Photos

All the photos below were taken by me throughout various times in Ethiopia and the United States. These are the ones I use in the header on this website. I have tons of photos but since I’m not a photographer by trade, it might be disingenuous to promote this work. I do like snapping pics though, and I’m not terrible at shooting and editing video, either.

Children after attending church on top of the Demota Terrara, in the Wallaita-Sodo region of Ethiopia. We hiked up the mountain where the orthodox church sat, and I snapped this photo as everyone stared at me and appeared amused at my awkwardness.

Children after attending church on top of the Demota Terrara, in the Wallaita-Sodo region of Ethiopia. We hiked up the mountain where the orthodox church sat, and I snapped this photo as everyone stared at me and appeared amused at my awkwardness.

The road south from from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, through Shashemene, the Rastafari haven.

The road south from from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, through Shashemene, the Rastafari haven.

A student at the Adams International School in Goochland, Va., raises the American flag.

A student at the Adams International School in Goochland, Va., raises the American flag.

Inside the silo at the Adams International School.

Inside the silo at the Adams International School.

Girls from the Wallaita-Sodo region in Ethiopia, taken in 2007.

Girls from the Wallaita-Sodo region in Ethiopia, taken in 2007.

 

Support the troops by bringing them home

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but morally treasonable to the American public.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

We are at war and I am about as pissed off as an ass model with a hemorrhoid. Many people think this war is about liberating Iraq and ridding the world of terror. Wow, I am so glad over 600 civilians are dead so we can feel safe from a regime that hates us tenfold now. Continue reading