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I guess I'm gonna try a blog. While I'm sure like many things I will start strong and then lose interest, that doesn't mean I won't have some fun with it while it lasts.

A little about myself. I am a 21 year old English major, minoring in Film Studies, at the University of Northern Iowa. I love film, and even though most people say that, I've only met one person who takes them as seriously as I do. I know there are people out there who have a love of film that dwarfs mine, but as far as I can tell, those people typically don't have a glowing social life.

I was a Poli Sci major, and I follow politics very closely. I would describe myself as a Libertarian Conservative. The placement of 'Libertarian' in front of 'Conservative' is important, because the second word is key, while the first is just a helpful adjective. My main issues are gun rights, taxes, health care, and defense. FYI, somedays I'd give Bush a B-, other days a C-, so please spare goofy political stereotyping for someone that deserves it.

I have a great girlfriend, but I don't talk about her too much outside of my core friends, because that would be sharing our relationship with others, which I don't like to do. I don't care much about music, and I care far less about sports.

Guns and video games are two hobbies of mine, though with a serious girlfriend, 15 hours of school, my screenplay, my dad, my friends, legal alcohol, and hundreds of great movies I still haven't seen, they have been moved to the back of the list. I regret that, but hey, thats life.


What exactly will I be posting?

- Movie reviews. I am becoming more and more fascinated at the idea that I could be involved with film in a scholarly capacity, so I am eager to practice whenever I can.

- Political thoughts. I won't go wild with this, but there's a good chance that I will want to comment on something before too long.


- Items of interest. A new video game, an interesting news piece, thoughts in general.

What I won't post:

- Things about my girlfriend. Any praise I have for her would read so sappy that I'd feel like a complete idiot posting it. Not only do I have little, if anything to complain about, but she knows how to read. Rest assured, she is great.

- Long winded descriptions of what a drunk person did/said. Stories about drunk people are excruciatingly boring and asinine 95% of the time.

- Sports stuff. Honestly, I can barely follow a football game, and other than the San Antonio Spurs I could care less if all sports teams were annihilated by a series of freak plane crashes.

So let the blogging begin.