At the end of September I went to Pinnacles national monument with my dad for our annual camping trip. I haven't been to Pinnacles since I was in high school!


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Day 2...

After we went to Le Conte lake, we headed out around Lake Aloha towards Mosquito Pass...

And saw this guy when we walked to the point where the path splits, going to either Heather Lake, or mosquito pass:


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All i have to say is...

Lake Aloha


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So i just realize that i should stop flooding livejournal and start up a blog to record my adventures...and maybe do some photography promotion. too bad i'm too technically inept to start one!

Okay so using my trusty Yashica T-4, dario and i set out to hike the Echo Lakes trail. I really wanted to make it to Lake Aloha! But it was not meant to be.

Instead, I just took some awesome photos with some expired Fuji Provia (or Velvia?) film!


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In June we went to Emerald bay for the first time this year. Meaning, the first of a few times to Emerald Bay this year. It's just the best campsite. And it was my birthday when we arrived. We got a nice and secluded spot, #27...i think?

Look at his dork light. And his dork face.


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I think i went camping 6 times this summer. I'm trying to keep a journal of my experiences so that 2 or 3 years down the way when i lose my short-term memory, i can remember what happened.

PART 1: EMERALD BAY camping in Tahoe -- August 09

We started with our typical Emerald Bay car camping trip for 4 days, 3 nights. We had the best site picked out ( Read more... )

Given:

"Those that are the "most affected" by the issue should be at the forefront of the fight and the movement."

At the same time:

People must have the training, skill sets, knowledge, and experiences that they need in order to be effective leaders. Without giving people the opportuinities to gain wisdom and know-how, we are setting them up to fail ( Read more... )

Nowadays, whenever i interact with people who have conversations with me and try to subtlely talk about how so-and-so said how good they looked or hit on them, how so-and-so gave them hella props for being fresh, how people give them thangs or they have this and that connection to whatever industry, who name drop about who they saw or interacted ( Read more... )