Friday, January 27, 2012

Introduction


Hello,
My name is Chris Whitacre.  I am a freshman at ISU studying Agronomy in the Agriculture department.  I have recently decided to major in this topic during winter break.  My first semester, I was originally studying Classical guitar in the music department. But I disliked it and the 3 hour practices took away the fun of playing guitar.  I am from a small village called Hudson, 12 miles north of Bloomington-Normal.  So I have lived around here my whole life.
 I have always been into music since around 5th grade.  When I first started learning the guitar.  I have been in a bunch of different bands and have played a lot of different genres.  Currently I am in two bands, Altar Goliath (Experimental Metal Band) and The Mailbox Club (Experimental Blues, indie).   And we play out a lot and its always super fun.
                I have enjoyed reading since middle school.  I have read a lot of different series from the Seventh Tower Series by Garth Nix, to the Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling.  Currently I am on the 5th book of The Dark Tower series by Stephen King.  I have spent quite a bit of time reading this series.  I started the first book last year.  And I end up reading about one page per two weeks (ha).  The series really interests me.  And I have been obsessed about it since I started it.
                By taking this class I hope to overall increase my English and writing skills.  I have always had trouble writing papers for school.  My first research paper that I wrote my junior year were lacking in a lot of information.  And hopefully by taking this class I will be able to increase my research skills and my writing skills.  So I can write better research papers for the rest of my educational career. 

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4 comments:

  1. Alt-G is soups coolio (ha). Harry Potter is also very interesting. Who is your favorite character? My favorite is definitely Ronnie the Bear or Professor Hardcastle McCormick!

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  2. I know what you mean about all of the practicing you have to do for the music department. I am starting to feel like practicing is becoming more of a hassle than it is rewarding and fun.

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  3. Two bands! That's great! How do you find the time to do anything else outside of school? I have heard that the Dark Tower series is amazing but I have never read them. I've only read Stephen King's Salem's Lot my junior year in high school. Harry Potter is awesome though!

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  4. That is seriously awesome that you are interested in music and reading! I love the Harry Potter series! I have read them all twice! and my parents are musicians, so i understand having to listen to practicing at all hours of the day and night. lol

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