callaghan @ 2007-09-28T00:38:00

2007-09-28T06:13:52Z

Aiden James Callaghan. 21.
Poet. Artist. Musician.
Love maker. Troublemaker. List maker.
Twin. Brother. Son.
Revolutionary.

Quirks/habits → he is always chewing on something, be it his fingernails, the ends of pens while he's writing or piece after piece of gum.
Likes → music of all kinds, coke products, freshly printed money, annoying his brother, annoying his boss, posters, lists, rings, loose change, notebooks, pens, mixed cds, tacos, drinking, dark beer, sex, sleeping, hot wheels, robots, all stars, permanent markers, pockey, hooded sweatshirts, carmex, index cards, post it notes, highlighters, tanning salon smells, jenna jameson, britney spears - post kevin, cause bands, barbecue chips, orange soda, zombies, pillows, blankets, his bed, backseats, lint rollers, iPods, dancing, writing notes on everything, egos.
Dislikes → people who ignore him, pepsi products, the MAN, college.

Sexual preferences → bisexual
Marital status → single
Turns ons → beautiful eyes, good personalities, hands
Turn offs → egos bigger than his

Defining marks → a tattoo on the inside of his wrist
Possessions always on person→ a pen, a notebook, an iPod, sidekick

musical influences → Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, the Doors, Led Zeppelin, Live, Sage Francis, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, Janis Joplin
artistic influences → Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol

Born on a Thursday, June 5th, 1986, Aiden Callaghan was the second of two boys and he arrived just minutes after his brother. This seemed to be a reoccurring theme as he grew up, always arriving just few minutes late wherever he went. Naturally antagonistic, Aiden had a terrible habit of being awake and needing to be fed in all the times that his twin brother, BJ, did not. Their terrible twos were made particularly terrible by Aiden, who couldn't help but get into anything and everything that he could get his hands on. Knocking things off of tables and over turning chairs, the toddler was hell on wheels and he was usually always tugging his older brother along as an accomplice. Unfortunately for their parents, Aiden did not ever grow out of this terrible phase and only continued to get worse as he grew up. The two were always close to one another but Aiden started to cause problems at home, especially when it came to BJ. As a wild child five year old he started to make scenes with his brother. Often picking on BJ, even though Aiden was younger than him, he had a tendency to blame all of the fighting and altercations between the two on BJ. It took a few years but he grew out of causing fights with his brother and the two became close to one another again.

Aiden never grew out of the wild phase. As it turned out, the wildness was something that they would never be able to rid him of. When he started into high school he was frequently being sent to the principal's office or having to serve detentions after school. But this was also when his art really began to flourish. Having always shown a predilection towards the arts, Aiden took a lot of art electives and was able to really show off his talents as a freshman and later in high school. In his freshman year he was entered into an art contest by his teacher and he won first place. Encouraged by this turn of events, he continued to work on his art, focusing all of his excess and wild energy into producing beautiful pieces of art. But that all changed shortly after he and Bradley turned sixteen. Aiden hadn't ever gotten excited about getting his licsense and so it was only BJ that went to get it and Aiden just relied on being driven around by his twin.

The car accident they were part of was both traumatic and debilitating. The driver ran a red light and hit on Aiden's side. The car was pinned in between the front of the car that hit them and a light pole. When they were finally able to pull Aiden from the wreck he was unconscious and remained so for almost a fortnight before he awoke. He woke in good spirits though he suffered from a torn rotator cuff. Once he'd fully recovered from all the injuries he sustained in the accident he was a candidate for a shoulder surgery, which he had shortly after he turned seventeen. It was another year of physical therapy before he was able to start working on his art again. It came out a little darker and a little angrier after the accident but it still had all the beauty his old art had. When he turned nineteen he had to have a second surgery and then started again with physical therapy.

Now, at 21, Aiden is a senior at Tulane where he is working on getting his bachelors in Art. He's won awards for his art and has even been offered the opportunity to start is own gallery. He's in the process of putting together enough pieces to open it and he's anxiously awaiting the day he can get it all together.