My favorite campsite is located just outside of Yosemite in the Stanislaus National Forest. Last year the Rim Fire, California’s third largest fire, burned over 250,000 acres around the area. The trees are still pretty brown and crispy, but the forest is definitely starting to recover. Wildflowers were growing all place and these are just…
Author: pinlux
6 Tips for Surviving Disneyland
I’m sore. Very sore. I groan when I get up, I groan when I sit down. I groan if I have to move too much. What caused this? Disneyland. Even though I practically live down the street from Disneyland Resort, I rarely ever go. I wanted to make the most of my trip so I…
For the Love of Reading
I LOVE reading and I think there are two things in my life that influenced that: my dad and Reading Rainbow with Levar Burton. When I was in elementary school, we used to get Scholastic book order forms each month. My dad would let me order whatever I wanted from them. He never told me which…
Summer Reading – Raise the Bar
The semester is over, I’m pretty sure I’ve aced every single class, and I’m looking forward to catching up on a lot of sleep. However, there are a lot of books I’ve been meaning to read during the break. I use the summer to catch up on a lot of reading I’ve put off and…
LeVar Burton
I watched Reading Rainbow as a kid (and adult) so when I found out LeVar Burton was going to be at the Festival of Books doing Reading Rainbow LIVE on the Children’s Stage, I had to go see him. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one who felt this way. Shortly after he arrived on stage, he…
Goodbye Dear Friend
Goodbye dear friend. You’ve had a relatively long life and I’m really sad to see you go. I can remember how happy I was the day you came into my life. You helped me accomplish so much. You helped me with school work. You saw me through three different jobs. You helped me stay organized….
Go Ahead and Worry
“Don’t worry.” “Worrying doesn’t solve anything.” Well, that’s stupid. If there’s a problem, I’m going to worry about it. I’m going to THINK about it. I’m going to try to figure out a way to solve the problem. I get it. People are just trying to be helpful. They want to make you feel better,…
Academic Titles
I’ve been in college for a long time. This semester I have an instructor who wants me to call her by her first name, another wants me to address him as Professor [last name] and another prefers Mr. [last name]. For most of my college career, almost all the instructors I’ve had have preferred to…
Learning Online
I’m constantly trying to learn new things. I take classes, read books, ask people to teach me things, but I learn a lot of stuff online these days. I like online courses because I can usually learn at my pace. I can skip topics I already know or repeat videos as often as I like…
Cleaning my Kitchen
My kitchen was a mess. I’d be embarrassed if anyone came over. It was time to clean, but because I was bored, I decided to make a time-lapse of the event. I don’t know why anyone would want to watch me or anyone cleaning a kitchen, but after uploading the video to YouTube I realized…