Usually, I'm pretty good at vocal introductions, once I get past the nerves of approaching someone that I'm unfamiliar with, but when it comes to introducing myself in the written word, I always fall short.
I'm a senior Language Arts Education major, which is awesome because I get to look forward to constant first days of school and summer vacations in my future. I hope to teach high school level English, which is something that I enjoyed when I was a teenager in those classes. My goal in my career is to help my students to enjoy, or even tolerate, reading and learning as much as I did. The courses I take within my major often revolve around literature, but one of my favorite classes I took in my college career was Classical Mythology - which is one of my favorite topics to learn about. There is so much I still don't know about it that I would love to know.
I always like talking about my favorite things, mainly because when I bring up my favorites, the other person in the conversation gets to talk about their favorite things as well, and it's awesome to watch their eyes brighten. Here are some of my favorite things:
Books: I can never choose one book that is my "favorite," which is why I oftentimes tell people which authors that I like. Kiersten White, Sarah J. Maas, and Victoria Aveyard are some of my favorite authors, and all of their books have been known to pull me in and not release me until the last page is turned. Some of their works include And I Darken, which is a historical fiction novel by White, A Court of Thorns and Roses, which is written by Maas, and the Red Queen series, by Aveyard. Below is the book trailer for And I Darken:
Movies/TV Shows: I'm a big fantasy/science fiction fan, so my favorite TV shows and movies oftentimes revolve around them. My favorite TV show, for example, is The 100 - a show on the CW about a group of children that are sent down to Earth to see if it's inhabitable after one hundred years of being in space after a nuclear apocalypse. Here's a trailer that sums up almost all of the TV show thus far (there are 4 seasons out):
One of my favorite movies, one in which I could watch over and over, is Red Dawn (the eighties version, though). I'm also a big fan of the Star Wars franchise. Han Solo is my man!
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| Photo by BagoGames on Flickr |
Music: I like an array of music, which is probably because I'm pretty open-minded about different genres. One of my favorite musical artists is Halsey, who is considered electropop. She could sing straight from the phone book and I would enjoy it. I grew up on country music, and I am obsessed with Broadway showtunes. My current obsession is the new Anastasia soundtrack!
So my hobbies are pretty simple - I love to read, write, and then read some more. I'm a nerd, and I even went to a BookCon over the summer, where I came home with a book haul of about nine different books. My best friend and I traveled down to NYC for the day just to go, and it was one of the most fun experiences of my life! Below is a picture of my friend (on the left) and I (right) at BookCon - note that I have a Bellamy Blake shirt on (he's from The 100), and I have a bundle of books in my hand!
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| Personal photo of my friend, Kendal, and I at BookCon in NYC. Photo from June, 2017. |
