going to do with my life. Somewhere along the huge mess of sorting out my future, I ended up getting accepted into the Biomedical Research Training Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. I think I lucked out; even though I had to leave the mountains, I'm working on research that I really like, there's a decent (growing) indie rock scene in the city and I've met some amazing people along the way.I guess at this juncture in my life, I just need to see where life will take me...

My Interests

Never sleeping enough, experimental medicine, boxing, distance running, coffee, live music, indie rock, wine, barebecue, road trips, spontaneity

I'd like to meet:

Indie rockers, coffee drinkers, daydreamers, distance runners, and people that can possibly be just as random as myself.

Music:

Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, Brand New, Bright Eyes, Death Cab For Cutie, The Faint, Foo Fighters, Hot IQs, Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins, M. Ward, Murder By Death, Pixies, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Photo Atlas, Rilo Kiley, The Roots, Sunny Day Real Estate, Thursday, TV On The Radio, Vaux

Movies:

Kill Bill, Fight Club, Donnie Darko, Dawn of the Dead, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

Television:

Scrubs, NCAA Football, Invader Zim

Books:

Fight Club, Ender's Game, 1984

Heroes:

Jake Mountjoy

My Blog

Staring at the Sun

Although today marks some of the first fourty-or-so degree days in Omaha for 2007, I already have a huge itch to get back outdoors. I noticed today how much I miss being outside in the sun. ...
Posted by Aaron on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:47:00 PST

The O.C.

In recent weeks I've been catching the O.C. and I have to say, I actually really like this show. I know it's over-hyped and pretentious, because really, are the super-dramatic lives of the wealt...
Posted by Aaron on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:44:00 PST

Five-Year Plan

Well, I've bitten the bullet and figured out which lab I'm going to do my thesis in. It was actually a toss-up for quite awhile after my third rotation - I'd had a couple of solid rotations with peop...
Posted by Aaron on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:31:00 PST

Valentine's Day: Everyone Loses!

(Disclaimer: You are not allowed to call me a bigot for this post. I know I'm in a relationship that makes me incredibly happy, so some people may argue that I'm just supposed to keep my m...
Posted by Aaron on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:16:00 PST

Pirate!

Yes, I still download music. I'm still a student and I no longer have all kinds of new discs available at my fingertips like when I was at KCSU 90.5 FM, so it's really the only way to get my mus...
Posted by Aaron on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:18:00 PST

Pan's Labyrinth

I'm not going to ruin Pan's Labyrinth for you by giving a brief synopsis of the plot (if you really need it, go visit the Rotten Tomatoes website). Instead, I'm just going to urge you to go see ...
Posted by Aaron on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:18:00 PST

Dysfunction

Everyone I know has quirky family members, but I haven't ever met my grandparents on my side. Kind of weird, considering they're direct blood relatives of my Dad. To my knowledge, they're ...
Posted by Aaron on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:03:00 PST

Speed Demon

I love new running shoes. Especially when my current pair are beat to hell from wearing them non-stop to the gym, while running and in the lab. Here's what my new pair of kicks look like:M...
Posted by Aaron on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:19:00 PST

Maybe You Should Live in Africa

Welcome to every single January and every single August in America, when every single person I know decides they have to bitch to me about how much they don't want to go back to school. Newsflas...
Posted by Aaron on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:15:00 PST

The Execution Of All Things

"Then we'll go to Omaha to work and exploit the booming music scene and humility." - Rilo KileyNow that 2007 is upon us, every single newspaper, magazine, blog or internet news source are throwing any...
Posted by Aaron on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:49:00 PST