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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: Jason Helms

What’s My Legacy? (Part II)

I started the first half of my Legacy post with my wife and what an inspiration she’s been to me since I first met her. Well, I have no doubts where she got her overall amazingness from: her parents, Mike and Janie Reed. Mike has got to be the most dedicated husband I’ve ever met....

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What’s My Legacy? (Part I)

I got married last year and since then (well, even before then to be completely honest) my wife and I have talked a lot about our kids. We don’t have any kids. Yet. But, we’re both planners and we like to focus on the future–a little too much at times–so we talk about what life...

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Dreams and Aspirations

I’m a passionate guy. When I enjoy something, I try to enjoy it to the fullest. And that goes for just about everything in my life. As a kid, more than anything else, I wanted to play in the NBA. Seriously. I used to play 6+ hours a day in the summer, working on techniques...

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Portland, Oregon: The Endgame

  T-minus 80-something days till my wife and I make the trek down to SoCal. We’ll be there for at least a year, but hopefully (depending on my job situation…and hers) we’ll be there for a few more. But finally knowing that we’ll be leaving, and there actually being a real date for the move,...

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New Is ALWAYS Better (Homebrewing Edition)

[This post is brought to you by the generous and consistent insight of the Mad Fermentationist, Mike Tonsmeire] Of course it is. And while always maybe be going a bit too far, I’m still going to stick with at least: “New is OFTEN better.” What I mean to say is, there’s a lot of new...

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And Other Beer Matters (part 2)

Beer. It’s the third most consumed beverage in the world (after water and tea). It’s widely talked about, written about and even sung about. However, it is easy to argue that beer is most enjoyable when consumed. If you’ve known me the last few years, you may have figured out by now that I like...

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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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