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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: Sean Thompson

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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Why Photographers Suck

Warning: Stereotypes will be propagated in this post. We had a lot of problems with our wedding photographer. A lot of problems. And the more I talk to others trying to get their wedding logistics in place, it seems like we’re not alone. Whether it’s taking forever getting prints back, showing up late to shoots–or...

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“Hey Everyone…” Spring 2011 Edition

Just over a year ago, I posted: “Hey Everyone! Come See How(/what) Good (stuff) I Look (at)!” in which I posted some of the coolest, most interesting, funniest and just plain awesomest things I’ve found via StumbleUpon, Sean, Jason, Meaghan, Hannah or some other crazy, roundabout way. Then a few months later I posted Video...

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11 for 11

Yup, first my buddy Dom did it, then my boy Sean Thompson copied him, and now I’m doing it: 11 things I want to either do, or be better at this year… __ 1.) Just give shit away 2.) Use more post-it-notes 3.) Play guitar for 1+ hour/week 4.) Maintain a clean apartment…”maintain” being the...

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It’s Been A While…

Yup. My bad. Let’s see…since my last post, I’ve been to Illinois, North Carolina, Boston and Los Angeles. I’ll do my best to write more this next month. While I’m here though, I thought I’d pass along some sweet stuff. While I was in LA, I attended one of my best friend’s weddings; Sean Thompson...

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3 More Days of 23 Things

Okay peeps, this is it. THREE MORE DAYS!!! AGH!!! I know, crazy. Okay, let’s see…since we started our journey, Duke won the national championship, Don Nelson became the winningest coach in NBA history, Tyler left for Haiti and we all miss him more and more each day, and the Bay Area baseball teams are a...

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