Name: John W. Trotto
Location: Fairmont, West Virginia
AIM ScreenName: jtice Trotto
Birth Date: 11-21-79
Likes: Anything that involves my friends, good tunes, good laughs, and good times. - And the below hobbies.
Dislikes: Ricers, stereotypes, infomercial's, While You Were Out home redecorating shows, computers that don't work, slow un decisive drivers, Sponge Bob Square Pants,
- Hobbies & Interests -
ATV Riding My newest hobby would have to be AT riding. I purchased a 2005 Honda Rubicon a few months ago, and have been riding every chance I can get. It has been amazing how much area I can explore in a day. I have found so many cool places that I could never drive or hike to.
Camping
& Hiking:		 I like to do little camping here and there when the weather is good. I've yet to do anything real advanced and involved, but I plan to. I like to explore all the surrounding woodland areas here, finding pictures to take along the way. My main trekking areas are: Coopers Rocks, Seneca, Sinks of Gandy Cave,
Cars: I do a good bit of off road driving to get to places I like to camp, hike and shoot at. Me and a few friends stripped down 1990 Chevy Lumina, equipped it with an onboard video camera, and run it on dirt roads and fields in our area. Pics of the car on Photo Gallery. Movies are here.
Computers: Have built 3 of my home computers so far. Have 4 computers connected to a home network with cable modem access shared to each computer. Webpage development. Graphic Design. I created all of the title graphics on this site using Ulead Cool 3D. Editing home videos. Playing Unreal. Graduated from AIDT (Computer Tech) with an associates degree.
Flashlights: One of my newest hobbies is collecting and modifying flashlights.  I take ordinary, low light output, store bought flashlights, such as Mag Lights, and modify them with high powered LED's.
This process can make a light upwards of 10 times brighter, and produce much whiter light.
Geocaching: Geocaching is a relatively new sport that involves using a GPS (Global Positioning System) to locate hidden caches around your area.  The caches are ussually located in a scenic place where walking to find the cache will be fun.  The cache itself consist of a water proof container with a log book and other small items placed inside it.  When you find the cache, you log your visit in the log book, and trade and item or two from the container.  All the details on Geocaching can be found at www.geocaching.com.
Guitar: I have been playing guitar for about 8 years now. Other than what friends have shown me, I am completely self taught. Most of the songs that I have learned have been from ear. Simply listening to part of a song, and then picking out the notes and piecing it all together. I have made up more songs than I have learned, but over the years forgot half of them. I don't play nearly as much as I'd like to anymore. My first guitar was a Fender Stratocaster. Now I play an Ibenez Iceman. My amp is a Carvin 600 watt bass amp actually. But I find it has a much fuller and powerful sound than others. (600 watts, 18" sub, 4-10" mids, and a horn) It should! Hooked into the mix is Digitech FX Valve Effects Processor. My playing style pretty well matches my music preferences.
Guns: I own a Smith & Wesson 9mm pistol, and a Kel-Tec 9mm pistol. S&W is my favorite gun manufacturer because mine has NEVER failed or jammed. My friends also have a few 9mm pistols and AK-47s which we shoot on a regular basis. Home videos of the shooting adventures also coming soon. We do alot of different types of shooting. Such as: target practice, long distance pistol shooting, assault courses, quick drawing, and just plain old making swiss cheese out of things. We have alot of home videos of us shooting also. Which will be here for your viewing pleasure as soon as I can find a Web storage place for them.
Homemade Movies: One of my favorite things to do is filming home videos of me and my friend's adventures. So far we have videos of us driving the lumina mentioned above, with a homemade OnBoard Camera Mount. I hope to find a place to upload them to the web soon. I was using Yahoo briefcases, but they decided not to let outside users see files or fullsize images. Some pics of the car can be found on the Photo's Page. We also have a couple short skits and films that we have made. And over 2,800 photos taken with my Digital Camera.
Knives: I always have a knife on my handle. I can't stand poor quality knives, so most all my knives are Benchmade, Microtech, or Spyderco. I prefer tactical military style knives. I plan on trying to turn a plain piece of metal into a sword one day.
Music: I generally like alot of different types of music, Except Country! I like to listen to heavy metal and hard rock the most, but like to mix it up with a few great oldies. I can't say that I have one favorite band, but here are some of my Favs: Tool, A Perfect Circle, Metallica, Disturbed, Godsmack, Rage Against the Machine, Apocalyptica, Chevelle, Creed, Lynrd Skynrd, Mailyn Manson, Ozzi, Pantera, Pink Floyd, Primus, ButtHole Surfers, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Queens of the Stone Age, Soil, Soundgarden, System of a Down, and many more.
Rock Climbing: I haven't done alot of climbing yet, so I'm not that good at it. I try to get out a couple times at least each summer. One of my best friends and his dad got me into it about 3 years ago. There are alot of rocks here in West Virginia that are great for climbing. The two biggest are Coopers Rocks and Seneca Rocks.

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