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about the site...

Thanks for visiting my website! I hope you enjoy your stay and are able to find your way around without any problems.

I created this site as a project, but it turned into a different few things. First off, it is a blog; simply a place where I can write some of my scattered, random thoughts, and occasionally rant a little bit, about how the man is keeping me (and you) down.

Secondly, it has become a place where I have posted some photography, so feel free to check some of that out as well. And lastly, This site will be used as part of a a few different projects for my masters degree. Feel free to email me if you have any questions, comments, concerns during your stay: (benhelms@gmail.com)

about me...

A little about me, let’s see...Well, I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, then moved to Los Angeles for college and about halfway through that I moved out to Boston. After falling in love with New England (go Pats/Sox!), I made my way back to SoCal and got two degrees from Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles, CA (a B.A. in English-Writing & an M.S. in College Counseling and Student Development). As of now, I'm working as a Hall Director at the University of Portland in Oregon and living/working in the prestigious Villa Maria Hall.

Besides all that, I love writing, backpacking, photography, music (recording, composing and listening), playing/watching sports, and exploring new lands. View my Resume.


Tag Archives: APU

Writing to Fail – Part I

I dedicate this post to the last 5 months that have included one real blog post. All apologies. —————————- Read part II here. I’ve always been a passionate guy. Throughout my life, those passions may have changed significantly over time, but I’ve never ceased to be passionate. Just a few of my passions have included:...

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CCSD Class of 2010

I know, another slideshow…BOOM! Related Posts:LA-Term Spring 2010Trip to Tijuana with LA-TermCapstone Colloquium…what?It’s been awhile…The March to Graduation, the Photographic Journey Continues…If this was in your backyard, you’d help too…

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LA-Term Spring 2010

It was a great semester… Related Posts:CCSD Class of 2010Trip to Tijuana with LA-TermCapstone Colloquium…what?It’s been awhile…Do You Believe In Magic? (And I Hope You Do…)The March to Graduation, the Photographic Journey Continues…

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Capstone Colloquium…what?

I know, it’s a big word and Brent can’t describe it (“Colloquium”), but it’s also the name of my final project/presentation for my masters program in College Counseling and Student Development (at APU).  It’s sort of a culmination of everything I’ve been working on the last two years, inserted into a 30 minute presentation. Anyway,...

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Trip to Tijuana with LA-Term

Went to Tijuana, Mexico with my work (LA-Term) and got a few tours around the city. We went to a Nazarene church, a migrant worker house (Casa Del Migrantes), and Friendship Park (the place where the U.S.-Mexico wall ends in the Pacific Ocean. It was definitely an intense 24 hour trip, and whatever your political...

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It’s been awhile…

I know, a few days ago I was but a boy and now I am man. Since my last post I have: 1.) Finished my last collegiate course for my masters program, 2.) The Duke Blue Devils beat the Butler Bulldogs to win the men’s NCAA basketball national championship, 3.) Sean Thompson and Laura Marks...

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If this was in your backyard, you’d help too…

Tyler Weaver is dropping everything he knows and is familiar with and is leaving for Haiti this Sunday and well, he needs your help… (http://www.TylerInHaiti.com) I’m not one for shock value or guilt trips, but this is the reality of the situation. These pictures are just a small percentage of the thousands of buildings and...

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