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Ben

About Me

I love California. I wasn't born here, but dammit, I'm FROM here. I ended up in Santa Barbara, via a summer chasing sea turtles in Barbados, after growing up on the East Coast. NoVA and Virginia Beach are cool, but this place is way radder. There is definitely more of a possibility for extraordinary things to happen here. This past year, I've rediscovered my musical talents...and added to them. Music is a lifelong passion which I've gotten back into with renewed vigor. Writing is one of those things that I really enjoy doing...but it would be nice to get paid for it, as it's pretty time consuming. In the meantime, READ MY BLOGS PLEASE!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Down to earth people that like to do stuff outdoors...(but that take a shower afterwards and don't stink). Musicians with whom to share ideas (but also don't smell like BO).

My Blog

Radioheadless

It's a Radiohead kind of day. The trippy, melancholy melodies pulse through my truck's stereo speakers as drive between a half day at work and a mess of errands. The sky is overcast and the light chee...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:54:00 GMT

Bitter Defeat

Bitter Defeat. The sinking feeling of being sent back to the start of the game, or thrown off the racecourse. It's most akin to a game of chess gone afoulmyriad cunning strategies employed, but the p...
Posted by on Wed, 09 May 2007 17:16:00 GMT

more and less...ADD reflections upon a lack of interpersonal connection

More and less&.There exists a question mark in life. Some consider it a singular quest towards a definite goal. Others, such as myself, are constantly re-routed by the channel flipping of ADD, and the...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:05:00 GMT

success

successto be successful, one needn't have substance.isn't success measured by the length of your coat?the mass of sheet-metal roosting in the drivedetermines quality of life and character, and happine...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:46:00 GMT

Agrigento .. il paese della mia famiglia

Leaving Palermo was easy&once we cleared the traffic. After sitting on the congested streets of that city for over an hour, we finally escaped. The four of usmy brother Tim, our friends Vinny and Art...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:04:00 GMT

La bella (ma sporca) citta' di Palermo

Palermo, Italy--arguably the busiest city on the island of Sicily--was once the greatest city in all of Europe.  The Normans chose the nearby town of Monreale for the site of a magnificent cathe...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:51:00 GMT

Amsterdam Adventure

Where do I begin? So far, this odyssey has presented so many dimensions, many of them unexpected. I suppose the best method would be a chronological recount of the places, people and things of Eurotri...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:18:00 GMT

Question

Question"you have many talents,"they told me with cheerbut life is one big questionthe answers never cleari cling to a question-markhoping to find an answercharging toward conclusiona crazed quixotic ...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:19:00 GMT

my feeble attempt at poetry...

Thirteen   Sirens singing, never heard Masses shuffle as a herd Creative comment lost in tears Faltering with changing years Have we wit to give the answers Or do we err, as untrained dancers T...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:36:00 GMT

High School High ...II

Once again I found myself an unwilling--albeit paid--participant in the high school drama (wait, if I willingly accept work there, it's not unwilling, is it?  Is it?  Anyway&).  I walke...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:19:00 GMT