Getting to know me

If you're going to be reading my blog, which will inevitably include some very personal thoughts and reflections, you should know a little bit about me.

Hi! I'm Kelby. I'm twenty-years-old and a current junior in college. I'm an aspiring journalist and enjoy discussion gender issues in my free time. So I guess it comes to no surprise I'm a Journalism major with a minor in Gender Studies. I am also a lover of photo journalism, so expect to see a lot of my photos.

I have a very love-hate relationship with writing. I've been writing for as long as I've known how and I usually enjoy writing. Last semester, I took a class that required so much reading and writing on top of all my other schoolwork that I began to despise writing. That is, until I handed in my final writing portfolio for that class. I think somehow through learning to hate something I had always loved, I was finally able to really appreciate my writing and not just love the act of writing, but love what is written. 

I've also began to notice that I have (what I think is) a very distinct and unique writing style. I use a lot of simple and fragmented sentences, usually for emphasis. I use a whole lot of commas, which I believe makes up for my dislike of the Oxford comma. Sometimes I'm straight to the point, yet other times it takes me quite a while to get to my point. Sometimes I don't even know what my point is until I get to it or give up on finding it. 

I'm awful at keeping to a schedule or plan. I'll probably at one point or another say that I plan on posting twice a week, but I'm going to be honest and say that is very unlikely. Something or another will come up time and again, and I'll forget. I know this from fifteen years of experience with keeping journals and having pen pals. I just hope that I'll finally stick to my word and write.