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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.


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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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A Time of Changes

First off…it’s been awhile. My bad. Just started my second week of training at my new job as a hall director at University of Portland… Secondly, I just moved to Portland this week and have already fallen in love with this city. I’m not sure how long it’ll take for it to hit me, but...

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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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“If you didn’t know by now, I’m talking bout Chi-town.”

Ahhh…The Windy City. The Second City. The Queen of the West. Chi-City. City of the Bulls, the Bears and the Hawks. The Garden City. Yeah. That’s a lotta nicknames. And it’s a lotta city too. Just got back from a week in Chitown, and well, it was a loooong week to say the least. First...

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Most Productive Day EVER

Spent most of the day, well…doing just about everything. Woke up at 6, drove to Azusa for an academic conference, heard a speaker do his thing, attended two practice job interviews, drove back to LA, had lunch with a friend, went grocery shopping, watched a Duke basketball game, a few funny shows (good on ya,...

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