The Chronicles of John Trammell

Below is a report paper I had to write for my upper division writing class for school.  The topic of the report is on the issues that are being linked to the Southern Resident Killer Whales, which live in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, Canada.  Since this has research in the paper, I have included the sources.  Photo was taken by me, Haro Straight, off shore of San Juan Island, Washington, July, 2010.  An Orca which is a member of L Pod. The Decline of Southern Resident Killer Whales John Trammell California State University, San Bernardino Introduction      Killer Whales, or Orcas, are the most widely distributed cetacean species in the world and likely represent the most widely distributed mammal species in the world (NOAA A, 2011). They are found in all of the world's oceans. Their range is limited only by natural barriers such as the polar ice packs. The largest population of Orcas are found on the eastern and western edges of the North Pac

     Since I was in middle school, I had slowly gained weight.  Two things have been to blame for the reasons why I have gained weight.  The first, moving across town in March, 1999.  I had lost the friends I used to hang out with every single day, outside.  The internet wasn't big back then where we could keep in contact with our friends.  When I moved to where I am today, I had issues trying to fit into the kids in the new neighborhood.  As results, I ended up staying inside everyday, and resorting to Computers and Video Games for entertainment.  Along side with that, came bad eating habits, which is the second reasons I have gained weight. I start to think about how those bad habits came around, and have come to the conclusion that I just wasn't educated in proper eating habits.  The school system and my parents should have taken the time to get me on the right track.  By time high school came around, bad habits were in place.  Things have been tough, especially at school in

     Below is an paper assignment I had to write for my expository writing class.  We had to write about an reflection on our education in our lives, and what struggles we had or who had made a different in our lives to help us get to where we were currently.  There was only a 5 page limit, so I was only able to write about three of many people who had made a difference and changed my life forever.  Some of this I haven't shared with really anyone other than a handful of people.        Reflecting on an Educational Journey John Trammell California State University, San Bernardino      The educational road in my life has been a long and curvy one, filled with different challenges throughout my journey. A major challenge on my educational journey has been my attempt at discovering how I wanted to travel down this road, and what my career choice would be to steer me down my educational road. As I reflect on the progression made on my journey, I find that I need to define wh

For Labor Day this year, I had traveled with my girl friend, Sarah, and her mom up to Klamath Falls, Oregon, to visit her Uncle, have a side trip to visit Crater Lake National Park, then visit her grandpa and his wife in Fall River Mills, east of Mt. Shasta. The blog about the trip is below. Enjoy. Why is the text in purple? Because dark purple is like my second favorite color, so shush! Thursday Sept. 1, 2011 I spent the day slowly packing my duffel bag, and preparing my camera equipment for the trip. Of course, procrastination occurred, which is normal for me especially when it comes to packing for trips. I had left for Ontario Airport at 4:30 pm. I had my dad drive me, for I didn't want to leave my car parked at the airport for 6 days. We stopped over to pick up my grandma, for they were going to eat dinner after they drop me off, and we headed out to Ontario. I got to the airport, said good bye and went through the usual routine of checking in the

I had received some news today that I have been laid off from work.  For those who know, I have been working for the 4-H Military Partnership at the State 4-h Office in Davis.  I had been working for this job the past 5 years, and gave me many great opportunities and memories.  I do miss the good old days of the job, like having an office, and my first boss was amazing.  Things went south when the office moved to Davis, and I got a new boss.  We started a new program year and it seems we got less funding from the grants, so they decided to lay me off.  This was my first job, and it was one great first job.  Now I am going to go off and make a resume, and start on the job hunt, which I know will be difficult.  Until I get the new job, I will have to live very poorly, and get all help from my parents.  Its just like high school again.  I shall miss this job, greatly.