i'm just gonna call this-the revived blog

where, oh where has 2007 gone?

i can't believe it is already halloween. that means that thanksgiving and christmas are right around the corner. the holidays are here officially. it doesn't really feel like it... i am still somewhere back in may.

well, as i'm sure anyone reading this blog knows, i have …

hello, world.

why do i always start with a greeting? hmm... thought i would make a post for once in my life.

what have i been up to lately? well, i have been busy gearing up for classes at ringling. orientation starts thursday. stoked? yes, very much so.

another cool thing is that i …

summertime is for vacation

ahhh the sound of summer...i love it. i'm probably just repeating myself unnecessarily, but thunderstorms make me really happy. and today the dry city of sarasota finally got some much needed rain (and cool thunder and lightning). summer is my favorite time of year.

cornerstone!

smoke
apparently half the state of georgia was on fire or something and i guess florida caught on. we had a ton of smoke covering our area. on friday i was in clearwater and it was like fog. the air was so smoky that the sun looked orange all day. my car was covered in …

conversion to blogger

well people, i decided it was time for me to leave xanga and join the blogger(ers). this is officially my first post on this blog. now take some time to think about how exciting it is to be a part of such a history-making event! you've seen the first post! and so will …

the sun still shines...

a day in the life of a hippie-wannabe

i've definitely felt like a hippie lately. or at least a hippie wannabe. i stopped to realize how awesomely long my hair really is, how i want to grow the long chin beard, how much i enjoy not wearing shoes, not wearing a shirt, just soaking and absorbing the sun....the …

snakes and air guitars

i was watching google's current channel on tv and saw a couple interesting things that they highlighted.

believe it or not. air guitar competitions. no joke. there are actually air guitar competitions. can you believe that? and they're even coming out with a movie called …

know nothing stays the same

this past week has been very interesting. much more exciting than most.

jerry and tina moved here to clearwater!! it's been fun! we've been to the beach and on thursday we decided to drive to orlando! universal studios, that is. yeah, it was awesome.




and i had my picture …

it seemed like a good idea at the time

one day jerry, joey, and i decided we should set sail to an island. so we tried to figure out how we could get there without paying a lot of money to rent a boat...we decided that his parent's paddleboat was seaworthy. it wasn't. one of the sections of the boat was …

it finally happened!

i got photoshop!

these are a few of my favorite things

bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, brown paper packages tied up with string... actually i wouldn't say those are my favorite, but the things i am about to highlight are. it has been a while since my last post, and some interesting things have happened since …

gotcha!!

freaking coolest thing ever! so it's well known to anyone who knows me that whenever there is a good lightning storm, i run outside and attempt to capture it on my little digital camera. it's almost impossible. you did note the italics, right?





yeah so the coolest storm …

...and then i found five bucks

my life seems to be rather eclectic.

jerry and tina told me about this place called the "oxygen bar". we decided to stop in and see what it was all about out of curiosity. let me tell you -- it was a once in a lifetime experience for me. the place was owned by this …

this and that

i know what you're thinking... ben, you never update twice in one month. are you out of your mind? well, maybe. but this is my blog and i'll post what i want to.

i've had sometime to think. it's nothing entirely dramatic, but maybe it's helping my analytical mind to …

location, location

it's definitely time for an update. for those of you who don't know or haven't read my last post, i am now living in sarasota. (and my contact information has changed)

life seems to be saturated with change. now that i've been living in sarasota for about two weeks now, …

my first post of the year

wow. i guess i kind of got out of the blogging thing for a little while there. let's recap a little.

the holidays were a little rough for me. i remember being a kid (cause now i'm an adult) and the holidays like christmas and everything were pretty fun. i mean i got to …

sums it up

on my starbucks coffee cup:

"Growing up, my parents always said, 'You will leave this world the same way you came into it: with nothing.' It made me realize that the only things we do in this world that count are those things that make the world a better place for those …

another long post without interesting pictures

hello blogger. once again, my routine shows that i haven't made my monthly stop here yet. well now i have. sometimes i have trouble writing or speaking... my mind has these little counter-intuitive battles that render my mouth silent in the end as if i never had …