With respect to blogging, I would classify myself as a blog virgin. I have never personally maintained a blog; in fact, I have never followed, posted, or even read anybody else’s blog. Therefore, when I heard that MCOM 320 required a weekly blog entry I began to wonder how one starts a blog. Is it just a journal the author keeps for others to read? Besides that, I questioned whether the entries center on certain themes or merely detail the product of the author’s stream of consciousness as he/she sits at the computer. In essence, I had no idea what “blogging” entailed.
In all honesty, my curiosity led me to search the internet in order to get ideas from others on how to initiate my blog. The results varied, some blogs focused on topics like cars, politics, employment and entertainment while others were personal blogs detailing an individual’s day-to-day activities. I decided after reading a few blogs that if I was going to start my own blog I would just start with the beginning and then whatever followed I would glean from past experiences, present-day challenges and future expectations.
Thus, I start at the beginning. I was born in July of 1987 in Falls Church, Virginia. I reside in the exact middle of my siblings, child number three of five. I moved around a lot growing up, a couple of houses in Virginia, a short stint in Utah then on to California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and now back to Virginia. I served my mission in Michoacán, Mexico, and thoroughly enjoyed not only the blessing of preaching the gospel but also the opportunity to gain an appreciation for the Mexican people and culture. I just started the Marriott School and have yet to narrow in on a particular emphasis because as of yet all the emphases appeal to me. I assume writing in this blog every week will give me the chance to expand on many of the particulars but, briefly, that fills a bit of the gap between the moment I entered the world and the present-day me.
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