Volunteer, Advocate, Trekker.

The following were my final remarks as Governor of the Ohio District of Circle K International, read February 25th 2012 in Columbus, Ohio at the Embassy Suites - Airport during the Awards Banquet. =========================== "Little did I know 6 years ago, still in High School and a member of Students of Service (or S.O.S.) because my school did not have a Key Club, that this Circle K thing my University of Akron friend would tell me about would be one of the most life-shaping aspects of my life. Little did I know a year later, when I decided to attend Akron and was coerced into attending my first Circle K meeting, that my experience would consist of so very much more than just an occasional weekend service project between my classes and bustling social life. Little did I know attending my first DCON in 2008 in Akron, that this warm group of friends who just liked to help the community and have fun were actually only a small part of an international association of friends, w...

Let's call it "the valley of unproductivity" - the number of blogs I write usually decreases the more busy I am, until I hit this one spot, where I post more than usual, haha. That is where I am now. Today's topic, despite the mountaining school and CKI work I need to complete? My Dream House. "Barbie's Dream House: Hoarders Edition." Yes, this is a modern art project of "Modern Barbie" house if she was a hoarder ! Googling things about Barbie's Dream house I found this really entertaining -- this Barbie's house if she was a hoarder art project. But there are two reasons for today's topic: one, I am watching Ghost Adventures - my favorite paranormal investigation show and they are inside the "Sarah Winchester House" - a house where the widow continually built on to the house ( Rose Red - style) at the recommendation of spirits, so as to confuse them (or something.) Well, rather than finish my homework, I thought ...

So I was reading this link I indirectly ended up at through Gizmodo: " Why Doesn't Anybody Use Social Media on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ? " -- and it's really interesting. It starts off kind of criticizing Star Trek for not predicting Facebook, Twitter, and social media to the accurate extent it predicted so much else and was ahead of it's time. And just when the argument seems complete, they pause and remember what characters on Star Trek do in their spare time: read and cook. Hey, Star Trek predicted iPad's okay -- give them some credit! The part I particularly like is that they point out: "You can tell a lot about a person by how they spend their spare time." Indeed, I have homework to do, lesson plans to write, school work to print, Key Club to research, CKI things to write, and sleep to get had; but I'm blogging. But on Star Trek, they don't seem to "waste time." I love that I have never quite imagined this concept to...