Driven by curiosity’s sake.
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Choppy Water, Left Behind
It happens quite often, being told that you aren’t old enough to face up to the challenge. I was shooting the Wedge in Newport Beach, California some two years ago when huge swells came in and created some awesome surf conditions. This kid was told he was too young to competently manage the waves. Truth… Read more
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God Honors Those that Honor Humanity
I haven’t been updating all that much. I just finished my finals for classes, transitioned into more studying for a test before I go back to a new semester. Even though I have been experimenting with some new virtual media (social media, I just don’t think there is anything “social” about “social media” since its… Read more
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“Passports? We don’t need no stinkin’ passports!”
I went across this great nation, and I didn’t need a passport once, well, not true, but thats another story. The line from The Treasure of Sierra Madre resonates, “why travel with a stinky passport when you don’t need one?” And you don’t need one to travel within the United States, which for the longest… Read more
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Lost Without Book Lists
For me, book stores are easy to get lost in. Currently I am reading “Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates” (which is something I have been doing for over a year now), along with a book from my NewGround Jewish-Muslim fellowship- “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl; and finally, for my… Read more
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Got Reading Lists Galore!
If the last two reading lists weren’t enough (Honors 9th grade World Literature, Honors 10th grade American Literature), then I have this one for you, the 11th grade honors (AP) English literature reading list! One of the worst ways to find yourself learning about a book is to watch its movie adaptation, if you’re… Read more
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To Read, Or Not to Read- The Next Book List
“There are books and there is literature” said Elizabeth Hardwick. Sage advice from a scathing American literary critic. I don’t know how folks read so many books in a year, then I realized there’s a shortcut. Simply, pick up the New York Times, The New Yorker or a literary journal to read the book reviews-… Read more
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Reading List(s)
Back in Eight Grade, Ms. Locey, my Honors English teacher gave the class a reading list. I just found it buried in my boxes, that have moved with me some 14 times in the past 12 years. Since my life is becoming far more digitized I spent a few minutes typing up the lists, yes,… Read more