I did not grow up in California, so I love it here.
My passion has always been cars and bikes and guitars, so what better place to come to.
I bought a 1967 Mustang when I came out to the Bay area that was built in the original San Jose Ford factory and never left the state. I have been investing most of my time and money into it as I want to restore it to a vintage GT race car style.
Lately I have gotten into old bicycles and 1920's board-track style motorcycles. I restored a couple mid 60's Schwinn bicycles and installed air cooled 80cc 2-stroke engines on them to give them a real vintage look, I even sold two of them.
Besides that I have been playing guitar for the last 10 years and I find myself leaning towards older delta blues and classic rock. I have some basic recording equipment and I recently built a reproduction Fender Telecaster with hand-wound Wilkinson Pick-ups.
Now as to why I am in the Journalism department, well that is a mystery even to me;
I have always had a love of reading and writing, a family driven passion for travel, and a particular appreciation for photography. While I didn't see myself following one of these paths individually, I found Photojournalism to be a challenging compromise. Having to learn new writing styles and have the opportunity to use professional photographic equipment seemed like the logical choice to further my ambitions.
