aaron vanderzwan » Home http://www.aaronvanderzwan.com/blog Smile... It'll make you feel better. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:47:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Home… http://www.aaronvanderzwan.com/blog/2010/08/home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=home http://www.aaronvanderzwan.com/blog/2010/08/home/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:28:05 +0000 Aaron Vanderzwan http://www.aaronvanderzwan.com/blog/?p=261

Home is an interesting word that carries a lot of meaning for many different people. For me, home is a family house on the edge of a park in Rochester, NY. My home consists not only of this family house, but also of the comfort and security that resides there.

This past weekend I was able to manage the eight hour trip east from my Grand Rapids apartment and head back to the place where the story of Aaron, the Aaron I am today, begins. Eight hours, two borders, and 3 coffees later, I arrived at my home with a sigh of relief. Sometimes it feels like the stresses and anxiety of normal life circumstances are somehow disengaged the moment I see the Rochester skyline. And as soon as I go over the bumps and pull into my driveway, time stops.

Going home is an important part of the journey that is my life. It is my new beginning… my fresh start. A place where, no matter what, I am loved and accepted. My life is a timeline and my trips home are the small blips that allow me to re-evaluate how I have changed as a person since my last visit. I love going home and look forward to a time when I can experience that feeling on a more regular basis.

]]> http://www.aaronvanderzwan.com/blog/2010/08/home/feed/ 0 Pitchfork Music Festival http://www.aaronvanderzwan.com/blog/2007/06/pitchfork-music-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pitchfork-music-festival http://www.aaronvanderzwan.com/blog/2007/06/pitchfork-music-festival/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:21:28 +0000 Aaron Vanderzwan http://aaronvanderzwan.com/blog/?p=44 Unfortunately it looks as though I am going to be missing this awesome event. I am going back to Rochester this week and will not be back in time to check out this sweet lineup:

Yoko Ono
Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues
Clipse
Mastodon
Voxtrot
Iron & Wine
Girl Talk
Dan Deacon
Grizzly Bear
Califone
Battles
The Twilight Sad
Fujiya and Miyagi
Oxford Collapse
Beach House
Professor Murder
William Parker Quartet
Ken Vandermark’s Powerhouse Sound

The good thing is that I only REALLY love about 5 of those bands, but still you can’t go wrong for $15.

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]]> http://www.aaronvanderzwan.com/blog/2007/06/pitchfork-music-festival/feed/ 1 3 Weeks till move out http://www.aaronvanderzwan.com/blog/2007/05/3-weeks-till-move-out/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3-weeks-till-move-out http://www.aaronvanderzwan.com/blog/2007/05/3-weeks-till-move-out/#comments Thu, 03 May 2007 16:45:13 +0000 Aaron Vanderzwan http://aaronvanderzwan.com/blog/?p=5 The Paris life is almost over. We have 3 more weeks until we move out. Tyson, Joel and I are looking at 511 Union. I am in the process of saving up for a video camera and I hope I reach my goals before we move out. I look back at Morris videos and they are great. Just for old times sake (and to test out the new blog) I am going to post some of them in the next post. They are great.

Thats it for now.

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