Introduction to Me, and maybe a bit more...

Hi, I'm Stephen and welcome to my Super Awesome Blog Time. To begin I will tell everyone a little about myself, being the super interesting person I am you should all remain entertained. Well...maybe not.

I am 19 years old and a 2nd semester Freshman at Auburn University. I am currently majoring in musical performance with my primary applied instrument being the trombone. Bored yet? I plan on adding a double major next year with  business and music. The reason for this being that a liberal arts degree is not going to make much money at all, but it's doing what I love to do so it is worth the extra work to me. Now enough about my boring school life, lets move on to my boring home/extra-curricular activities. I am a member of the Auburn University Marching Band (which I will refer to as the AUMB from here on out) which is composed of about four-hundred students and graduate-assistants alike. This is probably my favorite thing aside from my growing addiction to the video game some of you might know as World of Warcraft (or as we gamers call it, because we are lazy, WoW).

When I first picked up this game I figured it was pretty cool, I had never played an online game before with real people, and I wasn't exactly Mr. Popular in high school. So I used this as an outlet for my social and recreational needs. Some people don't see why people spend so much time on games like WoW but the truth is, for people (or me at least) it is more about going to a place where your not judged on your looks, or how good your social skills are, but only on your personality and skills. At the height of my addiction (and it *is* an addiction) I would play WoW for about eight to ten hours a day. Is this unhealthy? Sure it is. Is it wrong? Thats up to your personal views. I have reduced my addiction much over the seven years I have played this game, even quit completely a few times, but as many find out, you will almost always come back. Some would say they have no life, but just because we play doesn't mean we have no life, in fact I have a rather full life which I split between school, practice, friends, and my girlfriend of three years. But enough about WoW, as I'm sure I've lost a few of you already, or at least those of you who are trudging through this post to try and make a comment for your grade.

Speaking of this "grade", I figure if I have to keep a blog, I might as well make it interesting and do it correctly instead of just posting my fifty words, so if you don't feel like reading walls of text, I wouldn't suggest using my blog as your comment finder. I realize this is an assignment and that I don't know any of you, but I have decided to post anyway as if it doesn't matter, maybe you will learn to know me better then.

So, moving on, there are many advantages to being in the AUMB. It is a way for me to practice my profession with hundreds of others who share my passion for music, and it also is an indescribable feeling when you deliver that crowd stopping show. I remember this year at LSU (boo) when the band got ready to do our half-time show, we were boo'd and shouted at, had keys shaken at us, and every other rude thing you could think of, but when we finished our show many if not most of the LSU fans sat back and thought to themselves, "Ok, I gotta admit, that was pretty good." Which is what I always look forward to, WoWing the fans with our unexpected professional performance. (Catch the WoW insert? How about the hypocritical "boo" when I mentioned LSU? No? Pay attention better.) Another advantage of being in the AUMB is it helps you know people in Auburn before classes start, which gives me a head start in a way. And of course, the free entry (and transportation) to all football games is always a plus.

I have rambled on enough today, so I will let your eyes rest until the morrow.

Bringing you walls of text since 02/06/12
~~Stephen S.