ENGL 104 Blog Entry 1

Good evening,

My name is Jason and this will be my first ever blog post! I must say I was a little intimidated when I first discovered that I would be required to set up a blog account for this course but to my delight it was very simple and straightforward.

I am employed as firefighter in Washington State and am nearing the end of my college journey at EOU as I plan to complete my Degree in Fire Administration in Winter 2010. Like many other Pacific North westerners I enjoy spending time out doors when I am not working or attending to school work. Another hobby of mine is history, especially Egyptian and military history, and I very much enjoy reading about these two topics when I find the time.

I enjoy reading because it relaxes me and helps me unwind at the end of the day. Normally, unless I am on vacation, I only read at night before bed. When I was younger I read a balanced combination of fiction/non-fiction but as I have grown older I find that I only read non-fiction. The world around us is so fascinating and old that I find it difficult to waste my precious little personal reading time to subjects that are make-believe or never happened. I am not so sure this is a good thing but I find it hard to fight.

I took some time the other day to ask some of my co-workers what they read and why and here is what they had to say:

Steve- "I read mainly sports related material like Sports Illustrated and the occasional sports biography" As you can see Steve is a sports nut and when he is not reading about his favorite players in magazines he is following them on the Internet or the ESPN channel. When I inquired as to why Steve reads he replied "So I can have the best fantasy football team next year" Hmmm. Like I mentioned already, Steve is a sports fanatic.

Jeff- Jeff stated that he does not read nearly as much as he used to but when he gets the opportunity he enjoys reading fiction novels with a particular affinity for Steven King novels. Jeff stated that he enjoys reading because it keeps him from watching to much TV.

Grant- Grant enjoys learning about politics and likes to read about current and past political figures. Grant reads because he feels that people today don't have a good pulse on what is happening in the world around them and that it is his duty as a citizen to keep up on current events.

This concludes my first blog entry for ENGL 104 and I look forward to hearing from some of you soon, take care.

Jason