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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 you (and me) 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 BA in English-Writing & an MS in College Counseling and Student Development). Then I moved up to Oregon and woked as a Hall Director at the University of Portland in Oregon. From there, I moved down to Mt. Shasta, California. Man, I love this place. Mountains, sun, snow, and family. What more could a man ask for?

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

Tag Archives: Bay Area

Last Name “Ever”, First name “Greatest Albums”…PART 2

I’m sure all of you remember the first half of my highly acclaimed “Greatest Albums of All Time.” It was a time in which quoting Drake was still new and neat. It was a time in which jobs security wasn’t even on the horizon and a time in which a capstone project loomed like dark...

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Merry Christmas 2010 In Pictures

It’s been an eventful year, these past 12 months. A new camera, a new degree, a new job, a new town, a bunch of great, new friends, a new hobby, and a brand new, beautiful, loving girlfriend. It’s been a great year, to say the least. So, I figured whats a better way to recap...

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Thanksgiving Wood Family Photo Shoot

Spent this past Thanksgiving weekend in Marin County, California at Travis and Debby Wood’s house. Thanks again to them for letting me crash there, too. Had an amazing time there, and a very relaxing, food-filled weekend with great friends. Anyway, while I was there, we took a little family photoshoot in Novato. Here are some...

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These Are The Best Days Of Our Lives…

Yeah. Happened. The Giants not only won the division, and then went on the win the National League PENNANT (!!!!!), but won the whole freaking thing. Holy crap. The San Francisco Giants won the World Series. That is a sentence I’ve never written before and will be writing quite often from here on out. Wow....

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San Francisco Giants Fans (Bill Simmons)

Straight from Bill Simmons’ October 2010 Mega-Mailbag: Q: Saw your tweet (after Game 4 of the NLCS) that San Francisco is “totally underrated as a baseball city” and “you can’t have a better playoff atmosphere than that.” I am a Dodgers fan who HATES THE GIANTS. You didn’t really describe Silicon Valley techie dorks and...

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One More Win…

As of right now, on 12:20am on Thursday, October 21st, the San Francisco Giants are one win away from a trip to the World Series. I’m a bit in shock, and a bit in denial as my entire life (and 4o years prior), the team has toyed with its fans like a cat with a...

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What I Like To See…

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