The Chronicles of John Trammell

For a year and two months, I have now worked for Operation: Military Kids as a Computer Technical Specialist/Web Master.  My main purpose is to maintain one website, and design and build another.  I would also help with other projects with my co-worker.   During work, my co-worker and I would joke around, argue with everything we can think of (because we are bored), and other things.  Today was the last day I will be working with him.  He got another job that pays way more money somewhere else on the university.  With him gone, I am now in control of the 15 lap top computers and running a few trainings and other things my boss might want me to do.  It is just me and my boss.  So I wont be able to goof off much anymore.  I will be busier but it just wont be as fun.  That is just life, and I will be on a work trip this weekend in sacramento, and I wont be that fun.  I will survive, and maybe things wont be that bad, but we will have t...

This weekend, I was at the Asilomar State Beach Conference Center in Pacific Grove just south of Monterey for the 2007 State 4-H Leaders' Forum.  This is a conference that 4-H adult leaders, the state 4-H ambassadors, and 4-H Computer Corps come together to learn about leadership skills, 4-H, and to share ideas.  This year has been a very slow year then the past years.  I flew in to San Jose Airport, met up with Peter M from Los Angeles County, and we drove on down to the conference center.  This conference center is right on the beach facing the Monterey Bay.  I had a 2 part web design workshop, and a geocaching workshop I was in control of.  I helped with the other workshop our computer corps is doing, which is our state technology team.  On friday night, my roommates and I where extremely hungry, so we went down to Cannery Row to get a large pizza.  Little did we know that this large pizza would need 2 people to carry.  It was extremel...

By now all of you should know the fact that southern California is in the middle of a Firestorm.  The first tragity since the October 2003 fires.  Here is how the Slide Fire, in the San Bernardino Mountain Range effected my day. This morning, i turned on the news to learn more about what was going to fine a new fire, called the Slide Fire, located in Running Springs 15 miles north of Highland in the San Bernardino National Forest.  Went to school, then as Scotty and I where walking to the car, Noelle calls to let us know of a rumor that there is an evacuation order for north Highland area.  So I droped scotty off and went home.  It seems there was an volunteer evacuation, which is still in place, for east Highland, just above Highland Ave.  Which i live 2 blocks south of there.  Later on in the day, my parents and sister went off  to REV for her band concert.  I had to stay to babysit the house incase something happened.  A county Sh...

Class got out, I chilled for awhile, then went to my car so I can pick up bryan from REV, got back up to school to get jane, had lunch, when to take jane home.  After I have taken Jane home, I was driving up Highland Ave.  We where just crusin, going speed limit......By paton state hospital, a 2001 corolla trying to turn, came out just a little in the road, thought it was clear (didnt check the blind spot) and started to gas it.  I saw what she was doing, i checked to make sure no one was in the other lanes, hit the brakes, and veird the car to the left into the other lanes.  The Corolla hit the passanger side of the car where bryan budd was sitting.  I pulled over, the lady was still in the middle of the road, didn't know what just happened, then came over to where i pulled over the road.  She claimed it was her fault (which it was) and I got her insurance information.  She was on her way to pay her car insurance bill when this occured, so right after...

Today, the first day of fall, we have had an awesome rain storm.  To enjoy it to the fullest.  I decided to take the camera, get in the car, and start driving; looking for good photos to take. I first went on some back roads of greenshop, which went ok.  Afterwards, I went all the way to the mountains, and I found this very beautiful Riparian Zone off the 38, just before u get to forest falls.  For those who dont know, a Riparian Zone is the interface between land and a flowing surface water body.  I do say, for our mountains, I have ranked it up on the top beautiful locations. After about spending 2 hours in this Riparian Zone, i decided to drive up to Barton Flats, to see how Jenks Lake looked, sadly, the surface of the lake was choppy so I didnt stop to take any photos.  With that disappointment, I took the awesome drive though the clouds back home.

For the past few summers and into the fall, I have been working at my cuz's farm called Elser's Country Farm.  For the most part, I arrive the day before a market to help pack up the produce into the vehicals.  This past weekend, I was hanging out with friends, so I was un able to do that this time.  Other times, if I come early, I would be able to help pick some of the tomatoes (The main crop on the farm)  I was unable to work for most of the summer this year due to work and 4-H.  But this weekend is the first weekend I have been able to join in the work. This summer, I am going to The Palos Verdes Farmers Market on Sundays with my aunt.  If I am needed at other markets, I will join in those markets as well.  With this amazing heat wave this past week, the flowers on the tomato plans have fallen off; which means that we will have a time in about 2-3 weeks when we will have very little produce.  So I might not be working much this summer season....

Today is the first day of school   For the last weekend of summer break, i headed for San Diego, to hang out with my best friend Matthew, Kristen, and Jeanine.  On friday night my family drove down.  When we got there we went to old town to have an awesome mexican food dinner.  The next morning, my family went to the San Diego Museum of Natural History to see the Dead Sea Scrolls.  They are ancient documents found in isreal that proves many things that have acutrally happened that is in the bible.  It was very interesting to see. After the Dead Sea Scrolls, I met up with my friends and we all went to Sea World while my family went off to do other things in San Diego.  It was awesome, we got to see the 2 different Shamu shows, and see most of the park.  The last 1 1/2 hours of the night before the park closed, we rode the Shipwreck Rapids ride over and over.  I think we where able to fit in 10 rides.  Which was awesome.  ...