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October 2017

Stranger Things Season 2 – Ghostbuster vs Racism

Who ya gonna call? The long awaited season 2 of Stranger Things dropped this week, and the show touched on racism a bit in episode 2.  The writers message comes across great and honestly I made the same assumption Mike… Continue Reading →

Dark Blue Suit – Peter Bacho

This book was fun, and the fact it was set in Seattle hit home with me.  I loved living in Seattle for the 10 years I was there, and it’s always cool to get another take on a place you… Continue Reading →

Blogging

It’s kind of new to keep a blog up to date for school.  I’ve done blogs in the past, but they had to do with a house I was remodeling, another I did about german cars and girls and I… Continue Reading →

Sabzi and Blue Scholars

It’s one of those cool moments, when you see someone you know up on stage performing.  It’s even cooler when you remember that person reaching a point in their day to day life as a game tester in Kirkland.  To… Continue Reading →

Forgotten Country

  This book was a tear jerker!   A family’s emotional battle with themselves and the father’s saddening bout with stomach cancer, this read was a harsh reality many that family’s face.  Man oh man.  Following this Korean American family, through… Continue Reading →

African American Biker Spade George

Spade George is part of a dying breed.  The hardcore rebel bikers image of the 1960’s and 1970’s, is fading away as the newer less abrasive bikers of today become more common.  Like Spade George, my father took me to… Continue Reading →

Home: A Shitty First Draft

Writing Workshop:  Process not Product Professor Kris, had us do some short drafts on keywords found in our Project Proposals and our Annotated Bibliographies, to get our motors running.  After a nice short guided meditation to remove any anxieties the… Continue Reading →

Keino Sasaki of Keino Cycles in Brooklyn, NYC

Keino worked with one of the Godfather’s of the Harley building movement, Indian Larry.  Keino picked up a lot of Indian Larry’s skills and they show in his bikes.  He is another Japanese American builders that I’ve always loved the… Continue Reading →

Shinya Kimura: Japanese Bike Builder

Shinya Kimura Resources for final paper. Shinya is an amazing master of many trades.  He is a mechanic and a master fabricator.  His style is so amazing, he does things with metal I dream of doing.  The bikes he builds… Continue Reading →

Donald Duk: The Chinese Boy That Hated Chinatown

Donald Duk by Frank Chin An interesting view of the Chinese New Year celebration in San Francisco written in the early 90’s by Frank Chin.  The reader is taken along on a journey through a young boy’s battle of fitting in… Continue Reading →

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