#1 (more than you ever wanted to know about me!)

Hi world! (well, at the very least, greetings to my Creative Writing class!) The one thing that I have always hated about introductions is that you never know where to begin. I usually decide to condense the divide between a detailed entire life story and a one sentence blurb with my name and major, so I will continue to employ this technique here. So, my name is Kristen and I am currently nineteen years old and a Senior at the University of West Georgia. (yes, you read that right.) I first started at West Georgia at the age of fifteen as a member of the Advanced Academy of Georgia. After spending two years here undecided in my major and finishing high school at the same time, I went on to continue study at Georgia Tech for an Electrical Engineering degree. I also spent two summers interning at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for their IT department. After saying this, I imagine you are extremely confused as to why I am in this creative writing class. Well, after a mostly miserable year of study at Tech, I decided to take a year off of school in order to learn what the real world was like and to get a better sense of who I was and what I wanted do in this life. When my journey concluded, I decided to return to West Georgia as the English major that you see today. I returned this past fall and also became a Resident Assistant at the University Suites. My life's journey so far has taken me to many unique places that allow me to draft many unique poems. Thus, I say all that I do about my past not to brag or boast but to create a sense of understanding for my readers and classmates today. In general, I am a smiling young adult with a grand sense of adventure and a strong heart for God. You will usually see me humming a tune because my passion for music is just as strong as my passion for writing. I will respond to almost any name, but most of my friends who call me by a nickname call me NASA. I am looking forward to this class as a means of expanding my creative writing potential and learning more than I could currently imagine. Until next time...