User talk:Ashenden
John Ashenden was born July 23 1986 in Jacksonville, Florida to Edward and Deborah Ashenden. He attended Alimacani Elementary School and Providence Middle school. In middle school he met Will Pafford who later played an important role in the development of his musical career. John attended Paxon School for The Advanced Studies in 2000. Graduating with a diploma in the International Baccealureate program he went on to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fl. Majoring in Computer Science (Software) Engineering he still lives there today.
John began to play drums as soon as he was able to walk. He continued to express intrest until late elementary school when he quit playing. It was for another three years when he met Will Pafford that he started to play again. Joing up with fellow musician and bass player Marc Vanderlaan and Singer Brandon Thompson; he and Will formed Nevertheless. At the same time he and Marc Vanderlaan formed another Band called Rodeo Drive <http://www.rodeodrive.tk> with Chris Williams and Jay Fields. Eventually NeverTheLess became "...and this is my odyssey" <http://www.andthisismyodyssey.tk> after dropping Brandon. Since then John has joined The Most, as well as Venetia <http://www.venetia.tk> (headed by Parker Hastings).
Jimbo Wales at UF -- next week[edit]
Hi Ashenden! I noticed on your userpage that you go to the University of Florida. I wanted to let you know about an event going on at UF next week: Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, is coming to speak!
The speech is on Wednesday, April 12 at 7 pm at Emerson Alumni Hall (1938 W. University Ave.). The speech is free and open to the public.
Jimbo's keynote will be on the role of free culture in universities. The keynote will be followed by a discussion panel of UF students and faculty. It's sponsored by Florida Free Culture, ACCENT, and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
For more information, visit this page or email me. Hope to see you here!
(P.S. Because not everyone checks their userpage regularly, I'll also email you this note if your account is set up to allow e-mails from other users.) --Tetraminoe 05:49, 9 April 2006 (UTC)