I'm an English major, with a concentration in Creative Writing and a minor in Japanese Studies. I work part time as a library page, shelving books. I hope to get a full time library position after I graduate, because it's an environment that I enjoy being in.
I've got a few goals I'm working towards. We'll see if I actually achieve any of them. One thing I'm working on is improving my knowledge of web design. I have a website already Squareways.com, but it's still pretty basic and I'd love to develop it further. I've been making websites since I was twelve or thirteen years old, fan pages on Angelfire and LiveJournal blogs, but my experience has never gotten much farther beyond basic formatting. I'd like to develop those skills, because web design is one field that interests me, and even if I don't end up using it professionally, I'd like to be able to make my own website as shiny and impressive as possible.
I'm also a writer, and though I have yet to be published anywhere, I'm working on it. So when I become a famous author, I'm going to need a good website to go with it. I'm fascinated by blogs, too, and would love the opportunity to develop my blog writing skills further. There are several blogs that I read regularly, and I have to say I'm a little jealous of their success as bloggers. I'm hoping this class will give me the practice that I need.
I'm part of several different online fandoms, and lately I've been interested in writing about that kind of thing for classes. It's always fun when an appreciation for something like that can be discussed in class or incorporated into a project. I find it fascinating that the internet has changed the way fans interact with and support what they're interested in. People who once may have been isolated, with no other friends who share their interests, now have the opportunity to find other people who are part of the same fandoms.
Take Joss Whedon, for instance. The man has a huge fan following, many of them incredibly loyal and determined to see his shows be a success. When Firefly came out in 2002, and was threatening to be canceled by FOX, his fans took out a full page ad in a magazine in an effort to save the show. Without the internet and the sense of community created by fans throughout the world, something like this could never have happened. Firefly, though canceled, went on to be a film, Serenity, a few years later. Without the dedicated internet fanbase, this probably never would have worked.
I've begun to ramble, so I'll wrap this up. But now you know a little bit about me, and I have an idea (I think) of the kinds of things I'd like to explore.
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