July 2011
1 post
Sanity has kicked the bucket…along with a cellphone.
April 2011
1 post
Johari! →
June 2010
1 post
Productivity after my Yellowstone trip
after waking up at 8:30, I cleaned: my room, the yard, the car. filled my tires, checked oil, trimmed the bushes, cut up a box for pops, and figured out what to do with all the styrofoam in the house. i am currently restoring a safety razor, and will then teach myself how to use a safety razor. I think I deserve a cold root beer tonight.
i.e. i left my gillette mach 3 razor in yellowstone....
January 2010
2 posts
My New Year's Resolution
Resolution on new Years eve’: Cut out my anxiety, do what i need to do, and enjoy life again \\ SCRATCH THAT /// i have been brooding on that type of stuff for way too long. That anxiety problem spawns from and spurns other problems i.e procrastination, lack of focus, ill-confidence, ill-health etc. and I have noticed there is a real problem with my lack of natural skill to make firm...
“If you lick your wounds for too long, they’ll never heal”
December 2009
1 post
Conversational Adventures With My Dad
Blogging always becomes interesting and desirable again when you change settings. Fall semester ended and I came back home. I actually stayed for two days until my room mates and I got “evicted.” it sucked, but i already find it quite funny.
I was too tired yesterday to go home so i packed my car and drove to Walt’s house. stayed the night. and drove home in the afternoon. my dad needed to get...
October 2009
2 posts
lol i said faceboob on my last post…and im really not going to make any effort to fix that
The Development of a song
So, I am currently writing my second original song on guitar. not really trying to spend too much time on it. no need to, if ideas come to me while im on a shuttle or laying down then i’ll jsut spend 15 minutes here and there writing it out
I’ve had htis guitar riff that i started playing last year. its pretty simple actually, i just came up with it so i can practice harmonic pulls. ...
September 2009
2 posts
Gettin' Big, more importantly..gettin' fit!!
So last week, i finally started an exercise regiment. i’ll be going to teh gym at least 3 times a week for 45 minutes with my roommates, usually in the morning.
i purchased whey protein, and increased my food consumption (and leaning more towards my homecooked stuff/ what i put together in the apt )
I saw a BMI chart in one of my textbooks today. According to my height and weight my BMI is...
“To exhort, nag, nudge, tax, and regulate people for the sake of diminishing...”
– Jacob Weisberg
July 2009
0 posts
Last week i was filling out the application for a seasonal job at the Omega Institute. I asked some friends to help me out with a certain question. and what they said to me absolutely needs to be posted. The nicest, and largest load of compliments i’ve ever received in my life. the question on the application was Tell us how Omega fits into your life path. Why do you want to work here? What...
“Allrighty, so, when I asked this question everyone firstly noted how you always...”
– Julia, Dave, Jim, Rena, Jacci (everyone else is MIA)
I totally did not expect that. I mean i expected them to say things along those lines, but not so intimately. Well I hope to remember this for the rest of my life. I admitted to Julia that i seem to have a fear of completing applications. Not really a fear, but i just dont want to do them, or if i do it it needs to be perfect and i need to set aside a lot of time to do them. But what I have...
“I believe that my life path will always include benefiting the individuals and...”
June 2009
18 posts
“Honestly, you’ve got awesome friends….by friends I mean the ones you...”
– Thomas Lew
Climbing towards self-discovery
Many people work towards something, or have an activity that helps them learn about themself
Climbing is definitely one of those activities. and I have definitely read that somewhere. Many young climbers these days often pair climbing with Yoga, and meditation.
I was working out at the Stockton gym over an hour ago, and while i was resting from a set, and playfully hanging on the pull up bar, I...
End of the Internship
Today, June 15 was the end of my 6 week internship. It has been a pretty amazing experience. To invest myself entirely into something right after school ended. and even more significant, investing myself into a scientific project involving wildlife and biology, and of course being outdoors almost all the time. When i’m active outdoors, i believe that I can feel my true self.
It’s not...
Dreadlocks update
So, it is decided that dreadlocks will never be an option for me again.
i grew my hair out, gave it a shot, it was exciting, it was fun, uncomfortable, and a bad time to do it. i took it out in a week. I thought i would try it again but now i know i definitely wont
Dreadlocks are not for everyone, particularly for people who may not have as healthy/strong of a scalp. The lady at the...
update on my shorebird project will come very soon
Outdoors
Skipwith taught me how to Kayak the weekend of the 23rd..and I loved it! I almost flipped over twice…but i didnt! and i got the hang of it pretty quickly in his opinion. and coming from him thats definitely truthful. One of the things I like about Skip, is that he is no bullshit when it comes to encouragement/ compliments. if he says it, he means it, or he believes you got it handled.
The...
Living
So I finally “moved” out of the institute last wednesday, when the the new interns began to move in. I stayed at Tracey’s for about 2 nights, and then Friday night i needed a place to stay, the interns were pretty cool and have now become some very good friends, and i “moved” back in.
I think its most accurate to say that I moved into my car (since that is where i...
Updates!
I have realized that I didnot post about the events of the last few weeks nearly half as much as I should have, or would have liked to.
Considering the purpose and title of my Blog, I should’ve been more up to date on my latest life, outdoor and scientific ventures
which I will place in the posts after this
Removing Fear
I went Kayaking yesterday immediately after 9 hours of work. 6 hours into work I was thinking i should definitely go kayaking. While I was counting eggs, it began to rain heavily. When the rain stopped it got sunny, and i checked the waters and pulled out the kayak, This is my second time kayaking, over a week ago Skip took me out for my first time, and we kayaked about a mile. Today, i just...
“If I hadn’t made me, I would’ve been made somehow..
If I...”
– Incubus
WatchI just realized I can upload video on here! nIIICE
i better put up this video I made a few weeks ago when i Lost my voice
…I remind myself of a Wii character
May 2009
6 posts
I definitely not have reached my potential, or put myself in any position to do so
i applied myself, and worked for goals, but not with the focus, confidence, and forethought to get me to my destination nor through the journey
I have to stop comparing myself to others for a minute, and decide what i need to and want to do, and how i should do that
I’m at a crossroads with a number of things, one being very urgent and important, and i find every excuse not to deal with it, but it will be dealt with. decisions will be made
but a crossroad on a lighter note is about next week. well i only have one more week at the institute, the other interns are coming in, and i will be kicked out :( so that means to make the most of the next week...
orgyfest
Jeez. we had a survey today, and it was just hell.
We met up at the lab at the institute at 6 o clock in the morning. I go downstairs and the new intern this week Matt is downstairs, already waiting he just says “This Suuuuucks”
lol hes a funny guy.
but we go to the beach and chris and i wait in teh car for tracey to come,a nd i jsut see all the bugs surrounding the car.
we go...
Shorebirds
well doesnt look like i will get the chance to really get into what im doing but i better start blogging about it before i get too far behind
I started exactly a week ago
Last wednesday: I met my fellow interns Tracey, and Chris Haxter. Pretty cool people, we are all the same year. Tracey is from PA, and chris goes to stockton too. Chris is pretty quiet at first.
I had actually the spent the...
Research at the Wetlands Institute
I started off my summer by diving right into work.
I jampacked my car with everything in my apartment, and drove down to exit 10 on the parkway. I am currently living at the Wetlands institute, and working as an intern for Dr. Dan Hernandez and the CCRP, coastal conservation research program.
and its sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
First of all the Wetlands institute is probably the most beautiful and...
If you remember a previous post I wrote that said that I felt like I kept driving on the wrong highway that missed out on all the positive landmarks
well, HOLY shit dude, once I made the right turn, things changed SO quick
it’ls like driving the parkway for 2 hours, the only thing in sight are annoying cops, trees, and guidos in hummers. then you take an exit…and your at the fuckin...
April 2009
2 posts
My First Song in the works
So I have been working on this song since september. i actually came up with the fingerpicking piece over the summer, just something fun to play…
I played for steve in september and he thought it would work real nicely with lyrics
then one day i was taking a shower…and lyrics CAME to me …in the shower
usually my roommate Darren is the culprit whenever something CAME to another...
ooooohhh jeeeeeeeeeezz, spoke waaay to soooon
March 2009
3 posts
feeling good.
I think things will be ok.
I could probably attribute a different band or artist to every semester.
If i were to do that I would want to attribute this one to Incubus….amazing
And its not just because I love the musicianship and the songs, but the lyrics are so relative to so much…everything except for the sex… hmmm
thats all i gotta say
new stages in life
I havent posted in a while, because i didnt want my next post to be something like this. but its called for now:
In college, we are at a time where we set goals and go for them. On the way we hit certain landmarks, and these mark the new and upcoming stages in our life. Usually this is positive.
Me, on the other hand, I feel like these landmarks and stages are the negative ones you dont want to...
February 2009
2 posts
I havnt posted in a while
the reason for that is because I have not made any changes or really done anything worth blogging about.
I dreaded my hair, i had it for a week but it got screwed up and i washed them out today. i’ll post some pictures up another time but getting dreadlocks isnt really an accomplishment and it doesnt mean anything compared to how much im holding myself back.
if...
Word?
yea dont expect an update until I see that I’m walkin the talk
shout out to phi-khan! enjoying london?
January 2009
3 posts
“Raised to Hope for the best, but Expect the worst
Raised to not only Survive,...”
– a mix and match
There are a few more days left of winterbreak.
I probably didnt really do half of the things on that long long list I had..maybe at least half of the really important things, but its ok, i just gotta keep doin’ doin’ doin’ and just have to keep working at it.
I had alot of fun christmas week. I went rockclimbing in different gyms. created hilarious memories. I got that...
2009 Resolutions
take action on those things i must immediately take action on
keep looking for new opportunities.
go on an adventure
to not think back on the summer ever again UNLESS it is to help me make a decision
STAY on TOP of my SHIAT
get in real good shape
learn a reportoire of songs and perform.
December 2008
15 posts
Bye 2008! Bye!
It is finally almost 2009!!! I can’t believe how much 2008 sucked. Sucked is probably the wrong term, because it was not uneventful and boring, (usually i say life sucks when im bored and nothing to do) plenty of things happened. There was a lot of hard work involved, a lot of struggle mostly with school, and with myself, a lot of injury and downfalls. 2008 was projected to be an amazing great...
i wrote a new set of lyrics. i never posted up the first set
but heres the second set
yet again inspiration came to me in the shower
Change the Program Throws himself on the couch after a long day drama, love and adventure its more than he can take tho it gives him his dream of journey and life the man next door is watching the same Desperate Wife. Oh! Change the Program! Because he doesn’t...
Grown child
The past few days i have read, heard or somehow comprehended the differences in a childs life and an adults life
often the childs is positive in that they dont have a care in the world. nothing to be afraid of. they have nothing to worry about, they can play and learn without leaving anything behind. According to them and their parents, everything is for them and for their growth.
Adults are...
one more note
i originally wanted to start a blog to post up waht im interested in. and the progression of me learning about these things. like everthing i learn about those things id jsut post up on here
instead it turned into a journal, and a progression of a state of mind.
thats ok.. its important cuz im learning a lot about that. in the future i’ll start up another blog that...
I wish everything i was thinking in the shower was...
I know, iv known and am constantly reminded and for now on will always remember that I cannot enjoy my life when I have certain things hanging over my head,a nd certain things up in the air. I need direction, i need something to look forward to that, and I need to be sure that I am in the process of working towards it. If i am not I get very uncomfortable with myself, around other people, I have...
“I’m not going to say
That you ever stop to think along the way
But baby,...”
– Sondre lerche “to be surprised”