Introduction

Hello everyone! My name is Laura Matthews, but I prefer to be called Lori. It has been my nickname ever since I was a little girl. I am a Junior here at Shippensburg. I grew up in a small town right outside of Scranton, Pennsylvania. I really enjoy doing anything that is active, especially sports. I play soccer for our woman's program here at Ship. Even though I love being active, I also enjoy relaxing at the beach in the summer!

I started my college experience off at Towson University, where I attended for three semesters until I transferred to Shippensburg last spring. As of last semester, I changed my major to Business Management and my minor is Communications/Journalism. After this semester I will officially be done with my minor!

To be honest, I signed up for this class in order to fulfill my last gen ed. At first I was dreading the class, but as you all know, it isn't a traditional literature class, which I am thankful for. I don't really enjoy reading literature and find it quite boring. Once receiving the book list for the class, I was somewhat relieved! I also like that it is more of an interactive class, rather than just a straight lecture class.

The last book I read was for one of my classes last semester-- of course, it was required. I don't really enjoy reading. I am an extremely slow reader so I'm sure that has something to do with my lack of interest. I like many different types of popular culture-- movies, television, music, etc. I find it very interesting to see the advances in each genre. I am quite indecisive so it is difficult to pick anything in the category of favorites, but I will try. When it comes to movies I enjoy everything from comedy, drama, scary, thriller and so on. One of my favorite movies is The Holiday, I really enjoy Crash as well. Some of my favorite TV shows are CSI Miami, Desperate Housewives, Gossip Girl, and of course, Jersey Shore. Again, as for music, I enjoy most genres, except for heavy metal and the old school country.

As I mentioned earlier, my past experiences reading "literature" were a bore. I don't really enjoy classical literature and sometimes find it hard to follow. When I think of the word "literature," I automatically associate it with classical novels like I read in high school. My definition of the word itself is a literary work by an individual during different time periods. According to these time periods, the language of the text changes. The literary work encompasses novels, poetry, etc.