Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
I’m extremely busy right now as it’s finals week here at UCSB but of course Saint Patrick’s Day is a good time for a break and a bit of craic.
Recently in my Anthropology class, “Nationalism and Nation-States”, we took a look at some national anthems of European countries. One of the […]
Category Archives: Journal
Amhran na bhFiann
March 17, 2007 – 10:19 pm
News Off The Press
February 28, 2007 – 8:52 pm
If you live in Santa Barbara, you may be aware of the current controversy surrounding the Santa Barbara News-Press. Basically, this billionaire, Wendy McCaw, bought the newspaper in 2000. As owner, she felt she should have a say in the paper and be able to control its content. Some journalists who disagreed with her stance […]
The Treasure Heist
February 16, 2007 – 10:28 am
Here’s a short film (~11min) that I made two years ago with some of my friends. I’m currently testing video uploading for a project I’m working on and so I’m putting this here. (By the way, youare.tv is awesome!) I, myself, do not appear in the film (as I was the camera operator and director) […]
twenty
January 16, 2007 – 4:04 pm
I was born twenty years ago on this day. An interesting age, being two decades, one-fifth of a century, and deserving of some contemplation. Every year people ask, “do you feel older?” Usually I don’t feel any different than the day before. And while I can’t say that I feel much different than yesterday or […]
Who is Liam Keane?
December 21, 2006 – 12:24 pm
So, now that you’re at liamkeane.com you might be wondering “who is this?” Well, I’m a nineteen year old Californian. I grew up in the Santa Ynez Valley and I am currently a student at UC Santa Barbara. Anyway, this is a site I use as an online notebook to write about whatever.
“What’s in a […]
One year later
August 30, 2006 – 10:53 pm
Today marks this site’s first year of operation. A year ago I wrote the first post and I just thought I’d mark the date. I had fun typing up stuff about what I was up to and although updates may have been scarce, I was able to publish at least one entry per month which […]
First Year of College
June 21, 2006 – 9:37 pm
I am happy to say I am done with my first year of college. I completed my last final on Friday and am currently enjoying my summer break. My first year was very interesting. It was nothing like I thought it would be but it was a lot like how I hoped it could be. […]
The best classes at UCSB
May 27, 2006 – 7:50 am
As I sign up for next year’s classes, I’ve found some opinions by fellow Gaucho’s to be quite interesting. Take a look at the discussion about UCSB’s best classes.
Busy Lately
May 2, 2006 – 8:50 pm
Sandcastle Day 2006, Cienega House team (winner of the “People’s Choice” award)
You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. Work is for people with jobs. You’ll never remember class time, but you’ll remember time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So, stay out late. Go out on a Tuesday with your friends when […]
Legal status of guide dogs in training
April 5, 2006 – 11:52 am
My family raised three puppies for Guide Dogs for the Blind: Honeybear, Olga, and Glorianne. (Honeybear passed class, was not paired, and became a hearing dog; Olga made it to class but stopped cooperating; Glorianne was career changed in an early phase.) Puppy raisers take their dogs almost everywhere they go in order to provide […]
Publishing Ethics
February 18, 2006 – 12:09 am
At the beginning of this quarter, I ‘crashed’ Philosophy 4 Intro to Ethics. When I finally was officially enrolled in the class, I walked down to the Isla Vista Bookstore to pick up the required reading. As luck would have it, they didn’t have any copies left and told me to check back later. Last […]
Peak Two
January 29, 2006 – 2:17 am
Carlyle has a well-written essay about our summer backpacking trip to Colorado over on his blog. He talks about personal satisfaction found in mountaineering through an anecdote of the ten-hour trek on Peak Two (elevation: 13,475 ft.).
We were literally 200 meters into our hike and already there were a few stragglers. One scout was […]
Plastic Soldiers
January 20, 2006 – 10:40 pm
While recently scanning over my blogroll, I clicked on a link to William Eubank’s production company. The recently relaunched Darkshelf site looks great (Darkshelf.com was designed by Will Etling). The site is very shiny and while it takes a while to load, it’s not too over the top. If accessible flash had been used it […]
First Day Back on the Job
January 10, 2006 – 12:58 am
Monday was the beginning of winter quarter here at UCSB and my break officially ended. Over break I kept relatively busy. I spent two days working with Kevin’s help on some hand made Christmas presents (which involved an insane number of trips to Ace Hardware for materials). I spent a lot of time in LA […]