Category Archives: Journal
Amhran na bhFiann
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 [...]
News Off The Press
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
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
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?
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.*
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as [...]
Hiatus
Well, where to begin? I have not written here for some time (in fact, my at-least-one-post-a-month format has been broken). This quarter has been extremely busy, hectic, and distracting and I just haven’t felt like journaling. Adjusting back to college life was a bit of a challenge and getting things situated took some time. At [...]
One year later
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 [...]
Summer Half Begun
Finally updated!
So. I haven’t spent that much time on the computer recently because (1) I’m at home and we only have dial-up (which has recently been unreliable due to some sort of problem with the phone lines) and (2) because the hard drive on my laptop died and so I have to use the family [...]
First Year of College
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. [...]
Slay the Lizards
Douglas Adams wrote in his book, So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish, about an ancient democracy where lizards ruled the people. Ford Prefect attempts to explain to Arthur Dent how the people allowed this to happen:
“They’ve all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they’ve voted in more [...]
The best classes at UCSB
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
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
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 [...]
April