Why I take selfies
First of all, let me just say…I take amazing pictures. Not Ansel Adams amazing, but “wow that’s a great Facebook photo” amazing. It helps that I edit and apply filters to almost every photo...
Author: waldenwest
Deep thoughts on bagels
Sometimes, watching people eat bagels makes me wonder if they were previously starved as children. The ferocity at which people attack the bagel and cream cheese spread reminds me of the nature channel, when...
“You brought extra protective gear, right?”
Yesterday I went dirt biking for the first time, and it was awesome. Except for the part where the engine died when I was at the top of this massive hill (this happened at...
Do you prefer white meat or dark meat?
If you’ve known me for any length of time, you know that’s one of my favorite icebreaker questions. And if your answer was white meat, you also know that I no longer take your...
What Being Terrible At Sports Taught Me About Myself
A year ago today, I asked my friend Allen if he would help me practice volleyball on some sand courts after work. I had met Allen playing on an indoor league and was immediately...
Weekend update
In a nutshell: it was a lot of volleyball. On Saturday morning, I was super lucky to try sitting volleyball for the very first time with a member of the USWNT. Basically, I invited...
February 2016
Hard to believe a month has gone by already, and I feel like I have nothing to show for it. Highlights: covering Stanford Men’s Volleyball (4 matches), karaoke with my coworkers (“performed” on stage...
January 2016
If there was a theme to the first month of 2016, it’s work hard, play hard. It all started off with a quick New Year’s weekend trip to Spokane, Washington to celebrate a friend’s birthday. I wasn’t...
Your risk tolerance is also not low. Just saying ;)