Endlessly Pursuing Knowledge

I started off 2017 with an ambitious idea: see all of Utah’s Mighty Five National Parks in one shot. It took months of planning - and a little improvising - but I got the epic, 2000+ mile road trip done in ten days this past September. This is one of the many colorful hills in the eastern part of Zion National Park.

Forgetting one’s password is a funny thing. You spend a little while trying to find it, but real life gets in the way. Work, school, travel, hospitalizations, whatever. Eventually you get so used to not coming to a site that you eventually forget it. Maybe it wasn’t that important to begin with, and you’ve on to other things. But someday, through sheer, blind luck, you stumble across that one little series of letters and symbols that gets you back in the game.

I don’t have a set posting schedule yet. Once a day might be too ambitious, and these days I’m on the road more often than not. WordPress is still up in the air, too; my old works have used almost all of the upload storage space allotted to me. That means I’ll have to post my stuff here directly. Which is just dandy, because I’ve been on some crazy adventures in the last couple years.

Settings: Nikon D3300 – 18mm – f/10 – 1/2500s – ISO 200 Hey, folks. If you’re into photography, you’ve probably heard of the golden hour. It’s those fleeting moments just after sunrise or before sunset in which light is seemingly redder, casting everything in a wonderful, warm glow. This effect is a combination of how human eyes perceive the visible light spectrum, and how sunlight is filtered…

Early Summer In Oahu

Hey, folks! I’m baaaaack! *Cue crickets chirping* Ahem. Sorry I’ve been gone so long. Aside from being on the trip, my “vintage” 2011 laptop finally died on me a while ago. I didn’t lose anything incredibly important, but finding a new, affordable machine and starting over after so long has been rather time-consuming. Between that and the work schedule, I haven’t had much free computer time…

BRB, Going To Hawaii Again…Again!

Hey, folks. If you’ve been following me on social media, you might have noticed I’ve been hinting at my next trip. By the time this posts, I’ll be on a plane headed for Oahu. Yeah, you might recall that I’ve been to Hawaii a couple of times, but this will be my first visit to this particular island. I’m definitely excited for it; it may not be the grand, epic quest that was the Mediterranean…

The Grand Reopening Of SFMOMA

It finally happened. After years of renovations, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened to the public on May 14th, 2016. To call the event “highly-anticipated” would be a huge understatement. When their new website went live and offered free, exclusive tickets for the reopening, thousands of potential visitors flooded and completely overwhelmed its database. And I was one of…

Soundtrack Saturdays: Katamari Damacy – Que Sera Sera

You may not have noticed, but my YouTube account was terminated a few days ago. I could talk about how annoying and frustrating it is to lose something that I’ve had for years, all due to the site’s inconsistent copyright notice system, but I’ll spare you. It’s fine, really. I’ve restarted from scratch and am currently getting my…

Hiking In Bernal Heights, San Francisco

I kicked off May 2016 by doing something a little different: I went on a group hike with Hike It Up SF. If you’ve followed my blog for the last couple of years, you know I’ve hiked about half of the city by now. But I’d never been to Bernal Heights, and I’d always do my adventuring alone. These folks organize awesome urban hikes at the end of every month, and I had just stumbled across their…

Soundtrack Saturdays: Hyrule Warriors – Solidus Cave

As you might’ve noticed, I’ve been playing a lot of Hyrule Warriors Legends since it came out last month. By no means is it a perfect game – I’ve covered it in my recent review – but the music undeniably awesome. I never expected that an official Zelda game would feature rock remixes of its iconic music; its themes have generally…