Snoozing Beauty (part 5)

Just like any reasonable being that gets stabbed in the chest, the dragon-fairy writhes, causing the road under her to collapse, she falling into the deep mist. Is she dead? Don’t know, it’s not quite clear. But it’s highly implied. … Continue reading

Snoozing Beauty (part 4)

The prince hacks through the magical brambles from the back of his mighty steed, through which somehow the horse’s face, legs, and underside, along with any other part out of arm reach, avoid being stripped of flesh. They emerge from the … Continue reading

That time I cried at the football game

When I was in fourth grade, my elementary school was having coin wars in the theme of the Super Bowl. Essentially, you put coins in to the jar with the theme who you thought would win that year. Growing up as a first generation American in a household with little to no American influences, the […]

Web Essay

Above is a video of one of the most iconic plays in college football history. Referred to as “The Band is on the Field.” or simply “The Play,” it is from the Cal-Stanford game in 1982. Stanford took the lead with seven seconds left on the play-clock, but on the subsequent kickoff, Cal took the […]

Snoozing Beauty

Once upon a time,  a king and queen had a baby daughter. They invited everyone to the party to celebrate, expect realized they didn’t have enough plates, and being the oh so smart people that they were, decided to uninvite the … Continue reading

RJ Hampshire Injury Update

As many of you know, the second annual Red Bull Straight Rhythm event was held this past weekend in Pomona, CA. During the first round of the lites racing, Geico Honda teammates Jordan Smith and Rj Hampshire were in the midst of a tight race when Rj’s front wheel missed a whoop and he went […]

Red Bull Straight Rythym Qualifier at Pala Raceway

The plan going into this weekend was to fill the last two open spots in the 250cc class for the Red Bull Straight Rythym race coming up Oct 10th. However, mother nature had other plans.While timed qualifying went smoothly, showers hit the area immediately following qualifying, making it too dangerous to race the technical half […]

Anarchy (part 3)

So there I was, a traitor and a radicalist. I couldn’t stay amongst my people because he’d turned them all against me, and I couldn’t blend in with the crowd because my face was plastered in every station across the sectors. … Continue reading

The Second Coming: a found poem

WONDERFUL…POWERFUL   A quiet triumph, moving and simple   A CREATION OF SINGULAR BEAUTY   BEAUTIFULLY DONE   Enormously compelling…   Moving and loving   MESMERIZING…   ASTONISHING IRRESISTIBLE DIABLOLICALLY SHARP POTENT MEMORABLE HOT UTTERLY ORIGINAL FEROCIOUS AMAZING BRILLIANT   Real and unmistakable genious Truly terrifying…

Claudia Rankine’s poetry reading

I recently attended a poetry reading by Claudia Rankine. She read select works from her book Citizen: An American Lyric. I was a little anxious about going, as it was the first poetry reading I’d attended, and I didn’t know exactly what to expect. Ms. Rankine was exceptional. I was already a fan of her poems, but I […]