December 2011
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November 2011
1 post
October 2011
2 posts
Teaching in the Trenches
Each morning as I drive down to St. Leo’s Primary School, I listen to calming music and mentally prepare myself for the inevitable chaos that will greet me upon my arrival. When I arrive, I am ready for battle. Armed with pencils, paper, books, and most importantly – patience, I weave my way through a sea of kids and make my way to the classroom. When my first class begins, the students are...
September 2011
1 post
August 2011
1 post
WatchBen Kocarnik and I get up close and personal with sharks
Can I get a Hell ya for shark week?!
July 2011
5 posts
WatchA video of my 2011 travels around Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Borneo, The Philippians, and Singapore.
WatchBen and I cage diving with Great White Sharks!!!
June 2011
1 post
May 2011
3 posts
Starfish Thrower
Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought of someone who would dance to the day, and so, he walked faster to catch up. As he got closer, he...
April 2011
3 posts
A day at the beach
* The credit for this amazing work of literature goes entirely to my roommate Erika. I shared a wonderful day at the beach with her and several patients. Unfortunately I don’t share her same writing ability so I have borrowed her words in this post. *
Growing up in California meant spending a good amount of my free time on the beach. Walking on the sand, and feeling it sift between the...
March 2011
4 posts
I’m in the thick of it now. The meaty part of my year of volunteer year where I think to myself every once in a while….hmm I might actually be getting the hang of this.
I’m finding my niche so to speak, getting into a routine and figuring it out a little more each day.
My work schedule defiantly keeps me busy. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I spend my days teaching little hellions oral English at...
Welcome to Africa
You know those National Geographic magazines with pictures of the glorious African savannah teeming with exotic wildlife? You know… the ones with cheetahs chasing down a herd of antelope or a pride of lions tearing the flesh off a fallen zebra. The pictures basically scream GO TO AFRICA! It will be the greatest single thing that has ever happened to you.
These were the pictures that I imagined in...
November 2010
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October 2010
1 post
September 2010
11 posts
WatchWatch out! A long week at work can cause you to loosen a few screws and board the express train to crazy town. Happy Friday
The Revolution Begins: TOMS shoes
The key to a brilliant idea is to be different. Its the whole “think outside the box” thing. In corporate America it helps if your not only outside the box, but you create a bigger, better, more expensive box that you can then sell to the traditional people still inside the box, resulting in a massive accumulation of wealth. You end up with yachts, mansions, bling, the whole nine...
This song is from the movie “The Girl Next...
“So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds...”
– Mark Twain
