: education :

BA, MA Political Science - CSU Long Beach
Single-Subject Credential (CLAD) - Cal Lutheran University

: what i'm listening to :

ben harper, black flag, bob marley, bright eyes, coldplay, dave matthews band, doors, dropkick murphys, flogging molly, foo fighters, the gaslight anthem, jack johnson, jedi mind tricks, john butler trio, john mayer, killers, kings of leon, linkin park, miles davis, mission of burma, mos def, muse, nirvana, roots, tool, the tossers, u2, white stripes, wilco, the zutons

: what i'm reading :

a long way gone, the alchemist, the art of learning, the element, three cups of tea, teacher man, assassination vacation, chomsky on mis-education, man's search for meaning

: what i'm watching :

30 rock, countdown, friday night lights, lost, the office, rescue me, sportscenter, top chef

: where i surf :

Arts and Letters Daily's motto, “Veritas odit moras,” [“truth hates delay”] is from line 850 of Seneca’s version of Oedipus

Utne Reader and Utne.com are digests of independent ideas and alternative culture. not right, not left, but forward thinking

TED believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world

The Onion - America's finest news source

Project Opus is an online music community designed to support artists, fans and local music

In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, and conflict, it's easy to lose sight of what we all have in common. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that — to help people see themselves in others — through the power of film

: who i root for :

Agoura, the Gooners, the Sahx

: who i'd invite to a dinner party :

my wife, my dad, Barack Obama, Greg Mortenson, Bobby Flay, Tony Soprano