Vacation time is over, I visited Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Big Bear, Santa Monica, Newport Beach, and Huntington Beach in the last 3 weeks.  Now it’s time to get serious again… Goal 1) Straight A’s in 4 Computer Science Classes this semester Goal 2) Launch preworkout fitness product with

alright alright, i understand why we all love southern California… Here’s how i relaxed on my last day before the school semester starts: High of 78˚F / 25˚C in mid January.  Tough to beat for sure! (Crystal Cove – in between Laguna and Newport beach) it felt good to

10:30am, thursday 16th: it’s about 35˚F / 2˚C, overcast, drizzling, & snowing. Holding the iphone, gloveless, that guides me to my last subway station ride of this scandinavian adventure, i choose to let my hands freeze numb.  On the extreme side, i know they won’t be

With responsibilities of real-life roaring at me through family / friends & email, the sad part of the end of the adventure is coming to a head.  if i have my facts right this will be the longest train ride i’ve ever done… and man is it sobering.  almost depressing…

stockholm is much more spread out than Oslo although the ‘important’ stuff is all in the center.  Nevertheless it’s too much walking for me.  in Oslo you can walk across the whole city in less than 40 minutes.  in my opinion, it seems like since stockholm is more populated,

i’m stopping by this ‘cute’ city on the way to stockholm for a couple nights.  it’s below below freezing during the day and night now so the snow stays.  Finally the answer to the question – “Why would you go to [Norway / sweden / Denmark] in the middle of winter

Okay you caught me… i’m rapid firing all my blog posts all at once in a shotgun approach.  is this a no-no?  Let me know!   so i arrive in Oslo on Wednesday night of Jan. 8th and i head out to a plaza where there are supposed to be

saw my first snow today.  it’s still too hot in scandinavia for the snow to pile up though as it just melts when it hits the ground.   i’m meeting up with a girl from Norway and she’s letting me stay with her.  How nice, eh?  they say

this weather may look overcast and depressing.  but i seemed to have brought the California heat and sun.  the sun actually has been coming out and it hasn’t been raining too much.  and it has not been snowing at all.  quite odd.  Yes i did go to that burger

Har du en tändare?  Last night i asked some kid in the street if he had a lighter for the fireworks i just bought.  then i asked if he wanted to light it and use it.  He grabbed the firework from my hand which someone had told me you’re

a view from my new hostel waking up here in Malmö i woke up late in Copenhagen, Denmark and fell asleep very late in Malmö, sweden with all my nightclothes on. i spent time with my “personal Dutch photographer” before she left for her New Year’s plans in iceland

it takes being alone with no obligations to stop and look to really enjoy the beauty around us.  see what i mean? and i have no idea what that means because i am way too hungover to do anything about it and was carrying 45lbs on my back for about

i’ve said it to enough people over the past week or so.  i’m definitely in a mid-20’s life crisis. (it’s definitely a thing)  this feeling i’m having mid flight on the way to my stop-over in New Jersey is one of acceptance. sometimes our mind

i’m sitting by the Christmas tree at a family party and the notion to record my upcoming Danish travels came up so here we go…  Merry Christmas! i randomly booked the ticket last night…..