My name is April Armstrong and I am a freshman at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. I am currently undecided on my major, but I am considering a focus on Psychology. I graduated early from Joppatowne High School, and I took a semester of classes at Harford Community College. I now live on campus here at UMBC, and I am very excited to be here.
I have wanted to attend UMBC since I visited the university in fourth grade on a field trip with a school club. I returned to the college when my sister decided to enroll at UMBC, and I realized it was the school for me. After being accepted into three different schools, I chose this university.
I signed up for the Introduction to Media Studies class to fulfill a culture credit, and also it seemed to be a very interesting subject. I love the modern forms of media, such as television, movies, video games, and music, so the class greatly appealed to my interests. Even though the class seems quite intensive, it also captures my attention. I hope to have a great deal of fun and I hope to learn numerous new thoughts and ideas. When I finish this class, and ultimately when I graduate, my goal is to be qualified to obtain a superior career. I hope this class makes me appreciate the media more, and understand the difference between what has bad bias and what is acceptable.
Ever since January of 2007, I have worked at Hollywood Video in Bel Air, MD. I chose to work there because of my obsession with movies and games. I not only get to talk about films as part of my job, but I get free rentals on everything in the store. I always thought I watched a lot of movies, but I recently realized there are still so many I should see. Some of my favorites are Kill Bill Volumes 1 &2, Moulin Rouge, and The Princess Bride. Most people think girls don’t play video games, but I am practically a “video game goddess.” I have the Xbox 360, Playstation 2, and Nintendo Gamecube. Gaming is actually an enormous part of my life.
I have some other interests besides movies and games; I enjoy traveling, reading, and drawing. I have traveled to many of the states in America, and I have also visited Canada. Some of my favorite places are California, North Carolina, and Florida – probably because I find the ocean to be one of my favorite places to be. I hope to eventually travel to Europe and Asia. I am fascinated by the art from Italy and France and intrigued by the culture of Japan. In fact, I especially am interested in manga, Japanese comics, and I even attempt to draw some myself. One day I hope to voyage across the world and see many sites.
As Porky the Pig says, “That’s all folks!”
4 comments:
I noticed your sister attended or attends UMBC. My brother graduated from here in 2006. I know several other people that have had siblings graduate or are graduating from here. That says a lot about the school.
Nice, you pretty much have the same interest as me. I love anime and videos games. I don't have any systems now though. I keep it with the PC, a lot cheaper and the games I play, I can play for a long time.
hey :) I really enjoy watching movies too. That must have really been awesome being able to work at a video store. I also anjoy playing video games, but unfortunately i'm not so good at them :(
well, see you in class !
I really enjoy traveling too. I got to take a trip to Italy two summers ago and it was an amazing experience. I'm already trying to plan when I can go back again. There is so much to see there; it's incredible.
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